VIDEO Nº: 169
TITLE:169. Full Speech Donald Trump Town Hall in La Crosse WI (4-4-16) Donald Trump La Crosse Wisconsin Rally
DATE OF EVENT:04/04/2016
RELEASE DATE:03/12/2016
DURATION:01.13.57 Hrs.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:9045
Nº OF WORDS:Full
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Wow! Wow! Thank you! Thank you!
I really believe tomorrow we're gonna have a very, very big victory. Very, very big…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You know, I've been up here a lot. And I love it. And the people…I love. I have many friends from Wisconsin, but…they told me this was going to happen.
They said, “no, Donald you're gonna win Wisconsin, but you have to come here!”…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
I said “what do you mean coming? I've been there many times!”.
But he said, “no, no. Be here!”.
So, I've been here so much you're starting to get sick of me, I hope. Right? …–THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’. Huh? I hope! But we've done a lot of rallies, and they've been amazing. You know, we've had…we've had thousands and thousands of people that unfortunately, we couldn't get in. We can't get the arenas big enough. We're doing…uh…two more today, and some television, and some other things. And we're all over the place. And, I'll tell you, the feeling that we have here is incredible. So, I just wanna thank you all-
It's…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…it's about making America great again, folks. It's not about me. I'm a messenger. I'm really sort of your messenger, but it's about making America great again. Everybody's talking about it. It's a movement going on. That's why the vote tomorrow is so important.
You know, your governor, who…and Steve went through. I don’t have to go through the numbers. The numbers are not what people think. The numbers aren't great! You understand that, what's happening here. And in all fairness to him, what's happening in the United States! The numbers are terrible, because we're losing our manufacturing; we're losing our businesses; we're losing our money! We have deficits that are so massive…! And we have had for years!
In a certain way, it reminds me of a friend of mine. He's a very strong guy. He's been sick for a long time. For a long, long time. He was supposed to have died two years ago, [a] long time ago. And he hangs on, and hangs on, and hangs on. He's an…amazing guy. Just…tough! And I said, “Wow!”. And I call him. And I say, “[are] you doing okay?”.
“I am, I am!”.
And, you know, he…was…so…badly…hurt! And he was just…just a strong guy.
This country, we lose money all the time. For years and years we've had deficits! For years and years we've had bad trade deals. For years and years we've defended the world at tremendous cost to ourselves. For years and years…like NATO! I get criticized for NATO! I'm the one that understands it!
Now, experts are saying, “you know, Trump really…sort of…has something. We never thought of…”. They’re so…the people that study NATO, they're so close to it [that] they don't understand that it's obsolete. And I'm not saying you get rid of it! I'm saying…and I never did! But I say people have to pay up! If they're gonna be in, many…you have 28 countries! And why should we be paying a vast majority of the cost of NATO!? People have to pay up! The countries have to pay up!
So I was being interviewed, and I was talking about NATO! And I said, “number one, it's obsolete”: This was put in…in terms of Soviet Union, when the Soviet Union, which isn’t here anymore! Now, Russia's tough, and…all of that, and that's fine! But we need somebody to look after terrorism! You know, there are new threats now that they didn't have…68 years ago! A different kind of threat. Different countries involved! It's different from the 28 countries that you have right now! Some of them have overlap, but some are much different, in terms of terrorism! Because today…we have…a radical Islamic terrorism threat! A term that our president doesn't even…wanna mention!
I mean, here's a guy [that] makes a deal with Iran…who by the way, he's just clueless, folks. He's clueless…–THE CROWD LAUGHS AND CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. He makes a deal…it’s so sad!
He makes a deal with Iran and now he's very upset because obviously, they're breaking the deal and he’s…yes…yesterday he came out and he talked about…the deal with Iran, he's disappointed. And he said it…weakly, but it was…strong! Strong enough, to know…that…things aren't working out with the deal. The ink isn't even dry!
And I said…one of the papers asked me, one of the…media groups asked me about it. I said, “I could have told you about this a year ago!”. I mean, it's…it's like we're a bunch of babies. We’re being led by people that don't know what they're doing! It's like they’re babies! It’s like taking candy from a baby! The rest of us…views us just like that, boom! Taking candy from a baby. Whether it's their military deals with us, whether it's the trade deals…;
So, I said about NATO, and I…mean this whole heartedly! I’ve…I've been…look, I built a great company. I've been making…a lot of money over my life. I've made a…I built a phenomenal company. Very low debt. Tremendous assets. Some of the great assets in the world. Great cash flow. And I say that not to brag, I say that because that's the kind of thinking we have to have in our country now, or we're going down! We're going down! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
I was interviewed by Bob Woodward, and Bob Costa of The Washington Post and two…great reporters. And, they did a story, and it was…I thought it was [a] pretty good story. It was pretty accurate. Uh…I don't know where they had all this, but somebody…came out that I said, “we are going…we're in a bubble”, big bubble! [It] Could be a really ugly bubble. You know what that is, right? Bubbles! Bubbles aren't pretty. We've had bubbles. And when they burst, it's…not a good thing.
And…what I said is, we're gonna go into a massive recession. But I also say, if I'm president, that's not gonna happen! Because…I'm gonna straighten things out before it happens! It's gonna be…a mess!
And, you know, you cannot continue…to lose the kind of billions and billions of dollars on every…single…thing…we do.
With China, we have a 500…billion…dollar trade deficit! With Mexico…! By the way, they're killing us at the border. We will build the wall. They will pay for the wall, okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. 100 percent. 100 percent. 100 percent!
