VIDEO Nº: 173
TITLE:173. Speech Donald Trump - Rome NY - April 12 2016
DATE OF EVENT:12/04/2016
RELEASE DATE:26/10/2017
DURATION:00.43.28 Mins.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:7398
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This is beautiful!
Thank you, everybody. Thank you. We love you.
We love this area. [I’ve] Many, many friends up here, folks. And we've been…in terms of the state, we've all been suffering together. You know that, right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. But it is going…to change.
And we apologize for airplane hangars, but they're the only things that hold our crowds, because something's going on…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. The fact is [that] there's a movement going on. And it's happening all over the country. And it's people like yourselves. And we're gonna turn our country around. We're gonna take our jobs back, because they're going…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…they're going by the thousands every single week. And they're going to China, and they're going to Mexico, and they're going to any country that touches us with a trade deal, because our negotiators have…no…idea…whatsoever…what they're doing! Okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So we're gonna turn it around, and we're gonna turn it around very quickly. I just, you know, in coming up, I wanted to read…do you mind if I take this coat off!? Do you mind? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. All right! Come on!
There's so many warm people! They're warm! They're warm! And we will not use Carrier air-conditioning to cool it down! Cause they're moving to Mexico! We’re not gonna use them, right? Not gonna use them…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But you know, I did some…I did a little work in the area, and I'll tell you what…uh…not good! But it's gonna be good! Don't leave! Don't leave! Don't leave for warmer climates.
You know, I won Florida by a lot! And…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…I love Florida. But don't leave for Florida! We're gonna bring it back! Don't leave! Okay? But listen to this! Your accounting has lost…60 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 1980s…60 percent…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Utica-Rome region has lost more than half…of its manufacturing job since 1990! Now, more than half! Folks…! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Factors: NAFTA, which was, as you know…voted on by a certain person that's running. We won't mention names. Voted on by somebody.
The Asian currency manipulation, which I've been talking about for a long time, and nobody even understands it but me…is called ‘devaluation’, and China entrance into the World Trade Organization has been a total disaster for you, and for this region.
So, listen to this: according to Labor Bureau statistics, Utica-Rome region lost nearly 40 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001! What's going on!? Is anybody working up here!? We gotta change this! Huh? It’s terrible!
Total private employment has shrunk nearly 10 percent in a short period of time.
Medium household…this is something! Median household income, in New York State today, is 3,700 dollars less per year…than it was in 1989! Inflation adjustment. Folks, what the hell is going on!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We're gonna bring it back! We're gonna bring it back! New York State…has lost three out of four…think of that! Three out of every four manufacturing jobs that existed in 1960’s gone…–THE CROWD CHANTS ‘U.S.A!’ REPEATEDLY. That's right, I agree with you, but I'm not allowed…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…I'm not allowed to use that term. If I use that term that dishonest press does a big number, so I can't do it…–THE CROWD BOOS. Shot out whatever you want! I'll just say I agree, all right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Cruz and Kasich support TPP, and they support giving Obama…more trading authority! This TPP, by the way, and fast-track trading…is a total disaster for this area, and for our country! And they're in favor of it, and I'm against it! And boy am I right! It's going to make NAFTA look like a baby! It's worse than NAFTA. And you better make sure your politicians don't approve it.
When I get an office, I'll do real trade deals where we're gonna bring our jobs back, just rely on it, folks, all right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Rely on it. Just rely on it!
So, so…isn't that amazing? I said, give me a little…information on the area. I know the area well! I thought you were doing better than that! So here's a story, I was just talking to some of the very talented reporters backstage. And…you know, the system, folks…is rigged. It's a rigged system…–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. Now, you have to understand, I'm not complaining about the states that I won. Those are okay…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS[MGF1] –…of which I won, I think 22; and Cruz won 10. Did you ever hear him saying , “I'm the only one…!”. [Do you] Remember? Lyin Ted Cruz! Lyin Ted! [He] has the Bible up here, [and he] puts it down…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. MR. TRUMP GIGGLES. He is a liar! Oh boy, does he lies!
