VIDEO Nº: 137
TITLE:137. Speech Donald Trump in Portland ME - March 3 2016
DATE OF EVENT:03/03/2016
RELEASE DATE:27/10/2017
DURATION:00.51.28 Mins.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:8753
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Thank you! Thank you so much! What a turn out! What a turn out! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Wow!
Thank you! I wanna thank Paul. Boy, I'll tell you. I love tough people. You need tough people, and he's a tough cookie…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And when we got his endorsement we were thrilled, I will tell you that. He's a great guy.
Uh…you know, I was doing a little bit of a thing called ‘the debate’…-THE CROWD CHEERS. APPARENTLY, THERE IS A PROTESTER. All right, get him out, please! …-THE CROWD CHEERS. Get him out!
What are they doing, right? What's the purpose? What are they doing? Well, it gets a little television time, I guess.
But, you know I was going to the debate, and I was going directly in from Florida. I'm down in Florida, we're campaigning…we're doing really well in Florida…; we're campaigning against a guy that has the worst…voting…record in the history of the state of Florida, named Rubio. Uhm…he's a…I call him ‘lightweight’. He's a lightweight…-THE CROWD CHEERS.
But…[he’s] got the worst record in the history of Florida, so I don’t know, I should do well there. Let's hope I do well there. I love Florida. But, I was…-THE CROWD CHEERS. I was going to…Detroit, and I said to my people, “I have to stop in Maine. I felt so…I just had to stop in Maine! ”…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, I wouldn't say that it's a very direct route, would you say? Instead of going this way…-MR. TRUMP DRAWS A STRAIGHT LINE-…I went this way, and this way, and that…is good. I'm so glad , and you know, to put…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…to put this incredible sold-out crowd, and you have thousands of people outside…to put this crowd together in a period of what…24 hours? It’s tremendous…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And Maine is amazing. You know, Maine is one of the most beautiful places on earth. And people don't realize how large your land mass is. I was talking to Paul [LePage]. As large as all of New England, when you think of it. That's some piece of land. Can I buy some, please? Can I buy some? …-THE CROWD CHEERS VIVIDLY. Can I buy some?
So, you know I've been watching…uh…with great interest, as we get to…you know, go down the line. We've had some amazing results. And right…nearby, with New Hampshire, we…we…it was an amazing…incredible thing. And by the way, they…every…single…time I went to New Hampshire, whenever I met with people, they'd always say, number one problem…number one problem heroin. Number one problem! And I'd say, “how is it possible!?”.
You know, you look at these beautiful fields, and the beautiful little roads, and everything's so beautiful! And it was the number one problem. And it comes from our southern border, and we're gonna close up that border, and we're gonna build a wall. And we're gonna stop the drugs from coming in, believe me…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. We're gonna stop it. And people are gonna come into our country, but they're gonna come in legally! They're gonna come in legally! But we're gonna solve the problem.
But you know, I watched these pundits. And, when I first started, my wife Melania and I we came down the escalator, right? And…I first started, and it was an amazing thing. I said, “you know, we have to do something, because we have people that don't know what they're doing!”. They don't…know…what…they're doing in running our country. And I got some of that today, you know, in just…in hearing some of these things. But they don't…know what they're doing! We have to do it.
And it takes guts to run for president! I'm not a politician! I'm not a politician! …-THE CROWD CHEERS. All talk, no action. Nothing gets done.
And anyway, we're coming down, and…and I said to myself, you know, there's so…many…things. And then I watched the pundits. And they said, “oh, Trump, I don't know. We have some great talent running”
And I'm trying to figure out, where? Where? What's the talent? What's the talent? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. But you know, you come down, and you do it; and you start talking about trade; and you see what happens with trade. Uh…trade has been…-A MEMBER OF THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE-…trade has been such a disaster.
But the pundits all said, you know, I came out at three percent, first one. And my wife said, “you know if you run you're gonna win. But you actually have to run. You can't say you're gonna run, because…they won't poll it, but even if they do poll it, people will still say, ‘you're not gonna run’”. She said, “but if you run…you're gonna win!”.
I said, “oh!”. She's my poster! She's my pollster. I pay her less money, but she's my…she's better than…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So you know what happened! I started at three, the first…day or something. I was at three, which I wasn't exactly thrilled about. Then it went up to six. It went up to 12. It went up to 18. And then it kept going up! And every time I went up, the pundits would say, “he's plateaued!”. You know, ‘plateau’. “Well, he's always gonna get six. That's a six solid group”.
Then I went up to 12. “Well, you know that's a solid group”.
Then I went up to 24! And they said…and don't forget! That's for 17 people! We had 17 people! That's a lot! 24 with 17 people is pretty good!
So, we went up to 24, and…they said, “well that's the max! There can’t be any more than…”. We went up to 28, 32…;
So, CNN just came out with a poll: Trump, 49…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. National. That's high! That's high. And…you know, I'm very proud of it, because, this is not a plateau. This is a movement. We have a movement going on, folks…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
Time magazine did a story…uh…recently, a couple of weeks ago, talking about…what's going on. And…and they've never seen anything like it. People have never seen anything…; they say, actually…and I don't think I'm exaggerating this at all. And I don't wanna exaggerate it, but many…of the great writers, of which they are very few, cause the media is among the most dishonest people I've ever dealt with…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But they said…they said that in the history of this country, there's never been anything like this, what's happening. We were in Huntsville, Alabama, the other day, [and] we had 35,000 people. 35,000 people…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
We were…we went to Arkansas, which you saw, we were…oh, is that another one? Ay, ay, ay! All right, get them out! …-THERE IS A PROTESTER IN THE ROOM, APPARENTLY. Get them out…-THE CROWD BOOS. Get them out.
