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1 00:00:02,869 --> 00:00:04,439 The President: So, the economy is doing very, 2 00:00:04,437 --> 00:00:06,237 very well. 3 00:00:06,239 --> 00:00:08,239 We'll see what happens with the Federal Reserve, 4 00:00:08,241 --> 00:00:10,211 whether or not they finally get smart and 5 00:00:10,210 --> 00:00:13,510 reduce interest rates, like many other places 6 00:00:13,513 --> 00:00:16,513 around the world that we have to compete with. 7 00:00:16,516 --> 00:00:18,856 But our economy is the strongest in the world, 8 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:20,052 by far. 9 00:00:20,053 --> 00:00:21,853 Nothing even close. 10 00:00:21,855 --> 00:00:24,225 And a lot of good things are happening. 11 00:00:24,224 --> 00:00:25,924 We had some very good retail numbers this 12 00:00:25,925 --> 00:00:28,225 morning, as you saw. 13 00:00:28,228 --> 00:00:33,138 And I guess the stock market is quite a bit up. 14 00:00:33,133 --> 00:00:34,803 The Press: Are you demanding that Jay Powell 15 00:00:34,801 --> 00:00:36,271 lower interest rates? 16 00:00:36,269 --> 00:00:37,169 The President: No, I don't demand it. 17 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:40,070 But if he used his head, he would lower them. 18 00:00:40,073 --> 00:00:42,373 In Germany, they have a zero interest rate. 19 00:00:42,375 --> 00:00:43,515 And we do compete. 20 00:00:43,510 --> 00:00:45,010 We're much stronger than Germany, 21 00:00:45,011 --> 00:00:47,211 but we do compete with Germany. 22 00:00:47,213 --> 00:00:49,713 In Germany, they have a zero interest rate. 23 00:00:49,716 --> 00:00:51,816 And when they borrow money - I mean, when you look 24 00:00:51,818 --> 00:00:53,288 at what happened, look at what's going 25 00:00:53,286 --> 00:00:54,756 on over there. 26 00:00:54,754 --> 00:00:56,924 They borrow money, and they actually get paid 27 00:00:56,923 --> 00:00:58,893 to borrow money. 28 00:00:58,892 --> 00:01:00,262 And we have to compete with that. 29 00:01:00,260 --> 00:01:03,360 So, if you look at what's happening around the 30 00:01:03,363 --> 00:01:06,363 world, Jay Powell and the Federal Reserve have 31 00:01:06,366 --> 00:01:08,066 totally missed the call. 32 00:01:08,067 --> 00:01:10,137 I was right, and just about everybody 33 00:01:10,136 --> 00:01:12,106 admits that. 34 00:01:12,105 --> 00:01:12,875 I was right. 35 00:01:12,872 --> 00:01:14,342 He did quantitative tightening. 36 00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:15,940 He shouldn't have done that. 37 00:01:15,942 --> 00:01:19,982 He raised interest rates too fast, too furious. 38 00:01:19,979 --> 00:01:22,379 And we have a normalized rate. 39 00:01:22,382 --> 00:01:24,452 I - you call it that. 40 00:01:24,451 --> 00:01:26,551 And now we have to go the other direction. 41 00:01:26,553 --> 00:01:27,523 We'll see if he does it. 42 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:31,120 If he does it, you'll see a rocket ship; you'll see 43 00:01:31,124 --> 00:01:31,724 a boom. 44 00:01:31,724 --> 00:01:33,964 If he does it, we have a very strong economy. 45 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:38,130 But we could have - we could be - we could be in 46 00:01:38,131 --> 00:01:41,501 a place that this nation was seldom at, if we had 47 00:01:41,501 --> 00:01:43,841 interest rates cut by the Federal Reserve. 48 00:01:43,837 --> 00:01:46,177 The Federal Reserve has let us down. 49 00:01:46,172 --> 00:01:47,172 They missed the call. 50 00:01:47,173 --> 00:01:49,313 They raised them too fast. 51 00:01:49,309 --> 00:01:51,179 They raised it too high. 52 00:01:51,177 --> 00:01:53,477 And they did quantitative tightening. 53 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,150 They shouldn't have done the tightening and they 54 00:01:55,148 --> 00:01:56,988 shouldn't have raised them to the extent. 55 00:01:56,983 --> 00:01:58,953 We could have had some raises but nothing 56 00:01:58,952 --> 00:02:00,692 like they did. 57 00:02:02,956 --> 00:02:04,696 The Press: What happened to the strong appetite 58 00:02:04,691 --> 00:02:07,361 for background checks? 59 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:08,600 The President: Oh, I have an appetite for 60 00:02:08,595 --> 00:02:09,565 background checks. 61 00:02:09,562 --> 00:02:11,132 We're going to be doing background checks. 62 00:02:11,131 --> 00:02:12,661 We're working with Democrats. 63 00:02:12,665 --> 00:02:14,605 We're working with Republicans. 64 00:02:14,601 --> 00:02:17,241 We already have very strong background checks, 65 00:02:17,237 --> 00:02:19,337 but we're going to be filling in some of the 66 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:22,179 loopholes, as we call them, at the border. 67 00:02:22,175 --> 00:02:24,375 And speaking about at the border, it would be really 68 00:02:24,377 --> 00:02:26,877 nice if the Democrats would indeed fix the 69 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,280 loopholes, because it would be really nice. 70 00:02:29,282 --> 00:02:32,252 But despite that, I want to thank Mexico. 71 00:02:32,252 --> 00:02:34,722 They have 26,000 soldiers at our border, and they're 72 00:02:34,721 --> 00:02:37,921 really stopping people from coming in. 73 00:02:37,924 --> 00:02:38,994 The Press: But what does that have to do with 74 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:40,262 background checks for guns? 75 00:02:40,260 --> 00:02:41,560 The President: So what happens is - with 76 00:02:41,561 --> 00:02:43,061 background checks, we're dealing with Democrats, 77 00:02:43,062 --> 00:02:45,232 we're dealing with Republicans, we're dealing 78 00:02:45,231 --> 00:02:48,231 with the NRA, we're dealing with gun owners. 79 00:02:48,234 --> 00:02:49,704 We're dealing with everybody. 80 00:02:49,702 --> 00:02:51,072 And I think we're going to have something, 81 00:02:51,070 --> 00:02:52,570 hopefully, that's meaningful. 82 00:02:52,572 --> 00:02:54,842 The Press: Did you tell Wayne LaPierre that you 83 00:02:54,841 --> 00:02:56,011 would not pursue background checks, 84 00:02:56,009 --> 00:02:57,039 yesterday, in your call with him? 85 00:02:57,043 --> 00:02:57,773 The President: No, I didn't say anything 86 00:02:57,777 --> 00:02:58,377 about that. 87 00:02:58,378 --> 00:03:00,548 We had a great talk with Wayne yesterday. 88 00:03:00,547 --> 00:03:01,517 Didn't say anything about that. 89 00:03:01,514 --> 00:03:03,484 We just talked about concepts. 90 00:03:03,483 --> 00:03:06,223 Wayne agrees things have to be done also. 91 00:03:06,219 --> 00:03:10,819 And we have areas where we can close and - for 92 00:03:10,823 --> 00:03:13,293 instance, we did Fix NICS last time. 93 00:03:13,293 --> 00:03:15,933 We have a lot of - we have a lot of background 94 00:03:15,929 --> 00:03:17,629 checks right now. 95 00:03:17,630 --> 00:03:19,570 Gun owners can tell you that; others can tell 96 00:03:19,566 --> 00:03:20,696 you that. 97 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:22,440 But there are certain weaknesses, and we want 98 00:03:22,435 --> 00:03:23,535 to fix the weaknesses. 99 00:03:23,536 --> 00:03:24,936 And I think that'll happen. 100 00:03:24,938 --> 00:03:25,968 Let's see what happens. 101 00:03:25,972 --> 00:03:29,942 I'm concerned that no matter what we agree to, 102 00:03:29,943 --> 00:03:32,243 when we get there, I'm concerned the Democrats 103 00:03:32,245 --> 00:03:35,245 will say, "Oh, well, we now want this 104 00:03:35,248 --> 00:03:36,278 and we want..." 105 00:03:36,282 --> 00:03:37,722 And, you know, it's a slippery slope, and that's 106 00:03:37,717 --> 00:03:40,117 what, actually, your gun owners and a lot of other 107 00:03:40,119 --> 00:03:41,619 people are concerned with. 108 00:03:41,621 --> 00:03:44,191 But assuming that that's not going to take place 109 00:03:44,190 --> 00:03:46,760 by the Democrats, assuming they really 110 00:03:46,759 --> 00:03:49,359 want to get this done, we can get it done. 111 00:03:49,362 --> 00:03:51,662 The Press: Mr. President, you're speaking with 112 00:03:51,664 --> 00:03:52,434 AMVETS today. 113 00:03:52,432 --> 00:03:54,172 Organizers are saying they remain concerned about 114 00:03:54,167 --> 00:03:55,607 veteran suicide. 115 00:03:55,602 --> 00:03:56,572 The President: You got to speak up. 116 00:03:56,569 --> 00:03:57,439 The Press: Veteran suicides. 117 00:03:57,437 --> 00:03:59,707 AMVETS says it's their top priority. 118 00:03:59,706 --> 00:04:01,236 Talk with me about what the administration's 119 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,880 task force has done since its creation. 120 00:04:03,876 --> 00:04:05,076 The President: Well, we're doing a lot having to do 121 00:04:05,078 --> 00:04:06,748 with veteran suicide. 122 00:04:06,746 --> 00:04:09,686 We have a task force that's set up. 123 00:04:09,682 --> 00:04:12,522 There's a product that's made right now, that just 124 00:04:12,518 --> 00:04:15,418 came out by Johnson & Johnson, which has 125 00:04:15,421 --> 00:04:18,461 a tremendously positive - pretty short term, 126 00:04:18,458 --> 00:04:20,458 but nevertheless positive - effect. 127 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:24,560 I've instructed the head of the VA to go out 128 00:04:24,564 --> 00:04:25,864 and buy a lot of it. 129 00:04:25,865 --> 00:04:27,365 And we are buying a lot of it. 130 00:04:27,367 --> 00:04:29,707 Hopefully, we're getting it at a very good cost. 131 00:04:29,702 --> 00:04:33,842 And this is a - I guess it's a form of a stimulant 132 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:36,410 where, if somebody is really in trouble from 133 00:04:36,409 --> 00:04:39,549 the standpoint of suicide, it can do something. 