VIDEO Nº: 12
TITLE:12.Donald Trump (2015-08-29) Nashville, Tennessee
DATE OF EVENT:29/08/2015
RELEASE DATE:28/09/2017
DURATION:01.02.18 Hrs.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:11195
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It’s just something…Nashville! I love Nashville! I do love Nashville. I’m gonna tell you sorry about Nashville. You’re not even gonna believe it, but it’s a very personal story…it’s a special place to me for a very special reason.

But, maybe more importantly…we have an incredible woman with us. She’s 92 years old…we don’t talk about age but she’s 92. And she looks magnificent!And her name is Beada –BEADA CORUM-, and she’s become very famous. You know who Baeda is, right? Baeda, where are you, Baeda? –MR. TRUMP LOOKS FOR HER IN THE AUDIENCE. Look at her! –HE FINDS HER-…so beautiful!
So…she just registered to vote for the first time in her life! She hasn’t seen anybody that really did it to her…! …and for the first time in her life, she just registered to vote, and she’s gonna vote for Trump! I think…right, Baeda!? –CROWD CHEERS. I think! Thank you darling. I really appreciate it. You know she’s become so famous…she’s on television, all over the world now…

I have to be nervous even talking to you…so famous! It’s great. Baeda, thank you very much. I really appreciate it…and everybody appreciates it, because there is a big, big growing like leaps and bounds, silent majority out there…and we’re going to take this country back, and we’re going to make this country so great again and so strong again!

I have to tell you. Sit down folks! Enjoy. Let’s go! Sit down! Enough with the standing up. Look at his crib! Boy what a group…to set the all-time record for the room…what a group! They turned away thousands of people, I hear! But, they have some…they have some speakers outside, so that’s okay.
These people have the best real estate, right? These people really have good…

Well I just wanna tell you about Nashville. So…years ago…many years ago, like…I hate to say 40, but…I won’t say 40. But close to 40. I came to Nashville…did you ever hear of a company called Genesco? Genesco…right? So they were based in Nashville, Tennessee, and they owned the Bonwit Teller Department Store chain, and…I was a young guy, and I came from Brooklyn and Queens, and I wanted to go into Manhattan, and I went into Manhattan…I did the Grand Hyatt Hotel and I did some other things that were good…

But the thing I wanted more than anything was fifth avenue between 57th and 56 feet, which is called The Tiffany Location right next to Tiffany, and that’s what I wanted. I wanted that piece of property so badly! I shouldn’t say that, because you’re not supposed to want things like that so badly. God will get angry at me, right?

But I wanted it so badly…and the company that owned it was Genesco, based in Nashville, Tennessee. And…I came in, and I came to Nashville. And I met with the heads of Genesco, who are really great people, actually. And they were having a lot of difficulties…there were a lot of fighting, and a lot of everything…and I convinced them to sell me…the land…and the building. And I bought the “bun” and will tell the story: Fifth Avenue, from 57th to 56th streets, surrounding Tiffany. I bought all their rights, and then ultimately I bought the rights from Tiffany, and I built Trump Tower, and to this day it’s one of the great buildings of the world, and it’s one of the great successes, and…-CROWD APPLAUDS-…and I love country music! and I went to the Grand Ole Opry while I was here…and I just had such an incredible experience. And when it came down to speaking, cause we could speak it a lot of places. You know, when you’re leading in every poll, they sort of want you. When you’re not leading in the polls, like so many of these guys, they don’t want you at all! And we’ll talk about the polls in a second. But…I had a lot of choices for this morning, and I guess I could have also gone in our…and play golf, like the President does all the time. Right? But I decided, let’s do this. And…I really chose Nashville because, hey!  the experience it’s one of my…it’s not my biggest deal, but in terms of a deal…it’s so important…and it’s been such a great…from the day I built it it was a home run. And…it all really took place because of Nashville, Tennessee.

So I really…uh…it’s an honor to be with you folks, that I can tell you. Real honor –CROWD APPLAUDS AND CHEERS.

So…coming over I heard…and I watch television, and you know they have all these cameras back there, and they alive…and I guess we’re live on CNN, we’re live on so many different things…and it’s always difficult. You know, when you’re always live, you got to change up your speech, you can’t make the same speech over and over. Marcia knows that, and some of the folks in the room know that. But, you’re always live. The other candidates don’t get covered live, ever. Except for the debate. So, you know, they had 24 million people on the debate. Now, they think when the new numbers come out, they’ll be even substantially higher than that.

So I would have said they would have had a million or two. Right? So I said, they have 24 million people and I said, ‘well, now the second debate, which is on CNN, that was on Fox…maybe I should ask for a lot of money and give the money to charity. Does it make sense!? I don’t know. All to charity! All to charity! –CROWD CHEERS.

And I said that to the writers of Time magazine. They were nice enough to put me on the cover with actually a nice story. And I said, you know, and…and I sort of thought I set it off the record, but they put it in Time Magazine so now…

So maybe should…should I ask for charity? Maybe a nice Nashville charity and…American Cancer Society, and AIDS Research… and…so many…there’s so many good…Alzheimer’s, you know, there’s so many things going on there. Maybe I should ask for a lot of money or not showing up. Because you know, it’s interesting.

So they’ll get let’s say two million people, a million to two million people at the debates. You know, they’ve been doing them for a long time. They don’t do great. Especially the early Republican debate. Like, you know the expression, ‘it draws flies’, that’s what it draws.

So this was one of the biggest shows in the history of cable television. I think it might have been the biggest in terms of political. In the history of cable television! So I…I took, naturally, I took full credit for it, which at…in all fairness I should –CROWD LAUGHS. I should!

So…bottom line is…I think I might ask for a lot of money for charity, but you know, but I did say, ‘but is it a little hokey if I do that?’. Maybe it’s not so nice. So what do you think? Should I do it or not!? Maybe not. I don’t –CROWD CHEERS. Here’s the thing: if I don’t do it, CNN just makes a lot of money. I don’t care about CNN. Honestly! No, they’re gonna make a lot of money! –CROWD BOOS. They just turned off the camera –MR. TRUMP POINTS TO THE FRONT-… like…-CROWD LAUGHS. They’re actually very nice. But, they’re gonna make a lot of money, and, you know, I think it’s something we should consider. So we’ll all consider together.

But coming over today, I saw that they were having…the illegal immigrants come in. And somebody mentioned the term ‘the dreamers’, having to do with children and…you know, the dreams of children. And these are people that come over the country, the dreamers! And I said, ‘what about our children?’. Why can’t our children, that are in the country, why can’t they be the dreamer? Nobody ever talks about that! –CROWD APPLAUDS. No, no! Nobody ever talks about that! You know, we talk about the dreamers, we talk about illegal immigrants…who, by the way, are treated better than our vets, you know. Our vets are incredible! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, no, the illegal immigrants, in many cases…not in all cases! But, in many cases, are treated better…than our veterans, who are the greatest people we have. Our wounded warriors are…these are the greatest people we have!

And…another thing nice about being able to make speeches without having to hire some guy to write it, and write it, and keep writing it…and read it, and put a teleprompter and then say –MR. TRUMP IN A MOCKING TONE- ‘good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Nashville, it’s wonderful…’ You know, it’s…is that I can, sort of, be…very current. Okay? I could be very, very current. I can talk about what’s happening! This morning, on the television, they had a whole story about the Veterans Administration and the hospital’s, how people are waiting…on lines! To get in!