But with Mexico, you know, as an example, uh…we have 58 billion dollar trade deficit. That doesn't include all the drugs that's pouring across our border, poisoning our youth! And poisoning…not only our youth, our people!
When I won…New Hampshire, the people of New Hampshire, every time I went to see them, they talked about heroin as their biggest problem. They didn't talk about the military! They didn't talk about this. They did mention the vets a lot. We're gonna straighten out the situation for the vets, because the vets, all over our country…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…all over our country the vets are suffering. And frankly, we take care of…illegal immigrants better than we take care of our vets, and it’s gonna change. It's gonna change…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But, I said! We’re…in…unless I become president, because we'll do things that will be great. Number one, I'm gonna renegotiate trade deals, and they're gonna be fair! And we'll make deals, and have the greatest negotiators in the world. Carl Icahn endorsed me. We have so many unbelievable endorsements. We have the greatest in the world! [The] Greatest negotiators in the world! [The] Greatest business people. We don't use them. We use political hacks…to make these massive trade deals with foreign countries. And we don't wanna use political hacks anymore! It's…it's over! We gotta use our best. We have to use our finest. And we don't do that. So, that's gonna start happening.
But with NATO,…so, NATO we are paying a tremendous amount of money…for NATO. And it's not fair, folks! It's not fair! And I would…get together, and I'll say to the countries that haven't paid, and they're paying not their fair share…; and they know they're getting away with murder! But why should they do it? Nobody…calls! Nobody talks to them and says, “you know, we're defending you and you're not paying!”. I want them to pay up! And I want them to pay delinquent. Because, delinquent, for years they haven't been paying! This isn’t like it just stopped! For many years they haven't been paying. I want them to pay delinquent.
And you know what? If they wanna leave NATO? That's okay with me! And frankly, if it affects NATO to the point where we're not gonna have NATO? We’ll come up with something else, don't worry about it! But we…we just have to do it. You always have to be able…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…in deal making, you always have to be able to walk.You have to be able to walk.
So, I took a lot of criticism. They said…here was the headline: “Donald Trump wants to dissolve NATO!”. That's not what I said! And I said…and this isn’t The Washington Post. This is others. I said, “Donald Trump wants to have people pay. Donald Trump wants to adjust for terrorism, which we have to do. Donald Trump wants to do all of the things that they explained. Donald Trump wants to get all of the back money that's owed to us by all of these countries, who have had a free ride, or close to a free ride. And Donald Trump wants to make the United States rich again, and great again; and…wants to help other nations"…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I wanna help other nations! But we don't wanna be the fools! We don't wanna be the dumb patsies…that we are all over the world, ecause that's what's happening!
I mean you have guys that are running that are…totally taken care of by special interests. You take a look at the people…supporting Ted Cruz. Totally…you take a look at the people that are giving to his PACs, and that are giving him money. These people are…they have total control over him! They will say, “jump, Ted!”. In some cases they'll say, “jump, lyin Ted!”, because nobody lies like this guy. This guy's a liar! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. He's a liar. We call him ‘lyin Ted’, you know?
[Did] You notice I win the eva…evangelical vote? He's always walking in with the Bible held high; [he] puts it down, [and] then he lies…­–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
[Do you] Remember what he did to Ben Carson!? A phenomenal guy who endorsed me in Iowa. He said, “the election’s over! Ben Carson has left! He's left! It's over for Ben Carson! He's left! Vote for me”. This was…on Election Day! This wasn't the day before! This wasn't a day after. This was as people are going in! They’re screaming that Ben Carson had left. And he said he didn't know about it. He knew about it! He knew about it!
Then they had a voter fraud. You know, the voter…you saw that, the voter thing, where…the whole thing! Look, this is a dirty business, this politics. I've never seen lying like this. I've never seen deception like this.
The media is very dishonest, cause they don't give out the true story. They don't give out. They give out…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…no, they don’t. They’re dishonest, this guys. They’re so dishonest. They don't give out the true story. They're very, very dishonest people.
And sometimes, they are maybe for…you know, they give sound bites; like when I talk about NATO and I talk about the economics of NATO! I'm sorry we have to talk about it. But we can't be…the patsy for…27 other countries. We can't do that! We just can't! And…they don't mention that. They just say, “Donald Trump wants to destroy NATO”. And…you always have to be able to walk!
So, let me give you another example. They said, “Donald Trump wants to arm…with nuclear, Asia!”. Of course I don't wanna do that! My biggest…and in…my opinion, the biggest problem; you know, President Obama said [that] the single greatest problem that…the world has and our country has is global…warming, okay? …–THE CROWD BOOS. No, think of it! I mean, he actually said that.
I went back and I said, “please, check”, because maybe he was…he said it as a joke? Maybe he said it…? He said [that] global warming is our biggest problem. Okay. We have problems, okay? We have some big problems. We may have a global warming problem but it will be of the nuclear variety if we don't have smart people in…office and soon. And soon…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Global warming is not our biggest problem, folks. Believe me.
[Did] you ever notice? They have global warming; they have extreme weather…; they have…they've named it so many different times. Now I hear they call it extreme weather a little bit more. But they've changed the name so often, right!? So often! They just weren't working, the names. And…forget that. We have a problem, and the problem is nuclear, and we have to be very careful.
We have to build up our military, because our military has been severely, severely depleted. We have a military that's been cut back so much. I'm in the real estate business. I get these things for military bases passing my desks. You know, they send me listings, right? Like some people get houses. I get military bases. We get…–THE CROWD LAUGHS–…it’s crazy. My life is crazy.
