VIDEO Nº: 66
TITLE:66. Donald Trump Speaks To Supporters At Rally in Clear Lake, IA [1/ 9/ 16]
DATE OF EVENT:09/01/2016
RELEASE DATE:11/01/2016
DURATION:00.50.04 Mins
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:11098
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Beautiful! Thank you very much!
 
Oh, this is beautiful. What a beautiful part of the world. A little bit cold out here, but we’ll take it, right? Beautiful. Thank you everybody. We have had…so much fun. And…I love Iowa, we’ve done done well over here. Uh…the polls have just said we’re even. That’s…you’re the only one where I’m even! We’re winning every single national poll…! We’re winning every single state poll…we’re even here…that’s not gonna happen, right?  –CROWD CHEERS. We’re winning…even. Even is not good. Even is not good. I have a feeling we’re gonna surprise a lot of people of February 1st! –CROWD CHEERS. A lot of people [are] gonna be surprised…–CROWD APPLAUDS. I have very little doubt about it actually. And I just wanna thank you all for being here. I know it’s cold and I know you have a record crowd. They just told me…the owners just said, “this is a record. We have big crowds but usually people are sitting”. They got rid of all the seats because we can get a lot more people in! So I wanna thank you.

Our country is in trouble. Very, very serious trouble. No matter what aspect of our country you look at. Whether it’s the military, which is…not…prepared. You know, general Odierno, just recently, when he left, he said, “in terms of preparedness, we’re the worst that we’ve been…”…think of this! … “the worst that we’ve been…”…and I think he said since inception! But let’s take it back to World War Two or World War One…we can’t do that! We need strength in our military. And I’m going to build our military…bigger and better and stronger than ever before…! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Bigger, and better and stronger. And hopefully nobody is gonna mess with us. And hopefully by doing that…you know, in many ways that’s the cheapest thing you can do…it. You know, instead ending up in this protracted wars…

I see the generals so often…! They’re always being interviewed on television! Do you think general MacArthur was a big interviewer on television? –CROWD LAUGHS. Do you think that general Patton, George Patton, went on television? They…they’d get interviewed! They say what we’re going to do…how we’re going to do it…

I saw one of the generals recently…nice guy…nice guy! And he’s saying how tough ISIS is… “oh, they’re very tough”. “But how are we gonna do…?”. “I don’t know; they are very tough”. Can you imagine…? The enemy is watching this…and they’re saying “is this what we’re fighting?”. Not gonna happen anymore folks. We’re gonna have the toughest, smartest…people…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We’re gonna have security. Real security in our country! And by the way, while I’m on…I never mentioned the military without mentioning the fact that…our Vets…are gonna be treated great. They’re gonna be treated great…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They’re not treated well!

We have illegal immigrants that are treated in many cases better than our Vets. It’s not gonna happen anymore. The Veterans administration is a mess! It’s corrupt, it’s run poorly…–CROWD CHEERS–…our Vets are going to be treated well. So just put it down, I guarantee it, it’s going to happen, all right? –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
One…one other thing I have to say. You know, there’s been a lot of talk that Iowa is gonna go next cycle in the back of the pack…not gonna happen, not gonna happen. This has been a great tradition. You know, a lot of people are talking about putting Iowa now…this incredible tradition…and then you won’t see me as much, that would be terrible, right? –CROWD LAUGHS. And I won’t see you! Cause…it’s not the same thing. Iowa is gonna remain right where it is. It’s gonna remain. Right exactly where it is. So…you can bank on it folks, you can bank on it.
 
So the polls came out…last night FOX came out, with a big poll, and we’re…we did great. But we’ve been doing great from so…from the beginning! My wife said, “you know if you run you’re going to win”. Nice to have a wife that feels that, right? –CROWD LAUGHS. You know, a lot of wives would say, “you know, if you run, you don’t have a chance. Do me a favor darling, don’t do it”. She said, “if you run you’re going to win”. So…from the beginning…we announced on June 16th, and almost right from that week…we have been…like a rocket ship –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And these characters back here…–MR. TRUMP POINTS TO THE BACK–…these press. Some of the most dishonest people in the world, right there, look, wave to ‘em…–CROWD LAUGHS. Some of the most dishonest…–CROWD BOOS–…honestly? Some of the most seriously dishonest people in the world! I’ve never seen anything like it! No matter what you do it, it doesn’t matter…and…it’s just…really sad.

Now, it’s…I have to say, 25%...are good. And actually the number is getting up. Time Magazine…wrote a cover story on me, right? –CROWD CHEERS. You saw it. You gotta go out and buy Time Magazine. I don’t say this often. They wrote a cover story of me…you know…I got…a couple of covers. First of all, they say I should have won Person of the Year, right? They gave it…–CROWD LAUGHS. They gave it to Chancellor Merkel who’s got serious problems. That was not a good move that was made in Germany, I wanna tell you. But everybody said…all the pundits were saying “Yes, Trump is gonna win. Trump is gonna…”. And everybody said “you’re gonna win”, I said, “No I won’t”, because I’m not establishment. They don’t have the guts to give it to me. And I was right. I was right…–CROWD APPLAUDS. So that’s okay.
But they wrote a story, a few weeks before that I was the cover. And that was okay. But this story…is so…well…written….! I don’t know…I never spoke to the…writer. He just took the campaign…which is all of us folks! It’s not me! It’s all of us! Cause no matter where I go…we go to Dallas…21 thousand in Dallas, at the Maverick’s Arena, packed. We go to Alabama…35 thousand people. Mobile, Alabama. We go to Oklahoma, we had over 20 thousand people…standing in a field! We had a convention center, it held 10 thousand people. After about a day we said “this isn’t working”, we just took a field. And it was very, very windy, so I put a hat on, a Make America Great Again hat, right? –CROWD LAUGHS.
But…but…no matter where we go…

And…then…in Iowa…we always have…the biggest crowds…they were saying, at our last venue…you know I just left…another place, right? You know where I left, where did I leave? –CROWD MUTTERS. Correct! And…one of our top competitors…maybe our top competitor was there…had one/fifth the crowd that we had. Same thing here! No matter who you get…and it’s really a movement! What we’re doing it’s a movement! It’d called Make America Great Again, and we’re gonna make it greater than ever before! We have a chance…I think…with what we have going…with how great the people of this country are…we have a chance to make it…maybe…greater than ever before! And I mean it. And I mean it. And I mean it a hundred percent…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

It’s exciting. It’s really exciting to see what’s happening…and the…the crowds…and the love! And…you know, I tell the story, a friend of mine…very, very…one of the most successful people…and…he said “you’re speaking tonight in front of a different…”…area, about three weeks ago. “You’re speaking in front of 20 thousand people…and by the way, you saw Lowell, Massachusetts the other day…–MEMBER IN THE CROWD CHEERS. We had like 14…15…somebody from Lowell? …–MR. TRUMP SPEAKS TO THE CROWD. You’re from Lowell, Massachusetts! …–CROWD CHEERS. She followed us here! …–CROWD LAUGHS. Wow, that’s amazing!

