1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,500 HAS AN IMPACT ON THE ORDINARY CITIZEN. 2 00:00:02,503 --> 00:00:09,215 LOUISE SHELLEY IS OUR GUEST ON AFTERWARDS TONIGHT AT 930 -- 3 00:00:09,217 --> 00:00:07,939 9:00 EASTERN ON C-SPAN'S BOOK TV. 4 00:00:07,941 --> 00:00:16,391 ¶ JOURNAL'SS WASHINGTON 5 00:00:16,393 --> 00:00:16,883 LIVE EVERY DAY WITH NEWS AND POLICY ISSUES THAT IMPACT YOU. 6 00:00:16,885 --> 00:00:19,677 MONDAY MORNING, WASHINGTON POST NATIONAL POLITICAL REPORTER AND 7 00:00:19,679 --> 00:00:23,126 HOST PREVIEWS THE WEEK AHEAD IN WASHINGTON. 8 00:00:23,128 --> 00:00:29,867 THEY WILL DISCUSS A FEDERAL RULE REQUIRING HOSPITALS TO POST 9 00:00:29,869 --> 00:00:33,043 PRICES OF PROCEDURES ONLINE WITH A PRESIDENT OF A NONPROFIT 10 00:00:33,045 --> 00:00:36,379 CONSUMER GROUP THEY ARE HELP -- FAIR HEALTH. 11 00:00:36,381 --> 00:00:40,195 BE SURE TO WATCH 7:00 EASTERN ON MONDAY MORNING. 12 00:00:40,197 --> 00:00:45,141 JOIN THE DISCUSSION. ANNOUNCER: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 13 00:00:45,143 --> 00:00:48,114 SPENDING TODAY AT CAMP DAVID FOR MEETINGS WITH SENIOR WHITE HOUSE 14 00:00:48,116 --> 00:00:49,932 STAFF MEMBERS ON BORDER SECURITY, CHINA, AND OTHER 15 00:00:49,934 --> 00:00:55,120 ISSUES. ON HIS WAY THIS MORNING, HE 16 00:00:55,122 --> 00:00:56,277 SPOKE TO REPORTERS AND RESPONDED TO SOME QUESTIONS. 17 00:00:56,279 --> 00:01:16,569 [INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: THE JOB NUMBERS 18 00:01:16,571 --> 00:01:11,967 WERE FANTASTIC. THE BEST NUMBERS WE HAVE HAD IN 19 00:01:11,969 --> 00:01:13,693 MANY YEARS. IT SHOCKED WALL STREET, IT DID 20 00:01:13,695 --> 00:01:15,302 NOT SHOCK ME. I KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. 21 00:01:15,304 --> 00:01:19,665 BUT THE JOB NUMBERS WERE BEYOND ANYBODY'S EXPECTATIONS. 22 00:01:19,667 --> 00:01:28,559 REALLY, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, THE TOP SIX, THAT WAS A GREAT 23 00:01:28,561 --> 00:01:30,449 THING. ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF JOB 24 00:01:30,451 --> 00:01:33,344 NUMBERS IS IF YOU REMEMBER THE PAST ADMINISTRATION SAID YOU 25 00:01:33,346 --> 00:01:37,325 NEED ONE TO BRING BACK MANUFACTURING JOBS. 26 00:01:37,327 --> 00:01:41,372 WELL, MANUFACTURING JOBS ARE COMING BACK AT A VERY HIGH 27 00:01:41,374 --> 00:01:43,261 LEVEL. WE HAD A TREMENDOUS 28 00:01:43,263 --> 00:01:47,951 MANUFACTURING JOBS REPORT. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE 29 00:01:47,953 --> 00:01:49,886 HAVE WORKED VERY HARD. WE HAVE MANY COMPANIES COMING 30 00:01:49,888 --> 00:01:54,216 BACK INTO THE UNITED STATES. MANY CAR COMPANIES GOING TO 31 00:01:54,218 --> 00:01:58,233 MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO. AND OTHER PLACES. 32 00:01:58,235 --> 00:02:00,918 BUT THEY ARE COMING BACK INTO THE UNITED STATES, IN MOST 33 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,729 CASES, THEY HAVE LEFT. NOW THEY ARE COMING BACK. 34 00:02:03,731 --> 00:02:08,439 WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. I'M GOING TO CAMP DAVID, WE WILL 35 00:02:08,441 --> 00:02:12,152 BE DISCUSSING MANY TOPICS. NORTH KOREA, THE CHINA TRADE 36 00:02:12,154 --> 00:02:15,213 DEAL WHICH IS COMING ALONG VERY WELL, BOTH OF THOSE SUBJECTS 37 00:02:15,215 --> 00:02:19,269 COMING ALONG VERY WELL. OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING 38 00:02:19,271 --> 00:02:22,386 THE WALL. WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED. 39 00:02:22,388 --> 00:02:26,410 EVEN IF YOU READ SOME OF THE PAPERS THAT DO NOT REPORT 40 00:02:26,412 --> 00:02:31,180 ACCURATELY, OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY, BUT A COUPLE IN 41 00:02:31,182 --> 00:02:37,544 PARTICULAR, THEY SAY THE SEARCH -- THE SURGE TO COME INTO OUR 42 00:02:37,546 --> 00:02:37,738 COUNTRY HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER. AND IT IS VERY UNFAIR TO PEOPLE 43 00:02:37,740 --> 00:02:41,742 THAT WANT TO COME IN LEGALLY. THE SURGE HAS NEVER BEEN 44 00:02:41,744 --> 00:02:43,744 STRONGER. WE HAVE TO BUILD A WALL OR A 45 00:02:43,746 --> 00:02:51,919 BARRIER. THE BARRIER, OR THE WALL, CAN BE 46 00:02:51,921 --> 00:02:53,386 STEEL INSTEAD OF CONCRETE IF THAT HELPS PEOPLE. 