VIDEO Nº: 26
TITLE:26. Speech: Donald Trump - Miami, FL - October 23, 2015
DATE OF EVENT:23/10/2015
RELEASE DATE:04/11/2017
DURATION:01.04.56 Hrs.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:8933
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CROWD CHANTS ‘TRUMP!’ REPEATEDLY.
 
I was telling some of the folks back stage. I never ever thought we'd do this well this fast. This has been so incredible. What's happened all over –CROWD CHEERS. But what's happened in Iowa…it's been…it's been really incredible. We've had some amazing results, and they continue to come in. Got a little…shake up in Iowa. I don't know…what's going on…?
 
Somebody said, ‘are you going straight to New Hampshire?’. Now, I Love New Hampshire. We've got great numbers: 38 to 12. That's good –CROWD CHEERS. But we fell a little behind…! …in Iowa. And some people are saying, ‘how can it be?’. And I come out, I was just telling a group: we have the biggest crowds. We have the most enthusiastic crowds. Everybody said, and it's very…true! I mean, look at this. No, but…somebody else would come, they’d have like 50 people, they wouldn't need this room, believe me –CROWD LAUGHS.
 
But everybody said, without question, in every poll, this isn't just here, that the people that are with Trump, are with Trump. They don't go anywhere. They’re staying. It's true–CROWD CHEERS. I see it! I see it! And we've seen it! You know, a couple of times they say, ‘well that could be the end’, then they do something, I’m 10 points up. It's the craziest thing, right? But we'll take it! But they say the people are with…we have the most loyal people, by far, and everybody says it.
 
The other thing they say is for leadership, number one. Very important, right? Don't you think? –CROWD CHEERS. Leadership! I mean, when leadership is number one. They say on the economy, without question, number one…and by a lot! So you know, it's…it's great.
 
I thought I'd talk a little bit, and I want to take some questions as a…you know, we could do a little question and answer…right? –CROWD CHEERS. We have all these cameras going back here. And you know, it's always tough when you're in live television all the time…
Look: we have 10 topics, right? How many topics? 10? How many different ways can you talk about the 10 topics? The bottom line is we want results, we wanna get it done. But when you're on live television all the time, all those people back there…and the cameras are on, and then you're talking about immigration, and you're talking about the wall…because we can have a wall, and we're gonna stop illegal immigration…-CROWD CHEERS. But we talked about trade, and we talked about repealing Obamacare, we talked about all the things that we talked about. But you know, you have these points, and we can talk about them in different forms…in different ways…and give different examples…but in the end it's really about results. Isn't it? Right? It's really about results. And you can only talk about the same subject on live television so many different ways.
 
I talk about industry, and talk about commerce, I talk about how we're losing our jobs to all of these different countries, and I give different examples. But it's still going to be a certain number of subjects. I talk about Second Amendment. I talk about Fourteenth Amendment. We talk about amendments. You know that the second amendment…they want to take it away from you. They really want to do things, and it's not going to happen. It's not going to happen, at least with me…-CROWD CHEERS. It's not going to happen. That I can tell you. So I said, today you know, we'll talk for a little while, but I wanted just some question and answers. I want you people to excite me for a change. Is that ok? –CROWD CHEERS. I want to be excited, that's so…we're…got some fun. So we're gonna do that.
 
A few things…I wanna bring up a few new subjects too. So immigration, we're going to be doing a very strong number. It's killing us. It's killing us. And…it's bad for the economy…it's bad for…all of this illegal immigration. And I have to tell you. Legal? You come in, and we're gonna have a good time, and you're gonna be there, and you're gonna do great. And visas, maybe work, maybe there are cases will you need people in, and we'll do something…we're not gonna hurt our economy, in any way, shape or form. We're gonna make our economy much, much stronger…but we're also gonna get jobs for people…that…are here! People with us! Then…we're gonna get jobs! –CROWD CHEERS. We're gonna get jobs!
 
But…the illegal immigration…you know, I did this…and I made my determination. I took a deep breath. Because I'll tell you what! It takes courage. To say, ‘I'm going to run for president’. IT- really does! Especially in my case, where I have a great business, and…I love my business. I love doing it! I've never…never even see. I mean, I own some of the great…properties in the world, Doral, in Miami. I may never see it again –CROWD LAUGHS. Turnberry…-CROWD CALLS OUT SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES IT-… ‘thank you. I love you. Look at her’.
 
Turnberry, in Scotland, one of the greatest, home of the British Open…and all that, I may never see it again! All of these incredible places that I have…but…more than that! It takes courage.  Because…when you do it, you're putting yourself out there, beyond anything that…anybody's done. And it even takes courage for a politician to do it. Now, at some point, some of these guys have to leave…don't we agree? It's getting ridiculous! –CROWD CALLS OUT ‘YEAH!’ AND CHEERS. Because, like tomorrow night, we're having a debate. And I wish we had more time for the debate! I wish we had…not in terms of three hours…! …because who wants…three hours!? I…you know what, I could stand up for…20 hours if I had to, but…who wants to watch that long…!?
 
Hillary's debate essentially lasted for an hour and a half. And I was…huh…-MR. TRUMP UTTERS THE SOUND AS OF TIREDNESS. CROWD LAUGHS-…you couldn't watch it! You have Hillary, against a socialist / communist…and nobody INAUDIBLE…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And honestly…? He's not gonna win, just so you understand! I mean, it's all kidding. He's not gonna win, and neither is she, ‘your right, long-term’ –MR. TRUMP UTTERS THAT AFTER A WOMAN IN THE CROWD HAS CALLED IT OUT. Well, she is being totally…protected. Because in theory she shouldn’t even be allowed to run…-CROWD CHEERS-…it's true. It’s a tough game, it's a nasty game, but she is being totally protected.
 
But she's going to beat him, and you still have one more of these guys. Oh…O'Malley, so he'll be out like quickly I guess. I don't know, what's he doing? What do they do…? When they have zero! We…they…have zero...and I wouldn't say it against our folks. But they've treated me…some of them…some of the zeros have treated me so nastily. Right? –CROWD CALLS OUT ‘YEAH!’. Because they wanna stop controversy, and they wanna try and pick up some points. And…you know what, I'm not even gonna mention it…that usually do. I love doing it! But everybody that’s hit me so far has gone down! They've gone down! And they've gone down big league! But…and a couple of the ones and zeros, they're the ones that hit the hardest. I mean, they're like desperate people! But they hit. One of them has a zero with an arrow pointing to the left, that means less than zero! –CROWD LAUGHS. And I don't understand…what does it mean!? I assume it's a typo, but…maybe…I don’t know.
 
But…when you look at the things that are happening with our country. The trade…situation. With…not just China. I talked about China all the time, because that's the main abuser. That's the biggest abuser. The numbers are astronomical. Almost 400 billion a year…in terms of imbalance. Think of it! 400 billion a year! And they send stuff over here…but we can't send stuff over there, they tax us. Big tax. Friend of mine can't get his stuff over there. The tax is so big. Big tax!
 
Somebody bought an airplane, in China…! …here! …can't get it over there. It’s…this…spoiled guy. Rich guy. Bought a beautiful plane, can't get it over there. Because the tax is so massive..! …but now he's selling it. In this country . Because China won't let him have the plane, and he has to pay a tax. I won't even tell you what the tax is. It's so astronomical…that I don't even believe it myself! …so I'm not gonna say it, because those guys –MEANING THE PRESS- will way, ‘he was wrong!’ –CROWD LAUGHS. All I can tell you is…all I can tell you is…it's a massive tax! Like…you don't buy planes here. Because if you do…you won't be able to get them back in. And here we accept all of their product!

