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President Donald Trump: THANK YOU. WATCHING OVER YOU NOW. ANY QUESTIONS?
Reporter: DO YOU APPROVE THE DEAL HAPPENING ON CAPITAL HILL?
President Donald Trump: IF IT'S THE DEAL I HEARD ABOUT, CERTAINLY WANTING TO CHANGE THE DEAL A LITTLE BIT BUT BASED ON EVERYTHING I'M HEARING AND THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED ANYTHING AND WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM ENOUGH DEMOCRATS AND WE WILL BE OPENING UP OUR COUNTRY. WE WILL BE OPENING UP OUR COUNTRY QUICKLY.
President Donald Trump: THAT REVERSES THE MASS FIRINGS. DID YOU SIGN OFF ON THAT AND WILL YOU ABIDE BY THAT?
President Donald Trump: I WILL ABIDE BY THE DEAL WHICH IS VERY GOOD. WE WILL BE GIVING ONE AND A HALF TRILLION DOGS TO PEOPLE THAT CAME IN FROM JAILS AND THE GANGS AND DRUG DEALERS AND ALL OF THESE OTHERS THAT THEY WANTED TO BE GIVEN HEALTH CARE WHICH WOULD HAVE HURT OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. I HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A HEALTH CARE THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING. KATIE, WE DISCUSS IT WHERE WE WANT A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WHERE WE PAY THE MONEY TO THE PEOPLE AND NOT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT HARD OVER THE NEXT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHERE PEOPLE GET THE MONEY. TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WHERE THE PEOPLE GET THE MONEY.
Reporter: [INAUDIBLE]
President Donald Trump: I'VE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH HIM. A VERY STRONG LEADER. HE COMES FROM A VERY TOUGH PLACE AND HE'S A TOUGH GUY. I LIKE HIM. I GET ALONG WITH HIM. THE NEW PRESIDENT. WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SYRIA SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE AS PART OF THE MIDDLE EAST. PEACE NOW IN THE MIDDLE EAST, FIRST TIME THAT ANYONE CAN EVER REMEMBER THAT HAPPENING. [APPLAUSE] AND A VERY BIG PART OF THE MIDDLE EAST, A VERY IMPORTANT PART. IF YOU LOOK BACK AT SYRIA FOR YEARS THEY HAVE THE DOCTORS, THE LAWYERS, SO MANY OF THE GREAT INTELLECTS, IS AN AMAZING PLACE WITH GREAT PEOPLE AND WE WANT TO SEE SYRIA BE SUCCESSFUL ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE MIDDLE EAST SO I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB.
Reporter: [INAUDIBLE] ARE YOU WILLING TO CONSIDER LOWERING THE TARIFF RATE.
President Donald Trump: RIGHT NOW THEY ARE VERY HIGH ON INDIA BECAUSE OF RUSSIA AND OIL. THEY HAVE STOPPED DOING RUSSIAN OIL. WE WILL BE BRINGING THE TARIFFS DOWN.
Reporter: WHAT LEVEL?
President Donald Trump: AT SOME POINT WE WILL BRING THEM DOWN. WITHOUT TARIFFS, THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE IN SUCH TROUBLE. AS THEY WERE FOR MANY YEARS WHICH IS WHY WE OWE $38 TRILLION. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL DO IS ISSUE A DIVIDEND TO OUR MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLE AND LOWER INCOME PEOPLE OF ABOUT $2000 AND WE WILL USE THE REMAINING TARIFFS TO LOWER OUR DEBT. THAT IS A NATIONAL SECURITY THING SO WE ARE DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK AND THE NUMBERS WERE REPORTED SO INCORRECTLY. THE REAL NUMBERS ARE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN OR GOTTEN IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT FROM THE TARIFFS. AND SO IF THAT WERE EVER REVERSED IT WOULD BE A DISASTER. FRANKLY, A NATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEM FOR OUR COUNTRY AND NO ONE THINKS IT WILL BE REVERSED. WE HAD A VERY GOOD COURT CASE AS YOU KNOW IT'S BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT RIGHT NOW BUT IF THAT WERE EVER REVERSED, PEOPLE SAYING IT'S A BILLION DOLLARS. SOMETHING IS 2 MILLION. WE CAN HANDLE THAT EASILY BUT THIS IS TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE TARIFF INCOME AND ALL THAT COMES INTO OUR COUNTRY. MORE THAN $18 TRILLION. THE BIGGEST NUMBER EVER IS A TINY FRACTION FOR ANY COUNTRY. CHINA, THE UNITED STATES, THE BIGGEST NUMBER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAST ADMINISTRATION, BIDEN, HE DID LESS THAN A TRILLION IN FOUR YEARS. WE ARE OVER 18 TRILLION BY THE TIME MY FIRST YEAR ENDS, OVER 20 TRILLION COMING INTO THE U.S. WE HAVE AI FACTORIES, LEADING CHINA BY A LOT. WE HAVE CARS AND CAR PLANTS COMING IN. MORE THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BUILT BEFORE. ALL OF THAT WOULD GO AWAY IF WE LOSE THE TARIFF CASE. THEY ARE NOT GIVING THE RIGHT NUMBERS. IT WOULD BE AN ECONOMIC DISASTER. A NATIONAL SECURITY DISASTER IF WE LOST THE CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT.