47 00:02:53,388 --> 00:02:55,889 IT MAY BE BETTER. BUT I'M WILLING TO DO THAT SO 48 00:02:55,891 --> 00:02:57,891 ARE A GREAT STEEL COMPANIES, WHICH ARE NOW BACK IN BUSINESS, 49 00:02:57,893 --> 00:02:59,893 THEY WERE VERY -- THEY WERE DOING VERY POORLY. 50 00:02:59,895 --> 00:03:02,895 NOW THEY ARE DOING VERY WELL. A LOT OF STEELWORKERS WORKING 51 00:03:02,897 --> 00:03:04,932 THAT NEVER HAD A CHANCE OF GETTING A JOB IN THE STEEL 52 00:03:04,934 --> 00:03:09,136 INDUSTRY. THE STEEL INDUSTRY WAS DYING. 53 00:03:09,138 --> 00:03:13,039 NOW IT IS VERY VIBRANT. I INTEND TO CALL THE HEAD OF 54 00:03:13,041 --> 00:03:17,044 UNITED STATES STEEL, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER OF OUR GREAT 55 00:03:17,046 --> 00:03:22,014 STEEL COMPANIES, TO HAVE THEM COME UP WITH A DESIGN OF A 56 00:03:22,016 --> 00:03:25,085 BEAUTIFUL STEEL PRODUCT, WHICH WE NOW MAKE HERE. 57 00:03:25,087 --> 00:03:32,158 AND WE WILL USE THAT AS OUR BARRIER. 58 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,229 WE ARE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO GET MONEY TO OUR 59 00:03:35,231 --> 00:03:38,264 INCREDIBLE PEOPLE, BUT MANY OF THOSE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AGREE 60 00:03:38,266 --> 00:03:40,266 WITH ME. THEY SAY, MAKE SURE YOU WIN THIS 61 00:03:40,268 --> 00:03:49,276 BATTLE. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT BATTLE 62 00:03:49,277 --> 00:03:51,277 TO WIN FROM THE STANDPOINT OF SAFETY, NUMBER ONE, DEFINING OUR 63 00:03:51,279 --> 00:03:53,279 COUNTRY, AND WHO WE ARE. ALSO FROM THE STANDPOINT OF 64 00:03:53,281 --> 00:03:57,384 DOLLARS. THIS WALL WILL PAY FOR ITSELF 65 00:03:57,386 --> 00:04:00,386 MANY TIMES DURING THE COURSE OF A YEAR. 66 00:04:00,388 --> 00:04:04,458 THE MONEY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS VERY SMALL COMPARED TO THE 67 00:04:04,460 --> 00:04:07,460 RETURN. YOU WILL RECEIVE A RETURN MANY 68 00:04:07,462 --> 00:04:09,730 TIMES DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. 69 00:04:09,732 --> 00:04:11,430 THAT IS THE KIND OF NUMBERS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. 70 00:04:11,432 --> 00:04:14,934 MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT IS ABOUT SAFETY. 71 00:04:14,936 --> 00:04:19,636 IT IS ABOUT SECURITY FOR OUR COUNTRY. 72 00:04:19,638 --> 00:04:21,475 IT IS ABOUT STOPPING HUMAN TRAFFICKERS. 73 00:04:21,477 --> 00:04:25,545 IT IS ABOUT STOPPING DRUGS. WE HAVE TO HAVE IT. 74 00:04:25,547 --> 00:04:27,514 GOT TO HAVE IT WE HAVE NO CHOICE. 75 00:04:27,516 --> 00:04:29,549 IT IS NOT A QUESTION TO YOU THINK I LIKE DOING THIS? 76 00:04:29,551 --> 00:04:35,022 I DON'T LIKE DOING THE SPIRIT WE -- I DON'T LIKE DOING THIS. 77 00:04:35,024 --> 00:04:36,523 WE HAVE NO CHOICE. WE HAVE TO HAVE IT. 78 00:04:36,525 --> 00:04:39,526 REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: I CAN RELATE. 79 00:04:39,528 --> 00:04:44,563 I'M SURE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE RECEIVING END WELL MAKE 80 00:04:44,566 --> 00:04:48,669 ADJUSTMENTS, THEY ALWAYS DO. THEY WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. 81 00:04:48,671 --> 00:04:52,739 PEOPLE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON. 82 00:04:52,741 --> 00:04:56,743 MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WILL NOT BE RECEIVING A PAYCHECK, 83 00:04:56,745 --> 00:04:59,746 MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE AGREE 100% WITH WHAT I AM DOING. 84 00:04:59,748 --> 00:05:05,786 I WILL TELL YOU, I SAW A POLL, 75% ON FOX, I SAW A POLL, 75% 85 00:05:05,788 --> 00:05:09,790 THAT IMMIGRATION IS SO IMPORTANT. 86 00:05:09,792 --> 00:05:13,794 AND IT IS. IT IS A VERY BIG ISSUE. 87 00:05:13,796 --> 00:05:20,766 REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: I MAY DECLARE A 88 00:05:20,769 --> 00:05:23,769 NATIONAL EMERGENCY DEPENDING ON WHAT WILL HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT 89 00:05:23,772 --> 00:05:32,778 FEW DAYS. WE HAVE A MEETING, VICE 90 00:05:32,781 --> 00:05:35,782 PRESIDENT PENCE AND A GROUP WILL BE COMING TO A CERTAIN LOCATION. 