VIDEO Nº: 78
TITLE:78. Donald Trump Speaks At Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit In Altoona, IA [1/19/16]
DATE OF EVENT:19/01/2016
RELEASE DATE:22/01/2016
DURATION:00.15.21 Mins
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:2825
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That was a very nice introduction, I appreciate it very much.
Uh…it’s…uh…it's so much fun, and so…interesting and…I know the governor just made a very big statement. That was appreciated by many, and that was…amazing, actually. And…he's a respected man, and when he speaks people listen. So, I thought…uh…that…uh…it just came out over the news; His…feelings is one of the other candidates…that’s strong feelings; so…uh…that will be…uh…very interesting too. You agree too. I agree! I agree! …–THE CROWD APPLAUDS.
And you know, he's been mixed on the subject. He goes wherever the votes are. So he, all of a sudden went over here, and then all of a sudden he got slapped. So it's very interesting to see.
You know, I sat back, and I actually…uh…wrote a few things down…; concerning…uh…ethanol, biofuel…and…and…I wanted to…just uh…read what I wrote, because I think it's very important, from…the standpoint…certainly of this room. There's a little bit different, I'm going, in a little while, to…to an introduction of a person who is so highly regarded…and…and…a…tremendous person. But we’re getting an endorsement, and that'll be exciting. So it's been an exciting.
And I just left the John…Wayne Museum, where we were endorsed by the family, and the daughter, who is such an amazing woman! And…uh…so John Wayne has…endorsed Trump. I like that. That’s what we need…–CROWD LAUGHS. We need a little more John Wayne around here, in this world, I will tell you. Certainly in our country. Maybe the rest of the world has a lot of John Wayne. We don't have it! So, that’s very important.
But I wrote this out, and I…I…thought I’djust read it, a little bit of it to you, and…I think you'll agree with me, and, if you don't, you let me know. That's one thing I know about you people. You're gonna let me know!
The RFS, which is Renewable Fuel Standard, is an important tool…in the mission to achieve energy independence for the United States. I will do all that is in my power, as president, to achieve…that goal. So far you agree with me, right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. As president, I will encourage Congressto be cautious in attempting to charge and change…any part…of the RFS! I mean, we have to do, that. Any part of the RFS!
Energy independence is a requirement of America’s to become great again! My team is ‘Make America Great Again’. It's an important part of it.The EPAshould ensure that biofuel RVOs (Renewable Vowel Obligations), or blend levels match the statutory level set by Congress under the RFS. The RFSand the associated RVOs, which is…very important, or blend levels, past the current 2022 cutoff must be part of a comprehensive energy program that benefits all Americans,and ensures, again, that we…are energy…independent…–THE CROWD APPLAUDS.
As president, I would encourage regulators to end restrictions that keep higher blends of ethanol, and biofuel from being sold. So, we are with you folks. And, we've been with you from…day one. And I was over here about four weeks ago. And I actually toured some of the plants. I met a lot of the employees.It’s amazing what's…uh…going on, with…uh…ethanol, with biofuel, with the different…elements. It's a different world.And, we're gonna remain…energy independent. We're going to be energy independent! We could have been there a long time if we would have…been allowed to be there. But it's very important. And you do a fantastic service! I know not everybody's…there, but I am there with you 100 percent. So, uh…that's the story. And, uh…congratulations! …–THE CROWD APPLAUDS.
We are…uh…in a very interesting period of time. It's…uh…it's vicious! It's vicious! Not since medieval times have you read about…heads being chopped off…; people being murdered, and killed to the extent that they're being…murdered and killed now. Uh…when I would go, and read and study history…I always loved history for some reason. And, you'd read about medieval times. This is medieval times! We're in medieval times! In terms of the worldand what's going on.
You go to the Middle East, and you look at Christians, where their heads chopped offbecause they're Christian. You look at others… [and it’s the] same thing. I mean, they're drowning people in cages. There's never been a time like this.
And…I was against the war in Iraq. I felt it was gonna destabilize the Middle East. There’s been tremendous coverage of that. My…my…the fact that I was very strongly opposed to it. I just felt it would be totally…a mess, and it's turned out to be a bigger mess, than anybody could have ever believed.
And what's happened, and what's happened very strongly, is thatwe went into…uh…the war. We totally decapitated one of the two powers in terms of military might. And, I said, “the other one will take over”, and that's exactly what's happened! Uh…Iran is taking over Iraq. And the Iran deal is one of the worst deals I've ever seen negotiated ever, ever, ever; of any kind; whether it's countries, or whether it's…uh…deals; or whether it's just a simple contract; [it’s]one of the most incompetently negotiated deals. All we had to do is increase the sanctions! We would have gotten the prisoners back three years ago. We would have had everything we wanted. We would have been a much better deal. We wouldn’t have given them 150 billion…dollars! I mean, to think of what happened…!