But I say, “how many military bases are for sale? We're selling all these military bases, why? What are we doing!? And you know, you see Russia is expanding its military all over, they’re building…they're building all sorts of areas, all along the borders of…different parts of Russia. There’s…they're expanding. You look at what China is doing in the South China Sea. And they say, “oh, Trump doesn't have experts!”.
Let me tell you, I do have experts but, I know what's happening! China is not…; and look at the experts we've had! Okay? Look at the experts! All these people have had experts. You know, I've always wanted to say this. I've never said this before, with all the talking we all do. All of these experts…“oh, we need an expert here…!”. The experts are terrible! Look at the mess we're in with all these experts that we have! Look at the mess! Look at…look at the Middle East!
If our presidents…and our politicians…went on vacation…for 365 days a year, if they went to the beach, we'd be in much better shape right now in the Middle East! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Right? We've been much, much…we'd be in much better shape! I mean, these people don't know what they're doing! They say, “Donald Trump needs a foreign policy advisor”, supposing I didn't have one! And I have…a lot of people! I met, last week, with a lot of people. All good people.
But, supposing I didn't have one! Would it be worse than what we're doing now!? …–THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’. The people…the experts…; and I'm not knocking them! I'm just saying…the world is a mess. We've helped to make it a mess. We've totally destabilized the Middle East. Had we not gone into Iraq, and then the way we got out of Iraq with Obama was a disaster, cause once we were in, we could have made me kept some people! But what's really the thing I would have kept? The oil. We left.
And now ISIS has the oil and Iran is taking over Iraq. So, for years and years, and decades and decades, Iran has wanted to take over Iraq and they couldn't do it. They’d fight, and fight, and fight. And they were equal powers. And one would win, and another one would win. They’d go 10 feet left, 10 feet left. Then they’d rest. Boom, boom! This would go in for decades, right? We knocked the hell out of Iraq. And now Iran’s taking it over! They’re reporting to Iran.
And Iran's gonna get one of the great…you know, you think the deal they made was good? …which Obama now says they've…violated. They violated the deal before they even signed it! They're buying missiles from Russia. I heard they're buying missiles from Russia, like two or three days after they signed the deal! They go out and they buy a 118 Airbus planes, right? You know, the big jet liners. Made in Airbus…but made in Europe! They don't buy Boeing!
Then somebody said, “well, they're not allowed to buy Boeing, because they're not allowed to buy you at this country”.
I said, “really!?”. So, we give them a 150 billion, but we restrict them ! So why, when you made the deal, did we take that restriction off? That's a restriction we could have taken off! Because one of these geniuses that work in the media…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…they said, “well, Donald Trump didn't know that they're not allowed to spend here”.
And you know what? That's the case…and, you know, you then make it part of the deal, you take it off! We want them to spend their money with Boeing! We don't want them buying Airbus. We want them buying Boeing. It's America…first! America…first! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS[MGF1] .
So…so, Ted Cruz. I mean, first of all we got two guys running. I started with 17. We're now down to two. And I always joke, and I have fun with it, cause I can be the most presidential person you've ever seen. I'm like a really smart person…–THE CROWD CHEERS. I did really well. I have very good genes in terms of all of that stuff, believe me. I'm so much smarter than these guys that write the stories about Trump: “Trump didn't do this; or he didn't do that”. In the meantime, I'm there…; I'm here…;
I get a kick out of these candidates that I've defeated. “Donald Trump…maybe will not beat Hillary Clinton”. By the way, I'll beat her so easily. I haven't even focus on her…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
I haven't even started on Hillary. The only time I did was two months ago. She said something nasty. I said it back, and her poll numbers went like this…–MR. TRUMP DRAWS A LINE GOING DOWN VERTICALLY–…in one day. And she had a tough time that evening with Bill, believe me. I will tell you…–THE CROWD CHEERS. So, I haven't even thought about Hillary! But you know, I get a kick out of these guys that I've defeated. “Donald Trump will not beat so and so”.
I say, “but I beat you!”…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. And I beat Walker really badly! …–THE CROWD CHEERS. Don't forget, when Walker came in…oh, I wish I had it! I'm gonna show it today at one of the rallies. We have rallies. In fact my wife is flying and for these rallies. We have a rally…a big one in the afternoon. And Melania is coming in. It's gonna be great.
So, let me just tell you. We're gonna have…a lot of fun. I'm gonna show the plaque. I should have brought it for you! This group…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Oh, well. All right. You'll see it on television, okay? It's the same thing. But I got a plaque from Walker saying this and that. Okay.[MGF2] 
Here's the story. Here's the story[MGF3] . When I was in South Carolina, I was running. And I was running against a lot of guys. The face of the Republican Party, the future the Republican Party, all of these different guys big in the Republican Party. I wasn't expected to win. Uh…this was Cruz's battle…ground area, they said. This was gonna be great for Cruz, but Rubio was tough.
Then all of a sudden, Nikki Haley, the governor…from South Carolina, who's very weak on borders, [and] very, very weak on illegal immigration…unbelievably weak on it, she supported Rubio. It was over! I was gonna get killed! The governor…of the state, whose fairly popular, but…they didn't know that not as popular as people…; in fact, the lieutenant governor…supported me, and I said, “I'd rather have the lieutenant governor than the governor”.
But the governor…supported Marco, and…I said, “that's bad!”. And guess what happened. I won in a landslide! Same thing’s gonna happen here…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I think the same thing. I don't know, maybe not! Maybe not. Maybe not.