But the system's rigged! And I'll tell you what: when you look at Colorado, and people could say, “oh, well that's the way the game is played”. Look, they should have had an election. They didn't have an election. That system is set up…so that the crooked politicians can make sure they get somebody in. That's not…you know, part of what we're doing! This is a movement, folks! I'm self-funding my campaign. They hate it! They hate it! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. They don't want me to self-fund my campaign. They don't want it, because you know what? They're all controlled by their special interest. They're all controlled by their lobbyists, 100 percent. So when it comes time to making trade deals, military deals…any deals, the lobbyists goes sees them, [and say] “you can't do this. This guy gave you a million dollars. This guy gave you ten million dollars. This group, or this country gave you five million dollars. You can't do it!”.A
And they’d say, “okay, I won't do it”.
With me? They didn't give me anything, folks! Okay? I'm working…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…I'm working for you. I'm working for you.
So, I wrote…our Republican system…our Republican system is absolutely…rigged! It's a phony deal! Now, what do I know!? I started running like nine months ago. Who would have thought I would have been in first place!? What do I know, right!? What do I know!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But I'm in first place by a lot! Millions and millions of vote! That doesn't count. [Did] You notice? Nobody even talks about votes. I have millions of votes more, but I also have hundreds of delegates more, but that's not the same thing to me! I think the vote is the thing that you count, right? The vote! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And you look at some of these systems, where the people that devise them…and this had to do with Rand Paul…it had to do with a whole…it…they wanted to keep people out…! This was a dirty trick. These are dirty tricksters. This is a dirty trick. And I'll tell you what: the RNC, the Republican…National…Committee, they should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this kind of crap to happen…–THE CROWD BOOS–…I can tell you that. They should be ashamed of themselves…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Because it has nothing to do with democracy! They took the votes away from the people in Colorado. People are burning up their Republican cards, because they wanna vote. And you gotta see what's happening out there. It's actually a thing of beauty if you wanna know the truth! Because they're not gonna take it! And they may…it may be shoved down their face, and who knows? But you know what? They're fighting, and they're all over the place, and they're angry. Their votes have been taken away. We've already been disenfranchised, because you look at what's going on. Because if you think about it, the economy is rigged; the banking system is rigged; there's a lot of things that are rigged in this world of ours! And that's why a lot of you haven't had an effective wage increase in 20 years, folks! And we're gonna change it! We're gonna change it! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [We’re] gonna change it fast!
So, I'm no fan of Bernie Sanders, right? …–THE CROWD BOOS. Believe me. Although do we…we do have one thing in common. What's the one thing? We actually do! Trade! He knows we're being ripped off, and I know we're being ripped off. We're being ripped off big league! The difference is, I'll make unbelievable deals and he doesn't know what to do. He just knows what being ripped off.
But, Bernie…Sanders…I will say this: for the last five weeks, you turn on your television, “Sanders wins! Sanders wins!”; again, “Sanders wins!”, like seven, or eight, or nine…he keeps winning! And then you listen to the people, and the pundits! And they say, “he has no chance of winning”. I said, “what's going on?”. Because you have super-delegates.
By the way, I think the Republicans have a worse system than the Democrats, but they have super-delegates. It makes it impossible for a guy that wins to win! It's a crooked system, folks! It's a crooked system! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It really is. A crooked…system. You know, again, I don't care who wins over there. I'll take on…either one of them. I sort of I had my heart set on Hillary, to be honest with you…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And her whole life…remember this! Her whole life…has been…one…big…lie! It's been one…big…lie! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And you go back, and you look at Whitewater, and you look at her Cattle deal. [Do you] Remember the cattle deal? She made the highest percentage, practically in the history of cattle making! I wonder why that happened, folks!
But you take a look, and now you look at this horrible scandal with emails, where she's probably being protected…probably being protected. Because people that did 5 percent of what she did have had their lives destroyed. And her life is just fine. It looks like she'll be the candidate. And in a certain way, that's really the one I wanna run against. We will beat her so badly…! I’ll beat her badly…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You know, when Ronald Reagan…I mean, I've had some nice polls, but when Ronald…don't forget, I have 17 people coming at me! And they said, “please, please, darling…!”, my wife; and my daughter Ivanka, “daddy, please, be more presidential”.
I said, “wait a minute. Wait a minute. I got 17 people throwing barbs at me. I gotta take him out before I become presidential”, don't I? Right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.You know, they mean ‘be nice’ and we can't be nice until the fight…; we have two left overs right now. We can't be nice. We can't be nice, until we win it.[MGF2] 
And you know, when I first started Jeb Bush had it made. He was gonna win he was presumptive. You know, in Florida you speak about unfair. I gotta tell you…you speak about what's unfair. So in Florida you got 99 delegates. And…Jeb Bush had it set! Jeb Bush, or Rubio…both of them! They had it set so that the winner takes everything! Because…they wanted to make sure that I didn't get anything!