134 00:04:39,545 --> 00:04:40,515 It's pretty well known. 135 00:04:40,513 --> 00:04:41,653 Just came out. 136 00:04:41,648 --> 00:04:44,118 It's made, I believe, by Johnson & Johnson. 137 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:47,087 And we have calls in now to Johnson & Johnson. 138 00:04:47,086 --> 00:04:49,356 Those calls - we've been dealing with them for two 139 00:04:49,355 --> 00:04:50,895 months, on buying a lot. 140 00:04:50,890 --> 00:04:52,630 The Press: Mr. President, can you explain your 141 00:04:52,625 --> 00:04:54,525 decision not to go to Denmark? 142 00:04:54,527 --> 00:04:56,727 Is it really because they wouldn't talk about 143 00:04:56,729 --> 00:04:57,769 selling Greenland? 144 00:04:57,764 --> 00:04:59,094 The President: No - Denmark, I looked forward 145 00:04:59,098 --> 00:05:01,398 to going, but I thought that the Prime Minister's 146 00:05:01,401 --> 00:05:03,901 statement - that it was absurd; that it was 147 00:05:03,903 --> 00:05:06,443 an absurd idea - it was nasty. 148 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:08,809 I thought it was an inappropriate statement. 149 00:05:08,808 --> 00:05:10,808 All she had to do is say, "No, we wouldn't 150 00:05:10,810 --> 00:05:11,940 be interested." 151 00:05:11,944 --> 00:05:15,844 But we can't treat the United States of America 152 00:05:15,848 --> 00:05:18,988 the way they treated us under President Obama. 153 00:05:18,985 --> 00:05:23,285 I thought it was a very not nice way 154 00:05:23,289 --> 00:05:24,219 of saying something. 155 00:05:24,223 --> 00:05:25,593 They could've told me "no." 156 00:05:25,591 --> 00:05:27,361 This is something that's been discussed 157 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:28,490 for many years. 158 00:05:28,494 --> 00:05:31,234 Harry Truman had the idea of Greenland. 159 00:05:31,230 --> 00:05:33,100 I had the idea. 160 00:05:33,099 --> 00:05:34,769 Other people have had the idea. 161 00:05:34,767 --> 00:05:38,267 It goes back into the early 1900s. 162 00:05:38,271 --> 00:05:40,511 But Harry Truman, very strongly, thought it was 163 00:05:40,506 --> 00:05:41,576 a good idea. 164 00:05:41,574 --> 00:05:44,114 I think it's a good idea because Denmark 165 00:05:44,110 --> 00:05:48,010 is losing $700 million a year with it. 166 00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:49,584 It doesn't do them any good. 167 00:05:49,582 --> 00:05:53,682 But all they had to do is say, "No, we'd rather 168 00:05:53,686 --> 00:05:56,756 not do that," or "We'd rather not talk about it." 169 00:05:56,756 --> 00:06:00,096 Don't say, "What an absurd idea that is." 170 00:06:00,093 --> 00:06:00,823 The Press: Sir - 171 00:06:00,827 --> 00:06:02,927 The President: Because she's not talking to me - 172 00:06:02,929 --> 00:06:03,499 The Press: Mr. President - 173 00:06:03,496 --> 00:06:04,266 The President: Excuse me. 174 00:06:04,263 --> 00:06:05,303 She's not talking to me. 175 00:06:05,298 --> 00:06:07,768 She's talking to the United States of America. 176 00:06:07,767 --> 00:06:10,237 You don't talk to the United States that way, 177 00:06:10,236 --> 00:06:11,606 at least under me. 178 00:06:11,604 --> 00:06:14,474 Now, President Obama, when they wouldn't land - 179 00:06:14,474 --> 00:06:16,514 let him land in the Philippines, when they 180 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:18,909 treated him so badly in so many places - 181 00:06:18,911 --> 00:06:21,551 the Philippines is one that comes to mind - 182 00:06:21,547 --> 00:06:22,747 that's different. 183 00:06:22,749 --> 00:06:23,779 That's different. 184 00:06:23,783 --> 00:06:25,653 They can treat him any way they want to; 185 00:06:25,651 --> 00:06:26,721 that's up to him. 186 00:06:26,719 --> 00:06:29,589 But they can't treat the United States with a 187 00:06:29,589 --> 00:06:31,389 statement, "How absurd." 188 00:06:31,390 --> 00:06:32,530 The Press: Mr. President, a question - 189 00:06:32,525 --> 00:06:33,925 The Press: Excuse me. 190 00:06:33,926 --> 00:06:34,796 Excuse me. 191 00:06:34,794 --> 00:06:36,794 The President: Let your wife do it. 192 00:06:36,796 --> 00:06:37,996 The Press: Thank you, Mr. President. 193 00:06:37,997 --> 00:06:38,927 The President: Who's the boss? 194 00:06:38,931 --> 00:06:39,901 Who's the boss? 195 00:06:39,899 --> 00:06:40,699 The Press: I am the boss. 196 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:41,430 Thank you, Mr. President. 197 00:06:41,434 --> 00:06:42,334 The President: I agree. 198 00:06:42,335 --> 00:06:43,135 She's the boss. 199 00:06:43,136 --> 00:06:43,736 I agree. 200 00:06:43,736 --> 00:06:44,306 Go ahead. 201 00:06:44,303 --> 00:06:45,203 The Press: Is Melania the boss? 202 00:06:45,204 --> 00:06:46,304 The President: You got a lot of people. 203 00:06:46,305 --> 00:06:47,075 Yes. 204 00:06:47,073 --> 00:06:48,613 She's got a lot of people watching. 205 00:06:48,608 --> 00:06:49,338 Go ahead. 206 00:06:49,342 --> 00:06:50,912 The Press: Mr. President, with regard to background 207 00:06:50,910 --> 00:06:53,010 checks, why shouldn't anyone who wants to buy 208 00:06:53,012 --> 00:06:55,182 a gun go through a background check? 209 00:06:55,181 --> 00:06:56,111 What's wrong with that? 210 00:06:56,115 --> 00:06:58,215 The President: Well, what we're doing is I want guns 211 00:06:58,217 --> 00:07:00,087 to be in the hands of people that are 212 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:01,386 mentally stable. 213 00:07:01,387 --> 00:07:04,427 And those people, I want them to easily be able 214 00:07:04,423 --> 00:07:05,693 to get a gun. 215 00:07:05,691 --> 00:07:08,161 But people that are insane, people that are 216 00:07:08,161 --> 00:07:10,831 sick up here, I don't want them to be able 217 00:07:10,830 --> 00:07:11,500 to get a gun. 218 00:07:11,497 --> 00:07:12,397 The Press: So wouldn't a background check be 219 00:07:12,398 --> 00:07:14,868 a good idea for anybody who wants to buy a gun? 220 00:07:14,867 --> 00:07:16,037 Wouldn't a background check be a good idea 221 00:07:16,035 --> 00:07:16,805 for anyone? 222 00:07:16,803 --> 00:07:18,503 The President: If a person is sick, if a person is 223 00:07:18,504 --> 00:07:22,444 mentally ill, if a person has done things in their 224 00:07:22,441 --> 00:07:25,281 past that are a horror - like, in the case of 225 00:07:25,278 --> 00:07:28,978 Dayton, except it got expunged because, I guess, 226 00:07:28,981 --> 00:07:30,181 he was 17 years old. 227 00:07:30,183 --> 00:07:32,323 When he wrote a list out, and the list said it was 228 00:07:32,318 --> 00:07:34,288 a death - not about guns. 229 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:37,287 He had a kill list and he had a rape list. 230 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:39,160 But it was 17. 231 00:07:39,158 --> 00:07:40,928 And one of the things we're talking about 232 00:07:40,927 --> 00:07:42,897 is getting rid of the age limit. 233 00:07:42,895 --> 00:07:45,095 He was 17, so when he turned 18, 234 00:07:45,097 --> 00:07:46,167 it was expunged. 235 00:07:46,165 --> 00:07:47,835 So we didn't find out about that. 236 00:07:47,834 --> 00:07:50,734 And a big percentage of the school, the parents 237 00:07:50,736 --> 00:07:53,406 wouldn't let their kids go to that school because 238 00:07:53,406 --> 00:07:54,376 they heard about it. 239 00:07:54,373 --> 00:07:54,903 Okay? 240 00:07:54,907 --> 00:07:56,007 It was a very big thing. 241 00:07:56,008 --> 00:07:57,708 When he was 18, it all went away. 242 00:07:57,710 --> 00:07:59,810 We can't let that happen. 243 00:07:59,812 --> 00:08:02,982 The Press: Mr. President, a hundred people 244 00:08:02,982 --> 00:08:05,352 a day die from guns. 245 00:08:05,351 --> 00:08:07,451 Do you see that as a public health emergency? 246 00:08:07,453 --> 00:08:08,283 The President: I do. 247 00:08:08,287 --> 00:08:08,887 I do. 248 00:08:08,888 --> 00:08:09,388 Yeah. 249 00:08:09,388 --> 00:08:10,118 I do. 250 00:08:10,122 --> 00:08:12,392 And they die for a lot of other reasons, too. 251 00:08:12,391 --> 00:08:13,591 But they do. 252 00:08:13,593 --> 00:08:16,133 And as I've said - and I think I've said it very 253 00:08:16,128 --> 00:08:18,498 loudly and plainly, and I don't think I've 254 00:08:18,497 --> 00:08:21,497 changed positions at all: We're working 255 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:22,900 on background checks. 256 00:08:22,902 --> 00:08:24,772 There are things we can do. 257 00:08:24,770 --> 00:08:27,540 But we already have very serious background checks. 258 00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:29,540 We have strong background checks. 259 00:08:29,542 --> 00:08:31,442 We can close up the gaps. 260 00:08:31,444 --> 00:08:33,714 We can do things that are very good and things that, 261 00:08:33,713 --> 00:08:36,983 frankly, gun owners want to have done. 262 00:08:36,983 --> 00:08:39,223 But we also have to remember the gun doesn't 263 00:08:39,218 --> 00:08:40,988 pull the trigger, a person does. 264 00:08:40,987 --> 00:08:43,227 And we have great mental illness. 265 00:08:43,222 --> 00:08:45,392 The Press: Thank you, Mr. President. 