VIDEO Nº: 183
TITLE:183. Speech Donald Trump - Poughkeepsie NY - April 17 2016
DATE OF EVENT:17/04/2016
RELEASE DATE:26/10/2017
DURATION:00.42.17 Mins.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:7069
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Yeah, amazing!
Wow! Thank you! Thank you! What people! It's so great to be back in New York! It's so great…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…thank you. This is really some group of people!
So we broke the all-time record, that's a pretty good record…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Now, the ice rink, whatever that is, is filling up. And now I hear it's full and there thousands of people outside. Would anybody like to exchange places, right? …–THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’. MR. TRUMP GIGGLES–…you've got the right place. Aw, thank you very much.
I have my brother Robert here and Ann Marie [Pallan]. Where are they!? Where are they!? Where is my brother? Where is that guy? And Ann Marie! And you know, they have a restaurant. So you might as well do a little bit of this. Monte's, which is a great restaurant. Does anybody know Monte's!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS. It's on…333, Route 343, right? So…uh…you know what? You’d better get over there, okay? Now they'll go back here there'll be limos from Manhattan. Look at all that live television! Did I give them a great free ad, okay!? Okay Rob, there you go! All right!
Well, I just wanna thank everybody. We're having an amazing time. This has been incredible. And you know, a lot of things are going on. And, we're dealing with democracy. We're dealing with a great country, but our country's in big, big, big trouble! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And you know what, folks? We're not gonna take it anymore. It's not gonna happen. We're not taking it anymore…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Today on Drudge…and Drudge’s [a] great guy, Matt Drudge, what are the great people. And, at the top of Drudge, they have a story about ‘China…is very upset with Donald Trump’, you all saw that. Because ‘Donald Trump is saying that the trade practices that China…participates in are not good, and they’ve taken advantage…’; they are, folks! And boy, did I let…you have to see my response!  You go home, [and] you see my response.
I say, “in the history of the world, this is the single greatest theft I've ever seen”. We've rebuilt China. We have a 500…billion…dollar…trade deficit, and you know what? We're gonna start reversing things very, very quickly, believe me…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
I have a feeling that China would like to see me not win, do you agree with that? I have a feeling. And…you know, we just want fairness. I deal with China I made a lot of money dealing with China. They're great. But the problem is, our leaders don't have a clue. They don't know what they're doing, whether it's…China, Mexico, Japan, Vietnam…no matter where you go, our leaders have…no…clue!
Our military is being decimated. We can't beat ISIS. Can you imagine what General…George…at…look at this. Take a look: General McArthur, right? George Patton. We have these great generals. They're now spinning in their graves, folks. They're looking at this situation…; we can't beat ISIS. It's going to be…a much…different…story. We're gonna…we are going to create…a military that's so strong, so powerful…that nobody is ever going to mess with us again! Remember that! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And you know, this is not the guy with a happy finger! [MGF1] This is a guy that said, “don't go into Iraq!”. We went into Iraq, it was a disastrous decision. Then we got out, and we got out the wrong way! Once we were there, we should have left some. And we don't have to save the date that we're leaving! “We will be leaving”, Obama. “We will be leaving on a certain date”. The enemy pulls back, and boy have they done a number ever since we left! So, it's very sad.
You look at the Iran deal, a horror show. But the other deal [is/was/has been] we gave them…we just handed them Iraq, if you think of it. We hand them Iraq, the second largest oil reserves in the world. We gave it to Iran. Iran is doing very, very well because of the United States, I wanna tell you, folks. I wanna tell you.
We're gonna become the smart company…you…it…look, as a…as a country, as a country it's so embarrassing to say, but we are going to become…the smart…country…again…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We are…going to become…the smart…country.
Now, on my way up, I…I don't wanna depress the audience. I love the audience. [Do] You know what I did!? I get here and I said, “I'll shake 10-15 hands”, you know? I don't wanna do too much! I gotta speak in front of all my friends, I…half of the people I know in this room. I hope you love my club. You know, I have a club in Dutchess [County], right? Trump National. Great! [A]  Great club! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And Doug is…here, and Brian's…here. They're all here.[It’s a] great club. But I have many clubs up here. [I] have many things up here! But this is…a great part of the world.