And so it was all set. It was set in steel. 99 delegates. [The] Winner gets all! And then the first poll came out: Trump, 48. Jeb, 16. Rubio, 12! And they said, “oh…!”…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…right? They said, “oh, this is terrible! We gotta change it!”. So they made a move to change it when you get proportion, but it was too late. I said, “no way you can do it”. We put up a little bit of a…rakish.
But, I…I will say this. So, in Florida…it was set, so that I wouldn't get it, and it was set winner-take-all because…the governor was gonna get it, the pass governor…who was pretty popular; the past governor, or the future of the Republican Party, which is Marco, right? I wouldn't…no, I wanna be nice. Marco. Only ‘Marco’…–THE CROWD CHEERS. No first name, we don't go any…we don't do that anymore. [Do] You know why we don't do it anymore? Because we won! We don't do it anymore. It's gonna be Marco, who’s a…by the way, he's a nice guy! Marco is actually a nice guyñ. He went a little Don Rickles on me, but then we went heavy Don Rickles back…–THE CROWD LAUGHS.[MGF3] 
But Marco is a nice guy. And I'm sure Jeb is the nice guy. I didn't get to know well. He was too busy doing negative ads. The guy spent like…48 million dollars on ads, many of them against me. Negative ads.
But [do you] remember they did…Florida!? And you remember…the outcry, when the first poll came out, and I was close to 50 and they were in the teens. And they said, “wow, what are we gonna do?”. And I ended up winning…by 20 points. By 20…I…and…we had a…it was a landslide! It was a landslide! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, you never know about their phony rules and regulations, but hopefully the RNC is gonna get with the people. The RNC hasn't won…an important election in a long time! We've had Obama far too long. The last election should have been won, except Romney choked like a dog! He choked! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. He went…­–MR. TRUMP GRABS HIS THROAT AND PRETENDS HE CHOKES–… “I can't breathe! I can't breathe!”, he said. Romney choked. I never saw anything.
Well…let me tell you Jordan Spieth choked a little bit, but you know what? He's gonna recover. He's a great, young guy. And he's gonna recover! Romney can't recover from a choke! That was an election…that should have been won. That was an election that should have been won easily! And for the last month, he disappeared! He went into a house! And he just disappeared! What the hell happened to him!?
And so I backed McCain, who in all fairness had a tough time. I backed Romney, you wouldn't believe this, but I actually backed him! [I] Raised a lot of money for him, and other things; and he failed.
So, McCain felt; Romney failed; And I said, “this time, we're gonna do it ourselves”, okay? We're gonna do it this way! So, we’ll see…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But we're doing well. Uh…we won the south! In fact, I think I may have to move to the south, the…New York doesn't treat me great…–THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’. I won Alabama! Think of this! I won…did you see!? Today, we won Missouri! Today we won Missouri! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We love Missouri.
And I was a little worried about Missouri because…lyin Ted Cruz, his top…guy is from Missouri! So, when I won…–A MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS ‘LYIN TED!’­–…that's right, lyin Ted! So, when I won…[do you] remember with Ted? He comes with the Bible held high…and he talks about the Bible, except the evangelicals like me better than they like Ted Cruz! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Because they know what they get!
We're gonna get strong military! We’re gonna take care of our vets! We're gonna get protected Second Amendment! We're gonna have strong borders…! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're gonna repeal Obamacare…and replace it with something great…! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They know. They…know!
By the way…–THE CROWD CHANTS ‘TRUMP!’ REPEATEDLY. They…know! They know. They know what's gonna happen. They know we know how to win. You know, we know how to win. folks! You know, I…I saw a couple of the guys that I defeated soundly and they're saying, “but, he won't do well in the general election!”.
Well, they said I wouldn't do well in the primaries too, you know, I mean…; …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [The] Same guys. !He won't do well”.
Now, I haven't even started on Hillary. And my numbers are better, right now, than Ronald Reagan's numbers were with Jimmy Carter! You know, Ronald Reagan…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…who was great, he had a thirty favorability…and he was behind Jimmy Carter by so much…! Everybody said, “oh, this is gonna be a disaster!”. And Jimmy Carter…now I will say this, the last person…that Hillary wants to run against is me. I will tell you that. And I know that for a fact…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But Jimmy Carter wanted to run against Ronald Reagan. He said, “oh, please, let Reagan win!”. And he was so far behind Reagan…! And by the time the election took place, it was a…a big victory, an easy victory for Reagan. That's what happens! That's what happens. Because you aim you fire at that person.
