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PETE: WELL, LET’S GET STRAIGHT
TO IT BRING IN THE 45TH
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
DONALD TRUMP.
MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING "FOX & FRIENDS
WEEKEND."
>> WELL, THANK YOU.
IT’S AN HONOR.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN
THIS COUNTRY BUT IT’S AN HONOR
TO BE WITH YOU.
PETE: WE’RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE
YOU, SIR.
LET’S START WITH THE HEADLINE WE
HAVE HAD ALL MORNING LONG.
YOU KNOW, WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
RUSSIA, WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
UKRAINE.
THE WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING RIGHT
NOW AN ATTACK COULD HAPPEN AT
ANY TIME.
ON YOUR ASSESSMENT, WHERE ARE WE
AND HOW DID WE GET HERE?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT’S
SHOCKING BECAUSE THIS SHOULD
HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.
AND HOW WE GOT HERE IS WHEN THEY
WATCHED AFGHANISTAN, WHEN THEY
WATCHED THE MOST INCOMPETENT
WITHDRAWAL IN THE HISTORY OF
PROBABLY ANY ARMY, LET ALONE
JUST US THEY SAW THAT AND
PRESIDENT XI AND PRESIDENT
PUTIN, WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WITH
CHINA VERY SOON BUT WITH TAIWAN.
THEY WATCHED THAT AND THEY SAID
WHAT’S GOING ON THEY DON’T KNOW
WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GOT A LOT
MORE AMBITIOUS.
PUTIN WANTED TO NEGOTIATE FOR A
PERIOD OF TIME.
I THINK WHEN HE WATCHED
AFGHANISTAN, WHEN HE WATCHED
THAT UNBELIEVABLY BAD
WITHDRAWAL.
INCOMPETENT WHEN THEY TOOK THE
MILITARY OUT FIRST.
WHERE THEY LEFT $85 BILLION
WORTH OF EQUIPMENT BEHIND FOR
THE TALIBAN TO HAVE TO SELL AND
TO USE.
AND OF COURSE THE DEATH, THE
DEATH THAT HAPPENED.
WHEN THEY WATCHED ALL OF THAT, I
THINK THEY GOT EMBOLDENED.
WILL: PRESIDENT TRUMP, JOE BIDEN
IS SCHEDULED TO BE ON A CALL
TODAY WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN.
WHAT DO YOU THINK HE CAN SAY?
WHAT SHOULD HE SAY?
IF YOU WERE IN OFFICE TODAY,
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO VLADIMIR
PUTIN?
>> WELL, I WOULDN’T BE IN THIS
POSITION.
BECAUSE WE’RE IN A VERY BAD
POSITION RIGHT NOW.
AND IT WOULD HAVE -- AS I SAID,
IT WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED, I
KNOW HIM VERY WELL.
I GOT ALONG WITH HIM VERY WELL.
I STOPPED HIS PIPELINE.
I SANCTIONED THEM MORE THAN
ANYBODY EVER SANCTIONED THEM.
NOBODY WAS EVER TOUGHER ON
RUSSIA BUT I GOT ALONG WITH
PUTIN VERY WELL.
WE RESPECTED EACH OTHER.
I THINK YOU HAVE A WHOLE
DIFFERENT BALLGAME RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS JUST AN EXERCISE.
HE IS NOT GOING TO TELL HIM
ANYTHING.
AND I DON’T THINK PUTIN AT THIS
POINT IS GOING TO BE LISTENING.
IT’S GOING TO BE VERY
INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HE DOES
IN TERMS OF THE DEPTH, WHAT --
WILL HE TAKE A SMALL PIECE?
WHEN BIDEN ORIGINALLY SAID HE IS
GOING IN, EVERYBODY WAS LIKE DID
HE JUST SAY THAT?
NOBODY COULD BELIEVE IT.
BUT HE SAID IT.
AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A CARD.
UKRAINE WENT CRAZY WHEN HE SAW
THAT, WHEN THEY HEARD THAT.
THE PRESIDENT.
BUT NOW, THE PHONE CALL I THINK
IS PRO-FUNG TORE.
I DON’T THINK MUCH IS GOING TO
COME OUT OF IT.
CARLEY: SIR, REPUBLICANS HAVE
INTRODUCED A BILL THAT WOULD
BLOCKADE TO UKRAINE UNTIL THE
SOUTHERN BORDER IS SECURED.