Reporter: [INAUDIBLE]
President Donald Trump: I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME, THE DIVIDEND SUFFERING UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. BIDEN HAD THE HIGHEST INFLATION IN HISTORY, WE NOW ARE AT A LOW POINT HITTING 1.5% PRETTY SOON. WE ARE AT A LOW POINT AND HE WAS A HIGH POINT. WE DID THAT. FOOD PRICES ARE WAY DOWN. IT'S ALL COMING DOWN AND THE BIGGEST DECREASE OF COURSE IS ENERGY AND AS GOES ENERGY GOES EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE WHEN ENERGY COMES DOWN, OIL, ELECTRIC... BUT YOU WILL SEE 2-DOLLAR GASOLINE OR SOMETHING CLOSE TO THAT. IN FACT, WE ARE ALREADY IN TWO BUT YOU WILL BE SEEING 2-DOLLAR GAS. IN ADDITION, THE GREAT "BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL" GIVES YOU A VERY BIG TAX CUT AND THEN YOU HAVE NO TAX ON TIPS OR SOCIAL SECURITY AND NO TAX ON OVERTIME FOR THE MIDDLE INCOME AND EVEN FOR EVEN FRANKLY ANYBODY. BUT YOU HAVE NO TAX AND THE NO TAX TIP STARTS TO TURN OUT TO BE A TREMENDOUS THING. AND NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR THE SENIOR SIDE. IT'S THE GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL WHICH HAS BEEN MISCHARACTERIZED. BUT NOW PEOPLE EVEN-- THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. BECAUSE IT'S SO GOOD THE ENEMY. BECAUSE IT'S SO GOOD FOR EVERYBODY. IT'S THE GREATEST PIECE OF LEGISLATION EVER PASSED IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY IN TERMS OF SIZE. AND HENCE THEY CALL IT THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL OR THE ONE BIG-- I CALL IT THE GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL. IT'S AN AMAZING BILL FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS AND FOR JOBS. WE'VE NEVER PASSED ANYTHING LIKE IT. AND IN MY FIRST ADMINISTRATION, WE HAD THE GREATEST ECONOMY. EVERYTHING WAS GOOD. BUT WE'RE REALLY OUTDOING IT THIS TIME. BECAUSE WE HAVE INVESTMENTS COMING IN. LARGELY BECAUSE OF TARIFFS. AND I THINK BECAUSE OF NOVEMBER 5th THE ELECTION RESULT. BUT WE HAVE INVESTMENTS COMING IN LIKE WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE.
Reporter: MR. PRESIDENT--.
President Donald Trump: PLEASE, BEHIND YOU. KATELAN, BEHIND YOU. THANK YOU KATELAN.
Reporter: I'M SERIOUS, CAN WE EXPECT AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON A PACT OF SYRIA OR ISRAEL OR AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THEM JOINING INTO US?
President Donald Trump: YEAH YOU CAN EXPECT SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS ON SYRIA. WE WANT TO SEE SYRIA BECOME VERY SUCCESSFUL AND I THINK THIS LEADER CAN DO IT. AND PEOPLE SAID HE'S HAD A ROUGH PAST. WE'VE ALL HAD ROUGH PASTS. BUT HE'S HAD A ROUGH PAST AND I THINK FRANKLY IF YOU DIDN'T YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A CHANCE. HE GETS ALONG VERY WELL WITH TURKEY. WITH PRESIDENT ERDOGAN IS A GREAT LEADER. SYRIA IS A BIG PART OF THE MIDDLE EAST. AND I WILL TELL YOU IT'S WORKING REALLY WELL. WE'RE WORKING WELL WITH ISRAEL AND GETTING ALONG WITH SYRIA AND EVERYBODY. AND THAT'S WORKING AMAZINGLY AS YOU KNOW HAMAS HAS GIVEN US BACK NUMEROUS BODIES. IT SOUNDS PRETTY GRUESOME, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THE PARENTS WANT MORE THAN IF THEIR SON HAD BEEN LIVING. HARD TO BELIEVE, I'VE SEEN ALL OF THE PARENTS. SO MANY OF THE PARENTS. AND GETTING BACK THE BODY OF THEIR SON, THEIR DEAD SON, IS AS VITAL TO THEM AND AS IMPORTANT TO THEM AS IF THE BOY WAS GENERALLY THE BOY. IF THE BOY WAS ALIVE, AND AS YOU KNOW IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE DAYS, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF THE ADDITIONAL BODIES THAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING-- THEY WORKED VERY HARD TO DO THAT. SO WE HAVE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IT'S A GREAT THING. AND NOBODY'S EVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT.