266 00:08:48,461 --> 00:08:51,601 Does your Justice Department plan to dust 267 00:08:51,597 --> 00:08:52,567 off the H. 268 00:08:52,565 --> 00:08:54,535 Rap Brown law and prosecute the Antifa 269 00:08:54,533 --> 00:08:57,503 demonstrators under the law that makes it a 270 00:08:57,503 --> 00:08:59,143 federal crime to cross state lines? 271 00:08:59,138 --> 00:09:00,478 The President: We're looking at - right. 272 00:09:00,473 --> 00:09:01,973 We're looking at a lot of different things 273 00:09:01,974 --> 00:09:03,714 relative to Antifa. 274 00:09:03,709 --> 00:09:07,449 Antifa, in my opinion, is a terrorist organization. 275 00:09:07,446 --> 00:09:08,946 You see what they've been doing. 276 00:09:08,948 --> 00:09:10,788 We've had great support on that. 277 00:09:10,783 --> 00:09:12,783 We're looking at various different things. 278 00:09:12,785 --> 00:09:14,755 The Press: Sir, why did you come up with ways 279 00:09:14,754 --> 00:09:16,924 to hold migrant families longer? 280 00:09:16,923 --> 00:09:17,693 To hold migrant families? 281 00:09:17,690 --> 00:09:18,360 The President: Go ahead. 282 00:09:18,357 --> 00:09:19,187 Behind you. 283 00:09:19,191 --> 00:09:19,931 Behind you. 284 00:09:19,926 --> 00:09:20,626 The Press: Thank you, Mr. President. 285 00:09:20,626 --> 00:09:21,396 I appreciate it. 286 00:09:21,394 --> 00:09:22,794 So, with Greenland, it seems to be entirely 287 00:09:22,795 --> 00:09:23,865 off the table. 288 00:09:23,863 --> 00:09:24,833 Are you looking at any additional lands for 289 00:09:24,830 --> 00:09:25,530 potential expansion? 290 00:09:25,531 --> 00:09:26,461 The President: No. 291 00:09:26,465 --> 00:09:27,605 We're just looking. 292 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:28,900 Greenland was just an idea, just a thought. 293 00:09:28,901 --> 00:09:32,601 But I think when they say it was "absurd" and it was 294 00:09:32,605 --> 00:09:37,175 said in a very nasty, very sarcastic way, I said, 295 00:09:37,176 --> 00:09:38,746 "We'll make it some other time." 296 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:40,314 We'll go to Denmark - I love Denmark. 297 00:09:40,313 --> 00:09:42,283 I've been to Denmark. 298 00:09:42,281 --> 00:09:45,181 And, frankly, we'll do it another time. 299 00:09:47,820 --> 00:09:50,360 Respect has to be shown to the United States. 300 00:09:50,356 --> 00:09:51,256 Go ahead. 301 00:09:51,257 --> 00:09:54,057 The Press: Yesterday you said that Jews - American 302 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:56,800 Jews who vote for Democrats are disloyal. 303 00:09:56,796 --> 00:09:58,866 To whom are they being disloyal, sir? 304 00:09:58,864 --> 00:10:02,764 And that's a well-known anti-Semitic trope. 305 00:10:02,768 --> 00:10:04,638 The President: So, I have been responsible 306 00:10:04,637 --> 00:10:07,707 for a lot of great things for Israel. 307 00:10:07,707 --> 00:10:11,547 One of them was moving the embassy to Jerusalem, 308 00:10:11,544 --> 00:10:14,714 making Jerusalem the capital of Israel. 309 00:10:14,714 --> 00:10:17,184 One of them was the Golan Heights. 310 00:10:17,183 --> 00:10:19,183 One of them, frankly, is Iran. 311 00:10:19,185 --> 00:10:21,925 Iran is a very far weakened nation right 312 00:10:21,921 --> 00:10:23,021 now - much different. 313 00:10:23,022 --> 00:10:24,322 Hopefully, if something works out. 314 00:10:24,323 --> 00:10:25,053 We'll see. 315 00:10:25,057 --> 00:10:26,127 If it happens, it happens. 316 00:10:26,125 --> 00:10:26,895 The Press: But sir - 317 00:10:26,892 --> 00:10:27,492 The President: Wait a minute. 318 00:10:27,493 --> 00:10:28,163 Wait. 319 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:28,730 Wait. 320 00:10:28,728 --> 00:10:31,028 No President has ever done anywhere close to what 321 00:10:31,030 --> 00:10:34,500 I've done between Golan Heights, Jerusalem, Iran - 322 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:35,700 and other things. 323 00:10:35,701 --> 00:10:36,601 The Press: But American Jews are Americans, sir. 324 00:10:36,602 --> 00:10:37,232 The President: Excuse me. 325 00:10:37,236 --> 00:10:37,836 Wait a minute. 326 00:10:37,837 --> 00:10:38,967 Wait a minute. 327 00:10:38,971 --> 00:10:41,111 No President has done what I've done. 328 00:10:41,107 --> 00:10:45,247 We have a group - I call it "AOC plus 3" - you can 329 00:10:45,244 --> 00:10:49,484 call the person Representative Tlaib, 330 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:51,852 you could say Representative Omar, you could go 331 00:10:51,851 --> 00:10:54,051 anywhere you want to do - go. 332 00:10:54,053 --> 00:10:56,423 They are anti-Semites. 333 00:10:56,422 --> 00:10:58,392 They are against Israel. 334 00:10:58,391 --> 00:11:00,861 She had a plan to greatly embarrass Israel by going 335 00:11:00,860 --> 00:11:04,560 there with the fact that she wanted to see 336 00:11:04,563 --> 00:11:05,263 her grandmother. 337 00:11:05,264 --> 00:11:06,364 I assume that's true. 338 00:11:06,365 --> 00:11:08,265 I hope that's true. 339 00:11:08,267 --> 00:11:10,167 But it was very bad. 340 00:11:10,169 --> 00:11:13,269 Very bad -the things that she, and others of that 341 00:11:13,272 --> 00:11:16,072 group, and other Democrats have said. 342 00:11:16,075 --> 00:11:18,075 And they have become the face of the 343 00:11:18,077 --> 00:11:19,207 Democratic Party. 344 00:11:19,211 --> 00:11:22,811 And I will tell you this: In my opinion, the 345 00:11:22,815 --> 00:11:25,785 Democrats have gone very far away from Israel. 346 00:11:25,785 --> 00:11:28,985 I cannot understand how they can do that. 347 00:11:28,988 --> 00:11:30,858 They don't want to fund Israel. 348 00:11:30,856 --> 00:11:33,396 They want to take away foreign aid to Israel. 349 00:11:33,392 --> 00:11:35,632 They want to do a lot of bad things to Israel. 350 00:11:35,628 --> 00:11:38,868 In my opinion, you vote for a Democrat, you're 351 00:11:38,864 --> 00:11:42,464 being very disloyal to Jewish people and you're 352 00:11:42,468 --> 00:11:45,238 being very disloyal to Israel. 353 00:11:45,237 --> 00:11:47,807 And only weak people would say anything other 354 00:11:47,807 --> 00:11:48,937 than that. 355 00:11:48,941 --> 00:11:51,681 The Press: Mr. President, your critics have 356 00:11:51,677 --> 00:11:53,347 said that is an anti-Semitic remark. 357 00:11:53,345 --> 00:11:54,945 What - how do you respond to that? 358 00:11:54,947 --> 00:11:56,517 The President: I haven't heard anybody say that; 359 00:11:56,515 --> 00:11:57,655 it's just the opposite. 360 00:11:57,650 --> 00:11:58,820 The Press: People have said that over the last 361 00:11:58,818 --> 00:11:59,518 24 hours. 362 00:11:59,518 --> 00:12:00,348 The President: I think that if you vote for a 363 00:12:00,352 --> 00:12:02,422 Democrat, you're very, very disloyal to Israel 364 00:12:02,421 --> 00:12:03,861 and to the Jewish people. 365 00:12:03,856 --> 00:12:05,756 The Press: What do you say to the Republicans who 366 00:12:05,758 --> 00:12:07,958 want to primary you? 367 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,930 The President: Well, I'm at 94 percent now in the 368 00:12:10,930 --> 00:12:14,030 Republican Party - the highest in history, the 369 00:12:14,033 --> 00:12:15,803 highest of any Republican. 370 00:12:15,801 --> 00:12:20,071 So, I think they'd have a hard time. 371 00:12:20,072 --> 00:12:21,572 The Press: Sir, you said Russia was kicked out of 372 00:12:21,574 --> 00:12:23,314 the G8, because they outsmarted - you said 373 00:12:23,309 --> 00:12:24,479 Russia was kicked out of the G8 - 374 00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:25,107 The President: Yeah. 375 00:12:25,111 --> 00:12:26,241 The Press: - because they outsmarted Obama. 376 00:12:26,245 --> 00:12:28,745 In fact, it was because they annexed Crimea. 377 00:12:28,747 --> 00:12:29,417 You know that. 378 00:12:29,415 --> 00:12:30,115 They're still there. 379 00:12:30,116 --> 00:12:31,716 Why would you let them back in? 380 00:12:31,717 --> 00:12:32,857 The President: That was outsmarting Obama. 381 00:12:32,852 --> 00:12:36,352 So, Russia outsmarted President Obama. 382 00:12:36,355 --> 00:12:38,525 They took over during his term, not during 383 00:12:38,524 --> 00:12:40,394 mine - Crimea. 384 00:12:40,392 --> 00:12:41,132 The Press: They're still there. 385 00:12:41,127 --> 00:12:41,857 Why let them in now? 386 00:12:41,861 --> 00:12:43,431 The President: They took over Crimea. 387 00:12:43,429 --> 00:12:46,399 If you'd stop being an organ of the Democrats - I 388 00:12:46,398 --> 00:12:49,468 mean, you know, if you'd let me answer the question - 389 00:12:49,468 --> 00:12:50,068 The Press: Listening. 390 00:12:50,069 --> 00:12:50,799 Please, sir. 391 00:12:50,803 --> 00:12:51,703 The President: - I'll answer it very easily. 392 00:12:51,704 --> 00:12:52,774 It's a very simple question. 393 00:12:52,771 --> 00:12:55,271 The fact is, President Putin totally outsmarted 394 00:12:55,274 --> 00:12:59,144 President Obama on Crimea and other things, 395 00:12:59,145 --> 00:13:02,615 including the red line in the sand, all right? 396 00:13:02,615 --> 00:13:05,955 He outsmarted - he made a living on outsmarting 397 00:13:05,951 --> 00:13:07,791 President Obama. 398 00:13:07,786 --> 00:13:11,526 And frankly, because of it, Obama was upset and he 399 00:13:11,524 --> 00:13:17,064 got Obama out of what was the G8 into the G7. 400 00:13:17,062 --> 00:13:20,232 It's come up: Should we put Russia back in? 401 00:13:20,232 --> 00:13:22,872 We spend a lot of time talking about Russia at 402 00:13:22,868 --> 00:13:24,008 those meetings. 