But let me give you the…let me give you the bad news! I can't believe you people would let this happen! But you know, it wasn't you! You do know that. It's incompetent leaders, incompetent leadership.
So, before I came up I said, “do me a favor, give me a little…stuff on Poughkeepsie, and…the area…”. And I wanna read it, and I'm not gonna read all of it because…you'll go home crying, okay? But we're gonna bring it back, don't worry! It doesn’t…; here's the good news: the good news is we're gonna bring jobs back from Mexico and all these places that have ripped us off! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Don’t worry about it.
According to the Federal Reserve, the number of manufacturing jobs in the Poughkeepsie region, [a] good region, has declined by 58 percent since 1990…–THE CROWD BOOS. The three…main…reasons [are] NAFTA, which was voted on by…Kasich, okay? He voted in favor of NAFTA!
Now…–THE CROWD BOOS–…now Kasich is voting…in favor [of]…he wants TPP! He’s pushing it! As a governor, he's pushing it. And I wanna tell you, that's gonna be…worse than NAFTA. That's gonna make…NAFTA look like a baby. And him and lyin Ted Cruz, one of the great liars of all time…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. One of the great liars of all times! They're pushing…they're pushing Trans-Pacific Partnership! It's a total disaster! It will wipe out New York State!
And you know, I've been to many places in New York State. Albany…; we're gonna be to Buffalo tomorrow night. It's gonna be incredible. We’re gonna have 20,000 people. But I've been all over New York State. I was here before! I don't have to go around! You know, unlike everybody else I live here, right? But…I mean, I have property in your region! It's not even that! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But I'll tell you what, I've…taken a look, and I watch, and I see. And these politicians…don't…have it! They're never gonna bring us back. They're never, ever gonna take us back. I'm self-funding…my campaign! In other words, I'm not bought by the special interests and the lobbyists…that have these guys totally in their pocket! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY.
I mean, you look at what's going on. Take a look at…senator Ted Cruz, lyin…Ted! …–THE CROWD BOOS. You know, he walks in, right!? …with a Bible held high…! It's lyin Ted Cruz. He walks in, Bible held high. Puts it down, goes over here…and he starts lying more than any human being I've ever seen in my life! So, you're not gonna vote for him.
And, remember this…–THE CROWD CHANTS ‘LYIN TED!’ REPEATEDLY–…lying Ted…–MR. TRUMP GIGGLES–…he's a disaster. He’s a disaster.
And you know, they're always saying, “would you endorse Trump?”.
And he goes, “well…like this, that…”, you know, like he's tortured. He doesn't have to! I don't care! I want the people! I just want the people. These guys…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…you know, it's so phony! Like…do you ever watch…political campaigns? All my life I've watched them. I've always been fascinated. And, they'll be fighting, and fighting and saying horrible things about each other. It's vicious…! Then one wins, one loses, and they go to…make their speech. And the one that loses say, “I'd like to congratulate…he's goning to be a great governor”, or senator, or president. I don't think I'm gonna be doing that, folks, you know? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I don't think so.
Number one, I don't think we're making any concession speeches, I…I'll be honest. And, you know, we're doing so well…we're leading by millions of votes! We're leading by hundreds of delegates…; I think we're gonna make it without having to…you know, rely on the bosses. You saw what happened in Colorado, where people are picketing and going crazy…–THE CROWD BOOS HEAVILY. Well, in Colorado…and I said, “don't waste my money”.
Here's the nice part! I've spent…I'm self-funding, right? And maybe cause…we're business. But I've spent…less money, just about, than practically anybody, and I'm in number one position by a lot! Don't you want that for your president? Don't you want that? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I spent less.
You know we went up to New Hampshire. We won New Hampshire. That was my first big [victory]. I Love New Hampshire. We won it. And I spent…two million dollars! And Jeb spent…oh, I don't know, many, many times that! …–THE CROWD BOOS. And I came in first in a landslide, and…let's not use names, but Jeb was…wow, did he get beaten! …–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
And then I went to South Carolina, and all of the…bosses came out, and they were all…like, you know, pushing one guy because the one guy had a lot of cont…contributors, a lot of contributors. I won in a landslide. A total…; Nikki Haley was for him…everybody was for him…–THE CROWD BOOS. And you know what? Well, she's very weak on…I tell you what: she's very weak on borders, and she's very weak, very, on illegal immigration. And you know what, folks? We're going to have strong borders! …–THE CROWD CHEERS. We're going to have…strong borders. And we're gonna have the wall! …–THE CROWD CHEERS. We’re gonna have the wall! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. 100…percent!