So we have almost a 400 billion-dollar…trade imbalance with China. We have a 70-billion-dollar trade imbalance with Japan! We have a…you know, with all that's going on now in the South China Sea, and you look what we have…a destroyer…relatively small ship. Over there. I don't know if I'd want to be the captain of that ship right now. But they're being sort of…mocked and scorned…and a lot of…a lot of bad things can happen. But you know, we have an agreement with Japan. And I love japan! I love China! I love all these people, but their leaders are killing us, because these are smarter, sharper, more cunning…the leaders of Mexico are killing us! At the border, and in trade. They’ve taken so many of our companies. Even Nabisco…my Oreos! They're taking Nabisco…right? –CROWD CHEERS-…I'm never eating Oreos! I tell it all the time. They had some Oreos before in the plane, I said, ‘I don't wanna touch them!’-CROWD LAUGHS. ‘Ring them back! Are you allowed to bring them back? Bring them back’.
 
but I'm not happy, they're leaving Chicago, and they're moving their big plant…to Mexico. So when you see this happening, we have to stop it. And…and I'm not gonna …look I'm not gonna beat around the bush, and, ‘no, let's talk and let's be nice, and let’s listen to…’, nobody can do it like I do it. Nobody! Honestly? Nobody. We can…–CROWD CHEERS. I'm not saying I'm perfect cuz I’m not perfect, nobody's perfect, but…-MEMBER IN THE CROWD CALLS OUT ‘YES, YOU ARE!’. MR. TRUMP HEARS IT-… ‘thank you. I love this guy! Handsome guy, I like him! Very good!’. No, but nobody's perfect. But I’ll tell you, when it comes to that stuff, I'm really…there's nobody better!
 
Carl Icahn endorsed me the other day. He's one of the great traders, one of the great deal makers, he says, ‘Trump, Trump’, you know. And he's not somebody that…just do it! He wants somebody that knows what they're doing. He understands! You talk about corporate inversions, and all of the things that are going on…corporate inversions. You know, many of the companies, in this…country have…trillions of dollars…cumulatively. They think two and a half trillion dollars overseas, right now. They can't get it in! And everybody agrees that we should bring it in. The Democrats and the Republicans. They’ve agreed for years! They can't make a deal. Because they have no leader. It's not like, ‘oh, gee, we disagree on Obamacare, or we disagree on something else’, although I must tell you: many of the Democrats that I speak to…cause I'm friendly with all of them. I'm friendly with…like Republicans, I…I get along with everybody. You know, everyone said, ‘oh, you won't be a unifier’. I'll be the greatest unifier of all! Why…is Obama a unifier!? –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
But I will tell you. Many of the Democrats that voted for Obamacare…ehm…would never have done it, now. And they will I too. 28 times, right? You can keep your doctor, keep your plan, keep you this…everything's gonna be great…turned out to be a total lie! 28 different times. That they know of. And they wouldn't have done it. But when you look at…at…what's happening, with corporations, and the highest tax…we pay the highest tax…! …anywhere in the world, of any country! But they have trillions of dollars…overseas. And these are…great companies, in many cases. They have thousands of employees…they can't get their money back. And the reason is…bureaucracy…? …it's very hard! And also, big reason: the tax is too high. They don't wanna bring a million dollars back, and pay 300 or 350 thousand dollars’ tax. They’ll rather leave it over there. And if they bring it back, they'll…be using it to…invest in our country! I mean, a lot of good things will happen.
 
I happen to believe it's more than two and a half trillion. But, here's the thing, and I use it because it's so incredible. Here's the thing. It's not controversial, it's not like you have the Republicans here, you have…everybody agrees! They've agreed, you know that. But 23 years…! …they can't make a deal! And now what's happening…and you’ll…this will be the next great story…is companies are leaving the United States. To…to the…two reasons: lower taxes, but also to get their money! They've got billions of dollars overseas! They're leaving our country…in order to get their money, and in order to pay lower tax. And you're talking about one company, I know of, I don't know how much they've written about it. But you're talking about 6,000 jobs, just one company. You're talking about, potentially, thousands of companies! And I say it! In the old days, they'd leave New York…people would move down, and companies would move down to Florida. Or they’d move to Texas! Or they leave New Jersey, where taxes are quite high. And then move to another location…right?
 
Now, they leave our country, and they go to other countries. That's what's happened! In the world of the internet…and the world of very fast jets. It's a different world out there! And there's no loyalty…they are paid a lot of money, to make…a lot of money for their shareholders. And some of them actually are foreign…they'd like to move back to these countries! They bring in executives that are from…Ireland! From other places! And they don't mind! They have no…loyalty to the United States.
 
So my plan…my tax plan is something I'm very…proud of. We're going to solve corporate inversions. I'll tell you what: we will have that money back…if I get elected president, that money will be back so fast, your head will spin. Nobody else will be able to do it –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Honestly? Nobody else even knows about it, the other candidates…most of them don't even know about it. It's not…it's not…their wheelhouse, okay? It's just not! It's not their thing. It's not their thing! Their thing is getting reelected. That's what they good at. They get reelected and they make promises, and they're all talk, and then no action…and it's a…the same thing happens, with these politicians. It's…always the same!
 
So…we have so many different things, and what I've done with our tax plan, which something I'm very proud of. We brought it down into a few groups, because right now…you have to go out, people that aren't doing well…go out and hire companies, to help them with their tax plans. They'll pay five hundred dollars, a thousand dollars…because it's so complicated…
And we're gonna make it nice and simple. And we're getting rid of carried interest, which is something that a lot of rich…hedge fund guys love…but we're getting rid of it. They don't love me so much anymore…-CROWD APPLAUDS-…but I don't care.
 
And we're getting rid of a lot of things, so we’re gonna get a nice simple…tax return. Somebody said, ‘oh, why…aren't…? …why isn't everybody paying?’. You know, forty percent, a big percentage will not pay any tax at all. People that are doing badly. They said, ‘well…’, I won't use the candidates name, cause I don't wanna insult any candidates when they can't defend themselves. But, they said, ‘we want…’, everybody to pay something. And I said, ‘I agree’. Here's the problem: from the standpoint of bookkeeping, from the standpoint of bureaucracy, you’re talking about millions and millions of returns. You're talking about building the IRS even bigger! And it's a…it's a monster! And I could cut it down way down! And the money that…you're talking about is far less than the administrative costs. So I said, ‘I agree. Except for one thing: from a practical standpoint it's too much!’.
 
Most of these people aren't paying anyway. What I wanna do is bring our jobs back…! …from China! Bring our jobs back…! …from Mexico! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Bring fairness…to our deals. As an example, with Japan! I was in Los Angeles…ships. The biggest ships you've ever seen! Cars are pouring off into this country. Made in Japan! We give them practically nothing! The balance is so bad. The imbalances is…is…so bad! You say, ‘how?’. And then we have all the strength. See? What our people don't know…and only somebody, that wrote The Art of the Deal or that does this stuff, right? It's natural! It's like…a great athlete. Like a Jack Nicklaus. He always was able to sink that putt right, you know? He's just better. And you have athletes…very few. But there are some people that have a certain ability. A lot of people don't even know we have all the power. We have all the power of China! You know, we owe right now China and Japan, equally…1.5…think of this: trillion dollars. 1.5! So…think of it.
 
They take our business…in…the case of Japan mostly cars. But, they take our business, they take our jobs…factories closed down all over the place, and we are their money. Right? It's a magic act. For them, not for us. For us it's a horror show. It's gonna end! It's gonna end. And…–CROWD CHEERS-…and…and people like Carl Icahn, and…people like the best nego…
I know the best negotiators in the world. Some of my think of horrible people. I'll be honest with you: I don't care! Do you care if they’re horrible people? –CROWD CALLS OUT ‘NO!’. MR. TRUMP TURNS AROUND AND LOOKS AND THOSE BEHIND HIM AND SAYS ‘WHO CARES!?’. We…want…
 
Now, Carl happens to be, actually, a very nice guy! But he's a brilliant negotiator, and a tough cookie, and he's built a fortune. He doesn't want money! He doesn't wanna say, ‘oh, give me two hundred thousand dollars a year and government…money’. As I said, he wants to do it! He's proud to do it! He wants to help the country! And it's so easy for him! For instance, if I said, ‘Carl, do me a favor. The trade deal we have with China is so unfair. We're losing four hundred billion dollars a year. Carl, do me a favor: make it fair!’. I don't have to give him a big speech. I don't have to give him a big speech –CROWD APPLAUDS AND CHEERS.
 
