VIDEO Nº: 96
TITLE:96. Full Speech  Donald Trump Rally in Council Bluffs, IA with Jerry Falwell, Jr. (1 31 16)
DATE OF EVENT:31/01/2016
RELEASE DATE:10/02/2016
DURATION:01.35.40 Hrs.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS: 4519
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So that was…that was a great thing. But, bottom line I see all the hats, Make America Great Again, Jerry. When you ask, “why?”. We wanna make America great again. That's what we wanna do! It's very simple.
MR. FALWELL INTERVENES. A GROUP OF PEOPLE RECEIVING A CHECK COME OUT TO THE STAGE.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.10.04:
So maybe tell us just a little bit about yourself and what you do, because…you know, we vetted, for the vets, but we vetted very carefully. And…the people that are getting this money are tremendous people.
So, what do you do?
THE WOMAN RESPONDS AND THE CROWD CHEERS.
MR. FALWELL INTERVENES.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.10.39:
So with a hundred thousand you can do a lot, right?
It's just such an honor. It's so great. So…thank you very much. Use it well! Say hello to Todd. Thank you! Beautiful! Thank you honey…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
MR. FALWELL INTERVENES.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.35.20:
Well, it's such a big question now. Who would have thought this would have happened? I mean, we've destabilized the Middle East…totally…when we did a wreck. And I was against a wreck. You know, I'm a strong guy in the military. I don't think there's anybody…I would say the most militaristic of all. But, and I wanna build our military, Jerry, so strong, so powerful…that nobody's gonna mess with us. And they won’t. But…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But I said, look at all that press back there! I said to…Reuters, actually, and others. Early on, in 2004, 2003…the war is the wrong thing. You're going to destabilize the Middle East. If you go take out one of the two, meaning Iraq or Iran; so, we take…we took over…we take out Iraq. And what a mess has been created. And then when we got out of it, with Obama, the way he got out of it…by announcing the specific date the enemy pulls back. They say, “I can't believe he's saying this!”. And then they go to town after we leave.
It's…it's just…a…a…I can't say…I can't use the term a comedy of errors, because there's nothing funny about it. What's gone on is…so…sad! And the decisions are so sad.
Now we created…we've created, and helped create, this massive migration. And…plenty of countries have made a mistake! You look at what's going on in Germany. It's a…total…mess! I mean, they’re having riots over there…! The crime is through the roof. And every country! Uhm…Brussels! Has anybody been to Brussels!? I've been to Brussels a long time ago! It's so beautiful! So, everything! It's like an armed camp now. You look at what's going on…it can't happen!
So, I wanted to create, and I suggested it: “create a safe zone!”. Cause we all have heart! “Create a safe zone”. We've gotta get the Gulf states…who are tremendously…rich; who frankly are not taking anybody. And they're not spending money…or much money. And then I taking anybody! They gotta fund it! We've gotta get them to fund it! We're protecting them. We're saving them. Let them fund it! Cause we're funding everything…; and that's why we owe 19 trillion! Because we make all…stupid decisions! …-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
So…we get them to fund it. And we create a big safe zone in Syria! Or a number of safe zone, so that people stop! Now, they've done this migration through Germany…; nobody knows who the people are…; and we all have heart! I think it's sad to see! But when you look at that line…; when you look at that massive migration…; you see so many young…strong…men! Right!? I mean, it's young…strong…;
And I said to myself…first time I noticed it was…early on. At first you say, “well, you know, it's a little…unusual”, because all of these…; it…it just seems to me! And you look at it! Young, strong men.
So now we're gonna take them into our country. We've already started. Thousands and thousands! And we don't know! Are they ISIS? Is this a Trojan horse? What's going on? You look at what's happening in other countries…. We're not gonna take any…if I'm there. And I'll tell you something. Anybody that comes in, sadly, I have to tell you: they're going back. They have to go back! They have to go back...-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…there's no way, Jerry; and I've gone to the top law enforcement people. And I've seen them. And I've read about them. And I've read their statements. The top people…they say there is absolutely…no way…that you can tell where these people come from! They have no papers whatsoever. There's no background. There's no background checks. It's like starting off with a person from zero. They have no idea. We cannot…afford this…as a country. We cannot afford it from an economic, or from…perhaps, most importantly, from a security standpoint. So we just can't do it.