Are you ready!? Are you ready!? Are you ready!? Are you ready!? …–THE CROWD CHANTS ‘BUILD THAT WALL!’ REPEATEDLY. You’d better believe it. You’d better believe it!
So, folks, just…because I'm sure you, people, have never heard of this, I'm sure you've never thought of this: who is going to pay for the wall!? …–THE CROWD YELLS ‘MEXICO!’. Who!? …–THE CROWD YELLS ‘MEXICO!’ EVEN LOUDER. 100 percent! 100 percent!
We have…right now…a 58 billion…dollar…a year trade deficit with Mexico. The wall’s gonna cost ten billion dollars. It’s gonna be a nice wall. It’s gonna be beautiful. It’s gonna be very big, very powerful.
Someday, they're gonna name that wall after Donald Trump, perhaps, so I have to make it nice! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And let me tell you. We're gonna have a big, beautiful door in that wall. We're going to have people coming into our country, which we want, but they're going to come in…legally! Legally! Okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And we're gonna bring our country together. You see what.
You know, my rallies…are the safest…place…on earth, because everybody protects everybody. And you know, if you have one person stand up, and I see…I’m so disappointed, we haven't…because if you do, the camera…that's the only time…; the only time these…very dishonest people…­–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS–…look at all the live television. All that live television…–THE CROWD BOOS. The media…I would say the media lies almost as much as lyin Ted, but not quite…–THE CROWD CHEERS–…not quite.[MGF2] 
And then, of course, we have…crooked Hillary. Crooked Hillar, folks! …–THE CROWD BOOS. She's been crooked from the beginning! And to think that she has a shot…at being our president…!? Crooked…Hillary…Clinton! We can't let it happen! You can't let it happen! …­–THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY.[MGF3] 
And FOX just came out with a very good poll. I do great with her. Now, I will say this. I will say this. I saw one of the shows. They said [that] I have had…this is hard to believe. I've had 55,000…negative ads! 55,000! This is not…; they will tell you…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS–…you know, I have to be a 100 percent…if I'm…off by one percent, the next day they say, “Donald Trump exaggerated…!”. [MGF4] 55,000 negative ads! [It’s]Close to 100 million dollars in negative! And I'm still doing great, and we're gonna beat Hillary so easily…! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Now, Kasich has had no negative ads! Nobody cares! Nobody cares. He said, “I'm doing better against Hillary”. Nobody cares. Nobody even knows who he is! Nobody…of course he’s doing…he’s had no negative! Let him have a hundred million dollars of negative ads!
You know, in Florida which I won in a landslide, 21 points. I won Florida by…massive…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And…we had so many negative ads, that…I couldn't even watch.And I told the story! Adam Scott, the great golfer, from Australia. I own Trump National Doral. We're having the world…the Cadillac World Championship. Adam Scott hit this incredible last shot. [He] Flopped it up, put it right next to the pin, sinks the putt. And I'm saying, “oh, please, don't put on the ads now. Just get through, hand him the trophy”.
And they said, “and now we'll be back in three minutes!”.
I say, “wait a minute!”. And I have…I'm surrounded by television sets all over the place. And I've been watching, in Florida, during…the race, during the…which, oh boy, did we have a big victory there! Don't forget, it doesn't get any bigger than that. 21 points. Okay!
So, during…–THE CROWD CHEERS–…I'm saying, “wait a minute”. So, now Adam Scott's getting ready. And…ad after ad! Trump…! And by the way, most of these ads are lie. [There’s a] little truth every once in a while, you know, a little bit. But, most of these ads are a total lie! We had…ad after ad after ad! And then he got his trophy. I said, “this can only happen to me. This could only happen to me!”.
But, if Kasich…if Kasich would get a little dose of some ads…he'd…sink like a rock. I mean, I say…they say…I…really say it, seriously! [It’s the] Same thing with…lyin Ted! I mean, nobody hits him with negative ads, cuz nobody cares! Nobody cares! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And let me tell you, the only person…that crooked…Hillary…Clinton…does not wanna run against is Donald Trump. In fact…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS­–…[it’s] the only person!