I mean, I can tell you that within a very, very short period of time, things will straighten out. I mean, things will straighten out! And it's gonna be to our benefit. But think of it: if we're losing that kind of money…that imbalance. It's an imbalance! Some people say, ‘that's not really a loss!’….it is a loss! If we have that kind of an imbalance, and supposing you brought it back to zero…! …or even if we lost a hundred billion a year…that's a lot of money! Believe me, I couldn't sleep it…if I brought it to a hundred million a year…? Get rid of me in four years, all right? –CROWD LAUGHS.
 
But supposing we brought it back to a hundred…or we brought it back to zero! Do you know what that means…for this country!? You know the kind of money you're talking about!? Then jobs would start coming back…lots of good things would happen! Lots of great things would happen! And maybe our babies, who have all these toys all over the place, maybe they'll have…seventy-five percent! And maybe you'll like them better. Maybe they'll be better! And they'll be manufactured here! Whenever I ordered television sets, I ordered thousands and thousands of television sets a year, for different jobs. And whenever I order them, they’re all coming from South Korea! They make all the telev…other than Sony, but it's…Sony has sort of lost its way a little bit. But…Sony's Japan. But South Korea! LG, Samsung…I don't get bids from America! I'd love to! I'd love to! George will said there's a company in South Carolina that makes television. I said, ‘where are they!?’. I'd like to have a good name, too, by the way. It's important. You know, when somebody's paying you a fortune for a hotel room, it's nice to see a good name, right? Do we agree? Right? –CROWD CHEERS.
 
Well, what was a company in South Carolina…but they don’t really make them, they assemble them. In other words, the parts come in, they're assembled. But…much different. But I'd love it, if we made them. But you take South Korea. We defend South Korea…for…essentially…nothing! You have the maniac over in North Korea, that nobody ever talks about, by the way. Now, he really has nuclear weapons! And we don't talk about him.
 
We made the worst deal ever made with Iran, right? –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. The worst. No, no…
These are…the people that represent…these people are…incompetent, or stupid. You know, somebody said, ‘you shouldn't say stupid, it’s not…’, but it's true! They’re stupid! I think…I mean I think…! –CROWD LAUGHS AND APPLAUDS. Unless…I don't know, is there's something going on that we all don't know about!? Think of it: point after point, we lost! We lost everything! We're giving them a hundred and fifty billion dollars. It's hard to believe! They're gonna have all that…they don't have to develop, no! I tell somebody, they don't have to develop nuclear…they can buy it! What the hell…do…what…what…why…why should they develop it? They can buy it! And now all of a sudden, they're going into Syria…! They go…they get so much money! They're a terrorist state. They're going into all of these different places. We're fighting them in Yemen…and yet we're not gonna deal with them. So why don't you say, ‘hey, Yemen, out!’. Our prisoners, I want ’em back! I want ’em to back! I don't want them over there! I want ’em back! –CROWD CHEERS
 
And…all we have to do very simple…! …is…if you have the right messenger…I'm the right messenger! You know, I've gotten to a point…where…I have to be braggadocious. It's terrible right? …cause I can't be so nice and say, ‘we can all do a wonderful job’. People can't do this kind of stuff!
 
First is the wall. I said…-MEMBERS IN THE CROWD CALL OUT SOMETHING INAUDIBLE-… ‘no, no. I said, ‘I guarantee you…that we're gonna build the wall. It’s gonna be a real wall…we're gonna have people come through, but they're gonna come through legally, or they're gonna come through with visas, which is the same thing…if we need them! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And…and…we want people to come through. I want people to come through! I don't wanna say ‘no!’. But we have, at least 11 million! You know –WHAT- the scariest? …is nobody has any idea how many. You know, we've been hearing that number four years, like 11 million, 11…
We have…no idea! I spoke to one the top people. They have…no idea! Might be five million, might also be 32 million…nobody… ‘could be 50! Where is he…? –CROWD LAUGHS. MR. TRUMP REFERS TO A MEMBER IN THE CROWD WHO APPARENTLY UTTERED A ‘COULD BE 50’-…stand up!’. He might be closer than anybody else…probably is.
 
But we have to get them out…we have to…look: it's harsh. Dwight Eisenhower. We all like Dwight, right? –CROWD APPLAUDS. Remember the expression…? Right? Dwight. I go, remember the sign he got elected… ‘I like Ike’. How could he be bad? Right? –CROWD LAUGHS. And I think he was a nicer general than MacArthur, and Patton. And I like Ike, as a president, but I love Patton, and I love general MacArthur! –CROWD APPLAUDS. I love him. And we are gonna to find ourselves a Patton! And we're gonna find ourselves…cause we have a lot of smart guys in our military, and women. We're gonna find ourselves a  Patton...-CROWD APPARENTLY CALLS OUT SOMETHING OF THE LIKES THAT TRUMP IS THE NEXT ‘PATTON’. MR. TRUMP HEARS IT-… ‘yeah, right here. I'll be the Patton’.
 
But we're gonna find a Patton, and we're going to find him a MacArthur. And I'm really good at that. We're gonna find great people. Because…and I told the story, where I watch these generals go on television. They shouldn't be on television! They shouldn't be talking…! …you know? They shouldn't be talking. They should be doing! And they asked…a certain general. I'm not gonna insult him. It was like a month and a half ago! On a…show. Talk show. I said, ‘here’s general…so and so…one of the top, top, top people. I could even say the top. So what's he doing on television!? And he's saying, ‘well, ISIS is very tough. You know, they spread out…’. By the way, they took the oil that I said ‘take’. Remember I said, take the oil? Always! Take the oil!’. They're being funded by the oil that I said ‘take’. I don't want their damn oil…but you know what? It turned out to be another benefit of having it… ‘take the oil!’. And we didn't do it. We shouldn't have been in Iraq in the first place. And I said that in 2003 –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Shouldn't have been there.
 
We totally destabilized the Middle East! We totally blew it! But we…were there. Then Obama announces, because he's so predictable…. ‘we are leaving on a certain date…in a year’ …-CROWD LAUGHS. All right? I couldn't believe it. I'm sitting there saying, ‘did he really say that?’. He said, ‘we will have all troops out…by a certain day’. Right? Did he say that? –MR. TRUMP TURNS AROUND AND ASKS. THE CROWD CALLS OUT ‘YES!’. And I said, ‘no, no…tell me please’. Cuz I'm sort of a natural…like a things…like very smart guy. But, I know a lot of smart guys wouldn't pick that up. I pick it up. I say, ‘uh…’.
 
Oh! You know another one I got high marks on, from every poll? Military! They think I'll be the best in the military! Because they say it’s so…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I will be… you know, I always say I'll be the greatest jobs president…that God ever created. I will! But everybody knows that! Especially God! Everybody knows that! But you know what I'll be? I'll be great at the military. I'll be so good. And I'll know when. And I’ll build our military so strong, so tough, so incredible…nobody's gonna mess around! We're never gonna have to use it! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And I'm gonna take care of our Vets! Believe me! They’re our greatest people! And our Vets are not being treated as well as illegal immigrants! –CROWD CONTINUES CHEERING. I'm gonna take care of our Vets!
 
So…go back. So…the word is unpredictable. I made a business deal a year ago. And the guy…ugh…! …I beat him so badly! Ay! It was so beautiful! It's a beautiful thing. It’s like a picture. For me it's like a picture. That's my own problem, I guess. But to me it's like a painting, when you can do something like that. So I made this deal, and it was great, and they call…they did a story on me recently…and it was a nice story. And I said, ‘oh, I hope they don't call this guy. They ended up calling this guy, ‘what do you think about Trump’? And he said, but in a respectful way, he said, ‘he won…because he was so damn unpredictable. We didn't know what the hell he was gonna do!’ That's a positive! That's a positive! –CROWD APPLAUDS. I mean, if you're a poker player, and you're predictable, you're not going home with much money! –CROWD LAUGHS. Okay? But it was really…I said that's not nice, what he said.
First I said, ‘that's not nice…! I'm unpredictable…’. Then I said, ‘wait a minute! He meant that as a compliment’. And I called him. I said, ‘what did you mean by that?’. He said, ‘I think that's the greatest compliment I can pay. We could not figure you out! You came to this from 15 different angles!’.
 
