VIDEO Nº: 199
TITLE:199. DONALD TRUMP FULL EVENTS SPEECHES  Rally in Evansville Indiana 4 28 16 Old National Events Plaza
DATE OF EVENT:28/04/2016
RELEASE DATE:13/05/2016
DURATION:01.25.08 Hrs 
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full  (except for 00.05.45- 00.24.30)
Nº OF WORDS:11863
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I've never done this. I did it last night. I've never done this before because, you know, I'm running, and I'm supposed to be introduced. But in this case, I have to do a quick introduction, right? You know what I'm talking about. Because…there's a certain man that truly loves Indiana…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [He] Truly loves Indiana. Truly. And he loves our country dearly. Dearly. But here's the story, cause I checked it, and I knew it was good. I didn't even know [it] was this good. But, you know, Bobby called me up. He called me up about a year ago. And he said to me, “hey, Donald…”; I don't know him! I didn't know him. I knew of him. He was…to me, the best. You don't get any better. Tough, tough! Would you say he was tough enough? Would you say? Huh? …–THE CROWD CHEERS. But you know, not just tough: smart, tactical…; he had the…he was a winner. He was a winner. And, [he] still is a winner, believe me. The best.
So, I…he just calls me and he said to me, “if you ever run…”, this was before I decided to run. I was thinking, I mean…you know, doing that is hard. It's hard to run. It's like…“what do I need this for?”, right? My wife is saying, “what do you need it for!?”. We wanna make America great again, that's all…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. That’s all. That’s all. [We’re] Gonna do it. We're gonna do it!
And you know, we have a chance…we have a chance, honestly, and I see this cause no matter where we go, we have thousands, and thousands of people. And, I think we really have a chance to make America greater than ever before, I really mean it…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. With that being said, we can't slip! We can't slip. We can't have another…four years of effectively Obama again, we can't. We can't do it! …–THE CROWD BOOS. All right.
So, Bobby called and he said, “you know, if you ever run…if you decide to run…”, cause people were talking [that] maybe I'd run, “…if you decide to run I would love…to endorse you, to help you if you decide to run, cause you could be…like…good! Real good!”.
So, I said, “you know Bobby, I really appreciate that”, and first I had to make sure it was really him! And we did. And it was really him! I said, “give me a number, Bob”. He gives me a number. I put it down. I put it aside. And that was a year ago. And then on June 16th I decided to run. And who knew that Indiana, usually, you know it's over, or something? But all of a sudden Indiana's gonna have such an…unbelievable…impact on the decision, on…who it's gonna be…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. Who it’s gonna be.
And…I'm the only one [who’s] gonna beat Hillary, and we’ll beat her so badly…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So badly. These others will not. The others are just cookie cutters. And…and I watch Ted Cruz this morning. Oh, I can't listen! [He was] So dramatic! Aw, aw…! …MR. TRUMP RAISES HIS HAND TO SHOW FLOURISH. So, anyway.
So, I called Bobby. I said, “hey Bobby, it's Donald Trump”.
He goes, “I've been waiting for this call” …–THE CROWD LAUGHS–…that was three weeks ago. I said, “is the offer still good?”.
He said, “it's good, it's good. When do you wanna do it?”. And, we did it last night, and the place went crazy, okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Cause he's a winner. He is such a winner! We…we like that! I mean, we need it. And that's what we need in the country. We don't win anymore. We're gonna start winning again.
So…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…so I’m…I'm with his friend, and I…I…Charlie is back there, [a] great friend of Bob…Bobby. And he said…I say, “give me the whole scene”…I knew you…he won…the three national championships. He won the Olympics. He won the Pan Am[erican] Games. He won 900…games! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. 900 games.
Then he had the perfect season, okay!? He had a perfect…and I didn't realize this. In fact, I was surprised! There's never been, there hasn't been a perfect season since. And he said…I said, “can I…do you mind if I talk about [it]”, cause the season before that wasn't so bad. He lost one game, right? He said, “and it was my fault as a coach, Donald. And I want you to tell them that! Just say ‘if he didn't screw up, he would have had two perfect seasons’”.
I said, “Bobby, I can't say that”.
He said, “say it, it's okay. It was my fault”.
But I mean, think of it, he had…one loss, and then the next season had a perfect season. And he loves, loves you, people, that I can tell you. So…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…so I…I…wanna introduce a total, absolute winner; smart, tough, he's got the whole package, and the fact that he endorsed me means a lot, and then I'm gonna come back and we'll talk for a little while, okay!? Bobby Knight! Bobby Knight!
MR. BOBBY KNIGHT INTERVENES.
MR. DONALD TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.23.38:
 
How's that, good? That’s good. Yeah, a friend of mine from Indiana said, “well, if you could get Bobby Knight, that would be good”. So…it…there’s…nobody like him. So, thank you very much.
Uh…we have…so many things to talk…and I have so much time! I'm not leaving Indiana. We're gonna be here. We're gonna be here…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. And…I’ll be here enough that you're gonna be sick of me. You’re gonna say, “oh, when's he getting out?”, right? “When's he getting out?”.
We're gonna do great here, and…I guess all of the polls are indicating we're gonna do well, and…it's very important, getting out to vote on Tuesday is so important. We have a movement going on. You know, in a way I call it ‘the smart movement’. We wanna be smart again. We're not smart anymore, folks. We don't win anymore, but we're not smart anymore. So, we call it ‘the smart movement’, and that's what I wanna have.
So, let me ask you, is there somebody named Chad here? He was wearing a blue shirt, he was on television this morning, on NBC. Where’s Chad!? You know, because outside we have thousands, and in another room…is that Chad? Is that you!? …–MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES A PERSON SPECIFICALLY IN THE CROWD–…were you interviewed…what…were you wearing blue before, or is that it? Oh, there it is! That's it! That's my Chad! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. He was so great! He was so great! Right? On NBC.
I was watching this morning, and they’re interviewing…he’s standing in line for hours, right? Hours. And they come up to him and they start saying, “well, what do you think?”.
“I love Trump”. You know, these guys did the world's most dishonest people…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS–…they want you to change and you know…; and…he wasn’t…you weren't changing for anybody, where you, Chad? I love this guy. So I said, “I'm gonna mark it down! If I see Chad, I wanna…give them a little shout-out”. Thank you.
You know, we have…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…no, tomorrow you'll see Chad announces that he's running for mayor…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. No, thank you very much, Chad. We have the most loyal people…of anybody. And that's in the polls! That's not me saying it. You know, in the polls…in fact, they said something like 92 percent, whereas 30, and 20, and 10 is sort of common.
If Cruz sneezes…if he just sneezes, his people leave him, believe me. It's not loyalty…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. Nobody…I…who…who can listen to him? Today…you know, I've been campaigning. We're gonna end Obamacare. We're gonna protect our Second Amendment. We're gonna…end Common Core. We're gonna do…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…and then I’m…I'm watching this morning, and lyin Ted, lyin Ted…I never saw thing like him. “Donald Trump loves Obamacare!”. I love Obamacare…–MR. TRUMP SAYS IT SARCASTICALLY.