Do you remember…? So, two months ago we gave her a little dough. She said something about me, and I gave her back. And believe me, that was a bad…night in the Clinton household, for two months…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. And I got no credit! All of a sudden, Bernie started doing well! And I'm the one that brought her like this! And they gave Bernie the credit! Isn't that terrible!? They should have given me the credit! …–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. No, no, look. I know plenty of people. I know people that are working with her. I know people that work with everybody. The one person, Hillary Clinton, and Bill, do not wanna run against is Trump. Believe me that. Believe me…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And even the press does admit, and they've done a lot of polling of this. And the FOX poll that just came out was fantastic, by the way. But, they've done a lot of polling on this. And, even the press admits, and they have to say: it will be…the biggest voter…turnout…in the history of United States elections if it's Trump and Clinton…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…and that's good for us! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It'll be…the biggest voter…everybody says that.
And you know, we don't vote too much in this country. The percentage is extremely low. This will be, Trump….versus Clinton will be…the biggest voter turnout in the history of our country, everybody says it…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…right? Right? You see it.
So, okay, we're gonna go over a couple of these notes, and then I'm gonna throw them into the audience. Okay, [are] you're ready? So the reasons you're doing badly are NAFTA, Asian currency manipulation. They manipulate their currency…to a point…they're like Grand Master's. They're brilliant at it! I get it so well…! We have…our politicians don't understand. They're making it impossible…for our companies…to compete. And they're not supposed to be doing it! Okay? They're not supposed to be doing it. And the Chinese entrance into the World Trade Organization, another disaster, where we let that happen. All right!
TPP, remember: disaster. Don't let it happen. Anybody that wants it, vote them out of office up here. They're gonna take the rest of your businesses! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Okay.
Poughkeepsie lost 35 percent of its manufacturing job since 2001. One Poughkeepsie region has seen a 16 percent decline in the mining and construction jobs, ridiculous! And you know who's getting them! Other places are getting them! Other countries! It's not even in the United States! In the United States, not good. Outside of the United States, unacceptable! Okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
The workforce in Poughkeepsie…look, these guys are starting to cry…–MR. TRUMP GIGGLES. Don't worry about it! We’re gonna bring it back! Your jobs are coming back.
The workforce in Poughkeepsie region has shrunk by 20,000…jobs since 2008, right? New York State has lost…three out of every four manufacturing jobs since 1963. Three out of four! I mean, in theory we should have many more! You know, over the years we’ll pick up jobs, right!? We've gone…the wrong way, as you all know. That's why your taxes are so high. That's why your taxes are so high! …–THE CROWD BOOS. I mean, I won't even talk about the fact that we could have led the energy revolution, believe me. Because you take a look at what's going on in Pennsylvania, and then you take a look on the other side of a fictitious line…and it's pretty sad, let me tell you that.
New York State has lost…350,000 manufacturing jobs since 97. A 350,000…! I mean, it's…it's honestly, it's a disgrace. Is anybody crying? Are the women crying? Are the men crying? …–THE CROWD CHEERS. By the way, do the women love Trump!? …–THE WOMEN IN CROWD CHEER. Okay? Turn that sign around for those dishonest…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS. All right! Thank you. Thank you.
By the way they, won't show…they never turn the cameras. The only time they turn the cameras [is] if we have a protester. That's why I love our protesters! Most of them are bought and paid for. You know, we had a protest, a little protest the other night in New York…they had a guy: “why are you here!?”.
“Uh…I don't know! I…I…”…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. “They gave me the sign”.
“Oh”. [Then they] went to somebody else: “why are you here, and why do you dislike Donald Trump!?”.
“I really don't like…I think he's a good guy, actually”…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. They didn't… this is all…nonsense folks, I'm telling you. We are…we are being led down the drain by people that don't have this country's best interest at heart, or…they're…incompetent! Okay…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.[MGF5] 
The infrastructure in New York State is considered by all to be a total and complete disaster. One third of the state's major highways, and 45 percent of its major roads…I know that, I hit a lot of potholes…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND LAUGHS–…are in very…bad condition, poor or fair.