Now, I've only done it once to Hillary. I've only done it once. That was about…two months ago, right!? And because of that, Bernie did well! I was the best thing that ever happened to Bernie. Because I hit her and Bill so hard…! When she used that phony…little thing she said, that she went down; he started doing well. He stayed the same. And all of a sudden, Bernie was doing well, and I got no credit for it! I took her…I took her from here to here…–MR. TRUMP SHOWS A LINE GOING DOWN. And you talk about unfavorable numbers!
So, watch what happens…once…I get…rid of…the rest, okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I wanna be nice! I wanna be presidential! I wanna be presidential! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It is true though.
You know, in the last debate…my daughter came up and she said, “dad, be very, very nice tonight”. I said, “I can't be nice if somebody hits me! If somebody hits me I gotta hit her back”, or him back…ten times…harder!
She said, “no, no, no!”. And then my wife said, “that's right. Be very nice”.
I said, “I can't”. And I was nice in the last debate. Now, I have to say this: it was by far the most boring debate, but we won that debate! But I was nice. I was proud of myself. I walked off the stage…I said, “was that good?”. But…I was bored! It was very boring. You know, it's more fun to hit back! We gotta hit back. So, anyways.[MGF4] 
So, it's been amazing. So, I look forward to it, but it is a true story about Ronald Reagan. He went in, he was…uh…Jimmy Carter's…absolute first pick. And boy, did he do a number! And, within a month of that election, it looked like Jimmy Carter was gonna do okay. And within about two weeks, it was over! It was over!
And when you look at the mistakes that Hillary's made; when you look at the mistakes that Obama's made…; cause basically…by the way, do you see how nice he is to President Obama!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND YELLS ‘YES!’. “Oh, oh yes, Mr. president. Yes, Sir, Mr. president. Whatever the president wants is okay with me. Whatever he wants…”. You know, she didn't used to be that way with him! In fact, she cannot stand President Obama! She did…; but now? “Oh, what does the president want?”.
“Well, he wants this”.
“Oh, well I want the same thing. Isn't he a wonderful president?”, that's Hillary. I wonder why! Does anybody know why!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS. That's right, folks. That's right. Isn't it amazing, how nice she is? She's so nice to the president…!
Let me tell you, nobody's gonna be voting for a third term of Obama! He's a total disaster! He is a disaster! …–THE CROWD BOOS. And nobody's voting…nobody's voting for a third time. So, that's what I really look forward. I think we're gonna do great. I think we're gonna do great in New York. You gotta get out and vote next Tuesday! [You] Gotta do it! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You know, we've had so much press on this movement. And people said…even last night on Bill O'Reilly, they had Brit Hume, who never says anything good about me. But he actually said, “it's a phenomena, what's taken place”. He actually said that. I couldn't believe it! No, O’Reilly was nice. O'Reilly was nice. But he had Brit Hume. And Brit Hume…yeah….you know, he hasn't been particularly nice, Brit Hume…–A MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS ‘HE’S A STIFF!’. MR. TRUMP REPEATS IT AND GIGGLES–…and he's…he’s a stiff. These people…! My people! These are my people! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. These are my people!
Sometimes I can't believe it when I hear a foul-mouthed person like that! No, but he said, it's a phenomena, what's happened…! He actually said…–THE CROWD CHANTS ‘U.S.A!’ REPEATEDLY. Thank you, thank you. ‘U.S.A’ is right. It's gonna be U.S.A. America first, folks. America first. Right now…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But he actually said, and he means it! What…? I mean, he probably doesn't like me. But he said, “what's happened, and what Trump has done it says phenomena”. He said something to the effect that…it's probably…never…happened…in the history of this country”, and it's true.
You know, wherever I go we have crowds like this. We have crowds…that…35,000 people in…Mobile, Alabama. We had 20,000 people, 24, 5,000 people in…Oklahoma. We go…no matter where we go! New Hampshire, which we won in a landslide. South Carolina, [we won in a] landslide. We won all these states! Many of them we weren't expected to win! You know, we weren't expected to win. [Do you] See? In those cases, the rules are okay, right!? Yes! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But if we lose one, the rules are no good! No. The rules are no good when you don't…get…democracy. The rules are no good…when…they…don't…count…your vote! What they don't like in Colorado…; the rules are no good when you have to play dirty tricks in order to pick up delegates, okay?
