VIDEO Nº: 139
TITLE:139. Speech Donald Trump - Warren MI - March 4 2016
DATE OF EVENT:04/03/2016
RELEASE DATE:27/10/2017
DURATION:01.09.31 Hrs.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:12482
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Thank you! [It’s] So nice! How nice! So good! Thank you very much.
We had a very…we had a very…I love you too! …-THE CROWD STARTS CHANTING ‘U.S.A!’ REPEATEDLY. MR. TRUMP JOINS ALONG.
[It’s] So good! [It’s] So good! Thank you very much for being here. This is an amazing crowd. And we have thousands of people outside, trying to get in. The fire marshal was very nice to us, we’re stacked right into the corners. So, I thank the fire marshal, but about two, three thousand people…they're going home! That's bad! Does anybody wanna give up their place to the people outside? …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’.
Is there one person in this whole room? Raise your hand, please…-THE CROWD CHEERS. No one. Okay. That’s good. That means we wanna be here, right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS.
So, we have had an amazing period of time. You know, I…I started this whole journey…on June 16th, and from practically the time I began…till now, we've been a number one position. Can you believe that? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Amazing.
And…uh…a couple of days ago, CNN came out with the latest poll, where we're 49 for Trump; Rubio is 16, but after last night, he’s…-THERE IS A NOISE IN THE ROOM. APPARENTLY A PROTESTER. THE CROWD BOOS. Little Marco. Little Marco…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
[Do] You know that…in Florida, they hate little Marco Rubio so much…! …-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. It’s true. Because of the fact that he never votes! He never shows up to vote! …-THE CROWD BOOS. So, when you think…; I mean, actually if you use…I'll use the phrase…a word that he uses. He has conned…the people of Florida into voting for him. And I'll tell you what. They are angry, cause he never shows. He has the worst…voting…record in all of Florida. He has the worst voting record in the United States Senate. And one of the…worst…voting records in the history…of the United States Senate. I don't think he's gonna do too well. They are angry at him. He couldn't be elected dog catcher…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…so, last night he had a very, very bad night. According to the various polls, he lost the debate, badly. And…but, he's at 16. So, he's gonna go down.
So, it's Trump at 49; little…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY-…little Marco Rubio is 16; Cruz, lying Ted Cruz, lying Ted…-THE CROWD BOOS. No, it's amazing. No matter what you say with Ted, he'll change it. He'll do whatever he has to do. You call up, “oh, I didn't know I did that”…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
So, it’s Ted…; remember what he did to Dr. Carson? To Ben Carson? …-THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY. He said, “oh, no! Oh, no, no! He's quitted the race. He's out of the race. Vote for me. Vote for me”. Thousands of people. So, Carson was a good guy.
So Cruz’s at 15. And Kasich is only at six. I don't know, it’s…sounds low. And we just signed on to…you know, Jeff Sessions just endorsed…uh…he's really…one of the greats…-THE CROWD MUTTERS-…one of the greats in terms of law order; in terms of border; in terms of judicial…; but Jeff Sessions just came on, and actually, he's a very good friend of Cruz. And Cruz could not believe that it happened. But, Senator Jeff Sessions, highly respected, great guy…;
And another one, in terms of the border? Sheriff Joe, right? Sheriff Joe! …-THE CROWD CHEERS VIVIDLY.
So, we're doing really well. And, it's…it's been amazing. And we're gonna talk about…uh…today trade; we're gonna talk about borders; we're gonna have a lot of fun…! Even though it's…you know, it's funny…it’s sort of interesting; we're gonna talk about cars! We're gonna talk about…-THE CROWD CHEERS VIDIDLY. We're gonna talk about cars..-THE CROWD STARTS CHANTING ‘BUILD THE WALL!’ REPEATEDLY.
Don't worry, folks. We're gonna be building the wall! We're gonna build the wall! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. Are you ready!? …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘YES!’. And who is gonna pay for the wall!? …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘MEXICO!’. Who!? …-THE CROWD YELLS AGAIN ‘MEXICO!’. You’d better believe it! …-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
Did you see…uh…where…the…former President of Mexico, Vincente Fox…-THE CROWD BOOS-…he said, “we will not pay for that F wall”…-THE CROWD BOOS.
Now, could you imagine if I said it? And he…said it. He threw out the f-bomb. And…I'm just saying to myself, if I said it, I probably wouldn't be here today, right? …-THE CROWD MUTTERS. This guy used…the f-bomb, in a major interview with CNN, or somebody. And…I wanna tell you. That was shocking and a disgrace. And, I think he should apologize to the people of Mexico, and to the people of the United States. We are calling on him to apologize! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And…he said, “he will not pay for the wall!”.
So, we've come a long way. Because he actually said, “I will not!”, and it's…interesting when he says, “I will not”, right? He doesn't say, “Mexico will not”. He says “I”, so he thinks a lot of himself. But, he said, “I will not”, meaning Mexico will not pay for the F wall, and…and I…I thought it was a horrible thing. [MOU1] And, what's interesting is that…at least now he knows the wall is going up. He didn't say “we’re not gonna allow a wall”. In other words, we've come a long way. He now said he's not gonna pay for the wall! Before he used to say, “we will not allow a wall!”. Now he says, “we won't pay for the wall”. He will pay for the wall, folks. Okay? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. He will pay for the wall.
And you know what happened. When the press called up and they told me about it they said, “well, do you have a response?”.
I said, “the wall just got ten feet higher”, you know that…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Ten feet higher. We don't play games. We're not playing games. We're not playing games. We are not going to play games. Uh…there's no, no, no games with us.
You know, the thing that bothered me about ex-president Fox is the…the arrogance. Uh…the…the way…you know, it wasn't so much the wall; it wasn't that ‘we're not gonna pay’, and ‘they're not gonna pay for the wall’, what he said. It was [that] he couldn't believe that the United States would actually be asking them for something. The arrogance…; he couldn't believe…! “How dare you ask us?”. The hatred. And the arrogance of this guy, because they're used to getting their way! A 100 percent. They're not gonna get their way anymore, folks. They're not getting their way. They're not getting their way…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And speaking of that, I'm not gonna go through the whole thing with the escalator ride, you all heard it. Let me tell you, I'm gonna go right to the car business, do you mind? Cause this is car…-THE CROWD CHEERS-…this is car country. [It’s] Rapidly becoming not car country, but we're gonna keep it car country, okay? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, about a year and a half ago I heard that Ford…anybody works for Ford here? …-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. Okay. [It’s a] Good company. [It’s a] Smart company. But I heard that Ford is gonna build a plant in Mexico. Two and a half billion dollars! That's…-THE CROWD BOOWS. And I have to tell you, you know, for a one-story building that's gotta be about the most expensive plant I've ever heard of. Is that a correct statement? You, guys, are in the car business. It has to be one of the most expensive.