So with Obama. When he announces that we're leaving Iraq, on a certain date. We should have been there! But once you announce…the bad guys. Remember they said ‘the surge worked?’ You know why the surge worked? You know why? Because the bad guys all moved back, they said. ‘hey, what do we have to get killed for?’. I'm…these people don't mind being killed. Can you believe it? But they say, ‘if we don't have to…let's not!’. So they moved back, and they said, ‘hey, they're leaving in…’, what was the date? You remember the day!? Specific date to the day! ‘We will have all troops out! I am a great president!’.
 
So the bad guys, meaning the opponent's, whatever you want to call ‘em, they just said, ‘oh, they're leaving in a year! You'll have all the troops out! Let's go back! What do we have to be shot after the next year? And why do we have to do…because if we do well, maybe he'll change his mind and stay…! So let's let him think he had this great victory with the surge!’. Right? The surge…worked! Didn't work! What happened is everybody pull back! They said, ‘let’s wait!’. Now we leave, because of a lack of leadership…we leave…and boom…! …it comes apart. That's what happened! That was ‘the surge’! Everybody talked so much… ‘oh, the surge was so great’. The surge was great because everybody knew! They knew what was happening! They knew it was going to happen. They knew we were leaving. Even through Bush. I mean, honestly, they knew it well, that we were fed up. So they pulled back. And they say, let's get them out’, everybody wanted to leave.
 
Now, I would have done it differently. Even if I wanted to leave…and I might or might not, I…I won't even say. People say, ‘Mr. Trump, what's your attitude on…ISIS!? When will you attack them!? Where…!?’. I said, ‘you know, I don't wanna tell…I have a real chance of winning. I don't really wanna tell you what my attitude…!’ I don’t…I want them to guess I don't wanna really tell you! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I mean…the one bad thing about our system: we have a system that's…got flaws…let's face it. Hey, look at our leadership: it’s got flaws. But you know the one bad thing? When I give that answer, they say…although some people…I see it here…! …some people say, ‘we love that, we love that!’. But when they give that answer, people say, ‘oh, Trump doesn't know! He doesn't know. He didn't give an answer to exactly what he's gonna do! Exactly! What is he gonna do!?’. And I know exactly what I’m gonna do. And eventually, after I was asked a question by 10 different reporters, all of whom are here tonight by the way. I said, ‘you know, here's the problem: if I don't give the answer…I'm not gonna win…!’. Because they write so incredibly negatively. So if I don't give the answer, I'm not gonna win! They're gonna say, ‘Trump wouldn't give us the answer…’. They don't know what’s unpredictability, they don't know it’s strategy…and I said it: for a period of time…like a month! …I would say, ‘I don't want to tell you’, cuz I actually have a chance. Because from the time I announced, I've been at the top of the polls…almost at the top…you know, we're doing well! Iowa will you get your numbers up, please!? –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
When you get these numbers up, I promise you I will do such a good job. First of all, I am a great Christian. And I am. I am –CROWD CHEERS. Remember that. And I do well with the Evangelicals. But the Evangelicals left me down a little bit this last month. I don't know what I did! But…I am a great Christian. I'm a believer, and I believe in the Bible. And I even brought my Bible a month ago to a group…signed by my mother, Mary. And…with the address, and the date! I won't tell you what date it was, cause you po…possibly you think I'm younger than that –CROWD LAUGHS. But, she didn't want anybody taking my Bible, cause that was so…very important to her. So it has the…I was so cute, she's the address, has the date…
 
But I said to myself, ‘you know…?’. So, by the way, before I forget. Will you get the numbers up Iowa please? This is ridiculous –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I mean, what is my competition…? In all fairness…in all fairness, what…what is my competition!? Do you think these guys…? I'm not gonna say ‘Carson’ –CROWD LAUGHS. I'm not gonna say Rubio…who really is way down. I mean, I am second, it's not like terrible…but…I don't like being sex…second is terrible to me! –CROWD CHEERS.
 
But…but do you think that Ben is going to beat…go to China? These guys are fierce! Like they come into your office…I…I made many deals with China. I've had great victories in…in…in terms of deals with China. They come into your office! There's no, ‘hello, how are you? It's wonderful day…’. They come in, ‘we want deal!’ –TRUMP SOMEWHAT IMPERSONATES A CHINESE ACCENT IN ENGLISH. CROWD LAUGHS. There's no games! I do this for a living! I'm really good at it, folks! Really good! Really good!  -CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
And…you know, when you talk about energy…I'll tell you one thing, everybody agrees. Oh, do I have energy! Oh! I toss and turn! Thinking about how I'm gonna make the best deal for you, folks. I’ll be tossing and turning. I will be tossing and turning. You're gonna have so many deals, that is so good for you…we're gonna have numbers that are gonna be so good…
I always joke, ‘you may get tired of it’, but then I always take that back, because nobody gets tired of winning.
 
We don't win anymore! You know, think about it. Do we win…? …at all? …ever? We lose with the military. ISIS beats us! Everybody…! We lose with trade. When are we gonna come back say, ‘we beat China…!?’, on a deal. When are we gonna come back… ‘we beat Japan!?’. Do you know that, everybody said, ‘oh, Japan…they have so power over us…they have so much power…because we owe that 1.5 trillion, and they send all those cars…’ We don't…they have…they have no power! If we have to say, ‘listen, you're not gonna treat us fairly, we don't want your cars anymore…’, they go out of business, folks! They're gone!
 
Same thing with China! China is not even doing that well! But they just lowered, they just devalued their currency…the biggest in two decades. And the reason they did it, they could never thought…but, we have so many other problems…that they felt, ‘oh, wow, we can get away with this’, and it's going to make it impossible! Did you see the results the other day of Caterpillar Tractor? Horrible! Because they're not getting stuff out. Because everybody, Japan and China in particular, is…devaluing their currency. That's their number one weapon. And this stupid trade deal that were making doesn't even cover it! That's the number one weapon! And the trade deal that we're making doesn't cover it.
 
So…I only say this…and you know what, people might say, ‘it's terrible. He's a terrible person. A terrible human being…he shouldn’t…but I'm gonna vote for him anyway. Okay, that's fine. I'm actually a nice person. I only say this: nobody can do this stuff better than me. And I know all the guys I’m running against. Their wonderful people! And some of them I really like…-CROWD APPLAUDS-…but who cares!?
 
I was talking to one of the candidates the other day, I was talking about corporate inversions, and they didn't even know what I was talking about…they had no idea! It's not their thing! And unless we stop all of the things that are going with other countries…and…unless we make great trade deals…we're being eaten alive! That's why when you look at the phony numbers, we have a hundred million people in our workforce that aren't working! Our real unemployment rate is probably thirty percent. It's not five point three percent! That was done for politicians, so they look good. It’s not 5.3! How can you have 5.3 when you have a hundred million people…? You look for a job. If that young guy, that handsome young guy, with the red hair, right there –MR. TRUMP POINTS TO THE RIGHT SIDE-…if he comes out and looks for a job… ‘that's right, I'm talking about you –CROWD LAUGHS. His…his mom is very happy’. But if he comes out, and he goes into the workforce, and he looks for a job…and he goes through college and all…he does well, and then he can't get a job. And when he gives up…because at some point, after months, you give up…they essentially consider you employed. It’s the most ridiculous thing! We have a tremendous…tens of millions of people in that position! They can't find jobs. They're good people, they wanna work! They can't, but it's not reflected in the real numbers, because the politicians gonna look good.
 
So let me just, before we take some questions, I'm gonna talk about something I never really talked about on stage. But we should talk about it. It's called super PACs. It's one of the great scams of all time –CROWD APPLAUDS. It's one of the great scams.
 