Oh, they just don't stop. All right. Get them out. Thank you. Bye-bye! Bye-bye! Terrible…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. Incredible.
Now, you know, you can be nice, but if you're nice, they’ll say, “oh, you were so soft”. Then you can be vicious, ‘get out of here!’, right? And then they'll say you were too harsh. So, I've developed a nice, “all right, please, get them out”…-THE CROWD CHEERS. It's incredible. I love you too. I love you too. I love you too…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And by the way, you know, I'm…self-funding my campaign. I'm putting up all my money. I'm not…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…but…but you have to do…; all I want…I don't want your money, I just want one thing: your vote on Saturday. Get out and vote…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Don't forget, I did that big…long…turn. [It was] Slightly long. It did a big turn. So you can get out to vote, okay? That's the least you could…-THE CROWD CHEERS. So, thank you. Thank you very much.
So, our country and our theme is make…America…great…again. And…over the last…little while, I've met so many people…! Thousands, and thousands, and thousands of people. We have…like this. Now, this is…we're only confined by the size of the room. This is packed! But this is the size of the room. Uh…thousands and thousands of great, great Americans. And, I have more confidence in this country now than I've ever had before. I have seen…I mean, millions of people really, because, when you get 35, 40 thousand people for rallies…uh…and we have by far the biggest rallies. I will say that. By…and Bernie is second. He second! But he's a distant second. But he is second! I have to give him credit for that…-THE CROWD MUTTERS.
But we have, by far, the biggest. And I see by far the most people. And this country has un…believable…people that love…our country. Just remember that…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUS.
And…I wanna see the day, in the not too distant future, when Apple makes their iPhones…in this country, and not in China…and all of these other places! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Now, I heard, and I saw just a little bit of it, but I heard that Mitt Romney made a fairly long speech…-THE CROWD BOOS-…and…and…I mean, honestly, I thought…I'll just address it quickly, cause it's irrelevant. Look! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. Mitt is a failed candidate. He failed…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. He failed horribly. The third debate…-A MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS ‘HE’S A LOSER!’. MR. TRUMP LAUGHS. “He’s…”…THE CROWD LAUGHS. He failed badly. That was a race, I have to say, folks, that should have been won. That was a race that absolutely…should have been run…won.
And, I don't know what happened to him! He disappeared. He disappeared. And I wasn't happy about that, I'll be honest, because, I am not a fan of Barack Obama. And that was a race, and I backed Mitt Romney…-THE CROWD BOOS. I backed him. You can see how loyal he is. He was begging for my endorsement! I could have said, “Mitt, drop to your knees”, [and] he would have dropped to his knees…-THE CROWD CHEERS. He was begging! [It’s]True. [It’s] True. He was begging me.
And did you see how great…? He said, “oh, I'm not big like him. He's the great businessman…”, all that stuff: Well, since then, I'm…I've done much better! And…now he tries to demean, but we'll talk about that in a second. But, Mitt was thinking about running again. He ran a horrible campaign. It was a campaign that should have never been lost! You're running against a failed…president. He came up with the 47 percent! He demeaned…47 percent of the people in our country! Right? The 40…the famous 47-percent. Once that was said, I'll be honest, once that was said, a lot of people thought it was over for him.
Then, the last month and a half he disappeared! And I called his people! I said, “you have to do yourself a favor! Obama…”, say what you want, [but] he was on Jay Leno, he was on David Letterman, he was all over the place the last three [or] four weeks! Mitt was looking for zoning for a nine-car garage or something in California! Right!? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. I said, “what's he doing!? Who cares about a garage!? You're running for president!”. And, Mitt was a disaster as a candidate.
So, what happened, and it was very strong, and I think if the press goes back they'll see it. When I heard he was running again, and I wasn't sure I was gonna be running. But I was very, very strong to Mitt! And to everybody! And publicly! Not to talk to him! Cause I didn't even wanna talk to him! I was so disappointed in him. Because he let us down! He let us down! …-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. You know, it's one thing [when] you lose, and you work, and you work and you go…; he let us down! He should have won! Something happened to him. He went away! He was gone! He was horrible in the third debate. It was…it was a horrible…something happened. I don't know what happened. Maybe someday they'll write a book; his campaign…guy was terrible. Terrible. He had a terrible campaign manager, who's always on television. Stuart Stevens or something? He's always on television knocking everybody. The guy ran one of the worst campaigns in the history of…modern politics! And Mitt ran…probably it was the worst run that…most people have seen. Cause most people thought…that the Republican candidate would win.
So when, Mitt started raising his head, a few months ago, I was very strong! I said, “Mitt…Romney…should…not…run. He's a choke artist”…-THE CROWD MUTTERS. And I said it very strongly. I wanted to keep him in.
And then Jeb Bush, actually, convinced…Mitt not to run! Can you imagine!? Jeb! Jeb sold him! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. Jeb! He's a good salesman! [Do you] See? Now that he's out, I'll say Jeb's a good salesman, right? He's a high-energy salesman…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. But Mitt was afraid of Jeb. Because he was afraid that Jeb would get the money…; [MOU1] and Jeb would get the…whatever…; and…you know, I wasn't…I wasn't afraid! I wasn't afraid of Jeb! I can tell you that.
