VIDEO Nº: 100
TITLE:100. Donald Trump Speaks To Supporters At Rally in Little Rock, AR [2 3 16]
DATE OF EVENT:03/02/2016
RELEASE DATE:04/02/2016
DURATION:00.50.15 Mins
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:7884
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Wow!
What a crowd!
Woah! Woah!
Wow!
That’s unbelievable! Oh, I love it. I love it. All over the country this is happening folks! All over the country. [paa1] We will be…we will be taking our country back.
It all starts now…; we’ll be taking our country back.
Oh, I love you. I love you too! That was a guy that said it, but I love him too.
Thank you everybody! Amazing!
So, we broke the record…and I asked the fire Marshall, “please come up”, cause nobody's gonna believe me. Please come up!”,
So, it was 1974…1972 that's a long…time record that we broke! …-THE CROWD CHEERS. Incredible! Incredible! Thank you all very much. It's…uh[paa2] …amazing.
No matter where we go, this happens. The crowds are…incredible. Time magazine just did a story. A cover story on the movement. And that's what it is. It's a movement. The people are incredible. The people of this country are unbelievable, and we love you. I'm telling you. And we're going to do so great…; we're gonna win this thing…; and we're gonna start winning on trade…! And with the military…! And with our veterans…! …-THE CROWD CHEERS. Right…-MR. TRUMP TURNS AROUND AND SALUTES THE PEOPLE BEHIND HIM. THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. Hey, you know the other thing? I have…all night; I think we'll stay here all night. This is like a love-fest. All night…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
That was a rough one. [It] was not easy, with all the traffic, and all the problems…; and mechanical, and everything else…! So someone…my guy said, “oh, that's okay. We can go back to New York Mr. Trump. We’ll come another day”.
I said, “there's no way! I love Arkansas. There's no way! There's no way!”…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY.
So…we've had…an amazing journey. It's a journey! You know, I never did this stuff before! I never did it before! And…but what I did do before, and what I do is…we're gonna negotiate so smart…for our country. That's what I do. I create jobs…; and I always say, “I'll be…the greatest jobs president…that God ever created”. We’re gonna have jobs! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS,
So, I just left Iowa, which is a great place. It's a great state, and…amazing people. And…the polls had me down, as…winning a little bit. And then when I came in 2nd it was sort of amazing. Because, the person who came in 3rd, they're saying, “oh, what a great result! It was unbelievable!”. I thought he won! In fact, I saw something…; I actually thought that was Marco Rubio. I thought he won! I said, “man…!”. They're…they’re talking like unbelievably! He came in 3rd! More than 2 thousand votes behind me. That's a lot of votes! That's a lot of votes! And they said, “he was right next to number two! Right to…!”. He wasn't!
So, listen to this. So, they said, “it was unbelievable! It was unbelievable!”. He came in 3rd. Now, the guy that came in 2nd, but actually I think I came in first, because if you take a look…okay? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. You know it. Oh, that voter fraud! You know, these politicians are brutal! They're brutal! They are brutal! They are a bunch of dishonest cookies, I wanna tell you. That's one of the reasons I'm doing this. It's one of the reasons.
So, we start off, we're…number three. [He] got praised. But number two, “Uh, number two! He was number two! He was number two!”. But then, I come out and you know, we set a record. In the history of Iowa, there’s never been that…much…vote. There's never been…that…many…voters. So that's good. I wonder why. I wonder why…-THE CROWD CHEERS. You know. Just look at this place.
And…they send out an application. And it looks like it's sent by the government. And it says… “voter violation”, on the top. And it looks just like it came from the IRS, okay? “Voter violation”. And then it has all sorts of problems…; and that it says, “go vote for this guy!”.
And I said, “man! That's like a fraud!”. And then they have, as you know, Ben Carson, a good guy. Very good guy. They said, “Ben Carson's essentially left the race. Vote for…the guy”, right?
I said, “how can they do that!?”. And everybody said, “how can they do that?”. And then he doesn't get the votes, Ben. But Ted gets the votes! And you say, “give me a break!”.
And then the pollster said, “well, I told you I was right”, because they had us up 5 percent. This political stuff is dangerous, and these political people are really, really dishonest. Really dishonest…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It’s unbelievable!
So, let's see where it goes. My focus is on New Hampshire. I have to say we're doing great up there. The people in New Hampshire are great people.  People in Arkansas are great. I have to tell you this. I'll tell you what. The people of this country…are great, if you wanna know the truth…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. The people of our country…are great. And…and we don't need…a president who was born in Canada. Do we agree? …-THE CROWD BOOS. Okay? And…and believe me. And, by the way, that is a real problem! All you need to do is give somebody…a little bit of a thing called ‘denomination’. Within about 24 hours, the Democrats are gonna be suing. And they could very well win based on a lot of constitutional law. And…a lot of lawyers…; you know, you shouldn't be running for president…if you're not allowed to serve…! Okay? So that's…we're gonna see what happens. And it'll be very…I…honestly? The whole thing is interesting. It's all interesting stuff. All interesting stuff! …-THE CROWD STARTS BOOING. THERE'S A PROTESTER IN THE CROWD.