You have a governor…that's…got a lot of false information out there. You saw the numbers. I don't have to read you the numbers. I can tell you, job creation is low. You're an average state in terms of the states around you. All of that stuff! Plus there's a lot of turmoil here. Wouldn't it be nice…? You know, we're all fighters, especially the people in this room. My people are fighters! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I love my people![MGF4] 
In fact, one of the pollsters came on today. They talked about “Trump has like this 35-percent base”. And I thought it was great. I love these people! They said, “there's nothing! …nothing…!”, and I doubt…there has to be something; but they said, “there's nothing he can do…to lose those people!”.
And I said, “wow, that's a big statement!”. Should we try it? No…–MR. TRUMP GIGGLES. THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. But they said, “there's nothing he can do to lose that base”. Now, they said, “he has to expand his base”. And we're expanding plenty. But they said, “there's nothing he can do…!”.
We had a poll come out…uh…the other day. I think was NBC [that] came out: 42 percent. That's with three or four people in the race. We had one come out, 53 percent! But…but…they…the…my people [MGF5] are incredible. They then interviewed a woman. [MGF6] And you know, the reporters are always negative . They always…put negative![MGF7]  “Well, you know, Donald Trump said this, and Donald…; would you still wanna be with Donald Trump?”.
She said, “there is absolutely nothing he can do, and nothing anybody else can tell me…where I will cast my vote for anybody but Donald Trump”. This was this beautiful woman…! Oh! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Oh…! I wanted to grab that television set and hug it! I wanna find out this woman, but…and she said, “and all my friends feel the same way”. And it was…it's amazing! It's amazing.
So, we have…a powerful group. We have a wonderful, wonderful group of people. Who's out there shouting!? …–MR. TRUMP TURNS AROUND AND FACES THE CROWD BEHIND. I love that. Huh? …–THE CROWD BEHIND CHEERS. Thank you. I love you. I love you top, believe me.
So, we have this great…we have this great group of people. And, I think we're just gonna have a phenomenal time. Look, what am I talking about? I'm talking about simple. We're talking about…–THERE IS A SUDDEN NOISE IN THE ROOM–…we’re talking…oh, get out. Get him out. Here we have our standard…you know, [they] stand up and…shout for a couple of seconds. All right, get him out, please…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND BOOS SIMULTANEOUSLY. THEN THEY CHANT ‘TRUMP!’ REPEATEDLY.
I wonder what state he came from. You know, they send him around. The last person Hilary wants to run against is Donald Trump. Believe me, folks. And they send him around. Yeah, okay, good. You have fun…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. It actually sort of makes it more interesting, though. Doesn't it? …–THE CROWD YELLS ‘YEAH!’. Otherwise, we could get a little bit bored! We’d get a little bit…; you know, so this is good. Everyone…you'll probably have one or two.
Uh…yesterday we had a rally, it was so good, right? It was so good. And you've been hearing what's happened. Yesterday we had one rally where we turned down. Uh…I feel terribly! Please, I hope those people that left…still vote for me, okay? But yesterday, we had about…a rally where we turned out five to 6,000 people.  They couldn't get them in! We had about 3,000 people inside.
We had another one, where we had 4,000 people in the room, and we had five or 6,000 people in another room, and the person that ran that facility said they've been there for a long time, [and] they've never seen…anything…like it. Right? Am I right? You were there…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Right? What are you, following me around!? There’s a group that’s followed me…; Huh? I love you. I'll never disappoint you. Let me tell you, I'm never gonna disappoint you, first.[MGF8] 
So, look. You know, a couple of things. And the reason I'm not gonna disappoint, [is] cuz I'm self-funding. I'm putting up my own money. I'm not controlled by these groups! I'm not controlled by the banks! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I'm not controlled by electric! I'm not controlled by lumber! I'm not controlled by the pharmaceuticals! I'm controlled by the people! I'm controlled by…all…of the people! …–MR. TRUMP TURNS AROUND AND POINTS AT THE WHOLE CROWD AS HE SAYS IT. THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY[MGF9] . That's all!
I don't know! I don't know, maybe…I won't get there. Maybe I will. I will tell you: it's a movement. The cover of Time magazine, so many times, over a short period of time, they called it ‘a movement’. And they even said, one of the writers said to me, recently! [He] said a long time…also recently, [a] top, top guy; actually…a very liberal [guy], but…still a talented guy. We can say that, right? [MGF10] …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. He said, “no, no it makes no difference if you win or lose. What you've done is amazing”.[MGF11] 
I said, “[it] makes a big difference. If I lose, what I've done , to me, was a total waste of time. I really mean it. [A] Total waste of time. If I win, we can make the change”. If you lose…like Romney had a great chance to win. He should have won. He choked like a dog. This guy choked..:! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. And I don't wanna support…I'm never gonna go back; you know, it's…when I…when you're rough with somebody, like I said yesterday to one of the…people: “well, Ted Cruz is…having a hard time saying he's gonna endorse you”.
I said, “let me make it easy. I don't…need his endorsement. When it's all over…when it's all over, win, lose or draw, Ted doesn't have to endorse me”. I think we're gonna get there. I think we're gonna get there…on the 12, 37 if you wanna know the truth. I think we're gonna have the delegate…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But…but who knows? Who knows? Look, you have a governor who's against me. He's only against cause I was very, very tough with him. That's all. I mean, he gave me plaques. I told you. You'll see the plaque today. Unfortunately it'll be on television, but that's okay. But…but, I was tough on him. And I was tough on Jeb. And I was tough on Marco. We won Florida by 20 points! 20 points! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.