These are our veterans! These are the people that got hurt fighting for us! Maybe we wouldn’t be here for wasn’t for them, to be honest with you. I mean, that’s possible too! –CROWD APPLAUDS. And…they had a story this morning on FOX, on CNN and a number of them where the veterans are just treated terribly, and they showed a desk, where they’re supposed to be people behind the desk. And they showed this desk, and there’s nobody there! And the veterans…I don’t know, probably some of you saw it, the veterans are saying, ‘where are the people?’. And then they said, ‘what happened?’. And they said, ‘Oh, this happens all the time…there’s not...’, nobody even there!

And two weeks ago on Wednesday, they had the longest wait in the history, in the history…of the Veterans Administration for people wanting to see a doctor! If I go to a doctor, if I have to wait like nine minutes I’m like, ‘get me…’ –IN A MOCKING WAY-…I go crazy. It’s true! Remember the old days, when the doctors used to come to your house, right? –CROWD CALLS OUT ‘YES!’. Baeda remembers that! –POINTING AT SOMEONE IN THE CROWD. You have a cold, the doctor would come over, carrying a little bag…like this big –MR. TRUMP MAKES GESTURES-…beautiful little bag, beam at the top. And he’d come over to the house, checked you out, fine! Those days don’t exist anymore, you know. We’re in the age of Obamacare, where nothing exists.

By the way! We will repeal and replace Obamacare, that I could tell you –CROWD CHEERS. That I can tell you! But…so, two weeks ago, Wednesday, the longest wait in the history of the Veterans Administration! So that if you go to a doctor’s office, men, and women, are waiting four days, three days, one was five days…one case was five days or six days! Finally, got to see the doctor and the doctor excused himself because he was going on vacation. Now you think about that. Can you imagine waiting even a day? …or a half a day?

But these people are waiting four or five days! So the waits now are the longest in history, and that’s the way we’re treating our greatest people, and it’s not right. And we’re gonna change that. We’re gonna change it! –CROWD APPLAUDS. We have, right now, and people don’t know this, you know, they see these phony statistics put out by politicians, basically. All-talk-no-action-politicians. And I mean on both sides, in all fairness. You know…I’m a Republican, I’m a conservative, but I’m just as angry with The Republicans, because they go to Washington, something happens. They become weak…they, you know, they go to Washington –MR. TRUMP IMPERSONATES THOSE POLITICIANS HE REFERS TO-… ‘We’re gonna stop Obamacare!’, ‘we’re gonna stop this!’, ‘we’re going to do that!’.

Then they walk into these magnificent buildings with those incredible vaulted ceilings and they go, ‘oh, I made it darling. I made it. I vote for you. I vote for you. I vote for Obamacare extensions; I’ll do whatever you want me to do. I’m in Washington’. It’s amazing! Isn’t it amazing? Don’t you agree? I mean, it won’t happen to me, I promise! –CROWD CHEERS. And if it does you’re gonna, let me know about it, but it won’t, I promise. I promise! I promise!

But you know, they show those phony statistics where we’re 5.4 percent unemployment. Five point four percent...the real number…

You know, I actually saw a number, it could be 42 percent. Okay, believe it or not. But when you think about it, we have 93 million people…that are right now out of the labor force. 93 million people! Of the 93, many of these people want jobs! And they quit looking!

So…if you’re looking for a job and you can’t find it, and you stop for a while, you know, after a while you sort of like, it’s not happening, it’s not gonna happen. I don’t know what they do, but they stop. They are considered statistically employed. Okay?

So we have 93 million people out of the labor force! I mean, think of it, it’s hard to believe. We have 50 million people in poverty! these are…very new numbers. 50 million people in poverty! I mean, China’s taking our money, Japan’s taking our money…Mexico’s beating us at the border and on trade! By the way, they’re killing us on trade, you know that. In fact, you just lost a big car plant to Mexico in Tennessee. Remember? Recently! Front-page, Wall Street Journal. A plant that you were going to have…-MR. TRUMP NOW POINTS AT SOMEONE IN THE FRONT- ‘I love this guy. You know he’s sitting there, holding a…stand up! Turn around! SHOW! I love this guy he’s just holding the sign up, look at him! –CROWD CHEERS. Well, I know who he’s voting for…I know who that guy’s voting for! Right? Thank you! That’s very cute. I mean, I love it!

You know, this is a movement folks! This is not like even maybe about me! I don’t want it to be about me! This is about common sense; it’s about doing the right thing? –CROWD CHEERS. One of the things that came out in the poll, which was really amazing…some of the polls, I mean, hey, in Iowa we’re leading big. Those are great people!

We just left. Iowa, we made…we had such an amazing evening. 4,000 people…in a room that never had that many people…and it was a happening. We just left Alabama, which was unbelievable! 31,000 people people…in the stadium, and it was supposed to pour. And it did! It poured! The minute my speech…that’s like luck, that’s from God! The minute the speech was over, we got it and it poured. We had 31,000 people…it was the most unbelievable…

And the poll just came out in Alabama, leading big in Alabama…leading big in Iowa –CROWD APPLAUDS-…leading tremendously big in New Hampshire…great people, leading really big in New Hampshire. Leading big in Florida! How about Florida!? I have a governor –CROWD CHEERS-…we have a low-energy governor, and we have a senator. And we’re leading big in Florida! How do you do that!? When you have a senator, who’s sitting, you have a governor who’s been there for eight years…and Trump…I love Florida! And I’m there a lot! What could be far…the great weather. You have great weather, but Florida has great weather –CROWD LAUGHS-…big advantage!

But you know, I’m leading big in Florida! But one of the polls came out, because, in South Carolina and North Carolina, I’m leading really big! And in South Carolina, a poll came out and…and we had a statement that my level of popularity, or favorability…! you know, I’m the only one that can get a poll, and it comes out, and these guys in the back with all those red lights on, will say, ‘Ohm…I had one poll where I think I’m…41 per cent, almost 41 percent. They grab…can you imagine? 41…there’s…17 people! So I’m a 41 percent…with 17 people!... and they said, ‘Trump’s at 41 percent, but like there’s like…whoa, whoa, you can’t even hear it, you know. But Trump said, ‘whoa’, nobody knows what they just said. –MR. TRUMP IMPERSONATES THE PRESS NOW AGAIN-… ‘But there are some people that don’t like him! –CROWD LAUGHS. It’s unbelievable! I’m the only one that wins these polls and I get negative publicity! It’s the most…No! It’s incredible! The press, ay, ay, ay –CROWD APPLAUDS. No, it’s terrible.

Well…yesterday….you might have seen me! I was in South Carolina, made a speech on how to bring it up. The New York Times, to me is a big deal, you know, I’m from New York, very liberal paper, but that’s, okay, you know? Not everybody can be like us, but it’s still The New York Times, right? Do we have to admit? Still the New York Times! And I’m running the front page…a lot! On The New York Times! And to be on the front page in New York Times is a big deal. But yesterday, or two days ago, they had a story…about me, and they have some…low-level Hispanic commentator. Low-level guy, this one didn’t like me.

By the way, I think I’m gonna win the Hispanic vote. And I think, you know, in Nevada, I won the Hispanic vote! They love me! I love the Hispanic people! Incredible energy! Incredible people! I love the people! I have so many…I have thousands that work for me…and thousands and thousands over the years that have work for me. They’re great people! But…and I said…I’m gonna win! And a lot of the Hispanics that are here legally, they don’t want people coming in illegally! You know, it’s true! –CROWD CHEERS-…It’s true!