So we sent out…I think I had, and I think…it’s not me! People set them up! And I don't know, maybe they're setting up for my benefit. Let's take me. A guy sees me, likes me, sets up a Super PAC, I don't talk to him, I don’t do anything, but we…I think we had either nine, or five, or 11…we don't even know! They're all over the place! ‘Trump!’ ‘Trump!’ –TRUMP ENUMERATES SOME SUPER PACs NAMES. One of them called it The Art of the Deal PAC, after the book. They have all these packs. And…the money comes in, what do they do with the money!? I don't know! And we aren't supposed to call him and everything…okay.
 
So we wrote a letter, a legal letter to…I think either nine, or eleven…last week. Saying, ‘we don't want the money…send it back’. Because I don't…again! …what do they do with it? If some guy that's having a hard time, all of a sudden is two million dollars, setting in a super PAC…do you think he's gonna take ads for Trump? Maybe! And maybe not! So we sent the money back…but it's a scam, Super PACs. A scam! It's a disgrace that we have them! A disgrace! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And…and…I'll tell you! I…you know, I read it a number, with…with, as an example, Ben. Ben is paying…72…almost eighty cents on the dollar, to raise money. So when you read, he has all this money…he's paying a lot of money, and that's not reflected yet. So when you hear, they raised 20 million…they're paying…now think of it. Who pays…? The number I actually heard was 79. But I…you know, these guys…will check out. So…I'm telling you it may be off. But you all know it's a lot –CROWD LAUGHS. I think they said seventy-nine cents on the dollar. Think of it! To raise the money, they take seventy-nine cents before they get to use the money! For the…what is supposed to be. Somebody's making a fortune!
 
I know in Romney's campaign, a couple of guys walked away with millions, and millions of dollars. Millions! They became rich! Raising money…it's better than being a real estate broker! For the people in Real Estate brokers, they take these massive percentages of the money they raise! It's a scam! It's a scam!
 
Now, in Ben's case his Super PAC is running Iowa! And…let me tell you. The people that are running that Super PAC, even if it comes in in small donations. Those are the real bosses. Those are the bosses! In the case of Jeb Bush, you're not supposed to deal with your Super PAC…right? So…it was in The Wall Street Journal the other day. He has…a Super PAC fundraiser or, something, in a hotel. And right next door, he had his campaign. Ballrooms. Did you read that!? Two ballrooms: one here, one here –MR. TRUMP INDEXES THEY ARE ONE NEXT EACH OTHER. Right next to each other. By coincidence, of course –CROWD LAUGHS. They're not supposed to be coordination. They’re not supposed to be talked. They're right next to each other. And that's…nothing compared to what some of them are doing. It's a scam! And it should be stopped! And it's unfair…to somebody like me…that is spending my own money…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
And what happened…and I haven't talked about this before. But I…I mean, I'm seeing what's going on, it's horrible, what's going on. What happened is last time, when they had the Super PACs, I actually think there was sort of a wall. You know, they call it ‘the wall’. And this is…this is a wall too, won't be as good as the wall I’m going to build, but there's a wall. But…but, there was a wall, and they didn't deal. I mean…even though like, Bush has…a friend of his running a Super PAC, I'm sure they never talk. I'm sure –CROWD LAUGHS. What do you think the chances are that they talk? A hundred percent or ninety-nine percent? Hundred. I say a hundred. I say a hundred. Only a foolish person would say ninety-nine. But whatever! They’re not supposed to. But they put a friend in there, they put other people in there…they put whoever. And that's the way it works! And in some cases, I hear in Ben's case, I hear in other cases…they're literally running! I mean, had Walker done this, in all fairness…cause he had money in the Super PAC, but he had no money in this campaign. And he was unable to figure out. This is what they were all doing! That's why he's out of the race. Cause he couldn't figure it out.
 
But…the whole thing with Super PACs…is a horrible, horrible scam! So I sent letters last week to…as many as we could find! They're all in place! We want you to close the Super PAC. We want nothing to do with it. We don't want get…advertised for us. We don't want any of the money. Sit, go home…and ideally, give the money back. They don't even have to give the money back us…from what I understand, the don’t have to…you keep it! They'll probably…if they actually raised money for me, they'll say, ‘what a horrible thing he just said! I think we’re going to support somebody else!’. They can do that. But the Super PACs have total control…over the people running for office. Total. Nothing over me. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing –CROWD APPLAUDS.
 
I feel…I feel it's very unfair. I mean, I feel it's a very unfair situation. Now, if they wanted, they could have full disclosure and everything else. Let the candidates get everything. But…what are they doing with this whole thing? And I think it makes dishonest people, out of people that might be honest! But the Super PACs are…controlling your candidates…some more than others! Some are unbelievable. And what the press should really do is take a look at how much money is left…when you read that Ben raised one dollar, how much is left after he pays all of the consultants, and all of these people…? How much is left to spend in the campaign!? You'll be amazed! I mean, it's so little. Bush, the same thing. And I'll go over…there are…other news. I know every one of them, But it's…it's a horrible thing that's taking place. And…again, last cycle…? At least they went through the motions. Now they're not even going through the motions. They’re not even going through…and just remember. When I have to negotiate with…companies…? To keep them in this country…so they build jobs, here. And they build their plants here. And their factories, here. And they do all of the things here. When I have to do that…you know, John Deere, I paid them tens of millions of dollars. You can even check. I said to John Deere, ‘I wanted an endorsement’. I don't know if they'll give me endorsement. I’ll tell you, if they don't, they're not so smart. You know, I…I guarantee, no other…no other person gave John Deere…I mean, I bought, probably more than 10 million dollars’ worth of John Deere equipment. I love it! You know why? Iowa! Iowa!  I love it! I love it! I like…I love it! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. When we can…and it's, by the way, it's a great company it's a great company. But I buy a lot of stuff from John Deere, cause I have a lot of big developments, that really…require John Deere type equipment. I don't have to buy from them, and I could buy from others, but I want to steer it to them when I can. But…we have to do something to clean up this political mess! Because it's crooked stuff. It's crooked stuff! –CROWD APPLAUDS. And it's gotta stop! And it's very unfair to people that…go out and do it the way you're supposed to do. Including me, where I put up my…I think I'm the only one. I know I'm the only one that's self-funding…! I'm the only one. I'm putting up my own money. Other than…I know it’s preface it. People write in, to DonaldJTrump.com or whatever. And they send me checks. Like…twenty dollars…I keep saying about the woman for 7 dollars and 50 cents… 50 dollars, a hundred dollars…because if you send…I don't want their money. But if you send it back, it's totally insulting. I mean, they always write letters to…they write this beautiful letters. It's, ‘Mr. Trump, I can't afford much. But um…and I know you don't need it, but I’m sending in fifty dollars, because it's so important what you're saying, about the country and…’. It’s beautiful! I mean, I’ve seen such beautiful letters! And if I sent it back…there is no letter I can write…that's not gonna be insulting to those people. Really!
 
‘Dear Mr. so and so, and Mrs. so and so. I don't need your money, and thanks a lot, but we're gonna do it ourselves…it’s like…if I got that back I'd say, ‘who the hell does he think he is!?’. So, we take that. And, it's…something that I think is important. I always preface it by saying I don't consider that funding, but I'm self-funding my campaign. And I'm getting ready to put up millions. Millions! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
And…something I'm very proud of, that I think is great…and it's, you know, been really great…it hasn't been gotten very much…publicity. Hasn't gotten much publicity. But I have spent less money than any other candidate…okay? By far! I think! –CROWD APPLAUDS. I don't know, THERE ARE- probably a couple of guys have nothing. So they just go around from…but, you know. But I…I was told I spend less. And had the best result, because in most polls I'm number one. Now, until Iowa came along, I said ‘every poll’! And then Iowa came…what the hell are you people doing to me!? –CROWD LAUGHS, APPLAUDS AND CHEERS.
 