But I turned on the television and I see ads! One after another after another. Here! I've been here for three days, and then I was here for four days, before that. Every once in a while I go back. And New York, by the way, I Love New York. New York just came out with a pole, it's like…I'm…killing everybody. Which is good! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. Isn't it nice…when the people that know you best have you way up? Okay? Without any influence or anything!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
New York. New Jersey. Governor Christie endorsed us, big league. New York. New Jersey. And…Connect…and Connecticut…who is phenomenal. And also very importantly…very, very importantly, you look at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I went to school at the Wharton School. Pennsylvania, big, big up. So, we're doing great in Pennsylvania, like a tremendous tremendous…tremendous number there. So, I think we're gonna do great.
But if we do well here, folks, it's over! If…if we don't…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…if we don't…if we don't win here, it's not over. But wouldn't you like to take the credit…in Wisconsin…for ending it!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Give Wisconsin the credit for ending it! And then we can focus on Hillary instead of these two guys.
So, look…so, I don't know what's gonna happen. I hear we're doing very well. I hear the polls right now are very, very close. And, my friend was right, “come here”. And I've enjoyed it. I’ve met…made new friends! A lot of new friends.
But I…I’ll tell you what. I turned on the television last night…and every ad was negative to Trump! They’re untruthful ads, by the way, in…meh…most of them are. Not all of them! [A] couple of them…[a] couple of them are getting pretty close, but…–THE CROWD LAUGHS–…but they're all negative ads! And they're spending millions of dollars or negative ads, all right? They're spending…millions! They have the governor against me. They have a couple of other people that I never even heard of against me. I don't know who the hell they are…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. They never met me. I never met them. I don't particularly wanna meet them.
But they have…the governor's against me. And I remember with Nikki Haley! When she came out, and…and it was over, and then I won in a landslide! South Carolina. It was over! And…I have a feeling the same things gonna happen here. Because Walker has not done a great job! He has not done a good job! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
He's a…and by the way, he's been okay! He’s…he…you’re average! I hate to say it! You look around your surrounding states. [Do] You know what you are!? Average! You're not average people, right!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So, big deal! You got the governor. And the only reason he's doing it, [is because] he hates Cruz. They all hate Cruz. Everybody hates Cruz. Lyin Ted Cruz! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. There's a guy…he's in the United States Senate, and until a week ago, he didn't have any…senator…endorse him! And the senator that he respects the most in the world is called Senator…Jeff…Sessions! And Senator Sessions endorsed me! Okay!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
He’d go around and tell stories: “Senator Jeff Sessions! Senator Jeff Sessions on the border!”. He's an incredible guy, highly respected by everybody. And Senator Jeff Sessions, who I don't think ever endorsed a presidential candidate…I'm pretty sure! He endorsed Donald Trump, which was a shocker to Cruz, and a shocker to the…dishonest people back there…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS. THE CROWD LAUGHS. Except…except for John Roberts, he's fine…–THE CROWD CHEERS. John is very honest. Right, John?
So…so, look. Here's the story. Because, again, the media got it wrong. I said Kasich should get out. Now, normally I wouldn't say that. Normally I wouldn't say. But Kasich…here’s the story: we've gone through many, many states. I've won, I think, 22 states. Cruz gets up, he says, “uh…I’m the only one…!”; you know, with this [tone]. Uhg…I wish you could just talk normally every once in a while…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. [Did] you ever hear the…? …–MR. TRUMP SHAKES HIS FINDER UP IN THE AIR–…“I'm the only one…that has proven…that I can beat…Donald Trump!”. Remember in the debate! “I'd beat him five times!”.
And I looked over and I said, “yeah, but I've beaten you 22 times” …–THE CROWD LAUGHS, CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [Do you] Remember that? [Do you] Remember!? And he stopped like this…–MR. TRUMP REMAINS JAW-DROPPED. He didn't say anything! You know, he's a debater, but he can't talk. So, he's not a debater either. According to every…poll, I beat him at the debate.
But here’s the story with Cruz. Cruz is not gonna do it, but Kasich! He's one…for 30. In other words, think of it. He's lost like…29, or 30, or 31 times, whatever the hell it is! Every single state, and every single island…he's lost! He's lost everything! He's lost everything! And…I would have beat him! Except, instead of going to Ohio for one more day…I didn't wanna take a chance.
You know, a phony poll came out, cause these guys give you phony polls. I was up in Florida…I was up in Florida, [MGF12] by…a tremendous amount, like 20 points. And…I said, “oh great, I’m going to Ohio”. And then a phony poll came out, from one of the phony people back there…–MR. TRUMP POITNS AT THE CAMERAS. You know, they call them…they call…I won't call…tell you what they call those poles. They call him dirty polls! They dirty pulse cuz they're phony! And it said…headline, “Donald Trump rapidly losing his lead in Florida! He's rapidly losing his lead! He's down to only six points!” It was up 18 or 19. “He's down from 18 to six! It looks…!”. This is like…three days before the election, in Florida.
I said, “oh, man! I can't leave Florida! I've gotta stay here! I've gotta make sure I won”. And I had a rally that night, which was unbelievable, in Boca Raton. And I had other rallies, and it was great. And…then I won in a landslide! And if I would have gone to Ohio, instead of listening to the dirty poll, I would have one in Ohio. It was so close! I was gonna win! And…I was all set. But I didn't wanna take a chance with Florida.