So there’s this poll that comes out, I think it was in South Carolina…where we’re way up…and Lindsey Graham’s at four, and he’s the senator, I’m at thirty. So I wrote him a note, ‘Congratulations, I’m only beating you in your home state by 26 points’ –CROWD APPLAUDS. So, anyway who cares? But…but they did something that nobody reported! They say, ‘Yeah, but do people like Trump?’
By the way, this election is not gonna be like…I think I’m a nice person. I love people, I wanna help people, women’s health issues to me are very important…

To Jeb Bush it wasn’t important…cause he didn’t want to fund them…and then he said, ‘Oh, I misspoke’. But you know I…I really wanna be a nice person. I am a nice person, but I think it’s actually gonna be a…an election based on competence. We’re tired of being like the patsy for everybody –CROWD CHEERS. I really do, I think it’s time! But…in the poll, this was the Monmouth –AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY-…poll, big poll.-INAUDIBLE-. NOW MR. TRUMP READS A NOTE HE HAS ON HIS LECTERN-… ‘in another act of political magic…’, I don’t know what’s magic, ‘Trump managed to flip his favorability rating from negative…’, nobody wrote this, by the way, and nobody…nobody said it, nobody reported it… -MR. TRUMP CONTINUES READING THROUGH THE QUOTE NOW- …’from negative to positive’. This is an exact quote; I have like this photographic memory, so I don’t need…

But I want to be sure because if I…if I use the word “the” incorrectly they’ll say, ‘he didn’t -MR. TRUMP MOCKS THE PRESS THROUGH GESTURES AND THE CROWD LAUGHS.

MR. TRUMP CONTINUES READING THE QUOTE- ‘Favorability rating! From negative to positive in one poll during the span of a month! …a feat that Monmouth University’s Patrick Murray, highly respected pollster, called astounding’. Called it “astounding”, nobody else wrote about it. –MR. TRUMP CONTINUES READING- ‘…that defies any rule in presidential politics that I’ve ever seen…’, said this highly respected man.

Mary, the director of Polling Institute, said, ‘he flipped it from 20 percent to 52 percent in one month! And he said he’s never seen that before. And you know what? That’s because people have heard me. And they say, ‘such a nice person’. No! They want…they... they say, ‘he’s a man’…I’ve made a tremendous amount of money. I’ve had tremendous success! And I don’t say that braggingly…that’s the kind of thinking we need in the country! I mean, whatever it is–CROWD CHEERS. But to me…! …that statement was more important than actually literally killing everybody in the poll. We were much, much higher than…more than double everybody. And we are more than double everybody.

You saw at Quinnipiac –ANOTHER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY- just came out and that was ehm…an amazing poll. I was the same thing, much, much higher; double and triple…and quadruple many of these candidates. And…the reason is…people in this country are smart. They don’t believe…a lot of what they see in the media…because if you believe these people…you know, why are they doing this!? I mean, why are they even saying it!? You’d think that…if somebody is good for the country, and I’ll be great for the country, cuz, I’m, gonna make great deals for our country.

We don’t win anymore. Our country doesn’t win anymore! –CROWD CHEERS. Do you think if somebody’s, even a liberal person, or a Democrat Liberal…and I mean really liberal, somebody’s gonna make the country…why are they knocking it!? Why are they knocking!? Why do they fight? You think they’d say, ‘let’s…do it! It’s good! It’s good for all of us! cuz our country is in trouble.

We owe now 19 trillion. You know, I’ve been saying 18 for a while…but now it starts to go up quickly. And, by the way, when Obamacare kicks in, which is really kicking in…in 16 –MR. TRUMP REFERS TO YEAR 2016-…you wanna see bad deficits!? You wanna see it go up!? You’re gonna really see it go up, because that has a huge negative impact.  Not only our jobs! But on the deficit itself because of the cost. And it’s no good! Have you been noticing, and you’ve seen it yourself, the premiums have gone through the roof! Right? The deductibility… unless you’re close to death, you’re never gonna use it! You can’t use it! Because the deductibility…it’s so high! But the premiums are up 30, 40 and 50 percent and more! It’s a disaster!

And on top of that…it’s going to cost the country a fortune! So it’s not only costing you a lot of money, it’s going to cost the country a fortune! So we have to do something about it. And we have to do something….importantly about it. But when I see…the people on television, and I have to tell you, I won’t mention names…some of them…when they hear my name…I was talking…we have a great reporter today from The Wall Street Journal with us, okay? …who came down.

And she actually said, ‘you know, some of them, when they hear your name, it looks they’re a boiler ready to explode’…it’s true! Just on their… -MR. TRUMP MOCKS THEM PEJORATIVELY SHAKING HIS HEAD- ‘Aye…uh’ –PRETENDING HE’S DAZED. CROWD LAUGHS.
Now, number one, they look bad because they said…do you remember the beginning? Like three, four months ago, they said... ‘he’s a clown! He’s a... a clown! Just having fun…’

You know, I went to a great school, I did great! I did…everything was great. I came out, I made a fortune, which I wanna use the brain for you, but I made a fortune! …I then did a book called The Art of the Deal, and many bestsellers… The Art of the Deal being probably the best-selling business book of all time! Who has read The Art of the Deal? –CROWD APPLAUDS. Yeah, most people. And almost everybody. And I…I jokingly say, but I mean it...The Bible tops it by a long way. I say that. –I- said it the first time the other night in Iowa and people like that. But it’s true. Nothing, nothing tops The Bible. But…but The Art of the Deal, great success…many books, bestsellers…many, many best sellers.

Then I do The Apprentice! I’ve never been…I’ve never done television. I do The Apprentice…it’s one of the most successful shows ever on television, by the way! …and NBC renewed The Apprentice! …you know that, right!? For me! They came up to my office, the head of Comcast, great guy. I won’t use names, just say ‘Steve’. He said…no, honestly, he’s a great guy! …one of the best in the country. He came up, with the heads of NBC. And they said…six months ago, they said, ‘Donald, we’re renewing The Apprentice. Please, you have to do…you have to do it!’

I said, ‘honestly, Steve, I’m running for president. I wanna make our country great, again. I wanna make…’ –CROWD CHEERS. And they didn’t believe me! And I said it four times…they didn’t believe me! Nobody believed I was gonna run! Nobody! My wife didn’t even believe me! But now she does –CROWD LAUGHS.

But she actually said, ‘if you actually say you’re gonna run, you’re gonna do great, cause people like you’. She actually said ‘they love you’, but I don’t want to brag –CROWD LAUGHS. But she said, ‘if you actually run…not, you know, you may run…you may not run, who knows? ...’- AUDIENCE CALLS OUT SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES IT-… ‘Thank you’ –CROWD CHEERS.

But she said, ‘if you actually say…’

So, the NBC guys come up…terrific people. I mean, honestly, I had a great relationship with NBC for 12 years. We had many, many…you know, number ones, and The Apprentice…and continues to do great! You know, last season, you know how well it did. So they wanted to renew for many, many shows! –IN- fact Mark Burnett called up. You know, Mark Burnett, -HE- did Survivor, The Apprentice…

So, Mark Burnett, who’s a great guy, he calls up because…-MR. TRUMP IMPERSONATES MR. BURNETT-… ‘I don’t believe it! You’re not taking a renewal!’ The word is renewal. And I said, ‘that’s right Mark. I’m gonna run for president’. –MR. TRUMP IMPERSONATS MR. BURNETT AGAIN- ‘No, no, no! You have to…! Nobody doesn’t take a renewal!’… –CROWD LAUGHS-… ‘it’s unheard of in prime-time television! Two hours! Primetime! Are you crazy!?’ You know, I said, ‘Mark, I have to do this. I’ve done so well in this country. I have to do it’.
We can save…-CROWD CHEERS-…we can save our country, we can save our country! –CROWD APPLAUDS-…Well, thank you. You know, the funny thing about The Apprentice; there have been 15 copies of The Apprentice! Every single one of them failed.
So then a reporter said to me, ‘why do you think that is?’ I said, ‘because I’m special?’. And I was kidding, I was doing it sarcastically…I mean, I sort of meant it, to be honest, right? –CROWD LAUGHS. But I was sort of kidding, and they wrote it…and I hate the way it looked in writing. If you know it…sounds good when you say it, but it looks so bad anyway…okay.
But so I had a great experience. So, so here I am…great schools, great brain, great success, build a great company, do The Apprentice…tremendous success. When…when I did The Apprentice, a critic, a certain critic said, ‘it will never be successful!’ Because, you know, to have a big hit, a really a number one hit, you have to…and you remember that first season had one of the highest ratings ever! The final…the finale of The Apprentice? Ay! Remember…? with the great Bill Rancic and…remember how that was? Incredible!