But you know, we did something…it’s never been done…like that! I mean, they don’t even wanna use that arena, because it’s too big. It was packed…and they sent away 5 or 6 thousand people…it’s like this area…and…my friend said to me… “let me ask you, how do you do that!? You have all those people…”. And I insist on not using a teleprompter. I’d love to. Honestly? …it would be so easy! …–CROWD LAUGHS. Right? Like our president. He reads……–CROWD LAUGHS. MR. TRUMP PLAYS OUT MR. OBAMA READING–… “ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for being here.”
“Could you run it a little faster, please?”
“Yes”.

“Thank you very much. It’s wonderful to be…in Iowa today…it’s really great…being…okay! And goodbye everybody…!” And that’s the end! And everyone says, “oh, that was fun!”. …–CROWD LAUGHS. I would love…I would love to do it. Or, I would love to read a speech. Where you take a speech and you read it, and then you leave, right? But…I told this person, I said, “when you do that…number one: after a little while…” you know, Word of Mouth on Broadway. I don’t know…anybody knows Broadway? The biggest…thing on Broadway, as great as a review would be in The New York Times in particular…or whatever…the biggest thing on Broadway, always, history…! …Word of Mouth, right? The Word of Mouth. And The Word of Mouth. And the word of mouth for us has been amazing! And it’s me but it’s you! The word of mouth on these rallies has been incredible. And they just grown, and grown, and grown…and now, the only thing that stops them, including today…is the size of…the arena, or the place, or the room, or the bowl, or whatever we are…! And it’s been…incredible…when you look at what’s going on.

Every time we’re packed…we haven’t had a non-packed house almost at all…I mean it’s…it’s just incredible. And it’s a movement. And I think actually, when it comes time…I think we’re going to actually over perform.  I have a feeling…that far more people are gonna vote…than they even think. And I think we're going to set a record in Iowa…–CROWD CHEERS. And…I have to tell you…Chuck, and Sam, and Stephanie…the whole group, they've done such an incredible job. But I really tell you that Chuck on February 2nd, okay? I'm not gonna talk about……–CROWD LAUGHS. Cause February…that's what it's all about.

And I was called by a great writer! A writer that is…on the other side of the table from most of us, but a…great writer! And he said, “I'd like to ask you one question Mr. Trump, how does it feel?”
And I said, “I don't know what you're talking about”.
He said, “how does it feel…what you've done…”.

This is two months ago, three months ago, and the summer had just been ending. He said, “it's the summer of Trump. The entire summer. It's the summer of Trump. Nothing like this has ever happened in American politics! You've changed the whole dialogue; you've changed everything about running a campaign…you've spent no money…”…you know you look at a guy like Jeb Bush, he's in for 68 million dollars! He's down on the bottom of the barrel! And he likes Common Core, can you believe it!? He wants Common Core, educate your children by a bureaucrat in Washington! That's not gonna happen, okay?

But…and by the way, by the way……–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And remember, with the border? “They come over as an act of love”, remember that one? …–CROWD SAYS ‘YEAH’. As soon as I heard that, I said, “he's gone” …–CROWD LAUGHS. But he spent 69 million dollars. 68, 69 million dollars. I spent nothing. I almost feel guilty…–CROWD LAUGHS.
So what happened…he said to me, “how does it feel?”

I said, “it doesn't feel anything! I haven’t won…!”.

He said, “no, even if you don't win, even if you got out today…what you've done has never been done before at American politics!”.

I said, “let me tell you something. If I don't win…I will consider this…a great, big, fat waste of time. Because…we're not gonna be able to make our borders strong! Politicians can't do it. They're all talk, they’re no action. They don't do it. All they care about is running for office and winning……–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And I said to him! And…and I really mean that, by the way.

And they may say, “oh, great god…”, you know, I mean, some of these guys did not…they’re governors…they’re Senators…they’re big people…they do a great job at their state, they run, they get 1%, they leave, they get nothing. They leave, they stay too long…they should get out quickly, but they don't do that…and you know, we've done an amazing job! I mean, we've done an amazing job! But I really mean it, if we don't win, I won't consider it a success, because we have to go all the way.

Number one, I really wanna win Iowa. It’s so much easier if I said……–CROWD CHEERS. You know what? It’s so much easier…if I said, very simply, “no, I wanna do well in Iowa, because in New Hampshire…we're leading by a lot! A lot of people have already conceded that, when I don't concede anything!

South Carolina we’re leading by like 24, or 25…points! In Nevada, next, we're leading by a lot! And, I'm leading with Hispanics, by a lot. And I said that to everybody…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're gonna get the hispanic vote. Because I’m gonna take our jobs back from China…from everywhere! We're gonna bring them back, and people know that! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

So we’ll we're leading by a…lot in Nevada and we're leading by…a lot in the SCC! The SCC's got Georgia…I mean, we have places that are unbelievable! Then we go to Florida…and I’m at 32…and a sitting senator, Rubio, nice guy…he's at 14…and Jeb Bush's…he’s…down…I mean, he’s governor…and he's down the bottom of the tubes! I mean, what's going on with this guy!? And he's getting killed!

And so you know you say to yourself, “well…”, in fact, when I first heard, I said, “well…Florida's very important… well, I love Florida, it's like a second home to me. I love Florida. And…I have a great relationship with the people in Florida also! And I said, “you know, that's gonna be tough though, cause you have a senator…even though he doesn't show up to vote very much…and I wouldn't be very happy about that. But you have a senator…a sitting senator! And you have a governor who's there for eight years, and I'm saying to myself, “well, that's gonna be tough”. And the first poll came out, and right from the beginning I was clobbering everybody in Florida. So that's been…that's……–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–that's great.

And then of course…you know, you look at Massachusetts…I had a 52! 52 percent! Well, that's because Tom Brady loves me though…–CROWD LAUGHS. And I love Tom Brady. Tom Brady said great things about me: “winner, winners, great winner!”. So Tom Brady…and Tom Brady is a great winner. I don’t know if you people like him too much around here…–CROWD LAUGHS–…but I'll tell you, he’s a great…so that I think he helped me a little bit in Massachusetts.
But…we’re…so we're doing well everywhere…and I just feel…to me…that this…would get…the ball rolling. If we win Iowa…such a big event for me! And I'm telling you, I should be saying…even my people, they say, “well, why don't you just say we wanna do well here…? …meaning…second, third, fourth…you know?”. I don't wanna say that! I know it's safe! Because I know I say… “if I wanna win…”, and for some reason we don't because you're too lazy to get out and... caucus…okay? But I wanna say…if we wanna win…I just…I know what they're gonna do. They’re gonna say, “he wanted to win. It is a miserable upset for Trump! This is a horrible evening!”. And they'll show every speech where I said, “I wanna win!”. But you know what folks? I don't care what they do. I wanna win Iowa! I wanna win…sorry. I wanna win Iowa! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

So…here's the story. So you gotta go out get Time Magazine, cuz it was really great. And the writer was fantastic. And I haven't…promoted a magazine like that in a long time, but I wanna tell you. That guy…got it! He has our…understanding. He knows about the movement. He knows about…they used to call it the silent majority, I'm calling it the noisy majority, because we are angry! And we are angry……–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…we're angry at stupid people…we’re angry at people that don't know what they're doing!