403 00:13:24,003 --> 00:13:25,273 And they're not there. 404 00:13:25,271 --> 00:13:28,041 I think it would be a good thing if Russia were there 405 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,080 so we can speak directly, not have to speak all 406 00:13:31,076 --> 00:13:33,276 the - you know, by telephone and other things. 407 00:13:33,279 --> 00:13:37,049 So, here's the thing: It's a vote of what's 408 00:13:37,049 --> 00:13:39,089 now the G7. 409 00:13:39,084 --> 00:13:42,054 They were taken out because Putin outsmarted - 410 00:13:42,054 --> 00:13:45,454 on Crimea, on the red line, on other things - 411 00:13:45,457 --> 00:13:47,757 totally outsmarted Obama. 412 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,660 Obama was upset; they took them out. 413 00:13:50,663 --> 00:13:53,303 I think Russia should be a part of it because we're 414 00:13:53,299 --> 00:13:55,599 looking for world peace, and it's - and other 415 00:13:55,601 --> 00:13:57,401 things - trade and other things. 416 00:13:57,403 --> 00:14:00,273 And it would be a lot easier to have Russia in, 417 00:14:00,272 --> 00:14:02,342 where they had always been. 418 00:14:02,341 --> 00:14:04,341 The Press: But they're still there, sir. 419 00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:05,143 But sir, they're still there. 420 00:14:05,144 --> 00:14:07,444 So why let them in if they're still there? 421 00:14:07,446 --> 00:14:09,286 The Press: Yesterday, in the - yesterday, when you 422 00:14:09,281 --> 00:14:11,081 were talking to us in the Oval Office, you said you 423 00:14:11,083 --> 00:14:12,753 had the executive authority to index capital 424 00:14:12,751 --> 00:14:14,051 gains funds, but - capital gains taxes. 425 00:14:14,053 --> 00:14:17,853 But a 1992 Office of Legal Counsel opinion from the 426 00:14:17,856 --> 00:14:19,896 Treasury Department says the administration can't - 427 00:14:19,892 --> 00:14:20,992 The President: I read the same report as you. 428 00:14:20,993 --> 00:14:23,133 I'm not looking to do indexing. 429 00:14:23,128 --> 00:14:25,728 I've studied indexing for a long time. 430 00:14:25,731 --> 00:14:28,231 I think it will be perceived, if I do it, 431 00:14:28,234 --> 00:14:29,564 as somewhat elitist. 432 00:14:29,568 --> 00:14:30,368 I don't want to do that. 433 00:14:30,369 --> 00:14:35,179 I want taxes for the - the middle class, the workers, 434 00:14:35,174 --> 00:14:36,714 the people that work so hard. 435 00:14:36,709 --> 00:14:37,909 That's what I'm looking - I think 436 00:14:37,910 --> 00:14:42,620 indexing is really, probably better for 437 00:14:42,615 --> 00:14:43,915 the upper-income groups. 438 00:14:43,916 --> 00:14:45,886 I'm not looking to do that. 439 00:14:45,884 --> 00:14:47,654 But if I wanted to do it, I believe I could. 440 00:14:47,653 --> 00:14:50,523 But I'd need a letter from the Attorney General. 441 00:14:50,522 --> 00:14:52,422 The Press: Mr. President, so taking America 442 00:14:52,424 --> 00:14:56,094 into a recession: Is it worth it? 443 00:14:56,095 --> 00:14:58,235 And do Americans need to back that up? 444 00:14:58,230 --> 00:15:01,930 The President: So, the fake news, of which many 445 00:15:01,934 --> 00:15:05,004 of you are members, is trying to convince 446 00:15:05,004 --> 00:15:07,204 the public to have a recession. 447 00:15:07,206 --> 00:15:08,706 "Let's have a recession." 448 00:15:08,707 --> 00:15:11,447 The United States is doing phenomenally well. 449 00:15:11,443 --> 00:15:14,483 But one thing I have to do is economically take 450 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,820 on China because China has been ripping us off 451 00:15:17,816 --> 00:15:19,116 for many years. 452 00:15:19,118 --> 00:15:21,118 President Clinton, President Bush, and 453 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,860 President Obama, and others should have done 454 00:15:23,856 --> 00:15:25,826 this long before me. 455 00:15:25,824 --> 00:15:28,664 My life would be much easier - although I enjoy 456 00:15:28,661 --> 00:15:31,431 doing it - but my life would be much easier if 457 00:15:31,430 --> 00:15:34,500 I just said, "Let China continue to rip off 458 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:35,770 the United States." 459 00:15:35,768 --> 00:15:36,438 All right? 460 00:15:36,435 --> 00:15:38,475 It would be much easier, but I can't do that. 461 00:15:38,470 --> 00:15:40,440 We are winning against China. 462 00:15:40,439 --> 00:15:42,679 They've lost two and a half million jobs in a 463 00:15:42,675 --> 00:15:44,515 very short period of time. 464 00:15:44,510 --> 00:15:45,980 They want to make a deal. 465 00:15:45,978 --> 00:15:47,778 It's got to be a deal that's good for the United 466 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:50,680 States, where they want to make a deal - probably, 467 00:15:50,683 --> 00:15:52,523 we will make a deal. 468 00:15:52,518 --> 00:15:55,318 But if I didn't do that - and I'm not doing this - 469 00:15:55,321 --> 00:15:56,921 somebody said it's Trump's trade war. 470 00:15:56,922 --> 00:15:58,462 This isn't my trade war. 471 00:15:58,457 --> 00:16:01,957 This is a trade war that should have taken place 472 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,830 a long time ago by a lot of other Presidents. 473 00:16:04,830 --> 00:16:08,030 Over the last five or six years, China has made 474 00:16:08,033 --> 00:16:11,933 $500 billion. 475 00:16:11,937 --> 00:16:13,337 $500 billion. 476 00:16:13,339 --> 00:16:15,239 Ripped it out of the United States. 477 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,240 And not only that - if you take a look, intellectual 478 00:16:18,243 --> 00:16:19,743 property theft. 479 00:16:19,745 --> 00:16:21,485 Add that to it. 480 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,420 And add a lot of other things to it. 481 00:16:23,415 --> 00:16:24,385 So somebody - 482 00:16:24,383 --> 00:16:25,153 The Press: (Inaudible.) 483 00:16:25,150 --> 00:16:25,980 The President: Excuse me. 484 00:16:25,984 --> 00:16:27,654 Somebody had to do it. 485 00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:29,493 I am the chosen one. 486 00:16:29,488 --> 00:16:30,928 Somebody had to do it. 487 00:16:30,923 --> 00:16:32,563 So I'm taking on China. 488 00:16:32,558 --> 00:16:34,758 I'm taking on China on trade. 489 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:35,790 And you know what? 490 00:16:35,794 --> 00:16:36,764 We're winning. 491 00:16:36,762 --> 00:16:38,562 Because we're the piggybank. 492 00:16:38,564 --> 00:16:40,304 We're the one that all these countries - 493 00:16:40,299 --> 00:16:43,439 including the European Union - wants to rob 494 00:16:43,435 --> 00:16:45,375 and takes advantage of. 495 00:16:45,371 --> 00:16:48,171 European Union - $200 billion. 496 00:16:48,173 --> 00:16:50,713 China - more than $500 billion. 497 00:16:50,709 --> 00:16:51,679 Sorry. 498 00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:53,447 The Press: So it sounds like a recession is worth it 499 00:16:53,445 --> 00:16:54,515 - The President: I was put here - 500 00:16:54,513 --> 00:16:55,313 The Press: - is that what you're saying? 501 00:16:55,314 --> 00:16:56,644 The President: I was put here by people - I was put 502 00:16:56,648 --> 00:16:58,888 here by people to do a great job. 503 00:16:58,884 --> 00:16:59,914 And that's what I'm doing. 504 00:16:59,918 --> 00:17:01,888 And nobody has done a job like I've done. 505 00:17:01,887 --> 00:17:05,427 Now, would China rather wait for a little more 506 00:17:05,424 --> 00:17:09,224 than a year and try and get Sleepy Joe Biden to 507 00:17:09,228 --> 00:17:12,628 negotiate with, instead of President Trump? 508 00:17:12,631 --> 00:17:13,501 Maybe. 509 00:17:13,499 --> 00:17:14,729 But I don't think so. 510 00:17:14,733 --> 00:17:15,803 You know why? 511 00:17:15,801 --> 00:17:17,771 They're losing too many jobs too fast. 512 00:17:17,770 --> 00:17:21,170 They had the worst year in 27 years, but I think 513 00:17:21,173 --> 00:17:23,713 it was actually 52 or 54 years. 514 00:17:23,709 --> 00:17:25,779 It's the worst year they've had 515 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:27,078 in a half a century. 516 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:28,779 And that's because of me. 517 00:17:28,781 --> 00:17:30,011 And I'm not proud of that. 518 00:17:30,015 --> 00:17:31,115 But you know what? 519 00:17:31,116 --> 00:17:32,316 They want to negotiate. 520 00:17:32,317 --> 00:17:34,517 And Sleepy Joe doesn't have a clue. 521 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,720 Sleepy Joe said, "Oh, China is wonderful." 522 00:17:36,722 --> 00:17:39,792 Well, China is wonderful for China. 523 00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:43,092 But I'm wonderful for the U.S.A. 524 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:49,540 The Press: I'm from Danish TV. 525 00:17:49,535 --> 00:17:51,175 A lot of Danes are disappointed today. 526 00:17:51,170 --> 00:17:52,970 You - the Prime Minister said the invitation 527 00:17:52,971 --> 00:17:53,741 is still open. 528 00:17:53,739 --> 00:17:55,109 What will it take for you accept it? 529 00:17:55,107 --> 00:17:56,707 The President: Well, we'll meet at some time. 530 00:17:56,708 --> 00:17:59,578 But the Prime Minister used a terrible word when 531 00:17:59,578 --> 00:18:01,818 describing something that we've been talking 532 00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:03,884 about for years with our country. 