So, they're gonna build it in Mexico. They're gonna make cars, trucks, and parts. And they're gonna sell them all over, but they're gonna sell a lot of them right into the United States.
Now, now, listen to this…-THE CROWD MUTTERS-…listen to this. Don't worry, I'm with you, folks. I'm with you. And…and, by the way this is the reason I'm leading by a lot in Michigan, because everyone knows! All I talk about is cars! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
I have friends in other industries. They say, “all you talk about is cars! Will you start talking about us!?”.
I said, “no, I like cars”…-THE CROWD CHERES. I like cars. But…but I do! I devote a lot of time, because Mexico is becoming the car capital of the world, whether you like it or not…-THE CROWD BOOS. True. And we're gonna turn that around.
You know, in Tennessee, a great state that I won, by the way, by a tremendous…-THE CROWD CHEERS. You know, when I won…of course I've won most of them, in all fairness so far, like…; but…but when I win, and I feel…like a warm spot.
Now, March 8th, Tuesday, you gotta do me one favor. You know I'm self-funding my campaign. I'm self-funding…-THE CROWD CHEERS. You gotta get out and vote! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Cause I promise you'll be very happy. Oh, you will be happy with me! You more than most!
Michigan, I tell you what, Michigan more than most. Because what's happened to you, people, is disgraceful. And…Michigan…more…than most. You gotta get out. I'm gonna say it again later, but march…8th. Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday. No matter what's happening, no matter what you're doing, if you get laid off on Tuesday, I still want your voting. I'll get you a new job, don't worry about it…-THE CROWD CHEERS VIVIDLY.
In a couple of years, you'll go home to your wife, or you’ll go home to your husband, [and you’ll] say, “darling, I have so many job opportunities I'm going absolutely crazy. I don't know what's happening!”…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. As opposed to now. Now you get laid off, [and] you don't know what's happening.
So, we're gonna…we're gonna take care of it. But, Tuesday, you have to go out.
You know, so I'm self-funding my campaign. I'm putting up my own money. So, I'm not controlled by the union's…I'm not controlled by anything! I'm controlled…only….-THE CROWD CHEERS-…and by…and you know what? You have a representative Union, I have to say this. You have a representative Union. Who…who here is in a union? Okay. [Do] you like you unions? [Do] you like them? Oh, oh! Oh, oh! I said, “[do] you like you union?”.
“Nah…!”…-MR. TRUMP SHAKES HIS HAND MEANING THE PERSON IS NOT SURE.
I don't know about that. Well, anyway! But you do love your industry, right? The industry is good…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. All right. So, I don't want your money, but I do want your vote. So, on Tuesday you go and vote, okay? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And we gonna get this thing…we're gonna get this thing going.
So, Tennessee…was going to get…a massive car plant, and it was going to be…they were gonna manufacture a tremendous plant. And, look, we want it within the United States, okay? I mean, we want it in Michigan, but we want it within the United States, as our second choice in this room, all right? We don't wanna go into Mexico. We don't want them going to…lots of other places. We wanna stop the cars from Japan.
If Japan wants to send…you know, I was in Los Angeles, folks. I have never seen…more cars…pour in. I have never seen…larger ships. These ships are massive! And they pull up, and these cars just roll right off the ship! And I've never seen anything like it in my life. You know, we got NASCAR the other day. NASCAR endorsed us. And…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. You have to say! That's a hell of an endorsement! Right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS.
That's like…that's like getting the NFL: “ladies and gentlemen, the NFL endorsed Donald Trump”; or, “ladies and gentlemen, Major League Baseball endorsed Donald Trump”…-THE CROWD CHEERS. Think of it! Think of it! NASCAR…endorsed us, with many of their drivers, and Brian France, who's the head of NASCAR; and an unbelievable guy…; he great job he's done…; and they just said, there's a movement! And the people that our NASCAR fans are Trump fans…and there's a tremendous movement!
But, when I'm thinking about these ships…; so these ships pull into Los Angeles…[they’re] the biggest I've ever seen. They pull into the Los Angeles docks. And…I stood there, and…I thought of NASCAR, because those cars were coming off that ship so fast…; [there were] so many of them…! And I'm saying, “how is that helping us, really?”, right? I want those cars made in Michigan. I want those cars made here. Right? Right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And you know what? The Japanese can do them. The Japanese can do them, but let them make them here! They have so…many…cars! You know, they give us these little spots. “Okay, we'll build a little plan there…; we'll build a little one there…; we’ll keep the Americans happy. We'll build one here…; they have stupid leadership, let's keep them happy! We'll build one here…”…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
But, when you see those ships falling…anyone of any one of the…any cars that you see, that’s peanuts compared to what we're doing. You have to see! These cars were coming off those ships at like 50 miles an hour! I've never say anything like it. So, folks, we want them to build the cars here!
You know when China…ordered some Boeings, and China is a tremendous abuser of our country. And I love China! They're great. Their leaders are too smart for our leaders. It’s very simple, okay? And I have the smartest business men in the world. We have the smartest business people in the world, in this country…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And right now, what you…you know what you have right now? You have political hacks negotiating the biggest deals.
You know, no matter what business deal you do, like…I'm a big businessman. I…I have tremendous business all over…; you know, it's funny. They keep talking about my little deals. They talk about water, which I still have! They talk about a magazine, which I still have! You know, I have magazines of my clubs. But they talk about little deals.
They don't talk about the buildings, of 60, 70 stores all over the place. I'm building buildings all over. We're doing deals of…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…nobody talks about that! Why don't they…?
I mean, Forbes just came out and they said I'm worth four and a half, or five billion dollars, and they have no idea. Actually, they have no idea, it’s…much more than that, but I won't tell them…-THE CROWD CHEERS.
But, they don't wanna talk about the big deals. They don't wanna talk about Trump World Tower. They don't wanna talk about Trump Tower. They don't wanna talk about 40 Wall Street. They don't wanna talk about the Bank of America building in San Francisco. They don't wanna talk about the city I built on the west side of Manhattan. They don't wanna talk about 1290 Avenue of the Americas. They only wanna talk about a…steak! Oh, you had a…little company. A little tiny thing. Or, Trump University. Which, by the way, I'll win that lawsuit so easy. I'll win that lawsuits so easy…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And, you know, it’s sort of interesting with Trump University. [It’s a] small deal, but, you know, [a] deal that they devoted a lot of time to. And…frankly, uh…everybody, or…everybody…many of the people that took the courses, many, many of the people had…they signed report cards when they were completed. And, it got rave reviews. Everybody [said] “good, good, good, good”.
Then, a law firm comes along, [and] says, “listen, if we sue…”, so they form a clause action…class action, “f we sue, we’ll get your money back”:
So, let's say…you took the course and you liked it. And then somebody comes, “hey, you liked your courses over? We'll get your money back”.