So, what happened is Jeb Bush convince Mitt of not to run. Mitt was gonna run! It was gonna be a third attempt. The second one being one of the great catastrophes, the first one just didn't happen, so that's okay. But the second was a catastrophe. And what happened is he went to see Jeb, and Jeb had him convinced that he's gonna run, he's got the money, he's this and…! And Mitt chickened out. But I'll tell you the real reason [that] chickened out. It wasn't him. It was me! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. Because I said, “he’s a choker…”.
If you remember, Mitt was all set to run! I know this from people that are close to him! And I think he probably still has a desire. Maybe at the convention, to try and get some kind of a thing.
Hillary Clinton will destroy him…in the election. Assuming she's allowed to run. Assuming she's not arrested for the email situation…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…which is so terrible. Which is so terrible. I mean, so terrible.
But let's assume that the Democrats are going to protect her. Let's assume that…I will be running against Hillary. And I really want to. I would love to run against Hillary…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUSD. And by the way, we have numerous polls that show me beating her easily. And I haven't even started in her yet, other than four weeks ago I did. [Do you] remember?
She called me…sexist. And I hit her with her husband. And that was the last time I ever heard the word ‘sexist’. That was that…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, that was that.
They had a rough weekend! That was a rough weekend. Bill was not happy! He would…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. H said, “don't you ever say that to him again! Say it to somebody else, but not to Trump!”. That was a rough, rough weekend they had.
But Mitt was going to run as sure as you're standing here. I’m sorry we didn't get you seats, there’s too many people. But, he was going to run, and I was very, very…uh…angry that he was gonna run. I didn't even know I was gonna be doing this! But, I…felt I wanted to!
You know, NBC came to me. They wanted to extend the…The Apprentice for two seasons. 28 episodes…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. Steve Burke. No, Steve Burke of Comcast. [A] great guy. [He] came up to my office with the people at NBC, “please, Donald, we’d like you to run. We’d like you to…you know, not run! We'd like you to run in The Apprentice. Do The Apprentice”. The ratings after 14 seasons were still fantastic. They were still great.
And I said, “Steve, I think I'm gonna run for president!”
“No, no, no. You're not! You're not!”.
“No, I think I'm gonna run for president!”.
And they didn't want me to do! They wanted me there…cause the…show does great. And, ultimately, I decided to run, and you're not allowed by law, with equal time laws. You're not allowed to…do both. And, we chose Arnold Schwarzenegger. Let's see. How will Arnold do, by the way? Does anybody know?
Who would be better, Arnold or Trump? [Are you] ready?
Arnold?
Trump? …-THE CROWD CHEERS. Well, we're gonna find out if…Arnold is quick. Because if he's not quick, he's not gonna look good. When you have Omarosa and all the other ones coming at you…you gotta be quick! You gotta be smart! We'll find out. We're gonna learn a lot about Arnold, but I hope he does well. I hope Arnold does really well.
But I was gonna do that. And they…they…I mean, they actually renewed the show, with me in the upfronts! And…uh…I just…I just said, “I can't do it. I'm not gonna do it”. And I gave up a lot of deals. I gave up a lot of things. To do this takes a lot of effort. A lot of tough…-SUDDENLY, PEOPLE YELL IN THE DISTANCE-…oh, those are the people trying to get in! Can you believe it!? You have…okay. How about everybody now clearing out, [and] we’ll let a new group in? Is that okay? No? …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’. So, anyway.
So, what I heard Mitt was…going to run, a little before this period of time, I was very tough. I said, “he can't run. He can't run”. He was gonna run. “He can't run!”. Then I started saying, “look, we gotta keep him out, cause he's gonna lose”. He's a choke artist. He's an absolute…and I started hitting him so hard. In fact, people said, “why do you hit him so hard?”. Cause we cannot take another loss…-THE CROWD MUTTERS. We can't take another loss. And Mitt…is…indeed…a choke artist. He choked, and he choked like I've never seen anyone choked…other than Rubio, when Chris Christie was grilling him. That was one of the great chokes…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…oh, no Rubio, of Florida. That was one of the great chokes I've ever seen. He was standing there shaking, sweating …-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
I was getting ready. I'm standing out like this. He's right over here…-MR. TRUMP STANDS STILL AND POINTS TO HIS RIGHT. I'm getting ready to grab him, cause I thought he was going down. I’m telling you…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
But Mitt did a big, big…choke. And…uh…we had to keep him out.
So, look. A couple of things I heard he said. First of all, you know, he doesn't mention…the fact that I built a city on the west side of Manhattan, that I built buildings all over Manhattan. He didn't mention any of this, that…you talk about a beef! And he talked about a water company, which by the way, I still have! I supply all my clubs with the water.
You know, numerous of those things, I have. The magazine…; other things…-THE CROWD STARTS BOOING. APPARENTLY, THERE IS A PROTESTER. Get him…get him out of here! Get him out1 Get him out!
Hey, by the way, speaking of Mexico…I won the Hispanic vote by far…in Nevada, right? We won…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…we won…we won…the Hispanic vote in Nevada, in the…in the polls, uh…during the…we won Nevada…; we won South Carolina…; we won New Hampshire…; then we had the big, big Tuesday where we won…a tremendous number.