533 00:18:03,882 --> 00:18:07,222 President Truman said, "What about Greenland?" 534 00:18:07,219 --> 00:18:09,489 And he talked about it very openly and it was a 535 00:18:09,488 --> 00:18:11,128 big deal at the time. 536 00:18:11,123 --> 00:18:13,293 And I brought it up again and it was discussed many 537 00:18:13,292 --> 00:18:14,692 other times. 538 00:18:14,693 --> 00:18:17,033 And I thought it was not a nice statement - the way 539 00:18:17,029 --> 00:18:19,169 she blew me off - because she is blowing 540 00:18:19,164 --> 00:18:20,764 off the United States. 541 00:18:20,766 --> 00:18:22,566 And we've done a lot for Denmark. 542 00:18:22,568 --> 00:18:23,238 We've done a lot. 543 00:18:23,235 --> 00:18:24,405 I know Denmark well. 544 00:18:24,403 --> 00:18:26,403 I have many friends from Denmark. 545 00:18:26,405 --> 00:18:28,545 I have many people from Denmark that live 546 00:18:28,540 --> 00:18:30,010 in the United States. 547 00:18:30,008 --> 00:18:32,678 And we treat countries with respect. 548 00:18:32,678 --> 00:18:34,618 She shouldn't treat the United States that way by 549 00:18:34,613 --> 00:18:36,813 saying, "What an abs-..." 550 00:18:36,815 --> 00:18:39,115 She said "absurd." 551 00:18:39,117 --> 00:18:41,387 That's not the right word to use: "absurd." 552 00:18:47,159 --> 00:18:48,659 The Press: Mr. President, why is it acceptable - why 553 00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:50,000 is it acceptable to lock up children indefinitely? 554 00:18:49,995 --> 00:18:50,795 The President: Louder. 555 00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:52,636 The Press: Why is it acceptable to lock up 556 00:18:52,631 --> 00:18:54,571 children indefinitely, which is what the result 557 00:18:54,566 --> 00:18:55,736 would be of rolling back the Flores Agreement? 558 00:18:55,734 --> 00:18:56,804 The President: Well, if you remember, 559 00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:59,402 President Bam- - Obama had separation. 560 00:18:59,404 --> 00:19:01,644 President Obama built the cells. 561 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:03,610 He built the cages that you people always talk 562 00:19:03,609 --> 00:19:05,849 about and attribute them to me. 563 00:19:05,844 --> 00:19:10,144 President Obama, in 2014, built those cages and you 564 00:19:10,148 --> 00:19:12,688 were very embarrassed when the New York Times, 565 00:19:12,684 --> 00:19:15,854 as usual, and others, put a picture of a cage and they 566 00:19:15,854 --> 00:19:18,694 said how bad Trump was, only to find out that it 567 00:19:18,690 --> 00:19:22,390 was President Obama that built those cages. 568 00:19:22,394 --> 00:19:25,164 So President Obama had separation. 569 00:19:25,163 --> 00:19:26,863 I'm the one that brought them together. 570 00:19:26,865 --> 00:19:29,605 This new rule will do even more to bring 571 00:19:29,601 --> 00:19:33,201 them together. 572 00:19:33,205 --> 00:19:34,545 But it was President Obama that had the separation. 573 00:19:34,540 --> 00:19:36,010 The Press: How worried are you about the long-term 574 00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:37,848 traumatic effect that children might face if 575 00:19:37,843 --> 00:19:40,113 they're - if they are detained indefinitely 576 00:19:40,112 --> 00:19:41,182 because Flores is ending? 577 00:19:41,179 --> 00:19:42,349 The President: Well, we're being very strong 578 00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:44,247 on the border. 579 00:19:44,249 --> 00:19:45,619 You see the numbers are way, way down. 580 00:19:45,617 --> 00:19:47,917 The Press: Are you worried about children, though? 581 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:48,950 The President: I want to thank - I want to thank 582 00:19:48,954 --> 00:19:50,084 Mexico for that. 583 00:19:50,088 --> 00:19:52,328 The United States could make your question - could 584 00:19:52,324 --> 00:19:55,024 make that problem go away very easily if the 585 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:58,097 Democrats would meet and we could fix the loopholes 586 00:19:58,096 --> 00:20:00,266 and asylum, which is what you're talking about it, 587 00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:01,265 to an extent. 588 00:20:01,266 --> 00:20:02,096 The Press: (Inaudible.) 589 00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:03,240 The President: But let me just tell you: 590 00:20:03,235 --> 00:20:05,205 Very much, I have the children on my mind. 591 00:20:05,203 --> 00:20:07,143 It bothers me very greatly. 592 00:20:07,139 --> 00:20:10,109 People make this horrible, 2,000-mile journey - one 593 00:20:10,108 --> 00:20:12,578 of the things that will happen, when they realize 594 00:20:12,578 --> 00:20:15,478 the borders are closing, the wall is being built. 595 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,280 We're building tremendous numbers of miles of wall 596 00:20:18,283 --> 00:20:20,723 right now in different locations. 597 00:20:20,719 --> 00:20:23,019 It all comes together likes a beautiful puzzle. 598 00:20:23,021 --> 00:20:25,261 But one of the things that's happening - when 599 00:20:25,257 --> 00:20:27,727 they see you can't get into the United States, or 600 00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:31,066 when they see if they do get in the United States, 601 00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:33,533 they will be brought back to their country; it won't 602 00:20:33,532 --> 00:20:35,832 matter if they get in or not because we're doing 603 00:20:35,834 --> 00:20:40,274 that - they won't come and many people will be saved. 604 00:20:40,272 --> 00:20:42,912 And many, many women's lives will not be 605 00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:44,348 destroyed and ruined. 606 00:20:44,343 --> 00:20:47,713 The Press: Will we see a payroll tax cut, which is 607 00:20:47,713 --> 00:20:52,623 aimed at the middle class? 608 00:20:52,618 --> 00:20:53,488 The President: I'm not looking at a tax cut now; 609 00:20:53,485 --> 00:20:54,155 we don't need it. 610 00:20:54,152 --> 00:20:56,352 We have a strong economy. 611 00:20:56,355 --> 00:20:58,795 Certainly, a payroll tax cut - President Obama did 612 00:20:58,790 --> 00:21:01,190 that, in order to artificially jack 613 00:21:01,193 --> 00:21:02,833 up the economy. 614 00:21:02,828 --> 00:21:05,528 President Obama had zero interest rates. 615 00:21:05,530 --> 00:21:07,100 I don't have zero interest. 616 00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:08,529 I have real interest rates. 617 00:21:08,533 --> 00:21:10,873 And despite that, I have a strong economy. 618 00:21:10,869 --> 00:21:13,769 President Obama did two payroll tax cuts and, 619 00:21:13,772 --> 00:21:16,772 despite that, I have a much stronger economy. 620 00:21:16,775 --> 00:21:19,515 And if you look at my numbers from November 9th 621 00:21:19,511 --> 00:21:22,451 - you look at them, November 9th to present - 622 00:21:22,447 --> 00:21:24,887 the stock market is up over 50 percent. 623 00:21:24,883 --> 00:21:26,623 The Press: Sir, Joe Biden's gaffes. 624 00:21:26,618 --> 00:21:28,358 You like to attack - you like to attack Joe Biden 625 00:21:28,353 --> 00:21:30,023 for his gaffes, but - 626 00:21:30,022 --> 00:21:32,222 The President: This guy is the most biased reporter. 627 00:21:32,224 --> 00:21:33,494 NBC. 628 00:21:33,492 --> 00:21:35,562 You know, I made a lot of money for NBC with "The 629 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,100 Apprentice" and I used to like them, but they are 630 00:21:38,096 --> 00:21:38,926 the most biased. 631 00:21:38,930 --> 00:21:41,730 Peter is such a bias - You should - you should be able - 632 00:21:41,733 --> 00:21:42,333 The Press: Let me ask you about 633 00:21:42,334 --> 00:21:43,004 Joe Biden's gaffes. 634 00:21:43,001 --> 00:21:44,671 The President: You should be able to ask a question 635 00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:47,240 - same question - in a better way. 636 00:21:47,239 --> 00:21:48,039 The Press: I'll ask a question. 637 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,410 The President: You are so obviously biased and 638 00:21:49,408 --> 00:21:51,508 that's why the public has no confidence 639 00:21:51,510 --> 00:21:52,380 in the media. 640 00:21:52,377 --> 00:21:53,207 Go ahead, come here. 641 00:21:53,211 --> 00:21:54,011 Go ahead. 642 00:21:54,012 --> 00:21:55,152 The Press: Sir, I just said - Sir, I just said 643 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:55,847 "Joe Biden's gaffes." 644 00:21:55,847 --> 00:21:56,547 I'll ask my question. 645 00:21:56,548 --> 00:21:57,578 The President: Joe Biden doesn't have it. 646 00:21:57,582 --> 00:21:58,312 The Press: Let me just say - 647 00:21:58,316 --> 00:22:00,416 The President: Let me just tell you about Joe Biden. 648 00:22:00,419 --> 00:22:01,689 The Press: You said that the mass shooting happened 649 00:22:01,687 --> 00:22:03,287 in Dayton - 650 00:22:03,288 --> 00:22:04,388 The President: Joe Biden doesn't have it. 651 00:22:04,389 --> 00:22:05,459 The Press: You said that the mass shooting happened 652 00:22:05,457 --> 00:22:06,257 in Toledo, when it happened in Dayton. 653 00:22:06,258 --> 00:22:07,028 So is that fair game? 654 00:22:07,025 --> 00:22:07,625 The President: Joe Biden doesn't have it. 655 00:22:07,626 --> 00:22:08,426 Go ahead. 