WHY WOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT A
BORDER IN EUROPE WHEN DISASTER
IS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
DO YOU THINK THOSE TWO ISSUES
SHOULD BE LINKED?
>> WELL, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND
HOW PEOPLE FEEL WE HAD THE
STRONGEST BORDER WE WERE THREE
WEEKS AWAY FROM FINISHING THE
WALL AFTER GOING THROUGH TWO AND
A HALF YEARS WITH LAWSUITS WITH
THE DEMOCRATS AND WINNING THEM.
WE ARE TWO AND A HALF WEEKS FROM
FINISHING THE LAW WHICH LARGELY
FRANKLY FINISHED ANYWAY WITH
TREMENDOUS HELP.
WE HAD THE BEST NUMBERS IN THE
HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY ON THE
SOUTHERN BORDER OTHER THAN
COMING IN ILLEGALLY.
LOWEST DRUG NUMBERS, BEST DRUG
NUMBERS IN THE LAST 32 YEARS.
THEY WERE GETTING MUCH BETTER
RAPIDLY.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS GUY
TAKES OVER AND THE BORDER IS
OPEN AND WE HAVE MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE -- I THINK IT’S
10 MILLION.
THEY SAY 3 MILLION.
BUT PEOPLE COMING IN FROM
COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THEY ARE RELEASING THEIR
PRISONERS INTO OUR COUNTRY.
WE ARE LIKE A DUMPING GROUND.
I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND HOW
PEOPLE FEEL WHEN THEY CERTAINLY
SAY TIE ONE FOR THE OTHER.
WE FIGHT FOR OTHER PEOPLE’S
BORDERS BUT DON’T FIGHT FOR OUR
OWN BORDER.
WE HAVE THE STRONGEST AND MOST
SECURE BORDER WE HAVE EVER HAD
AT THE SOUTH.
AND MEXICO WAS GREAT TO ME.
THEY HELPED US, GAVE US 28,000
SOLDIERS.
FREE OF CHARGE.
BECAUSE, OTHERWISE, WE WOULD
HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, TARIFFED ALL
OF THEIR CARS AND THINGS COME
IN.
WE GOT ALONG GREAT WITH MEXICO.
WE HAD THE STAY IN MEXICO
POLICY.
NOW IT’S CALLED STAY IN THE
UNITED STATES.
WHOEVER YOU ARE, JUST COME ON
IN.
IT’S A VERY TERRIBLE THING.
AND I MUST TELL YOU I DO
UNDERSTAND HOW THEY FEEL WHEN
WE’RE FIGHTING FOR OTHER
COUNTRIES BUT WE’RE NOT FIGHTING
FOR OUR OWN.
PETE: MR. PRESIDENT NOT ONLY
FIGHTING FOR OUR OWN IF
FACILITATING THAT TRANSPORTATION
WITH FLIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT.
THINGS HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT AS
WELL.
I WANT TO GO TO OUR OTHER BORDER
IF WE CAN, MR. PRESIDENT.
AND THE IDEA OF TRUCKERS AND THE
TRUCKER FREEDOM CONVOY THAT’S
HAPPENING THERE.
NOT JUST IN OTTAWA BUT NOW ON
TRADE ROOTS ROUTES ON THE
CANADIAN BORDER.
YOU HEARD HIM JUSTIN FROM
CANADA.
WHAT JUSTIN TRUDEAU HAS SAID
ABOUT THEM.
CHARACTERIZED THEM AS RACIST.
AS BIGOTS.
BUT THEIR MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEAR
FROM THE BEGINNING,
MR. PRESIDENT.
THE LIST OF THEIR DEMANDS HAS
BEEN TERMINATE VACCINE
PASSPORTS.
TERMINATE VACCINE MANDATES AND
STOP THE DIVISIVE RHETORIC.
THEY HAVE BEEN STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THEY WANT FREEDOM.
WHAT’S YOUR MESSAGE TO BOTH THE
FREEDOM CONVOY AND JUSTIN
TRUDEAU?
>> PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE
WATCHING AND THEY HAVE RESPECT
FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
THEY’RE TIRED OF BEING PUSHED
AROUND BY INCOMPETENT PEOPLE.
BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO.
BEING FORCED WITH THE MANDATES.