“Get them out! …-THE CROWD BOOS. [It] never fails. I didn't think we’d see that in Little Rock. I didn't think…right? All right. That's okay. I love protesters, because it's the only way the cameras will show how big this crowd is. It’s the only way. It’s the only way. It’s true…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Oh, look at that there! That's amazing.
So, I have to tell you a story about Arkansas, cause I have such respect…for Arkansas. And by the way, I have to tell you this: Hillary and Bill left Arkansas. They left you, folks! They left you! …-THE CROWD BOOS. Whether you like it or not, they left you. And I guarantee you, if she or he were here tonight, they wouldn't be having 12 thousand people filling up this arena. That I can tell you…-THE CROWD CHEERS. And the fire marshal would not be up here to make a speech, and this is the all-time record for this facility. All right. But…-THE CROWD CHEERS-…but, no, seriously, I have to tell you story.
So a friend of mine, who's a very, very successful guy…got sick! Got very sick. And…he was told he's not gonna make it. And he was told that by the biggest hospitals in New York. By the biggest hospitals in Texas, and…in California. He was…finished! And he told me, “Donald, I'm really in trouble”. This is…ten years ago.
And I said, “wow. That's too bad”. He had cancer. He’d it very, very bad cancer. And a very…unusual form of cancer, but a total killer. And…he went to the best hospitals, and it was over. [a] very successful guy. All of a sudden, he calls me, and he said, “you know, there's a guy that…I met, from Arkansas…”, right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS.  From Arkansas. And, he's supposed to be the greatest expert. And his name…I remember his name! Dr. Bartlogie. I don't know, have you ever hear of him?
So, he came…to Arkansas…10 years ago, and I'll tell you something. There was a second one the same thing. Almost the same timing. A year different. They both came here, they were both goners. They were gone! It was over! They came…to Arkansas, they're fine today. They're fine! I mean, fine! Amazing! And I was consoling his family, and his wife…and, although, maybe the wife doesn't like him that much, I have to think about that. Okay…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
But…but, seriously! I mean, I was consoling the family…; and I was…; and…and…with all the great hospitals, that we have great hospitals, they came to Arkansas. And Arkansas, the doctors in Arkansas took care. And I've never forgotten it. To me…it was an amazing thing. Because he had felt that it was just about over. So, congratulations folks. That's pretty good, right? You know, it's really…it's really pretty amazing…-THE CROWD CHEERS.
Our country…doesn't win anymore. We don't win. We don't win in trade…; we don't win with our military…; look at ISIS…; I mean, they're laughing at us. It's just crazy what's going on. We don't win! We don't win at the border…people cross the border; …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘MEXICO!’. Go ahead! So, what are we gonna do it the border, folks? Build…a…wall! Build a wall! …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘BUILD A WALL!’ REPEATEDLY.
You know, in a few weeks it's gonna be your chance to vote. I think we're gonna win. I think we're gonna do very well…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I think we’re gonna do very well. By the way, are you ready!? …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘YES!’. Who's gonna pay for that wall? …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘MEXICO!’. Who's gonna pay!? …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘MEXICO!’ AGAIN, THIS TIME MORE VIVIDLY. They are. They're gonna pay.
Now, I have a lot of respect from Mexico. I have thousands of people over the years that have worked for me. Hispanics. They're great people. Amazing people. And…they love me, and I love them. But the leaders of Mexico…; the leaders of China…; the leaders of Japan…; the leaders of every country, I think in the world! Cause we don't make good deals! Every single country. The leaders are too smart. They're too cunning. They're too sharp, for our leaders. If you call them ‘leaders’. I don't even think they're leaders. I hate to even use the word. But if you look…at the border, and if you look at what's happening. And that's where it all began for me.
I came down on June 16th, and I was riding the escalator. I said to Melania, my wife; I said, “darling, we have to do it”. And you know what? It takes guts to do what I'm doing! I tell you what! It takes guts to run for president, right? You know that. [It’s] not easy! …-THE CROWD CHEERS. Not easy! And…I've always heard, if you're a successful person, or a very successful person you cannot do it. I understand that! You'll do five hundred deals! And if you have one that didn't work out so well, which by the way, I always make them work out in the end; but sometimes you may come ugly. So…-THE CROWD CHEERS-…no! That's the sign of greatness. It’s when you make them work out. Oh, sometimes you torture the banks, etc., etc.! But you make them work out! You're building a massive building. Everything's going good. The market collapses, because the politicians don't know what they're doing or because, you know, you have the ups and downs of markets. Right? And the real talent is making things work when in theory they shouldn't work. And I do that! We all do that.