You know, it's…It’s…funny, I was saying it last night! We were in South Carolina, it was an amazing…they turned away 5,000 people! We had an arena that was packed! And they turned away thousand…a five……more than 5,000 people! And I was saying last night, it was very interesting…that…we…are all…angry…at what's going on! But we wanna get it fixed. And we're going to get it fixed. And it's going to be so good. And it's going to be so much fun. And it is fun! I mean, I like doing this here! You know, it is a Saturday! I go Friday night! Saturday! That…all the time! I mean, I'm an Iowa…and…I'm gonna see you…by the way, next…couple of weeks? I'm gonna be seeing you so much, that you're gonna be so sick of me…? In fact, I said to Chuck, and the people…! I said, “do you think it's too much? Maybe it's too much!  Maybe they're gonna get sick and tired! …–CROWD BOOS AND SAYS ‘NO!’.

So…and you know, we have a lot of energy, we’re the opposite of Jeb…we have super energy. But you know? We want…we wanna…I don't wanna waste any time. We're on the cusp of something that's so great. Cause listen to this: Reuters…I love Reuters. Reuters, Trump, forty-two. Forty-two percent! …–CROWD CHEERS. By the way, this is with like 15 people! That's a lot of people! I’ll take forty-two with three! I say it right now, forty-two with three! Do you notice all the time…? They…I started off with like…four…percent? Then I go to eight. Then I go to 12. Then I go to 16. Then I go to 18. Then I went to 26…26! And I held at 26 for two weeks. And they were saying, “he's reached his plateau! That's his plateau!”. And then I went to 28. Then it went to 30. 32…now we have…Reuters, 42. Cruz’s at 16. Carson at 12. Bush is so low…! Let's not…uh…huh? Wow! What's going on with that guy!? …–CROWD LAUGHS. 69 million! It shows you, you can't buy elections anymore. It's really true! I don't think…I think people are too smart for it! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.They're too smart.
 
You know, it’s sort of interesting. I looked at it, and I viewed it as something that you should all think about. So, Jeff…who’s a nice person. He is a nice person! …–MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS ‘LOW ENERGY! MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES IT’–…he says he's low energy…–MR. TRUMP LAUGHS. That was a very…badly…–CROWD LAUGHS–…described…candidate. No…no…he's a little low energy, but that’s all right.
 
We don't need low energy! Do we agree!? We need high energy! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. High energy…

Do you think ISIS wants to know about low energy? You gotta knock the hell out of them, boom, boom, boom! You need a lot of energy. We need a lot of energy! China, ISIS…you know, China…what they're doing to us in trade…is unbelievable. I love China! The people of friends of mine! The richest people in China…I mean, the biggest bank in the world…is from China, they’re tenants of mine. They buy my apartments! I have a lot of respect! Their leaders are too smart for our leaders, is very simple. They're killing us. It's one of the great robberies of all times. Maybe the greatest theft in the history of the world. The money, and the jobs…and everything that China has taken out of the United…we have…rebuilt China! They've taken it out of our country…out of the United States…! We've rebuilt China! And you know what? We don't even know! Our people…the…the…head of China comes here, they give them a state dinner! …–A BABY IN THE CROWD WEEPS. MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES IT–…hello darling, that's so cute! …–CROWD LAUGHS. They give mistake dinner! I said, “don't give state dinners! Be nice, be respectful, but you gotta get to work!”.
 
We will have…the greatest negotiators…anyway! You know, we have the best business people in the world! I have Carl Icahn endorse me. I have many others that endorse me. The greatest business leaders. They're gonna represent us now folks! They don't want any money! They're gonna represent us…believe me! We lost five hundred…and five billion dollars…our trade deficit last year with China. 5 hundred and 5…think of it! 5 hundred and 5 million dollars! With just one country!

With Japan…the cars…! …they pouring…millions of cars. They pour it off, the biggest boats, you've never seen ships like this! You go to Los Angeles…these ships pull up; the cars pull off, like it's a long island expressway. They're going like 40 miles an hour off the ship. They're just one after another. You know we give them? Practically nothing  Look at the trade deficit with Japan! We have the power…over these countries…where…we can do right, where…we can come out ahead! This shouldn't be happening! But we have incompetent people negotiating; we have donors; we have people we have political hacks…we're not using our best!

You know, if you go to places like China, Vietnam…is another one! Hot as a pistol. They're doing great! Vietnam is taking business now…from China! Okay? Vietnam is China's big headache! Not us! They don't worry about us! Because our people don't know what they're doing. But Vietnam is doing a number in China! And Mexico…is going to be the new China. Because what they're doing to us…is unbelievable…although they did catch El Chapo. Good? Good? They did catch El Chapo. That's good. I mean, I don't know…he’d better not escape a third time, you know? …–CROWD LAUGHS. He’s...those tunnels…bing, boom, right under the toilet! bing, boom, right up! …–CROWD LAUGHS AS TRUMP JOKES AND SCENIFIES IT. It's pretty amazing when you think about it, right? …–CROWD LAUGHS. But anyway…I have an idea, put him on the fourth floor this time, right? …–CROWD LAUGHS. No more…no more first floors…–CROWD LAUGHS.

Anyway…but Mexico, I have a great relationship with Mexico! I have a great relationship with the Mexican people! I have thousands…and thousands of people, Hispanics, that work for me. Thousands of Mexicans over the years I’ve worked…! They're incredible people! They've worked for me! But you know what? Their leaders are too smart! What's happening is…we don't have a border; between the anchor babies…which, by the way, and the press will say, “you can't say that”; I can say it! I was right on the anchor babies! I was right! …–CROWD APPLAUDS. We don't need a constitutional amendment…–CROWD APPLAUDS–…to stop this craziness! You have a woman, she's pregnant she walks up, and she has the baby! Now we're supposed to take back…care of the baby for 85 years or whatever it is! It doesn't say that folks! And the best lawyers…in the world…agree with me. And when I first made the statement, it just didn't make sense!