You know, you know, I'm telling you. They said, ‘why don't you skip Iowa?’ They tell me that! Everybody said, ‘skip Iowa!’ –CROWD BOOS. MR. TRUMP LAUGHS. No! All of the political geniuses. A man just interviewed me back there, great reporter. He's actually a great reporter. Cause if he writes a bad story I won't say that, right? –CROWD LAUGHS. Then I'll read…but he is. He's a great reporter. And he said, ‘would you ever think of maybe skipping Iowa, going right to…you know, right to New Hampshire…? And then you go to South Carolina…’. Where I'm leading by massive…you know, you gotta see the rallies we have, they’re incredible!
But you go to New Hampshire, you go to South Carolina you go to Nevada, you do the SCC (Virginia). And skip…I said, ‘I can't do that! Because…I have such an unbelievable relationship…with the people from Iowa…that I think we're gonna win. I really do! I believe that! –CROWD CHEERS.
 
And I don't wanna skip Iowa. I think we're going to do well. I think we're gonna do great with Evangelicals…I think a lot of things are gonna come out, over the next period of time…that are not gonna be so good for…opponents. Honestly. And I think I’m gonna do great with Evangelicals. Because I am the real deal, I will tell you that –CROWD CHEERS. I'm the real deal!
 
So…I told these political pros. You know, I hate to say it. But the last…long number of elections, on the Republican circuit…the person that won Iowa did not get the nomination. Okay? I wanna take away some of your mustard –CROWD LAUGHS. Do you understand that? So could we do…? …and please do me a favor. Let me win Iowa, and then I'm gonna win…-CROWD CHEERS-…I'm gonna win…I'm telling you, we're gonna win New Hampshire. And we're gonna win…we're gonna win South Carolina. Great poll just came out on North Carolina, just a little while ago, PPP poll, it was great! Some of you saw that. But great poll! But we’re gonna go on…we're gonna win! We're gonna win! And they actually…-CROWD CHEERS-…one of the one of the pundits…cause you have…some smart pundits…and some…very, very dumb pundits. A lot of the pundits, that said, ‘he'll never run! He's not gonna run! Not gonna run!’, now they're still trying to recover. But one of the very smart one said, ‘if Trump wins Iowa, it's over!’. It's interesting, because it'll go right through. Because everywhere else is so great. And I thought it was good here! Come on, okay! So that's the end of that! But I wanna tell you…will you…? I refuse to say…‘get your asses in gear’. I will not say that. I will not say it! –CROWD LAUGHS. I will not say, cause I don't wanna use anything that's even a little bit off!
 
So will you please do me a favor…and work with my people…? And go out on February first, and vote, and give us a victory…? And…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And…if I win Iowa, we're gonna run the whole table. And we are gonna make such great deals, and we're gonna have such a great military, and we're gonna take care of our health care, without that crazy Obamacare that's…a nightmare –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
So I'm sticking with you people! I'm gonna spend money here! I'm gonna have…I have a great team over here…and I will tell you, I’m gonna spend a lot of time here…and I really wanna win Iowa. And I think we should, and…it's so important! And you know, it's about time that Iowa could have a victory, and let that person go into a total victory! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS! Okay? Not like over the last! Right? Okay!
 
So…I love you all. I mean, we're having fun. But I love you all. But I do mean it. I'm gonna stay here. We're gonna work really hard. When I heard the poll today, they said, ‘what are you gonna do?’ I said, ‘I’m gonna work harder in Iowa!’. I'm not leaving Iowa! –MEMBER IN THE CROWD CALLS OUT ‘THAT’S RIGHT!’. I'm not leaving right Iowa! –CROWD APPLAUDS. Now, if I lose Iowa I will never speak to you people again, that I could tell you –CROWD LAUGHS.
 
Okay, let's do a couple of questions. Right? C’mon! Where is your mic?  Where’s that mic? Nice questions, vicious questions…I don’t care, you can ask anything you want.
 
Okay, c’mon. Do you know Tanna? Tanna! From The Apprentice.
 
Go ahead! Go ahead!
 
How are you?
 
Okay.
 
MEMBER IN THE AUDIENCE MAKES A QUESTION
MR. TRUMP ANSWERS BACK. Minute 54.12.
 
Yeah, it’s a great question. You know, we have now…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…right. We have now, I mean it’s…and the numbers are…they just came out…we have 50 million people…in poverty in this country. 50 million. Now…you…you look like you’re doing pretty well in all fairness. But still, we have 50 million, we have 46 million people…and they’re getting food stamps. 46 million! Think of it! You know, we talk about how well we’re doing. So…50 million! Almost 50 million each…between poverty, food stamps…and it’s gotta end. 
 
One of the problems is we don’t have enough jobs in this country. It’s very simple. You know, it’s so simple when you think about it! Our jobs have been taken away! And I’ll tell you what else! Middle-income folks…their salaries haven’t gone up in 20 years! People are making less wages now that they were 12 years ago! And other things have gone up!
So they’re really doing much worse than they were doing 12 years ago! But that’s an amazing stat. That people…and…one of the reasons they say, ‘I’m doing so well…’, cause I let people know! We’re gonna bring jobs back! We’re gonna bring industries and plants…we’re gonna bring it all back…and…nobody else can say that! We’re gonna bring it back, because, a lot of the folks in this room are doing worse than they did 12 years ago…and they’re working.
 
Then the other thing, you have a lot of part time jobs. I have some people that I know very well…and…they’ve had a job for 20 years in the same place. All of a sudden, they work in part time because of Obamacare. Because from an accounting standpoint, it just works better. 
 
They love the owners, the stores, and things…they love the owners, they think the owners are great. But the owner is forced to make part time, they make part time jobs. They work all their life! They have a wonderful company that they’re working for…and now all of a sudden they’re cut into part time jobs! Because of Obamacare! Because of the…rulings of Obamacare. And you all know what I’m talking about.
 
So they ended up being part time workers, and they don’t wanna be a part time worker. They don’t even like the psychology of being called…a part-time worker. And we’re not gonna have that stuff anymore. We’re not gonna have it anymore…-CROWD APPLAUDS. We’re gonna have real jobs. And the numbers are gonna go up. Believe me! –CROWD APPLAUDS.
 
The numbers are right now worse than 12 years ago, and that’s a shame.
 
Go ahead. Another question?
 
MEMBER IN THE AUDIENCE MAKES A QUESTION
MR. TRUMP ANSWERS BACK. Minute 56.25
 
Ah!
 
Hey Todd!

These are our greatest people! The wounded warriors. These are the greatest…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…the best! Great time!
 
Is that your daughter!?
 
Wow! She’s so your beautiful! Wife? Wow, beautiful! What a family! Good!
 
Can I…? I wanna come, should…I gotta say hello to Todd. Look at this guy, what a…what a look! What a look! What a look! Hold it Tanna! Wait!
 
MR. TRUMP GOES DOWN THE STAGE TO SAY HELLO TO THE WOUNDED VETERAN.
MEMBER IN THE AUDIENCE MAKES A QUESTION
MR. TRUMP ANSWERS BACK. Minute 57.50
 
Is the VA not doing the job?
 
MEMBER IN THE AUDIENCE MAKES A QUESTION
MR. TRUMP ANSWERS BACK. Minute 58.09
 
Will you write out your card?
 
You’re gonna write out your card. And I’m gonna put pressure on the VA…like you won’t believe. Let’s see if we can get that…right? –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Look how beautiful! Look how beautiful!
 
Okay, so we’re gonna have…you know. Hey, I’ll tell you what: as president I can guarantee you. As Trump I can say, I’ll probably be able to pull it off anyway. Because…-CROWD LAUGHS-…because they know…it won’t stop…it’ll be easier to take Todd and just say, ‘look…’, we’re gonna work with you Todd. Okay?
 
So will you get me that number and everything? And we’ll make sure that everything get…
 
And somebody else…! Who else over here…? –MR. TRUMP POINTS TO THE LEFT LOOKING FOR MORE PEOPLE. You have problems with the VA also, hey? –TALKING TO SOMEONE OFF CAMERA SPECIFICALLY. Terrible? I hear only…I just hear ‘terrible!’.
 