MR. TRUMP REPORTS WHAT THE CRITIC WROTE- …but to have a great success, you have to have women. And I’ll never forget…, I saved the article. Right? Like Harry Truman said it. Words said, ‘Truman loses’…and he actually won…remember? –CROWD LAUGHS.
 
But I saved this article. They said: ‘Trump can never succeed on television, because, why would women wanna watch Donald Trump?’ –CROWD LAUGHS. And I said, ‘am I so bad?’, and ‘Am I so bad!?’ Tell me! Am I so bad!? –AUDIENCE CALLS OUT ‘NO! AND CHEERS’

And it turned out that women were the biggest base! I mean, those who are the ones that liked it more. So you know, I saved those things. But… no matter how you cut it, we can do something…so…incredible! And honestly, it’s gonna be hard, it’s gonna be a lot of work…it’s going to be…a lot of time….I wouldn’t leave the White House! You know, Obama always leaves the White House! Think of it! You’re elected president! You’re in the White House! Why would you want to leave!? I think I maybe never leave! –CROWD LAUGHS. How cool is it!? He leaves…to go to someplace…and go fundraisers. I try! I don’t know, maybe there’s some rule against it. So maybe I can’t…but I do the fundraisers in the White House! He had his wife left, I think one was doing The Ellen Show, and other was doing another show…right next door, in Burbank, California. They left a couple of hours difference. One took Air Force One, one took a beautiful Boeing 757…two planes! …a little bit different timing…going to the same location! Going to the same airport! To do two different shows! And I say ‘why!?’ ‘Why aren’t they flying…at least the same plane!?

Now, I know what those suckers…–THE PLANES-…cost, ‘cause I happen to have one of them, right? –CROWD APPLAUDS. So…so I know what it costs to operate this place. So I would have set it much different…more important the time, and the energy and ‘ay!’ –ONOMATOPOEIC SOUND.
But I would have said Ellen –ELLEN DEGENERES- or I would have said whoever’s doing the show, ‘let’s do it from the White House!’ This way I take a half an hour…I go back, I don’t spend any money…of the taxpayers…think of it! –CROWD CHEERS. No, think of it! Think of it! –CROWD APPLAUDS. And you know, the funny thing! …the funny thing is that whoever the host is…-THEY-…would like it better! We’re doing our show live from the White House or something!
So we…we don’t pay any money…we don’t have to…fuel up Air Force One, which cost…do you ever see what it costs to travel in these things!? With hundreds and hundreds of securities, and you’re closing down Burbank, California…

I mean, every time Obama comes to Manhattan, to do a fundraiser, which is often! I say, ‘what’s going on’!? You can’t move! They close down all the streets, they close down the city! And he could do it from like…Washington! –IN- fact, he could do it in my new hotel that I’m buying which are only a couple of blocks… -CROWD LAUGHS AND CHEERS-…you know? I...I just…I’m building… it’s true! –CROWD LAUGHS. I’m building this incredible hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue…and it’s gonna be incredible. The Old Post Office.

And…I actually got it from the Obama administration, which is hard to bel… people say, ‘what’s going on!?’ ‘How did Trump get it!?’

One of the most heavily sought after…buildings in the history of the General Services Administration, which…owned it. You know, they’re the ones that made the decision, and…I got it! And we’re building this phenomenal hotel, Trump International Hotel on…right on Pennsylvania Avenue. Directly between Congress and The White House, right? It’s gonna open just in time! Just in time!

And by the way, listen to this one: we’re under budget and ahead of schedule! Do you ever hear that from government!?  -CROWD CHEERS. Way under budget!

So we’re actually gonna be opening there…but it’ll be great! But he can use my hotel…I’d let him use it free. You just come in, use it, go back to the White House. But you don’t have to do that! But you say to yourself, why…you know, it’s…it’s a mindset. But…more importantly, even than the travel, we have so many things we have to do…to straighten out our country. You don’t want to waste time! You gotta do this. You gotta make deals; I’ve got the greatest dealmakers in the world lined up. To make deals for us; Carl Icahn, incredible guy, right? Incredible guy! Great deal maker!

I’ve got some of the best dealmakers in the world. They’re all calling me too! They say ‘you didn’t ask me!’ I have these guys calling me up, the best in the world! Now, I know the best. I also know guys that are overrated…I know guys that you haven’t heard of…that, honestly, are phenomenal. I know a lot that you have heard of that aren’t really that good! They’re overrated, in my opinion. But I have the best in the world! And they’re calling me, they want it. They don’t want money! They’re worth…billions of dollars!

But when I put, let’s say, Carl Icahn in… ‘I’ll say, Carl, do me a favor: Handle China’. We’re gonna make a great deal! –CROWD LAUGHS AND APPLAUDS. No, no! We’re gonna make a great deal! Because that’s what happens! You know, that’s what happens.

So…we’re gonna take back our trade…if you look at China, if you look at Japan…

I was in Los Angeles a few weeks ago; I saw ships…the biggest ships I’ve ever seen! With cars… pouring out! Pouring out! One after another, made in Japan. Very nice. Everything’s nice. Except it…it doesn’t help us. Where does it help us!? Where does it help us!?

We sell them beef! Beef! And then they don’t want it, because, you know…do you ever see what’s going on over there!? We sell the beef, it goes over there…but…and it’s very perishable. So by the time it gets over there, then they turn it around, -MR. TRUMP IMPERSONATING JAPANESE PEOPLE-…‘we don’t want it’.

And they have cars coming from these massive, massive ships! Massive! And they just pour off the ships. I’d say, ‘what are we doing?’ How stupid are we…!? No tax, no nothing! And I’m a free trader, I believe in free trade. You know, I have to say it. But I…have to be fair trade. When you look at…when you look at Japan…they take in money up here –MR. TRUMP RAISES HIS HAND AND MARKS IN THE AIR-…and we…give them money down here. We…we give nothing by comparison! It’s like…like peanuts! Balance it out, fellas. You balance it out… -CROWD CHEERS-…you’ve got to balance it! –CROWD APPLAUDS.
A friend of mine is a great manufacturer. As you know, China has…it’s probably the greatest theft in the history of the United States, what China has done to us. What…they’ve taken our money, they’ve taken our jobs, they’ve taken everything! They’ve taken so much…and they’re creating a bubble. And you know, interestingly, we’re so intertwined now –THAT- the bubble could take us down if it explodes, which at some point it might.