You'll say, “okay! Okay!”. They all signed documents. I don't know even why! They all sign documents. We call them report cards, saying it's wonderful. It's great!
So, when they come to settle it, I'm not gonna settle! And, you know, the problem was settlers…when you settle everybody sues you.
I watch these banks…[do] you ever noticed, the bank's…? They get sued. They get sued over, and over again! They have executives at the banks, which is ridiculous. They’re being paid 50 million dollars a year, some of these guys. And they always settle! And I say to him, “you're getting paid all this money, why don't you fight the case?”.
“Well, it's the government…”.
I said, “you should fight the case! You should fight it right to the end. And you make, maybe a settlement down the end!”. But the problem is, when you settle cases…everybody keep suing you? You…does that make sense? …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘YES!’.
When they have to go through a case that takes years, and years, like this case has been going on for four or five years…; when they have to go through the pain of really going through a case, and really if I…; I don't get…sued very often! The reason I doubt does they say, “oh, Trump will never settle”. They like to go to the settler. They sue them…!? [And] Two days later they have a lawsuit settled, [and] they put a lot of money in their pockets, the lawyers. So, anyway! So, Trump University. I'm gonna win that case. It's a civil case. [It’s] Not a big deal. I look forward to going to trial. I'm gonna win that case.
But, they don't talk about all of these massive buildings that they have…; they don't talk about the city I built on the west side of Manhattan, which was a tremendous success. They don't talk about…all of the deals were doing all over the country, and all over the…the world, actually! You know, Turnberry in Scotland, etcetera. They don't talk about Doral, where right now we have the World Golf Championship. You saw that. The Cadillac World Golf Championship…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Sponsored by Cadillac.
So, right now…and I'm supposed to be there, and I'm…here, with you! I'm supposed to be there! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I am right now…I had it marked for two years. I have, right now…;
So, we have the Cadillac World Golf Championships. Rory Mcllroy…everybody's there, right? Phil. Phil's, doing well by the way, Phil Mickelson. He's doing great, second place.
So, I'm supposed to be in Miami at my place, watching these great golfers play golf, and here I am, in Michigan and I love it, okay? I love that…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS I love that.
So…so, we're gonna talk about…cause one thing, this guy, Romney, came out yesterday…-THE CROWD BOOS. I mean, the hatred he has! The hatred! The jealousy; the hatred; the…it's hard to believe…-THE CROWD MUTTERS.
Now, look, let me just tell you. No, I know. You…you guys should like him, right? I mean, you should like him, but…-THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY-…no? Remember the 47 percent? [Do you] Remember when he made the statement 47 percent, and in one speech, he lost…? Thank you! …-MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES A YELL FROM THE CROWD-…in one speech, he lost 47 percent of the voters, can you believe it? He's not a smart guy. He…this is…this is not a smart guy. But, anyway!
So, he came out yesterday, and…the reason he doesn't like me is that I said, “you shouldn't run, because you're a choke artist”. “You ran…-THE CROWD MUTTERS-…you ran against…you ran against Obama, four years ago. It was a race that should have been an easy win”. He made a fool of himself in the second and third debate. I don't know what happened to him. Honestly!? I don't know what happened to him! He didn't campaign…he didn't campaign…what the hell did happen!? Does anyone know!? He was…-THE CROWD MUTTERS.
He didn't campaign…and you know [what] the sad part is? I really helped the guy. I mean, I gave him a lot of money; I raised a lot of money; I had two fundraisers in my apartment…; in fact, one of them was such a rainy day, that it ruined the carpets of my apartment! Everyone's coming in. I had hundreds of people. My carpets were ruined! I think I'm gonna send him a bill, for new car pet…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But, here's a disloyal guy. See, he's…he’s an elitist! I don't…see? To me, I don't consider him elite, but, you know…; hey, I don't consider him elite cause I’m much richer than he is. He's worth…; you know, I have a store…I have a store…that's worth more money than him, who is a very interesting…-THE CROWD CHEERS. I…I jokingly said that, cause I don't like Romney. I don't like him. He thinks he's hot stuff, and he thinks he's…; I hate people…that think there hot stuff and they're nothing, okay? Nothing…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
But I was in…I was in Iowa…I was in Iowa, and…we…uh…you…I…I love Iowa. And by the way, do I Love New Hampshire!? Do I love…South Carolina!? And do I love Nevada!? And do I love the last…as you saw, the SCC; we had the big night by far. Everyone's saying “landslide for Trump”. And now, on Tuesday…and by the way, over the weekend we're gonna do really well with Maine, and lots of other places. And…I think that's gonna be great, and then Tuesday comes.
But…what happens is…uh…with…with Mitt, when you run, when…people…entrust you, when people…entrust…you, you people are entrusting somebody to carry the banner, because you don't wanna have Hillary. Hillary will be a disaster, all right? …-THE CRWOWD BOOS. She will be a disaster.
So…so when…when they entrust you, when…you know, you're given the trust of billions of people, to go out, you gotta work hard! You gotta work…; and if you don't win, that's okay. But Romney didn't work hard. Romney disappeared the final month. And say what you want about Obama, he was on Jay Leno; he was on David Letterman…he was all over the place. And I used to say to the people, “where is Romney!? What happened to Romney!?”.
Oh, is that a problem? …-THERE IS, APPARENTLY, A PROSTESTER IN THE ROOM. All right, get the hell out of here, folks. Get him out! Out! Get him out! …-THE CROWD CHANTS ‘U.S.A!’ REPEATEDLY. All right, let's go. Get him out of here.
You know, you never know. If I say it too rough…look at all the media back there. Look! Oh, look! The cameras are turned! I love it! …-THE CROWD CHERES AND APPLAUDS. They turned the cameras! Oh, that's beautiful! That's so beautiful!
By the way, I have to tell you about the media. They are the most…dishonest…people! They're worse than Rubio…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…and they're worse…they're worse than Cruz! They are worse uh…than little Marco! And they're worse than lying Ted Cruz! I'm telling you! Lying Ted! Lying Ted.
“What’s your name?”
“My name is lying Ted Cruz”…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. “I’ll lie about anything”.
You know, this guy…I…gotta tell you! He goes and he holds up the Bible, and then he lies! It's the most unbelievable thing I've ever seen. It's a little…it's an unbelievable…I hold...he holds up the Bible…;
And here's the story: in South Carolina…that was supposed to be an easy victory for Cruz. I guess 67 proceed…percent…are…evangelical, right? 67 percent, evangelical. I won in a landslide, and I won all…; I won the evangelicals by a lot! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Now, we have Jerry Falwell Jr., from Liberty University, who sees everybody, cause they all come through Liberty University. Everybody goes there, makes a speech, and spends time with them. And Jerry Falwell Jr. endorsed me. I think it was a big endorsement, I will tell you. I think it was a really big…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. And we have many, many ministers, and…and pastors that endorsed me.