And by the way, get ready. Because our country, you talk about ‘not working’. Our country probably has a real rate of unemployment. Not five percent. Or six percent. It's probably 25 percent. You know, we wouldn't have full stadiums, to be honest, if it was really five percent. Because jobs…are so important for our country. And…we…have packed. I was in Oklahoma: 20 thousand people. I was in Dallas: 21 thousand people, in the Mavericks arena. I mean, bigger…a bigger arena than this. An incredible arena, 21 thousand people. I went to Mobile, Alabama. Mobile…-THE CROWD CHEERS-…you do like Alabama…right? Right? She’s saying “no, I…”. But you have to say they have a hell of a football team, right? Right? Right? …-THE CROWD BOOS.
No, we love Alabama. But we were in Mobile, Alabama, and we had 35 thousand people. I'll never forget it. We had the biggest hotel, and I did it as a friend, you know a favor to a friend of mine. We had the biggest hotel…and…we filled it up like in…one minute! The…the hotel people called…and they said, “we can't do it!”. Whoops! Do I hear somebody shouting? Is he a friend or foe? Friend or foe!? He's a razorback! He's a Razorback! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. MR. TRUMP LAUGHS. That’s great.
So, we filled up the hotel. Then they said, “we can't do this. There’s too many people”. They…they were all over the lobby…; I mean, this is a big hotel with a big ballroom. [It] Held a thousand people. So, I said, “what are we gonna do?”. Go to the Convention Center. The Convention Center hold…held …10 thousand people. Within two hours, we realized that wasn't gonna work. So, we went to the football stadium. And I'll tell you what. That…has…been…and what's going on in this country, it's one of the biggest topics of conversation…all over the world. All over the world. And I'm proud of it.
So, this started when I came down the escalators. Do I hear somebody shouting over there? “Hello darling” …-THERE IS A PROTESTER IN THE ROOM. You know, it's…it’s funny. You see these people, and they shout. They’re usually lonely, and they're by themselves. “Oh!”, they start screaming…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. No, it's true! They're lonely! No, they get a little attention…; but, it's sad! And I say this sometimes, a lot of young people. And I say, “you know, if I could be with that person for like ten minutes…in a quiet area, and just talk to them…”; because, really! Don't we want the same…? We want security, right? We want good jobs.  We want jobs. We want good health care. We will…repeal and replace Obamacare, which is a disaster…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. A disaster.
By the way, this guy, Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz goes out…; you talk about liars! Listen to this. He goes out [and] he says, “Donald Trump loves Obamacare!”. I've been fighting this thing for four or five years! And by the way, if it weren't for Ted Cruz…he's the one that got Justice Roberts unto the United States Supreme Court! He pushed him! He approved him! And Justice Roberts approved Obamacare twice…when it should have been rejected! His vote got it over the top! Ted Cruz did that! Ted Cruz gave us Obamacare! Believe me! …-THE CROWD BOOS.
And…you know, what I hate…what I hate, is when somebody lies! Every single speech I think, and a lot of you have heard this, every…single…speech…that I've made, I talked about repealing and replacing Obamacare. Here's a guy gets up, in Iowa, and he said, “Donald Trump wants Obamacare!”. You know, it's a flat-out lie. A flat-out lie! And, you know, it's okay…and you can be political…; But these guys are bad! I mean, they are bad. And then he'll get up, and he'll talk about…his relationship…with…God. His relationship with…the Bible. His relationship with…all sorts of things…! …and then he’ll say, “Donald Trump…loves Obamacare”.
Now, everybody in this room knows…I've been opposed to it…so strongly. It would have been dead if we had a different justice on the United States Supreme Court. Put there by him. And he says…; what…what happens, and one of the reasons I'm…doing this…is that politicians are all talk, and no action. They're never gonna get it done. They're never gonna get it done…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It's not gonna happen. They're dishonest people. They're incompetent in many cases. In some cases, actually, they're very competent for themselves.
By the way, I'm self-funding my campaign. Every…single…one of these people…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Every single politician running…; everybody running…on both sides, Democrat [and] Republican…every single one running…is…getting the money from the troth; meaning, special interests, lobbyists…; and a lot of times when you see these horrible deals being made, they're not so bad, for the politician! Because they get paid off, indirectly, by people putting up their campaigns.
You look at Jeb Bush…! This poor guy…! He has a 128 million dollars…; he spent like over a 100 million dollars, and he's nowhere! He's nowhere. It's sad! It's pathetic! It's pathetic!
And then…; and by the way, [do] you know what he spends a lot of money [on]? Ads against me! And my polls to go up every time he does an ad! It's crazy! It’s crazy! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, it is crazy.