91 00:05:35,784 --> 00:05:37,450 YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS. THEY WILL BE HAVING ANOTHER 92 00:05:37,453 --> 00:05:38,785 MEETING. I DO NOT EXPECT TO HAVE ANYTHING 93 00:05:38,787 --> 00:05:41,787 HAPPEN AT THAT MEETING. BUT I THINK WE -- NOR DOES THE 94 00:05:41,790 --> 00:05:45,791 VICE PRESIDENT, BUT I THINK WE WILL HAVE SOME VERY SERIOUS 95 00:05:45,794 --> 00:05:47,794 TALKS COME MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. 96 00:05:47,796 --> 00:05:50,796 WE HAVE TO HAVE BORDER SECURITY. IF WE DO NOT HAVE BORDER 97 00:05:50,799 --> 00:05:53,766 SECURITY, WE WILL BE CRIME-RIDDEN AND IT WILL GET 98 00:05:53,769 --> 00:05:56,769 WORSE AND WORSE. IT WAS SO SAD WATCHING THE 99 00:05:56,772 --> 00:06:01,842 FUNERAL OF THE SLAIN POLICE OFFICER YESTERDAY. 100 00:06:01,844 --> 00:06:06,513 OFFICER SINGH. THAT WAS A VERY SAD THING. 101 00:06:06,515 --> 00:06:09,915 THIS IS GOING ON IN MANY PLACES. OVER THE COURSE -- IF YOU GO 102 00:06:09,917 --> 00:06:15,921 BACK TO THE YEAR 2000, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE 103 00:06:15,924 --> 00:06:17,924 BEEN KILLED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. 104 00:06:17,926 --> 00:06:20,894 BY PEOPLE COMING INTO THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. 105 00:06:20,896 --> 00:06:25,532 AND KILLING OUR CITIZENS TO WE -- OUR CITIZENS. 106 00:06:25,534 --> 00:06:27,634 WE CAN'T HAVE IT. WE CAN'T HAVE IT. 107 00:06:27,636 --> 00:06:33,173 REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE WILL SEE 108 00:06:33,175 --> 00:06:35,174 WHAT HAPPENS, WHETHER OR NOT IT IS SETTLED. 109 00:06:35,177 --> 00:06:39,145 REPORTER: REPUBLICAN SENATORS [INAUDIBLE] 110 00:06:39,148 --> 00:06:42,148 PRESIDENT TRUMP: I WILL SAY THIS. 111 00:06:42,151 --> 00:06:45,152 I HAVE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 112 00:06:45,154 --> 00:06:49,156 IF YOU LOOK AT CONGRESS, YOU SAW WITH ALL OF THE NUMBERS, YOU SAW 113 00:06:49,158 --> 00:06:53,192 A VERY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE VOTING. 114 00:06:53,195 --> 00:06:56,196 IT WAS NOT REALLY AGAINST, IT WAS A VOTE TO OPEN. 115 00:06:56,198 --> 00:06:58,197 IT WAS NOT AGAINST BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES. 116 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:02,201 FRANKLY, THE DEMOCRATS AGREE YOU NEED BORDER SECURITY. 117 00:07:02,204 --> 00:07:06,205 THEY AGREE YOU NEED A BARRIER. I PUT OUT A QUOTE THIS MORNING 118 00:07:06,208 --> 00:07:10,277 OF BARACK OBAMA. I PUT OUT A QUOTE THIS MORNING 119 00:07:10,279 --> 00:07:15,415 OF HILLARY CLINTON IN 2015. THAT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO. 120 00:07:15,417 --> 00:07:21,454 STRONGLY SAYING THAT YOU NEED A BORDER TO KEEP ILLEGALS OUT. 121 00:07:21,457 --> 00:07:25,459 THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE. BUT IT IS NOT JUST ILLEGAL. 122 00:07:25,461 --> 00:07:33,532 IT IS CRIMINALS, DRUGS, IT IS THE NEW PHENOMENON THAT HAS BEEN 123 00:07:33,535 --> 00:07:35,535 AGE-OLD, GOING ON FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, BUT IT HAS NEVER BEEN 124 00:07:35,537 --> 00:07:38,638 WORSE THAN NOW. BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET. 125 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:44,610 HUMAN TRAFFICKING, WHERE THEY GRAB WOMEN, PUT TAPE OVER THEIR 126 00:07:44,613 --> 00:07:47,647 MOUTHS, COME THROUGH OUR BORDER, AND SELL THEM. 127 00:07:47,649 --> 00:07:50,649 AND THEY GO BOTH WAYS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. 128 00:07:50,652 --> 00:07:54,653 THEY DO NOT GO THROUGH A PORT OF ENTRY. 129 00:07:54,656 --> 00:07:57,657 BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE CAUGHT. BUT THEY GO UP WHERE THERE IS NO 130 00:07:57,659 --> 00:08:00,660 WALL, THEY MAKE A RIGHT, GO TO MEXICO. 131 00:08:00,662 --> 00:08:04,730 LOOK, WE BETTER GET SMART. HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A BIG 132 00:08:04,733 --> 00:08:08,734 BUSINESS. IT IS A BIG DEAL. 133 00:08:08,736 --> 00:08:11,738 DEALING IN CHILDREN IS A BIG DEAL. 134 00:08:11,740 --> 00:08:16,743 CHILDREN ARE PROBABLY THE MOST HARMED BY NOT HAVING THE WALL OR 135 00:08:16,745 --> 00:08:20,747 ITS EQUIVALENT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE HUMAN 136 00:08:20,749 --> 00:08:29,822 TRAFFICKING, THEY COME IN, NOW -- THEY NAB THE WOMEN, GRAB THEM 137 00:08:29,825 --> 00:08:31,824 AM A PUT TAPE OVER THEIR MOUTHS, TIE THEIR HANDS, AND TAKE THEM 138 00:08:31,826 --> 00:08:32,926 TO ANOTHER COUNTRY AND GO OVER THE BORDER. 