656 00:22:08,427 --> 00:22:09,397 The Press: Is that fair game, sir, for you? 657 00:22:09,394 --> 00:22:10,534 The Press: So, speaking of that, what do you think 658 00:22:10,529 --> 00:22:11,699 about the leaked tape of the New York Times 659 00:22:11,697 --> 00:22:12,667 planning for a racist narrative ahead? 660 00:22:12,664 --> 00:22:13,534 The President: Well, I think the New York Times 661 00:22:13,532 --> 00:22:15,872 now has totally lost credibility. 662 00:22:15,867 --> 00:22:19,237 They've given up on the Russian collusion 663 00:22:19,237 --> 00:22:21,337 delusion, and now what they're doing is they're 664 00:22:21,339 --> 00:22:22,809 trying the racist deal. 665 00:22:22,808 --> 00:22:24,138 And that's not going to work because I am the 666 00:22:24,142 --> 00:22:28,012 least racist person ever to serve in office, okay? 667 00:22:28,013 --> 00:22:30,113 I am the least racist person. 668 00:22:30,115 --> 00:22:32,515 But the New York Times, they're trying everything 669 00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:33,657 they can. 670 00:22:33,652 --> 00:22:36,622 It is a totally dishonest newspaper. 671 00:22:36,621 --> 00:22:40,731 It's a paper that really has lost tremendous credibility. 672 00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:44,866 And let me tell you, in six years - or maybe ten 673 00:22:44,863 --> 00:22:46,663 or maybe fourteen, right? 674 00:22:46,665 --> 00:22:52,205 In six years, when I'm not here, the New York Times 675 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:54,604 goes out of business very quickly. 676 00:22:54,606 --> 00:22:56,176 And you know who else goes out? 677 00:22:56,174 --> 00:22:59,974 Like NBC News - NBC News has less credibility, in 678 00:22:59,978 --> 00:23:03,548 my opinion, with guys like you, than CNN. 679 00:23:03,548 --> 00:23:07,858 I think CNN has more credibility than NBC News. 680 00:23:07,853 --> 00:23:09,793 The Press: Mr. President, what's your response 681 00:23:09,788 --> 00:23:10,688 to a U.S. drone - 682 00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:11,419 The President: Did you hear what I said? 683 00:23:11,423 --> 00:23:13,463 I said you have more credibility than this guy. 684 00:23:13,458 --> 00:23:14,328 Go ahead. 685 00:23:14,326 --> 00:23:15,256 The Press: I think Peter has credibility. 686 00:23:15,260 --> 00:23:16,130 The President: And that's not saying much - 687 00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:18,398 The Press: I have credibility and Peter has credibility. 688 00:23:18,396 --> 00:23:19,336 The President: - because I don't think you have - 689 00:23:19,331 --> 00:23:20,031 I don't - you know what? 690 00:23:20,031 --> 00:23:20,701 You know why? 691 00:23:20,699 --> 00:23:21,829 The Press: What's your response to a U.S. drone 692 00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:22,633 - The President: Because I don't think you 693 00:23:22,634 --> 00:23:23,364 have very much credibility. 694 00:23:23,368 --> 00:23:24,238 But I - I will tell you this: NBC, I think, has 695 00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:25,936 less credibility than CNN. 696 00:23:25,937 --> 00:23:30,907 That's not saying much, but that's the way I feel. 697 00:23:30,909 --> 00:23:32,909 The Press: You're focused on mental health issues - 698 00:23:32,911 --> 00:23:33,441 The President: Yeah. 699 00:23:33,445 --> 00:23:34,415 The Press: - with gun control, but - 700 00:23:34,412 --> 00:23:35,412 The President: Mental health - very important. 701 00:23:35,413 --> 00:23:36,453 The Press: But other countries have similar 702 00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:38,348 levels of mental illness and not the same gun 703 00:23:38,350 --> 00:23:39,350 violence problems. 704 00:23:39,351 --> 00:23:41,921 Can you really deny that the incredible access to 705 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,020 guns in the United States isn't part of the problem? 706 00:23:44,022 --> 00:23:45,492 The President: There are many, many things in play. 707 00:23:45,490 --> 00:23:46,890 People are talking about videos. 708 00:23:46,892 --> 00:23:49,762 People are talking about lots of different things. 709 00:23:49,761 --> 00:23:53,631 But we do have a way of bringing what we already 710 00:23:53,632 --> 00:23:56,302 have, because we have many, many - as you know, 711 00:23:56,301 --> 00:23:59,901 we have many, many people that are unable to buy 712 00:23:59,905 --> 00:24:01,175 guns right now. 713 00:24:01,173 --> 00:24:02,943 Many people are unable to buy guns. 714 00:24:02,941 --> 00:24:05,941 We have background checks, but there are loopholes in 715 00:24:05,944 --> 00:24:07,014 the background checks. 716 00:24:07,012 --> 00:24:09,412 That's what I spoke to the NRA about yesterday. 717 00:24:09,414 --> 00:24:11,384 They want to get rid of the loopholes as well 718 00:24:11,383 --> 00:24:12,313 as I do. 719 00:24:12,317 --> 00:24:14,957 At the same time, I don't want to take away people's 720 00:24:14,953 --> 00:24:16,323 Second Amendment rights. 721 00:24:16,321 --> 00:24:19,721 I don't want to take away the Constitution - having 722 00:24:19,724 --> 00:24:21,194 to do with gun ownership. 723 00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:24,563 And you know, we can't let that slope go so easy that 724 00:24:24,563 --> 00:24:27,103 we're talking about background checks, then 725 00:24:27,098 --> 00:24:29,338 all of a sudden we're talking about, "Let's take 726 00:24:29,334 --> 00:24:30,634 everybody's gun away." 727 00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:33,575 People need weapons, unfortunately, 728 00:24:33,572 --> 00:24:34,442 for the protection. 729 00:24:34,439 --> 00:24:35,579 The Press: But, sir, that word - "slope." 730 00:24:35,574 --> 00:24:37,314 That is an NRA talking point: the slippery slope. 731 00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:38,479 The President: No, that's a Trump talking point. 732 00:24:38,476 --> 00:24:40,646 You approve one thing, then another thing, then 733 00:24:40,645 --> 00:24:44,645 another thing, then all of a sudden you're on that 734 00:24:44,649 --> 00:24:47,389 slope, and all of a sudden nobody has 735 00:24:47,385 --> 00:24:49,155 any legal protection. 736 00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:51,154 We have a Second Amendment - 737 00:24:51,156 --> 00:24:52,956 The Press: (Inaudible) that term. 738 00:24:52,958 --> 00:24:53,858 People are concerned that the NRA is pressuring you. 739 00:24:53,859 --> 00:24:54,859 The President: Let me just tell you this. 740 00:24:54,860 --> 00:24:56,530 We have a Second Amendment, and our Second 741 00:24:56,528 --> 00:24:58,028 Amendment will remain strong. 742 00:24:58,029 --> 00:25:01,569 The Press: Mr. President, you put - 743 00:25:01,566 --> 00:25:02,496 The Press: Are you concerned - are you concerned - 744 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:04,240 The President: Go ahead. 745 00:25:04,236 --> 00:25:05,236 Jeff, go ahead. 746 00:25:05,237 --> 00:25:06,807 The Press: Are you concerned about the 747 00:25:06,805 --> 00:25:09,945 potential reemergence of ISIS in Afghanistan? 748 00:25:09,941 --> 00:25:11,741 And is that affecting your decision-making at all? 749 00:25:11,743 --> 00:25:13,343 The President: Well, you know, at a certain point, 750 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:21,055 Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, they're 751 00:25:21,052 --> 00:25:24,352 going to have to fight their battles too, okay? 752 00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:26,596 We wiped out the caliphate, 100 percent. 753 00:25:26,591 --> 00:25:28,761 I did in record time. 754 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,700 But at a certain point, all of these other 755 00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:35,596 countries where ISIS is around - they've been 756 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,570 decimated, by the way - badly decimated. 757 00:25:38,570 --> 00:25:40,410 But all of these countries are going to have 758 00:25:40,405 --> 00:25:41,775 to fight them. 759 00:25:41,773 --> 00:25:43,313 Because do we want to stay there for another 760 00:25:43,308 --> 00:25:44,478 19 years? 761 00:25:44,476 --> 00:25:45,746 I don't think so. 762 00:25:45,744 --> 00:25:48,914 So at a certain point, other countries - and that 763 00:25:48,914 --> 00:25:52,784 includes Russia and it includes Iran and Turkey 764 00:25:52,784 --> 00:25:58,194 and Iraq and Afghanistan and Pakistan and India. 765 00:25:58,189 --> 00:26:00,159 Look, India is right there. 766 00:26:00,158 --> 00:26:02,558 They're not fighting it; we're fighting it. 767 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,130 Pakistan is right next door. 768 00:26:05,130 --> 00:26:08,570 They're fighting it very little - 769 00:26:08,566 --> 00:26:09,566 very, very little. 770 00:26:09,567 --> 00:26:11,207 It's not fair. 771 00:26:11,202 --> 00:26:14,972 The United States - we're 7,000 miles away. 772 00:26:14,973 --> 00:26:17,013 We have decimated ISIS. 773 00:26:17,008 --> 00:26:19,608 You haven't been hearing much about ISIS. 774 00:26:19,611 --> 00:26:22,281 And we took the caliphate, 100 percent. 775 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,750 When I took it at 98 [percent], I said, 776 00:26:24,749 --> 00:26:26,589 "All right, maybe we go home now. 777 00:26:26,584 --> 00:26:29,284 Let these other countries handle it." 778 00:26:29,287 --> 00:26:30,527 Everyone went crazy. 