And you know, I…I watch. And I talk to people. Our country is spending so much money. There's so much waste, and fraud, and abuse…you look at the VA. We're gonna fix the VA for vets. Our vets are getting…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, we're gonna fix it. What's going on in the Veterans Administration. What's going on there…; and you see it all the time! You take a look…at Phoenix. The corruption is unbelievable. Washington. The corruption is unbelievable. Our vets are waiting in a…office! A waiting room…for four five, and six days…they're dying while they wait for a doctor. They're dying! And we're only here because of them. And our great police, by the way. We love our police, right? We love our police…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We love our police.
You know, our police have not been treated right. They're afraid to talk to anybody nowadays. They wanna keep their job. They wanna keep their pension…! They're afraid to talk! And you know, every once in a while…and so rarely, you'll have a bad apple. Or you'll have somebody makes a tragic mistake. It's always…the biggest…story…on television. Our police…are not…treated…well. Our police…are treated…very…badly. I will tell you that…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I will tell you that. And I have so much support from the police. I mean, so many…areas have come out totally in favor of me. I don't know if anybody has any support! I don't think anybody could. Because…they…are gonna be treated properly if I get in. And remember, [it] may be local, but we're gonna make sure the policemen are treated properly. And our vets are treated properly. Okay…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS,
So…so very important, and in particular for this area, because I know that China recently did a very major number in this area. You know that. We are going to have…our greatest businesspeople. We have the greatest business people in the world. I know so many of them. Carl Icahn backed me. He’s one of the great businessmen. So many of the others backed me. They wanna have news conferences. A lot of them. They say, “Donald, could we have a news conference?”.
I said, “why? Nobody knows who the hell you are!” …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. But I do! They're great negotiators. And if you look at what's happening with China, and these other places…; China…is making…a fortune! We have rebuilt China. I love China. I love the Chinese people. I do so much…; I sell condos in Manhattan…for a fortune. I own the Bank of America building a big chunk, in San Francisco. [I] Got it from…the Chinese. So…many…things. The biggest bank in the world is from China. It's a tenant of mine, in Manhattan. Right? The biggest in the world! I love China! But their leaders it too smart for our leaders! It's like…not even a contest. I have a friend. He's a manufacturer. I know how hard it is for you to do business with China! I heard it! I'm looking at it! I'm reading it just before. You have a hard time…dealing with China.
So, I have a friend. He's a great manufacturer. He sends stuff to China, they send it back. [he] sends it, they send it back. Finally [he] sends it, they charge him a lot of tax. And he's a great…; he makes better product than they send over here. Believe me. [The] guy’s great. He said it's impossible! It's impossible to do business over there.
And yet, they send their stuff over…; no tax, no nothing…; they take our jobs…; remember this: I get along great with China. In fact, the bank just renewed their lease. Can you believe it? I said, “are they really renewing after the way I talk about it?”. They respect…! You know what they respect? Intelligence! They respect the truth! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. No, I…I actually said it. No, they just renewed their lease! I said, “really!? Are they really renewing it!?”. Yeah. They just renewed their lease. And they respect it.
You know what? They’re smart! And they get it! And they understand it. And I have friends from China that spent…millions and millions…tens of millions of dollars buying apartments from me! They can't…believe…they get away…with what they get away with. And I'm not angry at China. I'm angry at our leaders…for being so damn stupid! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…we're gonna change things. We're gonna make great trade deals. If you think about…as an example, that's the biggest of them all. That's the biggest abuser. And remember this…remember this. China…it's the single greatest theft, what they've done to us, in the history of the world. That's how bad it is. It's the single…greatest…theft. Nobody has taken so much out of a country! Millions of jobs! Thousands and thousands of companies and factories and other things. Left…our country…and then, they say, “are you a free trader?”. I am a free trader. But the trade has to be equitable. It has to be fair! And it's not fair! They're stripping our country. We're going to lose this year…five…hundred…billion…dollars…with one country: China! It's gonna stop! Okay!? It's going to stop! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Unbelievable.
Then you have Japan. They send their cars in by the minions. We give them practically nothing. They send the cars in. Just so you understand: we have all the chips! Our leaders never read The Art of the Deal, one of the great books, of course. But our leaders…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY-…our leaders don't know what they're doing. The greatest of all, when I talk about not knowing…the Iran deal. This recent deal which is a catastrophe. Okay? …-THE CROWD BOOS.
We give them a hundred and fifty billion dollars…we get absolutely nothing. There'll be nuclear proliferation. It's going to be a disaster! The Iran deal is going to be a disaster. Mark my words. And I've been very good at predicting. I predicted…lots of things! I said, “take the oil!”, right?