But, I win with the evangelicals. Because you know what? The evangelicals…they probably know I'm not perfect, but they know I'm the best for security; I'm the best for the military; I'm the best for taking care of the vets; I'm the best for knocking the hell out of ISIS…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And these other guys, they don't…believe me, they don't have a clue. They talk. They’re politicians: all talk, no action.
So anyway, so just to finish off, so Romney's a bitter man. He looks like a bitter man. He's attacking, really, your frontrunner by a lot! And…he wanted to run. And, he was going to run, and I put up with it long enough, and I said, “look, you can't let him run. He's a choke artist”. He choked the last time.
And, you know…do you ever see in sports? Now, unfortunately some of you may be choke artists, so…be quiet about it, but don't worry about it…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. But [do] you ever see in sports? You have a…just keep it to yourselves. Don't tell anybody…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. But [do] you ever see in sports? Once it's choker, always a choker. When you missed the kick one year, you miss the kick the next year. Once a choker, always a choker. And that's the way it goes.
You know, the Jack Nicklaus’ of the world…Jack was great. The Jack Nicklaus’ of the world and…and…frankly, and the Tom Brady's…I know some of you might not love Tom, but I do…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND BOOS.
You know, in Massachusetts I got close to 50 percent! I think I got over 50 percent of the vote! And you know what happened? Tom Brady was saying all these great things! “Trump is a winner. He's my friend”. And he is my friend! He's a great guy!
But you know, when Tom said that, I have to say, in New England, you cannot have a better reference than the great Tom Brady. Do we agree? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. You just can't.
So, anyway, we won Massachusetts with record numbers. I got 50,000 more votes than Mitt Romney, who was from there, and ran for governor, and the whole thing. So, you know…although he did lose…he did lose very badly when he ran for the Senate. He got…he got killed.
So here’s the story. Here’s the story…-THERE IS A SUDDEN NOISE IN THE ROOM. ANOTHER PROTESTER, APPARENTLY. THE CROWD BOOS. Get out of here! Get out out ! Out! Out! Out! …-THE CROWD CHANTS ‘U.S.A!’.
That was the…meekest…protester that I’ve ever seen...-THE CROWD LAGUHS. We said, “get out of here”, and he just, “okay”. That's the kind of protester we like, right? He's okay. Don't hurt him! Don't hurt him!
I always say that. Cause every once in a while, we say, “knock him!”. And I get…oh, do I get killed by these characters! …-MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS. You know, like they’re legit, right? …-THE CROWD BOOS. Like they're legit.
You know, we had a case where…Ted Cruz was asked about waterboarding. And he couldn't answer the question, because, you know, he was politically correct. And…and in all fairness to him, it was…what…essentially, “what do you think of waterboarding? Would you approve it? Would you this? Would do that?”. And he didn't wanna get into it. And I understand that! Cause he wants to be politically correct. You know, they're allowed to chop off the heads of people, including ourselves, but we're not allowed to waterboard.
Do you think they think we are the dumbest, weakest people in the world as they say…? …-THE CROWD BOOS.
So, they asked Ted Cruz about waterboarding. And you can see his answer, two debates ago. And he's going like, “oh, well…uh…waterboarding…oh…oh…what do…what do I say? What do I say? It's so vicious. It’s so violent…”. You know, it’s sort of the minimal, minimal, minimal...and, I don't know, I'm sure it's not pleasant, but it's minimal.
So, he didn't wanna get into it. He didn't sort of answer the question. They turned, “what do you think, Mr. Trump!?”.
So, I said, “well, throughout the Middle East, they’re chopping off heads of Christians…; they're chopping off heads of people…; anybody gets in the way…they're drowning 30, 40 people at a time, in heavy steel cages. As far as I'm concerned, waterboarding is absolutely fine, but we should go much further”. And I got a standing ovation…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. A standing ovation. Rgiht? …MR. TRUMP TURNS AROUND AND GREETS THE PEOPLE BEHIND HIM. THE CROWD CHEREES.
[A] standing ovation. No pollster taught me that. You know, these guys can't think without a pollster. So, a lot of times I'll go up in the debates, and I'll give an answer! I'll give an answer from the heart. I give an answer…whatever it is, hey, look! If it doesn't work out, [do] you know what's gonna happen? I'm gonna go back to my old job! That was a good job! You know, you built a great company.
You saw, I filed. I did the filing. And the filing shows great, great, great company. [A] tremendous…; and [do] you know what? And I mentioned that for one reason. Because it's the kind of thinking…we need…as our leader. We have to straighten out the 19 trillion in debt. All of the problems that we have. We have a…we have a lot of problems just right now.
So, anyway! So, Mitt is a…is a very sad guy. He is getting absolutely killed. If you look on the internet, people are disgusted by him. And it's pretty…it's a pretty sad thing. You know, it's very interesting though. So, I was in Iowa, and the Des Moines Register, which, honestly, is a terrible newspaper. Terrible. Horribl…not that because it's very liberal, which it is. But it's a terrible newspaper. Third rate. It'll be out of business soon. So will the New York Times be out of business soon, so…a lot of them…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
I love it! I love it! But I love it. Uh…when I hear the bad ones go out of business. But, the New York Times is in serious trouble. It'll be out of business soon. So, here's the story. Here's the story, which is sort of…amazing. The Des Moines Register comes to interview me, and I give them…and they asked me about Mitt Romney! And he's nasty. You know, he's a nasty guy. He’s like a spoiled brat…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
So…so, I said…they said, “well, he's very wealthy”.
I said, “what do you mean he's wealthy? I have a store that's worth more than him”.
So, they wrote… “I have a store”…but they didn't believe me! They didn't believe me.
So, they came…the following day, “we're gonna call…; you don't have a store! This is an exaggeration! You don't have a store that's worth…”; well, he's supposed to be worth 150 million dollars. So, I said, “what do you mean I don't? Here. Take it”.
They…went out and retained three appraisers, and they looked at the store the Gucci store, in fifth avenue and 56 street…-THE CROWD CHEERS. Right? Which I own! I said, “just look at the store! Don't look at the building, which I own! Just look at the store! Just the store!”…-THE CROWD LAUGHS-…on the corner, of Fifth Avenue and 56 feet”.
So, they said…they'd call up, they said, “you're right!”. It was worth between 400…million, and 1.4 billion.
So, they did a story…on my store. Now, nobody talks about that! They talked about Trump University! [They] Don't…they don't talk about that. They don't talk about these great buildings that I have all over; the great jobs we're doing all over the world; they talk about…you know, whatever they can find.