Now, illegal immigration costs New York taxpayers over five billion dollars every year. All right so that's it. That's it…–THE CROWD BOOS. MR. TRUMP THROWS AWAY THE SHEET HE’S READING–… that's enough. We're gonna get it going, folks. We’re gonna get it…we're gonna get it going, don't worry! Hey, is that a depressing report!? I hate to read it!
In fact, we have most of your…where’s Sheriff Butch? Where's the sheriff? Where is he? Where's Butch!? One of the toughest guys. You don't wanna be a criminal in this area, that I wanna tell you. Butch. Butch will take care of business, right? But…and it's great that he's here. And so many law enforcement…! And by the way, law enforcement…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…has to be given far more respect! These are great people! And we don't give them proper…respect! And we have to! They have done an amazing job! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS AND CHANTS ‘U.S.A!’ REPEATEDLY.
MR. BUTCH, THE SHERIFF COMES ON TO THE STAGE. THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I didn't ask him to come up! I just said, “where’s…?”…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. Butch! Say something!
MR. BUTCH ANDERSON, DUTCHESS COUNTY’S SHERRIFF, INTERVENES.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.21.42:
 
See? That shows…that shows…how aggressive Butch is! I said, “where's Butch in the audience!? Raise your hand!”. He walks on this stage, that's an aggressive person! That's what we need! We need a little more aggression in this country! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, here's the story folks: we're going through, we're winning by a lot. We have a very, very big vote coming up on Tuesday. That vote is so vital! And we have to win by big numbers, because we have a system…that's absolutely rigged! It's rigged! We have a rigged system…–A MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. Thank you. Thank you. Don't…don't pay…it…I think he's on our side, actually. You know, a lot of times I'll hear somebody screaming during what I'm saying, and I'll think there are protests, and they're actually on my side. So, leave him alone…–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
So, look. You’ve a have a system that's rigged; we have a system that's crooked; we have a system that's got a lot of problems; and we have a system that doesn't allow the people to vote, in many cases! And if they do vote, their vote isn't really representative of what it should be.
We have this delegate system…which is a sham! So, in Colorado the people are going crazy out there because they never got a chance to vote! Everywhere you see, with the dishonest media, they say, “well, we never changed anything!”. Well, that's wrong! Because I was gonna win Colorado with the people, which is the only thing that matters. And I announced on June 16th, and in August…they changed! They changed it so the people no longer vote! Because they saw what it was gonna vote!
[The] Same thing happened in Florida, but it was a reversal. They didn't know what was going on. I was going to run…and I announced I was gonna run. And so was Jeb Bush, and so was Marco, the senators. So you have the governor and the senator, right? And…everybody assumed that [they’d] easily win Florida.
So they changed the system, and they made it in all…in other words, you get all the delegates if you win. You win by one vote, [and] you get all the delegates. So they said, “all right,  this is a good way of taking advantage of Trump”. So, they made it…so that whoever wins gets all of the delegates, a big one, Florida, like…second biggest I think, after California, which by the way, a new poll just came out in California, 20 minutes ago. CBS: 49 percent for Trump! [Can you] Believe that? 49! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And that's what the other guys, and…we're winning in California. We're winning…everywhere. We're winning everywhere but you gotta go vote!
So in Florida, what happened…is they changed it, so that winner-take-all. Winner-take-all! So they figured, Jeb or Marco. There's only one problem, about two weeks after they changed in a poll came out, and it said, “Trump is gonna…kill everybody!”. And then, we ended up winning by 20, or 21 points! They made a bad calculation, right!? They made it…–THE CROWD CHEERS
But anywhere you have a situation where we're voting, that's where I do well. Where the bosses are in. I could do better with the bosses…than anybody, believe me, I deal with bosses. I've dealt with the bosses all my life. I've done very well, politically. I just don't want to! I could have gone out to Colorado. I'm sure I could have met the head guy. I'm sure I could have wined him and dined him, and take him to Mar a Lago, and put them on private plane, send him them all over the place…which is…legal! But that's not democracy![MGF6] 
You know, you're allowed essentially to pay off these people! You're allowed to pay off these delegates! And again, we wanna be smart! We wanna be fair! And it shouldn't be allowed!
So, in Colorado I said, “don't play the game!”. Let's keep it, so that…I love it! I love spending the least, [and] having the best result! And we're killing everybody.