779 00:26:30,522 --> 00:26:32,392 They said, "Do 100 percent." 780 00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:34,360 They said it was going to take a year. 781 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:37,799 It took me a month and they're gone. 782 00:26:37,796 --> 00:26:38,666 The caliphate is gone. 783 00:26:38,663 --> 00:26:41,863 And, by the way, we're holding thousands of ISIS 784 00:26:41,866 --> 00:26:45,536 fighters right now, and Europe has to take them. 785 00:26:45,537 --> 00:26:48,107 And if Europe doesn't take them, I'll have no choice 786 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:51,946 but to release them into the countries from which 787 00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:54,243 they came, which is Germany, and France, 788 00:26:54,245 --> 00:26:55,415 and other places. 789 00:26:55,413 --> 00:26:58,353 Because we beat them. 790 00:26:58,350 --> 00:26:59,650 We captured them. 791 00:26:59,651 --> 00:27:01,521 We've got thousands of them. 792 00:27:01,519 --> 00:27:05,019 And now, as usual, our allies say, "Oh no. 793 00:27:05,023 --> 00:27:06,193 We don't want them." 794 00:27:06,191 --> 00:27:08,431 Even though they came from France and Germany 795 00:27:08,426 --> 00:27:10,066 and other places. 796 00:27:10,061 --> 00:27:11,801 So we're going to tell them and we've already 797 00:27:11,796 --> 00:27:14,736 told them, "Take these prisoners that we've 798 00:27:14,733 --> 00:27:17,503 captured because the United States is not going 799 00:27:17,502 --> 00:27:21,102 to put them in Guantanamo for the next 50 years and 800 00:27:21,106 --> 00:27:22,106 pay for it." 801 00:27:22,107 --> 00:27:23,037 The Press: What's your deadline for that? 802 00:27:23,041 --> 00:27:25,081 The President: It's moving along, my deadline. 803 00:27:25,076 --> 00:27:25,746 They know. 804 00:27:25,744 --> 00:27:27,684 The Press: By how long - one week, two weeks? 805 00:27:27,679 --> 00:27:28,909 The Press: Are you talking to the victims of mass 806 00:27:28,913 --> 00:27:30,453 shootings to ask them what they want? 807 00:27:30,448 --> 00:27:31,218 The President: I did. 808 00:27:31,216 --> 00:27:32,516 I went to the hospitals - 809 00:27:32,517 --> 00:27:33,617 The Press: What are you hearing from 810 00:27:33,618 --> 00:27:34,718 them about what they want from guns laws? 811 00:27:34,719 --> 00:27:36,619 The President: I will tell you this: I went 812 00:27:36,621 --> 00:27:37,521 to the hospitals. 813 00:27:37,522 --> 00:27:38,552 It was totally falsely reported. 814 00:27:38,556 --> 00:27:42,926 There were beautiful, beautiful, very sad, 815 00:27:42,927 --> 00:27:45,227 you know, horrible moments. 816 00:27:45,230 --> 00:27:47,670 But there were beautiful moments, in the sense that 817 00:27:47,665 --> 00:27:51,005 these people - the families and also the 818 00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:54,042 people that were so badly injured that I was with - 819 00:27:54,039 --> 00:27:56,439 they love our country. 820 00:27:56,441 --> 00:27:57,571 The Press: But what to do they want in terms 821 00:27:57,575 --> 00:27:58,145 of gun laws? 822 00:27:58,143 --> 00:27:59,113 The President: And, frankly, do you want to 823 00:27:59,110 --> 00:27:59,980 know the truth? 824 00:27:59,978 --> 00:28:00,808 They love their President. 825 00:28:00,812 --> 00:28:02,182 The Press: What do they want in gun laws? 826 00:28:02,180 --> 00:28:02,950 The President: And nobody wrote that. 827 00:28:02,947 --> 00:28:04,017 Nobody wrote that because you didn't write 828 00:28:04,015 --> 00:28:04,785 the truth. 829 00:28:04,783 --> 00:28:06,313 The New York Times doesn't like to write the truth. 830 00:28:06,317 --> 00:28:10,187 But - but they love - they totally love our country 831 00:28:10,188 --> 00:28:11,628 and they do love our President. 832 00:28:11,623 --> 00:28:14,363 So when I went to Dayton, and when I went to 833 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:19,129 El Paso, and I went into those hospitals, the love 834 00:28:19,130 --> 00:28:21,870 for me - and me, maybe, as a representative of the 835 00:28:21,866 --> 00:28:25,436 country - but for me - and my love for them 836 00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:27,077 was unparalleled. 837 00:28:27,072 --> 00:28:28,442 These are incredible people. 838 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,380 But if you read the papers, it was like nobody 839 00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:32,976 would meet with me. 840 00:28:32,977 --> 00:28:33,877 The Press: What did they tell you that they want 841 00:28:33,878 --> 00:28:34,608 in terms of gun laws? 842 00:28:34,612 --> 00:28:35,852 The President: Not only did they meet with me, 843 00:28:35,847 --> 00:28:37,017 they were pouring out of the room. 844 00:28:37,015 --> 00:28:38,115 The doctors were coming out of the 845 00:28:38,116 --> 00:28:39,586 operating rooms. 846 00:28:39,584 --> 00:28:41,154 There were hundreds and hundreds of people 847 00:28:41,152 --> 00:28:42,022 all over the floor. 848 00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:43,620 You couldn't even walk on it. 849 00:28:43,621 --> 00:28:47,261 So, you know, there's a lot to happen. 850 00:28:47,258 --> 00:28:49,098 The Press: You're talking to the NRA, 851 00:28:49,094 --> 00:28:49,794 I'm wondering what - 852 00:28:49,794 --> 00:28:52,064 The President: The people in Dayton - let me 853 00:28:52,063 --> 00:28:53,303 just explain. 854 00:28:53,298 --> 00:28:54,398 The people in Dayton, people of El Paso - these 855 00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:55,629 are incredible people. 856 00:28:55,633 --> 00:28:57,933 And those victims and the survivors and the families 857 00:28:57,936 --> 00:29:00,906 - I love those people. 858 00:29:00,905 --> 00:29:02,645 The Press: Mr. President, you just said - you just 859 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,610 told us that you aren't looking at doing - 860 00:29:04,609 --> 00:29:05,779 The President: Louder. 861 00:29:05,777 --> 00:29:06,607 Louder. 862 00:29:06,611 --> 00:29:07,641 The Press: You just said you aren't looking at 863 00:29:07,645 --> 00:29:08,615 doing indexing. 864 00:29:08,613 --> 00:29:09,483 Yesterday, you suggested you were. 865 00:29:09,481 --> 00:29:10,451 Which is it? 866 00:29:10,448 --> 00:29:11,688 The President: I've looked at indexing for 867 00:29:11,683 --> 00:29:13,253 a long time. 868 00:29:13,251 --> 00:29:14,751 It's not something I love. 869 00:29:14,752 --> 00:29:18,322 I think it's probably better for the high-income 870 00:29:18,323 --> 00:29:21,193 people and I'm not looking to do that. 871 00:29:21,192 --> 00:29:23,862 I want to do - I want to do for the workers. 872 00:29:23,862 --> 00:29:26,632 I'm looking to do for middle-income people. 873 00:29:26,631 --> 00:29:28,871 I think indexing - now, I'd have to get a letter 874 00:29:28,867 --> 00:29:32,067 from the Attorney General or from the Justice 875 00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:35,370 Department, which I think I might be able to get, 876 00:29:35,373 --> 00:29:37,373 otherwise they'd have to go through Congress. 877 00:29:37,375 --> 00:29:39,345 But I'm not looking at doing indexing. 878 00:29:39,344 --> 00:29:41,684 And I haven't been seriously looking at it. 879 00:29:41,679 --> 00:29:44,049 But certainly, it is an option if I wanted to. 880 00:29:44,048 --> 00:29:46,388 We have such a strong economy. 881 00:29:46,384 --> 00:29:50,654 If the Fed did what they were supposed to do, 882 00:29:50,655 --> 00:29:54,355 they'd drop interest rates by 100 basis points. 883 00:29:54,359 --> 00:29:58,029 They maybe would do not only not tightening, but 884 00:29:58,029 --> 00:30:00,669 they'd do some loosening or leave it alone. 885 00:30:00,665 --> 00:30:01,735 Do nothing. 886 00:30:01,733 --> 00:30:04,803 But they dropped interest rates by 100 basis points 887 00:30:04,802 --> 00:30:08,872 or more, nobody - nobody would be able to compete 888 00:30:08,873 --> 00:30:10,413 with the United States. 889 00:30:10,408 --> 00:30:12,748 Right now the Fed is tying our hands because we're 890 00:30:12,744 --> 00:30:16,314 paying interest rates, and Germany and other 891 00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:18,654 countries that aren't like us are not. 892 00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:20,490 It should be the other way around, in a sense. 893 00:30:20,485 --> 00:30:23,725 But why should they be paying no interest rates 894 00:30:23,721 --> 00:30:26,621 and even have an incentive beyond that, and we're 895 00:30:26,624 --> 00:30:28,094 paying interest rates? 896 00:30:28,092 --> 00:30:31,732 The Fed has missed the call for a long time. 897 00:30:31,729 --> 00:30:33,699 The Press: Mr. President, are you saying that you're 898 00:30:33,698 --> 00:30:41,008 not pursuing any tax cuts at all at this time? 899 00:30:41,005 --> 00:30:42,175 The President: I think we have a very 900 00:30:42,173 --> 00:30:43,273 strong economy. 901 00:30:43,274 --> 00:30:44,974 I don't - I just don't see any reason to. 902 00:30:44,976 --> 00:30:49,646 I think the Fed has been very late and very early. 903 00:30:49,647 --> 00:30:52,147 They were very early to raise and they're very, 904 00:30:52,150 --> 00:30:53,550 very late to cut. 905 00:30:53,551 --> 00:30:55,421 But the Fed can do the whole thing. 