They all said, “oh, that's ridiculous! That…”. Now they're trying to take the oil. But they're not taking the oil. And they're not doing it the right way. Do you know they don't wanna bomb certain areas of the oil, because they don't want…environmental pollution. Do you know that? This is serious. They don't wanna do it…environmentally, no good. Can you imagine…General George Patton saying, “we don't wanna bomb the oil because it's gonna cause environmental disturbance. I mean, there's something wrong with our country! We gotta get ISIS out of there. We gotta knock the shit out of them, and be done! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, we gotta be done with it!
You know, Jeb Bush and Hillary, in the same day…they said, “we don't like…Donald Trump's tone!”. My tone! They're chopping the heads off, people that we know, all over the Middle East…; and by the way, if you're a Christian…it's almost guaranteed. They're chopping heads off! We're living in medieval times. We never…grew up with it. You know, we saw horrible things and…; what about this whole thing? We are now living…in medieval times. We are living…in the worst times…in terms of violence and horror! Because when I look at what's going on in the Middle East, and then we wanna take…people in…from the Middle East…on the migration…bring thousands and thousands of people into…; are we crazy!? Bring thousands of people! …-THE CROWD BOOS. We have no idea…who they are…; where they come from…; you look at those migration lines there's strong…young…men! So many! Strong…young…men! We’re not doing it folks! We can't do it! We can't do it! We don't know what's gonna happen. Look! It could be…and honestly? It could be one of the great trojan horses of all time. We don't know! And you know what? Probably it's not. But we…we can't take a chance!
You know, bringing in that many people [is] gonna cost us billions of dollars to start off with. And I have to say this. We all have a heart. And we ought to build a safe zone in Syria. And we ought to get the Gulf states, which…; and we can lead it! We can lead it! Look at what's happening to Germany! It's like…a disaster! Look at what's happening with Sweden! And Denmark! And…and Brussels! And so many different places! We can't allow it to happen. You look at what went on in Paris, recently. You look at what went on in California, with the two young…people; where she probably radicalized him. [It] doesn't matter. They both become highly radicalized. They go and kill 14 people. People are horribly wounded in the hospital. In Paris, the toughest gun control laws in the world in France. Paris in particular. The toughest in the world, right?
So, what happens is these thugs go in…these horrible, horrible people. They go in…various place. They kill 130 people. You have people standing all over, “Boom! Come over. Boom! Come over! Boom!”. They killed 130 people. You have people mortally wounded…horribly…wounded by…a tremendous toll…; they don’t even wanna say how many. Many more deaths to follow, and lives that have been destroyed. Not one gun in those rooms…where the bullets could go in the other direction. Not one.
So, if we…had…like this man! And that guy, right there! And that guy…! And some…just a few! …-MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SPECIFIC PEOPLE IN THE CROWD. And if they were carrying…guns on the hip or around their ankle…right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Right? It'll be a whole different picture, folks! We are going to protect our Second Amendment if I win, okay? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [We’re] gonna protect it.
Now, education. Let's talk. Because…without education you don't have the American dream. The American Dream is based on…you have to know. You have to know what's going on. You have to go to school. You have to be treated right. You have to learn. So our schools, the concept is Common Core is a disaster. Our schools…-THE CROWD APPLAUDS-…our schools in Arkansas are run out of Washington. By people that don't give a damn about the schools, and some do! But for the most part they care about how much money are they gonna make, and they make a lot! You wanna see Department of Education…; I want education to be local, with love. That's what it's gotta be. No…more…Common…Core! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No more Common Core!
So, in the world…in the world, we spend more money per pupil than any other country, in the world! By…so much, that [the] second doesn't even count. It's so far…below. Now, you have Denmark…; Norway…; Sweden…; China…; these are the top four or five countries. Denmark. Norway. Sweden. China. They have great education, right? We spend so much more per pupil than the, it's unbelievable, right? Now, we spend the most by far, by a factor of two three and four sometimes…and they don't even know what we spend. They can't even give the numbers. They're estimating. So, we spend more, and yet, we’re number 30. We were 28. Now we drop down to 30. We're going in the wrong direction. For two years I've been saying number 28, now I'm saying number 30.
So, we spend…the most money per pupil, and we're at the bottom of the heap. We have countries…that are third…world…countries…that have better education than the United States of America. All right? And I remind…every time I think of Bush spending a hundred million dollars, and he's at the bottom of the pack…; and I spent the least money of any candidate, and I'm number one. Is that good are? Are you proud of me? Are you proud of me? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, I spent the least.
You know, I…I hate to tell you this. So I'm forty million dollars under budget. Did you ever hear of ‘under budget’ before in this country? I'm 40 million. I thought, by this time, I would have spent about 40 [or] 45 million dollars. I spent very little. [A] fraction of that. And I spent just about the least. But wouldn't it be nice if our country…could spend the least and have the best. Right? Wouldn't that be great!? Wouldn't that be great? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And that's what we're gonna do!
