VIDEO Nº: 143
TITLE:143. Speech Donald Trump - Concord NC - March 7 2016
DATE OF EVENT:07/03/2016
RELEASE DATE:27/10/2017
DURATION:00.41.09 Mins.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full 
Nº OF WORDS:7132
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Thank you so much everybody!
Boy, on a Monday morning! Can you believe this!? Right? This is amazing! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
This is amazing!
Well, I wanna thank you. It's uh…a great place. You don't have a lot of property here. I love North Carolina. And…over by Lake Norman. [Has] anybody ever heard of Lake Norman? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.  
So, you know what I have, then. It's great. It's great. Great place. That's right. That's exactly right. You know.
So, it's always nice. I don't think too many of the other candidates employ a lot of people here, right? Just Trump. Just Trump.
So…I wanna thank you all.
You know, I just had a visitor backstage. NASCAR…endorsed Trump. Can you believe that? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Right?
And…we love…Brian France, and…the whole group at NASCAR. And we had Bill Elliott, and Chase Elliott, the hot, young driver! And we have right here…come here Mark! Mark Martin, everybody! Come here! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 MR. MARTIN INTERVENES.
MR. DONALD TRUMP RE-TAKES THE FLOOR AT 00.17.34:
 
Oh! That he gots guts! Do those guys have guts!? I tried it once. You know, I couldn't get that…; I just couldn't press down on that accelerator very far…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
I might have gone up to about 85. That's about all. It takes…you know, it's a special talent. It's a special…it's a special kind of courage. Like everything else. You need a special…it’s a…world, I guess…of specialization to an extent.
But, Mark, I wanna thank you very much. [It’s] Really an honor. And…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…and I have to tell you. And I wanna thank NASCAR. And…and, you know, Brian France was with us last week, at a…venue, and…he got up on behalf of NASCAR. Brian's an amazing guy. He’s done some job, I'll tell you that. And, for them to endorse…me, was…a…really a very great honor. Thank you very much…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
So, a lot of things have been happening. And…uh…a lot of polls have come out. And the latest one, [a] national poll, CNN: Trump, 49…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Little Marco Rubio, you know, he’s a…uh…he's a no-show in the US Senate…-THE CROWD BOOS. He never goes to vote! I'll tell you what, that guy…he couldn't be elected dog catcher in Florida. The people in Florida…-THE CROWD CHEERS. I'm in Florida. That's my second home. And I will tell you, he is…uh…he’s not very popular. You know, he got elected and then he said, “I'm not gonna ever vote”: So, he's got…one of the worst attendance…in history, actually! [In] The history of the US Senate.
So, you have Rubio at 16. You have Cruz at 15. You have…uh…Kasich at six. And…uh…I just wanna tell you, that's pretty good stuff, right?
You know, uh…one of the polls just came out…isn’t that a beautiful sight? …-MR. TRUMP SHOWS THE STATISTICS HE’S READING FROM A PAPER. Beautiful. I love it.
 One of the polls…you know, I only use like the ones where we're doing well. But we're doing well in most of them, so…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. One of the polls just came out, and a number of them have just come out. I'm beating Hillary Clinton quite easily. Thank you…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And…and…and honestly? We really haven't even started on her. We only had one a little skirmish about a month ago. [Do] You remember that little skirmish, right? So, I’ll tell you what…-SOMEBODY FROM THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING ABOUT ‘JAIL’-…yeah, put her in jail. Who said that? Who said…? That’s…and he means it!
So, we've been going around, and it's been amazing: We won New Hampshire. We won South Carolina. Oh, South Carolina…! We love South Carolina, right!? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We love South Carolina! We won Nevada, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Vermont, Arkansas, Massachusetts…! We're gonna have, I think, a couple of good ones tomorrow. I hope. Let's see what happens, but we have some good ones.
Michigan's gonna be…look, I've been fighting hard…for cars. Cars are gonna be made in our country! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They’re gonna be made…in our country! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And…[it] will really happen. I mean, we've been fighting very very hard for that industry. I’ve been to Michigan a lot. And, I think we're gonna do well there.
And, we have…Idaho! We love Idaho potatoes, right? Who doesn't have potatoes from Idaho? And…uh…we have Mississippi, who…which…I'm there a lot, actually. And, what a great…; do we love Mississippi? Yes? Right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, we haven't…we have Hawaii. I have a big hotel in Hawaii. I employ a lot of people in Hawaii. And Hawaii is Hawaii! It’s…beautiful.