But if you read the fine language, if you read the fine print; they came in, they're…here illegally, they have a baby…they don't leave…the baby…the baby is an anchor baby; we don't take care of that particular baby, or a person for 85 years. It doesn't read that way…–CROWD APPLAUDS–…and we don't need…–CROWD APPLAUDS–…and by the way, we don't need a constitutional amendment. We don't need it! It's there! We need…perhaps a vote of Congress, and people are thinking that maybe we don't even need that! And we should be able to get that, frankly. But we probably don't even need that. Okay.
 
FOX NEWS, so fox news comes out last night: 35 for Trump…national. Cruz at 20; Rubio at 13; I'm winning by a lot. And they say…winning by a lot, okay? Here's one that I really love…they didn't even cover it! They don't cover…you know? They don't wanna cover these great numbers, right? “Donald Trump…against” …did anybody ever hear of a person named Hillary Clinton? …–CROWD BOOS. MR. TRUMP LAUGHS. So this was just last night: Trump 47, Clinton 44. And I haven't even started yet! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Look, I haven't even started yet. Although some people would say a couple of days ago started, but…believe me, that's not even starting, that's just a warm-up…–CROWD APPLAUDS AND LAUGHS.

So here's what happens: a couple of the commentators…I won't mention their names; but…the Hillary Clinton people said, “oh yes, we'd love to run against Donald Trump”. Now, I called a couple of them, and I said, “folks…the reason they say that…is that they don't wanna run against me, okay? They don't wanna…the last thing she wants to be doing…and Bill…! …wants to be doing, is running against Trump. They would love to have somebody else who's a little more…mild mannered, you know? …–CROWD LAUGHS. Who won't bring up the truth? Okay? I just tell the truth. They would like that to happen, okay? …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

The last…believe me. And I know Clinton! Hey, I've been friendly…when I was a business…you know, they had…can you believe I say, “when…when I was a businessman…”…my whole life I've been a businessman, now I'm say “when”. Can I say that I'm still a businessman but I'm running for office? …because I hate to say I'm a politician…–CROWD APPLAUDS. Oh, these politicians are so bad! All talk, no action! That's these politicians. Nothing ever gets done…you're not gonna make it; I'm telling you, you're not gonna make it if you put some politician in there; and I know them all.
You know, it's interesting, I was looking at the ones I'm running against. I've contributed to most of them, do you believe it? I've contributed to most of them! And one of them said, “no, I don't think you've contributed to me!”. They found out I did…–CROWD LAUGHS. I contribute to everybody…I've given the Democrats. I've given to Hillary! I've given to Bill…I’ve give it to everybody! Because that was my job! I gotta give to them. Because when I want something I get it! …–CROWD LAUGHS. When I call…? They kiss my ass…–CROWD APPLAUDS…okay? It’s true. They kiss my ass…–CROWD CHEERS, LAUGHS AND APPLAUDS. True! True!

But think of that! So ho…here’s a…Trump, 47; Hillary Clinton, 44; I love it! Now, in Iowa…CNN poll, which is a couple of weeks old…but that's okay; I actually think it's the most…accurate. Trump, 33; Cruz, 20; That’s good! Now, the one that came out last night has this pretty much…I guess statistically even…and they'll be other…and one came up where I'm…up by a little bit. But it's close. I don't want it to be close! We have to have a mandate. We have to get out, and we have to have a mandate. I wanna win by so much.

Now I have to tell you…oh, by the way, New Hampshire!? Well…we're doing so good there. We'll…look at this! Oh, look at this! The score, we're up 21 points. 21! I don't mean, I don’t have 21, I mean we're up 21! Here's one in South Carolina: Trump, CBS; Trump, 38; Cruz’s second to 23. You know that is? I mean, that's a massive difference! So we're doing good. We're doing good and we're gonna do good here too; we're gonna win, we're gonna come in first place. But let me tell you Ted. So Ted's a nice guy. And I like him! And he likes me! A lot of other people don't like him, by the way, I must tell you that. But I like him. Why do I like him? Because he's been very nice to me, all right? But here's a problem: he's talking about natural born citizen…right? Now…if he ever got the nomination…you know the Democrats are going to bring a major suit. He was born in Canada. Whether we like it, don't like it…he lived there, he was there…he was born in Canada…I guess his parents voted in Canada, a lot of things! I mean, a lot of things happen here! So if you're born in Canada it’s…immediately a little bit of a problem.

Now…gave up his…gave up his citizenship like…what? 16, 18 months ago. A joint citizenship. Did you ever…a joint citizenship, right? But here's the problem: Laurence tribe…is from Harvard University…Law School; very…great lawyer…and a constitutional expert. So he's on television last night. And he said… “about natural born citizen…that this matter…is not a settled matter. It is wrong to say…” …this is an exact quote, “it is a settled manner, because it is not”. Now, just so you understand…that means there's a question. It's not a settled matter. He was born in Canada! And…I say to Ted, and…as a Republican I said! Cuz I think it's very important! You got to get it straightened out! Now you can go for what's called a declaratory judgment, where you go to the courts, and you say, “there is a problem…” where there's a problem of interpretation. And you put a lot of papers in, and you get a ruling from a judge. Because you cannot put somebody there folks that's gonna go in, and he's going to be immediately sued by the Democrats, because they're saying he was born in Canada, he's not allowed to run for president…and, if there's that doubt…don't forget these lawsuits…who knows more about lawsuits than I do? I'm the king! …–CROWD LAUGHS.  I'm the king! These lawsuits take two, three, four years! So you can't have somebody running…! …you cannot have somebody running…and have a lawsuit, and…and…people have already said they're gonna bring the lawsuit! They say, “if he gets the nomination, we’ll bring in a lawsuit”…as to Natural Born citizenship. And…honestly? I don't know! Because some people say have to be born in the land! Okay? You have to be born in the land! That's what I always thought before. Have to be born on the land. So he was born in Canada.
 
Now John McCain…had the same problem! The difference is…his two parents were both in the military, they were both in the military…and he was born on a military base, okay? I understand that. I mean, it’s a military base, okay? What are you gonna do? Say, you know, “Mom and Dad, you should have taken me back home to be born, I can't run for president?”. He was born on a military base. And I understand that. And by the way, Lawrence Tribe…represented John McCain on that. And he said he was troubled by it! They want…but he was always troubled by it it, and bothered him. But he also understood it.