And I've always been told, as a rich person, as a successful person…you cannot run for…government. You can’t. Because I do like a deal a second. I do many, many deals. Most of them work out! Some of them don't work out. They turn out to be great, because that's when you find out if somebody's a good deal maker. Uh…the market collapses in the middle of a big project, or something happens. That's when you find out how good somebody is. That's when you find out if they've got the stomach. That's when you find it. You go to those banks and you say, boom, boom, boom! And you…beat the hell out of everybody! …-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
And I'll tell you what, I have made deals…that should have been disasters, into among the best deals I've ever had! Because during…the bad time…when the market collapses; I mean, if you're building a big building, and you're…going up…90 stories, but then on the 45th floor, the market collapses. Everything looks good, you're selling, everything's good…then the market collapses.
Now, you're building a building and there's no market. It's a total disaster. It's not your fault. Your timing might be your fault, cause, you know, I always like to pick good timing. But, not your fault. And then, you go in, and…yeah, that's true, you have to beat up the banks. And you have to beat up everybody around. And you just see. But, many of the deals I've had that should have been disasters, turned out to be among my best deals. That's when you learn about deal making! That's when you learn who's a good deal maker. It’s so important! It’s so important! So, anyway.
So, so let me just…let me just…let me just tell you a couple of things. We are going to…do something…that's…going to be great…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. We are…a very big beneficiary is gonna be…Michigan, cause I talked about the car…business all the time, because…the car business is being abused more than most other businesses, right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. And, a lot of the business comes from overseas, and a lot of the business that you have is now moving to Mexico. Mexico is becoming the new China. China…what China has done to our country is incredible. They have…they have stolen more money from the United States…it's the worst theft in the history of the world, what they've done to our country.
They've taken our jobs. They've taken our money. And I like China! The biggest bank in the world is a tenant of mine in China. They paid their rent on time. I promise…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. They have 400 million customers. It's the biggest bank in the world. I like China. They're great. But you know what? Their leaders are too smart for our leaders. Because that's not free trade.
When you hear these stupid people that think they're very conservative, “oh, we are conservative. Donald Trump is not a conservative”. [Do] you know why they think I'm not a conservative? I believe totally in free trade. But it's gotta be fair trade. It's gotta be fair. [It’s] gotta be fair…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
See? When they say free trade, they're talking about any free trade, and what they're really talking about is stupid trade. Because in China, they send their products in here, right? And there's no barriers…no nothing. They send whatever the hell they want. How often do you see it, where a product is really defective, or where it poisons your kids? I mean, you see often. They just send the stuff in. When you wanna do business with China, folks? It's…damn…impossible! When you wanna get your product…;
I’ve friends that are manufacturers. They can't get their product into China. When they do, they're charged a big tax. They’re charged a very, very big tax. And you know what? It's not gonna happen like that anymore. We're losing 500…billion…dollars…a year. We have a trade deficit with China. Five…that means they’re sending in 500…billion…dollars…more…; do you know what 500 billion…? That's a year!
So, then I hear…then I hear the stupid people, and some of the stupid people back there…one of them whom I'm looking at; then I see…-THE CROWD CHEERS-…no, no, then I hear the stupid people… “Donald Trump is not a conservative, because he doesn't believe in free trade”. I believe in free trade, but it's gotta be smart trade. It's gotta be fair trade. It's gotta be…even trade! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, what we have is stupid trade. And we…we're gonna have very smart trade. And we're gonna stop this. Cause, how many nations…? …and we can't go on like this. How many late…nations can have a trade deficit of…with one country, 505…billion dollars? Okay? Nobody! You can't go on like that. And, by the way, it's been like that for years! So, [do] you know what we do? We roll our printing presses, folks. We roll up our printing presses. And that's why our middle income people…are making less money…and our workers! …who built this country, folks! Are making less money now than they did 12 years ago, okay? [It’s] not gonna happen, folks! It's not gonna happen. We're not gonna let it happen.
So, all we do is we roll out printing presses faster, and faster, and faster, so that China…and Japan…and Mexico…and Vietnam…and India, and all sorts of places, continue…to take…money…out of your hides. We’re gonna…we're gonna change it.
And you know what? We're gonna have a better relationship than we have now! If you look at it now, we don't have a good relationship with any of these countries! So, it's the worst of all worlds. Number one, they're ripping us off. Number two, they don't even like us.
Look at China...in the South…China…Sea! They're building one of the big military fortresses of all time. Airports, every…; all for military. They're not allowed to do it! They're doing it because they don't respect us. So, they take our money, and then they do things that they're not supposed to be doing.
So, it's gonna change. And you know what? They're gonna like us better. Believe it or not, I'm a unifier. I will unify the country. I'm gonna unify…blacks and whites. I'm gonna unify them…! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And we are not unified now.
You know, when I…when we had an African-american president, the one thing I said is…I said, “great, because we'll have…much more…unity. We’ll have…the African-americans, the whites, will have something…”. Nothing happened! Nothing happened! It's worse now…than ever before. We…are going…to unify our country.
A recent poll came out…-THE CROWD CHERES AND APPLAUDS-…a recent poll came out, with the African Americans. I was At 25 percent. This is a Republican. As a Republican, at 25 percent…normally, like Romney, got six percent. Normally you get like five, six percent; four percent; three percent; and one of the commentators said, “you know, if Donald Trump…gets 25 percent with the African-american community, this election is over! Trump wins. Trump wins!”…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But the other thing is, I’m gonna bring in…Michigan. These are…these are states…just so you understand, that…you know, a guy like a Marco, or a guy like…uh…lying Ted Cruz, these…-THE CROWD MUTTERS-…these are states…that a…a normal Republican, cause I'm not a normal Republican, in…many ways, but…-THE CROWD CHERES AND APPLAUDS-…but, a normal Republican, cannot think in terms, frankly…I hate to say this, cannot think in terms of bringing in Michigan. And if you don't bring in Michigan, that's…you know, it's tough! It makes it…you have a very narrow…road.
Structurally, it's very hard for a Republican to get elected. Structurally. But I'm gonna bring in places like Michigan. I think we're gonna win Michigan. Who…? I…who…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY-…who is gonna vote…? Who is gonna vote for Hillary over Trump? [Do] you want Trump!? …-THE CROWD BOOS FIRST AND THEN CHEERS. Who wants Hillary!’ …-THE CROWD BOOS. Who wants Trump!? …-THE CROWD CHEERS VIVIDLY. You'll be happy. Oh, you're gonna be happy! Oh, you're gonna be happy!
So, what…what is happening is, I've been winning a lot of polls against Hillary, and I haven't even started in her yet, other than four weeks ago, where I had to give her a little shot, right? You know the sad thing?