So, we have a lot of things coming up. And then, the following week we go with Florida. And, we go with Ohio…and…some others. It's gonna be…it’s gonna be…-A MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. Well, let me ask you, most importantly, who's going to win…North Carolina!? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Right? I think so. I…I think…I think we're gonna do great here. I mean, I think we're gonna do great.
Should we do the pledge!? …-THE CROWD CHEERS VIVIDLY. Should we do the pledge!? Raise your hand! I swear I'm gonna vote for Donald Trump next week! I swear! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Right? Good. Oh, wow! Just with the people here I think we win, right?
So, I wanna just thank you all. I mean, it really…to be here on a Monday like this, a Monday morning, this is incredible. But I’ll tell you what. I'll tell you what. Our country…it…and…and somebody just shouted out about jobs. And they shouted it out to Mark. Thank you very much! Oh, we have a protester! We have a protester! …-THE CROWD BOOS. We have a protester…; out! Out! Out! Be nice! Get out of here! Get out! I thought it was too early for protesters! All right. Get him out of here!
[Do you] see the way…? He puts up his hand; he puts out the wrong finger; and we're supposed to take it nowadays, folks. Right? …-THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY. Now, he's allowed to do that, but we're not allowed to do what we wanna do. You know, it's pretty tough. [it’s] pretty…pretty sad. [It’s] Nast. [It’s] Nasty. [They’re] Some nasty people. [They’re] disgusting people, actually. When he…when he does that, I think it's disgusting. So, that's all right.
So, our country…has…got a lot of problems. You see what's happening. You know, it’s very interesting. I was driving in, and I see this big air conditioning system, which I know a lot about air-conditioners. And I said, “look, that's Carrier”. You heard what happened with Carrier. And…they're moving to Mexico.
Ford…-THE CROWD BOOS-…Ford, as you know, is putting a massive…facility in Mexico. Now they're doubling up they're gonna do another one.
Nabisco…is moving their big plant from Chicago into Mexico…-THE CROWD BOOS. And I'm telling you, folks I'm not gonna let it happen anymore. This is ridiculous. We're not gonna let it happen…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
All this free trade…you know what? It's free trade for them, not free trade for us. We're losing our shirts! And I’m…look. I believe…I think free trade is fine. But, the leaders of these other countries, whether it's China…? 500…billion…dollars a year trade deficit with China. What the hell good is that for us!? Where does it help us!?
So, you have China…; you have Japan, where the cars come in by the hundreds of thousands! They pour off the boats. It's like Mark is…is driving the car. I've never seen…; they come off…you wouldn't drive them! It's too reckless. They come off these boats going like 40 or 50 miles an hour! It's like…the Long Island Turnpike, or Long Island Expressway! They come pouring off the boats. One after another, after another. And we send them…like…nothing! We send them nothing! And…by comparison? [We send them] Nothing!
We have to make…smart deals. We can no longer…; you know, we're losing…; you look at our deficits? You look at our budget…? You look at what's going on with this country? We're losing our jobs! And the politicians don't tell you that. I actually think a lot of them don't know. Most of them that do know, they're controlled by special interests and owned companies, and other countries. They're even controlled by other countries! You know, countries have lobbyists also. They have lobbyists; they have their donors…; it's absolutely…crazy, what's going on with our country.
And, you know, when you stand up and say, “we're gonna charge your tax”…as an example…as an example, Carrier!
So, they announced…two weeks, the guy standing…is some…management person, I don't think it was even the top guy! And he let 1,400…1,400…great people…and they had the cell phone going…; …great people let go! And I said, “boy, that’s sad!”. I'm watching on a television, [and] I'm saying, “that’s sad!”.
Now, folks. I was really a good student at the greatest school…the Wharton School of Finance. And, you don't have to go to Wharton, you can…you don't have to go to school! How does it help us…to have Carrier go to Mexico, make their air-conditioning units in Mexico, let go all of these people, great jobs…? They've been there for many, many years…they're great people! [They’re] Great people! [They are] beautiful units, outside. [They’re] Great people! [It’s] Great stuff! I'm not buying it anymore. I'm not buying Carrier anymore!
So, they go to Mexico; we go to…and by the way, some countries…that have pride, they don't buy like products if they made in America. They want them built in their country, made…; [do you] remember we used to have made in the USA, right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. When was the last time you've seen it!? You don't see that anymore! You don't see that anymore.