So, here's the story. So, they go out, and they're wining and dining and…you have no idea what's going on with those delegates! It's a crooked process, folks! Okay? It's a dishonest process. That has nothing to do with democracy! The fact that you're taking all these people out and wining them and dining them, nobody does that stuff better than me! I just don't wanna do it! I just don't wanna do it! …–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
And now you have Wyoming, it just came out. Not a lot of Delegates, but…it would be easy. I'll go, I'll fly to Wyoming, I'll meet the Chairman. I guarantee you, within 10 minutes he's my best friend. He…dropped a guy like Cruz in about two seconds! Okay? But I just don't wanna do it! Because it's not the right…thing…to do! We have a bad system, and the system has to change! [It] Has to change! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, and…and we've been getting a lot of good press on it! I mean, a lot of good press! And what's happening is…we're now starting…really the final drive. And we have New York, where we're doing great. We're having…Pennsylvania, where we're doing great. Maryland, we're doing so great in so many places…–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. Now, you know that…Massachusetts we got almost 50 percent. But it helps that Tom Brady likes me, do we agree? That was one…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…it does help that Tom Brady likes me.
But we've done great. And you know, it's funny. I watch this guy. I have to I tell you. I…I'm talking to friends here. This is like a friendly crowd…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Well, I'll give you…I'll give you an example. Okay, I'll give you an example. A friendly crowd, although my hand is…forget it.
So, backstage, my brother calls and a couple of other… “do you mind shaking hands with maybe five or ten people…and taking pictures?”
“No problem”. I get here, there had to be 250 people…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. I was there for, you know, an hour! So, that’s called New York, okay? That's called aggression! That's called aggression! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Including my brother! Including Ann Marie! I get there, I said, “wait a minute, wait a minute, I don't want…that…look, look how long that line”.
You have no idea. I'm telling you! I've been back there for an hour, doing this stuff. And then they said, “no signatures, we have to run them by”.
Every single person, “please, would you sign this?”.
“Okay”.
“Please, would you…!?”. And what am I gonna do!? I have to sign it, or they won't vote for me and now I'm a politician! Can you believe it? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.
So, we're gonna straighten things out. We're gonna…bring…jobs back. We're gonna bring jobs back…to our country. We're gonna bring jobs back to New York. New York State is right now a total and complete disaster! We're losing our manufacturing! We're losing our jobs! We're losing our economy! People are forced to leave, and you don't wanna leave, and you have your house. And your house is worth less now than it was…15 years ago.
And you know, we…I know all the problems! We’re gonna change that! We're gonna turn it around. We're gonna turn it around very fast! You're gonna be amazed how fast it's gonna go! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. You're gonna be amazed how fast it goes!
And you're gonna look at that statement that I wrote! I was so honored…when China…the head of--…Finance for China said…about Donald Trump, okay? I was on it. Because now maybe people are gonna start looking. I don't even think our leaders know that China's ripping us off, okay? I don't even think they know! And, you're gonna go home, you're gonna look at my answer. I think you're gonna say, “finally! Finally! That's what we need. Finally!”.
But it's not just China! It's Japan! What they do with currency is unbelievable! The devaluations. It's Mexico! It's Vietnam! It's any country you can think of! Any country! Any country! So, we're gonna bring it back.
So, here's the story folks. In…two days, meaning…Tuesday, you're gonna go [and] you're gonna vote. You're gonna get all your friends. Get all those friends! You're gonna vote, and we've gotta really create a mandate.
You know, I've been on the cover of Time magazine many, many times over the last short period of time. And they're talking about what's happening here. They actually say this. This isn't me, because I have all this live television! If I say it, they're gonna say, “he didn't say…!”…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. They're saying…what's happened has perhaps never happened in the history of our country, okay? This is…really something…special. This is a movement! They actually call it a movement. This is not just in Poughkeepsie…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. This is not just in Poughkeepsie, folks.
I go to Dallas, we had 21,000…people. We filled up the…Mavericks Arena. I go to…Mobile, Alabama, 35,000 people. No matter where we go, we have thousands. Tampa, 25,000! Orlando, 25,000! Here! You have here and your ice rink! And I'm going into the ice rink in a couple of minutes. so I gotta see those people, right!? Should I!? Should I!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Yeah…yeah. I gotta see them, okay? They came out. And they said this has never been anything like this. I mean, this building is not exactly new. And they said there's never been anything like this, where this room is packed, and that room is packed. And…it's just one of those things. It's a movement!