And we’re gonna solve that problem. You know, it can be solved. Because the waits now for the VA are longer than they’ve ever been!
 
Oh, it’s nice to see you people back there! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It’s about time! What am I doing there!? Why didn’t you give me this…?
 
But, the waits now are worse than they’ve ever been! Thousands of people dying waiting to see a doctor…! Okay? Dying! And you find the same thing, you’ve…you say…-MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SOMEONE OFF CAMERA.
 
MEMBER IN THE CROWD INTERRUPTS. MR. TRUMP PAYS ATTENTION AND REPEATS-… ‘you have to use your own because they won’t do anything…
 
So…we are gonna take care of our Vets, and we’re gonna take care of the VA, and…it’s gonna be…and one of the things…we’re gonna be releasing pretty soon, but…-CROWD APPLAUDS. One of the things we’re gonna do with the VA…we’ve a lot of…hospitals that aren’t doing any business. We have a lot of…private doctors that could do more business. We’re losing a lot of our doctors because of Obamacare, they’re retiring, they’re leaving.
 
One of them, a friend of mine said, ‘I have more nurses working for me now than ever before, but I have more accountants!’ And the end result is a disaster! He’s getting out of the business! He’s got nurses, but he’s got more accountants that he’s got nurses…because the paperwork is so crazy!
 
So one of the things we’re gonna do is…if Todd, or if you –POINTING AT THE SECOND VET-…or if somebody, has problems…because of the waits…cause the waits are…unbelievable! 5, 6, 7 days sometimes…they are gonna go to a private doctor, they are gonna go to a private hospital, or public hospital…! …that’s in the area! And we’re gonna pay for that! And it’s gonna cost less money! It’s gonna cost less money than the system we have now…and you’re gonna end getting much better cost –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It’s gonna cost less, and you’ll get better care.
 
So anyway…

God…we’re gonna take…great family –MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF HIM. Great.
 
Okay?
 
MEMBER IN THE AUDIENCE MAKES A QUESTION
MR. TRUMP ANSWERS BACK. Minute 1.00.55
MR. TRUMP ANSWERS BACK TO COMMENTS MADE ON MELANIA’S CLASS AND BEAUTY. HOWEVER, IT’S INAUDIBLE BECAUSE MR. TRUMP HAS NO MIC.
 
MEMBER IN THE AUDIENCE MAKES A QUESTION
MR. TRUMP ANSWERS BACK. Minute 1.01.13
 
Alright. So... the Keystone Pipeline plan. First of all, I’d approve it, cause it’s thousands of jobs. Okay? I would approve it so fast. So fast…
 
And Hillary said she’d approve it. You know, Hillary wanted to approve it, but she’s been dragged so far left…that she’s…you know, forget it, it’s a disaster.
 
So I’d approve it. But I…I…with that being said, I may wanna make a better deal. Because you know what? We’re bringing oil from Canada, right? I may say, I want 10 percent. We’re gonna approve it but I want 10 percent, 15 percent…cause the truth is…that the Keystone Pipeline was better…a while ago…that it is now. Cause we have so much…because of new technology. We have so much energy underneath our own feet. With the fracking and all of the other things that’ve…emerged over the last five years. We have so much energy! And it’s great stuff! We have really…great quality. Higher than Canada! You know, they have the Tar Sands, which is a problem…for them. It’s very expensive to get it out. We have great stuff. So…I would approve it! Because I love the jobs of building it. I love the jobs of building it.
 
But I may just say, ‘maybe we should get 10 percent, 15 percent, maybe 20 percent…? As that oil flows through our land. You know, maybe we should do that…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So I’m gonna look into that…but when I approve it…I’ll…I’ll tell you what. When I approve it, it will be a great deal for the United States. It won’t be like…cause right now, what we’re doing…we’re proving it…we’re not really getting anything…they’re putting it underground…and that’s good. And that’s actually good environmentally. Better than having trucks going down the roads, everything else…that’s good environmentally.
 
But…we’re not getting…we’re not getting…anything…much…for it. When I get finished with the Keystone…they’ll be happy, and we’ll be happy. Okay? So it’ll be good. Okay –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
Question? Tanna? Yeah, go head Tana.
 
I love the people with the shirt…look at those beautiful shirts. Look how handsome he is with that shirt. Looks like he’s 20 years old with that shirt -CROWD CHEERS.
 
Who’s got the mic?
 
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MR. TRUMP ANSWERS BACK. Minute 1.03.47
 
Well…I’ll… I’ll tell you…in all fairness, Ben Carson said, yesterday or the other day, that he wants to abolish Medicare. Okay? And you know what a disaster that is. Now, I’m sure at some point he’ll take it back. But he said we wants to abolish Medicare.
And…one thing, people do like their Medicare. They do like it. And…you are, bringing up a point that I’ve heard before. We’re gonna be looking at a lot of different things. But we’re gonna save social security, we’re gonna save Medicare. And that’s the way it is. Okay? We’re not abolishing like other people –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Okay? Go ahead, next! Good boy, by the way.
Hello!
 
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MR. TRUMP ANSWERS BACK. Minute 1.04.28
 
Okay. It’s a lot of people. But you know what? It’s costing us 200 billion dollars a year, immigration in this country right now. And Dwight Eisenhower, I was gonna say. He moved…a million and a half people in the 1950s. Early 1950s. Moved them out! We had tremendous illegal immigration problems. Dwight Eisenhower, nice guy! He moved a million and a half people…out of the United States. And you know what happened? He moved right across the border. And they came back. And they moved them again, and they came back. They moved them a third time, and they came right back. And then, you know, they were tougher in those days. They moved them all the way south! All the way south! And they didn’t come back!
 
Now, we have to do it! We have no choice! We either have a country…or we don’t. And, I want them to come back. But I want them to come back with papers, I want them to come back legally! I want them to come back! The good ones! The good ones! -CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. But only the good ones! We got some bad ones!
 
You remember the heat I took? With illegal immigration! Remember that heat? For two weeks. Rush Limbaugh said, ‘he’s received more incoming…than any human being I’ve ever seen!’ And then he doubled down. He though…it was pretty good. And he’s good! Really good.
 
But you know what? I took a lot of heat. And then you had Kate, in San Francisco. Killed, shot in the back. And some many others. And people started looking. And…let me tell you. We have some wonderful people over here. And they’re here…illegally, but they’re wonderful people.  Okay? And we’ll try and get them back real soon…and we’ll do it…through a legal process. But we also have some really bad gang members…? You know, some of the gangs in LA…they’re made up of illegal immigrants.
 
And we have unbelievable police forces…that don’t get the respect that they should get. They don’t get it –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I mean, what they go through…it’s unbelievable…they’re afraid to talk to anybody! They don’t wanna lose their job! They don’t wanna lose their pension…! They can’t talk!
 
Now, let me tell you something: you can always have bad apples. In this room we have bad apples! Okay? I don’t know who they are, where they are, but you do! Probably mostly back there in the press…-MR. TRUMP AND THE CROWD LAUGH.
 
But the police do an unbelievable job. And they know the gangs! You go to LA, the LA cops, you go to Chicago, the Chicago cops…
These people…are amazing people…! …if they were allowed to do their job! But they’re not allowed to do their job! –CROWD APPLAUDS. And…and we’re gonna get the bad ones of out here so fast…and they’re not coming back! And I don’t wanna put them in our jails. Because I don’t wanna… I don’t wanna subsidize…these various countries, where they come from for the next 45 years. I don’t want ‘em in our jails. We have hundreds of thousands right now in our jails. I don’t want ‘em in our jails –CROWD APPLAUDS.
 
I heard a couple of these candidates say, ‘well…they’re this...’, oh! …they don’t know! They’re such babies…but you know what? They’re talking about putting ‘em in jail! Well, I don’t want it. Our jails are…are…over brimming! I wanna use our jails for people that are supposed to be there. Okay? –CROWD APPLAUDS.
 