And interestingly, as you saw the other, day…Sheriff Joe, from Arizona. Now…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…right? He endorsed me! And so did…; and, when Sheriff Joe endorses you…you know you're the strongest on..:; I will tell you, the…the whole immigration thing. How that…worked out, illegal immigration. We're gonna have a really strong border. We're gonna have a wall. People are gonna come in, but they're gonna come in legally. They're gonna come in legally! ...-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. But we got the endorsement.
And Sarah Palin. And this gentleman, one of the greats! …-MR. TRUMP POINTS AT MR. FALWELL. And we got Willie Robertson too, who’s a friend of my boys; and a great shooter. They go hunting together. But Willie was great too. So…and I think Sarah's coming…uhm…tomorrow? She's gonna be here. She's gonna be on the Today Show, actually. And…that's gonna be very exciting. So, we look forward. She’s gonna be on…Monday on the Today Show. So that'll be very exciting.
Great guy.
MR. FALWELL INTERVENES.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.17.40:
Well, one of the things that I found so interesting, cause I spoke the other day at…uhm…Liberty [University], and it's…an amazing place. What Jerry, and Becky…have done…is…absolutely incredible. And they've taken over from their father. And…it is so beautiful…! And breaking the record was very important to me. And…you know whose record I broke? My record! From four years ago! So, I’m happy! …-THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. I thought I would have broken somebody else's record.
But you know, the interesting thing is that Jerry has every single candidate goes through Liberty University, right? Everybody. Because it's an amazing place. And it's a packed house! And these are…fantastic young people. And I guess some other people than young, but mostly young people. They're amazing people! And…they all came through. And when jerry endorsed me…and…it was such an honor for me! Because he…sees everything! And…and, you know, Jerry is…; and he's doing this as an individual. [It’s] such an honor…for me! And when I look…; and he said one thing about me…and he says great about everybody! Honestly. But he said something about me that I like better than anybody else. He said I most resemble his father from the standpoint of my ideas, my attitude, my way…; and…I thought that to me was the greatest compliment. Okay? I thought that was better than anybody else's compliment…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
MR. FALWELL INTERVENES.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.19.36:
 So when they just did the polls, Uhm…CNN did, and others did. They do polls, and I love these polls. I only like them because I'm in first place. If I wasn't in first place, we wouldn’t be talking…-THE CROWD LAUGHS[paa1] . But one of the things…that they now start doing…; they have these sub tabs, and…they have everything. You know, it's funny. I watch all these candidates…. They spend millions of dollars on polling. And…I have a lot of money! I don't spend anything…; money…. I get it from those guys back there! See all those cameras!? They do polls! They do polls! They…say, “is he a nice guy!?”; “is he a terrible guy!?”; “is a wonderful guy!?”; “is he smart!?”; “is he tall!?”; “is he short!?”; “what's he like!?”. You…you know more about yourself…you don’t have to spend money! I watch these guys, they spend all this money on polling, Jerry! [The] Candidates! Hundreds of thousands of dollars a month. And there they are! Right there! The networks do it for free: What the hell are they doing polling for!? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. No, it’s true! It's true! Save your money!
But, you know, it's sort of interesting though. Because they did a poll, a big pole. And on the economy, I came out first by…so much higher. Like triple and quadruple! It was like…you know, they're down at six and five. And I've at 58…! and 67…! And…I mean, [the] number’s 68, 67 percent. That's what 15, 16 and 17 people in the race. But…we have to bring back our jobs! And by the way, on the polls? Number one on security. Number one on ISIS. Number one on protection. Number one in almost every category. The only thing I wasn't number one on? “Personality!”…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. Can you believe it!? They said I'm not a nice person. And I'm a nicer person than all of them!
I mean, I'll tell you. I'll tell you what just happened. What just happened. It just happened today, I read it! It says, “voter…violation”. Did you hear about this!? Cruz issued a statement…put it in people's houses… “voter violation”! [It] looks like a government…; “voter violation”. Like, “oh! Oh!”. And it says all…; and it's a social thing. You're not allowed to do it. And…they're investigating him now.
So, he's putting in houses “voter violation”. And he's giving people, “you are…; you have an F, because you haven't voted enough…; bop, bop, bop…”. Down the line…I never even heard nothing like this! It is so dishonest…! It is so dishonest…!
Then he took an ad about me…and he said that I’m in favor of Obamacare! My whole campaign is against Obamacare! And the only way I can fight it is I have a much bigger…platform than anybody else. So, when he does it…; so, it's such a lie!