And…and I have to tell you this. So, ultimately, Mitt chickened out. And now he's saying…probably [he] sees Hillary is very weak, and now he said, “oh, I wish I went! I wish I tried it!”, but ultimately he didn't, because he would have gotten…he would have gotten beaten very badly. But, I'll tell you what. A couple of things were mentioned that…we have to discuss.
First of all, when he talks about me…I wrote just a couple of them down. When he talks about me, they don't wanna talk about uh…92-story buildings all over the place; they don't wanna talk about the Bank of America building in San Francisco; 1290 Avenue of the Americas; they don't wanna talk about the Westside Railroad Yards, where I built the city on the west side of Manhattan…; a tremendous city on the west side of Manhattan. They don't wanna talk about 40 Wall Street, and all the buildings…; they wanna talk about…water, which I still have! I supply all my clubs. I have a water company. They wanna talk about a magazine. And I have a magazine, it goes to all my clubs! They wanna…; little…tiny things…you know, whatever you can find.
By the way, a school…[a] little deal, but very…you know, I loved it, and…when it was there. Trump Uni…they called it Trump University. Trump…uh…iniciative. But I will tell you, just so you understand, on the school.
The school…had 98 percent approval rating, but yet an attorney that felt, “oh, maybe I can shoot Trump and get something…”; the school had a 98 percent…; in other words, 98 percent of the people that took the courses…we signed report cards. That's why you can't settle a case like that! You put somebody up in the stand, “did you write this?”. The most beautiful thing! They did a commercial, [and] they took it down! Where two people…were going and saying negative, and then we showed them…the statement that they wrote, [and] they had to take the commercial down. Because 98 percent of the people that took the course…that took the courses, said…really wonderful things about it. The other thing is, [it’s] got an ‘A’. An ‘A’ from the Better Business Bureau!
So, I say, “how do I settle a case like this!?”…-A MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. Uh…a ‘B+’ would be okay too. ‘B+’ would be okay, but we did better than a ‘B+’.
So, so…I can’t, and…and here's one thing I say about business. I watch these bankers. And they get…millions of dollars a year. 40, 50 million dollars…! Frankly, it's ridiculous. And then, they'll settle with the government, if they're sued by the government for…two billion; three billion…; five billion…; 12 billion…! And I say to them, “why don't you fight it!?”.
They say, “well, it's the government. We don't wanna fight…;”.
Well, I said, “you gotta fight it! Because, if you don't fight it, everyone's gonna sue you!”. And that's what happens! [Did] you ever see it? They settle for two billion…the next week they get sued again. You gotta fight these things out. You have to do things…you have to do what's right.
So, with University, I knew I could get some bad publicity, but I have to…I have to do what's right. Do we agree with that, by the way? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So, it's a very small case. It's a civil case. It's not a big deal. And I'm gonna win it in court. And it'll cost me more money to win it in court that I could settle for, in my opinion. But I'm gonna win in court! And I said, “oh, this [is] lousy timing, because it's too bad it wasn't a little bit later, because I happen to be running for president!”. But I have other suits too! Any businessman, or business woman has lawsuits! People sue to get their money back! They sue for this! They sue for that! They sue for a million different reasons!
So, just so you understand, 98 percent approval rating. And ‘A’ from the Better Business Bureau. We're gonna win the case. Mark it down. We're gonna win the case. Uh… it'll be forever, because it takes forever. But that's the way it is! I don't like to settle cases. I don't like to do it. Because, once you settle cases, what happens is everybody says, “he's a settler, let's sue”. That's not me. A lot of people don't sue me, cause they say, “it's too hard”…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…so, one of the things…one of the things that Mitt brought up, which I think is so serious, he said about trade, “we have to keep trade…!”. Nobody knows more about trade than me. I mean, I made so much more money than Mitt! You know, I have a store…that's worth more money than Mitt. It's a store! And actually, it was funny, because I made that statement jokingly, when I was in…Iowa.
And the Des Moines Register, a paper that's…actually a terrible paper, if you wanna know the truth…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. But they called up, [and] they said, “oh, that's a terrible statement. That’s a terrible statement. For you to make that statement about…”.
And, the people put me on. I said, “what are you saying?”.
They said, “you said you have a store that's worth more than Mitt”.
So, let's say…Mitt’s worth 150, 200 million dollars. I said, “what's he worth?”.
They said, “150 million dollars”.
I said, “yeah, the store is worth much more than him”…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. It’s on Fifth Avenue. You know, it's good. Gucci. The Gucci stuff…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
So, I said, “yeah, it's worth much more”.
“We don't believe a store is worth a 150 million”.
I said, “well, go ahead! Go get a couple of the…”.
They actually went out. [They] got three appraisers, and they said, “you know what? That store is worth from 400 million to a billion too!”. And…and by the way, this isn't me talking…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. You can go check your…local Des Moines Register, if anybody…if it's still open! I'm not sure it's still open…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. But, anyway!