THE MANDATES SHOULD HAVE NOT
HAPPENED.
I’M VERY PROUD OF WARP SPEED.
EVERYBODY HAS GIVEN US CREDIT.
NOBODY THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE
TO DO WHAT WE DID.
AND THAT INCLUDES THERAPEUTICS
BY THE WAY REGENERON AND THE
VARIOUS THIEWRPDS THAT WORKED SO
WELL.
WHAT WE DID WITH WARP SPEED WAS
VERY, VERY GREAT.
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH
MANDATES IS VERY, VERY BAD.
THERE IS A LOT OF RESPECT FOR
WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
I SEE THEY HAVE TRUCK SIGNS ALL
SIGNS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
OUR COUNTRY IS A TINDERBOX, TOO.
DON’T KID YOURSELF.
THERE IS PLENTY OF OUR COUNTRY
UP THERE RIGHT NOW, FOLKS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN CANADA, OUR
COUNTRY, I THINK, IS FAR MORE OF
A TINDERBOX THAN CANADA.
WILL: PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE ARE
WATCHING BLUE STATES BEGIN THE
PROCESS OF LOOSENING
RESTRICTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IN MY ONE CHANCE TO INTERVIEW IN
THE PAST, PRESIDENT TRUMP, I
ASKED YOU ABOUT DR. FAUCI.
YOU WERE AT THE FRONT END ON SO
MANY THINGS AS WE PANICKED AS A
NATION.
YOU TALKED ABOUT BALANCING THE
SHUTDOWNS AGAINST OUR ECONOMY.
AND I ASKED YOU AT THAT TIME
ABOUT DR. FAUCI, AND THE WAY THE
PUBLIC VIEWED HIM.
AND YOU WERE BEGINNING AT THAT
TIME TO EXPRESS SOME SKEPTICISM.
I’M CURIOUS AND I’M NOT TRYING
TO GIVE YOU THE ANSWER AHEAD OF
TIME.
I’M CURIOUS IF YOU LOOK BACK ON
THE LAST TWO YEARS, SOME OF
WHICH WAS UNDER YOUR WATCH WHEN
IT COMES TO COVID, WHAT WOULD
YOU HAVE DONE?
WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY IF
PUT IN THE SAME POSITION, WITH
PERFECT HINDSIGHT?
WHAT IF ANYTHING WOULD YOU DO
DIFFERENTLY?
>> WE HAVEN’T BEEN GIVEN CREDIT.
WE ARE STARTING TO GET CREDIT.
WARP SPEED WAS PHENOMENAL.
I CLOSED UP THE COUNTRY TO
CHINA.
I CLOSED UP THE COUNTRY TO
EUROPE.
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
AND I FILLED THE SHELVES.
I FILLED UP THE CUPBOARDS OF THE
STATES THEY WERE UNABLE TO DO
THEMSELVES.
HAD YOU VERY COMPETENT GOVERNORS
AND VERY INCOMPETENT GOVERNORS.
I WENT AROUND WHEN THE CUPBOARDS
WERE BARE AND THEY WERE.
THAT WAS A BIG THING.
>> THE VENTILATORS, ALL OF THE
EQUIPMENT.
AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE’RE
ABLE TO GET FROM GOGGLES TO
CLOTHING AND THE PLASTICS AND WE
DID AN AMAZING JOB.
>> GOT NO CREDIT FOR IT.
BUT EVERYTHING WAS STOCKED AND
RIGHT NOW THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS
STOCKED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
THE COUNTRY AND THIS IS LONG
BEFORE I GOT THERE, WAS NOT
PREPARED.
FAUCI, HOWEVER, WAS NOT A BIG
FACTOR WITH ME.
IS HE A BIG FACTOR NOW BECAUSE
BIDEN CHOSE TO MAKE HIM SUCH.
HE WAS NOT A BIG FACTOR WITH ME.
HE SAID HE DIDN’T WANT TO CLOSE
TO AS YOU KNOW VERY STRONGLY
BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
HE DIDN’T WANT TO CLOSE UP THE
CHINA, WHICH WAS HEAVILY
INFECTED.
HE DIDN’T WANT TO CLOSE UP TO
EUROPE WHICH WAS HEAVILY
INFECTED.
FOUR MONTHS LATER HE SAID THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE A GREAT
DECISION AND SAVED, PERHAPS,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES.