I mean, my whole thing is “we're gonna end it!”. And I hear him say...; and I…I said…I said to a few people that were watching it, I said, “let me ask you, do people believe this when he says that? It's terrible! It's terrible!”. And that's why, in the Senate he’s known as a liar.
Marco Rubio, who's a good guy, called him a liar during the debate. [Do you] Remember that? He said, “you're a liar!”.
I said, “that's great!”. When another senator can call a senator a liar, I said, “now I can do it also!”, so it's great. So, we came up with lyin Ted, l-y-i-n-boom, hyphen. But…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…ir’s true. It’s terrible!
And now he's getting creamed in the polls, and he…you know, he lost the last five elections. He was saying, “I'm the only one that can beat Donald Trump! I have proven it, time and time again!”. You know, I’m saying…oh, please! And I’m killing him! And he said, “I won…seven times…!”. [Do you] Remember the debate? I said, “yeah, but I won…21 times”. And he looked…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, it’s true. “I won 7 times…!”…–MR. TRUMP MOCKS MR. CRUZ IMPERSONATING HIME AGAIN.
And…I mean, it's like unbelievable. So now he's getting…clobbered. And he goes to New York last week. And they…they ran him out of the place. You can't run if you can't get like 12 percent in New York, okay? You can't run, you just can't! [It’s] Too big, it's too important! I think I'm gonna win New York, by the way. I really do…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…I mean, in the general election. And nobody else, honestly…cuz it's very important that we win. We gotta beat Hillary Clinton, crooked Hillary Clinton! [We] gotta beat her. She’s crooked! She’s crooked!
But…but you know, no Republican other than me will campaign in New York. I mean, they won't campaign. They're not gonna do it, because they have no chance. They have no chance. And, Kasich has no chance. I mean, no…zero! So, and…I’m…I understand it! And, for years, and years they don't even go to New York in campaign. They assume that's lost.
If somebody ever won New York, it totally…you know, with the electoral college…it totally changes the map! And I think will win New York, I really do. I think we're gonna win Michigan…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're gonna win Pennsylvania. We're gonna win Florida. We go to win places…I mean, look how well we did in Florida. We're gonna win place is that…a lot of people say, “you're not gonna win!”, that you can't win, as a Republican you can't win. And, Michigan is a great example. Nobody else will go to Michigan. I'll be in camped in Michigan, cause I think we can win it. So, we're gonna win states that nobody thought were winnable as a Republican, and we're gonna do really great. But, so I have to. I love this, you know, the whole political world. It's so evil! I mean, it's so evil! You…you hear about people that you've never heard of before, it's…just…like…worse than business! You know, somebody said, “what's the difference between…you know, these certain politicians…?”, cause certain politicians are terrific. I spoke to one today, Senator Corker, who’s fantastic. [He] Said…uh…we have a lot of great people! You know, we have a lot of great people. Uh…Jeff Sessions, senator Sessions, he’s fantastic. And there were others! And…and you know…–THE CROWD CHEERS–…once we get to the top, it's gonna be so…it's gonna be so magnificent. I mean, so magnificent.
But, you saw what happened. So Cruz had this horrible thing, he came in…third, meaning he came in last in all of these states! He did horribly, [he] came in last in New York. Then we went to Pennsylvania, we went to all these people. He didn't even…I mean, he went and they…they said, “don't even come here!”…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. And he…he got ridden out of town, and he left. And I hate to tell you, he came to Indiana. He might as well come to Indiana, because you're gonna lose all those elections! And I hear him, he came to Indiana, and he starts lying. That's why I want to get here fast. I didn't wanna let…; I didn't take a big vacation after winning all five by a landslide, right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [I] Didn't take a lot of time!
I didn't wanna take too much time, because I know you got him back here lying like hell so I said, “I’d better get back to Indiana fast”. I said, “get me Bobby Knight really fast, please!”…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. But it's true! You know, I won and people said, “oh, good! You're gonna take a day off”. Cause I…New York was hard. You know, it's a big state. I went to Syracuse; I went to…all over! Patchogue…! I went to…out to Long Island, Bethpage! And just…I was all over the place. And it's the same thing! The businesses are being sucked out of our country.
And if you look at New York, you look at Indiana, you look at Pennsylvania, you look at all over…! Maryland…I won Maryland, I won them all! But, they all have one thing in common! No matter where you go, it's like 40 percent; it's like 50 percent, 60 percent…jobs are gone! And I'm the one that brings up Carrier all the time! Till…oh, this morning! I hear Cruz! He said, “and Carrier air conditioning…”. I've been talking about this company for four months, [and] all of a sudden he starts talking about Carrier! Carrier’s my baby, I wanna do the number on Carrier, folks. I wanna do it. I don't like what they did…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Now, Cruz was actually defending them, which is interesting. I was a little…he said, “we should really defend…”; uh…you don't wanna defend. When they leave, they let go 1,400 people to move to Mexico, and you know what? They have to pay a consequence, when they do that. They have to pay a consequence…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They have to pay!
And [if] they wanna move, that's fine! And they let them go viciously! It was almost like they were…like on the you know, The Apprentice, right? 1,400 people, “you’re fired!” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, it’s pretty rough. They had some mid-level…upper mid-level management guy. And somebody had the cell phone up…those are dangerous, but they had the cell phone. And I saw it on television! And I thought it was terrible. I thought the way he did it was terrible. Basically [he] said, “we're letting everybody go. You’re fired. But we're letting everybody go, and we're moving to Mexico”.
Oh, thanks a lot! And some of these people, they're following me! Is [there] anybody here from Carrier today? Because…they're all over the place! Every place I go…! But, what happens is…so they let him go, and Carrier has to know that if they do that…and I'm not only speaking to them. I'm speaking to Nabisco, and Ford, and…hundreds and hundreds of other…companies.
They have to know that there are consequences when you wanna leave, and fire all these people. And you're not just gonna go to another country, make your product, sell it across our really weak borders…because our borders are gonna be so strong, folks. Our borders will be so strong…believe me…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, you're just not gonna make your product, sell it across the borders…and this goes for all, not just air conditioners! And I would tell them! Now, ideally I’d tell them early! And in all fairness, you know, you need…the federal government has to set a standard. You can't do it from just a local basis! Unless they're moving to another state, then you gotta fight it out! But we're keeping them in the country. But people aren't doing that. They're moving to Mexico…!
Mexico…is a mini China right now. If you look at the automobile industry, what's going on in Mexico…is incredible. NAFTA is a disaster! NAFTA was one of the worst things ever signed…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…in the history of this country from an economic standpoint. NAFTA…it sucked our jobs away. It sucked them away. And John Kasich…approved NAFTA when he was in Congress. He was a deciding vote for NAFTA! And it was signed by president Bill Clinton,. There's a relative that's gonna be running…for office…–THE CROWD BOOS. Signed by Clinton.
