VIDEO Nº: 101
TITLE:101. Full Event  Donald Trump Town Hall in Exeter, NH 02 04 2016
DATE OF EVENT:04/02/2016
RELEASE DATE:04/02/2016
DURATION:00.38.19 Mins
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:6868
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Hello everybody!
Wow! This is a very old and beautiful, and historic room. We love it, right? We love it. We love New Hampshire. We've been here so much, and so many times, and have so many friends. And I wanna thank you all. This is incredible. [Do] you know how many people are outside, wanting your position right now? …-THE CROWD CHEERS. Would you like to be good neighbors and switch? …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’. I thought you might say that. Look at this guy. He’s a Donald Trump clone. He’s a Donald Trump…-THE CROWD CHEERS VIVIDLY.
So, we're at…the beginning of it. A very, very important last few days. This is really crunch time. Not only February 9th. This is going to lead to one of the most important presidential elections, maybe the most important, in many, many decades. You're gonna play such a big role. I mean, it…just…a…massive role, when you think about it. The whole world is focused on this area. And honestly, if our country doesn't get it right this time, we're in big trouble. Because we're going in the wrong direction.
The economy is terrible. Our trade with foreign countries is horrible. They're taking it away from us. We don't have the right people negotiating for us. And we're gonna do some question and answers very soon. I just want to say a few words, because we are being decimated…on trade. We're being decimated. We're being decimated by…China. By Japan…by every single country that we do business with. And it's never gonna change with these politicians. We have politicians…in charge of our country…who are taken care of…by special interest. I'll give you an example: Medicare.
So, we’re the biggest…drug buyer in the world. We’d…buy drugs. To make people better! All of that's fine! But we don't negotiate the price of the drugs. So, we're spending perhaps 300 to 350 billion dollars more…for drugs, buying from our drug companies. Now, people say, “how is that possible? It's not possible”. It's possible because, the drug companies have…probably the second or third most powerful lobby…in this country. They get the politicians and their…every one of them is getting money from…the drug companies. Every single one. You know who's not? Me! I'm getting money from nobody, except for the small donor…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. Except for the small donor that buys the Make America great again hat, which we see all over the place.
But…we do! We have people that send in 50 bucks, and send in 150 dollars…; but I won't take…I don't take the donations. And so, I'm self-funding, essentially, self-funding my campaign. Meaning…when it comes time to negotiate the cost of drugs? We're gonna negotiate like crazy, folks.
So you're talking right there…one item! One item! Government waste…? One item. 300 and maybe more than. 300…billion dollars…! I mean, can you imagine that!?
Now, there are many items…like that. There are many, many items like that. There are many places like that. If you listen to these politicians…I heard one of them say, “we're going to try and balance the budget over the next 25 years”.
I said, “25 years!? What are you talking about!?”. These are politicians. They're all talk, no action; but they're not stupid people. They live for their donors. They live for the special interest and the lobbyists. And they work for them! So, when the drug companies give to…most of the people that I'm competing with, on both sides, they have tremendous power. Whether it's Johnson & Johnson, whether it's…uh…Merck. Or Pfizer! How about Pfizer? Pfizer is a big giver. We don’t like Pfizer. They're leaving the country! Okay? They're doing a corporate inversion. Corporate inversion is gonna be one of the big topics. I was talking to one of the folks I’m competing against they didn't even know what corporate inversion is!
Companies are leaving our country! You know, in the old days, like…10 years ago, they'd leave New York for Florida. Or they'd leave here for some place. Unfortunately you lost a lot to Mexico, right? You lost tremendous to Mexico. Unbelievable. They wiped out your whole state. But they would leave…this state, and they’d leave other states for other states. At least it would be in…the United States.
Now they're leaving the United States for Europe, and Asia, and lots of other places. And they're leaving for a lot of reasons. Number one: the CEOs. The top people they tend to be international people now. They don't have the loyalty…like me, or somebody else. They don't have the great loyalty…to the United States. They come from Ireland. They come from England. They come from Asia…; and frankly, if they move around, they're looking for the best deal. That's a very dangerous thing, because we're gonna lose…millions and millions of jobs if we don't stop the flow. Plus, they have two and a half trillion dollars that's outside of the United States. They can't get their money back in. So instead of getting the money back in, they’re going out to get their money. They can't get their money back in!