Bernie Sanders got all the credit. For weeks ago she said I was sexist, which I'm not. And I said, “you can't call me sexist”, and then I sort of alluded to the husband. I don't wanna go through it right now, but…let's put it this way, they had a very tough weekend together, right? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. And she totally silent. She totally stopped. And because of the tremendous press that got, not only did she have a bad weekend, but Bernie Sanders look like a genius. Because, her poll numbers went down because of me! Her poll numbers…; and Bernie Sanders all of a sudden…remember the big surge! Bernie Sanders…this guy doesn't have a chance, okay? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. Bernie Sanders is surging…Hillary's way down! That's four weeks ago. Take a look! The day I hit her…the day I hit her, and her husband…because he…[it] was fair game, because he's in the campaign.
I said, “let me ask you. Is he campaigning?”.
“Yes”.
“Okay. Then here's the story”, right? Right? And I said…-THE CROWD MUTTERS-…and I said, “Hillary is an enabler”, right? I said, “she's an enabler. She enabled him!”…-THE CROWD BOOS. THERE IS A PROTESTER. Get out of here! Get out! Out! Out! Get him out of here! …-THE CROWD BOOS.
That's strange! He looks like an Elvis impersonator, that's strange…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. That’s strange, because…all the Elvis impersonators love Donald Trump. They love me! That's very sad. That's very sad. That makes me very unhappy.
So…so, I said that Hillary's an enabler. And that was the end of it! But she crashed! [Do you] Remember that? She totally crashed. And they gave Bernie the credit, like he's some mastermind! Let me tell you something: Bernie never had a chance. Bernie's going down. And it's over.
Now, the only thing that can save him…is if something happens to Hillary, with regard to the emails, which should happen! It should happen…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It should happen.
 Do you remember, though, and then…it was a sad thing. [Do] you remember when Bernie, when the microphones were taken over when the two girls came up? And they took over the mics, they start screaming, as he is speaking! And here's what he did, “oh, okay”. And he went to the back of the stage! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. And he watched them speak. I said, that's never happening with Trump, folks. That's never happening…-THE CROWD CHEERS. That's not gonna happen with your Trump.
So…so, here's a story. And I want credit. Press, I want credit! For the big down moment in Hillary, okay? You never gave me credit for that. You gave it to Bernie. Bernie should thank me. I want Bernie to make your speech today, and thank me! Because if you…if you look at that, I should get credit! …-THE CROWD CHERES AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. Thank you, media, you, dishonest people. Thank you.
[The] world's most dishonest people, the media. Ah! They are disgusting! They know! They write stories about me that they know are wrong! But I…I…and just before I get back to the cars, cause I do wanna talk about cars, and then we get the hell out of here, okay? But…but I do wanna talk about cars.
But, I have to say this: they…will write stories…knowing that the stories are wrong. You will say…the New York Times, the failing New York Times wrote a story about me last week. That was so wrong, that actually I called. Usually I don't even call. I just say, “oh, forget it”. Cause…the good news is, for the most part, it's just like newspaper. You throw it away, the next day nobody even…; you know, you make a big deal, you read the story, it’s so wrong…nobody even sees it! It's like…[it] doesn't matter!
Fortunately, a lot of power’s been lost. Maybe it's because there's so many different sources or whatever. But the level of dishonesty is…absolutely…incredible. So, it's good. But, I wanna do something. Because, I think when they write false reports, you and I, and anybody else, where they’re writing falsely, should have the ability to sue like the New York Times…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Now, you know this only makes it more difficult for me, cause now they'll come after me even more. But they can't be any worse than they are. They are real scum…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
So…so, we should have the ability to sue the New York Times, or sue the Washington Post. We should have…which is highly inaccurate about me. And…look, the Washington Post was bought by the man that runs, and…and has a big chunk of Amazon, right? Right? Right? …-THE CROWD MUTTERS. Okay…-THERE IS SOMEBODY YELLING IN THE CROWD. That’s all right. Get him out! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Get him out! Okay, there go the cameras. Look at that! It's the only way we get those cameras to turn. Get him out!
Hey, are Trump rallies the most fun!? Right? Right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. Do we have a good time? We're having a good time…-THE CROWD BOOS AND CHANTS ‘U.S.A!’ REPEATEDLY AS THE PROTESTER IS TAKEN OUT.
So, the Washington Post is owned by the guy who owns Amazon, much bigger business. [He] owns a big chunk. [He is a] rich guy. He bought it. And he uses the Washington Post as his power tool, so that they don't raise taxes on Amazon. And they don't raise taxes on other things he owns. And, it's smart! I mean, I have to tell you, it's smart! It’s peanuts for him. So you won't see it closing or anything. They have more reporters that I've ever seen. No, no, but we're gonna…look, we gotta do something about it!
Now, he loses a lot of money with the Washington Post, but that's fine, because it doesn't mean anything. It's more money compared to what he has. But, he uses that as his lobbying too, he uses it as his political tool, and he's allowed a tax deduction on his losses.
So, we're gonna explain the whole thing. I've been explaining the whole thing. I actually think he's a very nice guy. I think it's a very smart move, but I just want you to understand. These newspapers are so corrupt, and so dishonest, [and] we gotta do something about it. We gotta do something about it…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…so, Tennessee…was going to have a car plant. And what happened…thye’re all set, [a] big foreign company, and…boom! One day they read they've decided to go to Mexico, just before signing. You all heard about it. It was a terrible thing. And Tennessee…lost that plant. And I love Tennessee, because they voted for me last week. I mean, Super Tuesday was…incredible, right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. I love…; I don't forget those places that vote for me! The ones that don't, I can maybe forget them…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. But there haven't been…there haven't been too many of them, have there? …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’ TIMIDLY.
But, Tennessee was great. We won by a lot. And they're great people. Amazing people. Great country music, by the way, but…a…amazing, amazing people. And, they were gonna have a car plant, and…at the last moment they went to make…to Mexico.
Now, let me just tell you. So, Ford…and this has been my favorite story, so I'll give you…the… ‘A+’ story as opposed to the ‘D’, because we're in Michigan, right?
So, Ford, [it’s a] good company. [It’s] Done a good job, and all that. [A] Good new…person taking over. And..and…the person that ran it is a fantastic guy. No complaints.
But, Ford decides to build a two and a half billion-dollar plant in Mexico. And I'm saying to myself, “that's a lot! That's a big plant!”. Now, to do that…I mean, they don't wanna talk about that, but to do that they had to close plenty of things. Is that right? Do you know about it? …-THE CROWD CHERES. I assume they closed a lot in Michigan to build that. Is that a correct…? You're…you’re…in the…company.
So, they close…how many plans did they close in Michigan, to build that one…big massive one? …-THE CROWD MUTTERS. A lot? …-MR. TRUMP WAITS FOR ANSWERS. He thinks at least two. Okay. Okay…-THE CROWD BOOS. THERE IS ANOTHER PROTESTER.