No, but I mean you look at your empty factories. You look at what's going on. You look at…by the way, and you talk about an industry that's getting hit: take a look at your steel industry, and I know what to do to fix it folks, believe me! These guys don't. These politicians don’t know…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Look at your steel industry in Indiana! And you look at U.S. steel and these great, great companies at one time, and now it's like they're…just not the same deal. And we're gonna change it around.
You know, China is dumping like crazy, they're dumping all over the place. And people said to me, “oh, but maybe the product’s gonna cost more”. And you know, that's true. And they never say the second part. But we're gonna have jobs, and that's gonna [do] more than offset the price, because we're gonna have jobs again! We're gonna have jobs! Our jobs are being taken away! And we're gonna have a time, if I win, where Apple…is going to make its product in the United States. You watch. You watch…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…so Kasich approved NAFTA. You look at Cruz, and he doesn't wanna talk about China's manipulation of their currency, because TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership…study it and remember the words, cause if I don't get in, I'll bet you it gets proved, and that will make…NAFTA look like a baby! That will beat…that’s big time! That's not Mexico, and this…; that's…12 countries. They are gonna do a number. And then, China is gonna be lurking in the background. They're not involved with it, but they are actually involved. Because if they love it, they're gonna come right through the back door. This is a 5,000…page…document that nobody in our country, in my estimation, has ever read. [They] probably [have] never even looked at. And all of the countries…that are beneficiaries of it, meaning taking our money, our jobs, and everything else…they know every single word. They know we’re the commissaire. They know where the paragraphs begin, and we don't have anybody that reads documents.
You know, when you looked at Obamacare, it was thousands of pages, and nobody read it! Nobody read it! It's a disaster, by the way. [A] Total disaster. Your rates are going up 35, 45, 55 percent…it's a disaster…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Nobody read it! Nobody even knows how to define it. The only way you can do it is you have to buy books, the definition…and they tell you…chapters, it's horrible. It's horrible. Trans-Pacific Partnership is…a…disaster.
So, here's what happens. Okay, and we have to go back, because you know, you won't know how I feel. Just trust me. Trade…? You're gonna be so happy. You're gonna be so proud of your country. You're gonna be so proud of me! Me! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
I didn't need this! I built this great company! I have a nice life. I said, “oh, what do I do!? What do I do?”.
My wife always says, “are you sure you want this?”.
I say, “yeah, we're gonna make America great again. We're gonna do something great…”…it’s very important! It's very important! …–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
My daughter Ivanka, who’s so great, she's such a terrific person. So…she loves the country! She said, “dad, it's a lot of work”. You know, when I do this, and then I do three more today? And she said, “dad, do you enjoy it!?”. And actually, I enjoy it. I must be honest. I think I enjoy it…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
It's a dirty business. It's a hard business. It's a rigged…deal. I mean, the whole thing is rigged. You know, if I wasn't winning by so much, I’d…have no chance. Because all the delegate stuff is rigged. I mean, it's rigged! You look at Louisiana, which I won…! And that's what I found out! The state of Louisiana is where I found out, in all fairness. And then it happened in Wyoming…even worse, because they didn't even get a chance to vote! And then it happened in Colorado, where they never voted! The bosses picked the winners! The boss! I never…met the boss! I don't know…I wanna…I want people to vote!
But in Louisiana, I wasn't supposed to win. That was Cruz territory, heavy on evangelicals, we…who love me! Cause they don't like liars! [Do you] Remember, with the Bible? The Bible held high, and then he lies…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But…but, I've been winning with evangelicals by a lot. Cause they know…two things: pastor Jeffers said it. They know…Pastor Jeffers has been incredible. Uh…if you look at jury Falwell Jr., who has been amazing…Liberty University. So many of the…pastors, and ministers, and…people that really understand.
They say, “you know, we need strength. We need protection”, like…with the women. I won the women in New York by a tremendous margin. I…I mean, there's nobody going to…nobody cherishes, and nobody respects women more than Donald Trump, that I can tell you. Nobody, nobody, nobody…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Nobody!
And I won it so big in New York…! And, I was saying to somebody, women are going to do…I…I will be so…much…better…to women then Hillary Clinton is. [I’ll be] So much better, on health care issues…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And you know what else? On the protection of our country, because, ultimately, that's number one, two, and three. We have to protect our country. We are in an evil world right now! We are in…the most evil world…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…it's one of the most evil times ever, and I'm gonna protect our country. And everybody agrees to that, even the congressman that didn't like me said, “well, I agree…that…Trump is tougher, and I agree that maybe he'll be better with the military…”. Well, once you’d better with that, that's like…that's like about 80 percent of it.
But we'll protect our country. We're gonna make our military so...strong, so…powerful…it’s the cheapest thing we can do! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. That nobody's gonna mess with us, and we're gonna take care of our vets, who had treated far worse, in many cases, than illegal immigrants! Far worse! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And we're gonna make…our vets proud that they served our country. Proud…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Thank you. We love our vets! They’re not being treated right. They're not being treated right.
So, we've been doing really well. But then, all of a sudden we had this massive victory in New York, where I got everything! I mean, I got virtually everything! You know, the…the dishonest media back there, they're saying like, “well, let's see…Trump probably can't break 45”. Well, we got almost 62! And…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…that's hard when you have three people running! And you know, it's also hard…and we had states where I had nine people! And I get like 32 and win the state. And then say, “he didn't break 50!”. Now, they're not stupid. They know you can't…you are…where you have nine people.
So, we're doing good. We broke…and now, we come to the next. New York was fantastic. And you know what, the nice part about New York which affects you? The New York people, the voters, know me better than anybody, okay? They know everything about Donald Trump. I mean, that's where I grew. You know, it’s been a long time [that] I've been doing this, okay? Not this! But…I've been out there a long time. And to get a landslide, which was almost 100 percent…far greater even than the polls…and every aspect in every location in the city did phenomenally well. And you win with numbers that…nobody ever thought was possible! And those are the people that know you.
So, even if you come from Indiana, or you come from someplace else, it's nice that the people that know you best…can give you that kind of…; you know, like for instance, if you…do Hillary and you go to Arkansas, she doesn't do great in Arkansas! That's where she comes from! I'll beat her in Arkansas. She comes from Arkansas! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And the truth is, they abandoned their state! I mean, they abandoned Arkansas, right!? They abandoned Arkansas. So, I don't know why. I mean, I'll say it. [Do you] See? Nobody else will say it. Nobody ever says that. They abandoned Arkansas for New York! And as far as New York, they're not real New Yorkers, cause they didn't come from New York! So, either way they can't win, okay? We'll win both of them.
But, it's interesting, because…so now Cruz is getting clobbered. Now, we win New York…–SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD YELLS ‘LYIN TED!’–…lyin Ted, that's right. Let's go: lyin Ted! He’s one liar…! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. He is one dishonest guy.
So, here's what happens. So now, I win New York, this…incredible victory. Then we go to the five states. And these are very different! Cause you have Delaware, and Rhode Island. Then you have Maryland, [and] Connecticut. And you’ve Pennsylvania! Big, big! So, you have three big ones…you have two beauties on each end. Very diverse, very different. The one thing they have in common, [is that] they're all losing a lot of jobs to other countries. They're tremendous…45, [and] 50 percent.