And I don't think it's gonna matter anyway, because a guy like Cruz..; don't forget Cruz! Don't forget Cruz! Lyin Ted…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…what he did to Ben Carson, in Iowa…; and Ben Carson endorsed me and he’s a great guy! What he did the Ben Carson when he said, “Ben Carson has left the race!”. This was during the election! “He's left the race!”. And people are walking into the caucus, which is…I don't like caucus. I like, frankly, an election: you walk in, you vote, you leave! Okay? But then walk in and they say, “oh, Ben has left the race! Come on, let's talk! Let's talk!”. Thousands and thousands of people were lied to and misled during the election!
And you know what!? That's dirty stuff, and the same things happening right now. The party is…playing…dirty! And we gotta show our Republican Party! You've been disenfranchised. Everybody has! You gotta show the Republican Party that they can't get away with this stuff any longer! Because it's enough! And we've had enough losses. We've had enough losses with Romney types that are stiffs. They can't get elected, and never had a chance. We've had enough of this stuff. We're gonna win, and we're gonna win so big! And we're gonna bring the country back! And I'm gonna take trade deals…! And I'm gonna have jobs come back to our country…! They're not gonna Mexico anymore! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So much misinformation, though, folks. They lie so much, the press! [It] Lies so much…–THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY. I mean, I've had stories that… “when I started off, his father gave him 200 million dollars!”. 200 million…!? In fact, my sister's a federal judge. She said, “he did!? That's…not strange” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
My father gave me great knowledge! [He] Didn't give me a lot! And later on, [when] he passed on, he’d give me something. But I have brothers, sisters…! I started off with a million dollar loan, and I built it up to more than 10 billion dollars in value! A million dollar loan…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And I built it up…in a relatively short period of time to more than 10 billion. [I have] Some of the greatest assets in the world. You look at Doral; you look at buildings all over the place; you look at Turnberry, the great Turnberry; we have the British Open in Scotland…; you look at all of these different places…; tremendous…cash flow; great, iconic assets, and very little debt!
And I filed my papers with the federal election. And the only reason I tell you is, that's the kind of thinking we need in our country now! We're getting killed! We have 19 trillion dollars in debt! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You know, the other day I was asked on…one of the networks; I was asked…a very good question: NATO. Now, I know about NATO, but I'm not an expert in NATO! But I have a lot of common sense, like a lot of the people here. Not all of you, but a lot of you, right!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.[MGF5]  And they asked me about NATO! [It’s tje] First time I think I've ever been asked about NATO. Don't forget! I've only been doing this for nine months, folks! But I'm smart! I'm like a smart person.
So, they asked me about NATO: “What do I think!?”.
And I'm saying, “well, NATO…was…was set up a long time ago, about…68 years ago, and it was really set up for the Soviet Union, which doesn't exist. But Russia is still very powerful, more powerful in a certain way, because of the mass weaponry that you have today, more powerful in a certain way than…ever before!”. But, think of it…and by the way, Russia…is building…nukes, and they're building missiles; and they're doing forts all over the place…! They're doing military bases…! And all we're doing is contracting! We’d better be damn careful, folks! We’d better build our military bigger, and better, and stronger…because we are gonna be in big, big trouble pretty soon! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You know, we're not playing with babies over there! We're gonna be in big…we think ISIS is a problem! Let me tell you, ISIS is peanuts! The first thing we have to do!? We have to wipe ISIS the hell out. We gotta wipe them out…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But we've gotta get back to rebuilding our military, because it's being decimated. It's being decimated! We gotta rebuild our military. We gotta take care of our security.
You know somebody said, “what's the most…important…job as president?”.
I said, “no, I'll give you the three most important jobs: security. Security. Security. Okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. After that, the economy, and jobs, and all of that stuff! But without the security of our country…and without having borders! I mean, look what's happening on our southern border! The crime. Their drugs! We are going to build the wall! …–THE CROWD YELLS ‘MEXICO!’. Who's gonna pay for the wall!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [You’d] Better believe it!

By the way. By the way, you know, the…the…lying people back there…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS–…they think that I kid. Even these guys that I'm…up against: “you can't get…Mexico to pay for the wall!”.