139 00:08:32,928 --> 00:08:38,831 IF WE HAD A POWERFUL WALL, OR ITS EQUIVALENT, THEY WOULD NOT 140 00:08:38,833 --> 00:08:40,232 BE ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH PORTS 141 00:08:40,234 --> 00:08:42,869 OF ENTRY. REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] 142 00:08:42,871 --> 00:08:46,872 PRESIDENT TRUMP: EVERYBODY IS PLAYING GAMES. 143 00:08:46,875 --> 00:08:48,908 BUT I CAN SAY THIS, I THINK THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO MAKE A DEAL. 144 00:08:48,911 --> 00:08:49,942 I REALLY DO. I FEEL THAT. 145 00:08:49,945 --> 00:08:53,380 REPORTER: WHAT IS THE DEAL? [INAUDIBLE] 146 00:08:53,382 --> 00:08:56,081 PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE WILL CALL IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 147 00:08:56,083 --> 00:08:59,119 I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO. THIS YEAR, -- EXCUSE ME. 148 00:08:59,121 --> 00:09:01,120 WE WILL CALL IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 149 00:09:01,122 --> 00:09:03,122 AND A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THE WALL. 150 00:09:03,125 --> 00:09:06,125 THERE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS RENOVATIONS. 151 00:09:06,127 --> 00:09:09,129 IF YOU LOOK IN SAN DIEGO, THERE HAS BEEN A NEW WALL BUILT WHICH 152 00:09:09,131 --> 00:09:14,200 DOES NOT GET REPORTED. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DON'T WANT 153 00:09:14,202 --> 00:09:15,935 TO REPORT IT. LOOK AT SAN DIEGO ANOTHER AREAS. 154 00:09:15,937 --> 00:09:20,239 -- AND OTHER AREAS. WE CAN DO MUCH MORE IF THEY GIVE 155 00:09:20,242 --> 00:09:24,778 US THE MONEY TO DO IT. A LOT OF THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. 156 00:09:24,780 --> 00:09:26,245 WHEN THEY SAY BUILD A WALL, I DON'T SAY THAT ANYMORE. 157 00:09:26,247 --> 00:09:32,284 I SAY FINISH THE WALL. WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK. 158 00:09:32,286 --> 00:09:36,289 IT HAD LANGUAGE IN IT THAT HAS -- THAT ALLOWS YOU TO BUILD A 159 00:09:36,291 --> 00:09:40,293 CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WALL BUT MOSTLY RENOVATE THE EXISTING 160 00:09:40,295 --> 00:09:42,395 WALL. WE HAVE RENOVATED A LOT OF 161 00:09:42,397 --> 00:09:44,396 WALLS. THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB. 162 00:09:44,398 --> 00:09:49,401 REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE WILL SEE 163 00:09:49,403 --> 00:09:51,403 WHAT HAPPENS WITH DACA. DACA IS BEFORE THE UNITED STATES 164 00:09:51,406 --> 00:09:58,445 SUPREME COURT. IF THE COURT DOES WHAT MOST 165 00:09:58,447 --> 00:10:01,447 LEGAL SCHOLARS THINK THEY WILL DO, THEY WILL NOT GIVE PRESIDENT 166 00:10:01,450 --> 00:10:04,583 OBAMA OR PRESIDENT TRUMP THE POWER TO DO WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA 167 00:10:04,585 --> 00:10:07,586 DID. IF THAT HAPPENS, IT WILL BE A 168 00:10:07,588 --> 00:10:10,590 GREAT THING FOR OUR COUNTRY. YOU KNOW WHY? 169 00:10:10,592 --> 00:10:14,627 WE WILL WORK OUT A DEAL FAST WITH THE DEMOCRATS ON DACA. 170 00:10:14,630 --> 00:10:16,630 WE WILL WORK OUT A DEAL VERY QUICKLY WITH THE DEMOCRATS ON 171 00:10:16,632 --> 00:10:20,633 DACA. REPORTER: ARE YOU WAITING FOR 172 00:10:20,635 --> 00:10:23,637 THAT TO HAPPEN? PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE ARE WAITING 173 00:10:23,639 --> 00:10:25,671 FOR THE SUPREME COURT DECISION. REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] 174 00:10:25,674 --> 00:10:32,778 PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE WILL SEE HOW LONG THE SHUTDOWN GOES. 175 00:10:32,781 --> 00:10:34,848 THIS SHUTDOWN COULD END TOMORROW. 176 00:10:34,850 --> 00:10:36,182 AND IT COULD ALSO GO ON FOR A LONG TIME. 177 00:10:36,184 --> 00:10:38,817 IT REALLY IS DEPENDENT ON THE DEMOCRATS. 