And you know what it is? It's a movement for common sense. It's a movement for jobs. It's a movement for a strong military, and taking care of our vets …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It's a movement for strong borders and no drugs pouring in and poisoning our youth, where you have a huge problem…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It's a movement for the wall, which we're gonna have…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And by the way, Mexico is, in fact, going to pay for it…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You know, when I'm on the stage I'm in the debates with these guys. And, they talk about the wall. And they come…one of them came up to me after the debate: “you know Mexico's not gonna pay for the wall!”.
I said, “what are you talking about? What are you talking about?”. 100…by the way, you're there right? 100 percent. And then I said, we have a 58 billion dollar trade deficit, and the wall costs ten billion dollars, and you tell me I can't pull that deal off? That will be so easy! But these politicians don't know! And even if they do know even…if they do know, they're not gonna do it because they're controlled by their special interests! And they're never gonna go against their special intersts…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
If I would have raised money for this campaign, Jeb Bush had a 148 million, [and it was] probably much more than that by the time it ended, but toward the middle it looked like a 148 eight million. By the way, that did him a lot of good, right? Bye-bye! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. But…but he had a 148. If I would have raised money, for one of these…crummy…PACs? I think they're a total…disaster, by the way. By the way, they're absolutely a shame. They're absolutely a shame! They're a disgrace to democracy. Remember I said it. That's me talking…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 And then they say, “well, we don't talk to our PAC!”. They're best friends are running the PAC, and…; they say, “we don't talk!”.
“Well, what about the golf match you played last week with a golf…?”.
“Well, we didn't discuss the…uh…commercials that we run”. Folks…folks, let me tell you. We’re in the worl…real world, okay? These PACs are a disgrace! They're a disgrace!
And, you can do something. You can show, do whatever you wanna do, but what's going on in politics today is a disgrace! Whether it's…the super-delegates…; you know, and I'm no fan of Bernie Sanders. Believe me. I think he's terrible. I don't like…–THE CROWD BOOS–…I don't think he's good. I…I think he's terrible. I refuse…to vote for a communist. Okay. But…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS­–…but, let me tell you. But let me tell you…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…okay.
In all fairness…but, in all fairness to Bernie Sanders. He goes out, and every week…it's “Bernie Sanders wins! Bernie Sanders wins! Bernie Sanders wins!”. Like, what is it, 9 or 11 in a row? “Bernie Sanders win”. And then I listened to the dishonest media, and they're around a table, and they said, “well, he's won like…10 out of 11”, and they say, “well, but he can't win. It's over!”. That's what it is! It's a…it's a corrupt system! Because in all fairness, Bernie Sanders should be able to win! And they all say he can't win because it's…they don't say this, I say this, because it's a fixed system! It's a corrupt system…that's run…by…the bosses! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And you know what!? The Republican side is worse, because it's less obvious and yet it's just as bad! It's far less obvious but it's just as bad.
The…political pros that take in the money,  they're the ones that call the shots. Here's what they didn't count on, they didn't count on Trump getting millions and millions of votes. That's what they didn't count on! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
I mean, we have a guy named Ricketts. I never even…heard of him! I don't know him, I never saw him! He owns the Chicago Cubs. He's a big enemy of mine. I never met this guy! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. I never met this guy. And I used to like the Chicago Cubs. I don't like them at all anymore, folks. They're gonna fail! They're gonna fail! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS
Because you know what!? When we put the kibosh on something, it always fails. But here's a guy giving millions of dollars to fight me. We have other guys, I've never even heard of them.
Now, number one, they wanna be…you know, they wanna be famous. They're rich but they're not famous, okay? And they would give everything. They wanna be famous. But Ricketts, [he] owns the Chicago Cubs…; I said, “who are doing this?”.
“[A] Guy named Ricketts. Did you ever hear of him?”.
“No”. Who is he?
“He owns the Chicago Cubs”.
“Oh, yeah. I see. Okay. Good”. Now I'm rooting against the Chicago Cubs, and I have real estate there, but I'm rooting against the Chicago Cubs…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But…oh, he'll go crazy. Now he’ll say, “I can't believe they mentioned my name! This is bad! Oh, oh!”. His PR people will say, “you have to stay out of the news!”.