BECAUSE I WAS REALLY A SINGLE
VOTE.
I HAD 21 PEOPLE IN A ROOM.
NONE OF THEM WANT TO THE CLOSE
IT DOWN BUT I DID.
BECAUSE I SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING
IN CHINA AND IN EUROPE.
FAUCI DID NOT PLAY A BIG A ROLL
WITH ME.
HE PLAYED ACTUALLY A PRETTY
LIGHT ROLE AND IF YOU ALSO
NOTICED, OFTENTIMES, WHEN HE
WOULD SAY SOMETHING, I WOULD DO
THE OPPOSITE.
CLEAN-UP TENDED TO BE PRETTY
GOOD.
HE CAME OUT AGAINST MASKS, AND
THEN HE BECAME A RADICAL MASKER.
HE WAS A RADICAL.
WEAR FOUR IF YOU COULD.
AT THE VERY BEGINNING IF YOU
LOOK BACK EARLY ON HE WAS
AGAINST MASKS.
AND THEN HE HAD SOME VERY
DIFFERENT VIEWS.
BUT HE WAS NOT A BIG FACTOR WITH
ME.
I DIDN’T GET TO SEE HIM TOO
MUCH.
I DIDN’T DEAL WITH HIM TOO MUCH.
I MADE MY OWN DECISIONS AND THEY
WERE GREAT DECISIONS.
AND I LET THE STATES RUN,
WHETHER IT’S FLORIDA, TEXAS,
SOUTH DAKOTA, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK
AT SOME OF THE STATES, SOUTH
CAROLINA THEY DID A TERRIFIC
JOB, THE GOVERNOR DID A TERRIFIC
JOB.
BUT, I LET THE STATES RUN AND
MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND
FRANKLY, THE REPUBLICAN
GOVERNORS DID A FAR BETTER JOB
THAN THE DEMOCRAT GOVERNORS, BUT
FAUCI WAS NOT A BIG FACTOR AS
FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED.
HE BECAME A VERY BIG FACTOR ONCE
BIDEN CAME IN.
AND THEN IT’S ALMOST LIKE HE
COULDN’T MAKE A MOVE WITHOUT
ASKING FAUCI.
CARLEY: MR. PRESIDENT OVER THE
LAST WEEK SOMETHING INTERESTING
HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNORS HAVE DROPPED MASK
MANDATES OR AT LEAST PULLED BACK
ON MASK MANDATES.
THERE’S THIS CLIP THAT’S GOING
VIRAL.
IT TOOK PLACE AT A LAS VEGAS
SCHOOL, CHILDREN SO EXCITED THAT
THEY DON’T HAVE TO WEAR THEIR
MASKS TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY.
TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT THAT
SOUNDED LIKE.
WATCH THIS.
>> STARTING TOMORROW WE DON’T HAVE TO WEAR MASKS ANYMORE.
HAVE TO WEAR MASKS ANYMORE.
[SCREAMS AND SQUEALS]
CARLEY: I THINK THAT WOULD PUT A
SMILE ON ANYBODY’S FACE.
APPOSE THAT ABOUT WHAT PRESIDENT
BIDEN SAID MASK RESTRICTIONS
IT’S PREMATURE.
THE CDC SAID NOW IS NOT THE
TIME.
IF NOW IS NOT THE TIME, WHEN IS?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THAT’S
ADORABLE.
IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED A LONG
TIME AGO.
AND EVERYBODY SAYS THAT THE MASK
FOR THE NEW VARIANT AT LEAST IS
VIRTUALLY INEFFECTIVE.
I MEAN TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE.
SO I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
DOING AND WHY THEY ARE DOING IT.
BUT THEY HAVE COME OUT AND SAID
THAT THE MASK HAS ALMOST NO
IMPACT.
ESPECIALLY ON THE NEW VARIANT.
AND I JUST DON’T -- IT’S
INCONCEIVABLE WHAT’S GOING ON.
BUT, A LOT OF THE STATES ARE
OPENING UP.
BUT I THINK POLITICALLY IT WOULD
BE UNACCEPTABLE.
THEY ARE JUST NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO EGG OUT TOO MUCH LONGER.
IT’S RIDICULOUS.
THAT CLIP IS SO BEAUTIFUL TO