When you look…when you look at what's going on in the country. When you look at the waste. When you look at the way they negotiate deals…; because the drug companies take care of the politicians…and they don't want negotiation! They don't want negotiation…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…just think of this. Everyone says, “oh, well there's not that much waste”. If we were allowed…let me do it…; or let me get one of my friends, it's a killer on Wall Street; or one of my enemies, it's like…I got plenty of enemies too! But I know the best. I know the best! I know the overrated! I know…the absolute…killers that will do so good. They'll turn the whole thing with China around so fast…[that] your head will spin. Because what you don't understand…these countries need us! Because we give them a fortune. They need us…so…badly, right?
So, I'll do it. I'd love to do this one. With the drug companies. You know, and here's the thing about…not accepting millions…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. I would have…the largest…fund ever set up in the history of politics if I wanted to. I have guys…; look, the other night. I missed the debate, because…I skipped it! Because they weren't treating me properly…-THE CROWD CHEERS. No, they weren't. You gotta stick up for your rights. You gotta stick up for your rights. And what did I do? I held a little, just a little…; by the way, [a] little thing where we turned about 6 thousand people away. We took a…a room that held 800 people. [We] filled it up in about two seconds. Unfortunately, we had to turn thousands of people away. But we did something for the vets! In one hour…one hour, I raised six million dollars, okay? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It’s true! We had great guys. Phil Ruffin! Phil Ruffin…a great, great entrepreneur. I said, “Phil, would you help out?”. 1 million! Carl Icahn gave me a half a million dollars. Uh…Ike Perlmutter and Lori Perlmutter gave us a million dollars. So many people! Everybody I asked…; if I set up a fund, they would…uh…people would give me…I would have hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars. But you know what? They'd have influence. These guys setup…; and I don't need it. It's nice. I've built a great company. A great business. I don't need it. But these people…are taking money…and they're taking money from the special interests, and the lobbyists, and the drug companies as an example, and that's why we don't negotiate the cost of drugs!
Now, I've heard all different numbers, and I can't tell you that I know the exact number. But I hear it's between 300 and 350 billion dollars…that you'd save on a yearly basis. Can you believe that!? Now, 350 billion, you know, a couple of deals like that, all of a sudden you have real money, right? 350 billion dollars! Now, that may be wrong. It may be 200 billion. It may be 300. I can't tell you! I can tell you this: if I negotiate it, it's gonna be more than if anybody else in the world negotiates it.
But the drug companies have it, so that they can't negotiate! So, they're selling it…essentially, pretty much, at a retail price. Can you believe it!? So we're the biggest…user…in the entire world…and we're paying like if you walk into a drugstore and buy something off the counter. All…because…the drug stores…and because the drug companies, have such power…over our politicians!
So a lot of times, when you hear stories like that a lot of people say, “Gee, that's strange. I wonder…”. It's never strange to me. Cause I know it how it happens. Many of the worst deals that you've heard about…; you know, like…the Iran deal! They just bought 118 Airbuses. They’re taking the 150 billion that we gave them…118 Airbuses. They're buying from all over Europe. They're buying in Italy! They're buying from everybody but the United States. What kind of a deal is this?
And then Kerry gets up…last week. And he goes, “we know some of the money may be used for terror. And we expect that”. I'm saying, “we expect that?”. Then what the hell did we make the deal for!? He has to be…the worst negotiator I've ever seen! I've ever seen! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, with the drug companies. So we have…a saving of three hundred three hundred and fifty billion…one…element! It will be…amazing! Now, it's hard! You negotiate with all of them. And by the way one of them, with all of the money, Pfizer is leaving the United States and moving to Europe! They're moving to Ireland! They're leaving! Thousands and thousands of jobs. And…I don't even blame them. Their taxes are too high. Many companies are leaving…; it's called corporate inversion. Many companies…;
You know, in the old days they’d…leave Arkansas, they’d go to Florida. Or thye’d leave Arkansas, they’d go to Texas. It's terrible. But, what's really terrible…is when they leave Arkansas, and go to Europe…; and China…; [thye] go to Asia…; that's really terrible! Okay? And we'll stop it. Their taxes are too high. There's two and a half trillion dollars in other parts of the world. We can't get the money back in.
And here's a good one: the only thing…that I've ever seen in the last three years, that the Republicans…and the Democrats, Liberals, and Conservatives…everybody! They agree on this…; is the money that's not in our country, that's offshore…; that's…in Europe! …in Asia! …where they wanna bring it back. Their company’s based here…; two and a half trillion. I think that's it…a low number. That's what they say. But everything the United States says is wrong, cause they have no…; you think they have accounting practices? They it took them…; they did a five-billion-dollar website for Obamacare and it still doesn't work! Five billion! Five billion! We don't know what the hell we're doing! I have so many websites…; it costs 15 cents! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. No, it's true! And they're better than that piece of garbage that still…I mean, it never works! …-THE CROWD CHEERS. Well, part of the reason it doesn't work is because Obamacare does it work!