You know, it used to be…I’d say to my statisticians, “give me the information, like…on Delaware!”. And then, “give me Pennsylvania” the next day; and, “give me Maryland, and…”. And it was almost like…45 percent loss; 50 percent loss; 55 percent loss…manufacturing gone. But, I almost didn't need it! I don't…I just go up, I have to say, “hey, you got about 50 percent of your jobs are being lost”, every place, all over the country! It's like a disaster. They're being taken away from us. And the politicians don't know how to do anything about it.
So, Cruz is getting…absolutely killed. Kasich is getting absolutely killed. Think of it, Kasich is now…one for 38, or 42, or something…he won one! And if I campaigned there for two days more, I would have won! Two days more! I left Florida. I was all set to go to Ohio, and I had a dirty poll put out by the media, a dirty pool. You know what that is? A phony poll. And it said, cause I was gonna win Florida easily! And Florida was set up, so that…it was meant for Jeb, or Marco, who’s a good guy, Marco, I have to tell you. And Jeb is gonna come around. I really believe that. But it was meant for…the establishment! Not for me. Winner-take-all! When they heard I was in the race, winner-take-all! Meaning the establishment will get a 100 of the 99…delegates, that's one of the biggest…you know, it’s Florida, it’s…a great place. [They have a] Great governor,  Rick Scott, [he’s] a great guy, [a] great governor. [He’s] Doing a great job. [A lot of] jobs [are] coming in…Florida's doing great. So, 99 delegates, winner-take-all.
And then, two weeks after they formally did that a poll comes out. There were like six people, seven people. Donald Trump had almost 50 percent of the vote. They said. “whoa, we gotta go back! This is no good!”. And then I won Florida, big! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I wouldn't let them change. But it's a rigged deal! [Do] You see? It's rigged!
And what happened is…with Louisiana I was down, like four or five points. But I know people in Louisiana, like I know people here! The Hilbert’s…I have so many friends here. And, they’re…unbelievable people! And I said, “let's go to Louisiana. I got three days. Let's go around and campaign!”. You know, I've never done it, so it's fun for me, right? I've been doing this for nine months. Am I doing a good job for nine months, in all fairness? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You know, it's funny. When the results came out, a couple of days ago, the results came out and…it was “Trump wins in a landslide” all of those five states; and “Trump wins in a landslide New York”, the week before. And one of the pundits, who actually hates me, which is interesting, but [he] said, “[do] you know the amazing thing? He's only been doing this for nine months! He's beating these senators, and these governors! They've been there for like 20 years, and 30 years…! He's been doing this for nine months!” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. But you know, you can be smart. You can be smart. And I've been dealing in politics for a long time. Nobody knows politicians…believe me, nobody knows politicians like I know politicians.
So, with Louisiana…so I go, I campaign. Then they have their election, [which is] different from you. Yours is Tuesday…you gotta vote! Is everybody gonna vote on Tuesday, please? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, [it’s] different. They have their election on Saturday. And…I go Friday night, I say, “I'm gonna be there”. And I…I land and…they have this massive, massive hangar. And the place is packed! Thousands, and thousands, and thousands of people, and it's brimming outside of the hangar, through the doors…! …practically through the windows! I mean, the people were all over the place, going back into the runways! And I said, “I think they like me here”, just like outside!
[Do] You know how many people…you're in this room, and then we have another room that's bigger…that's packed, and then outside…we have thousands of people listening to what I'm saying! [Can] You believe it!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [Can] You believe it!? No, it's amazing! And it's like that all over, cuz we have a movement. And everyone's talking about it. I'll tell you, everyone's talking about it.
So, I go to Louisiana, and I campaigned…for a few days, and I see there's something going on, because they want jobs! And they want…strong military. And they wanna get rid of Obamacare. They want all the things that we all want, right? They say, “Trump figured it out”.
I said…I…“there's nothing to figure out”. People are making less money now, in real wages, than they made 20 years ago! And they're working harder, and some of them are working two jobs and they’re making less. It's supposed to be the other way around as we get older, right!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It’s supposed to be…; but don't feel bad! I'm working harder also, so…–MR. TRUMP GIGGLES. I am working harder.
But the truth is…look. I go to Louisiana, and I…have this big crowd, and the next day they have the election, on a Saturday. And the results were announced that night: “Trump wins!”. I wasn't supposed to. It was supposed to be lyin Ted Cruz wins. And I do great with the evangelical, and they really brought me over the top. So, I win Louisiana! Then about two weeks later they're showing me, everything…and they're showing how well I'm doing, cause I'm winning South Carolina…; I'm winning so many places, right? I won the south! I wasn't supposed to win the South. Alabama, Arkansas…! We win Kentucky, we win…we win…we’re winning…we we win Florida! We're winning all these places, some of which I was not supposed to be winning. And I win by landslides! Then we win in Massachusetts! I win Alabama, Massachusetts…that's quite diverse, right?
So we win, and they're showing me how well I'm doing. And I see Louisiana, and then I see delegates. So, I win by…a lot of votes. “Louisiana…”. Then on here is…right here in column it says “delegates”. I said, “wait a minute, what's wrong!?”.
They said, “what's wrong, sir?”.
I said, “I won the state of Louisiana, but why do I have less…delegates…than Cruz…who I beat?”.
“Oh well, he went…there…and he started wining and dining all of these delegates, bringing him out for steak dinners, bringing them out for steak…for hotels, for…maybe cruises, maybe they went fishing with all of these…people that he's paying…;”.
I said, “wait a minute, I don't understand”. This is my first, don't forget, you know…! And I realize it's a crooked system! So I said, “wait a minute. So, I won the state, but I get less…delegates than this guy”. That was my first…who the hell would ever think this…could happen!?” …–THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY.
So then, I hear about…a…Colorado, right? Where they’re wining and dining…and, you know, they were having people protesting on the streets. They took the vote away from…they didn't even have a vote! Because they went out to a poll...and I did great in the poll in Colorado! And I was gonna win Colorado like I won Florida, and other places. So, they gave the vote to the bosses, and…you go out, and you wined and dined the delegates…; all of a sudden I say, “when are we going to Colorado?”.
“No reason to go, sir”.
I said, “what do you mean ‘no reason to go’?”.
“Well, it's over. Colorado is all delegates, it’s all…you know…”.
They get wined and dined! I said, “you can almost buy the election”. [You] Put a hundred million dollars’ worth of freebies in a bag, “let's go by the election”. So I said, “it's a rigged system”.
So then I realized…and here's the good news: a lot of it…well, actually, Colorado's really unfair, [and] so is Wyoming. [It’s] Very, very bad. They gotta change that. Cuz that's bad. Cause that actually counts on the front row. Because Cruz can't win…when…you have to get a vote. He can do it because they have this team of very good experts…I could get much better! [I] Got much more money than he does. But it's just an unfair…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…it's an unfair deal! It’s an unfair deal!