So, we're gonna solve that problem. And that's an interesting one. Cause every single person; every Democrat; every Republican. Everybody wants that money to come back into the United States. I think the two and a half trillion-dollar number is very low. I think it could be five trillion dollars. Every…its massive. Everybody wants that money to come back in. But because of taxes, and bureaucracy, the Republicans and the Democrats cannot agree…on…something that they all agree with. They all agree it should come back in. But we have no leadership. And the leader can't sit them in a room, work out a deal in about 20 minutes, and have that money pour into the United States. We have no leadership…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, oh, believe me, that deal would happen so fast! You think about it yourself and you can’t even believe it. It would…it…honestly? You have no…; nobody's even talked to. Here are people that are in Congress for years, they hardly have ever met…president Obama. You’ve gotta wheel and deal. And you’ve…you’ve gotta stop all of the golf…; I’m a big golf fun. I think it’s wonderful. But if you play golf, you have to play golf with people that can help you. Not with friends that…you’ve been playing with all your life. Use one round a year for those people. But you're gonna start playing…; you've gotta get…; you gotta cajole. Okay? You've gotta get people together. You've gotta get them into the room. Preferably in the White House. You don't have to go very far away. Get them in. Make these deals!
Here's the deal…think of it! Two and a half trillion dollars or more…we can't get the money back in, and everybody wants to do it. The reason is nobody's really trying. And it’s massive. So now what's happening then is…the…the companies are moving out! They're moving out because taxes are too high, and they're moving out to get their money. So, when you see…in the case of Pfizer, they’re moving to Ireland. They're gonna go to Ireland! Thousands and thousands of jobs. [It’s a] great company! Thousands and thousands of jobs…left behind. Left behind!
Now, when we buy drugs…from Pfizer, we pay them practically the price that you pay when you walk into a drug store and buy it off the shelf. It's crazy! It's crazy! That won't happen with Trump. Believe me. That won't happen with Trump. We have…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…we have such buying power…; it's beyond…what anybody has ever had! I mean, we have the massive buying problem…; and this is for so many things!
I read the other day…I shouldn’t talk, because if I win, I mean, we’re not using it. But I read the other day, where they’re…getting a new…Air Force One. Which we should, by the way. The old one spews into the air. You know, it’s got the old engines. The really old engines. And…when Barack Obama goes to play golf, in Hawaii, you've got those old 747 engines spewing, spewing like crazy into the atmosphere. And he talks about the carbon footprint, right? So, he gives a speech on the carbon footprint. He then gets in this massive plane. Him and his family. They go to Hawaii to play golf for two or three weeks, and they come back in the same big plane. You can't have it all ways, folks. I mean, either you to be a believer, or you can't be a believer. But you can't do that! It's not right, it's not fair.
I will say this. If I win…I…I…I'm gonna spend so much time in the White House. Who would want to leave the White House? Right? You know, you're in and…; no, seriously. Who would wanna leave the White House? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Although I'm building a hotel right next door, which is also located on Pennsylvania [Avenue]. It’s…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…gotta be a great hotel. [It’s] gonna be a great hotel!
You know, I have my alternative. If this doesn't work out, I'll still be on Pennsylvania Avenue. One way or the other, I'm on Pennsylvania…one way…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…one way…;
You know, there's an example though. It's the old Post Office. It was built in 1888. It's an incredible building. [It has] walls that five feet thick of solid granite. You almost wonder how they could have lifted these stones, cause before real cranes as we know them. But they'd used hoists, and they use genius. But they…they…the building's amazing. It’s one of the most beautiful buildings. And what happens is, every single company…every company wanted it. Every hotel company was bidding for it. One of the most sought-after projects in the history of the general service. Maybe the most. I've heard the most. But because there's so much press, I'm gonna say it's one of the most. One of the most.