I said…–A MEMBER IN THE CROWD HYELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBÑE. MR. TRUMP GIGGLES–…he’s right. He’s right! “You cannot get Mexico…”.
I said, “let me tell you something: we have a trade deficit with Mexico…of 58…billion…dollars a year”. That doesn't include all the drugs that come across the country. We get the drugs…the drugs poison our youth, and they get the money! And it just goes back and forth! We get drugs, they get money! That's not even included! And that number is probably bigger! Who the hell knows what that number is!?
By the way, this week, the Border Patro…15,500…unbelievable people endorsed…Donald Trump! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…for a reason! And they've never…endorsed…a candidate…for president…before! And it's not even a good thing for them to do it because, you know, now they'll have repercussions. But they really said, “we don't care! He's the only one that gets it. He's the only one that understands”.
And then you had Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who's a fantastic guy...he endorsed Donald Trump…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We've had so many great endorsements with…Governor Christie, and with…Sarah Palin, and with everybody. Vander Plaats. Our friend Bob Vander Plaats. from Liberty University. Uh…[it’s] just been…; we have had Ben Carson, I told you. Great. Great.
I mean, we have…I'll tell you what: we have…such great…Jeff Sessions! Cruz would get up and he talked about…Jeg…the…the great! I mean look, Senator Sessions…is so respected…in Congress, in the Senate. All over Washington! And Senator sessions…Cruz would talk about him: “Senator Jeff Sessions said this! Senator Jeff Sessions…!”. Senator Sessions just endorsed Donald Trump! Even I was surprised! All right!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I believe he's the man…that Ted Cruz, lyin Ted, respects more than anybody else in the U.S. Senate. And he endorsed me! So that's a big endorsement in my book. So, I wanna thank him.
But…but…look. When this all began, folks, it was June 16th…thank you, I think! …–A MEMBER IN THE CROWD HAS YELLED SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. MR. TRUMP DID NOT HEAR IT EITHER. THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. When this all began it was June 16th. I came down the escalators, and I talked about borders…and I talked about bad trade deals. And we went very…rapidly up! And…from virtually a couple of weeks after, I announced. Till…now, we've been number one…every…single…week! Every…single…week! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And there's a reason for that! And the reason is security! And by the way, nobody respects women more than Donald Trump. Nobody! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And we have women's groups all over the country that are forming, because they know these liars back there in the media…–MR. TRUMP POINTSA AT THE CAMERAS–…are treating me so unfairly with…women…–THE CROWD BOOS.
And, the other night on television…the other night was so great…! It was on television. And there was a woman and she had 10, or 15 friends standing behind her. A wonderful woman! And they said, “exactly…”, you know, trying to bring out the bad. “What does it take…for you not to…go with Donald Trump!? So that you went against him”.
She said, “stop you question. Stop your question. There's nothing, nothing he can do…that would ever make me vote, or go against him!” And the women behind…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…all said…she said, “he's the strongest on the military. He's the strongest on the border. He's gonna give us great spirit as a country. He's gonna bring back our trade, and our jobs, and our economy…! And there's nothing he can do!”.
Now, I guess he didn't exactly mean ‘nothing’, but she said ‘nothing’! And you know what I wanted to do!? I wanted to get up and just hug that beautiful television set! I wanted kiss that beautiful set. I'd love to find that woman! She was so amazing! But there are many women…thank you! Do you agree with her!? Do you agree with her!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Now, It’s such…I mean, it's such…it's such a false…I mean, they give you such false information..:! Look, what we're gonna do is, first of all, we're gonna take care of…women's health issues, far better than Hillary is ever gonna do it. And we're gonna take care of…the security of our country! And nobody's gonna do that like me, folks. Nobody's gonna do that with me. Nobody! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You know, during one of the debates, Ted Cruz's standing over here…–MR. TRUMP PINTS TO HIS LEFT–…and they said to him…they asked him a question, which was not something he had polled.; so, he did not answer it.
By the way, he's not a good debater in my opinion. I mean, you know, I…they say I've won every…single…debate…from the beginning! I don't think he's a good debator! Somebody said he's a world-class…he's not world-class anything! I can tell you one thing: I don't think he's a good debater, but he doesn't know how to talk! It's always so dramatic! Dramatic! It's called…you know, some people would say phony.
But they asked Ted Cruz about waterboarding: “what do you think of waterboarding!?”. And he didn't wanna…“oh, yeah, uh…”. He didn't wanna answer, right? And then…he didn't wanna answer! He didn’t wanna get in because he didn't wanna be politically incorrect and all of that, right? But he didn't wanna talk about it!