And then on top of it, right before the deal, they take our seven sailors. They make them drop to the begging position, hands up, guns to their heads, and embarrass us and humiliate us as a country. And it’s a disgrace. It's a disgrace.
And, frankly, if we weren't giving them…I mean, these are great negotiators. The Persians have always been great negotiators. If we weren't giving them…that money…the following day…? …or two days, they would have never given us those sailors back. Cause they have no respect for our country. They have no respect for our leadership. They have no respect for us. They have no respect for anything having to do with the United States!They will respect us again, believe me. Believe me.
So, I saw what happened, and I watched. And I've been…watching what's been going on with the country, and…uh…how sad it is, actually, if you look at so many different things. We're losing…with the military.Our military is being decimated with cuts, and…and problems, and…not having proper leadership. We can't beat ISIS! You know, there was a time we could beat Germany; we could be Japan; we could beat whoever was in front of us.
But nowwe can't beat ISIS, which is a group, probably of 30,000 people. And, they're dispersed in a certain way. That shouldn't bother.I think General Patton would have figured it out. Do you agree? Very quickly. I think General Douglas MacArthur would have figured that outvery, very rapidly, very, very quickly.
So, we will get that figured out, and we will…knock the hell out of them, because we can’t…you know, while, I didn't wanna goin, the way we got out was wrong. We got out! And we announced a date! And the enemy sat back and waited. They probably couldn’t believe we were announcing a date. But we announced a date. And after that date was announced, the enemy pullsback. They waited, we got out, and they’ve…look what's happened now. Lookwhat's happened now.
Then you have the migration where we wanna take in thousands, and thousands, and thousands of people. I think far greater than any numbers that you're hearing, frankly. And we have no idea who these people are.So, we wanna have strong borders; we wanna have strong lines.
You know, this all started…one of the reasons I'm doing so well in the polls, and…I think I'm doing really well in Iowa! I think it's really…really been strong in Iowa. I think even stronger than the polls say. Uh…and, the polls have us pretty much in first place. So, we’re at a minimum tied for first place. CNNhad a poll recently, 33 to 20, with me being…the 33, which is nice…–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
But…but, uh…I think we're doing really well here. I hope to do really well here. We're doing great with evangelicals; we're doing great with the Tea Party. And we're doing great. I mean, I've been…I've been in Iowa so much, and I'm gonnabe spending a lot of time…uh…here, over the next week and a half time.
And, who would think it's coming up so soon!? February 1st. It's gonnabe a very exciting period of time, politically. Then we go on to New Hampshire; we go on to South Carolina, and Nevada, and SEC…! It's…uh…the whole thing is gonna be very exciting. And…although, I will tell you, it’s only gonna be exciting if I win. If I don't win…–THE CROWD LAUGHS.I just wasted one hell of a lot of time! Gee! But if I don't win, I'm not gonnabe so excited, I guess you're right! I'll be the opposite of excited.
But one of the things I'm doing is…and I think it's a big advantage in terms of people, and popularity.
I'm self-funding my campaign. I'm not asking all of you, biofuel people, and you, ethanol people. I'm not saying, “please, can I have money…!? Can I have money…!?”. I don't want anything. I do what's right. So, when I wanna go with ethanol, I can go with ethanol…–THE CROWD APPLAUDS. It’s a big difference!
Don't forget, other candidates are supported by the oil industry. They're supported by people totally in the oil industry. And…uh…they…they have them totally wrapped up. And…me? I'm gonna do what's right for the country.I'm gonna what's right. Nobody's gonna come to me and say, “Donald, I gave you five million, and…I hope you're gonna remember that”; and, “I hope you're gonna do something that…” …maybe it's not so good for the country, but it's good for him, or her!And, it's not gonna happen that way. We're gonna do what's right.
So, I'm self-funding my campaign.I'm not taking contributions. I’d…I’ll tell you what: I would have had…the biggest…the biggest…super PAC you have ever seen, with the moneyI've turned down…where I tell people, “I don't want it. I don’t want it. I can't do it”. And I’m turning down friends! I wouldn't even do anything for him! I'm gonna do…what's right anyway!
I was actually with a group in Iowa, about two months ago. [A] Big group, probably…4,000 people.And I said, “listen, I feel so…foolish not taking all this money that's been…”; you know, when you're number one, I’ve…I’ve been number one, practically from…the time I announced. And…June 16th, big day. That's when I talked about illegalimmigration. Man, did I get hit!?
I talked about that…and then people found out, “hey, he's right!”. And we've been right about a lot of things. We've been right about a lot of things. We've been right about the military.We've been right about terminating Obamacare and coming up with a much better solution, and a lot less expense for the people. But we've been right.