So…so, here's the story. So now we start our streak. And, we win in…Arizona, and we win in…we're winning all over the place. And the only way…it's working for me! I mean, I'm…still not happy, and we're gonna do it on the first ballot. And when you hear [that] he signed all these delegates…? They’re signing for second, third, fourth…they're not signing up for the first ballot. They’re sign…first ballot, fortunately, they’re locked in, right? They're all locked in.
And, Pennsylvania had the same thing. I won in a massive, massive…landslide. And they have a great Republican…chairman. And…really a great guy, Mr. Gleason, [a] great guy. But he's…and…and he's a fair guy.
But one thing with Pennsylvania, they have a moral obligation. And I've heard for a long time that, whoever wins, there's a moral obligation of the people, of the delegates, to vote for the person that wins. So, today they announced I had like…52, or 54 out of the 70. But I said, “what about the rest of them!?”…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Yeah, but I did say! I think they announced 54 today. So, I win the state in a massive landslide. I got 17. And they have like…70 something. I said, “wait a minute. I got 70 in all…”. But the good news is today, I think, they announced I got an additional 34, or something…; but here's…here's the thing.
But there's like 22 or 21 out there…I said, “what about them!? What about them!?”. I won in a landslide! I won every county. I won everything. What about them!? “Well, we're working…”. It's a rigged system, folks! It's horrible! It's a horrible, horrible system! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It's a horrible…system. And it's done, so that the bosses can pick whoever they want!
Now, here's the only…problem. I've been winning by so much, that you can't. And I give…you probably heard me say it a couple of times I've said it, the boxer! I know guy, he’s a champ. I know all the boxers. I love the boxes. We love the boxes. These are toughness, you know. And this is a champ, and he wants to fight in a certain territory where the challenger lives! And the challenger is very good and very popular. And it's a great area, [there’s] a lot of money. And the champ wants to fight there. I say, “what are you, crazy?”. I said, “you'll get a bad decision. If it goes…”.
He said, “no, no, no, you don't understand. There's one thing they can't do. If I knock him out, Mr. Trump, if I knock him on his ass and he's unconscious, there's nothing they can do, Mr. Trump”. And that's what he did!  He knocked him out! He knocked him out!
And we're doing the same thing, because I'm winning by millions of votes. And in fact, today…with a long way to go. Although we don't have a long way…if I can win in Indiana. If I win, we win. It’s over…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It's over! If we win in Indiana, it’s over.
But, you know, with a long way to go, millions and millions of votes! California, New Jersey…all great places, great places, Oregon…[the] state of Washington…and New Mexico…lots of states! But, I have now…broken…the all-time record in the history of the Republican Party for votes! For votes! And we’re not even done! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
I mean, we've already gotten more votes than Mitt Romney got through the whole thing! Who…unfortunately led us down. He choked! What can I tell you? That was the election [that] should have been won, folks. That was an election [that] should have been won!
You know, I backed him…we lost. I backed McCain…nice guy, but we lost. I said, “this time, folks, we're gonna do it ourselves”, okay? We're doing it ourselves…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, but I'm watching the television this morning and I see it in the papers, in the history of the primaries, it said, “Donald Trump breaks the all-time record”.
I said, “how can I break a record? We're like…you know, three quarters through”. I got more votes, which to me means much more than delegates, to be honest with. You know, it should be based on votes, not based on people…that are…you know, you…they like a certain steak in a certain place! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. But with that, I have now a lot of loyal delegates. They've been great. But, it should be based on votes. It should be more based on votes. All right.
But what happens is, so I break the record, the old-time record, and I'm setting myself, “I can't believe it”. In the history of Republicans…you breathe…I mean, Dwight Eisenhower? You look at some of the great names on there…! And we've beaten them already. So, we're gonna break the record…by millions of votes by the time it ends! By millions! And I'm saying to myself, “how would you like to be the guy…that's running the party”…and Reince, I think is a good guy, Reince Priebus. He’s…runs RNC, [The] Republican National Committee.
But how would you like to be the guy…where…Cruz goes around and…you know…I…I would never use the word ‘bribe’…–THE CROWD CHEERS AS MR. TRUMP BITES HIS TONGUE AND SHAKES HIS HAND. Some people would say ‘[he] bribes’ the delegates. I would never say a thing like that. But, he…he gets…you know, the stakes are really good, really expensive. Or maybe the trips to Paris, or whatever the hell they do.
And they get these delegates on the second, and the third, and the fourth round. You know, they're committed. Why!? Because they…they like to have good meals, right? So…which I'm not doing. But I have the first.
But have…let's say we’re…we’re 20 short, or 100 short! But let's say…and we're not going to be, we're gonna get it in the first, by the way, don't worry about it. I don't wanna scare you. I don't wanna scare you…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Don't worry about it.
But let's say we were 30, or 40, or 100! You know, let's say we should. Okay. So now you have Trump, who goes to a second, and I didn't…I don't care about the second, right? I'm not playing for the second. That's why when you hear “Cruz got delegates…!”. He didn’t get…he got them for the second, third, fourth, etcetera. It doesn't mean anything, if you win on the first.
How would you like to be the man that has to make the decision, where Trump got five million more votes, broke the all-time record in the history of the Republican Party in primaries, has…500…delegates more…than Cruz, and beyond that with Kasich, okay!? Beyond that! I mean, you know, I've been calling Kasich one-in-38. I actually think [that] including the islands he's now one in 42…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. Okay.
So, I have millions or more votes, hundreds of more delegates…we go to a second ballot, and you put in a guy that lost by five million votes…and hundreds of delegates. I don't think it can happen. I think they'd be seeing…a little problem…–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. No, no! No, no! How do you do that!? How do you do it!? If a man has…and then they do polls. And the polls are asking very specifically, if something like that…should happen, what…? They all…72, or 74 percent say [that] you gotta go by whoever gets the most votes, which is really, I think, the right way, okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. But, can you imagine that?
Now, Cruz is no good at this stuff anyway. But can you imagine if he got 5 million votes less? 500 delegates less, and he becomes the nominee? And he's no good, he can't campaign properly! He doesn't speak properly! It doesn't work! So well…here's what he does. So he forms an alliance, right? A coalition. He forms an alliance. He…he colludes, it's called ‘collusion’. So, he sees he's getting killed. He's getting absolutely annihilated in New York. Now, he gets an…annihilated this last weekend, and his last week in five states. And he says, “boy, I’m in trouble. And I'm going to Indiana, I'm in trouble”.
So what does he do? He gets Kasich…to join together, ‘stop Trump’. And I see these negative ads, they're phony as hell. By the way, they're so wrong…! Meh, a couple them are right, but that's okay…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. But they’re…they're…they’re…for the most part, they're absolutely wrong! I mean, absolutely wrong. They're vicious and horrible! I'm watching television at my holiday, Inn Express. Everyone thinks I fly back home every night…! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
No, no, they all say, these…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS–…you know, the liars back there. They say, “Donald Trump gets in his 757 Boeing, and he flies back home! And then he comes…!”. I don’t wanna fly for hours, and back, and forth…! I don’t even wanna spend that money, [if] you wanna know the truth! I'm at a Holiday Inn, can you believe!? I’m at a Holiday Inn, and I do it! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And by the way…by the way…! And I’m often times at different places. Uh…Marriott Courtyard…I mean, I know more about these hotels! In fact, if I lose, I'm gonna start buying out some of these chains, I think. So I…at least I learned something! Now, they're fine!