And then they asked me. They said, “what do you think Mr. Trump?”.
I said, “I'm fine with it. I think it's great. But I think we've gotta get much tougher than waterboarding! Much tougher!”…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We gotta get much, much tougher! And we have to stay within the laws. You know, the laws are so bad! We have laws that don't even allow you to do waterboarding!
So, think of this: you're ISIS. They eat like you do! They're sitting home eating! They just chopped off 12 heads! They just drowned 100 people. And then they're reading…that…the United States…finds waterboarding…to be cruel! And not nice! And anybody that gets caught waterboarding…will be punished for life. Thrown out of the military. Destroyed…!
And here they are, chopping off heads, and drowning people in…heavy steel cages, boom! [It] Stays down for one hour, and they pull it back up. And they're talking about waterboarding, and you say to yourself, “we're in a fight! But we're playing by different rules!”. And that's not a good formula, folks, for winning! We gotta play tougher! We can't send…leaflets down saying, “we're gonna start bombing you in one hour!” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It's unbelievable!
And who's the one that's been saying for a long time “take the oil”!? And by the way, I said…from the beginning…! …from the beginning…I said. “don't…go…in…to Iraq!”.
You know, they're all saying, “oh, Trump! Maybe he's a tough guy. Maybe he's too tough. You know, he may be too tough. He'll be too quick with the trigger”. I'll be the slowest with the trigger. But here's the difference: nobody's gonna mess with us if I'm in charge, okay? I'll be the slowest, but nobody's gonna mess with us…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Nobody. Nobody!
We’re laughed that all over the world for being stupid people. We’re laughed at all over the world for having really stupid leadership. And it's gonna end, folks! We're gonna make the greatest trade deals in the world.
When it comes to defending all these countries that are wealthy, wealthy countries…we defend Japan! We defend Germany! We defend South Korea! We defend Saudi Arabia…! They were making a billion dollars a day…when the oil was high! Now they're still making a fortune! We defend them! And you know what happens!? When we ask them for money they say, “no, no”. And we…we say, “oh, okay. Okay. Maybe we'll talk to you next year”.
In NATO, many of the countries…and they don't write this in the newspapers, and the media doesn't discuss it…what I said! Because they said, “oh, Trump wants to…break up NATO!”. You always have to be prepared to walk, folks, if you have a deal.
If John Kerry…walked from the Iran deal a couple of times, it could have been a much better deal. Instead we gave 150 billion. We've got nothing in that deal, nothing! And we should have had our prisoners before we started negotiating, believe me! But you always have to be prepared! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, we have many, many countries in NATO…that are not carrying their weight! They're not spending the money that they agreed to. They're not paying…hardly anything! We're defending them, right!? We’re defending…we have 28 countries. We're defending many of those countries. Most of them aren't paying…their way. And it's acknowledged!
And when I said this, some of the experts in…I said two things: “it's obsolete”. Why is it obsolete ? Because it doesn't really cover terror! And if it does, we have a lot of the wrong countries in there, because these aren't terror countries. They do have problems with Soviet Union; now Russia…! But…these are countries that have…problems! But not terror! It's a different kind of a problem!
So, I said it's obsolete. Because terror is our problem right now! Don't you think? I mean,  terror is our problem…–THE CROWD CHEERS. Honestly!? We have so many problems! We've had such bad leadership…! We have problems…; you go back 10, 12 years…!? And I'm including other people…when I say that! But you look at where our country was…; you look at where our debt was…; 19 trillion going to 21…trillion! Not billion! Trillion…! We have trillions! Nobody even knows what a trillion is! We have big problems, folks.
So, when I said “it's obsolete [and it] doesn't cover terror”. That's okay.
And a lot of the experts that said, “wow, we've never thought of that”. And these are guys that study NATO! [Do you] know why? They're so close to it…; did you ever get so close to a deal…or a job, that you don't really see it!? You don't see the big picture.
And I also said, “it's not fair…that we're carrying all these countries!”. I said that very strongly! We've gotta…;
Now, one of the things that do early on? And I didn't say get rid of NATO. But…I'm prepared to walk, because I'm not gonna let you defend other countries, and…keep raising your taxes…! You're the highest tax people in the world! In the whole world! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And I would go back to these countries, some of whom are very rich, and I would say, “you're delinquent!”. Like…an apartment. Wwhen somebody's…with me [and] they owe me rent. I say, “how many months?”.