And, I will tell you that…from the time I announced, uh…it was…it has been…a…a fabulous experience. And when I was talking to these 4,000 people, and they were…great people! I said, “look: let me take the money!”. We…I did my…a poll, much more accurately than those guys can do polls…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS. I mean, I did the greatest poll: 4000 people from Iowa. I said, “let me take the money! I feel so foolish not taking it! It's millions of dollars!Millions!”. I would have made Jeb Bush's two…125 million. Can you imagine…!? He spent 125…! He's got a 125! He's spent like 70, or 78, or 80…!? And he's like doing terribly! I'm in first. I haven't spent anything, practically!
Now I'm gonna spend: two reasons. Number one, I feel guilty! Number two, I don't wanna take a chance. Does that make sense?
So, I said to this group, 4,000 people. I said, “so…everybody, ready? Can I take the money!? I promise…it won't have any influence”.
They all stood up, and they booed! “Don't do it! Don't do it! No, no…!”. Cause they're smart! Because they're smart!
And thenI said, “who in the room says it's okay…for me to take the money?”. And there was one person in the very back of the room. Actually, [it] looked like a very sleazy character. [He/she] Stood up and said, “you could take…!”…–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
So, I was amazed, actually! And…and, you know, my people told me that I would make…I've actually had some…people that if you're rich, that you can do that, that would be an amazing thing, because it would be a big advantage.I never knew it was gonna be a big advantage. But a lot of people respect the fact that I'm self-funding my campaign. Because they know I'm gonna do what's right.
I often tell the story of Ford moving into Mexico. And they won't do that! I mean, there's so many people representing Ford that some politician that relies on money coming in. Nabisco [is] moving into Mexico, their big plan from Chicago. There's so many people representing companies like Nabisco and Ford, that…believe me, they have a tremendous power over the politicians. They’re like puppets! Just like puppets!
So I'm gonna do it a way that hasn't been done beforemaybe, or maybe…certainly hasn’t…I mean,on either side, everybody is taking money from all these different groups. Whether it's the oil people…; or whether it's…uh…any…people that you talk about. The retailers…; every group is well covered. And, every one of these people is not gonna, necessarily, do the right thing for the people,for the country, for the United States…; they're gonna do the right thing for the company they represent, or the company they own a piece of, or own in its entirety.
So, you're gonna get a very…really fair shake from me, and…you know, I just…I just tell you very strongly that's the way it is.
Uh…one of the things we're going to do…I know the greatest business people in the world. They come from New York. Carl Icahn is backing me, 100 percent, endorsing me. He’s already endorsed me. But many of the other business people, they want to.  Nobody knows who they are! That's one ofthe problems. I mean, it's like, “oh, I wanna endorse you”.
I'd say, “nobody knows who you are!”. But I know who they are. They’re killers! But this is what we want negotiating for us! We want these great…negotiators, these great people…negotiating.
We’re losing 400…and…it’s…uh…I mean, it’s so ridiculous.It's actually much more. It's actually now, I believe, hit over 500…billion…dollars in a trade deficit with China. 500 billion dollars! We can't lose that money!  We're losing tremendous amounts of money with Japan. We're losing tremendous money amounts wit…with Mexico, where we're gonna create a very strong border. And we are gonna build a wall.
And by the way, Mexico is gonnapay for the wall, just in case you had any questions. And the reason they're gonna pay for the wall is very simple: they make a fortune! They make so much money…Mexico, on trade deficits, with us. They make so much money…[that] the wall is peanuts!
The politicians come up to me and they say, “you can't build a wall! Can you!?”.
Of course you can! The Great Wall of China was built 2,000 years ago, 13,000 miles. Here we need 1,000 miles, causewe have natural barriers. We 1,000 miles…which is nothing! It’s nothing! And the cost is nothing…compared to what…we're losing! People are pouring through.
And I want people to come into the country! But I want them to come in…legally! They have to come into the country legally! …–THE CROWD APPLAUDS.
So, I know this is a very specific group, and I don't wanna keep you very long. And, we're gonna have some interesting things to say today at another meeting. But this was an important meeting, and I wanted to let you know how I feel. And I've been that way for a long time. And your representatives have been great.Because when I was here four weeks ago…Imean, they took me into plants…I said, “enough already! Okay, you've convinced me! I don't wanna see any more plants! I don’t need to see any more! I…believe me!” …–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
But, I think it's great. Actually, it's amazing, and…and incredible. What you do! And how you can do this! And, the whole process of the plants, and the creation of this fuel is…is fabulous.
So, I'm with you, 100 percent. I wish you a lot of luck, and…uh…I will come down, and I think we're gonnasay hello to some of the people in the early rows. And, it's a great honor, a great honor. And good luck. And get out there and make plenty of fuel, because we're gonnaneed it! Eventually, we're gonnareally need it!
 Thank you very much! Thank you! Thank you!