But [do] you ever noticed? They always say, “Donald Trump has left Indiana and flown back home to Fifth Avenue, where he stood for the night, or slept for the evening…in his beautiful apartment. Then he got on the plane in the morning, and he flew back to Indiana”. Give me a break, okay!? So, it’s just crazy. Okay. But this is the kind of stuff you hear. I call them. You have lyin Ted, but you have liars back there too. Big, big liars…–MR. TRUMP POINTS, ONECE AGAIN, TO THE CAMERAS. THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So, anyway. No, it’s been great. It’s been great. It’s been great. And…and I’ve enjoyed it.
So here's the story, folks. So we have a rigged system, we have a phony system, but we're beating it because we're doing so well, and we're doing so much better. And we're gonna end up winning. And we're gonna make our country so strong, so wonderful, so great…you're gonna be so proud, you gotta get out and vote, okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…so they form…and I wanna talk about jobs, but I just…and this is so interesting to me, cause…it's such a con job. You know, I love…I love seeing it! It’s just like a total con. So now what happens [is] he's losing badly. So he forms this alliance with Kasich, you know, the man that eats like…with the large bites. [Did] You ever see? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS AS MR. TRUMP IMPERSONATES MR. KASICH EATING–…news conference.
“Where do you want your news conference?”.
“Around my table as I stuffed pancakes down my throat”. I’ve never seen…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. Did you…? Seriously! Did you ever see a guy eat like this!? Honestly! I'm being honest! You know, you’d think…if I have cameras, I'd...I’d tell you, I have a lot of times where I have no choice and I'm sitting and cameras start forming and all? And usually, I don't eat! I just sort of don't eat. Number one, I was taught…‘don't speak when you have a mouth full of food’, by my mother. Mary. Mary McLeod! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. My mother said, “don't ever eat with your mouth full”, okay? And I'm sort of…remember that, right?
But…uh…you know I have a lot where…there's no time, or there’s just…come, you know…the media…they’re like…brutal! They're break…through Secret Service. I mean, they can do anything! But, and all of a sudden I'm eating. And you know, what I do I stop eating. I talk…I don't eat!
This guy is always…[did] you ever notice? It's like he doesn't have press conferences. Every time you see him, he's eating! And he's stuffing his face…! I've never seen…the pizza! He ate a piece of pizza…! I'm telling you, it was four, or five inches long by four or five inches, and he couldn't get it in his mouth, and he's pushing it in with the fork, and he's got 20 cameras on! I don't understand…–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
So, what happens…is Cruz called, or Kasich called, or somebody called, and…because it's a rig business, and because it's a dishonest business, they say, “hey, listen. Trump is beating us badly. We gotta do something. We gotta do something. And let's start…with the people of Indiana, because they probably think you're stupid, or foolish, or something”, and boy, do I know the opposite! Ay! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. Because as soon as I heard that I said, “the people of Indiana are not gonna put up with this one”.
So, they form an alliance, which is collusion. You know, in business when you collude like that, they throw you in jail. Only in politics are you allowed collusion, right? Only in politics. So, they formed those phony alliance, and Kasich is a…you know, difficult guy. You know, he always pretends like he's the nicest guy…; “oh, he’s such a nice…”. [Do] You know why he’s a nice guy? Because I was so busy fighting these 16 people. And nobody cared about him, he was always at the other side, right? Toward the end. Remember, I was center stage for every single debate. Every! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I won every debate. And I don't debate…professionally! These guys, every night, they’re debating. I don't do that. But you know, look, I…hey, folks, if we're smart, we’re smart. Is that right? You're smart, we're smart…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I have the smartest people! I have the most loyal, and I have this one.
So, Kasich’s over there…–MR. TRUMP POINTS TO HIS LEFT SIDE–…and nobody talks to him! And we're fighting. I'm fighting with Marco. I'm fighting with this one. I'm fighting with Cruz. I'm fighting with all of them! Right? And then one day he raised his mouth. I said, “wait a minute. Weren't you a managing partner of Lehman Brothers, Kasich? Weren't you a managing partner of Lehman Brothers? And Lehman Brothers failed and almost took down the world? Wasn't that you? You were a managing partner of Lehman Brothers! And Lehman Brothers almost took down the world!”. And after that, he never spoke badly to me again. It's an amazing…he was quiet. It's [an] amazing thing. [It’s an] Amazing thing…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, he was at the end of the stage, and I'm fighting, and I'm…calling names! And they’re calling names…everybody's calling names. Okay. And we all look like…we're…like…little…little crazy, right? …–MR. TRUMP GIGGLES. But you have to! My wife said, “be more presidential”.
I said, “I don't wanna be presidential, I wanna win. I gotta win!”, okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. You know what ‘presidential’…you know what ‘presidential’ is! They're calling you names and you're standing here like this…–MR. TRUMP STANDS STILL–…“I'm the President, I should not fight back”. In the meantime, you…get your ass kicked…okay? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS, CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I have a feeling that the great Bobby Knight would fight back like I did! Don't we have that feeling!? Don’t we have that…!? I think so! I think so! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.[MGF1] 
So, Kasich has never picked on. He's never talked about. Nobody cared about him. And then, all of a sudden, it's a win, it's a win...guys are dropping out; this one leaves, this one leaves, this one leaves…; some terrific people that really did much better than he did, Ben Carson, Dr. Ben Carson…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…who endorsed me! He all…oh, look, okay! Come on, Bobby! …–MR. BOBBY KNIGHT INTERRUPTS MR. TRUMP AND INTERVENES.
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That’s a greay guy. Wow! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. How do you top that!? How do you top that!? What a great guy! You should be very proud of him in Indiana. This is the place he loves more than any place in the world, okay? You gotta be very proud of that guy. That's a national…that is a national treasure, okay? So, anyway!
So, they’re...and by the way, does Bobby love it!? Does he…is he having a good time too!? We're all having a good time! You know, we're talking about a bad subject because our country's in trouble. But, when you say ‘make America great again’…one of the reporters said, “that's a very negative statement”.
I said, “no, no, no. You have to understand. That's a very positive theme! It's very positive!”. It’s not negative! It’s positive! And it's meant to be, cause that's what's gonna happen. We're going to make America great again. So, that's it! But anyway!
So, they formed this alliance, and it's…it gets…it's like a disaster! And…11 o'clock, one of my people call up, at my place. And I'm a worker like you. You know, I mean, if it’s 11, if it's 12, it's two in the morning…that's okay. We work, right!? Whatever it is. They need a statement, because they just formed this alliance. I said, “you have to be kidding”. That makes them look weak…it makes…Cruz look totally desperate. It makes them look like they're trying to take advantage of the people of Indiana. And you know, Kasich said…before the ink was dry, and not that they used ink, but before the ink was dry, Kasich said, “well, I still want them to vote for me”. In other words, he broke the deal! They’re politicians, they can't make deals! They don't know how to make deals. So, Cruz now looks like a fool.