But what he doesn't say is that…he filled out a financial disclosure form. [a] Personal financial disclosure form. And on the form…you know, he wants to pretend he's Robin Hood. He's gonna protect everybody from Wall Street. Big bad Wall Street, right? He forgot to mention that he's borrowed a lot of money at almost no interest. Anybody in this room would take the interest rate, cause he pays almost nothing. From Goldman Sachs, and from Citibank. [He] forgot to put the two banks on there. [He] forgot to mention it.
And then of course his bigger problem is Canada. He was born in Canada and a lot of people are saying he can't even be running for the election. So we'll find out about that. To me that's a big problem, by the way. Cause…if you become the candidate, it's possible you can't even run! According to a lot of people.
But I have to say that…I…I see so…much…dishonesty…in politics, Jerry. I've never seen anything like it! I think Jerry's in…doing something where you don't see like we see. It is so…dishonest!
First of all, the guys in the back? The press? Among the most dishonest people I've ever met in my life. They really are…-THE CROWD LAUGHS AND CHEERS. No, it’s true. It’s true. Yeah.  No, no! They are so dishonest! And they'll have a story…that they can take something that's good and make it look bad.
I'll tell you [what] the great thing is? And I’m…I'm talking about only 75 to 80 percent of them. There’s twenty percent who’re good. But I’ll tell you [what] the great thing is…the people that we're dealing with…-SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES IT-… “you're right!”. The people that…; “thank you”. The people…look at those people at…back at the corner. Isn’t that beautiful? These…these rooms…;
Every room, Jerry…; every room we go to is packed. It's a…whether it's a stadium. Whether it's in Mobile, Alabama, 35 thousand people. Whether it's the Mavericks Arena, in Dallas…20, 21 thousand people…it's packed! Oklahoma, over 20 thousand people twice.
So, I mean, every place we go to…including Iowa! I mean, we go…I wish you had some bigger arenas here. I will have to tell you! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. We're gonna have to build something! But we have…capacity crowds. And…what I have found is [that] the people are really smart, Jerry. They get it! They really get it. And…I just wanna thank everybody.
One of the other things that came out is, by far, the Trump…voter. The Trump person, is the most loyal. By far! They say…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I…I should not say this in front of Jerry, because I have to really be…behave in front of Jerry, right? But…they say, “Donald Trump can do practically anything…and they're still voting for him. They're gonna still caucus for him…”. So I'm very happy about it. But, they say that and it's out! I mean, 67 to 69 percent…regardless. They’re with me. And…then… “just…about with him”…I think I get into the 90s. And other people are at nine percent. And 12 percent. And 19 percent.
So…my people, I just…I adore you. You are going to make a decision soon. Monday. And…I'm telling you, we're gonna do a hell of a job. We are going to make America great again. I promise you…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
I love you too! I love you too! Jerry I…I don’t know; It may be a guy, but I love him, okay? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
MR. FALWELL INTERVENES.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.25.33:
I’d…I would love to, but maybe first…your family. Uhm…Becky, Mrs. Falwell is here. And she's an amazing woman, who I've known…over the years. And she's just an amazing person, and…such a big influence in Jerry in such a positive way. And…I…I think she's right here.
“Becky could you and the family come up please? Do and…bring your…those beautiful children, and…spouses. Come on up. Come on up. Come!”…-MR. FALWELL’S FAMILY COMES UP ON STAGE.
This is Becky and the family. Come on family, get up here! I assumed this stage can hold us, right? If it doesn't we have a big story…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.

MRS. FALWELL INTERVENES.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.26.36:
You…you know? I’ll tell you what. I said, “I'll give you a deal!”.
He said, “I wanna pay full price!”.
I said, “nobody's ever said that to me before!”…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. He insisted on it… it…it was…uhm…I’m not used to that.
MRS. FALWELL INTERVENES AGAIN.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.26.55:
Thank you, honey. Thank you. Great family.
MR. FALWELL INTERVENES.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.17.40:
Well, I would! I'd love to! So, I brought with me…; they wanted to be here so badly. My wife, Melania. “Come on up, Melania. Come on up honey”. She's been so supportive! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I'll tell you what! Uhm…Melania actually did one thing, just…; you know, we talked about pollsters, right? She said, “you know if you run you will win”.
I said, “what do you mean?”.
“If you run, you will win. The people…respect you, and they love you. And…you will win. Now, if you don't run, you're never gonna get an honest poll. Because nobody thinks you're running. So they can poll you, and say ‘if Trump…runs’”. But she said to me…very good, uhm… [the] best advice! She said, “that won't work! You'll be low…; nobody believes you're gonna run. Even if they say you're going to run! Unless you actually stand up and announce”.