Get out of here1 Get out! Out! Oh, this is amazing! [It’s] so much fun! I love it! I love it! We’re having a good time!? ‘U.S.A! U.S.A!’…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND CHANTS ALONG. All right. Yeah, get him out. Try not to hurt him. If you do, I'll defend you in court. Don't worry about it…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
You know, one of the things that happened…; and he wasn’t…he wasn’t bad. But, some of these protesters, they’re really violent people. Now, if we're tough with them, we get criticized.
We had one guy…in New Hampshire, actually, who was a rough guy. And he was swinging, and swinging, and punching, and…he was really going down for the count. And…we had a couple of people in the audience, who were equally rough. And they took him out. They took him out…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And…no. No, they took him out, and I'll tell you what. It was…it was really amazing to watch! And, you know, this was a seriously tough cookie! I look like an NFL football player. We had four guys, they jumped on him, they were swinging, and swinging…! The next day we got killed in the press! …that we were too rough…-THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY. Give me a break! You know, right? We don't wanna be too politically correct, anymore. Right, folks? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. So, anyway. No, it’s very unfair.
You know, they're allowed to swing and punch the hell out of people, but if we get a little bit rough and taking them out, “oh, we're terrible people”. If…you know, that's the way it is. It’s one of the many reasons our country's going to hell. All right.
So, Ford wants to open a plant. So, two years ago they announced they’re gonna open this massive plant in…in Mexico. And, I'm saying to myself, “hey…”. I was a very good student. I went to the best school, Wharton. You don't have to go to Wharton. You don't have to go to a good school. You don't have to go to school. It's not gonna do us any good, okay? It's not!
All I know is they're closing, as you say, at least two plants, and he’s a…man that works for Ford. But, they close…plants. Somewhere in the United States, plants are closing, because this thing is massive.
So, they're gonna make cars, trucks, and parts, okay? So, I'm saying to myself, “boy, that's a big deal!”.
Now, in the meantime Carrier just announced they’re going down to Mexico. You saw that. They just announced it…-THE CROWD BOOS. Divisions of United Technologies are now moving into Mexico. Nabisco, from Chicago…no more Oreos, folks. No more Oreos. Nabisco is closing their big plant in Chicag. They're moving to Mexico. We’d better be careful! We’d better be careful! We’re losing our businesses, folks! Pfizer, you know, is…moving out of the United States. A big…massive…pharmaceutical…; they're moving to Ireland! They're moving to Ireland. We’d better be careful.
You know, this corporate inversion is really a big problem. But, Pfizer's moving, and…we…have a lot of companies. They’…that'll all change. If I'm president, cause I know how to do it. Okay! …THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
So, here's what happens. So, here's what happens, and I put myself in the position. If…a guy like little Marco becomes president, which I think is unlikely…-THE CROWD BOOS-…I think is unlikely.
Look. When you…are…rated at 31 percent likeability in your own state, cause…he's terrible, uh…you're…gonna have a hard time being president.
But, whether it's…little Marco or lying Ted…one of the other…let's say, cause you know, we are down to four people. And the people are going against Hillary, and she is not gonna be tough to beat. She is so flawed…; she's got such problems…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
And…and...and I…and I do believe this: I do believe that if the government does…the right thing, and I'm a big fan and a big believer in the FBI; if the government does the right thing, it…under no circumstances will she be allowed to run…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Even though I most wanna run against her. I most wanna…;
So, what happens…what happens is, if you have one of these people, or Hillary, as president what will happen is the following: number one, they're totally controlled by the special interests, and their donors, and their lobbyists. 100 percent. So…and these are not stupid people.
So, they will look at it, and they'll say, “oh, this is ridiculous. This is bad for the country”.
Then, Ford will…send its lobbyists up to see the president. And, Ford will have raised many millions of dollars, for him or her, and…will send other people up: special interest, donors, stockholders…to see the president. They'll say, “you can't do this! I gave you five million dollars! You can't do this. I gave you a PAC!”. These super PACs are a disaster, by the way. Just so you know. I don't have any super PACs. I'm the only one doesn't have a super PAC. I feel…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I'm not so happy!
I just wonder, is it worth it!? You know, I don't know if it's appreciated! I'm the only one…! I don't have super PACs; I don't have money; I don't have people…going out buying…; I don't have to put a…; I just wonder…I'm spending a fortune, okay? Even though I spent less than anybody else, and I'm in first place. I'm here, there…but still, it's a lot of money! And I wonder, do I get credit for not having super PACs? And do I get credit…? Do I get credit? …-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
Because, you know, I have friends that call me…; I had one friend from Michigan, [that] just called me, actually. A good guy. [A] Rich guy. [He] Said, “Donald, I wanna give you five million dollars”.
I said, “I can't take it”.
“No, no. You don't understand. I wanna give it to you!”.
“I can't take it. I'm not taking money”. Other than the little donations, from people that send in…200 dollars, and a 150, and 17 dollars…; because, frankly, those are people that really believe, and those are people that invest, okay? And…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…and it doesn't matter to a whole lot. And…and, how do you send it back to them?
A woman sends me a check for 17 dollars and 50 cents with a four-page note. What do I do say? “Sorry, I'm not taking your money!”. You know, so it's one of those things. You read the letter. You sit down all night, and read those long letters.
 We get the longest letters…from people! Cause…they…they want hope! And usually, the less the money, the longer the letter. It's really an interesting phenomenon…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIIMDLY.
So, anyway so I'm not taking the money. I'm not taking the money. And, I say…I say to myself, I really…and I really believe this. I…I know when you go into the booth, you might like Trump, you might like somebody else. But nobody says, “well, I…I sort of like Trump, and I like the other guy too, but…I'm gonna vote for the other guy”. I know that I don't…get credit…for the fact that I'm the only one that's not bought, and paid for, folks! It's a big thing! It's a big thing! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And…and, you know, it's hard for me, because, you know, my whole life has been about…taking money, right? Taking money. I take, take, take, take. I'm a businessman! That's what I'm supposed to do! My job is to take money. My job is, in a sense, I hate to say it, to be greedy! And I'm greedy! I go like, “this, you…more, more. I want more! More! More!”. Now, I'm gonna be greedy for the United States…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…gonna be really greedy for the United States.
So, with Ford…so, Ford is gonna open the plant. Now, when Hillary…or…Ted…or any of these people, they become president. They're all taken care of! They’re all bought! They're all one hundred percent bought!
So, they know what's right. It's a bad thing. But, they'll be told, “you can't do it. This guy gave you ten million. This guy gave you five million”. And you know what? I understand that. Psychologically, they can't do it. “Well, how can I do that? They helped me when I needed money. How can I say, ‘you gotta move back?’”. Okay.