178 00:10:38,820 --> 00:10:40,085 REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: IT IS REALLY 179 00:10:40,088 --> 00:10:45,825 DEPENDING ON THE DEMOCRATS. REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] 180 00:10:45,827 --> 00:10:49,828 PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE WILL SEE HOW WE DO HERE. 181 00:10:49,830 --> 00:10:51,664 EVERYBODY KNOWS -- ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS READ TODAY'S WASHINGTON 182 00:10:51,666 --> 00:10:56,869 POST. YOU SEE WHERE BIG SURGES OF 183 00:10:56,872 --> 00:10:58,872 PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE BORDER. 184 00:10:58,874 --> 00:11:03,909 SOME OF THAT, A LOT OF THAT IS MY FAULT. 185 00:11:03,911 --> 00:11:05,911 YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE I CREATED SUCH A GREAT 186 00:11:05,914 --> 00:11:08,914 ECONOMY THAT PEOPLE ARE POURING UP AND TRYING TO GET JOBS. 187 00:11:08,916 --> 00:11:11,950 YOU COULD SAY IT IS MY FAULT. AND I WANT PEOPLE TO COME IN. 188 00:11:11,953 --> 00:11:13,286 BUT THEY HAVE TO COME IN LEGALLY. 189 00:11:13,288 --> 00:11:16,955 THEY HAVE TO COME IN LEGALLY. THEY CANNOT COME IN THE WAY THEY 190 00:11:16,958 --> 00:11:23,997 ARE COMING IN. CRIMINALS ARE COMING AND COMING 191 00:11:23,999 --> 00:11:27,166 -- COMING IN, HUMAN TRAFFICKERS ARE COMING IN, WE CAN'T HAVE IT. 192 00:11:27,169 --> 00:11:32,005 REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: OUR ECONOMY IS 193 00:11:32,007 --> 00:11:35,007 DOING SO WELL. NOBODY UNDERSTANDS HOW WELL OUR 194 00:11:35,010 --> 00:11:37,010 ECONOMY IS DOING. OUR ECONOMY IS DOING SO WELL. 195 00:11:37,012 --> 00:11:49,088 DON'T FORGET, I'M PAYING INTEREST. 196 00:11:49,091 --> 00:11:50,156 I DID NOT HAVE FUNNY MONEY TO PLAY WITH. 197 00:11:50,158 --> 00:11:51,458 PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD ZERO INTEREST. 198 00:11:51,460 --> 00:11:53,093 I HAVE INTEREST TO PAY. NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT 199 00:11:53,095 --> 00:11:55,094 GETTING INTEREST ON THEIR MONEY FOR MANY YEARS, THEY ARE NOW 200 00:11:55,096 --> 00:11:57,096 GETTING INTEREST ON THEIR MONEY. BUT HE WAS PLAYING WITH FUNNY 201 00:11:57,098 --> 00:11:59,098 MONEY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO INTEREST. 202 00:11:59,101 --> 00:12:02,067 WE ARE PLAYING WITH PAYING INTEREST. 203 00:12:02,070 --> 00:12:05,138 LIKE AN ALL FAIRNESS, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. 204 00:12:05,140 --> 00:12:11,184 REPORTER: WHAT DO YOU EXPECT OUT OF THE CHINA TALKS? 205 00:12:11,186 --> 00:12:12,744 PRESIDENT TRUMP: THE CHINA TALKS ARE GOING WELL. 206 00:12:12,746 --> 00:12:16,948 I SPOKE TO PRESIDENT XI RECENTLY. 207 00:12:16,950 --> 00:12:19,184 I BELIEVE THEY WANT TO MAKE A DEAL. 208 00:12:19,187 --> 00:12:21,187 THE TARIFFS HAVE HURT CHINA BADLY. 209 00:12:21,189 --> 00:12:23,156 OUR COUNTRY IS TAKING IN A LOT OF MONEY THROUGH TARIFFS. 210 00:12:23,158 --> 00:12:26,226 A LOT OF MONEY. A LOT OF TARIFFS. 211 00:12:26,228 --> 00:12:30,395 STEEL DUMPING AND OTHER. -- OTHERS. 212 00:12:30,398 --> 00:12:31,664 I THINK CHINA WANTS TO GET IT RESOLVED. 213 00:12:31,666 --> 00:12:34,333 THEIR ECONOMY IS NOT DOING WELL. THEY ARE DOWN CLOSE TO 38%. 214 00:12:34,335 --> 00:12:37,336 THAT IS A LOT. I THINK THAT GIVES THEM A GREAT 215 00:12:37,338 --> 00:12:40,340 INCENTIVE TO NEGOTIATE. BUT WE ARE DOING VERY WELL WITH 216 00:12:40,342 --> 00:12:43,343 CHINA. MY RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT 217 00:12:43,345 --> 00:12:47,380 XI IS AS GOOD AS ANY RELATIONSHIP THAT A PRESIDENT 218 00:12:47,382 --> 00:12:50,650 HERE HAS HAD WITH A PRESIDENT OR LEADER IN CHINA. 219 00:12:50,652 --> 00:12:56,656 I THINK THAT THINGS WILL HAPPEN. -- I THINK THAT THINGS ARE GOING 220 00:12:56,658 --> 00:12:57,757 TO HAPPEN. NOW, I SAY THIS, NORTH KOREA, WE 221 00:12:57,759 --> 00:12:58,892 ARE DOING VERY WELL. AGAIN, NO ROCKETS. 222 00:12:58,894 --> 00:13:03,429 THERE IS NO ROCKET. THERE IS NO ANYTHING CAN WE ARE 223 00:13:03,431 --> 00:13:05,465 -- NO ANYTHING. WE ARE DOING VERY WELL. 224 00:13:05,467 --> 00:13:12,471 I HAVE INDIRECTLY SPOKEN TO CHAIRMAN KIM, AND WHEN I CAME 225 00:13:12,473 --> 00:13:15,041 HERE, THIS COUNTRY WAS HEADED TO WAR WITH NORTH KOREA. 226 00:13:15,043 --> 00:13:16,008 NOW WE HAVE A VERY GOOD DIALOGUE. 