But here's a stir with Kasich. Let's say he's won, and that's his own state, where he has a machine behind him, etcetera, etcetera. So, he's one in 30. He ought to get the hell out, honestly. And you know what? That doesn't mean he has to quit, because he can go to the convention, and put his name, and say, “I wanna run for president!”. Cause in all fairness to Jeb Bush, and to Marco Rubio, and to Rand Paul…and to every…single…candidate…that went out and worked hard, that frankly in…most cases have done much better than…Kasich, they could have stayed! You know, he's just like a stubborn guy. He's stubborn. He doesn't wanna leave. They asked him the other day: “are you gonna leave?
“No. [I’m] Not gonna leave”.
And let me tell, he hurts me much more than he hurts…Cruz. Cruz wants him out. Cruz's wrong. He hurts me. In fact, a recent poll came out where…I get many more of his votes…than Cruz gets.
So, Marco should have stayed in…and the other ones…should have stayed in, because they're doing better and they were doing better than Kasich! So, he's just staying there. He's not even campaigning…here! He's gone! He's right now in other states campaigning, because he feels he's not gonna do well in Wisconsin! And…and he's right! I don't think he's gonna do well anywhere.
So, if he wants to run, let him go to…the convention. Let him…put…he’s the governor…uh…you know, governor. Uh…we're talking about Cleveland. Let him put his name in contention, and if things don't work out, let him be! But it's very, very…unfair, just to have a stubborn guy like that…to be…campaigning. And I'll tell you, but it's really unfair…to other candidates…who did much better than he ever did! He could never do as well as they did, and they dropped out when they realized…they couldn't win.
And now, soon Cruz is gonna be in that position. He's not gonna be able to win. Because he doesn't have enough…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS­–…he doesn't have enough delegates.
Now, remember this. Remember this. I have…millions more votes…than Cruz, and I got all these cameras going so if I'm wrong, it's gonna be a headline: “Donald Trump exaggerates”. I don't exaggerate. I’ve very little exaggeration. You know, I've learned…like…Trump, The Art of the Deal. I used to say it's the greatest selling business book of all time. I think it is. But just to solve the problem I say, “one of the greatest business books of all time”, right? Selling. Uh…you gotta be very careful. But I don't have to be careful about this. I've got millions and millions more votes…than Cruz. Millions. By…like a lot!
I've got…almost 300…delegates, that's a lot, more…than Cruz. And…and we won't even talk about Kasich, cause he's not even the same ballpark. But I have many, many…more delegates…than Cruz. I have…millions more votes than both of them. Millions!
What's happening…in the Republican Party, in terms of people coming into the Republican Party, is the biggest political story in the world, right now. And everybody's talking about it.
Now, I very rarely get good press, but the people are smart. They get what's going on. And one of the reasons I don't get good presents non-establishment. I used to be the ultimate establishment. I gave…millions…lots of money, millions of dollars to politicians, right?
I mean, recently, before I got in, [I gave] 350,000 dollars to the Republican Governors Association. It’s like takin money thrown it out the window, but that's okay. But I was like establishment!
Once I decided…once I decided to run, once I took…this…made this big decision, which is hard! Not an easy thing to do! [It] Takes guts! Believe me, folks. It takes guts! Once I decided to run, and my wife told me! She said, “you know, darling, if you run you're gonna win. But you actually have to run”…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. Not that she wanted me to, cuz she didn't. But she said, “if you run, you're going to win”. But she knows how people…respond to me. But she said, “you’re gonna have to, actually, stand up and do it. You can't just be polled. Because nobody's gonna believe you're gonna run”.
They can do a poll and they say, “Donald Trump is absolutely running”, and…nobody believes it”. She said, the only one…; and she turned out to be right! Because almost from the beginning, I've been number one.
Now, I've been tough, because I hate to see our country taken advantage of. So, I've been tough…–THE CROWD LAUGHS, CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I've been tough on China. I…I have great relationships in China. They all know I'm right. They know I'm right. They tell me I'm right. But I've been tough on China. I've been tough on…many countries. I said I’ve been very tough on Mexico. Because Mexico is just killing us. Look at all the companies…look at all the companies that are moving to Mexico, folks. Carrier, Ford…; I mean, uh…Nabisco! I could give you a list, it would be from…up to that ceiling.
They're moving to Mexico. They're stopping their taxes in this country. They're firing thousands and thousands, and actually millions of people, like…like Wisconsin! Take a look at what's happened to your manufacturing! You look at a chart…I gotta show you the chart. I have to show you. Wait a minute! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS, CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. I gotta show you…–MR. TRUMP TAKES OUT A PIECE OF PAPER AND SHOWS IT. Look at this. Look at this. Look at that chart. How are you, good? Look at that! Let me show you this. Let me show you this first. United States manufacturing jobs [have] rapidly declined since 2000. Can you see that chart? Look at that! Look at that! [Do] You know where those jobs are going? They’re going to everywhere but us! Everywhere but us! Look at those numbers, folks! We don't need fancy charts, do we? Look at those numbers. Look at those numbers.
United States manufacturing, right? And this charts are good ones compared to some…! I got charts that…I…I could show, [and] you your head would spin. In fact, I'm actually having some very, very professionally done…charts. And they are gonna be…devastating. I don't…I don't even like doing it. They’re so negative!