But, but…I built an amazing company. And you know, one of the reasons you know it's amazing …? The hottest…development. The hottest…development site. Probably in the history of the General Services Administration, the GSA, that's the government…service…is…the old Post Office site. That's where the Post Office is built, in Washington D.C. An entire block. Fronting on Pennsylvania Avenue. In other words, if I don't get there through the White House, I'm getting there anyway, okay, folks? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And, fronting on Pennsylvania Avenue, the…one of the most beautiful buildings in the country, an incredible…it's a landmark building. And, the GSA, for many, many, many years has owned it. And they've wanted to…develop it for 30, 35 years, and it just sort of never worked out. [A] big job…; and [it] never happened. And then they went to bid. And in bidding it, they had more bidders, and more high-level bidders…I think, than they ever had before. So let's assume just about…it's just about the hottest job that they've ever put out to bid! Every hotel company wanted it. I actually got it on buil…building a 300-room. [A] super, super luxury hotel. But they bid it, and every hotel company, every office company, everybody wanted it.
So they went out to a public bid. And one of the things in choosing the bidder was how strong is the bitter, and how good is the bidder’s idea. Well, they loved my idea, because what we're going to do, I seriously…this will be one of the great hotels of the world. It is now two years ahead of schedule…; it's gonna open in September. [It] was supposed to open up in September, in two years! We're two years ahead of schedule. And by the way, the GSA people are terrific people. And we're under budget a little bit. In fact, the only reason we're only a little bit under budget is that I'm using marble instead of terrazzo. [It’s] not a bad idea, right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So, etcetera. [There are] A lot of…different things, but we're going to…super end. The highest end.
And the reason I got chosen was number one, my financial statement was so strong…that it could guarantee completion, because they didn't wanna have a mess, where they build 25 percent, [and] then it goes out of business. And number two, we had the best idea.
So, when I listen to this Mitt…; and by the way, this isn't the Obama administration, in all fairness! I wouldn't say I had an advantage! In fact, I said to my daughter…she was very much involved with that. I said, “you know, maybe, maybe, we're not gonna get it no matter how good we do!”. But my financial statement is so strong…; and I, by the way, put it in…you know, Romney talks about taxes, right? Why is he doing his taxes…; maybe there's…; you don't learn anything from…[there’s] very little that you learn from taxes. Very little. You know, you look at it, it’s actually…you can't learn very much.
But I did filed…uh…almost a hundred pages…of financial statements with the federal elections. And it shows that I have a net worth that could be over ten billion dollars. Probably over. And I don't wanna do that in a bragging way. I tell you because…that's…the kind…of thinking…we need. We…have…19 trillion, as Paul was saying, 19 trillion dollars in debt. It's the kind of thinking we need. I have very low debt. I have tremendous cash flow. It's an unbelievable company that I've built…; and I’ve filed my financials!
So when he says, “oh, maybe there's something in his tax return!”. There's nothing! But I get audited every…single…year, and because the company is so big…they audit, I understand, fortune 500 companies every year. Because my company is so big…; or…[there’s] some other reason! Which is unfair. But because my company's so big, let's leave it at that. They audit me every year.
I think it's very unfair that they audit me every year, but I've been audited every year for many years.
Now, when the audits finished I'll release my tax returns. I have nothing. But, I don't wanna do it. And nobody in this room would say you're being audited, and here's the tax return. You get audited, you finish up the audit. [It’s] Routine stuff. You finish. And then you release the tax returns!
But, if anybody wants to, like Mitt would like to go down and go to the federal election office, you'll see almost a hundred pages of financials that were filed ahead of schedule. I could have delayed it for…six months! I filed them…within 30 days. And, believe me, I had a work hard with the accountants. The accountants worked…overtime.  Because I didn't want them saying, “oh, he's asking for extensions”. So that's really the…the thing.
So, with Mitt, I just wanted to tell you that…he came out. It was very nasty! I mean, I thought he was…a...better person than that. I did help him! I raised money for his campaign. I actually had two fundraisers for him. In fact, the first fundraiser was so successful, that we had the second one that same day. His wife was a lovely woman. By the way, [she’s] a really lovely woman. She came up. We had a fundraiser in my apartment at Trump Tower. And it was so oversubscribed. I did a great job! They couldn't have cared less about him. In fact, a lot of them said, “Donald, he's a stiff! He's not gonna win!”…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
I said, “no! He'll be fine!”. He's a stiff! I should have listened to the guy! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
But, we had a fundraiser, and it was so big…! And it was raining out! I won't forget this one. It was raining, and really raining. It was a miserable, miserable day. And, the people came in. Hundreds of people, phase one. And then we said, “there's too many people to put them in one”. So, we called for another one an hour later, after it ended, one hour. And because everybody's shoes were so wet, I ruined my carpet. That's why I really…; this carpet was wiped out! And nobody thanked me for the carpet! Hey, maybe I can send Mitt a bill for carpet ruined, right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But, I always…you know, when you help somebody…when you help somebody, he asked me to make robocalls. I made six robocalls for him. Every single place I made the robocall, he won. North Carolina…; there were six different places. So, you help somebody, and then…he turns.
Now, I will say this…-THE CROWD MUTTERS-…I will say this. I will say this. Uh…he probably had a right to turn. Because nobody could have been nastier than me…in getting him not to run, by saying he's a choke artist. And I will say, the reason I did that, he was going to run. I love our country too much. If he would have run …and even if he would have won, it would have been bad. He…doesn't…have…what it takes to be president. That I can tell you. He doesn't have what it takes to be president…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.