But with Cruz…he said it's a problem. Now, if it's a problem…they’ve gotta work it out, because you can't give somebody a nominee…I think we're gonna win! Just so you understand, I don't want to be it like a negative person. And I don't wanna win this way! I don't wanna win this way. I…wanna win fair and square; and based on all the polls, it looks like i'm doing…awfully well. But…you can't have a person running for office, even though Ted is very clear, but he goes out and he says…“oh, well I'm a natural-born citizens…”. The pride of the point is you're not! I mean, you gotta get a declaratory judgment! You have to have the courts…come up with a ruling. Or you have a candidate…who just cannot…run! Because the other side…will immediately bring suit, and you've got that cloud on your head, and you can't have that cloud on your head!
You know, the Republicans have a structural disadvantage to start off with; speaking of that, I think I'm gonna do great in New York; I say that they don't even talk about. Did you ever noticed…? …where they say, “you have to win Florida”. I think well I will. “You have to win Ohio!”. Now, Ohio is interesting. Because I do great at Ohio! I'm killing Kasich in Ohio! Everyone said, “maybe you should make him your running mate, and you'll win Ohio”. I said, “yeah there's only one problem: I'm killing him!” …–CROWD CHEERS–…in the polls! All right? You know? It's the same thing like in Florida, where you're beating them and they say, “why don't you pick one of them?”. So it's interesting.

Pennsylvania, we're gonna do great! What they've done to the industries in Pennsylvania…like the coal industry…I guarantee…I'm gonna do great in Pennsylvania! But I think I'm gonna great in states that are not considered in play! I think New York. You know, they came out with a poll the other day, you probably saw it. Update New York loves Trump. And I think I do well in Manhattan too! I live there! But it's certain a little liberal side…that's okay…–CROWD LAUGHS. You know what the truth is? Whether it's liberal or not liberal. Whether it's Democrat or whatever. People want safety. They want our country to be great again. They want lower taxes…–CROWD APPLAUDS. So…I think that I'm going to win states that these people up there, back there, with all of the cameras, they don't even talk about! I think we're gonna win states that aren't even talked about! Because…the other people aren’t gonna win any of those days. I mean, there's not a chance! And…you know, Ted, and Marco, and all these people…are not gonna win New York! And they're not gonna have a chance of winning New York! I have a good chance of winning…! They like me! I mean, sometimes I think I'm a little wild, but that's okay! …–CROWD LAUGHS. But they like me in New York! I've…you know, I have employed thousands and thousands of people; I've…built…great, great projects in New York…! From the Woman Rink…the little one, to the biggest buildings. That's what I've done! Thousands! Tens of thousands of people! They…like me in New York. So…a place like New York, which isn't even thought of, hasn't been one in decades, all of a sudden, as Times says… “you know, Trump would have a chance…” …because…upstate New York, which is…very sad, what they've done with that; it's in…serious trouble…isn't…because it's in such trouble they think that I have a great chance of winning New York. By the way, nobody else does.

The other thing is, it just came out in one of the…magazines, and newspapers; that…if Trump…gets the nomination, they think he's gonna take twenty percent of the Democrat vote! And I think so too! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Do you remember the old days…? …the old little…group people…? They're so great, I love those people. Some of us still around! It was called…Democrats for…who? Reagan. Remember how many people voted for Ronald Reagan? We're gonna have the same thing! And they're not polling that stuff: We're gonna have the same thing!

Then…I'm gonna do great with the…I'm gonna do great with Hispanics. And I told you about Nevada, where I won the poll in Nevada, with Hispanics, because I'm going to create jobs. I'm gonna do great with African Americans! Because they know I'm bringing the jobs back from China! …and Japan! …and Mexico! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I'm gonna do great with African Americans.

So there was a poll…that showed that I had twenty-five percent, with African American. And…twenty-five percent. Now, a Republican gets like five percent, six percent, seven percent…like tops! So this poll came out said, twenty-five percent for Trump! The commentators were talking about it. They said, let me tell you something: “if Trump gets twenty-five percent of the African American vote, this election is over! He wins! It’s over! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Now, I don't know if I'm gonna get twenty-five percent…but I have a great…relationship…to the African Americans. They love me, I love them…we're gonna do great! …with we're gonna do great; we're gonna do great I think with every group. I think we're gonna do great with every single group. And it's just a very exciting period of time. And it's very exciting to see what's happening, that I can tell you.

Now, when I first announced…it was…amazing. I have never seen…so many cameras. And…and it would look like the Academy Awards in Trump Tower. And I said to my wife…you know, it takes guts to run for president. I'm not a politician! And it takes guts. And and I've always heard, from day one, I've heard, “you can't run, if you're a very successful person, you can't run for president”. Maybe it’s so, maybe it's not. But I said, “it doesn't matter”. Too many stupid things are happening; too many people, and they don't know what they're doing. They're either corrupt, incompetent, maybe worse than incompetent; or they have another agenda! I don't even know! There's another agenda. I don't really think so. But maybe there's another agenda out there folks, that we don't even know about. But there's something going on, because there's so many things that are so simple! Like…the Iran deal. How do you give 150 billion dollars? …we get nothing in that deal, nothing! Think of it! We don't even get our prisoners back! …–CROWD BOOS. No, we don't even get our prisoners back. And now Iran wants to start negotiating for the prisoners, do you believe this? But they said, “we want very, very much!”. Oh, man, you just get sick when you see it!
So they're getting a hundred and fifty billion dollars…and what we should have done…first of all, nobody even knows when this deal starts…it’s been going on forever. But what we should have done is…right at the beginning, right smack in the middle, right at the beginning of this thing! …you go and say, “we want our prisoners back”, right? …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We want our prisoners back. They never asked for the prisoners!

You know that Kerry, who's just…the worst negotiator…and by the way, the Persians are great negotiators, okay? And the guy that negotiated against him…I've watched him, he's a master negotiator. So Kerry…said he never wanted to do that, he never wanted to ask for the prisoners cause he didn't wanna complicate the deal, can you believe it? …–CROWD MUTTERS AND SAYS ‘NO!’. No, no that's what he said. He didn't want to complicate the deal. So they're still there, for years! One of them's there because he's a Christian pastor! He's a pastor! He's a Christian. He's there. Washington Post has one of the reporters there! None of these people should be there! They…they’re hostages, really. I mean, I call them prisoners, but they're actually hostages!

So…what happens is, you go in, you need the right messenger; and you say to them, “we gotta have our prisoners back”. This is three years ago, four years…whenever it started!”. “We want our prisoners back. Gotta have them back before we start negotiating”. They'll say, “no”. And what we say is, “bye, bye, enjoy yourself; we're leaving, bye!”, and wave goodbye. Get up, leave! Leave them. They should have left that negotiation four or five times, by the way; instead of sitting there…–CROWD APPLAUDS. So you get up, and you leave. Now what you do is your ratchet up the sanctions…and you bring them up a couple of steps…you double them; triple them…I don't care, quadruple them; give them nothing. But you bring them up, and you bring them up…you know…double them! I guarantee you…within 48 hours…they will be calling…saying…three years ago…! …saying, “we're giving you your prisoners, when can we start negotiating?”. Okay? …–CROWD APPLAUDS. Okay? Now, you wait till the prisoners are on the plane; you wait till they're over American soil; you wait maybe till they're landing, and you have your next meeting, right? Now you tell them you're not giving them 150 billion, cuz we don't it! …–CROWD LAUGHS. The country's bust, we don't have it! We don't have it! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. “We wanna give it, but we don't have it! We can't give you the money, we don't have it. I'm sorry folks”.