And we got to be smart! I made so much money dealing with China. I made hundreds of millions, probably billions, dealing with China. Uhm…the Bank of America building in San Francisco…I own a big chunk of that…which nobody knows. Nobody knows! You know, I did…all these guys come in; Forbes ‘oh, Trump’s worth only five billion or four billion or whatever…he’s only worth 5 billion. It’s like a bankrupt magazine! It’s all that is. They don’t even know my numbers! They said, ‘well, we haven’t been able to look at about 400 of his companies’. Oh, that’s okay.

So I filed, interestingly, they said, ‘he’ll never run’. ‘He’ll never run’. So they say…oh, okay, I’ll never run. They tell me I’m never gonna run. I’m saying that but I’m running. But nobody believed it…

Then I announced! Then they said, ‘Oh, he’ll never file his form, whatever’. That’s a single page where, basically, you’re signing your life away. And has to be done within 14 days of the announcement. I signed my form! And they say, ‘oh, well, he’ll never!...ever!...put in his financials. And you have like…90 days or something?

And they said, ‘he’ll ask for extensions, but he’ll never show…because he’s probably not as rich as people think’. But, actually, I’m much richer, and I put in my financials…-CROWD CHEERS-…It’s true! It’s true!

And Forbes and another group said, ‘No, no. We don’t know what all these companies are good things…’. I put in these massive financials…and, you know, they… I was so proud I might have filed…if I wasn’t gonna run. I wanted to show people! I went to brag! It’s such a great company I built!

So they said, ‘he’ll never put in his financial’. As I put in the financials, and everybody… they’re much bigger, much…it’s a much…better, you know, very little debt, tremendous value, and really great assets! Iconic assets! You know, iconic: Doral! Turnberry in Scotland! I mean I have some of the greatest real estate in the world! And I’m very proud of it! But they said, ‘he’ll never file!’, ‘he’ll never file!’.

Then they see all these companies, and you know, they have boxes! And…because it wasn’t really meant for somebody like me. And they have these little boxes…they say, ‘is it worth…or does he make a million dollars…? Then from a million to 5; from five to 10; from 10 to 25; The last box is 50 million or more…50 million or more. So…like I have a lot of buildings that are worth much more than that. I have a lot of assets that are worth…but so it says, ‘50 million or more’. So I checked many of them. I don’t know what…how many. I think is 23 of them…can you believe? –CROWD LAUGHS. Okay.

So I checked like, I don’t know…I think it’s 23, I could be wrong. Ugh…they’ll –MR. TRUMP POINTS TO THE CAMERAS RIGHT IN FRONT-…kill me if I’m wrong. But I…I’m not sure. But I think it’s like 23. 23 boxes. 15 million or more. So you know what some of these guys do? They try and always marginalize you!? They added up 23 fifties.
Now some of the 50s are worth a billion! Some of them are worth more than a billion! So it says ‘50 million or more’. I go ‘fifty’. So they’ll take 50 million for a building that might be worth a billion…! …and…and honestly…much more! And they add them up and they say, ‘oh well, he’s worth 2.9 billion’. It’s really…! This is the press! And they have no clue. Those statements aren’t really meant for me, but, it’s not meant for a guy like me. But! With all of that…uh…the statements were so good. They’re so good

And…you know, one of the things I’m doing…and last night was incredible! We had an amazing event in Massachusetts, -CROWD APPLAUDS, right? Oh, ‘look at this… -TRUMP ADDRESSES A MEMBER IN THE AUDIENCE IN PARTICULAR-…we have a win…’ ‘What the hell are you doing in Nashville!? What are you doing!? What is that!? I must have brought those people with me. What are you doing here!? There’s like Old Home Week.

Anyway, so here I am…I spent millions of dollars during the course on jet fuel! Okay? I like a lot of money…on jets. But somebody puts up a sign, ‘a hundred dollars to go to this thing’. I didn’t know who did it, but somebody puts up a sign. So all over the place, I’m spending millions of dollars…I’m turning down millions! –MR. TRUMP PLAYS OUT A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION WHERE HE IS OFFERED MONEY-… ‘I don’t want your money’. ‘I don’t want your money’. Somebody puts a sign up…talking about a hundred dollar contribution of which, you didn’t have to make, but they put it up…it’s all over CNN…-MR. TRUMP PRETENDS HE’S A CNN WORKER AND IN A MOCKING TONE SAYS-… ‘Trump is asking for 100 dollars’. I fly my plane someplace, it cost me a fortune! The fuel! The 100 dollars…the money that I raised last night, which doesn’t go…it goes toward…paying off like the expense or something.

The guy that had it’s –A- great guy, Ernie. A great guy, really successful guy. You know him, right? –MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SOMEONE IN PARTICULAR-…Ernie! He’ll sell you a car any day of the week, right? –CROWD LAUGHS. And…you know, the guy is like…2,000 people showed up, let them get a little deferment of the roast beef or whatever the hell they’re serving. So they put up a sign…I don’t want the money…I might like four or five million, that’s hard to turn down. But a 100 dollars’ times…uh…you know…some people, and we let the Vets say, we’ll let this…most of the people I think came in free. And I end up with this big story, ‘Trump accepting contributions’.

I can’t believe it! I got so angry at my people…because…somebody put up a sign! Saying 100 dollars. And honestly, it’s…it’s like…first of all, it’s peanuts! It doesn’t mean anything! But they used it to try and marginalize. They always do! They always do. The bottom line is…I am self-funding my campaign! I’m self-funding, I don’t want to have anybody get…I don’t need money –CROWD APPLAUDS.

Now with that being said, the small money comes in and it’s… it’s not a lot of money, but it’s great money. Like… Baeda might send me some money. Baeda will send me some money. But, a woman sent me 7 dollars…with a beautiful letter. From…Georgia. Another person sent me 12 dollars and…small money and some sent me 1000 dollars. But it doesn’t amount to a lot! But that, I do like coming in, because they invest in the campaign. How do I take the 7-dollar check, right? And send it back to the person who sent it to me from Georgia: ‘Dear Sarah, I’m, sorry, I don’t really want your money’. How do you write a letter like? I want them to invest in it. But, you know, they’re not going to tell me not to…do this or not to do that for China, because there are lobbyists for China and they gave me 5 million dollars…

I had a big lobbyist ask me to have…he want to give me 5 million dollars for my campaign! I turned him down! I turned him down! –CROWD APPLAUDS. And then I see this story on CNN last night…it was disgusting…that… -MR. TRUMP IMPERSONATES THE CNN STAFF-…‘look, there’s a sign, 100 dollars!’ Somebody does the sign! …it was actually a beautiful sign if you want to know the truth. It’s so beautiful. It was beautifully done!
And they’re doing this big thing about it, all day long last night…about…I said, we had this incredible event…and they destroyed it by trying to marginalize. And that’s the press. That’s the media –AUDIENCE MEMBER CALLS OUT ‘CRIMINAL MEDIA!’.

Yeah, ‘the criminal media’. I mean, there’s truth to it. No, because a lot of times they know it’s wrong. But…but I just wanna tell you…so important to me…and last night was such an incredible event! It was…it had to be a record for a house! The guy is got a beautiful house, he’s got a big lawn, put up a tent, but we had 2,000 people! It had it be a record. The spirit in that group! The spirit in Alabama! The spirit was so incredible! The spirit in our last meeting in Iowa! Don’t forget! When I went to Iowa…and you know what I love? I’m leading with Tea Party. Big! I love Tea Party! I love the Tea Party! Tea Party people stand up and take a bow! You have not been treated fairly! No, you haven’t been treated fairly! You have not been treated fairly!