So, with Carrier, they're gonna leave, and they're gonna take their 1,400 jobs, and…go on unemployment. They weren't even nice to the people, actually! I…I didn't think.
So, they're gonna build a big plant. And I will tell you what: the politicians will never do this, because there's always a lobbyist to take care of a politician. They have lobbyists where they virtually advertise… “I'll take care of Rubio!”. They have guys that specialize in Rubio! They have guys that specialize in lying Ted Cruz! Okay!? No, they have…they…they specialize!
You know, Ted Cruz, he comes in…[holding his] bible high…[holding his] bible high, [and he] puts the bible down and lies to you! He tells you…I mean, it’s unbelievable! I…I never met…; you know, I thought real estate people were tough, and real estate people in Manhattan were tough…? And in many ways they are tough. They’re tougher. But, [they] don't…I've never seen lying like…[it] goes on in politics!
So, here's what happens: we call up…Carrier. I wanna do it myself. You know, they always say you have to act presidential. Somehow it's not presidential for the President of the United States to call up some guy at Carrier: “this is the president of the United States”. Who cares if it’s presidential in a sense!?
Look, I, or one of my people…! You know, we have…we have the best…business people in the world, in the United States. We don't use them for trade deals. We don't use them! We use political hacks! We use people that couldn't care less. We use people that just…contributed to get the job. And all of these people, they make the worst deals! We don't have good deals with it…; we don't have good anything!
When was the last time we want anything in this country? We don't want anymore! Do we win…? In this country! Seriously, think about it! When was the last time we had a victory? We lose with ISIS…; we lose with war…; we lose with trade…; we have lousy health care, where it's going up 35, 45, 50 percent…this…stupid Obamacare…! …-THE CROWD CHEERS-…which we're gonna repeal and replace…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You look at education. They wanna educate your kids…in Washington. They want them to come…Washington! I want the kids educated from North Carolina! That's where you want them…educated! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You know, you have Common Core. We're gonna repeal and really gonna get rid of Common Core. A total waste…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You know, in 30 countries, we’re number 30th…in the world. 30. So, out of 30 countries, we’re number 30 in the world, and when number one in cost per pupil by far. Now, in a campaign…Mark would like this, cause he's a very frugal person, I hear. He doesn't spend anything! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. So, he'd like this. In a campaign, I've spent the least money…and I'm by far number one. Isn't that nice, sirs? Wouldn’t that'd be nice…? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So, I've spent the least…;
You know, in New Hampshire I won…I love the people of New Hampshire. They have a tremendous problem with heroin. And I said, “I'm gonna solve that problem”, cause we're gonna build that wall., and that wall is gonna happen. We're gonna stop it. But…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…but…but…we…we…oh, we’re gonna do so many things, folks! We're gonna do…;
How about when Mark gets up but he takes my best line!? He says, “we're gonna build that wall!”. I love that! Right!? …-MR. TRUMP LAUGHS. THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But, in…in New Hampshire, they have a tremendous drug problem. And you wouldn't see it. And we have so many problems. And, I told the people of New Hampshire. They gave me an…a resounding victory. [A] Tremendous victory. And I told them! I said, “we're gonna solve your problem”. They have a tremendous heroin problem. And it comes across the border like candy. And I said, “I'm gonna solve that. Then we're gonna try and help your people”, because there's so many people that are so severely addicted. Young people, mostly. But, people! A lot of people! And we're gonna help to get…rid of this…curse. Because this is a curse that's pouring into the United States. [It’s]  Coming, mostly, from the southern border…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.
And, you know, if you never started, you never get addicted. It's when you started, it's very, very addictive. [It’s] Highly addictive. People [are] getting…dying all the time! [They’re] Dying all the time.
And it's strange! Cause you go to New Hampshire, [and] it's so beautiful! It's like this! It's so beautiful! And you drive down these gorgeous roads, with a beautiful trees, and everything's so beautiful…! And then you meet with a group of people, and I said, “so, what's your biggest problem?”.
They go, “heroin!?”.
I said, “heroin!?”. You know, it just doesn't seem to make sense! But, it is! It's a big problem! And it's a big problem in the country. The drug problem is a big problem in the country. We're gonna get rid of that problem. A large part of that problem. We're gonna get rid of a large part of that problem. And we're gonna bring you back to good lives again, because this is crazy! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. This is crazy.
You know…but, think about it! Where does our country win !?