So, what's happening is the following: I'm running. I'm doing well. I'm fighting a hostile press, really hostile. I'm fighting…I'm fighting…negative ads. There was something I saw the other day, I think on FOX or one of them, talking about the money that's been spent against me. And they had the number of ads that were spent against me. 55,000 ads! But I saw it last night in my hotel room. [A] Nice hotel! All I want is clean. I just want clean. [It] Doesn't have to be fancy. And it's not! But it's clean! [MGF13]  That's what we want. I expect that out of Wisconsin. Clean, right? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS, CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But I have the television on. And it's…ad after ad. And I'll tell you one of them: Club for Growth! I see: Club for Growth. They came to my office. They asked me for 1 million dollars. I said, “no, thank you”. I've never even heard of them! Then they write me a letter, which I posted, by the way. They asked me four million dollars in the letter. I said, “no”. Now I see Club for Growth doing negative ads about me. These are dishonest people! That's like a form of extortion.
Now, [it] would have been cheaper probably, and easier, if I just gave them the million bucks, but I'd rather give the million to you. I'd rather give it to anybody…–THE CROWD LAUGHS, CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [I’d rather] Give it to charity.
You know, you can be rich…but you can't be stupid. You can't be stupid. So, this Club for Growth, they're doing so many negative ads! And yet, they came to my office, asking me, begging me for money! And now, they go and use my name to get other people to put up money, because they have their own problems. I will do such a good job for you.
Now, here's a story. So, Kasich shouldn't be in. He…he adds nothing. And, one other thing: he voted for NAFTA, which is a disaster. And he's totally in favor…of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Kasich is gone. And it's…by the way, his state also! [It’s] Highly overrated! He's in the lower half of his surrounding states. That's the best way to look at it I think, right? But he's not doing well. You look at his coal areas. You look at his steel areas. They're dying in Ohio! I'll change it around.
China is dumping steel…in the United States at numbers…that are so ridiculous! And it's killing our jobs! Killing. And they're dumping to do that! To do that. And once they have it, then…you watch what's gonna happen, okay? You watch. I know exactly what they're doing. I know exactly what they're doing…–THE CROWD LAUGHS, CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…Cruz! Cruz has a lot of problems, all right? Cruz has a lot of problems. And, we call him lyin Ted, but there's for a good reason, because Cruz…if you look at him, look at his personal financial disclosure. He's always talking about… “I'll protect you from the banks”, you know, like he's Robin Hood. He didn't disclose…that he's got a loan…from Citibank, and from Goldman Sachs…for a million dollars, at a very, very low interest rate! He didn't wanna disclose that. Because that would look good! When he's paying less than anybody could possibly pay, okay? He didn't disclose many things.
But here’s the problem: he doesn't know anything about business. He has no clue. He doesn't get along with anybody. Everybody hates him. The United States Senate hates him! You know, it's wonderful to say you're an outsider, but now he's saying he's establishment![MGF14]  Have you seen the new!? He's now the establishment! He is saying he's the establishment! He's got all these guys like…Lindsey Graham. There’s another guy. Oh, did I kill the poor guy! I hit him so hard…! He's still recovering…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. He goes, he hates Cruz. He hates him. And he has a news conference…to announce. Why does…? What doesn’t he just go back?
You know, in South Carolina I was at 42, and he was at two, and he's the sitting senator from South Carolina! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. But Lindsey Graham, this poor guy. This poor, poor, pathetic man…; he says to…he says…and I don't wanna support. Lindsey, you don't ever have to support me. I promise, okay? You know, somebody would say, “you'll never get his support”. I don't want his support! I don't care! I beat him so badly…that it's really impossible for him to support me, okay? It's impossible! I hit him so hard…from the phone number. [Do you] Remember when he came…? He came up wanting money! He came up to my office…one…;  and I just found his old phone number. I said, “I wonder if it still works”. His phone exploded the next day…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. We did that out of that. You know, what do I now? Hey, we all had fun. You know, it's just fun.
But Lindsey Graham hates Ted Cruz! He said such bad things about him; like…you could never ever come back. And then they said, “he's endorse him”. I said, “what do you think?”.
“Well, I had no choice”.
We did have a choice! He didn't have to endorse! Do you remember when Marco ran, and he wasn't supposed to run because Marco was…with…Bush? And…you know, Bush was like a mentor. Well, remember…? Cause I love to be honest. Number one, it's more fun. Number two, in a way, it's easier. And I get myself in trouble, but I like to be honest! I think it's great! And what we need is less…political…correctness. We have to get the job done, folks! But [do] you remember…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. [MGF15] 
Do you remember what I said that…Jeb Bush, and Marco Rubio can't stand each other? Right? They hit each other. And they said, “no, no”.
And here's what I hate about political speak. It was obvious they couldn't stand each other. Don't worry about the phone. Don’t worry…–MR. TRUMP TALKS TO SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD. APPARENTLY, THE PHONE IS RINGING–…it was obvious…somebody’s phone’s gone off. It was obvious that they couldn't stand each other. They hated each other. You could see it. And Jeb would…they’d ask Jeb. And Jeb also supported. They…they have to support! Because sometimes I hit too hard.
A great athlete said, “sometimes you hit too hard”.
And I said, “you're right, but I have to do it. I have to win”. And we have to win. The country has to win, by the way; most importantly, the country has to win.[MGF16] 
But [do] you remember with Jeb…? And they said, “what do you think of Marco?”.
“He is my dear, dear friend and Donald Trump is not a conservative”.
I'm so conservative! I'm not a conservative on stupid trade, you know. Free trade is great. But stupid trade is no good, okay? And we have stupid trade, cause we lose with everybody. We're losing…we're getting the money sucked out!