So…let's…number one, put that in your head. So they'll be angry as hell, but don't worry about it, they'll get over it. And then you make a deal, and you make a good deal. And you have your prisoners, and you didn't give him the money. The hardest thing for me to do…if I win, I'm gonna go in…and…I'm not gonna have that hundred and fifty billion dollars! It'll make…it'll drive me nuts! I just hate the concept…of giving away…that much money so stupidly. And now they call, and they say, “we are now prepared to negotiate for the prisoners, but we want a lot”. Can you believe the stupidity of these people!?

Now, I used to say this is one of the greatest deals of all time, but I'm wrong. You know the greatest deal of all time…? And I just sort of figured this out two weeks ago! What did they get, in addition to this great deal!? With the money…and how about this!? 24 days…for inspection…–CROWD LAUGHS. So…we say, “we hear they're building nuclear…oh, please let us know”. Now, before they get that are 24 days, before the…clock starts ticking…they have to go through a whole process, right? It could be forever! But even worse…! They have certain areas where they have self-inspection! Think of…Iran…with self-inspection. “We hear you're building nuclear”.
“Oh, well, let us go and inspect. We will inspect it and we will call you back tomorrow”.
“Mr. president, I promise, we're not building nuclear there!”… …–MR. TRUMP MOCKS THE AMERICAN GOVERNERS THROUGH THE TONE.

This is madness, okay? How we could have agreed to this is just insane. And it will lead to nuclear proliferation as sure as you're sitting there. You already see what's happening with Saudi Arabia. And if you think that…Iraq…and if you think that…you know, you look at what's going on, because the greatest till they've ever made is Iraq! They're getting Iraq for nothing! They've been fighting for…Iraq for…ever! …since I was born! They've been fighting for…they've been fighting, right? They have to equal countries, in terms of militarily. They go this…they fight! They fight! 10 feet this way, 10 feet that way……–MR. TRUMP MOVES HIS FISTS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AND VICE VERSA–…this goes on forever! Then they rest for a couple of years; then they go back and fight, right? …–CROWD LAUGHS. Then Saddam Hussein with the gas! Then the other one with gas! Then they say, “we'll take a truce”. They rest. They go back to fight. What the hell!? How did we ever get…!? We should have never been there in the first place! And I said that! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I said that! I said it! We have to rebuild our country! We have to rebuild our infrastructure! Our roads! Our schools! Our bridges are falling down! And we're pouring money, we don't know what the hell we're doing! And I said it! In 04, and even 03…it came out, “Trump opposed to the war…”. And I was totally opposed to the war! And I'm more militaristic…I tell what. I am more…militaristic…than anybody in this room. Anybody. I want that strong military; I want it so bad…because we're not gonna have to use it; we're probably not gonna have to. But you know what? We have to have it. We have to build it up.

I'm in the real estate business. It seems like…all the time I'm getting these listings: army base’s…for sale, naval base’s…for sale Air Force’s…for sale, air force’s…base for sale. I mean, I say, “how many places do they have!?”. We're always selling these bases! All the time they’re being sold! We need a strong military! We need a powerful military! Okay!? And we don't have it. We just don't have it!

So…we're gonna change things in this country. We're gonna use our heads. We're gonna be so smart. We're gonna be so cunning. I just said in the other room , “we're gonna win…so much! We're gonna win on militarily! We're gonna knock the shit out of ISIS! We're gonna……–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We’re gonna win with health care. You know, if you look at Obamacare…–CROWD APPLAUDS–…Obamacare…the premium’s, up; twenty-five percent, thirty-five percent, forty-five percent! It's a disaster! It's going to collapse…it…look: you know, it's going to collapse in 17, okay? In 17 it has to collapse. It's not gonna make it! But…we're going to terminate it, and we're going to replace it with something so…much…better! Cheaper, for you cheaper for the country. The country can't afford it. It's no good.

And by the way, do you see your deductibles…? …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. You have to be dying for years before you get any money! You have to be so, so bad…! …you're not gonna get any money! The deductibles are through the roof; and the premiums are going up so fast, that it's a disaster for everybody! So we need health care. We need so many different things! And what else do we need? We need a strong border, and what do we need? We need the wall. We're gonna build a wall. We're gonna build a wall. I mean, look…do you remember…?

So when I came down, in the atrium of Trump Tower, with my wife…she's going down, and she was very elegant, that I'm waving and I'm saying, “what the hell am I doing? Why am I doing this? Right’ And I'm going down in front of all of these people, and all of these killers that are back there…–MR. TRUMP POINTS TO THE CAMERAS–…just except like… oh, they have a lot of people back there! But I mean, you never saw this. Look, I'm telling you, it look like the Academy Awards. And I went up, and I mentioned…I talked about…illegal immigration. And I took heat like nobody has ever taken in. And I always say it! Rush Limbaugh said that Donald Trump has taken more income, than any human being I've ever seen, right? …–CROWD LAUHGS. And…I took a lot of heat. And then, about two weeks later, started dying down…and then you had the killing of Kate, who is such an amazing person; and you had the killing of Jamiel, in Los Angeles…Jamiel Shaw, who is an amazing young man, getting ready to go to college, football player, good student, great father…he's a friend of mine…and just an amazing guy; shot in the face; by the illegal immigrant, who was over here. Should have never been here, should have never been allowed to be here.

You had the woman killed recently in California. A…a…beautiful, wonderful…66-year-old…veteran. She was raped, sodomized, and killed…by a…person that should have never, ever been allowed to be here. And many, many more! This is just…many, many, many more! And people started saying, “you know, he's right! He's right!”. And now that's not even controversial. And now the other day I'm watching Ted Cruz, and he's saying, “yes, and we will build the wall”. I said, “where the hell did that come from!?” …–CROWD LAUGHS. It's true! And my wife said to me, “darling you have to hear this!”. And if it wasn’t for TiVo, I wouldn't have been able to hear it myself! It's great, this TiVo! I was…fantastic, I run it back! She said, “somebody just said he's gonna build a wall. That's the first time I've ever…”. She's really into this. She watches it all the time! Everybody is! Everybody…I could tell your names! People that you wouldn't believe… they watch it, they love it! We had 24 million people at the debate, the biggest in the history of cable television. Not debate, I mean show! 24 million! CNN had twenty…three…million people watch. The biggest audience in the history of CNN. This isn't me talking, this is CNN putting out a release. The biggest audience.