So, here's the story: we're going to…go…and…and I'm gonna finish up with what I'm telling you, because it's so easy. We're gonna start with trade.
When I started, when I came down that escalated with my wife, Melania, and I came down…and I said…you know, it takes guts to do this! I mean, we're running for president! It takes guts! I'm a…I’m not a politician! And, about…almost eight months ago, we came down the escalator. And I took a deep breath, and I talked about illegal immigration. And I talked about trade.
So, I started with trade. That's where the Carrier comes in. And the Ford comes in. And then Nabisco comes in. And, by the way, what I would do…with Carrier as I always say, is…the following: “folks, enjoy your stay in Mexico. Build yourself a really nice plant”. They're gone! They're gone! But I’d say, “build yourself a really nice plant. But let me just give you a little clue. Every single air-conditioning unit that you make…”; forget about free trade! There is no free trade with this group! There is no free trade! Because these other countries…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Look, you know the, the…eggheads, the eggheads…and we're all smarter than most of these eggheads. These other…these people say “free trade”. I love the concept of free trade. The problem is [that] to have free trade, you need smart leadership. Otherwise, it's not gonna work. And we have very, very dumb leadership. We have dumb, dumb leaders…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And I'll get the approval for this, cause in theory we need the approval. In theory! But I'll get the approval.
I'm gonna say, “look, here's the story: every single air-conditioning unit that you make, every single unit, that comes across the border…”, and it'll be hard to get things across the border by the time I’m in!
…“every single unit that comes across the border, you're gonna pay a 35 percent tax on that unit! Okay? 35 percent!”…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna get a call, and they'll go and see a lobbyist. But, I'm self-funding my campaign! I'm putting up my own money! So…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY-…the lobbyists haven't done anything for me. And then they’re gonna have special interests’ guys call me up. I have no interest. I'm working for you, folks!
Then…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…and they'll have everybody…but it doesn't matter! Look, I'm not doing this because I need it. I'm doing it to make America great again. We are going so down! We are going…; and the politicians will never do it! Because they'll say, “oh, it's wrong! We're gonna do it”. And by the…within 10 minutes, somebody will have called them, that contributed to their campaign…; [do] you see the money they spend? [Do you] See the millions in negative ads about me…? …that are mostly phony ads! Million…! I turned on, at Doral. I had the Doral World Championship. You saw that the day. Cadillac. And, Adam Scott won. Great, great tournament. A lot of you watched it.
And, every time I turned, I see a commercial about Trump…! Trump…! Trump…! And so much of it is false! It's so false! And by the time you get them…to admit it's false, the election’s over! Then they’ll say, “oh, oh, sorry, I’m sorry, it was false”.
It's like Ted Cruz, a good guy, [it] was Ben Carson. Like he did to Ben Carson! What he did was unbelievable, in Iowa. He says, “oh, Ben Carson quit the race. Vote for us! Ben Carson quit the race”.
Ben Carson never quit the race. He wouldn't have done that! I know him! He doesn't quit! But they said, “Ben Carson left the race. He went home. He's not here. Vote for us!”. And they convinced many people. Probably…thousands of people…to vote for lying Ted Cruz! Okay? …-THE CROWD BOOS.
And, actually…and Rubio’s worse! And Rubio’s worse! I mean, this guy is such a scoundrel! You look at his past with his credit cards…! You look at the driveway that he built out of funds…that don't belong to him! You look at the things that Cruz did…! I mean, I'll tell you what! What he's done…I cannot believe he got away with it. But we’ll expose it, and see what happens! I mean, we'll see what happens.
But this guy is a disaster. On top of which, he's a choker! Because when Chris Christie, who endorsed me by the way, when he went after him…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…it’s true! I thought…I thought he was gonna melt! I was all set to grab him!
By the way, with this very powerful hand…-MR. TRUMP SHOWS HIS HAND. I was…very powerful. He made it up! He made that up!
You know, I called him a lightweight. So he said, “now, let's see. How do I tag Trump? Let's see…he's got…; everything's nice…”. I'm pretty good. You know, six foot three. He even called me six two, but that's okay…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. But he said, “how do I…; Oh, yes, small hands!”.
I do…? I looked, [and] I said, “I do?”…-THE CROWD CHEERS. I shook hands…; you know, it's very funny…-THE CROWD KEEPS ON CHEERING. APPARENTLY THERE IS A PROTESTER. All right, get him out of here! Get him out!
You know, you really say, “where do these people come from? Where do they come from?”.