You know, people talk about the Tea Party and you talk about marginalizing it. At least I have a microphone where I can fight back. You people don’t. The Tea Party people are incredible people! These are people that work hard and they love the country…and then they get just beat up all the time by the media, it’s disgusting! And you will be surprised how big you are!
You don’t know how big you are! You don’t know the power that you have! I mean it You don’t know the power that you have! The Tea Party…and you could call it anything you want. I don’t care about names. But the Tea Party has tremendous power! I talk silent majority, but the silent majority is more than Tea Party. It’s democrats. It’s poor people. It’s rich people. It’s everybody. It’s evangelicals.

One of the things that made me so happy…I’m a Protestant, I’m a Presbyterian. Right? …is that I had a recent poll…and they did a beautiful…! …like these polls are great. You know, guys like Jeb Bush and Hillary, they hire pollsters. They pair hundreds of thousands of dollars! What do you have to do that for!? Every week they come out with a new poll! –CROWD LAUGHS.  Right?
Hey, I’m rich I don’t need…I don’t…I could hire a hundred poll… I don’t wanna…I do…I don’t wanna waste money, you know? Why should I pay…?

I know one case the guys wanted like a hundred and fifty thousand a month! And you know, then they’re arrogant guys, they think they’re hot stuff, and they tell the candidate ‘what to say!’ –IN A MORE AGGRESSIVE TONE. MR. TRUMP NOW IMPERSONATES HYPOTHETICAL POLLSTERS- ‘you got to say this!’. Gotta be politically correct. No way! I don’t have time to be politically…-CROWD CHEERS- …No! It’s true! It’s true! I don’t…I don’t have time to politically…it takes a lot of time to be politically correct!

You saw the anchor baby thing. Did you see that with where I’m on? -CROWD CHEERS. And…and…somebody from…one of I…it’s the same network CNN again! –CROWD LAUGHS-…he said, ‘you know, the name anchor baby is very insulting. I said, ‘what would you call em?’ And he gave me like nine words, ‘a baby of illegal immigrant who was brought to the country...to this one…’ I said, ‘how can I say that!?’ It’s too long! It’s anchor baby! And then Bush…Jeb, - CROWD CHEERS-…Jeb Bush…gets caught. Because he…he is such a nice person. Honest? –CROWD LAUGHS. If you want a nice person, honestly, you should vote for Jeb–CROWD LAUGHS. The country’s going to go to hell but we won’t talk about…- CROWD CHEERS-…no…no…but if you want a nice person…-CROWD CHEERS-…so Jeb has a memo that he signed, of…basically a politically correct memo, you know, ‘don’t say this…’, ‘don’t say that…’…all these things pages of stuff. But one of the things: never used the term anchor baby! So all of a sudden he’s using the term anchor baby this last week. And with that…with me, when I use it, nobody criticizes me. They expect me…they – THE PRESS, VOTERS-…gave up. Okay. - CROWD LAUGHS-…with him, they killed him. They just killed him, it didn’t stop. And then he blamed it on the Asians. He said, ‘you know…’ , MR. TRUMP NOW ASKS HIS AUDIENCE-… did you see that? And the New York Times did an editorial, ‘how dare you attack the Asians?’. So he wanted to steer away from the Hispanics! He said, ‘well, you know the Asians come in, and they also have anchor babies…’, and now the Asians all hate him- CROWD LAUGHS-… it’s true!But the Asians love me! And I love them! I love them.

So…so he has a memo, and he signs the memo, and it says…a couple of years ago, ‘don’t use this term’, and now he’s using it. Because he has to! Because baby, you know…think of it, think of it. I want to build a wall, okay? - CROWD CHEERS-…so easy, it’s so easy.

When this clown, Jose Reyes or whatever the hell his name…no, he’s a baseball player…Ramos –MR. TRUMP REFERS TO THE UNIVISION NEWS ANCHOR JORGE RAMOS-…J actually Jose Reyes is a baseball player, he's a nice baseball player…but when Ramos got up the other day, screaming and ranting…and rate…going crazy… !”…and I had all these reporters…actually the reporters were mostly at my side, because they were all…had their hand up, and this guy starts screaming! So I even had liberal people, from CBS, I actually said to the CBS, ‘Okay, yes’? and this guy stands up and starts screaming!

So when he…and I actually got a lot of credit for the way we handle him…I didn’t do anything like…- CROWD CHEERS-…I didn’t do anything! Except for The Times! And that’s what I alluded to before. The Times said, ‘Donald Trump railed at him…and screamed…’ I didn’t scream at him…! But he was screaming at me! And much worse than that! They said I wore a toupee. Can you believe it!? - CROWD LAUGHS. I don’t wear a toupee! And I proved it…I won’t bring anybody up…! …unless it’s…I won’t bring anybody up, but I don’t…but think of it!

I’m in the front page of the New York Times. And the first sentence…in the first paragraph has this announcer…! Hispanic announcer…that nobody ever heard of! …saying, ‘they call him something, which means he wears a toupee’. And I don’t! So I’m on the front page in –THE- New York Times I can’t even talk about it. I’m embarrassed to talk about it.

But they also said I was essentially screaming! …at this guy from Univision, who I happen to be suing for five hundred million dollars, they didn’t mention. - CROWD CHEERS. They also didn’t mention that his daughter works for Hillary Clinton! Do you know that!? His daughter works for Hillary Clinton! Oh, you didn’t know that! Uh! –VERY PROLONGED. CROWD CHEERS. No, they didn’t mention that –CROWD BOOS. No, no, they said I wear a toupee and I was screaming, but they didn’t…

No, he’s screaming at me, so we very nicely… ‘wisdom’ –MR. TRUMP READS A SIGN IN THE AUDIENCE-…and then we let him come back! And we actually had a nice talk! He actually seemed like a nice guy, after he calmed down a little bit, you know he’s a very emotional man - CROWD LAUGHS.

But…he said you can’t build a wall, because you can’t do it. So…2000 years ago in China! We always get back to China… -CROWD CALLS OUT. 2000 years ago…the Great Wall of China! Oh would we like to have a wall!? –RHETORIC QUESTION-…this is a serious wall. Okay? - CROWD CALLS OUT ‘YEAH!’. This is a wall you don’t go through so easy!- CROWD LAUGHS.
They –THE CHINESE- built the wall 2000 years ago, that’s…13,000 miles!13…! Think…that’s a big wall! That’s serious wall! Right? This was two thousand years ago. I mean, it took them like 500 years to build it, so you know…I gotta be a little bit…I gotta tell…took a long time. A 13,000 mile…that’s a long time. They had no tractors! They didn’t have Caterpillars. Of course today we’d use Komatsu, because they’re made in Japan, you can buy them cheaper. See? How stupid is that!? Because they devalue the Yen so much of people are buying Komatsu instead of Caterpillars. Caterpillars talk is that…it’s terrible. We’ll change that around, believe me. Believe me. But…-CROWD CHEERS-…but they build this wall…

Now we have…really fifty…I would say…look we have 2,000 miles as opposed to 13,000. But you don’t need it on all of it, because some you have natural landscaping …some you have a lot of places, and actually…10 years ago everybody wanted the wall built! Hilary wanted it built! But they couldn’t cause I’m a great builder. What I do is best…is build. I’m not a rendering guy. I do the building and then do the renting. A lot of these guys come in with renderings, and it never gets built. Does that make sense to anybody? I’m the opposite. I get it built.

So one of the reasons it couldn’t get built is they couldn’t get an approved environmental impact study. Do you believe this!? –CROWD CALLS OUT ‘NO!’-…no, no, they had certain…you know…certain –INAUDIBLE…orders, and different things…they couldn’t get it…they couldn’t not get an environmental impact study approved! To build a wall…and they’re killing people…! We have illegal immigrants…you see that with Kate, in San Francisco. You see it with Jameel…you see it with so many people.