Now, let's say Trump isn't involved, okay? Let's say it's Rand Paul…ay!……–MR. TRUMP USES A MOCKING TONE. THE CROWD LAUGHS. Jeb Bush…ah! ……–CROWD LAUGHS. I don't wannna mention everybody, cuz some people I like so much, but…I…so I'm not going to…but let's say it's okay. The cast of characters, right? Those debates used to draw flies! They didn't draw anybody! Nobody wanted to watch the debates! In fact the network's didn't even want them! I think they had to take them as part of their license! You're not gonna get license unless…–CROWD LAUGHS. They didn't even want them! Now they say, “can we make them three hours? Can we make it 10 hours!?”. I mean, they want…it's crazy what's going on, the debates! And…and everybody knows why. You…Variety does a story, “the Trump debates”, right? Uh…All of the…the…different places do a story. The Hollywood Reporter, good…good magazine; they do a story; beautiful story of me, but they call it “The Trump debates”. It's…great! And the beauty is…that if I run against Hillary, they say it's gonna be the largest voter turnout in the history of the United States! And I believe that! And they also said, and CNBC said it, and other people said it…they said that not only is gonna be the largest voter turnout, but many of those people to come in…they're sick and tired of these phony, corrupt politicians…like Hillary…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They’re sick and tired, and they're gonna vote for Trump. And we're gonna have a big victory. We're gonna have a big. We’re gonna have a big victory. We’re gonna have a big victory…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

So… when I started I came down…beautiful escalator, wonderful building, Trump Tower, go check it out sometime. You gotta check it out. Gotta buy Time Magazine first and then check out Trump Tower, and then log on, and then come on to @RealDonaldTrump …–MR. TRUMP’S TWITTER ACCOUNT. You know, it's great! This stuff is great! This Twitter…? It's so incredible. I have like…between Twitter, and Facebook, and Instagram…I have like 11, or 12 million followers. Eleven or…! That's like…it's sort of like owning The New York times without the losses. Can you believe that? …–CROWD LAUGHS. No, it's like incredible. It's incredible.

I…just…I did something the other day, I did a tweet on something. And I'm watching them home…taking it easy, I'm reading the papers, I did a tweet, and CNN breaks, “we have breaking news, Donald Trump has just announced…”, I don’t know, some little thing about somebody…not doing…a good job someplace, right? …–CROWD LAUGHS. “Donald Trump has just announced that Jeb Bush is low energy…” …–CROWD LAUGHS. Breaking news. No, it's like crazy. It's…it’s the most incredible form…it's so quick. It's so incredible! And they watch it. You know, if you're a certain person…they watch! Every tweet…they put out, you gotta be careful, a little bit. You know, if you make a spelling mistake, they kill you. If you make a typo…I gotta be so careful…? If I do a typo, you know, a little typo…it's like…it's like death . They just go…if…if they go…wild! They put it on, “look at this man! Look at this man! This horrible! This is a horrible typo…”.

But it does give you a tremendous amount of power. So @RealDonaldTrump. Everybody go on. Not that I mean…this is such a…I mean, adding a few thousand people doesn't mean anything, right? When you have millions! But they're people from Iowa…and you have tremendous power, because you're gonna really be setting the agenda. It's so important, what you're doing.

So…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…so, when I began…when I began, it started off…and…I was talking about…the border; I was talking about trade; I was talking about China…and I was talking about all of these countries that have been ripping us off, and taking our mone,  and just destroying us…and leaving us poor, and leaving us without jobs, and all of the things that have happened; all of the things that are true, Newton, Iowa; I'm a big fan of Newton, because they want…60 Minutes, just like Iowa’s…Newton's… “are you from Newton’s?”…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD–…oh, she's not, but she knows. And they took businesses out of Newton, and they moved into Mexico; and they had a big piece on 60 Minutes, and I talked about Newton. And I helped the people in Newton! I felt badly! These were great people, where…a daughter wasn't able to go any further in college, and things…and I helped them out. And I feel really good. I didn't know I'd be doing this, that was years ago! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. The people of Newton…let's put it this way, they like Donald Trump. But it was very unfair! I mean, jobs were taken; companies were taken, it was ridiculous. But that's happening all over the country.

So when I first came down I said it was about trade; and it was about the border; and it was about Obamacare, repealing and replacing all Obamacare. It was about different things! And then we had Paris…and then we saw hatred. Hatred like…we've been watching. Don't forget! The World Trade Center was hatred. And in my book that I wrote two years before…! the America We Deserve, I talked about Osama bin Laden! And Joe Scarborough, who’s a great guy, said, “no, wait a minute. When did he talk about this?”.

“Well a couple of years before the World Trade Center came down he mentioned Osama bin Laden”-“No way! There's no way! Show it to me!”.

And they looked, and they found out. I talked about Osama bin Laden…it’s called vision folks, in all fairness. I said, “don't go into Iraq”, I said, “Osama bin Laden”, and, “gotta take these guys out!”. The reason I talked about him…was I saw him on television, and I saw him in the papers…and I said, “this guy's a bad guy!”. Well, a couple of years later, he knocked down The World Trade. They should have taken him out. And Bill Clinton had a chance to take him out, and he didn't do it, by the way. Bill Clinton had a chance to take him out…and he didn't do it. If he did it, you would have the World Trade Center probably standing right now. So I said, “you know, amazing”. And people said, “amazing, he was talking about Osama bin Laden before the World Trade Center”.

So you do need the vision. But I was talking about these different things. And then…what happens is…you have a very horrible thing. And we know what that is: Paris was terrible. Then you had recently California, which was…horrible. 14 people just killed…by people that threw…wedding receptions for them! And through anniversary…everything…they were…friends of them…and they walked in, and…killed them! There's something going on! There's something wrong here!
And then Paris! And fortunately…the press, you know, they were calling him a “mastermind”, right? This guy I called “the guy with the dirty hat”; “the dumb guy with the dirty hat”. You have to demean these people! Because what's happening is…they, ISIS and others, are using the internet to take our children's minds…and to radicalize our children, and we won't even know about it! And they're going to places…and they show up at the…the…places…I mean, it's…they become…they…they join ISIS…and they join Al-Qaeda, and they join other…it's disgusting what's going on, right?

And so I said, “we have to get to the bottom of all of this”. And I said it very strongly, and very vividly, and I told the anchors, “please, don't call the ‘leaders’, ‘masterminds’, call them people with very low IQs, that had no good”…and I called the while…you know, with a white hat? I call him, “the guy with a dirty white cap”, right? He had the white…ski thing on. And he…what is he a mastermind!? Why is he a mastermind!? He sends guys in: “you go there; you go there”.
Now, think of this: because I'm big…for the Second Amendment. We gotta save our Second Amendment folks. We gotta save it! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We've gotta save it!
So…so if you go in…if you go in, and you have Paris…where you have…a number of places; and they put these thugs in there, with guns. The toughest laws in the world, they say, is France, and Paris. The toughest in the world you can't have a gun, unless you're a bad guy, you have a gun! You walk around with a gun, right!? But if you're a person that's a law-abiding person, you're not allowed to have a gun!