So, here's the story. Look. Here's the story. We're dealing with dirty, rotten liars. These politicians are liars! They're dishonest people. They do commercials. They're only good at one thing and that's getting elected. That's the only thing they're good at. I know them all my lives. I know more about politicians than anybody. They’re really…; I'll tell you, they’re not taken us where we have to be taken.
So, I came down, [and] I talked about trade. Trade, don't worry about. We got endorse by Carl Icahn… That's like getting endorsed by Brian France. That's like, you know, great business people. In fact, Brian would be very good! Hey, we could have Brian take over one maybe. How about Japan!? Brian, you negotiate with Japan! We're gonna be just fine!
But you know, I have the best business leaders in the world! They wanna do it! They don’t want money! They don't wanna get paid. They wanna do it! They love the country! Even though some of them are not nice people! Who cares!? But they love the country. They wanna do it! And they don't want anything. They wanna do it! And they know how bad it is.
Hey! I…like China. I like Mexico. But their leaders are too smart for our leaders! Mexico's killing us at the border. They're killing us with trade. With trade, Mexico is a mini version of China!
With China, they send their stuff over here…; I have a friend he's a great manufacturer. He goes out to manufacture things…he is so good! His stuff is so good…! He can't get it in China. [It’s] not supposed to be! [It’s] supposed to be free, right? Free…flows. When he gets it in China, he has to pay a massive…tax. Now, they call it a ‘tariff’. It sounds a little bit less onerous. But he pays a big tax!
And he comes and tells me! I see him about…two months ago. He said, “boy, dealing with China's murdering! You can't get your stuff in…”. And he's not even saying this as part of a campaign! He said, “you can't get your stuff in. And when you do, we have to pay a big tax”.
I know a guy [that] bought an airplane, [and] he can't…bring the airplane back in…to China! I mean, I don't wanna mention big items! But big items are important ! Cause they employ a lot of people! He can't get his airplane…into China, because they're charging a massive tax!
You look at trucks. They have attacks on trucks…going into China! We just let everyone come in free! Folks, we gotta have smart trade now. We can't do this. We can't lose 505…billion dollars with trade deficits…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And I know what's going on! Cause I'm in North Carolina lot! In fact, I have a lot of my people that work for me…!
[MOU1] Where are my people!? Where are my people!? Where are they…!? They work for me! Where are they!? I love these people! They are doing the best job…! Where's Gavin!? Gavin! I love Gavin! What a job! I'm paying him too much money. That's…my general manager. I just saw him backstage. He says, “Mr. Trump…”.
I said, “no signing”, cause I have to get…you know, we got a lot of people.
He…spoke up, “Hi, Mr. Trump, could you sign this for me?”. That’s Gaving. Right? But anyway. Gavin’s here someplace, so we love Gavin. Where’s Gavin!? Where…!?  Oh, I love you Gavin! …-MR. TRUMP FINALLY NOTICES MR. GAVIN IN THE CROWD. THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. Are we doing well!? Do we love North Carolina!? Good! Great job! [It’s] One of the best golf courses in the state. One of the best, best golf courses of the state. And it's a tremendous success. And, the whole project is a tremendous success. Thanks, Gavin! [It’s] Good to have you.
So, I came down. I talked about trade. And…the trade is gonna take care of itself. Believe me. And just so you understand, I guarantee you…that Carrier will call…very quickly. And they're gonna say what? They gonna say, “Mr. president, we're moving back into the United States. We're not gonna make this more. We’ll move…”. I guarantee. I guarantee…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I guarantee! The problem is our country has let it get too far out of control. It's out of control.
So many people are leaving! You have…Pfizer is leaving. They're moving to Ireland. You have so many great companies leaving…! Leaving back…Pfizer…it's a massive…! You know, [a] pharmaceutical company. You’re…they're leaving, and they're taking thousands, and thousands of jobs, and letting the people go. And if you look at the jobs reports, which are totally phony…; because if you stop looking for a job, you are essentially considered…employed. Okay?
How many people [do] you know, that stopped looking for job, cause they couldn't find it…and then they're just considered employed! So, then you hear about five percent unemployment. It's probably 25 percent. But the one thing even the other side admits is…we have all bad jobs now! We have garbage jobs! We don't have good jobs! We have jobs that…we’re not…right.