Let him take a little heat. Let that guy take…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And by the way, here's the beauty! I was supposed to not win…Illinois! Chicago, Illinois. I was not…supposed to not win…Illinois! He spent a lot of money, that family, Rickett’s family, against Trump. I won in a landslide, folks! I won in a landslide! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS S
So, I just wanna…leave by saying the following. We don't win anymore, but we're gonna start winning again big. You're gonna go home and you're gonna remember this evening, but more importantly, you're gonna go home,  you're gonna…rest up on Monday! Make as many calls as you can to get everybody out, and go and give us a big…mandate! A big, big mandate for the movement! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY–…okay? Remember! They call it a phenomena! There's never been anything like this! Give us a big…mandate…for the movement, because the movement’s about common sense, it's about being the smart people, and it's about winning.
So, we don't win anymore, but we're gonna start winning. We're gonna win with our military, [and] we're gonna knock the hell out of ISIS…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We're going to win…for our vets! Our great veterans…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…who are being treated horribly! In many cases they're being treated far worse than illegal immigrants, who come over to this country. We're gonna win for our vets!
We're gonna win at trade! We're gonna have the best trade deals. Carl Icahn…some of the greatest business people in the world have endorsed me. We're gonna use our smartest and our best. We're not using political hacks anymore, that's the people that do these deals. They're political hacks that know nothing about business! They know nothing about…like…like secretary Kerry! He's a political hack. The deal he made with Iran…–THE CROWD BOOS–…is one of the worst deals I've ever seen in my life!
So, we're gonna have our best people! We're gonna have…we have the greatest people in the world! We have the greatest…business…people…in the world. They don't want money! They wanna do it! They wanna see our country be great again! And they're endorsing me, and they love me, and we'll start off with Carl Icahn. Okay…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, we're gonna take our trade and we're gonna reverse it. And we're gonna stop companies like Mexico…! …these countries like Mexico, and others, from stealing our businesses, stealing our jobs, stealing our money…; it's going to be reversed.
When Carrier just announced, when they moved over, when they just announced…and they're moving to Mexico, and they'll sell their product in the United States, no tax, no nothing? Nope! Not with me. They're gonna pay a 35 percent tax…for every…single…air-conditioning unit they make! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And let me tell you! You know what they're gonna do!? I'll be called, but they didn't give me any money. Nobody gave me anything. I'm representing you. I'm not representing lobbyists and special interest…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, here's what's gonna happen! I'll be called. I won't even take their call, I couldn't care less. No, I'm doing this to represent you, folks. I didn't need this, folks. I didn't need it. Believe me! You don't think this is work!? You don't think this is work!
But here's what we're going to do: we're gonna charge them a 35 [percent]. And here's what's gonna happen: I will be called.
You know, my wife said, “please, please! Act more presidential”.
Well, I wanna call the head of Carrier. It’s so easy! “Donald Trump, president of United States calls the head of Carrier”, okay? Air-Conditioning…; I wanna do it cause it’s so easy! And I love doing this stuff…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. And you know what’s gonna happen? We’re gonna say, “a 35 percent to bring your stuff into the United States”.
And they’re gonna say, “Mr. President, we’re not moving, we’re staying in the United States”, all right? That’s what’s gonna happen…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. That’s what’s gonna happen! That’s what’s gonna happen to Poughkeepsie, and Buffalo, and everybody else! We have to get smart!
So, folks, we’re gonna win on trade. We’re gonna win on education .We’re gonna win with the Second Amendment, which is being absolutely brutalized…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We’re gonna get rid of Common Core, we’re gonna bring our education local…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And we’re gonna make Poughkeepsie and this whole region vibrant again! But we’re gonna make the whole country…vibrant again. Our economy is going to boom. We’re gonna get rid of a lot of that 19 trillion in debt!
And here’s what’s going to go, and I love doing this, and I say it and we have fun with it, but it’s so true: we’re gonna start winning again. We’re gonna win, win, win…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We’re gonna win so much…! And I kid, but I say, “we’re gonna win so much, that you’re gonna say, ‘Mr. president, please, we’re winning too much, we can’t take it anymore’…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And I’m gonna say, “I don’t care! We’re gonna keep winning! We’re gonna win, win, win! And we…are going…to make…America…great…again! Thank you! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Thank you.