227 00:13:16,010 --> 00:13:20,546 VERY GOOD. WITH NORTH KOREA, WE HAVE A VERY 228 00:13:20,549 --> 00:13:23,549 GOOD DIALOGUE. I AM NOT GOING TO GO ANY FURTHER 229 00:13:23,552 --> 00:13:25,585 THAN THAT. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, IT IS 230 00:13:25,587 --> 00:13:28,588 VERY SPECIAL. AND ANYBODY ELSE BUT ME, YOU 231 00:13:28,590 --> 00:13:33,593 WOULD BE IN WAR RIGHT NOW. THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION 232 00:13:33,595 --> 00:13:37,697 WOULD HAVE BEEN IN WAR RIGHT NOW IF THAT WAS EXTENDED. 233 00:13:37,699 --> 00:13:45,078 YOU WOULD RIGHT NOW BE IN A NICE BIG FAT WAR IN ASIA WITH NORTH 234 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:48,920 KOREA IF I WAS NOT ELECTED PRESIDENT. 235 00:13:48,922 --> 00:13:57,265 REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE ARE 236 00:13:57,267 --> 00:14:04,029 NEGOTIATING A LOCATION. IT WILL BE ANNOUNCED PROBABLY 237 00:14:04,031 --> 00:14:05,525 IN THE TOO DISTANT FUTURE. THEY SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO ME. 238 00:14:05,527 --> 00:14:08,661 THEY WANT TO MEET AND WE WANT TO MEET. 239 00:14:08,663 --> 00:14:12,932 THE SANCTIONS REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. 240 00:14:12,934 --> 00:14:17,937 AND THEY WELL UNTIL WE HAVE SOME VERY POSITIVE PROOF. 241 00:14:17,939 --> 00:14:20,973 BUT I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE DOING VERY WELL WITH NORTH KOREA 242 00:14:20,976 --> 00:14:24,010 AND WE ARE ALSO DOING VERY WELL WITH CHINA. 243 00:14:24,012 --> 00:14:28,013 ON TRADE. THE OTHER ONE IS IRAN. 244 00:14:28,015 --> 00:14:33,085 IRAN IS DOING VERY POORLY. ONCE I TOOK THE HORRIBLE IRAN 245 00:14:33,088 --> 00:14:38,948 NUCLEAR DEAL OFF, IT HAS HAD A MASSIVE EFFECT IN IRAN. 246 00:14:38,950 --> 00:14:39,571 THEY ARE PULLING BACK TROOPS ALL OVER THE PLACE. 247 00:14:39,573 --> 00:14:42,761 THEY ARE NOT DOING WELL. THEY WANT TO TALK. 248 00:14:42,763 --> 00:14:47,166 REPORTER: WHAT ABOUT SYRIA? PRESIDENT TRUMP: IN SYRIA, WE 249 00:14:47,168 --> 00:14:50,236 HAVE HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT. WHEN I WENT THERE, DON'T FORGET, 250 00:14:50,238 --> 00:14:59,476 WHEN I WENT TO SYRIA FIVE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 251 00:14:59,478 --> 00:15:01,834 THERE FOR THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. THEY NEVER CAME OUT. 252 00:15:01,836 --> 00:15:03,283 WE ARE PULLING BACK IN SYRIA. WE ARE GOING TO BE REMOVING OUR 253 00:15:03,285 --> 00:15:06,286 TROOPS. I NEVER SAID WE ARE DOING IT 254 00:15:06,288 --> 00:15:09,289 THAT QUICKLY. BUT WE ARE DECIMATING ISIS WHEN 255 00:15:09,291 --> 00:15:12,325 I WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT TWO YEARS AGO, ISIS WAS ALL OVER 256 00:15:12,327 --> 00:15:15,294 SYRIA. AND ALL OVER IRAQ. 257 00:15:15,296 --> 00:15:19,299 WE HAVE WIPED OUT ISIS AND IRAQ. -- IN IRAQ. 258 00:15:19,301 --> 00:15:22,335 WE HAVE WIPED OUT ISIS. AND WE ARE DOING IT FOR TWO 259 00:15:22,337 --> 00:15:26,372 REASONS WE ARE DOING IT BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT THEM COMING HERE. 260 00:15:26,374 --> 00:15:32,377 BUT WE ARE DOING IT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. 261 00:15:32,380 --> 00:15:33,645 WE ARE HELPING OTHER COUNTRIES WHEN WE DO THAT, TOO. 262 00:15:33,648 --> 00:15:42,884 YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER. IRAN HATES ISIS MORE THAN WE DO. 263 00:15:42,886 --> 00:15:42,641 IF THAT IS POSSIBLE. RUSSIA HATES ISIS MORE THAN WE 264 00:15:42,643 --> 00:15:53,694 DO. TURKEY HATES ISIS, MAYBE NOT AS 265 00:15:53,696 --> 00:15:56,665 MUCH AS WE DO. BUT THESE ARE COUNTRIES THAT 266 00:15:56,667 --> 00:15:57,734 HATE ISIS. AND THEY CAN DO A LITTLE OF THE 267 00:15:57,736 --> 00:15:58,958 FIGHTING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO BECAUSE WE ARE FIGHTING 268 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:03,591 THEM IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE 269 00:16:03,593 --> 00:16:03,582 PULLING OUT OF SYRIA, BUT WE WILL NOT BE FINALLY PULLED OUT 270 00:16:03,584 --> 00:16:07,044 UNTIL ISIS IS GONE. IT IS GOING QUICKLY. 