And I don’t wanna put these really bad dudes…I man, they’re bad…I don’t wanna have to pay for them for the next 45 years…okay? –CROWD APPLAUDS AND CHEERS. And…we’re gonna deal very humanely with the good people, and they’re mostly good people…but we’ve got some really bad ones…and they’re out of here! Your head will spin! Probably…somebody said the other day, ‘what’s the first thing you’re gonna do?’. Well, we’re gonna work immediately on…repealing Obamacare…I’m gonna…you know, the…the good…the one good thing about executive orders…? The one good thing…you know, Obama signed an executive order where everybody just come in. Come in!
 
We’ve great border patrol people! I got to know ‘em a couple of months ago, when I went down to…Texas. To the border. They’re great people. They’re not allowed to do their job! They stand there and watch people walk right in front of them smiling at them! They wanna do their job, they’re not allowed to!
 
So the executive order that president Obama signed…the one good thing about an executive order…
In the first minute in office, I will countersign…and revoke those executive orders…they’re being revoked! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. The only good thing!  It’s actually the only good thing about an executive order. It’s the new president can just do a signature and that’s the end of that. So we’re gonna clean up our border. We’re gonna make it fantastic. We’re gonna be proud to be a country again, and a lot of good things are gonna happen.
 
Okay, do one or two more questions Tanna, and then we’ll go…
 
Yes.
 
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MR. TRUMP ANSWERS BACK. Minute 1.09.27
 
We will support Israel one thousand percent –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Israel feels so left alone…and I know Bibi and a lot of…a lot of my friends are from Israel. And they feel so…left out! And…so many people say…you know, I have so many Jewish friends, where they say, why did I support Obama. I think he’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to Israel. And we will support Israel beyond anything they ever had before –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Okay? That’s an easy one! That’s the easiest question of the night!
 
Okay. Go ahead, Tanna.
 
Okay.
 
Hello!
 
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MR. TRUMP ANSWERS BACK. Minute 1.10.24.
 
Oh, it will! That will be part of it. That will be part of it!
 
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MR. TRUMP ANSWERS BACK. Minute 1.10.36.
 
It is. It’s more. But it’s…the wall is a big factor. 60, 70 percent. Ehm…the drugs…are a great question. We’re gonna stop drugs. Look: I told you before. Mexico, 45 to 50 billion…that’s not including the drugs. The drugs that are coming across the border are beyond…belief. Did you see the picture last week…where they had a little wall this big…-MR. TRUMP MARS A VERY LOW LINE IN THE AIR. And they built a ramp…! …For trucks to go over with drugs! THE CROWD LAUGHS. Did you see the picture!? They think we’re playing games! And Mexico’s not helping us. Mexico’s not helping.

You know, if you wanna become a citizen of Mexico…I love the Mexican people! I have many Mexican people, and Hispanics, working for me! In Nevada I’m number one. I’m rated number one in the polls with the Hispanics. Everyone’s shocked –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Because…the Hispanics that are here…legally…! …those people…they want me…! They know I’m gonna bring jobs…and everything else. They don’t want people pouring in!
 
But I will tell you. Mexico…has got to help us! You know, if you wanna become a citizen of Mexico, if Todd wants to become a citizen…you can’t get a more beautiful family –MR. TRUMP REFERS TO THE WOUNDED VET-…if any of us wanted…if me! If I wanted to become a citizen…of Mexico…well me I know they won’t take, okay? –CROWD LAUGHS. I was gonna say I’m pretty good at getting in to some extent…this is not my…
 
Do you know it’s one of the hardest countries in the world to become a citizen of? And you have people pour right through…into us. Into us. They call us the dumb Americans. That’s what they call us. Cause of our leaders. They call us the dumb Americans.
 
If you wanna become a citizen of Mexico…you could take the best person in this room…the most qualified…you’re not gonna do it. They don’t do that. And if you’re there illegally, and if you overstate your bound…you’re not gonna be there illegally…but if you have a pass for two weeks…and you overstay your bound…they have cops waiting for you. They have police that say… ‘you know, you have one day left…’. I hear it’s unbelievable. I’m impressed, actually. Cause to some extent, that’s the way it’s supposed to be.
 
But if you wanna become a citizen of Mexico…it’s impossible! They don’t have anchor babies in Mexico… it’s like…‘bye, bye!’ –CROWD LAUGHS. Here? You’re born over here… ‘oh, congratulations! We’re taking care of the baby for…eighty-five years.’ Not gonna happen. It’s not gonna happen No, it’s not gonna happen! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
And by the way…by the way…! This is important! I sort of lucked into this one: The 14th Amendment…it says…right there! You know, everybody says, ‘you have to go through a whole process...! …it’ll take many years! …you’ve to go through every state! …you have to do another amendment…!’ It’s wrong! The 14th Amendment covers it! And some of the best legal minds are with us. They said, ‘Trump is right!’. I said, ‘What? I am? I didn’t know!’ –CROWD LAUGHS. I lucked into it! Every once in a while, you’ll luck…
 
The fact is…somebody comes in…illegally! And they have a baby! We’re not responsible! Now, we may have a court case, we’re gonna win it. And a simple Act of Congress will get rid of it! And a lot of people didn’t know that! Okay? And the reason I said, ‘it can’t be possible’…because…nobody…could be foolish enough to allow a thing like that. How could it be possible? And we’re one of the only countries where that takes place.
 
And honestly, I use Mexico as an example because they’re so tough! If that happens in Mexico, they don’t even know what you’re talking about… ‘what are you talking about!?’. But with us…? No, good. Not gonna happen again!
 
Okay. Let’s do one more question. Make it vicious, violent, make it…crazy –CROWD LAUGHS.
 
Okay, actually…make it nice. Go ahead.
 
If I don’t like it, we’ll do another one. You know, you always like to leave on a good…
 
Did you ever…hey, do you ever see…like Elton –MR. TRUMP REFERS TO MR. ELTON JOHN. He does a final…and the song is so great…and everyone’s go crazy. And then they’re screaming ‘more, more!’. And then he…will come back, and do three more. And the last song is a bum. And you walk out like this…-MR. TRUMP BOWS HIS HEAD MEANING BOREDOM OR LOW ENERGY AND THE CROWD LAUGHS. That wasn’t Trump. Right? You always like to leave on a high. So if it’s a bad question we’ll do another one. Okay –CROWD LAUGHS. Let’s go.
 
 
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MR. TRUMP ANSWERS BACK. Minute 1.14.52:
 
Well…the…ehm…the…say it again…what?
 
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MR. TRUMP ANSWERS BACK. Minute 1.15.01:
 
Well…you know, the amazing thing is…that the politicians, in this country…live by a whole different standard…when it comes to health care, when it comes to…everything they have, including what you just said in terms of social security…our politicians live by a different standard. And I think that shouldn’t happen…and some of them try to do it…-CROWD CHEERS-…you know the story in Obamacare, they don’t have to take it. They live by a different standard and that’s not gonna happen. Everybody’s gonna live by the same standard. They’re gonna have the same standard as…the poorest person in this room. That’s the way it’s gonna be –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
Alright. Do one more question. Tanna, do one more question. Tana, Tana… Go ahead Tana.
 
By the way, isn’t Tanna great? Right? –CROWD APPLAUDS. She’s great.
 
You know who’s also great? Shawn Johnson. Right? I love Shawn Johnson. Shaw Johnson’s great.
 
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MR. TRUMP ANSWERS BACK. Minute 1.16.06:
 
Okay. It’s a good question but it’s…I am… You know, if I answered that question we would have a big, big story. You know that right? –CROWD LAUGHS. You know, I’ll tell you…it…it is a question that says lot. I know…a lot of good people. A couple of people on the stage that I really respect. I’ve gotten them respect. But the truth is…too early! I like to get things done first. We’ve gotta close the deal. I don’t wanna think about it. There are lots of good people. There are lots of good people. We’ve gotta close the deal. We gotta get it done. And to get it done I want Iowa. So, good luck everybody. Thank you very much. I love you. I love you. Thank you –CROWD CHEERS.
 
And we’ll be back. Thank you.