And it's under the…Obama administration. So everyone said, “you can't get it! There's no way you're gonna get it”. I mean, you had Hilton [Hotels]. You had Hyatt…and Hyatt is a very big donor to Obama. So, it’s a whole story behind that, which I could explain, but I won't bother now. But it's a very interesting story…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. But you had Hyatt that wanted it. They all put in bids. And…everybody! And they wanted Waldorf Astoria. They wanted…every hotel company. And Trump got it! And nobody could believe it. I was even a little surprised, to be honest…-THE CROWD LAUGHS VIVIDLY. Although the head of the GSA was fired shortly thereafter, which is…; the press never reported that. Someday they're gonna ask, “why would it…; why did that happen?”.[paa1] 
But, you know, we put in a proposal. We're gonna build one of the great hotels of the world. It's incredible. It's, by the way, two years ahead of schedule. Think of that. Two years ahead of schedule. It’s supposed to open in about two years. And it's…under budget. It's gonna be one of the great hotels…of…the world…it's going to be amazing. And…a great thing!
Now, what happened…is…they looked at, a couple of things. The GSA wanted two things. They wanted a great building. A lot of people put in for an office building, so they were out, because they really, ideally wanted a hotel, plus…there's more employment when you have hotels. A lot of reasons. But, they also…I mean, very strongly, they want to have the strongest financial statement. And my financial statement’s great. I built a great company. They’d…there's no problem. In other words, they didn't wanna get stuck in the middle, where they couldn't get it done.
So, we're gonna build, and we're gonna open…an unbelievable hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue. And the amazing thing is…I got it…through the administration, without…a lot of…lobbyists. Without a lot of help. With almost no help. It was just…we put in a fantastic plan. And I have to tell, the GSA people are extremely…professional. They're unbelievable. They're talented people. We're talking about government people. They're very, very talented people. Now, if I didn't get it, I probably wouldn't say that, in all fairness…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. But they really are. They they're very talented people.
So, we're being beaten in so many different ways. We're being beaten in trade. We're being beaten horribly with our military. Our vets, and I see Al. is here. Where’s Al.? Al. you’re the greatest, Al…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Al., you’re the greatest.
“Al., do the vets like Trump?”.
MR. AL. RESPONDS ‘THEY LOVE TRUMP!’.
Okay. You’d better believe it…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. He's…he's…he's…the king of the vets, this guy. He’s…he goes to meetings for…a lot of the…different…folks that are running. And…uh…I'm just honored to have your support. It really means a lot.
MR. AL. INTERRUPTS YET IT IS INAUDIBLE.
“Very good. Thank you, Al.”. But he's been…a great support. And he's…you know, had everybody was wooing Al., because…the vets have such respect for him. He devotes his life to the vets. And…we're gonna take care of our vets. Our vets are not taking care of properly. They are not taken care of properly…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Our vets are treated…far worse in many cases than the illegal immigrants that pour in through our borders. And I'm telling you that. And it's true. It's true. And it's a sad thing. And we're gonna strengthen the borders, by the way. And we're gonna build a wall. Believe me. We're gonna build a wall…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're gonna build a wall. And…we're gonna build the wall…and, “who's gonna pay for the wall, folks? Who’s gonna…” …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘MEXICO!’. 
Everyone said…; again, you know, they keep coming up to me, the candidates. Because when I first said ‘we're gonna strengthen our borders’…; this took place on June 16th, when I announced I was running for president. And did I take heat! I took more heat…; and what happened is…everybody is sort of…you know, the people I was running against, turned out to be a total of 17. It's whittling down rapidly! Right? Rapidly! Which is good, we have more time to speak. I mean, we had the first debate it was like, “you get 12 seconds to give your answer on…illegal immigration”. The whole thing was ridiculous. So now we have more and more time, which is a good thing. I think it's a great thing, actually. But they'd always come up to me and say, “well, what do you mean Mexico's gonna pay for the wall?” And… “how can you build a wall?”.
And then the other day I heard one of them say, “we will build a wall!”. The first time!
And my wife came up to me and she said, “I just heard somebody say we're gonna build a wall”. They didn't attribute it to me, but that's okay. But, they're now saying, “we're gonna build a wall”: They always come back to me…-A MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES IT-… “what?”. “A Canadian wall” …-MR. TRUMP LAUGHS AND THE CROWD LAUGHS. It…; no, we're not…; we're not…; that's a long border. People have asked that question! “Do we want a wall between Canada…?”. That's a long…way! Although I'll tell you what. It's a lot shorter than the Great Wall of China.