Reporter: -- LAST WEEK ABOUT TRADE TALKS TO SWITZERLAND. REPORTING THAT THE DEAL WOULD BE LOWER?
President Donald Trump: WE'RE WORKING ON A DEAL TO GET TARIFFS A LITTLE LOWER. I HAVEN'T SET A NUMBER YET. TO HELP SWITZERLAND ALONG. WE HIT SWITZERLAND VERY HARD. WE WANT SWITZERLAND TO REMAIN SUCCESSFUL AND WE'RE A PART OF SWITZERLAND IN THE SENSE THAT THEY'VE BEEN A VERY GOOD ALLY. YEAH WE'RE WORKING ON THEM. AND SOME OTHERS. AND WE'RE WORKING ON OTHERS TO INCREASE THEM A LITTLE BIT TOO.
Reporter: HOW CLOSE IS IT TO SWITZERLAND?
President Donald Trump: WHAT DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH SWITZERLAND? HE WANTS TO BUY A NICE ROLEX, HIS ROLEX-- THEY'D BE VERY NICE. NO, LOOK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. IT'S A SMALL COUNTRY, BUT ECONOMICALLY VERY BIG. SO WE'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING.
Reporter: IN YOUR MEETING WITH THE SYRIAN PRESIDENT MARJORIE TAYLOR GREEN A BIG ALLY OF YOURS SAID SHE'D RATHER SEE YOU FOCUS ON NONSTOP DOMESTIC POLICY MEETINGS INSTEAD OF NONSTOP BOARD POLICY MEETINGS. WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO HER SAYING THAT? AND ALSO THAT GROCERY PRICES ARE UP NOT DOWN AS YOU'VE SAID.
President Donald Trump: YEAH, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MODREY. WE COULD HAVE A WORLD THAT'S ON FIRE WHERE WARS COME TO OUR SHORES VERY EASILY IF YOU HAD A BAD PRESIDENT. WE HAD A HORRIBLE PRESIDENT AND WE ENDED UP WITH RUSSIA UKRAINE AND OTHER DISASTERS TOO. DON'T FORGET I PUT OUT EIGHT WARS. NINE TO COME. I THINK I'LL GET THE OTHER ONE TAKEN CARE OF. BUT I PUT OUT EIGHT WARS AND LOOK AT THE DAMAGE THAT RUSSIA UKRAINE HAS DONE TO US AS A COUNTRY. I MEAN WE SPENT $350 BILLION. WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY ANYMORE. NOW THEY PAY US THROUGH NATO. YOU KNOW I GET NATO TO GO FROM 2% TO 5%. WELL THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. WHEN YOU'RE PRESIDENT, YOU REALLY SORT OF HAVE TO WATCH OVER THE WORLD BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE DRAGGED INTO IT OTHERWISE. DRAGGED INTO A WORLD WAR. I THINK IF I WEREN'T PRESIDENT FIRST OF ALL THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF I WERE PRESIDENT. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO LEAD TO IT ANYMORE. WHEN I FIRST GOT IN I SAID WOW THIS SITUATION COULD LEAD TO WORLD WAR III. I HAVE NATO TOGETHER AND EVERYBODY TOGETHER. BUT WITH ALL OF THAT I PASSED A GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL WHICH IS THE BIGGEST TAX CUTS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. SO WHEN SOMEBODY LIKE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE CATERS TO THE OTHER SIDE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S ABOUT BUT STARTS MAKING STATEMENT LIKE THAT IT SHOWS SHE DOESN'T KNOW. I DON'T DEVOTE A LOT OF MY TIME. LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE. CHINA WAS GOING TO HIT US WITH RARE EARTH. NOW EVERYBODY SAYS WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? MAGNETS. IF CHINA REFUSED TO GIVE MAGNETS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A MONOPOLY ON MAGNETS BECAUSE THAT WAS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN OVER A 32-YEAR PERIOD, THERE WOULDN'T BE A CAR MADE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. THERE WOULDN'T BE A RADIO, THERE WOULDN'T BE A TELEVISION. THERE WOULDN'T BE INTERNET OR ANYTHING BECAUSE MAGNETS ARE SUCH A PART-- NOW NOBODY KNOWS WHAT MAGNETS ARE. AND NOT OVERLY SOPHISTICATED BUT TO BAIL MAGNET SYSTEM WOULD TAKE TWO YEARS. SO IF I WEREN'T ABLE TO SAY TO CHINA LOOK IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT TO US WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE YOU 158% TARIFF. IT WAS 100% ON TOP OF 58% AND CHINA CALLED UP