So in Paris…these thugs these dirty, rotten, very stupid…demented people…walk in, and they say, “get over, boom. Get over, boom”. Not one gun in the room except for the bad guys, right? “Get over”. They kill 130, with more to come…because you have some really badly wounded people in the hospitals…as that…many of whom won't make it. So you have 130 people, a…a hospital load of horrible, horrible injuries…for what!? I guarantee you, if that guy, right there had a gun on his ankle, and of that guy right there had a gun on his waist…and if this one over here, the tall one with the glasses; or even the short one! Or the woman! She looks tougher than all of them! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. But…if there were some guns on the other side, where you'd have bullets going in both directions…it wouldn't be that way. It wouldn't be that way!

Same thing in California, with these two horrible people, right? These two horrible people that knew everybody in the room! They were sort of friends I guess. But they knew everybody in the room! And if you had a gun on the other side, it would have been a fight! And you wouldn't have the kind of carnage, and the horror show that you had. We have to protect our Second Amendment. Remember that. And with me if it's gonna be protected…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
And just one other thing. You have gun-free zones. That is like…bait to a bad guy. This is…a gun-free zone. Now, we had the five military people killed not so long ago, right? On a military base, signs all over the place, “this is a gun-free zone”. One of the five was one of the all-time great soldiers; has every record, he was a great marksman…not allowed to have a gun! He can't have a gun! So they have gun-free zones. The guy sees it's a gun-free zone, okay? Sees it's a gun-free zone! Walks in, kills these five people. If they have guns, believe me,it doesn't turn out that way. Turns out to be a much…they were standing there, there was nothing they could have done. He walks in, fully loaded…they had their guns 200 yards away. Locked up.

The first thing I do, one of the first things…there's so many things to do! But we get rid of those gun-free zones, especially on military bases, cause it's ridiculous. It's ridiculous……–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

So…just to finish. There's so many things…that our country can do. It's…common sense; it's smart; we have to be…so vigilant. We have to watch. We have to see…what's happening. And when I brought up a certain subject, about…radical…Islamic…terrorism. A couple of weeks ago, I was met with unbelievable…similar to when I talk about illegal immigration. And by the way, when CNN came out with their poll two weeks ago, I lead with ISIS by a lot, I lead with everything! I lead with…immigration! I lead with ISIS; I lead with terrorism; And I don't mean by little, I'm over fifty percent with most of them! I lead with the economy…that we sort of expected…because, I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created, that I can tell you. The greatest…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I'll be the best.

But…when I brought up…when I brought up radical Islamic terrorism, a word…words the President of the United States refuses to say. Now, if you don't say the problem, and if you don't know what the problem is, you're never gonna solve the problem. You're never gonna solve it. There's nothing wrong with him saying we have a problem! I mean, the World Trade Center got knocked down! People are being killed all over the place. By the way, when I left today…Cologne, Germany, which is one of the most peaceful places…they're having riots in the street! People have been just beat to hell; women have been raped; what's going on in Germany is un…believable! And we have to be smart! We can't take these people from the line, that we have no idea who they are…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

You know, we all have heart. And the migration is a terrible thing; caused to a large extent by Obama and Hillary Clinton, with their policies that was so stupid…! …so…so totally, and grossly incompetent! Caused really by them! So what happened, and others, but really by them more than anything else. You look at what they've done, with Libya, with Syria…the whole thing! …everybody…they…I don't think they've done one right thing, even a few things. Look: 50 soldiers. We're gonna send 50 soldiers, okay? A couple of two months ago. So Obama gets up, he announces, “we're going to send 50 people”. First of all, he thinks it's wonderful. 50 doesn't sound…the…these are elite soldiers, these are great people; these are unbelievable men, women…these are the finest! What the hell does he have to say it for!? Because now they have a target on the back, and the enemy is looking for those 50 people. If you would have just kept his mouth shut, he could have…and you know what? For the purpose of PR, when you say “50”, people say “50”…it's actually bad! It's not even good! But why does he have to say it!? Why does he have to say we're getting out!? We should have never been in Iraq, folks. But…we shouldn't have gotten out the way we got out. We shouldn't have gotten out the way we got out…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

And then I would…I hated what they did! I hated what they did with Iraq! But we shouldn't have gotten out. And he goes out of the announces! He announces…the date that we’re leaving! …–CROWD LAUGHS. And I said “oh, that smart”, because I think it is camouflage, right? I figured, “he'd never leave…” and… he leaves that day! So the bad guys…and don't kid yourself, they don't wanna die, you read all about, you know…they wanna die…bullshit! They don't wanna die…okay?  …–CROWD LAUGHS AND APPLAUDS. They don't wannna die! And let me just tell you another thing: their families know everything that they're doing, just like your families know everything that you are doing. Their families know everything! And they care more about their families than they care about themselves. They don't wanna die; but they care more about their families, and they care about themselves…and their wives know! And their children know! And they knew everything about the World Trade Center; and they knew what was going on! And those people in California…? They had pipe bombs, all over their place, all over their apartment…and there were numerous people that knew! And they could have reported him to the police, and you wouldn't have had the problem, but they didn't wanna do it! So something bad is going on, and before we do anything, and before this country goes totally to hell, we’d better get smart! We’d better get away from these stupid politicians that don't have it! And we’d better do it right, because we're not gonna have much of a chance! We're not gonna have much of a chance! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

So…so it's become…largely…and…even at the rallies…uh…everybody has great confidence in me, with China, and with all these places; and…don't worry about it, we’ll take great care of that whole situation, and we'll get along great with them, it'll be fine. We're gonna be…do great. We're gonna do great. But we're gonna strengthen up our borders, and we're gonna get you along great with Mexico. They can respect us more! They don't like us now! They take advantage, they don't even like us! I mean, Ford's building a two and a half billion-dollar plant there. Nabisco! …moving their factory they're from Chicago; they're closing the factory in Chicago, moving into Mexico…that doesn't help us folks! That doesn’t… I went to the greatest schools; I went to the Wharton School of Finance; I went to Ivy League college; you know what? That doesn't help us…you don't have to go to college to know that! That doesn't help us. It does nothing for us. We're gonna have respect. We are gonna be respected by other countries now. We're not respected. It's funny, we're like the big, fat bully that gets his ass kicked all the time. Nobody…nobody respects it, that's what we are! We don't win anymore! And what I said before is this: we are gonna win so much…that you people are gonna get so tired of it. You're gonna beg me: “please, please, no more victories Mr. President; …–CROWD LAUGHS AND APPLAUDS–…no more victories, we can't take it anymore! Give us at least one or two failures”. And I'm gonna say, “no way we're gonna have failures! We're gonna win all the time …! And we are going to make America great again! I love you! Thank you!

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