You know, it's interesting. The Great Wall…-THE CROWD CHEERS. It's true. The Great Wall of China…Great Wall of china…13 thousand miles long…! And it was built 2 thousand years ago. Think of it. That's before we had Caterpillar tractors, which of course they wouldn't use…because they’re made in…our country. So they would never use Caterpillar for…;
But…-THE CROWD MUTTERS-…but…look: 13 thousand miles long…and that's a wall. That's called a serious wall. Then you look at…our walls. We build these little walls now, as some of them, Mexico…; and they build…[did] you ever see where they build little platforms going up? Where the Jeep's roll over the platforms, loaded up with drugs? They build a platform…over the wall. That's how little the wall is. And they…build a ramp! And the Jeep's go over the ramp, down the other side, and they go out, [and] they sell the drugs. We get the drugs…a lot of it right here, in New Hampshire…; we get the drugs, they get the cash. Then they go back. Can you believe…? In fact I said, “why don't they just knock down the wall? It would be easier!”. They build a ramp. And you see these pictures all over the place.
Now, we're talking about a serious wall. We're talking about a Trump wall. This is going to be a wall that works, okay? Believe me…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Believe me. Believe me! So…it's gonna work.
So, we're gonna strengthen that up. And we're gonna make great deals again. Look: our country cannot…continue to lose…billions and billions of dollars a year…on trade! We lose it! Now, in Mexico they get us both on trade and they get us at the border. They get us every way. And when I say ‘Mexico is gonna pay’, they come up to me again, “Donald, what do you mean Mexico…? You can't get…”.
Mexico makes…so much money…off of the United States, in addition, to which we give them money…hard to believe…; but Mexico makes so…much…money…off of the United States…; they do not treat us well. They force people in. They take advantage of us. Because their leaders are much smarter much. More cunning…than our leaders. I have thousands of people, and over the years, thousands of Hispanics…working for me.
In Nevada a poll just came out. Trump is leading with the Hispanics. Trump is leading. With all of the stuff you hear about…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…I'm leading with the Hispanics. I'm gonna win the Hispanic vote. Because I'm gonna create jobs. I'm gonna take jobs back from China. And Japan! And Mexico! I'm gonna take jobs back! We're gonna bring jobs back! A lot of those jobs that you lost…right here, in New Hampshire, there right now in Mexico…; and we're bringing jobs back! It's no longer when they take your factory, and then make a senior citizen center at…; you can only do so much of that. You understand that. It's wonderful! They take these big factories, [and] they make them into…housing. But eventually, the people…with the housing have to find someplace to work!
So, we need our jobs brought back. And we're gonna bring them back. We're gonna bring them back big-league. And you know, the funny thing is…that the countries…that have been taking advantage each of us, don't even like us! They will like us more…; and we're gonna get equitable distribution. That's the way it is. Okay?
Let's have a few questions. Go ahead. A few questions. Yes ma'am, go ahead.
A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS AT 00.17.39:
You live in Southern California: And what are you doing here? Are you…are you a liberal Democrat, by any chance? …-THE CROWD MUTTERS.

A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.18.06:
Who told you to be here? Bernie? This is…-THE CROWD CHEERS-…no, no this is a Bernie plan. This is a Bernie plan! All right. Okay. I understand your question. And I understand…; …-SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES IT-… “What? What darling? Say it a little louder. We can't hear you. Okay.
Oh…illegal immigrants are the backbone of our country? I don't think so darling. I don't think so. I don't think so. No, I don't think so. They're not the backbone. You know what? I'll tell you what. We did…-THE CROWD STARTS CHANTING ‘TRUMP’-…that's ok don't. We don't need help with these folks…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
Let…let me just tell you something. Let me just tell you something. You know what the backbone of our country? People that came here…and they came here legally. People that came to this country legally. And they worked their ass off. And they've made the country great. That's the backbone. That's the backbone…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY.
All right. Okay. Another question? Yes, go ahead, sir. Go ahead.