Last night in Massachusetts I met some unbelievable families that have been devastated by illegal immigrants! They come into the country and kill members of their family! Last week in California, 66 year old veteran! A female! A veteran ! 66! Got raped, sodomized, tortured and killed. Raped, sodomized, tortured and killed. 66 years old. By an illegal immigrant…that they –THE POLICE- caught. That they caught, luckily. But this is what we have!

We have stupid people in our government. And we have people pouring across the border…
And you know what? We have great Border Patrol people. I went there. You probably saw that. That’s why the hat is so successful…the white one, right? But I went there…everybody wants to buy the hat. Now they like the white one, then two weeks later I wore the red one…the white one didn’t sell so well, the red ones…huh…-CROWD LAUGHS-…crazy thing.

But…but I went to the border! And I got to know the people. And I saw people and…you know, it’s rough stuff. It’s rough stuff. And when I first came in, and when I first did my opening statement that I was running for president…I talked about illegal immigration. I was…I was killed by the…Rush Limbaugh who I think is a terrific guy said…-AUDIENCE CALLS OUT YEAH!’…-Rush Limbaugh…said, ‘Trump has received more incoming than any human being I’ve ever seen! Then he goes, has a news conference…and I think he’s going to apologize, and he doubles down!’ –CROWD CHEERS. I got credit for it! I got credit! No, they thought I was going to apologize, and I don’t mind apologizing…but I have to make a mistake to apologize. And I was right! No, but I was right!
So for two weeks, as Rush said, I took incoming, incoming meaning the media, aye, aye, aye… -ONOMATOPOEIC SOUNDS AND GESTURES OF EXASPERATION-…in fact, that was my first two weeks. I said, ‘is it going to be like this for the next year and a half? I don’t know if I can make it’. It was brutal!

Now, many of those people…that talk that way…many of those people, they apologized to me. Everybody says I’m right! And only because of me…is everybody talking about illegal immigration. They wouldn’t be talking about it! –CROWD CHEERS-…they wouldn’t even be talking about it.
And we’re going to build a wall, and we’re gonna get…you know, the gang members…in Baltimore and Chicago, and these are some tough dudes…they’re going to be out so fast! One of the first things I’m gonna do is get rid of those gang men…we’re gonna be…you know, you look at what’s going on with Baltimore –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…you look at what’s going on in Chicago, and Ferguson, and St. Louis the other night…we are gonna get rid of those gang members so fast…your head will spin! You know, we can be really tough. I just met your cops outside. Those police are tough cookies. Those guys we need law and order. We need law and order –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
I mean, they allowed…in one night, that first night in Baltimore, they allowed that city to be destroyed. They set it back 35 years. One night. Because the police were not allowed to protect people! They weren’t allowed to protect people! We have incredible law enforcement in this country, and we have to be…

The head of the police in Chicago is a person I know. Originally from New York. He’s a phenomenal guy! He can stop things if they’re allowed to stop ‘em! He can stop it! Believe me! We have some incredible people! …but we have to be tough! …we have to be smart! You know…and I…know…you’re going to have some bad apples. You’re going to have problems. I see some of the things for you did too, and it’s disgusting! And it’s horrible! But that’s such a tiny percentage! The problem is the good work doesn’t get shown on television. All of the good work, which is ninety-nine point nine percent…! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I mean, the good work with the police…! –CROWD APPLAUDS-…it’s ninety-nine point nine percent. That one little thing…and it’s horrible. I agree. I hated some of the things, I don’t have to go into ‘em. But you know the same ones I…cause you were sick when you looked at some of them, just like I was.

But we need law and order. We need our police they’re great people! They do a phenomenal job! They’re right now afraid to do anything! They’re afraid! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I mean, I know cities…I won’t mention names…but I know cities where police are afraid to even talk to people…! Because they wanna be able to retire, and have their pension. They don’t wanna be thrown off the police force. And then you wonder why this crime in our cities…
So we need a whole new mindset!

We have to build up our military. We have to make our military so strong…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS…we have to make our military so powerful, and so strong…that we never have to use it! We never have to use it! We have to also focus on what we have.

Look, Ukraine. I want Ukraine to be healthy, vibrant and good. But Ukraine is near Germany and all of these European countries. We’re now sending f-22s, that’s the newest fighter, the best in the world…we’re sending fighters every… Where is Germany!? Where are all these European countries…!? It affects them! –AUDIENCE CALLS OUT ‘THAT’S RIGHT!’. It affects them…and we wanna stand alongside of them, I agree. But why are we leading the fight!? Putin hates us. He hates Obama! ... doesn’t hate us…I think he’d like me! I’d get along great with him, I think! –CROWD APPLAUDS. …-IF YOU- wanna know the truth. No, he has no respect for our president…and our president doesn’t like him in all fairness…and…they don’t have good chemistry, to put it mildly, would you say?
 
But I’d get along with these people. Think of it, every country is ripping us off now! Russia’s ripping us up, because in the Iran deal, which is going to go down as one of the worst deals ever, Russia is a big beneficiary because they’re going to sell Iran missiles with the money we give to Iran! Think of that! So one of the biggest beneficiaries is Russia! Okay?
 
But think of it. So…Ukraine. Let’s take a few of these things, and then I’m getting the hell out of here. I’m going back to New York. Do you mind!? Maybe I’ll go to the Grand Ole Opry tonight. Can I do that!? –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
I’d actually rather! I love…I, by the way, this is not a politician speaking, believe me. I hope... I love country music! I love it! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Hey, Trace Adkins, right? And who else…? one on The Apprentice…who else? –MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SOMEONE IN THE CROWD-…John Rich! My sis…my kids love those two guys. John Rich! And who else…? Who did really well? Clint black! Right? Clint black…he did…he did great and my Trace –TRACE ADKINS-…how good his trace? Okay?

You know, Trace came on to The Apprentice and no…I said, who the hell is he!?’ ‘Who is he!?’ I didn’t know who Trace was. I never heard of him! And he wasn’t a big name! And he came on, just to show you how important that show is, and his record, or album, or whatever you call it nowadays…you used to be ‘records’ and ‘albums’ and these day you call it…but whatever it was…it went to number one! And then he came to me…the next year, and he did fantastic…he came in second, and then he came in first. He did it twice. he’s ended…by the way, he’s a fantastic guy. So is John. So is Clint…these are great people. These are great people! These are great people!
 
But Trace came to me…and he goes, you know, certain won’ trouble him… I won’t mention the name. But he said, ‘you know, last year I couldn’t get into the show, and this year I’m hosting it Mr. Trump, all because of you’. Nice! Right? I know, nice! –CROWD CHEERS.
But those three guys, they’re great and we…you know, and we…they’re just fantastic people.
But…we’ve gotta make our country so strong…we have to make our country rich again. A person came up and said, ‘oh, that’s not nice’. MR TRUMP ANSWERED BACK- ‘What’s not nice? They said, ‘rich!’. You know to say we’re going to make our country rich…we can’t make our country great if we’re going to be poor! We’re a debtor nation –AUDIENCE CALLS OUT ‘YEAH!’. We owe 19 trillion. China…think of this! China…we owe 1.4 trillion dollars to them. So they come in, they take our jobs, they take our money, they take our base, they take our manufacturing…and we owe them one point four trillion dollars! How do you do that!? That’s like a magic act! Right? –CROWD LAUGHS. It’s true!
 