But, everybody agrees…that the two and a half trillion, or the five trillion, probably, cause I say it's closer to five trillion…I bet I'm right…; that…this money, everybody agrees, should come in to the United States! So that they can use it. And distribute it. And build with it. And expand. And create jobs! And all of those things! Right? So the Republicans and the Democrats have agreed on it for three years. [They] can't make a deal. Everybody agrees! [And] They can't make a deal.
So, you know, they have a lot of disagreements. And you can understand why they don't make a deal. They disagree. But here's something everybody agrees, the money…; what's not to agree? [To] bring this money, these trillions of dollars, bring them into the United States. [To] Create jobs. [To] do things. [To] invest in the United States. They can't get it done. [Do] you know why!? Because we don't have a president…that can sit these people together…and get the damn…deal…done! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Terrible.
So, I'll tell you about negotiation. I've never said this at one of my speeches, I think. I mean, a lot of speeches likely, folks. But I don't think I've ever said it. So the most sought-after property…in the history of the General Services Administration, the GSA, right? Everybody knows that GSA. They're like the big landlord for the United States. And they terrific people. I have to tell you. I have a lot of respect for them. They’re great professionals. They really are. And we've had a great relationship. But they're great professionals. The most sought-after property, or…let's say one of them, but I hear the most. They had many, many, many bidders. Everybody wanted it. The old Post Office on Pennsylvania Avenue. This is a building built in the 1880s, and 1890s…; it's got walls that are five-foot-thick of solid granite. It's one of the most beautiful buildings I've ever seen. One of the great buildings of Washington. And for years, and years, and years…it was the Post Office. But I always say, “if you're in real estate, you want a good location. Always get the Post Office, cause they were there first. Right? It's always the best location.
So, the old Post Office sits on Pennsylvania Avenue. It's the most beautiful thing…right next to the IRS and many other incredible buildings. Best location. And…everybody wanted it. Everybody! I mean, everybody. Every hotel chain wanted. It was…again, sought after by many, many companies. And I went for it. And I said to myself, “Obama has to give it. It's impossible for me to get it! It's impossible!”. But I said, “all right. And I put my daughter, and…”; Do you know my daughter? Right? Ivanka! Right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, I put my daughter Ivanka in charge. And she's terrific. And she's…really is. She's a terrific person. She's a terrific person, actually! I'll tell you what, most importantly. And my children are terrific children. But I put her in charge, and I worked with her. And we submitted a bid, and we went through a process, and it took a long time. And at the end, the GSA wanted two things. They wanted a great building, a great renovation, which we had the best plan. We’re gonna build a 300 room, super luxury hotel. There'll be no hotel in this country like it. Maybe one of the great hotels…definitely one of the great hotels; maybe the single finest hotel in the world.
So, they loved that plan, plus hotels employ a lot of people, so it's good. And…they checked your balance sheet, because they wanna make sure it gets built! And my balance sheet is phenomenal, by the way, or…we don't get the deal. So in the Obama administration, I get…the prize property! Is that good negotiation? Right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS. And now…and it's gonna be great. And honestly, I…I take my hat off to a lot of people on this one. But it's gonna be a fantastic project. But here's the thing: it's almost two years ahead of schedule…and it's under budget. So we're gonna end up opening the hotel…practically two years earlier than it was projected…! And we're gonna try and have it open for a certain date that's coming due very, very soon…-THE CROWD CHEERS-…sitting on Pennsylvania Avenue.
So we have this great building on Pennsylvania Avenue. Right between the Capitol building and the White House. Right smack in the middle! And I said to myself, “you know? If I don't make the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, I'm gonna be living on Pennsylvania Avenue anyway!”…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. All right? No, but as good as this is we wanna be at the other, because it means…so…much. Because there's so…many…things that we're going to do.
So, I just want to…tell…this group…; and I'm gonna take a couple of questions, which I never do with these big audiences. Okay? Give me some really vicious questions, please. Vicious! Vicious! I want some horrible, disgusting, vicious question. We're gonna do it. And I never do it! I never do it. But tonight, I'm doing it. Because this crowd is amazing. It's amazing! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. This crowd…is…amazing! So we're gonna do this.
But I just wanna tell you this: I started off by saying, “we don't win anymore”. We're gonna win so much…! We're gonna win so much…! We are going to win, and win, and win. We're gonna win or the military. We're gonna win on Obamacare. We're gonna get rid of that sucker. We're gonna win on the border. We're gonna stop it. People are gonna come in, but they're gonna come in…legally! Right? Legally! We're gonna win…-THE CROWD CHEERS-…we're gonna win…so much. And you're gonna remember this evening. You're gonna be proud of yourselves. You're gonna remember this evening. Because this is a movement. This is a movement. It's an incredible movement. It's a movement like they haven't seen before.