Okay, good, Al.…good. Good. Thank you! Thank you.
A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.19.18:
Right, I’m the only one that can say it in the group. We're gonna save…Social… Security. We're gonna make our country rich again…-THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. We're gonna take back the billions, and billions, and actually…trillions of dollars that's being sucked out of us by all the other countries, throughout the world, that are ripping us off…! And by the way, ripping us off, and don't respect us; and don't like us and mock us…;
When you look at that Iran deal, the stupidity of that deal. Where we give a hundred and fifty billion dollars, we get nothing…! And frankly, the sailors that were caught…with guns to their heads…in a begging position; if that money was in due in two days, we wouldn't have those sailors back either. We're gonna be respected as a country. We're gonna bring back our jobs into this country. And we're saving Social Security and Medicare was there…; Medicare works!
Now, we're gonna get rid of the abuse and all of the fraud, and all of the things that you see going with it. We're gonna…as an example, the VA. The fraud…at the Veterans Administration is beyond…belief! We're gonna straighten it out. But we're gonna make the veterans happy! Like they should be. They're gonna be treated well.
You know, veterans died waiting for doctors. On simple things. They die. They waited in rooms for five days…; four days…; six days…; waiting for a doctor! And they die! Thousands and thousands…is that a correct statement Al.!? I mean, thousands and thousands…it’s why you do need Trump! Because you know what? No politicians are gonna solve it. No politician…!
These people…I'd like to use really foul language. I won't do it! I was gonna say they're full of shit, but I won't say that. No, it's true! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUIDS. It's true. I won't say it. I won't say it. But they are. But I won't say that because it's too controversial…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. Let me tell you. And…and of course, it's not politically correct.
You know, our country…has become so politically correct that we can't move anymore! We can't walk anymore! We can't do anything well! Every time…you go out, and you watch somebody…say something, all of a sudden, the next day, “oh, he said this, he said that”. We don't have time![paa2] 
When I talk about anchor babies, right’ That's where somebody comes over walks, across a line…; has a baby; now we take care of the baby for the next 85 years, okay? [It] doesn't work that way. And by the way…! I wanna tell you. By the way, I was right on that. The great legal scholars say you don't need a new constitutional amendment at all! But we…and…you try having an anchor baby in Canada…!? You try having an anchor baby…oh, there's one anchor baby in Canada…-MR. TRUMP REFERS TO MR. CRUZ. THE CROWD LAUGHS. You try…no, no! You try having an anchor baby, so called…; try having an anchor baby in Mexico. You know what they'll do to you? They'll laugh at you. They'll say, “what!?”. They'll laugh at you.
We are…the stupidly run…country. We have leaders that are incompetent. And we're gonna end it! And we're gonna go back to a fiscally sound…can’t…; now, listen to this is. This is important. With a big, beautiful heart! We need heart! You know, it's not running a business entirely. We need heart! We have to take care of our people. So [that is] very important. But we have to stop…with the political correctness.
Now, I understand, and…women come up to me they say, “isn’t it ridiculous…? … ‘infantryman’. You know, you've heard the word ‘infantrymen’ in the army. So, they now wanna change it to ‘infantry person’. I guess, it's…you know? Who likes that idea? …-THE CROWD BOOS. Who doesn't like that idea!? ‘Infantrymen’. So, anyway. Well, that wasn't too strong. I will tell you…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.[paa3] 
So, you know…; and…and…some things are fine. But the whole thing…; and I always say this: Christianity is under siege. The Second Amendment is under siege. So many things are under siege.
You go around, and I just thought this Christmas. You don't see signs up anymore, ‘Merry Christmas’. You go in to stores, where’s the ‘Merry Christmas’ sign? You don't see sings. We're gonna have… ‘Merry Christmas’ and ‘Happy Holiday’. We're gonna have… ‘Merry Christmas’ in our stores again. These people are afraid to put up the signs! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're gonna have it in our stores.
Go ahead. Go ahead.