The other thing, because of Obamacare, and in order having to do with qualification, we have…a lot of…part-time jobs! Who's working part-time that doesn't want to right now? Yeha. Yeah. You got a lot of part-time jobs, and these people don't wanna work. I know there are some companies where the people were full-time for 25 years…[and] now they're part timers, and they go out and get another job. And that has to do solely with Obamacare! So, we're gonna straighten things out.
But, what happened is…I would talk about trade, and I talked about the border. And just to make it official, because we're gonna do it even stronger than Mark, and even though he's the strongest here.   We're gonna make this strong, Mark. All right? We're going to build the wall…! It's gonna be a real wall! We're gonna build the wall…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. On our border. And that wall is gonna be a very, very effective, real wall. About as high as the ceiling. That's a pretty high ceiling! …-MR. TRUMP LOOKS UP. THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
[If] Somebody gets up there, they don't wanna come down so quickly. That I can tell you. [Do] you ever see now, [where] they take cars, and they drive right over the top? They drive right over the top. They take the drugs…-THERE IS A NOISE COMING FROM THE CROWD. THE CROWD BOOS. APPARENTLY, THERE IS A PROTESTER.
All right. Bye-bye! …-THE CROWD CHANTS ‘TRUMP!’ REPEATEDLY. So, we've had three singles so far! I…I’ll tell you what. Where do these people come!? You know, I'll tell you what. Oh, we have another one over here. Another single…-MR. TRUMP POINTS TO THE FRONT. All right, get out of here! Get out of here! Get out of here! I didn't think you had people like that in North Carolina! …-THE CROWD BOOS. Get out of here!
Hey, you know, folks, it's interesting, cause I see this. And I like demonstrators. I actually…we have fun with it, because the only way the cameras ever show how big the crowds ours, [it’s] where there's a demonstrator. Otherwise, they're focused on me.
And everybody says to me, “did you have much of a crowd?”. Look at this place, as an example. They say…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They always say, “did you have much of a crowd?”. But if there's a…and it took me three or four times before I realized! They didn't…I thought it was fixed equipment, [that] they couldn't move it. It would never move! I'd say, “show the crowd!”. And they'd never moved.
Then, one day, four times in. My fourth speech. We had a demonstrator. He was screaming and making fists, and all the thing. And those things look like pretzels, [by] the way they moved! They move beautifully! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. They were moving…! You never saw anything like it. And everyone said, “wow, what a crowd!”. So, I love demonstration. I love demonstrators. You're my friends, okay? In fact, if we don't have some, every once in a while I'm gonna bring my own demonstrator, just to create…-THE CROWD CHEERS. And we’ll…we'll put them up into a corner someplace too.
But…but it is true! Nobody has a crowds…; we have bigger crowds than Bernie by far. Bernie's going down now anyway. You know Bernie. Bernie’s over. Sadly, Bernie's over, but…he did have the second biggest crowds, but…we have the biggest.
By the way, four times on the cover of Time magazine over the last number of months, which is amazing. Talking about the movement! In fact, this week we're on the cover of Time! I think I was on the cover of Time magazine twice in 30 years. And now I've been like…almost…I think it's four times…in the last three, or four months! Is that good? So that means…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [Do you] See? Only in America…! That means [that] as you get older, you get better, right? That's what that means…-THE CROWD CHEERS.
But, I'll tell you what. The last story, not the one out this week, which was fine, but the one from…three weeks ago. The cover of Time. You have to get it! It talks about the movement. This is a movement! We go to Dallas; we go to…Mobile, Alabama; we go to different…all different places! We go up in New Hampshire…! We have the biggest crowds they've ever seen.
They say…that they've never seen anything like this. In the history! And this isn't me speaking. In the history of this country, politically speaking, they've never seen anything like it!
And by the way, while I'm at it, folks, will you, please, go out and vote!? You know when! You're voting next Tuesday…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Next Tuesday! Not tomorrow, but in a week! You've gotta go out. You've gotta vote. Otherwise…remember, you all swore to me. Most of you. I think almost all of you. But, we don't have much of a movement.
You know, that's like Muhammad Ali. He was a friend of mine, And…Muhammad Ali could…oh, oh, we have another one…-THERE IS ANOTHER PROTESTER. All right, get him out of here! Get out of here! [He] Looks like a nice little guy, actually…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. Go home to mommy! Go home…bye! Go home to mommy! Go home to mommy! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Tell her to tuck you in bed! Oh, he’s such a nice guy! [He’s a] Nasty little guy…! I'll tell you, [He’s a] nasty people! Man! Are you sure we're in North Carolina!? He’s a nasty guy! No, he'll go home to mom now. I love you too, man! …-MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD. I love you.