A great writer called me up. And this was after the summer. This was like three months ago. And he said, “how does it feel?”.
I said, “how does what feel?”.
He said, “how does it feel, what's going on with what you've done. It's never…”…they've never seen anything like it. Now, that was three months ago. Now it's even more. So, and…as soon as I leave here, I'm going up to New Hampshire, and I think we're gonna do great in New Hampshire. The people up there are great…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. In fact, I have five stops there tomorrow. But the people there are great. The people…everybody…they're all great! But, “how does it feel?”.
I said, “it doesn't feel anything. Because unless we win, who cares?”.
He said, “no, no you don't understand. Even if you don't win, what you've done has never been done before. It's incredible”.
I said, “you're wrong. If I don't win, I've wasted a lot of time, and a lot of money. Because to make the right change, not Obama change, but to make the right change, we have to win”.
So, when the SCC comes up, you folks have to get out and vote. No matter what you're doing. No matter how you feel. You have to get out and vote. You have to do it…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And…keep your ears open, and your mind open, because I have seen more lies…; more…craziness…; more viciousness…with these politicians…they are the worst.
Let me have a couple of questions.
Go ahead, darling! Go ahead! I love her with a beautiful Trump shirt on. Go ahead.
A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS AT 00.45.40:
Wow, what a voice!
A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS AT 00.45.59:
Oh, I love you!
A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.45.40:
Yeah, that’s fantastic. Okay. Thank you, honey. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Beautiful. I bet you’re a good doctor too.
Go head. Who’s got a question over there? I give it to that…gentleman with a red hat on. That beautiful red hat that says…? Make…America…great…again!
Go ahead. Let’s have…; good looking guy. Let’s go.
A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.46.35:
What is your university? What is it?
That’s good school.
So, here’s the story. Folks, folks. Gun-free zones are a disaster in our country. It's like holding up candy to a baby. It's like saying, “please, come and kill us, because we have absolutely no protection”. That's what you're talking about.
So, if you look at guns…; well, I mean in Paris, essentially, they had a gun-free zone. In California they had a gun-free zone. You're not allowed to have guns. So, they didn't have…;
But, one of the worst that I've seen. We had five great soldiers, less than a year ago, killed. You remember that. A gun-free zone. One of the soldiers was a world…class…marksman. The other four were great, great, powerful, wonderful…young people…; and…tremendous soldiers. They were told to put their guns away. 300 yards away. Lock them up. It's a gun-free zone, and a wacko comes in, [he] knows it's a gun-free zone, and blows them away. There wasn't a thing they could have done, right? We’re getting rid of the gun-free zone stuff, folks. We’re getting rid of it…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We have no choice. You have no choice.
When you see a military base, where these are the people that are protecting us. These are our soldiers. And they're not allowed to have guns…!? And then you have this scum walking off the street and blowing them away!? We're getting rid of gun-free zones.
Okay! Go ahead! One…one or two more…-THE CROWD CHEERS. Oh, this nice man with that beautiful hat of gray hair. Look at him. What a good hat of hair he's got.
Go ahead. Thank you.
A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.48.23:
Okay. So, I love the question, because I was just with a whole group. You know, with the evangelicals…I do amazingly well. I did well in Iowa. [And] Countrywide I'm leading, with evangelicals. And I met with some of the pastors and ministers…last week.
You know, the Christians…have lost…they’ve no power! And the reason they have no power…is…during…a certain period of time, and Lyndon Johnson was there, they passed exactly what you said. That if people get…too strong together, which…frankly, Christianity should be, they're gonna lose their tax-exempt status. Right? And they're afraid…; they actually have less power…; if you think about it, you probably have 250 people in this country. More power than men…more power than women…and they're afraid to use it, exactly for that reason.
Christianity…is under…siege, folks. It's under siege…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. If I said some of the things that I've said…about Christianity, as opposed to what I've said about other things, I would have had…not the same difficulty! When I talk about radical Islamic terrorists…we have a president that won't use the name! He refuses…; and unless you know what the hell you [are] doing…; unless you're gonna define it…you're never gonna solve the problem!
But if I would have been…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY-…if I would have been talking about Christianity, I wouldn't have had the same problems!
Christianity is under siege. Little things, but they're big things to me! It's Christmas time…you can't say ‘Merry Christmas’ anymore…! If I win folks, we're all gonna be saying ‘Merry Christmas!’.
THE VIDEO ENDS UP ABRUPTLY, LEAVING TRUMP WITH ONE MORE QUESTION TO RESPOND TO, PROBABLY.