A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.23.35:
Well, they’re not evading taxes. They’re not evading, cause they're not bringing them back. If they brought it back, they’d have to pay tax. The problem, with corporate inversions, is that…the money coming back is taxed at such a level…that only a stupid person would bring it back! You can't bring it back! So the money is stuck offshore. Billions and billions…and trillions of dollars! So, what…? In my tax plan…by the way, I have a great tax plan. That's been…Larry Kudlow loves it; a lot of people they think it's great. It's the biggest cut. But…it's giving cuts to the middle class. Our middle class is being destroyed in this country. It's being destroyed. You know, everybody's taking care of everybody…-THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY-…and everybody forgets the middle class. So, under my plan…that…money will be taxed at a very much lower rate. Like around the ten percent number. It'll be a number that they can bring in it. But that's not the only problem!
The other problem is the bureaucracy, and the paperwork…and all of the things necessary to get that money brought back into the country…are astronomical. I have a friend. He's got billions of dollars…[a] company. They have billions of dollars offshore. He said, “forget about the tax! I would never bring it back”. In fact, they're thinking of leaving the country going out to get their money. It's what they're doing. They're leaving the country to get their money! But, instead it…it's not just the tax. He said, “the paperwork…is…unbelievable, to get the money back in”. It can be solved so easy. I mean, literally, it can be solved in one…day. And we'll get that money back in, okay?
Uh…yeah. Al., go ahead.
A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.25.08:
Okay. Good. Good. How are you? Thank you. Thank you!
A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.28.27:
Okay. It’s actually a super question if you think. Because, you know, a lot of smile where they say, “oh, that's such a complicated question”. Well, the truth is…; I…I will say this, look. I have a very strong plan for it. I have a very, very powerful plan. We're gonna knock the hell out of it. It's gonna go fast. Okay…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.
But you know, if I win…; And I have a good chance! If I win, I don't know that I'm gonna win, but I have a good chance! I hate…; I have your vote, right? Do I have people's votes in here, right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. [You] Gotta vote.
But…but you know, and…and this is gonna sound like, “oh…!”.
And the press will say, “oh, in order not to…talk about the question”.
I hate…we're talking about military, right’ We're talking about secrets. I hated…giving up…that whole thing about attack the oil. I was the only one that said, “take the oil”. Nobody else was saying it four [or] five years ago. I was saying it. And somebody said to me, “what are you gonna do? What are you gonna do?”. I went to…almost a year. I said, “I don't wanna tell you. I don't wanna tell you”: And because of the kind of a…democracy that we have, because of the kind of a government…; I realized that, eventually, I have to say. We…need…unpredictability in our government! In terms of…outside…outside agents. We have a problem. And it's a tremendous problem.
Obama gets up and he says, “we are going to send 50 young people…to Iraq!” …or to Syria, just like he did recently. Those 50 people are right now in grave…danger. Because they have a target on their back. Why do we have to announce it?
Same thing here! I have plans that are so…good! But you know what? The day I announce it…it's worthless! I mean, you know, they're gonna prepare for it! General MacArthur…if he ever heard…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY-…right? General Douglas MacArthur, great general. General George Patton. Can you imagine them saying, like the question, “what are you gonna do about ISIS? How would you attack them?”. Okay. Can you imagine General Patton standing at a group out here, with all of the press, telling how he was gonna attack the enemy? Okay? We are gonna hit them so hard…! And so strongly…! And our military, we're gonna build it up. It's going to be truly strong, and truly powerful again. And you know what? It's the single…cheapest…thing…we can do.
And remember this: some people say; “oh, Trump is tough”. And…somebody said…; uh…Jeb Bush, here's a guy [that] spends a hundred million dollars on the campaign, and he's down at 2 percent…-THE CROWD GIGGLES. I spent the least money, and I have the highest…rating…-THE CROWD CHEERS. I spent the least money…; think of it! Now, I'm gonna start spending a lot of money. I will tell you. You know, just…maybe you've heard this, but…cause it used to be 35, then used to be 30, but now it's up to about 42. I was supposed to be in…to this thing, at…this point; exactly this day: 42 million. That's what I had planned! But I can't put it on! Because the televisions cover…; I have…television. 15 minutes commercial. 15 minutes. So they go Trump. Commercial. Trump. Commercial. Trump. The whole show! If I put Trump, Trump, Trump, the whole people would start getting sick. They’d…they’d go, woah! I can't take it anymore! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. The…the truth…; so, I've…saved so much money.