So, it began…and it really began strongly with trade, and borders. And then you had Paris. And then you had the attack in…California. The 14, where the two radicalized people came together. And they killed…killed people that threw…baby showers for them. 14, many in the hospital.
Paris, 130, many so badly…hurt. And speaking of Paris, by the way, the toughest…gun laws in the world. Paris, and France. Okay? The toughest in the world. The bad guys have guns. The good people…? Let me just tell you something. If there were guns…? If you had a gun; you had a gun; you had a gun…-MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SPECIFIC PEOPLE IN THE CROWD; and you were on the other side of that room, and the bullets were going in the opposite direction…?
You know, in Paris…what they did, “boom! Boom! You, get over here! Boom!”. 130 people killed . Many gravely injured .Not one other gun in the room.
We are going to protect, folks, our Second Amendment. 100 percent. 100 percent…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [There are] Not gonna be any games! [There are] Not gonna be any games! We're gonna protect it 100 percent.
So, what happened is, I talked about trade; I talked about the borders; then you had the killing of Kate! You had the killing of Jameel! This great, young guy in California…uh…[who was] gonna be a football star. [He was] Gonna go to college. His father's a friend of mine. He's a great guy. The father was devastated. [They] Shot him. [They] Shot the son. Three times in the face. A guy [that had] just got out of jail. [An] Illegal immigrant. And [he] shot him.
You had the…you had the woman…who was…65 years old. A veteran. A wonderful woman. [She was] Raped, sodomized and killed, by an illegal…immigrant. And…and you know what we're gonna say? No more. No, no, no. No more. No more, folks. No more. No more. Those days are gone! We're not gonna put up with it. We're not gonna put up with it. We're not putting up with it…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And let me tell you something. The migration…? They're coming across. And Obama wants to bring thousands and thousands of people. And he has no idea who they are…! …-ANOTHER SUDDEN NOISE COMES FROM THE CROWD. THERE IS, PROBABLY, A PROTESTER. Ae you okay? You’re okay? Are you all right? Go!
Oh, boy! They all have a different system…-THE CROWD BOOS. Are Trump rallies fun!? Are these fun!? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Right!? They're fun!
So, after Paris…so, after Paris, all of a sudden it started changing! And we started getting polls in. And  everybody like Trump from the standpoint of ISIS…; from the standpoint of the military…; and by the way, our military is very depleted. We are gonna build up our military 100 percent. [It’s] the cheapest thing we can do…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And nobody is going to mess with us. Nobody. Nobody's gonna mess with us. We're gonna knock the hell out of ISIS. We're gonna get rid of that deal! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're gonna get rid of that.
You know, in one of the debates…I'm sure you heard it, it became a big deal. But at one of the debates, they asked lying Ted Cruz. He was on my left, and they asked him. They said, “lying Ted, what do you think of waterboarding!?”.
And he didn't wanna answer the question, because it's not…I guess politically correct, right? And it was very weak on the question. And then they looked at me. They said, “what do you think?”.
I said, “I think we absolutely need it. We should have it. And if we can, we should have worse!”…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Now, there are laws. There are laws. And we wanna obey the laws, the rules, the regulations. Even though ISIS doesn't.
You know, it's very hard to defeat people when you're playing by different games, and different rules. So, ISIS cuts off heads…like not since the Middle Ages, righ? Medieval times! Think of it! Medieval times…you'd read they cut off heads. They drown people in cages. Big steel cages. They drop them in the ocean. They lift them up. They wipe out 40 people at one time, right?
Now, we have waterboarding. Can you imagine these people…sitting around, after chopping off heads all day long, and doing what they do which is violent…talking about, can you imagine? The…stupid United…States…of America…wants to protect us. They don't like waterboarding. Here are guys [that] chop, chop…;
So, we're gonna go by the laws. But, I wanna see if we can expand those laws, and make them…much…more…severe. We have to! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUS. So, we're gonna look to expand the laws. But it was very interesting. Cause, Ted didn't wanna talk about it too much. It was off. But I'll tell you what, when I said, “no, no, we have to do it”. We have to do it! We have to do it! We don’t…we don’t have a choice, folks!