I said, “but what if I stand up and announce and I do badly!? That's no good!”. You know, it takes guts to run! Don’t tell your…; don't kid yourselves.
She said, “if you run you’ll win”.
And almost from the day we announced, we've been in first place, Jerry. So here's my best pollster! Thank you honey…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
MS. MELANIA TRUMP SAYS HELLO
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.28.25:
 “Wow, thank you. Thank you baby. Thank you. That’s so nice! Thank you, honey”.
And I have somebody that nobody knows…Ivanka! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And her husband Jared. “Come on up, Jared”. And Ivanka is about eight and a half months pregnant. And the doctor said…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-… “it would actually be much better if you didn't make the trip”. She's very tough, by the way. I have to tell you. Right, Jared? Huh? And Jared is a great young man. [He] went to Harvard…; very smart. Great doing. A fantastic job in business. He's…in the real estate business. [He’s] done an amazing job. Uhm…at his own right. Just incredible.
But, with Ivanka…so they said, “don't make the trip”.
I said, “wait a minute. Politically, wouldn't it be great if she had her baby in Iowa!? Wouldn't that be great!? Wouldn’t that be unbelievable!?”…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. That would guarantee me victory! Right!? No.
But she would…; she's here, and…uhm…we have great love for the people. And… “say something honey”.
MS. IVANKA TRUMP INTERVENES.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.30.00:
“Thank you, honey”. Thank you. Thank you, everybody! Both families. Thank you.
MR. FALWELL INTERVENES.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.30.15:
Well, you know, I never liked talking about a running mate until I get the deal done: We have to get the deal done. Uhm…in all fairness. Because…I don't like to think ahead. And…I…so many people say, “do you have anybody in mind? Do you have…?”.
I like to focus…; you know, we started off Jerry, with 17…they're dropping out like flies. You know that, okay? And you’re gonna lose a lot after Iowa. You’re gonna lose a lot after New Hampshire. New Hampshire's been an…an…unbelievable place for us. We're leading by…tremendous numbers. I will say this…before I answer it. But I will give you…somewhat of an answer to that, cause it's a…actually a very important question.
Uhm…in…Iowa. Ready? You have a lousy record! 16 years and you haven't picked a winner! Please pick a winner this time! Okay!? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I'm gonna win! I'm gonna win! 16 years! You can't go another four years! You gotta just get it done! Get it done right! We're gonna win. We're gonna win. [I’m/we’re] Leading everywhere. We're gonna win. And leading against Hillary in the polls. Now we're leading against Hillary solidly…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And…I'll tell you this. A friend of mine, who's a very political guy, said, “you know? The one person…she does not wanna run against is Trump”. And…Chuck Todd is a very nice guy. You know, he…likes to believe the lines…and stuff.
He goes…; they go, “oh, yes! We wanna run against Trump! We wanna run…”.
I said, “Chuck, you don’t understand. When they say they wanna run against you, that means they don't wanna run against you. Do you understand that?”. The one person…they don't wanna run against, and that Hillary does not wanna ride…; we’re gonna win!
We had…a series of…big setbacks. We should have won four years ago. We should have won the last election. We should have won it. How that…; how that one was lost…; we had a failed president, and…it didn't work out. So, we're not gonna blame anybody. But it didn't work out.
Uhm…John McCain had a tough time, because there was a little problem with the thing called ‘the economy’ when he was running, and I think that would have been a hard one. But, we certainly should have won four years ago. So, you know, I backed McCain…[it] didn't work. I backed Romney…[it] didn't work.
This time I said, “let's do it ourselves! And do it. And get it done”…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So…so…so really, 16 years is too long.
Uhm…and one other thing I have to say is…before we get to that…-SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES IT. “I…I… you’d better!”. Uhm…these guys…! These are tough sounding guys that I like the sound of that…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. But…but I’ll tell you: really…important.
So, it's 16 years. But we have to get it right. We have to get it right. More important than anything else. They wanna move Iowa to the back of the back. You know that. There's a big move that Iowa shouldn't be first? I give you my word: I'm president, I control it. You’ll stand right where you are. You’ll stay right where you are. So is New Hampshire! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And…and Jerry, it's such an incredible tradition! It's really an amazing…! Even the caucus. The whole caucus thing. It's complicated…; it's tougher…; but you know what? You really have to wanna have somebody…when you're willing to go out and do this! It's actually a great system! I don't know if I'd wanna have every state like that! Okay!? But it's an amazing thing. And it's an amazing tradition. And if I win, they're not touching Iowa. It's staying right where it is. And so is New Hampshire, it’s staying right where it is. They're not moving you guys to the back of the pack. It's not gonna happen, okay? So just remember that.