Now, wouldn't it be nice though…if our education…? We spend more money per pupil than any country in the world; and we have…one of the worst. We're…not…ranked number 30 in the world. Bad. We’re ranked…; we have world…; we have…we have countries that you wouldn't believe…ahead of us, in education. So, we spend the most, and we have the least. Like Jeb Bush. He spent the most, and he's got the worst. No, it's the same thing. What's the difference? Would it be nice if you could have the Trump approach? I spent the least, and I have the best result. Okay? Right? Wouldn’t that be nice? …-THE CROWD CHEERS.
Now, with that being said, I'm actually starting to spend good money. And the reason is…number one, I don't wanna take a chance. Okay? Number two, I don't wanna blow it. And number two, I feel guilty! I feel guilty. Because, it's like…you know, I thought I'd be in for 40 to 50, 60 million, but…I'm in for so little. In fact, most of the money is paying myself back for the use of my airplane. If you think…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. You know, a big thing it says “airplane”. But I own the airplane! You have to set a target. You have to pay yourself back the cost of the airplane! That's a big chunk of what I spent. But I'm gonna spend a lot of money, because we don't wanna take a chance. And I do…I do feel guilty.
Okay. Al., go ahead.
A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.29.35:
Oh, we have to get along with them. I dealt with politicians on my life. You know, somebody said…the west side railroad yards. In Manhattan. From 70 seconds to 59th Street. I had to deal with many community groups. I had to deal with thousands of people. I had people picketing and rioting and protesting…and years ago! And I got it approved! I got it approved! Nobody could believe it. In fact, I bought the land inexpensively, because everyone said, “you'll never be able to get it zoned”: We call it [that way]. And now we have six thousand…almost six thousand units on the site. And it's a tremendously successful job. It was a great job. One of are the great things that I've done. So I have…I built a city within a city.
Everyone said you couldn't do it because you'll never get it approved!
Let me tell you. [It] sounds…like…wrong? Getting that approved…is harder than 95 percent of the things that I have…have to get approved through Congress. And maybe more than that. It was incredible. But I've gotten zoning all my life. And I've gotten approvals. And I've dealt with politicians all my life. Trump Tower…was supposed to be a 30-story building! It was owned for 30 stories. Next to Tiffany. Then I bought the Tiffany air rights. They said, “the most you're gonna go is maybe 32 stories”. And it’s 68 stories! There's so many…different things that I've done.
A building opposite…as an example, a building at Trump World Tower, opposite the United Nations. They said…the most you're gonna go there…is 40 stories. And it's…72 stories. Actually it's 90 stories. Depending on the way you wanna count the stories. We count them all differently. But, it's…it's…it's a massively tall building. One of the tallest concrete structures in the world. Many things like that!
And…you know, you have to go through massive communities. You have to go through New York City politics, which is very tough…; and getting those things approve, believe me, is tougher than 95 percent of the things that you and I are talking about today. Okay. Yes!
I mean, compare that…compare that to saying, “hey, fellas. We gotta get five trillion dollars brought back into the country, and we all agree!”. [Do] you think that's easy!? I'll get that done…very quickly! But when you say you’re gonna build thousands of units along the Hudson River, on the west side, with traffic, and all the problems…; that's called…being able to negotiate…-THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.
Or…or…or…getting the most sought-after project in the history of the GSA on Pennsylvania Avenue. And your name is Trump. And it's the Obama administration. That's called ‘negotiating’…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Okay. Who else? Go ahead!
A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.32.14:
 The water at Camp Lejeune. And I've heard that from other people. I've certainly heard a lot about the water in Flint. That's a total catastrophe. The water in Camp Lejeune. I'll take a look at that. I've heard it from other people. I'll take a look at that.
Okay, one more question. Give me a good one! This guy looks great. Give me a good one. He looks like a great guy. I'll probably be wrong in this, but that’s okay.