271 00:16:07,046 --> 00:16:10,646 REPORTER: HOW MANY MONTHS? REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] 272 00:16:10,648 --> 00:16:12,585 PRESIDENT TRUMP: JOHN BOLTON IS RIGHT NOW OVER THERE. 273 00:16:12,587 --> 00:16:16,755 I HAVE TWO GREAT STARS. JOHN BOLTON IS DOING A GREAT 274 00:16:16,757 --> 00:16:18,757 JOB. MIKE POMPEO IS DOING A GREAT 275 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:23,049 JOB. THEY ARE VERY STRONG AND THEY 276 00:16:23,052 --> 00:16:27,768 WORK HARD. AS YOU KNOW, THEY ARE DOING 277 00:16:27,770 --> 00:16:32,424 THINGS THAT ARE VERY, VERY GOOD . 278 00:16:32,427 --> 00:16:33,004 WE ARE COMING UP WITH GOOD RESULTS. 279 00:16:33,006 --> 00:16:36,017 REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: I AM IN NO 280 00:16:36,019 --> 00:16:39,177 HURRY. I HAVE ACTING. 281 00:16:39,179 --> 00:16:41,046 MY ACTING'S ARE DOING REALLY GREAT. 282 00:16:41,049 --> 00:16:46,752 DAVID IS DOING GREAT. MICK MULVANEY IS DOING GREAT AS 283 00:16:46,755 --> 00:16:55,411 CHIEF OF STAFF. THAT I SORT OF LIKE ACTING. 284 00:16:55,413 --> 00:16:55,318 GIVES ME MORE FLEXIBILITY. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? 285 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,846 I LIKE ACTING WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE ACTING TO WE HAVE A GREAT 286 00:16:57,848 --> 00:17:15,871 CABINET. IF YOU LOOK AT MY CABINET, WE 287 00:17:15,873 --> 00:17:09,370 HAVE A FANTASTIC CABINET. REALLY GREAT. 288 00:17:09,372 --> 00:17:10,565 REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: I THINK WE ARE 289 00:17:10,567 --> 00:17:12,521 DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE SHUTDOWN NEGOTIATION. 290 00:17:12,523 --> 00:17:14,746 WE HAVE NO CHOICE. LOOK, THERE WILL BE -- EXCUSE 291 00:17:14,748 --> 00:17:19,017 ME. I'M TOTALLY INVOLVED. 292 00:17:19,019 --> 00:17:22,020 I'M INVOLVED WITH PRINCIPLES. BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, IT IS GOING 293 00:17:22,022 --> 00:17:25,057 TO BE SOLVED BY THE PRINCIPLES. SCHUMER AND NANCY PELOSI AND 294 00:17:25,059 --> 00:17:28,093 MYSELF CAN SOLVE THIS IN 20 MINUTES. 295 00:17:28,095 --> 00:17:35,368 IF THEY WANT TO. IF THEY DON'T WANT TO, IT WILL 296 00:17:35,369 --> 00:17:36,802 GO ON FOR A LONG TIME. I WILL TELL YOU THIS. 297 00:17:36,804 --> 00:17:39,271 IF WE DO NOT FIND A SOLUTION, IT IS GOING TO GO ON FOR A LONG 298 00:17:39,273 --> 00:17:40,272 TIME. THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANY 299 00:17:40,274 --> 00:17:46,279 BEND RIGHT HERE. THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR DONALD 300 00:17:46,281 --> 00:17:48,246 TRUMP, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE, ONE OF THE GREAT ELECTIONS EVER, 301 00:17:48,248 --> 00:17:53,318 THOSE PEOPLE ARE FOR IT SO MUCH. LET ME TELL YOU, PEOPLE THAT DID 302 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,321 NOT VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP ARE FOR IT ALSO. 303 00:17:55,322 --> 00:17:58,374 THEY WANT BORDER SECURITY. THEY WANT TO STOP HUMAN 304 00:17:58,376 --> 00:18:16,151 TRAFFICKING. THEY WANT TO STOP DRUGS. 305 00:18:16,153 --> 00:18:21,466 THEY WANT TO STOP CRIME. REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] 306 00:18:21,468 --> 00:18:31,061 REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: I WILL BE 307 00:18:31,062 --> 00:18:25,334 MAKING THE STATE OF THE UNION ON JANUARY 29. 308 00:18:25,336 --> 00:18:27,952 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. 309 00:18:27,954 --> 00:18:33,777 I LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH -- BEFORE THE WORLD. 310 00:18:33,779 --> 00:18:38,591 WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS TO SAY. 311 00:18:38,593 --> 00:18:45,318 OUR COUNTRY IS DOING BETTER THAN ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. 312 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:46,177 RIGHT NOW, OUR MILITARY IS ALMOST COMPLETELY REBUILT. 313 00:18:46,179 --> 00:18:47,019 WHEN I TOOK IT OVER, IT WAS A MESS. 314 00:18:47,021 --> 00:18:51,088 IT WAS DEPLETED. OUR TRADE DEALS ARE GOING GREAT. 315 00:18:51,090 --> 00:18:53,678 WE HAVE A DEAL WITH MEXICO, CANADA, SOUTH KOREA. 316 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,911 WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH EUROPE. THE EUROPEAN UNION. 