“Two months, three months”.
I say, you’d better get it quick!”.
But they're delinquent! You call them delinquent! These countries are delinquent!
Now, they're delinquent…[do] you know why!? Because they think we're stupid, that's why! Why should they pay!?
So, not only do I want the money that they should be paying us currently, but I want the money that they owe us for years, and years, okay!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I want it!
And then after that, they've gotta pay a more fair share, and they've gotta keep it current. And if they don't, they’re gone! And if it doesn't work out folks, we always gotta be prepared to walk! Okay? They'll have to defend themselves.
You know, you look at the Ukraine. We're always saying, “we'll fight! We’ll this! We’ll that…!”. I don't hear any country over there talking about the Ukraine! It's always us talking! We're paying 73 percent the costs of NATO, [and] you have 28 countries.
The United Nations…! When was the last time…you saw…the  United…; I built a building right opposite the United Nations, [I] probably destroy the building's value if…they leave. I don't care! I don't care! I no longer care! I care about this! This is the big picture, folks! This is the big picture! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
When…with all of these conflicts all over the world…Syria…! Libya…!
How about Libya!? That was a Hillary Clinton disaster. Benghazi. The Ambassador…! He called her, supposedly 600 times! And she never responded! And yet, her friends call her and she responds immediately. How about that phony ad? “Who do you want the 3 o'clock in the morning answering the phone?”. She wasn't there at 3 o'clock in the morning! And he was killed along with...other people that were great people, right? He was killed.
And now, let me tell you. And I'll tell this. Maybe the press will write it. They'll give somebody else the credit, but…that's okay. But, in Libya…great oil! You know, it's among the finest oil patches in the world, in terms of quality oil. [Do] You know he's got that oil now? ISIS! ISIS has the oil! …–THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY. And you know what they're doing with the oil!? They're selling the oil all over, and chips are pulling in, and they're just selling it like crazy, and they're making a fortune. And we don't even set up a blockade…! And we don't bomb the hell out of those ships…! Folks, we’re so…we are being so stupidly led. We have people that don't have a clue!
You know, we're all sort of like together? We’re smart people…; I have the smartest people! I have the most loyal people, and even these liars back there we'll say it! The most loyal people Trump supporters! The most loyal people…are Trump suppoerters…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. By far! Because you know what? We grew up together in New York. You know me! I mean, we all have…little things, but…you know me. I know you. We all love each other.
These other guys…these other guys, when you look at Cruz talking about new…New York values, and…the hate; when you look at the things that they approve…; when you look at the things they won't approve where it has to do with New York…; and then they come in and they wanna get your vote, both of them? No. I don't think you…I don't think so, folks. I don't think so.
I will tell you something: we are gonna cherish, and we are gonna protect this state. Our state is going to hell. We are gonna cherish, and we are gonna protect…our…state! And we're gonna bring back jobs to our state! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And we're gonna bring back jobs to…our…country! We're gonna bring ‘em back! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…so, here's the story, just to…end it. Look, we have a big election coming up. It's a very important election. A very, very prominent…writer, journalist, called me and said…somebody I do respect; and said, “how does it feel? How does it feel, Mr. Trump?”.
I said, “what?”.
He said, “what you've done…has never been done…”, like Brit Hume, what he said last night on O'Reilly! “…what you've done…has never been done…in the history of American politics”.
And I said…I said, “no, no, no. No, no. I know, it's wonderful…”. He said…I said, “if I don't win…”.
He said, “no, no. You don't have to win. What you've done…”.
I said, “you're wrong. If I don't win, I will consider…what I've done…a massive…waste of time…and my money!”. Not your money, cause I'm self-funding, but my money. A massive…waste of time! Because I'm not looking for accolades. In three years, when they talk about the various elections, I don't care about that.
The only way we're gonna turn this country around, because all these guys like Cruz, and like the Senators, and like all of them…the politicians, they're all talk and no action. Nobody knows them better than I do! I know I'm than anybody. All of these guys, every single one of them, are controlled. And they're controlled by special interests, and those special interests, in many cases, are adverse to our country!
So, here's the story: get out and vote or Tuesday! I will not let you down! We will win again! We will win, win, win! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're gonna make…America…great again! I love you! Thank you! Thank you very much! Thank you! Thank you.