Hey, you know what you do? It's like Elton John. You always want to finish with a strong song. If it's a lousy question. I'll take another one. All right, go ahead…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.33.04:
Sanctuary cities are over. If I get in, I…; forget about defunding. You don't have to worry about defunding. There will be no more sanctuary cities. Look at Kate! Look at Kate in San Francisco! Look at your meal in Los Angeles! Look what's happened in…Florida! I mean, Jeb Bush was governor and you had sanctuary cities. Now he says, “oh, I don't like sanctuaries cities”. Well, he was governor, and you had sanctuary cities.
Hey, by the way, remember this. Because it just reminded Jeb. All right? Jeb is in favor of Common Core. There won't be any Common Core. Common Core is gone for me. Okay? Common Core is gone…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Second thing. Second Amendment. Second Amendment…with Trump, will be as strong or stronger as it is right now. There won't be any chipping away, like everybody wants to do with the Second Amendment…-THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.
And if you look at…if you look at Los Angeles. If you look at California. If you look at some of the things that have happened. Look at Paris, the toughest gun laws in the world. And they lost 130 people…and they have people right now…dying in a hospital by the…by…20 [or] 25 people…so gravely ill [that] many will die. Many will lead very, very difficult lives. If there were people, in those rooms, like…the one in California; 14 people…; Two people, radicalized, they gave them wedding parties. They gave them wedding parties! And they wanted in and killed them! I mean, there's hatred! There is hatred going here! I think it's wonderful. Our president goes and speaks in a mosque. But we gotta find out. There's a problem here, folks! There's a deep-seated hatred. There's a deep-seated problem…and we've gotta find out!
What before you asked, your a question…we can't allow, on the migration, we can't allow these people to come here because we don't know who they'll they are! We have no idea who they are! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Look what happened in California with two…young…radicalized…people; a couple! Look at the damage they did! We're taking in thousands and thousands of people, and we're not gonna let it happen! We don't know who they are! We'll work with people. We’ll get the Gulf states…they have so much money [that] they don't know what to do with it! We'll get them to put up money and we'll build safe zones in Syria!
But you take a look at what's going on with Germany. It's a mess! Look what happened the other night with Sweden! Where they’re forming groups because they gotta protect themselves. The crime in Sweden has gone through the roof! You look at what's happened in Brussels! Has anybody been to Brussels!? It used to be so beautiful. They cancel New Year's Eve. They cancel everything. It's like you're living in an armed camp. We gotta find out what's going on, folks.
And we have a president…remember! …that won't even mention the word…; he won't even mention the word…okay? He won't mention it. Okay? We have a president refuses to say ‘radical Islamic terrorism’. He refuses to say the words. And…and look: whether you like it or not, it's a problem! And I have friends that are Muslim, and they called me up, some of them, and they said, “thank you. Thank you. You're doing all of us a favor. Because it is a deep-seated hatred. It's a deep-seated problem”.
And just like when I talked about illegal immigration. When I announced, and everybody was against me. Now they're all for me! In fact, they say the reason I’m leading in the polls is because of immigration! In fact, even…Joe [Arpaio], of Arizona, right? He endorsed me. Who's tougher than Joe in immigration? I was very honored to get him…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But…but, just like I brought that up, and it was a firestorm, when I talked about Muslims, and we have to find out what's going on, there was a firestorm…same kind of thing! Now everybody's saying, “Trump is right”. All over the world they're saying…we have to find out what's going on.
So, there's something going on, folks! And we have to find out what it is! Okay.
Go ahead! Now give me your question. That was a long answer to a no question. Oh, that was a good answer!? I'm outta here, folks! I love you! I love you! Al., thank you! Okay? He wants to ask a question!
MR. AL. MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.37.20:
 Okay, good. Have your husband…; Do you see this gentleman? We’re gonna take care of him. Okay? You see Al. Okay.
Folks, February 9th, it's the beginning. We're gonna take our country back. February 9th. We're gonna come up with smart answers: We're not gonna take a sergeant Bergdahl…; who's a dirty rotten traitor, and trade…where we get Bergdahl, and they get five…of the people they've most coveted, for nine years! And they're now back on the battlefield killing people. And wanting to kill you.
So we're not gonna do deals like…; we're gonna do smart deals. We're gonna do great deals. We are going to make America great again. February 9th. Go and vote! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