We have people out there that wanna destroy us. They don't have rules! They don't have regulations! Can you imagine…telling…ISIS…and the others out there! Because it's beyond ISIS now. It's gotten to be so bad. But, could you imagine saying them, “well, you're not allowed to cut off heads, because we have a law!”…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. You know what? I'll be honest. Honestly, they wouldn't even know what you're talking about!
So, we're playing by different sets of rules. We have to get the rules fair, but even without that, we are gonna find…general…MacArthur! General…George…Patton! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. How long do you think ISIS would be around if General George Patton…headed a little group…going over to the Middle East…? I don't think they'd be around very long, folks. I don't think they'd be around very long.
So, we're gonna toughen up our country. We're gonna make our country better! It's gonna be a better place! I mean, right now, we have tremendous problems with crime and other things! We're gonna strengthen our country. We’re gonna make it a better place. But, we're gonna toughen up. And we're gonna take care of our vets! Our vets have not been properly…taken care of…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, it began…and it was very interesting. So, it began with the border. It began with trade. Because this trade has bothered me for years, and years, where China…you know, China has created…in my opinion, it's the single…greatest…theft…in the history of the world. They have taken money, and jobs, and factories…! And everything…out of our country, to an…and, by the way, I have a great relationship with China. They buy my apartments…; they pay me tens of millions of dollars…; they do everything! I mean, they…I have a great relationship with the people! We have…I built…buildt these massive…these massive buildings. [I have been] Very, very successful …;
By the way, they never talk about that deal. They talk about water! I still have water. They talk about these little, little things. And, I built these big jobs! And they're tremendously successful! What I did is…I built so many…and I deal so much with China…and it's been a pleasure! They write your big fat beautiful checks.
In one of my buildings, I have…the biggest bank in the world! They've 400 million customers. From China! We deal with China! The problem is, our people, and our leaders…our leaders don't know how to do it!
So, here's the story we are gonna change your trade deals. We are gonna make trade fair. We're not going to have…we're not going to have…what? …-MR. TRUMP SUDDENLY STOPS TO ASK SOMEBODY FROM THE CROWD. Oh, that's okay. Don't worry about him! It’s very…he's a quiet protester. I can't even hear him. I know he's protesting. I've been watching. But, I don't see anything coming out of his mouth. I see his mouth moving…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
So, we're gonna have great trade…we're gonna have great trade deals. We're gonna bring our jobs back to the country. We're gonna bring our jobs back to North Carolina, where they've been stripped! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They've been stripped. And, you're gonna be so proud of your country.
What happened is, with the trade, great. With the wall, great. Are you okay, honey? Don't fall. Oh, the protesters just tripped! Oh, they'll blame us! They're gonna blame Trump! She tripped! Nobody was touching her! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. Okay. Only one person. She slipped! You know what you'll do? She'll sue…this building now, on the basis that the floors were too slippery, right? This is what we are.
So, it started off with trade. And it started off with…the border. And all of a sudden, everybody said, we like Trump best for the military; we like Trump best for ISIS; we like Trump best to health care; and that's what's happened.
So, here's the story folks: our country doesn't win anymore. We're gonna start winning. We're gonna win with our military. I'm gonna knock out ISIS. We're gonna take care of our vets, big league. We're gonna help our vet. Our greatest people…-THE CROWD CHEERS. We're gonna win with health care. We're gonna get rid of Obamacare. We're gonna replace it with something great…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're getting rid of Common Core. We're gonna have great education, where you're gonna be proud…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We're gonna have strong, strong, powerful borders. We're gonna have borders that you're gonna be proud of. If we don't have borders, we don't have a country! We're gonna have borders! And we're gonna have the wall! And the wall is gonna go up, and it's gonna go up fast…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, I just wanna thank everybody. Thank you…-THE CROWD CHANTS ‘TRUMP!’ REPEATEDLY.
So, I just wanna thank everybody for being here. It's like an amazing thing. No matter where we go in the country, no matter where…; we go to Dallas! We go to…all of these different places! We have great, great people in this country.
And one of the things I'm gonna do, and I'm gonna get it done, and a lot of people talk about it but they'll never get it done, because they're just…third-rate politicians; one of the things I'm gonna do is…Apple, and companies like Apple are gonna start building their product in the United States. We're gonna make it in the United States! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, folks, we're gonna start winning again. We're gonna win a lot. I love you. Go out and vote. Remember that pledge! Remember that pledge! Go out and vote! I love you all! I love North Carolina! Thank you everybody! Thank you Mark! Thank you Mark! Thank you, everybody! Thank you.