So, I do wanna mention one thing, because it works so well. Because the speech was long, and they covered so much territory, [it] was ridiculous. And…and you're right, he didn't mention any of the many, many, many buildings, and…we're building now over a hundred and twenty jobs, and in the works! Over a hundred and twenty jobs, all over the world. We just…got…Turnberry, in Scotland, one of the great…places of the world. Doral, where they're having the tournament today, by the way! They're having the…World Golf Championship today. And I'm in Maine! I'm in Maine with you! I don't know! …-THE CROW CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Rory…and Rory Mcllroy, everybody's down there. And…uh…Tiger’s going there later to…look, he's gonna be better. He's gonna be fine, but…they're all there! They're all at my place. And here I am, making a speech in Maine. Okay? [Do you] see? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So, if I don't win on Saturday, I'll say, “boy, was that a mistake!?”, right? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. Anyway…; I think we will.
But…but, I will say this. Look. Trade. He talked about ‘domestic’…-THERE IS A SUDDEN NOISE IN THE ROOM. IT IS A PROTESTER, APPARENTLY. Bye, bye. Bye, bye. Bye, bye. Get him out. Get him out…-THE CROWD BOOS.
I love you too. These people…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I'll tell you what, your police are fantastic. Uh…do we love our police? Do we love our police? …THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Where would we be without them, in all fairness? They are so abused…! And…you know, one…stupid…incident, or bad incident, or if there's one bad person, which happens! Out of the whole country...; and it's the biggest story…in the news, and it plays forever. And, people don't realize how great a job…the police of this country do, I have to tell you, so…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, one of the things that Mitt was talking about it was “domestic policy, and we need trade; and we need trade; and we have to deal with China; and we have to deal with all these people…”.
Look, last year, in terms of a trade deficit, we lost, with China, 500…billion…dollars. Okay?
We lost with Mexico. That's why Mexico is gonna pay for the wall, folks! Mexico…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
Look, the wall…we need actually, it's…it’s…2,000 miles. We're gonna pay…; we need a thousand, cause we have a lot of natural barriers. Just so you understand, [the] wall’s gonna cost ten billion dollars. It's [an] expensive wall. That's gonna be a Trump wall, bring it in under budget, ahead of schedule too, by the way…-THE CROWD CHEERS. But, it's gonna be a…I have to name it after myself, cause maybe, you know what…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. Should I name it after myself? I don't think so. We want more than a wall…-THE CROWD CHEERS.
But we're gonna have a real wall. And it's gonna be a great wall. And it's gonna work! And we're gonna stop drugs from pouring in to Maine, and New Hampshire, and all these places…it’s gonna work. Believe me, it's gonna work. Walls work. Properly done, walls work. And it's gonna happen.
But…but, just so you understand, they come up to me, and they say, “but Mexico will never pay”. The politicians. People that are on the dais with me. “But, Donald, Mexico…”.
First they said there's no wall, right? “You can't build a wall! How can you build a wall!?”. China built a wall that's 13,000 miles long, 2,000 years ago! We can't do one that's a thousand miles, right!? Believe me we can.
So now they realize that. And the other day I hear this guy, Cruz, saying…we can’t build a wall. And then I hear him saying, “we're going to build a wall!”…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
And my wife came, “darling, could you come back and listen to this?”. ‘We're gonna build  a wall’. [It’s the] first time I heard him say that! And, I don't know if Rubio said it. I think Rubio's got bigger problems than worrying about walls. But…but, now all of a sudden, they’re saying…they're talking about wall!
But here's the thing. We have, with Mexico, a…58…billion…dollar trade deficit. If the wall costs ten billion dollars, it's a tiny fraction. If the wall costs ten billion dollars, I guarantee you, folks, that Mexico is going to pay…for the wall! Just as sure as you're standing there.
Now, a politician wouldn't say that. And you saw this Vincente Fox, the previous president, who, by the way, through a horrible word out. He threw the F-word out, okay? The f-bomb! …-THE CROWD MUTTERS. He threw the F-bomb. Can you imagine if I used that word!? Man, that would be a big story! That would be all over the world! He threw it out, [and] nobody cares! And then we had our vice president apologized to him.
Now, look: I love Mexico. I love the Mexican people. I have…many, many…hundreds, and hundreds, and hundreds of Mexican people. Thousands, over the years! Thousands have worked for me. The Hispanics…are phenomenal people! I told you. I won the…I won the poll in Nevada. These are phenomenal people. I won Nevada! And I won with the Hispanics, which is so good, right? So good. But…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But, look. Here's the problem: their leaders…are too smart for our leaders! We're getting killed at the border. We're getting killed on trade. Nabisco is moving in, from Chicago! They’re closing their big plant! They're moving in.
You look at Ford. Ford's building a massive, massive car complex there. That means they're closing places in Michigan! Great places! Michigan and other places…! And they're closing, and they’re going to Mexico! [We] can't let that happen!
The other day, Carrier announced…air-conditioners. I buy Carrier air-conditioners. They’re good air-conditioners. I'm not buying them anymore! They announced 1,400 men, and women, are…being laid off, and somebody had to tell…cell phone going, right? A lot of you saw that. [A] big, big story. 1,400…;
And this manager was up…“well, ladies and gentlemen, we are closing up our plant, [and]  we're moving to Mexico”. Bye-bye. He was pretty tough…for…this was not a guy with social grace, believe me.
So, they're gonna move to Mexico! So here's what we have to do, folks. Mitt Romney said, “we have to keep free trade”, right? Well, if we keep free trade the way we have it now, we're not gonna have any companies left at all. And you people know more about NAFTA than anybody, okay? Anybody! Cause you know how you were stripped with NAFTA, which was a disaster! But we're gonna do…something much different! We’re gonna be smart people now, okay!?