906 00:30:55,420 --> 00:30:57,660 Yesterday, we had the strongest dollar in the 907 00:30:57,655 --> 00:31:00,255 history of our country. 908 00:31:00,258 --> 00:31:01,358 Yester- - wait. 909 00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:04,459 Yesterday, we had the strongest dollar in the 910 00:31:04,462 --> 00:31:06,002 history of our country. 911 00:31:05,997 --> 00:31:07,897 Now, in one way, I'm honored by that. 912 00:31:07,899 --> 00:31:09,839 But in another way, it makes it much harder 913 00:31:09,834 --> 00:31:11,234 to export goods. 914 00:31:11,236 --> 00:31:12,236 You understand. 915 00:31:12,237 --> 00:31:15,037 So in two ways - one, I love it. 916 00:31:15,039 --> 00:31:16,879 But in another way, I don't like it because it's 917 00:31:16,874 --> 00:31:18,444 much harder to compete. 918 00:31:18,443 --> 00:31:21,643 But we had literally the strongest dollar in the 919 00:31:21,646 --> 00:31:23,086 history of our country. 920 00:31:23,081 --> 00:31:25,751 The Press: Mr. President, are you going to do an 921 00:31:25,750 --> 00:31:28,190 executive order on birthright citizenship 922 00:31:28,186 --> 00:31:29,156 to follow up these rule changes over the last 923 00:31:29,153 --> 00:31:30,023 couple weeks? 924 00:31:30,021 --> 00:31:30,951 The President: Say it. 925 00:31:30,955 --> 00:31:32,225 The Press: Are you going to do an executive order 926 00:31:32,223 --> 00:31:33,193 on birthright citizenship still to follow up on 927 00:31:33,191 --> 00:31:33,991 these rule changes? 928 00:31:33,992 --> 00:31:34,922 The President: We're looking at that very 929 00:31:34,926 --> 00:31:35,926 seriously - birthright citizenship. 930 00:31:35,927 --> 00:31:37,367 Where you have a baby on our land - you walk over 931 00:31:37,362 --> 00:31:39,232 the border, have a baby. 932 00:31:39,230 --> 00:31:42,270 Congratulations, the baby is now a U.S. citizen. 933 00:31:42,267 --> 00:31:45,707 We're looking at it very, very seriously. 934 00:31:46,437 --> 00:31:47,507 I don't know how you found that out, 935 00:31:47,505 --> 00:31:48,645 but that's very good. 936 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,740 We are looking at birthright citizenship 937 00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:52,382 very seriously. 938 00:31:52,377 --> 00:31:55,847 It's - it's, frankly, ridiculous. 939 00:31:55,847 --> 00:31:57,847 The Press: Mr. President, do you favor unlimited 940 00:31:57,849 --> 00:31:59,219 detention of migrant minors 941 00:31:59,217 --> 00:32:01,787 in the Flores changes? 942 00:32:01,786 --> 00:32:02,856 The President: Do I what? 943 00:32:02,854 --> 00:32:04,184 The Press: Unlimited detention of migrant 944 00:32:04,188 --> 00:32:05,528 minors in U.S. custody. 945 00:32:05,523 --> 00:32:06,693 The President: I am the one that kept 946 00:32:06,691 --> 00:32:08,891 the families together. 947 00:32:08,893 --> 00:32:09,663 Okay? 948 00:32:09,661 --> 00:32:10,831 You remember that, right? 949 00:32:10,828 --> 00:32:12,628 Just remember I said it. 950 00:32:12,630 --> 00:32:15,970 And now it gets even better: President Obama 951 00:32:15,967 --> 00:32:18,807 and others brought the families apart, 952 00:32:18,803 --> 00:32:21,443 but I'm the one that kept the families together. 953 00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:24,579 With what we're doing now, we'll do even more of that 954 00:32:24,575 --> 00:32:27,375 but it'll make it almost impossible for people 955 00:32:27,378 --> 00:32:29,648 to come into our country illegally. 956 00:32:29,647 --> 00:32:32,417 Plus, we're building large sections of the wall. 957 00:32:32,417 --> 00:32:34,257 I won the lawsuit two weeks ago 958 00:32:34,252 --> 00:32:35,922 in the Supreme Court. 959 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,790 We're building large sections of wall 960 00:32:37,789 --> 00:32:40,589 and lots of other things are happening. 961 00:32:40,591 --> 00:32:42,031 The Press: What about your relationship 962 00:32:42,026 --> 00:32:42,996 with Apple, sir? 963 00:32:42,994 --> 00:32:43,894 You seem to have a good relationship with 964 00:32:43,895 --> 00:32:44,865 Tim Cook. 965 00:32:44,862 --> 00:32:46,032 You seem to have a good relationship with 966 00:32:46,030 --> 00:32:47,270 Tim Cook of Apple. 967 00:32:47,265 --> 00:32:48,165 The President: I do. 968 00:32:48,166 --> 00:32:49,836 The Press: But why more so with him than with other 969 00:32:49,834 --> 00:32:50,534 (inaudible)? 970 00:32:50,535 --> 00:32:51,335 The President: Oh, I have it with everybody, 971 00:32:51,336 --> 00:32:52,366 but he's the one that calls me. 972 00:32:52,370 --> 00:32:53,040 You know why? 973 00:32:53,037 --> 00:32:54,807 That's why he's a great executive because he calls 974 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:57,306 me, and others don't. 975 00:32:57,308 --> 00:32:58,978 Others go out and hire very expensive 976 00:32:58,976 --> 00:33:01,416 consultants, and Tim Cook calls 977 00:33:01,412 --> 00:33:03,012 Donald Trump directly. 978 00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:03,814 Pretty good. 979 00:33:03,815 --> 00:33:05,685 And I would take their call, too, but the only 980 00:33:05,683 --> 00:33:07,353 one that calls me is Tim Cook. 981 00:33:07,352 --> 00:33:09,592 He calls me - whenever there's a problem, 982 00:33:09,587 --> 00:33:10,787 he'll call. 983 00:33:10,788 --> 00:33:13,658 Now, the problem was that Samsung, a competitor - a 984 00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:15,898 good competitor - wouldn't be paying tariffs 985 00:33:15,893 --> 00:33:17,463 and Tim Cook would. 986 00:33:17,462 --> 00:33:19,262 I've got to help him out, short term, with that 987 00:33:19,263 --> 00:33:22,503 problem because it's a great American company. 988 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:24,600 Samsung is in South Korea. 989 00:33:24,602 --> 00:33:27,972 Not fair that Samsung isn't hit, while he's hit. 990 00:33:27,972 --> 00:33:29,172 Right? 991 00:33:29,173 --> 00:33:31,713 But the reason I speak to Tim Cook: He's the one 992 00:33:31,709 --> 00:33:32,479 that calls me. 993 00:33:32,477 --> 00:33:33,607 The other ones don't call. 994 00:33:33,611 --> 00:33:35,911 They go out and hire - for millions of dollars - 995 00:33:35,913 --> 00:33:40,523 consultants that have less power than you do. 996 00:33:40,518 --> 00:33:42,888 The Press: If Jews - if Jews vote for Democrats, 997 00:33:42,887 --> 00:33:45,627 would they be disloyal to Israel? 998 00:33:45,623 --> 00:33:46,353 Is that what you're saying? 999 00:33:46,357 --> 00:33:47,027 The President: Oh, I'd say so. 1000 00:33:47,024 --> 00:33:47,594 Yeah. 1001 00:33:47,592 --> 00:33:48,262 Yeah. 1002 00:33:48,259 --> 00:33:48,959 The Press: Isn't that anti-Semitic to say? 1003 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:49,860 The President: No, no, no. 1004 00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:50,891 It's only in your head. 1005 00:33:50,895 --> 00:33:52,165 It's only anti-Semitic in your head. 1006 00:33:52,163 --> 00:33:57,603 If you look at what Tlaib, Omar, Cortez - if you look 1007 00:33:57,602 --> 00:34:00,842 at what these people I say - if you just - AOC plus 1008 00:34:00,838 --> 00:34:03,138 four or plus three. 1009 00:34:03,141 --> 00:34:06,481 If you look at what they say, what they are - they 1010 00:34:06,477 --> 00:34:08,177 are so bad for Israel. 1011 00:34:08,179 --> 00:34:10,749 They are so bad for Jewish people. 1012 00:34:10,748 --> 00:34:13,348 You take a look at the horrible, anti-Semitic 1013 00:34:13,351 --> 00:34:14,821 statements that they've made. 1014 00:34:14,819 --> 00:34:17,259 You take a look at what they want to do to Israel. 1015 00:34:17,255 --> 00:34:20,195 Take a look at the fact that they want aid - all 1016 00:34:20,191 --> 00:34:23,661 of the aid - almost $4 billion - all of the aid 1017 00:34:23,661 --> 00:34:24,931 cut from Israel. 1018 00:34:24,929 --> 00:34:26,429 You take a look. 1019 00:34:26,431 --> 00:34:27,201 You know what? 1020 00:34:27,198 --> 00:34:28,668 The Democrats have to own it. 1021 00:34:28,666 --> 00:34:33,106 And I say this: Anybody that votes for Democrat, 1022 00:34:33,104 --> 00:34:34,034 they're voting for that. 1023 00:34:34,038 --> 00:34:35,408 That's the face of your party. 1024 00:34:35,406 --> 00:34:36,946 And that's very bad for Israel. 1025 00:34:36,941 --> 00:34:38,941 The Press: A U.S. drone was shot down over Yemen. 1026 00:34:38,943 --> 00:34:43,143 What is your response? 1027 00:34:43,147 --> 00:34:44,387 The President: You'll find out. 1028 00:34:44,382 --> 00:34:45,112 The Press: When? 1029 00:34:45,116 --> 00:34:46,216 The President: You're going to find out. 1030 00:34:46,217 --> 00:34:47,587 The Press: Did Hong Kong give you leverage 1031 00:34:47,585 --> 00:34:48,855 in the China talks? 1032 00:34:48,853 --> 00:34:50,153 Does Hong Kong give you leverage in the China 1033 00:34:50,154 --> 00:34:51,354 talks - in the negotiation? 1034 00:34:51,355 --> 00:34:52,525 The President: I don't view it as leverage, no. 1035 00:34:52,523 --> 00:34:54,893 I hope Hong Kong works out in a very humane way. 1036 00:34:54,892 --> 00:34:57,892 I don't view it as leverage or non-leverage. 1037 00:34:57,895 --> 00:34:59,335 I hope it works out in a humane way. 1038 00:34:59,330 --> 00:35:01,900 And I think that President Xi has the ability to make 1039 00:35:01,899 --> 00:35:02,729 sure that happens.