IMMEDIATELY LISTEN WE WILL MAKE PEACE AND WE MADE PEACE. WE MADE A GREAT DEAL. WE MADE AN UNBELIEVABLE DEAL. CHINA'S PAYING TARIFFS TO THE UNITED STATES. NOT THE UNITED STATES PAYING TARIFFS TO CHINA. WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE WAY IT WAS. NOBODY CAN BELIEVE THESE DEALS. BUT SO WHEN SOMEBODY MAKES A STATEMENT ABOUT HE'S DEVOTING TIME TO THE WORLD-- WELL THE WORLD IS THE UNITED STATES. BECAUSE OF THE WORLD'S IN TROUBLE OR IF THE WORLD IS RIPPING US OFF, YOU KNOW THE WORLD WAS RIPPING US OFF BEFORE I CAME HERE. EUROPE WAS GETTING MASSIVE TARIFFS. THEY WERE SENDING US 9 10 MILLION CARS A YEAR WE WERE SENDING THEM NONE. THEY WERE NOT TAKING OUR AGRICULTURE. WE WERE TAKING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF THEIR-- IT WAS SO UNFAIR. NOW WE HAVE A DEAL WHERE $950 BILLION IS COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE OF ME AND BECAUSE OF TARIFFS. SO IF I DON'T DO ALL THESE THINGS, OUR COUNTRY IS DOING VERY POORLY. SO YOU KNOW IT'S EASY TO SAY DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE WORLD, BUT THE WORLD IS TURNING OUT TO BE OUR BIGGEST CUSTOMER. THE WORLD IS-- THE WORLD WAS ON FIRE. AND WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN THAT FIRE VERY EASILY IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING.
Reporter: COULD YOU GUARANTEE TO AMERICANS THAT TRAVEL IS GOING TO GO BACK TO NORMAL ONCE THE GOVERNMENT--.
President Donald Trump: LET GO BETTER THAN NORMAL YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY? YEAH SURE. BECAUSE WE'RE BUYING THE MOST SOPHISTICATED AVIONICS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR OUR CONTROL TOWERS. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT. WE HAD A GUY NAMED-- BUTTIGIEG-- JUST SAY BOOT EDGE EDGE-- TWO EDGE EDGES OFF THE CLIFF. BUTTIGIEG SPENT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO PATCH TOGETHER OUR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WHICH WAS A CONGLOMERATION OF ALL DIFFERENT SYSTEMS AND ALL DIFFERENT CITIES HE HAD SPENT. THEY HAD HUNDREDS OF COUNTRIES OR COMPANIES WORKING ON IT. AND THEY WERE SPENDING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND WHEN THEY TURNED IT ON, IT DIDN'T WORK. NOT EVERYBODY AN LITTLE BIT. THAT'S WHY HUH A HELICOPTER CRASHING INTO AN AIRPLANE. THAT IF WE HAD A GREAT SYSTEM BELLS AND WHISTLES WOULD HAVE STARTED GOING OFF. SO WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS AND FINAL BIDS OF GETTING THE FINEST SYSTEM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. I'VE ANALYZED IT. SHAUN DUTHIE HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON IT DOING A FANTASTIC JOB BY THE WAY. AND AND OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WE WILL BE HANDING OUT THE FINALIST AIR TRAFFIC TOUR CONTROLS. AND IF YOU KNEW ANYTHING YOU KNOW COPPER WIRE DOESN'T WORK WITH GLASS. YOU KNOW GLASSES DOESN'T WORK WITH OTHER SUBSTANCE SPPS THEY SPENT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND WHEN THEY TURNED IT ON, NOTHING HAPPENED. WE'RE GETTING THE MOST SOPHISTICATED-- ALL BRAND NEW. EVERY CONTROL TOWER WILL HAVE THE SAME EXACT SYSTEM. IT WILL BE THE MOST SOPHISTICATED SYSTEM BY FAR IN THE WORLD. AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE LOOKED AROUND TO OTHER COUNTRIES. AND WE'VE TAKEN THE ABSOLUTE BEST SYSTEMS IN EVERY DIFFERENT FORM. BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT. YOU HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES LIKE IBM AND RATHION A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES. THEY ARE ALL BIDDING. AND WE'RE GOING TO PICK THE BEST ONE AND IT WILL GET BUILT RELATIVELY QUICKLY. AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE GREATEST AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY. [APPLAUSE]