I built a tremendous fortune! And believe me, I started off with very little. You know, they like to say, “oh, my father…!”. My father…! If my father would have given me two hundred…million…; in fact, my sister and brother called me up. They said, “Don, what are they, kidding?”. These people are such liars!
I bought a tiny amount of money, [I] started something. And now it's worth billions, and billions, and billions of dollars! And I will tell you something. With…with the…with the…uh…Carrier plant, what you have to do is you have to be smart.
So, this isn't free trade! We have to have smart trade. China charges tremendous tariffs and taxes when you wanna sell…; I have a friend who's a manufacturer. He makes great product. He puts it into China. They send it back. [He] puts it again, they send it back. [He puts it] A third time, they take it, but he has to pay a tremendous tax.
He sees me, [and] he goes, “oh, Donald, you have no idea how tough it is to negotiate with China. They don't want the product. And when they take the product they charge you tax”. That's not the way it's supposed…that's not free trade!
Now, China, when they sell their product to us? No tax… “come on in, folks! Take our jobs, everything else…”. No tax, no nothing. [It’s] not gonna work that way.
[With] Mexico, [it’s] the same thing. So, Ford goes out, builds his two and a half billion-dollar plant. They're gonna make cars, trucks, and parts, right? And, they're gonna send them into our country. No tax, how…where is that good for us!?
So, when I watch a guy like…like Romney, who truly is a lightweight! When you watch a guy like Mitt Romney…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY-…no, no, think of it! He's talking about trade. And I love free trade! I am a free trader! You know, a lot of the Conservatives, they say, “Donald Trump does not like free trade! Isn't that terrible?”.
I want smart trade! I want trade where at least there’s an even balance, right? I don't wanna be losing…I don't wanna be losing 500…billion…dollars a year! I don't wanna be losing 58…billion…dollars a year! I wanna make money, or I wanna break even at worse, okay? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, so I tell people! If you had like…uh…lightweight Rubio, as president, he would…he's all controlled by the special interests. A 100 percent. He gets all his money…remember, I'm self-funding! They're not paying me anything. So, he gets his money…; if you have a guy like Ted Cruz, getting a lot of money from…a lot! From oil, and other places, okay? So, I mean, honestly that's the way life works.
So, what happens is…oil? A 100 percent. They'll get a lobbyist that took care. A 100 percent. They're not gonna do anything. Me? It's different. So here's what I do. Tell Carrier; tell Ford,; tell whoever wants to listen. And it's the only way you can do it, folks. The only way…we're going to stop this tremendous…outflow of companies…is the following.
And by the way, Pfizer, [a] great, great, massive company. [A] drug company, [a] pharmaceutical company. [They’re] leaving…going to Ireland! Wonderful! That's wonderful! But you're not gonna take advantage of us, okay? You're not gonna take advantage of us!
So, here's what happens: let's use…Carrier, as an example. I know it's not presidential. In fact, my wife called just before. She said, “darling, would you please react…presidentially? Be presidential. Like you were the other night, when you had all those victories. You stood on the stage, and everybody liked it”.
And said, “yeah, but I have incoming!”. When you have incoming, you can't be too presidential, yeah…-THE CROWD LAUGHS-…right? Does that make sense…? I said, “I have incoming!”.
So…so, here's what happens. Yeah, [there’s] a lot of truth to that. They said, “act presidential tonight”.
I said, “I’ll act presidential. But if somebody hits me, I'm gonna hit him back harder”, right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. Right?
[MOU2] So…so, what happens…you know, it's one of those things. So what happens is this:
They will not do anything, cause their lobbyists will call, [and] say, “you cannot do anything to Carrier; you cannot do anything to Ford”.
And they'll say, “oh, okay”.
“They gave you a two-million-dollar contribution. Or five-million-dollar contribution. You can't touch them! They've been very loyal to you. They've been very good!”.
And they'll go, “all right. Okay”. Good! That's the end of that, right? All those jobs gone.
Here's what I’d do. I’d call up…and I'd like to use one of my guys. You know, Carl Icahn, [a] great business man, he endorsed me; many of the great businessmen endorsed me, and women! I have a lot of endorsements from business. I’d announce them, except nobody cares. But these are the most important people in a sense, because…I will use the greatest minds. We have the greatest…business people…the greatest negotiators in the world.
But I…this is so easy! I wanna sort of do it myself! But it's so unpresidential for me to be calling up Carrier! I'm the president of the United States! And I’d call up. I’d say, “hi, [this is] Donald Trump, president of The United States. I hope…”…-THE CROWD CHEERS-…“I hope…you enjoy your stay in Mexico. I hope you build a beautiful, beautiful factory. [A] Beautiful plant. And I really wanna wish you well. But, let me just tell you something. You moved out, [and] you hurt 1,400 people”; these people were devastated, by the way. I watched it. And they've done a great job.
… “you've hurt 1,400 people”. And…there's no free trade, because it's a…totally imbalance. I mean, their politicians are so much sharper, and smarter, and street…wise than ours. I’d say, “here's the story: every…air-conditioner unit…that you make, and every…single…air conditioner unit that you make, and comes across the border, into the United States? We're gonna charge you a 35 percent tax”, okay? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. 35 percent tax. And…that's it.