317 00:18:55,913 --> 00:18:57,094 WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH CHINA, WHICH IS BY FAR THE BIGGEST OF 318 00:18:57,096 --> 00:19:00,913 THEM ALL. WE ARE DOING VERY, VERY WELL. 319 00:19:00,915 --> 00:19:06,505 WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT. WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT. 320 00:19:06,507 --> 00:19:12,732 REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: LOOK, THEY HAVE 321 00:19:12,734 --> 00:19:12,797 TO DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO. MANY OF THOSE WORKERS AGREE WITH 322 00:19:12,799 --> 00:19:16,802 ME. AND I THINK FRANKLY, THERE HAS 323 00:19:16,803 --> 00:19:22,807 BEEN VERY LITTLE OF THAT SO FAR. VERY LITTLE. 324 00:19:22,809 --> 00:19:28,848 ANY MORE? THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. 325 00:19:28,849 --> 00:19:31,850 I DON'T LIKE DOING THIS. I HAVE NO FUN DOING THIS. 326 00:19:31,852 --> 00:19:34,854 I WAS ELECTED TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY. 327 00:19:34,855 --> 00:19:38,858 THAT IS WHAT I AM DOING. AND PRESIDENTS BEFORE ME HAVE 328 00:19:38,859 --> 00:19:42,864 ALL VOTED FOR THIS OR MANY OF THEM, AND MANY OF THE SENATORS I 329 00:19:42,865 --> 00:19:48,200 AM NEGOTIATING WITH RIGHT NOW HAVE VOTED FOR THIS. 330 00:19:48,202 --> 00:19:51,820 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THEY DID NOT HAVE THE GUTS TO DO IT. 331 00:19:51,822 --> 00:19:54,559 JUST LIKE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE GUTS TO MOVE THE EMBASSY TO 332 00:19:54,561 --> 00:19:55,916 JERUSALEM. AND ISRAEL. 333 00:19:55,917 --> 00:19:57,910 THEY DO NOT HAVE THE GUTS TO DO THINGS THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE. 334 00:19:57,911 --> 00:19:59,879 JUST LIKE THEY DID NOT TAKE OUT ISIS. 335 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:08,887 JUST LIKE SO MANY OTHER THINGS. I WAS VOTED, 306 TO 23, 336 00:20:08,889 --> 00:20:12,891 SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BY A LOT. I WAS VOTED TO BE YOUR 337 00:20:12,893 --> 00:20:15,927 PRESIDENT, PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF SECURITY. 338 00:20:15,929 --> 00:20:17,930 IT IS A BIG PART OF WHAT I TALKED ABOUT. 339 00:20:17,932 --> 00:20:24,003 NOT ONLY THE WALL, THE MILITARY AND LOTS OF OTHER THINGS. 340 00:20:24,005 --> 00:20:27,005 I THINK I HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. REPORTER: [INAUDIBLE] 341 00:20:27,007 --> 00:20:30,009 PRESIDENT TRUMP: I THINK I HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. 342 00:20:30,010 --> 00:20:35,014 I'M GETTING CREDIT FROM THE REAL MOVES. 343 00:20:35,015 --> 00:20:37,015 BORDER SECURITY IS A BIG PART OF THAT. 344 00:20:37,017 --> 00:20:39,051 WE ALSO HAVE TO STOP DRUGS. LISTEN. 345 00:20:39,052 --> 00:20:44,056 WE ALSO HAVE TO STOP DRUGS. IF WE DO NOT STOP DRUGS SOON, 346 00:20:44,057 --> 00:20:49,061 THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TIME OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS BUT HAS GOTTEN 347 00:20:49,062 --> 00:20:54,066 -- YEARS AND IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND WORSE OVER THE LAST FIVE, 348 00:20:54,067 --> 00:20:57,068 THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TIME WHEN OUR COUNTRY WAS SO INFESTED WITH 349 00:20:57,070 --> 00:21:00,105 SO MANY DIFFERENT DRUGS COMING FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT 350 00:21:00,107 --> 00:21:02,108 LOCATIONS. I BELIEVE THAT PRESIDENT XI IN 351 00:21:02,109 --> 00:21:06,244 CHINA, WHEN HE MADE THE PLEDGE TO ME TO CRIMINALIZE FENTANYL, 352 00:21:06,246 --> 00:21:10,282 THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO HELPING US. 353 00:21:10,284 --> 00:21:15,254 I'M GOING TO CAMP DAVID. THANK YOU. 354 00:21:15,255 --> 00:21:22,260 THE PRESIDENT SPENT A FEW HOURS AT CAMP DAVID BEFORE 355 00:21:22,262 --> 00:21:24,796 RETURNING TO THE WHITE HOUSE. HE STOPPED TO TALK TO REPORTERS 356 00:21:24,798 --> 00:21:29,167 ABOUT THE SHUTDOWN, BORDER SECURITY, AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH 357 00:21:29,169 --> 00:21:39,812 CONGRESS. PRESIDENT TRUMP: YOU HAVEN'T HAD