Japan sells us cars by the millions! They make a fortune! They come in, they sell us cars by the millions! And we owe them the exact same amount! We owe them one point four trillion. How come if they’re selling us cars we owe them money? Think of it. Put on your business –REFERRING TO THE BRAIN-… say I have a natural instinct for this stuff. You know? Right? –CROWD LAUGHS. If we….! If we…buy all these cars…why do we owe…why do we owe them money?
 
But we…owe them, because they take all that money that they make and they buy our bonds. And we owe…and we’re paying interest on them! And we owe them money.
 
So…it’ll change! It can change! It’s not even gonna be hard…if we have the cards! People don’t realize. See? Obama never read The Art of the Deal. People don’t realize. –CROWD LAUGHS. Oh, and somebody said…it was Sharon. Where’s Sharon? Stand-up, Sharon. She gave me such a hard time. Where is Sharon? Where the hell is she!? You could have both Sharons stand up actually –CROWD LAUGHS. Where are they? Both of them. Sharon, Sharon is great! Oh did they go after her! Whoa! She…you talk about…where’s my other Sharon? Alright…get the hell offstage Sharon, c’mon –CROWD LAUGHS. She took a lot of incoming. Sharon, did you take some incoming? I think so. Right? Get offstage! Get…it, c’mon bye, bye! –CROWD LAUGHS. Thank you darling.
 
So…we are going to do something…that…if I get elected, and again, they said, ‘he’d never run…’ Now, and actually the pundits…it’s the greatest thing! These guys that didn’t even give me a… oh, they said, ‘give me a break…’, ‘not gonna happen…’, ‘he’s a great business…’ . One guy said, ‘John McLaughlin…!’

Do you ever watch The McLaughlin Report…I like him. And one of the people on the…little group…said, ‘Donald Trump is a great businessman, but he’ll never make it…’ …as a, you know, president. ‘He’ll never get elected, he’ll never make it’. And John McLaughlin, this crusty guy…who I like! I don’t know him! I never met him! I don’t think…but I like him! He’s sitting there, goes…and he got angry…because, ‘why wouldn’t he make it!’, you tell me. Why!? He’s been a tremendous success at everything he’s done! I go all over the world; I see his name! I see his name all over! He’s had great success!’

And he said, I think this is the word, ‘he’s a man of great achievement! Why wouldn’t he make it!? –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And…and I thought it was so nice…! And the other guy just sort of shut up, and, you know…
 
Because you need somebody a great achievement! You need…I produce tens of thousands of jobs over the year. I don’t have to worry about Obamacare. I take such good care of my employees. I have thousands of employees. I take good care of them! We have great plans! My employees are lucky, they hit the lotto. Okay? –CROWD LAUGHS. But I take great care. Education…and health care! And my people are very happy. But I’ve done this for a long time! And I’ve seen ups and downs! I’ve seen market crashes, and I’ve seen friends of mine go bankrupt you’ve never seen. I’ve never gone bankrupt.
 
By the way, I’ve used the laws to my advantage and companies. I buy a company; I throw it into a chapter. I negotiate with banks, I kill…you know, and then they –THE PRESS- say, ‘Trump goes bankrupt’…these people they don’t have an…

Now, when other people do that…when ‘a Carl’ does it…–HIS FRIEND CARL ICAHN WHO HE MENTIONS ALL THE TIME- …or…they do it all the time! I mean they use it all the time! It’s called using your head! It’s called using the laws! I did, actually…I did a good job! Didn’t I…at the debate? When Chris Matthews so angrily said…and I do what every other great businessman does. I buy a company, you know, it’s…one company was sort of interesting. Uhm…a friend of mine had it..good guy. And the banks where just killing him. They were mean! And they been…banks can be mean. Right? You gotta teach him how to behave. Right? –CROWD LAUGHS. So this guy…was…just getting biggy. And…I did him a favor…and I called up the bank…so I said, ‘do me this, do this, do this, do that…’ They said, ‘we won’t do that. No! We won’t do that!’

I said, you’re making a mistake…anyway I…I was…it’s sort of a little bit complicated, and it’s a little…unknown. Anyway…I bought it…immediately…I still call it back and said, ‘don’t do this…’ –IN A THREATENING AND MOCKING TONE-…I threw it into a chapter…and they come out with a story, ‘Trump falls bankrupt’. Can you believe it? I negotiate the hell, like…what I did to that bank…? Aye, aye, aye... –CROWD LAUGHS. That poor bank…-CROWD CHEERS.

They see me walking down the street, they go, ‘hey, hey’ –IMPERSONATING THEM AND MOCKING THEM OUT-…But that…I’m good at that stuff, you know? I’m really good at that…that’s enough…but…you have to use the laws to your advantage! –CROWD CALLS OUT AND APPLAUDS. No, no, you have to use it to your advantage!
 
Atlantic City! You know, you look at Atlantic City…Caesars went bankrupt! Caesars! Who ever heard of Caesars!? Caesars filed chapter 11! Nobody cares! It…-MEMBER IN THE AUDIENCE CALLS OUT SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES IT-… ‘you’re right’. Everybody…in Atlantic City! I had the good sense…seven years. And actually, the…the financial media gives me great credit. Because I have a vision for things. I said, ‘don’t go into Iraq, even though I’m a very militaristic person’. I said don’t go into Iraq. And they shouldn’t have, because I said, ‘you’re gonna destabilize the Middle East…’. So what do we get? Two trillion dollars…thousands of deaths, thousands…like five thousand! Wounded warriors, who I love, all over the place…we can’t even go there! Iran is taking over Iraq…with the money than we’re giving them they’re gonna take off…they’re going to get the oil…they’re gonna get everything! …the oil they don’t get, ISIS is getting. Why did we get? Nothing! We got nothing…we got nothing. We got far less than nothing.
 
So I had vision. In two thousand and four, Reuters. Actually is before that, but they wrote a story: ‘Trump says don’t do Iraq. Now I’m much more militaristic than Bush…even the brother …but, you gotta know where to use it…and when! You gotta use!

So with Atlantic City, seven years ago, I got out! That’s called vision! I should get credit for vision! And again, this isn’t bragging. Normally I wouldn’t say this, but I need your freaking votes! Do you understand that!? – BURST OF APPLAUSE. CROWD CHEERS. Do you understand that!? –MR. TRUMP LAUGHS. I mean normally I wouldn’t!
 
So I got great credit, I got out! But most of the places in Atlantic City are either in trouble or they’re bankrupt. They went bankrupt. But I made a lot of money at Atlantic City! I had a great time in Atlantic City! But they asked me a nasty question, I gave a great answer. I thought so, I think I solved it.
Listen. We are going to do things that are going to make you so proud, if I win –CROWD CHEERS. We are going to have victories again! We are going to win…in fact last night, in front of the audience, and I’ve never said this before…last night in front of the audience I said, ‘we’re gonna have so many victories…’, and then I said, ‘we’re gonna win here, we’re gonna to win on trade, we’re gonna to win militarily, in terms of not having wars but just having such great strength that nobody’s gonna to play with us! Nobody’s gonna to mess with us! Okay? Nobody! And we’re gonna have victories…so many victories are gonna to be coming out of our US…in fact, you may get tired of victories! You may not want any more! You’ll get like, ‘oh!’- And everyone stood up, ‘no, no, no! We wanna keep winning!’-CROWD CHEERS.

If I win…we…will have victories! All over. We will win on trade, we will win on health care, we will win on…everything! I will protect your social security without cuts. I will protect your Medicare in your Medicaid. We are going to have something that’s so special…and you know…my whole theme is, and I’ll say it once, we will make America truly great again! And thank you very much. Thank you everybody. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you ma’am. All day long has been holding. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you everybody.

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