And, I said the other thing. How unfair is it to Kasich’s people? He has people like we all do, running around, trying to get people to vote, right? A lot of people. A lot of money, a lot of people. So, now he fires all those people. Now they're going along. They’re saying, “what happened?”. And I saw a couple of them interviewed, just like our man back there, and they were interviewed. They say, “we're voting for Trump”. They've…worked for Kasich, and they said “we're voting for Trump. We're voting for Trump!”. It's terrible! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, they're out there fighting for him, and if…and that's the first thing I thought of! I said, you know, it's sort of amazing! They went out, and they…fired all these people! And, that's not nice. You know, I mean is not…it's not…right. Okay. So, anyway.
So, they formed this alliance, it's a disaster! I mean, I haven't see any polls yet, and maybe I'll be wrong, and maybe…they'll be up 200 points, but I have a feeling it's not a good thing. And Cruz looks like a fool, because he can't make a deal. He can't make it. He…he doesn't know the first thing about deal-making. He did not write The Art of the Deal. Number one, folks…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, here's the story. So, here's the story. So, that's bad. So now he's gotta recover. What does he do to recover? He gets Carly Fiorina. Now, Carly…and she's very nice, everything's fine…–THE CROWD BOOS.
Carly got out! She had…no…standing…; I mean, it was…she had the one…good debate on the children's stage, not on our stage. She was on the children’s. Then, remember, she didn't debate against me…–THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. I beat Cruz 11 times in debating, according to Drudge, according to Time magazine, according to seven…different…online…polling services. And then the other day I heard him say, “I would like to depict Donald Trump. I want a debate…”. I beat him 11 times! How many times can he has somebody the same question!? I…you know, I don't mind debating. I like to debate. I actually…enjoyed the debating process. But, I hear him, “we want a debate!”.
And…I mean, the whole thing is so crazy. So, what does he do? He now goes out and gets…Carly, who would…who left the race because she had no votes! She had nothing! And that's okay, she's a nice woman! But it's not gonna help. It's not gonna help. And I said yesterday…and this was like the most quoted statement. I said, “he broke a record”, right? I said, “it’s the first time, in the history…of the United States, where somebody running for president, who has no…zero…no…mathematical chance of getting elected…” …zero path. He’s zero path. He lost that two weeks ago. So, he’s zero chance of getting elected, [and] he announced who’s vice president of the United States is going to be, folks! [It’s the] First time in history! “My vice-president will be…”. He can’t get elected! So. That’s the story. Okay. Okay…–THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.
So, here's what we're doing: we're gonna make our country…and you have to do this, because we have that movement when the cover of Time magazine…I'm the messenger. I'm a good messenger, but I'm the messenger: We're gonna…do something very special. I got a call, and I've told the story, from…one of the top…writers in the world. And he said, “how does it feel, Mr. Trump?”. I don't know him! “How does it feel?”.
And I said, “how does what feel?”.
He said, “what you've done has never been done before in the history of our country”. I mean…and I…I sort of understand it! You know, first I'm saying…“what does that mean?” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. But when you look outside, and you have thousands of people outside, and then you look…cuz after I’m finished with you, I am going over to your other 4,000 person room. And then I'm…gonna try and go outside if I can. But we have a room this size, right next door where…you know, they're watching this whole thing on a screen. But he said, “how does it feel?”.
And I said, “what!?”.
He goes, “what you've done never been done…and it's amazing”.
I said, “it's only amazing if I win. If I lose, we…I've wasted a lot of time”.
He said, “no, no, no. If you win, if you lose…[it] doesn't matter”. He said, “if you lose, you've done something…that in the history of our country is never…; you've changed the whole…process!”.
I said, “let me just tell you something. I appreciate you saying that, but if I don't win…”, and that means nomination, but it means beating crooked Hillary Clinton, and becoming president, so we can really effectuate…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…the right things, and get our country going again, and take our jobs back, and strengthen our military, and all of the things, right? I said, “if I don't win all the way, then I will consider it…a tremendous waste of time, energy, and money!”, cuz I'm self-funding! I'm self-funding! So, it's money! It's my money! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It's not somebody sending in checks all over the place!
I mean, they had one gentleman…I don't talk about people that we've defeated, because…I like them all. Every time…we defeated somebody, I like them, okay? It's amazing how competition works. I'm sure it's the same with Bobby. He can't stand him, he can't stand him…then he beats him, “hey, coach great job! Great coaching job tonight folks! You know, we beat him…; the…Bobby would say, ‘we beat him by 40 points. Hey, I love them’”. But, when you defeat somebody you feel a little bit differently.
But, one of them had a 168 million dollars in a fund. And I was first, and [I] spent almost nothing. And that person was like last! And I said to myself, “who do you want as president?”. I mean, is that what you want? Who do you want as president?
So, here's a story. You gotta go out on Tuesday, you gotta vote. We are going to make things so good. When companies leave…Indiana, when they leave…our country? Our country, our country! When they leave, they're gonna be consequences! I've been watching for years as the politicians…cause this has been going on for five, or six years. I've been watching for years, as politicians have come up with these tremendous…I went to Wharton, I…I’m…I…I understand complexity. I love…[it’s the] best business school in the world. But you know what? [It’s the] hardest to get into. [It’s the] Hardest.
But you know what? I'll tell you what. I've been watching for years as they…try and take, “well, we're gonna give…tax incentives”; and “we're gonna give this”; and “we're gonna loan low interest loans; we’re gonna…”; it’s so complicated. Can you imagine government guys? “Let's see, we'll give you a low-interest loan”. No, no, no.
When…Carrier leaves, and they wanna move to Mexico, you're gonna tell them, “I'm sorry folks, but, enjoy your stay in Mexico. Every unit you make that comes across my now very powerful border”…because we will build a wall, believe me folks. We will build a wall…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And don't forget, last week the Border Patrol agents, 16,500…in the history, they've never done this. They endorsed Donald Trump for president. They've never done it…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And these are great people! But they're told to “stand back! Stand back! Let people come across!”. And Sheriff Joe Arpaio…endorsed me. So, I mean he's…he's a great guy, and very tough, and Jan Brewer…the whole group! All great people. Because they wanna have borders. If we don't have borders, we don't have a country! We don't have a country!
So, I'm gonna tell…Carrier…! …and I have Carl Icahn, one of the great businessmen of the world. And I have many of the top business people in the world endorsing me, right? They’ve endorsed me! And they know what's going on! Corporate inversions, or a disaster…that's companies that are leaving. Billions and trillions of dollars are outside, they can't even bring the money back in because the politicians can't get together, and everybody agrees it should be brought back in.
So, here's what’s the story ends. We tell Carrier…I'd like to do it myself. I always tell my wife, “I wanna do it myself!”.
She said, “delegate it”.