Now, here's what happens, okay? As sure as you're standing here. Look, they’re gonna call their lobbyists: “oh, you gotta speak to the president! You gotta…”. But, they can't speak to me! I didn't take any of their money! I don't want their money, right? So, that's not gonna work. Here's what's gonna happen: as sure as you're here, they're gonna call me up within 24 hours: They're gonna say, “Mr. president, do you have any second thoughts?”.
I’d say, “absolutely not”.
They’d say, “sir, we've decided to…stay in the United States”. That’s it…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [It’s] very simple! “We’ve decided…”.
Now, we can be cute and we can say we're coming up with all…you know, in Washington, they're playing around with all sorts of formulas. There's no formula. That's the formula!
So, when Mitt made the statement, he said, “he will ruin free trade!”. Ruin free trade! If I'm losing 505…billion…dollars with China! If I'm losing 58…billion…dollars a year with Mexico in trade…in terms of deficits…what do I want that kind of trade for anyway!? “Ruin it”!? Who needs that kind of trade? Seriously, who needs that kind of trade!? …-THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.
Now, Mitt admitted that I'm a much better businessman than him. And I am! I'm a much, much, much better businessman than him. We will, actually, have better relationships with Mexico. We will have better relationships with China. They'll respect us! They don't respect us now. They think we're…the dumbest people on earth, led by the world's dumbest people.
Now, look…-THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY-…look. Let me just tell you something. China, in the China…in the South…China…Sea, is building a massive…military fort. With runways, and…a tremendous complex! They're not supposed to be doing that. They didn't tell us1 They have no…respect…for our country.
With me!? I'll cut…I'm gonna rip up those trade deals, and we're gonna make really good ones. And by the way, we have the cards! …-THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. Just so you understand, remember I wrote The Art of the Deal, which is, in all fairness, I think, the number one…selling…business book of all time…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
But…but, just remember this: we have the cards! We have rebuilt China, with the money they've taken out of our country for…many years, in all fairness. We have…; it…I call it! The greatest single theft in the history of the world, what China has done to our country.
You go to China, they have trains that go 300 miles an hour. We have trains that go chug, chug, chug…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. And then they have to stop because the track split, right? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. They have trains that go 300 miles an hour. They have trains…Japan? …China? …a lot of countries. We have…we're living…we're like third world. We’re…; you go to our airports…; you go to LaGuardia…; you land in…you go to Dubai…; and you go to Qatar…; and you go to different places in Asia…and you see airports like you've never seen.
Then you come home, you land at Kennedy, you land at LAX, you land at LaGuardia…! Oh, LaGuardia! With the pot holes all over the place, okay!? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. I mean, it's…it's just a very sad thing. What's happened…what's happened to our country is very, very, very sad.
[MOU3] So we're gonna make it a lot better. And we're gonna make it different. We're gonna get rid of those horrible trade deals, because…and let me tell you. At some point, it's gonna…burst. At some point, we can't continue to lose 500….billion…dollars with individual countries. We can't continue. You added up. Whether it's India…; whether it's Vietnam…; whether it's anybody! Every…single…country…in the world…that deals…with us…takes…advantage…of the stupidity of the United States. And a lot of it is because they have the right lobbyists…; they have the right negotiators…; they hire the right people on Pennsylvania Avenue…; we have…they have the right people! And they're negotiating with hacks. Political hacks. Not our best people. Almost our worst people.
So, we're gonna make our country so strong. We're gonna make it strong militarily. Very, very strong. You know, our military is very depleted…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Our military is depleted. Very badly depleted. And…it…everything! [it’s] sort of…the whole country is depleted!
And, we're gonna make our military strong. We're gonna take care of our vets. Our vets are treated horribly. Horribly…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We're gonna get rid of Obamacare. And we're gonna repeal it, and replace it…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We're gonna bring education local. We're getting rid of Common Core, which is a disaster! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.You know, in the world…in the world, educationally, of the 30 countries that they…look at, we're number 30 in education, meaning we’re the worst. And yet, per student…cost, we’re number one by far. Number two doesn't even exist, it's so far back. Number one. So, we’re number one in cost, number one, and when number 30…in terms of…success.
So we're number…we're ranked the worst! And yet, we spend the most. Okay? And part of that is Common Core, [which] it's terrible; part of it’s a lot of other things; part of it it’s theft, and in competence, and waste, and fraud, and abuse, and everything else. But we're gonna straighten it out![MOU4] 
You know, it's very interesting. Uh…when I won New Hampshire, they came out with a report. “Donald Trump spent…two and a half million dollars”. And, I won't mention names, but other people spent…45 million dollars, okay? …-SOME MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. THE CROWD LAUGHS. I don't think he likes me, do you agree? Okay…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
But think of it! Wouldn't it be nice…!? So, I have the lowest expenditure by far; and I have…the biggest result by far. Way, way, way number one. Wouldn't it be nice if we could do that for our country, instead of the other way around? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Wouldn’t it be nice? We're gonna do that! That's what we're gonna do!
So…so, we are…very simply, we're gonna make…America great again. We're gonna win, win, win. We're gonna win so much…! You're gonna get so tired of winning, [that] you're gonna say, “please, please, let us have a couple of losses!”.
I will say, “no way I'm gonna let you have…! We're gonna make America great again!”.
And you'll say, “okay”…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Thank you very much! I love you! Please, go and vote on Saturday! I love you! Thank you! Thank you very much, everybody! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, everybody!