I told you about my friend who's hanging on…because he's got great genes. He's hanging on…; this country is hanging on. It's amazing that…with all of these losses, for so many years, that we still have a country! It's amazing! This country…I make the analogy! Because our country is hanging on!
Our real job numbers over 20 percent! It's not five percent! And the jobs we have, even the other side says the jobs are bad jobs. Okay!
But then they asked Marco, “what do you think of Jeb?”.
He goes, “he is my dear, dear friend”. And then he goes…about me! He goes, “he's a man of great talent”. I said, “that’s strange. Why would he say that?”, right? “He’s a man…”. And I'm saying to myself, “I wonder why”. And I said, “you don't understand”, at the debate. [Do you] Remember…? Uh…Jeb we're saying…”well, Marco is my dear friend”.
And Marco would say, “Jeb's…”.
And I said, “they hate each other!”. It turned out they hated each other. You know, it's one of those things. Ultimately, I'm…right…about things. Ultimately I'm right. I…I wanted to say I'm always right. I would have said it except there's so much press, you know. They'll say, “oh, well, maybe…–THE CROWD LAUGSH TIMIDLY.
But, I'm pretty right about things. I've been right about…government. In my book, in 2000, I talked about Osama bin Laden. That was two years before The World Trade Center came down. People said, “I don't believe it!”. But you need somebody…that's not gonna be controlled…by the special interests. You need somebody…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…you need somebody that…because I will tell you what: the lobbyists? These are the greatest. These people are brilliant people. They've rave…millions tens of millions of dollars for different candidates. And there's always a lobbyist for…a different…senator, congressman…; and they have like…emblazoned on their forehead: Cruz! Cruz! Hillary's got many of them. Hillary!
But, you go to these people. You need something, you own a big company. Or you're having a problem with the country! Because you're not able to rip off the United States enough…with a trade deal. You go see these lobbyists…? Almost guaranteed they produce. With me? [It] Won't happen, folks. With me? Pharmaceuticals…you know, there's a bad bidding process on pharmaceuticals…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. There's a bad bidding process for everything.
We have such…unbelievable potential in our country. We can make our country so good, and so strong, and it's gonna take place pretty quickly! We're gonna negotiate new trade deals, with…the smartest…traders…and the best…dealers and the best…business people in the world.
We're gonna do something like…you've never seen before. We're gonna make America great again. We're gonna make America strong again. You're gonna be so proud of your country. We're gonna start winning again. We are like…–THE CROWD CHEER–…we're like the big bully that gets constantly beat up. You watch the bully get beat up. That's us! We're beat up…by everybody.
Russia toys with us. China toys with us. Mexico laughs at us. They can't believe how stupid we are! It's all over, folks[MGF17] . Those days are over. You're gonna be so proud of your country. You're gonna be so thrilled, and so proud of this country. You're gonna say, “this is one of the great days that you came her”; and you're gonna say that tomorrow's vote…and I…I have to say, “go out and vote”.
But you're gonna say tomorrow's vote was the greatest vote you ever cast, because you're gonna be proud of your country again, okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY.
So…so I just wanna thank everybody. You are really…special…people. Your vote is gonna be very important tomorrow, because the world is watching Wisconsin. The world is watching. They’re seeing if…this…momentum from this incredible…movement is going to be slowed down. And again, I think, in two weeks we're gonna…be…huge victories all over the place. But I'd like it to really…the end would be here! The…end will be here! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
If…if you win; and you know what? It may not happen, because we have the Machine against us. We have these dopey guys, this one guy, he’s such a dope. I…I talked to him, a radio guy. Some guy named Sykes. What a dope! The guy doesn't have a…–THE CROWD LAUGHS–…no, he doesn't have a clue! [MGF18] But, and so…such a…one side…I always thought if you had a radio program you supposed to be sort of…like a little bit impartial.
But…you…are gonna be so…proud…of what you do. This could be…uh…the real beginning. If it's not, I think we get there anyway, and I'm…pretty sure we get there anyway. And, somebody doing the numbers today said, “you absolutely get there”. I wanna get there with Wisconsin. This will send such a signal…that…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…this…this will send…such a signal, that the people of our country…are so…sick and tired of incompetent representation; of incompetent leadership; of people that don't care for them; of people where…we've been disenfranchised! I mean, we've literally been disenfranchised!
And, it will send a signal that we have to represent the middle class! We have to represent business! We have to get rid of rules and regulations that were put in for political reasons, and that are destroying businesses; that are destroying farms…; that are destroying energy…; that are destroying the fabric of our country.
We are gonna make our country so strong, and so great. And I hope every…single…one of you gets out tomorrow, and bring your friends. Bring everybody. And you know, you can cross over! I think I’m gonna have a big Democrat…crossover. And I hope I do! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I think I’m gonna have a big, big…! I think we're gonna have a tremendous independent! We're gonna have a big workers crossover. And we're gonna have a big…vote tomorrow, by people that have never voted before! You wouldn't believe it! 30, 40, 50, 70, 80…years old!
People come up to me, “Mr. Trump, I've never…voted…before! This is the first time I'll ever vote. I'm so proud to be voted for you”. And you know, they even talk about that. That's never happened. These are people that have never…[it] sounds in a way bad! Right? But they love the country, [and] they've never found anybody they wanted to vote for!
So, get out tomorrow. Vote! You watch. You will be so happy.
Thank you very much. We're gonna make America great again. Thank you everybody. Thank you.
 Thank you.