I wanna do it myself, it's so easy! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. Too easy! I love doing this stuff! You know, I love it! I love like…I love it! Believe me, I'm gonna make our nation so rich again…Cause, you know, unless we're rich, we can't be…strong! We can't be strong! So, we're gonna say…to whoever…heads up Carrier, who I'm not particularly fond with right now, not a particularly fond…uh…I don't have great feelings about them.
So, we're gonna say, “every unit you make, and bring into the United States, you're gonna pay 35 percent tax! 35 percent!” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And we can say that to Ford. And we can say that to Nabisco, who moved their big plant out of Chicago. 35 percent tax. And here's what's gonna happen. If they haven't already moved, many of them would’ve been already gone. If they haven't already moved, they're gonna call up…; and if they have Hillary, or…any of these other guys…they're…their lobbyists and their special interests, they haven them under control. They won't do anything, 100 percent. With me? I'm working for you, folks. I'm not getting their money I'm not…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, here's what's gonna happen! They're gonna call up and they're gonna try and talk to me. I won't even take the phone call. I’ll say, “do it! Take it or leave it!”. You know the old expression? Well you don’t…use it in this country very much: ‘take it or leave it’.
They'll say, “Mr. President, we've decided to stay in Indiana”, a 100 percent! Not 90 percent! …–THE CROWD APPLAUDS. “We've decided…”.
Now, if it's already too late…because, you know, I'm just getting here, folks. A lot of companies have left. Big, big companies. But, they're not gonna take advantage of us anymore. So when a company moves out of Indiana, or any of our other states, they’re are going to be consequences! And we don't have to get fancy! And we don't have to talk about low interest loans that maybe they don't pay back? We don't have to do anything! All we have to do is use our powers. And again, I am a free trader, on the record. The problem with free trading is you need smart, smart, smart people, to negotiate good deals. We don't have those people. We have people that don't have a clue! We have people that are grossly incompetent. So, our trade deals are gonna be so good…! And they're gonna be so strong…!
I met a woman, a fantastic woman. She heard my speech, a couple of months ago. She said, “Mr. Trump, I love what you say. You are so terrific. The only thing, I don't like when you say…and I'm voting for you!”; she said, “but I don't like you say…what you say [that] we're gonna make America rich again! Cause that doesn't sound nice”.
I said, “it sounds nice to me!” …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. Because, we can't…and I explained to her! We can't make our country great unless we're gonna bring back our jobs, and bring back our money, and get rid of…we have 19 trillion in debt! We have…–THE CROWD CHEERS–…we have health care that nobody can afford; we have horrible schooling; we have horrible roads; our infrastructure is dying; our bridges are unsafe. I said, “we have to make ourselves viable again! We're not viable!”.
So, here's the story, folks. We're gonna make great trade deals. We're not gonna let China have a 300 billion, and a 400 billion, and now it's up to 500 billion dollar trade deficit. 505 billion dollars! 505 billion!
Mexico, 58 billion…dollar trade deficit! And then they say…one of these guys comes off the stage, two months ago. [He] Said to me, “Donald, you know you can't build a wall!”.
I said, “of course you can”. Okay. You know that story. Believe me, that's so easy…! But, for a politician, they can't do that. They'll never be able to do it.
Then another guy comes up, a few weeks later, cause I said Mexico's gonna pay for the wall. And I get along great with Mexico! But, you know, they've taken advantage, cause their leaders are smarter, tougher, they have more street-smarts…; and…and what they're doing to us is unbelievable. I mean, and look at the trade deficit, just the trade deficit alone!
And they came [and] they said, “you know you can't get Mexico to pay for the wall!”.
And then I…I said, “listen, I'm not gonna help you get elected, but here's the story, you're gonna hear me say it anyway”, and they all copied me. This morning I heard Cruz say, “we will build a wall!” …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
I said, “where’s this coming from!?”. Cruz! He said he’s gonna build a wall! What happened? Where did it come from? Okay.
But…but I told him. I said, “we have a trade deficit of 58 billion dollars a year”, and it's gonna go up! It’s going up. If…unless I'm elected president, [then it’s] not going up. Believe me, folks. [It’s] Going down! But, we have a big trade deficit. We have a wall that's gonna cost ten billion dollars!
When you…have that kind of a deficit, and that kind of a cost, the worst business person in this room…can make that deal really easy! Believe me, really, really easy! So, we're gonna have strong borders, and we're gonna have people come into our country, because we want that. And we want immigration! We want people to come in…to our country! But they have to come in legally! They have to come in levally! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…so, our country…doesn't win anymore. We used to win all the time! We used to have General Patton, George…he couldn’t be a general today, he’s too tough! He'd be screaming at his men [and] they’d say, “you can't do that! That's not politically correct!”. They’d…throw him out of the military. He'd use a foul…he…you know, he had a tendency to use slightly foul language…? The great thing about Bobby Knight, I'll bet he'd never use foul language. Do we agree? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. Yeah, Bobby? I would say a little bit. I've heard…I've heard on television a little of the language. These are great people!
A guy like George Patton, General George Patton. He was known. He was a rough guy. His troops would die for him! They’d die for him! Vince Lombardi, they'd die for him! Bobby Knight, they’d die for these people! Okay!?
And here's a story: we are going to have a military that's going to be so strong, so powerful, so great...; we are going to…as I said, we're gonna take care of our cherished, cherished veterans. We’re gonna take care of them. It’s part of it…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And…folks, we don't want anymore, but we're gonna start winning. We're gonna win with our military, we're gonna knock the hell out of ISIS. We're gonna take care of our vets…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We're gonna get rid of Common Core, [and] bring education locally. We're gonna win with education. We're gonna get rid of Obamacare, we're gonna come up with plans that are so good, and so much better…and so much less expensive! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We're gonna win on the border, we're gonna win, and we're gonna build the wall! And believe me, Mexico's gonna pay for the wall. We're gonna stop drugs from pouring in…believe me! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And we're gonna win with great, great trade deals. We're not gonna let the entire world…rip us off anymore! And speaking of our military, we're defending the whole world, and they think we're all a bunch of jerks. From now on, we wanna help everybody, but they have to help us, and they're gonna have to help us monetarily, when we defend them…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…big league! So…thank you. People don't even know that. We defend Germany! We defend Japan! We defend South Korea! We defend Saudi Arabia! They were making, with the good oil price…now they're still making a fortune, they were making a billion dollars a day! And we pay rent…on basis! We pay rent! Okay? Those days are all gone. And you know what? These countries…will like us more…with me as president than they do now, and they're ripping us.
So, here's the story folks: we're gonna start winning again. And we're gonna win so much…we're just gonna win…and I love doing this, so we'll do it. People send alike. We're gonna win. We're gonna win with the military. We're gonna win with…trade! We're gonna win, win, win, win, win! …that some people are gonna go, “no, Mr. President! Please, sir! We can't take it! We don't wanna win so much! We're not used to it! We're used to losing all the time! Please, Mr. President!”
And I'm gonna say, “I don't care! We're gonna win, win, win…! And we're gonna make our country great again!” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're gonna make America great again! So, get out there on Tuesday and vote! I love you all!