As far as…a…vice president is concerned. I want somebody…you know, it's a very simple test! Who do I think is gonna be the best president if something should happen? Cuz things can happen! Who's gonna be the best present? Cause that's ultimately what it's all about. With that being said, you wanna pick somebody that can help you. You wanna pick somebody maybe from a state that you have to win.
One of the things that one of the polls just came out, and in fact the New York Post has a big story today…that Trump is winning…with Hispanics! …a big story! And I'm not surprised, because I'm gonna bring back jobs! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It’s…it's actually a big story. And [has] become a big story! And Ivanka just showed it to me. That Trump, you'll see it at The New York Post…doing phenomenally with…uhm…people that are here illegally, who are the people that vote, of course. If you listen to the government, they wanna have illegals start to vote too! Pretty soon we're gonna have illegals starting to vote if we don't start…getting tough. And smart. And go back to…what it's all about.
But when it comes to the vice president, we want somebody that can really…be a great president, number one. Always. But…somebody that can also help us get to the goal. So that you don't have another four years of…losses.
And there are some great people out there. I mean, Republicans have some great people out there. And…I think we're gonna have a tremendous success! One of the…stories that was written by one of the major media groups was that…if Trump wins…; first of all, the Trump-Hillary…if she ever gets there. I mean, I don't know if she's gonna get there. With his email stuff…; I mean, is she gonna get there? I don't even know! …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’. But…if it's Trump-Hillary, it's gonna be the largest voter turnout in the history of the United States. And you know that because the debate that I participated, not to fail debate. The last one. The debate that I participated, they had 24, almost 25 billion people, with the largest show in the history of cable.
CNN, two weeks later, had the largest show in the history of CNN! Okay!? In the history of CNN! And I'll tell you what. I think if we had gone through…; if I wasn't insulted, and we went through normal channels; and we did the debate two three days ago, I think that would have been larger than the 25 million people…that they had on the first debate. I think that would have actually surpassed it.
But…they said, and they said it very strongly. I bring states into play that no Republican is gonna think about. For instance, the concept of winning New York State is impossible for any of the people that I'm dealing with. Impossible! It's not…it's not even something. They don't even campaign there. I think we have a chance to win New York! I mean, they like me in New York! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They like me in New York. And by the way, we…if we win New York, you talk about a lot of…; you're talking about a lot of delegates. Right?
But…you know, if we win New York…; you're talking about luck. But we're gonna win Pennsylvania. We're gonna win Virginia. We're gonna win…Michigan! I'm always talking about the car business being stripped out of Michigan! And the poll numbers in Michigan are incredible! We're gonna win Ohio! They did a poll. I like John Kasich very much, but…the problem is, they did a poll in Ohio and I'm beating him by a lot. And he's the existing…you know, he's the serving governor. We're gonna win Florida! I’m at 48 percent against…against 16 people! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…I think a lot of states…a lot of states that aren't even thought of…! You know, if you listen right now, cuz structurally, the Republicans have a disadvantage. But you look at some of these states…they don't even talk about those states…as a Republican. They're already written off! It’s gonna amount to…basically six cents.
I think we can win states…that aren't even thought of in the normal realm. And you're gonna have yourself a victory, folks!
And I'll tell you what. I'm not gonna disappear, like the last group did. Three years ago. Four years ago. Because that last month…I kept saying, “where is he!?”. “Why isn't he on television!?”. I called his people: “why isn't he doing Jay Leno!?”. “Why isn't he doing you know, Letterman…and these shows!?”.
And every night you see Obama was in television. Television…! Television…! And I called. I’d said, “he has to do Jay Leno! He has to do David Letterman! Why isn't he!?”. I don't know what happened! They took a vacation the last month of the campaign! It's not gonna happen with Trump, folks. We're gonna win. We're gonna win! Okay!? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
MS. IVANKA TRUMP INTERVENES.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00..:
Wow! Thank You, Jerry. Thank you, everybody! Thank you very much! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Wow, that was so nice. Thank you so much. Thank you, Jerry!
Thank you, Becky and the family!
Thank you everybody!
Thank you.