So, here's what I'm doing. When a company wants to move, I'm gonna have the top people talk to them. And I will…I know they're gonna say it's not presidential. You know, they were saying…; they said…the other night, when I won, when I had the big victory, in the super…you saw that, the SEC. The big, big night…-THE CROWD CHEERS. We won…we won seven. Seven states! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And then, we came in second! I mean, second is like a bad, bad thing. I mean, we…we…won…we won so much. I mean, we won; it was…you know, sort of…semi-record setting, I guess. But, anyway. So, we had this great night.
But…but, here's the story. So, what happens is…I'm gonna say…the following. I'm gonna say…number one, I'm gonna call. They thought I was very presidential that night. They thought I was so presidential. They said, “why…” …-THE CROWD CHEEERS-…no, the press. They said…I got great reviews. I made a speech afterwards. I had a news conference. I took questions…; and they said, during that night, where we won seven states, they said…I was at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, and they said, “he was so presidential”.
Well, when I'm in a debate stage, and I have all these people throwing things at me, you gotta fight back! Somebody said…somebody said, “Donald, you're the leader; the prohibitive favorite, just stand there and take it”. I can't do that! Right!? I can't take…-THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’. They actually said, “be presidential!”.
I said, “does that mean that I can't fight?”. So, when little Marcos spews his crap about…the size of my hands, which are big! The size of my hands…! …-THE CROWD BOOS. No, he made a thing!
He says, “well, Donald Trump has…uh…let's see, what can I say? What can I say…?”.
So, I looked at him and I said, “Marco…” …-THE CROWD LAUGHS AS MR. TRUMP LOOKS DOWN EXAGERATELY, MOCKING MR. RUBIO’S HEIGHT.
No, I just wanted to set…; look at that! That…those hands can hit a golf ball 285 yards! Right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Those are good, strong…; I've never been criticized about the size of my hands before. I'm saying to myself, “what the…what's going on here?”. So, anyway.
So, I have to…; so what do I do? For the rest of my life I have the curse that I have little hands! Little hands! Take that…guy…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
So…so, I said to my people, “so what do I do? Do I stand back, and just take incoming, and act presidential…?”…-THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’. So, now I'm presidential. “Donald Trump is a con man!”. “Donald Trump is this…!”. And I'm staying like that…-MR TRUMP STANDS STILL. [Do] You know what would happen? [Do] You know how many people I’d have in this room if I did that? I'd have about seven! I'd have seven. And they would be mostly the protesters that were thrown out. It’s true. No, we can't take it.
That's the problem with our country! Our country takes abuse from everybody. We don't do anything about it! …-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. When Vincente Fox gets angry because…we are actually telling him that we're going to have a wall, and we're gonna build a wall, and he's gonna pay for it, he can't believe that this country is saying this to him! That's why I loved my statement when I said…; now, it got told. I've just loved it. I don't wanna repeat it, but I loved it. Okay! Are you ready?
So, here's what happens: these guys are gonna do nothing. They’re gonna…you understand that. They're gonna do nothing because they are bought and paid for. In fact, you have special lobbyists…it has Marco Rubio on the foreheads. It’s like stamp. You need Marco Rubio's vote? You call up a certain guy in Washington. You need Ted Cruz's vote? Who, by the way, is totally under the ether of the oil companies, which is fine! But, that's the way it is.
You need Ted Cruz's vote? It says, call up so and so on K Street. 100 percent he'll take care of it. He gets his million dollars, two million dollars, and you have your vote. You know, that's the way it works, folks. No good. With me…!? Nobody gave me anything! I mean,  nobody gave me…! So, here's what's gonna happen…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 Here's what's gonna happen. Smart people, so they get…called, and they…they immediately get turned off by their lobbyists, special interest and donors, okay? So, that's the end…so, Ford will build.
And…and…and, by the way! Three days ago, I'm reading the paper, and because there was no pressure put on Ford, they’re now doubling down! Did you see that!? They're now going up with more! That…they, you know, the two and a half billion was two years ago! I've been talking about this for two years! And what a better place to speak than Michigan about this, right? Right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But, I've been talking about this Ford plant cause it bugged me. I've been talking about Carrier, and I've been talking about others, but…the Ford plant bugged, cause it was so damn big! Okay? And because it's the car industry!
So, what happened is this. So what happened is this: they will not do anything and I think we agree. Now…okay. Now, let's assume…Donald Trump becomes the president of the United States…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. No games.
Now, I'm gonna be so presidential…! I'll be so presidential, that you, people, will be screaming, “loosen up, president! Loosen up!”. They'll be saying, “you know, I wish the president would loosen up a little bit”. All right. Okay.
But here's the thing: I have the best businessmen, and best business women in the world. I know them all. So, what…we're doing is this. Aand they're from…we have the greatest business people in this country! So, I will have…people. But this is too easy! I wanna do it myself, cause I love doing this stuff. You know, Obama likes…relaxing and going on vacations. Me? I like working! I like working! I really do! I like it…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So, I wanna do it myself.
So, I have Carl Icahn…; I have all of these people…; I wanna do it myself. So, here's what happens: I’d call up…the head of Ford, and I say, “here's a story: I want you to enjoy your new plant. I hope it goes up on time, on budget, on schedule. I want it to be a beautiful plant, and I hope you produce beautiful cars, trucks, and plants; and I hope you have wonderful labor relations with all of your Mexican employees”, okay?
“But you've hurt the United States, because thousands, and thousands of people are put out of jobs. And you're sort of leading the way into Mexico, cause since you've announced, many other people have announced. And, the problem is, we have very stupid leaders. We have leaders that are very stupid. But now we have a very smart leader. And here is the story…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. And here is the story, and here's what some of the super conservatives don't like about me, because I'm a free trader, but I'm a really smart trader, right?
So, I'm gonna tell them, “sorry, folks, but…every car, truck, and part, that you make, and is shipped into the United States, you are gonna pay a 35 percent tax on them”…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. [They’re] Gonna pay it.
So, “you’re gonna pay a 35 percent tax anytime you ship a car, truck, or part into the United States”.
Now, they're gonna say, “Mr. President, no way! No way! We can't do that!”. Then I'm gonna be…besieged, by lobbyists, and all these people. Half of whom I know. I'm not gonna do anything for them. I know them! Some are good guy; some are real sleaze, by the way. I wanna tell you. These are serious sleaze. These are really dishonest people. These are players, at the highest level.
So, I will be besieged by these people, and I'll just laugh at them, and hang up, and that'll be it. Within 24 to 48 hours, I will get a call from the head of Ford, and he will say, “Mr. President, we have decided that we will build our new plant in the United States”…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Now, that's not 90 percent sure. It's not 95 percent sure. Not 98 point…that's 100 percent! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. 100 percent! 100 percent!
And I wanna do it myself, I'm sorry. And they'll say, “I can't believe the President of the United States is calling Ford, and Carrier…”; how about [if] I call Carrier…air-conditioners:
“This is the President of the United States. By the way, any air-conditioner unit that you make and ship into the United States, you're gonna be paying a 35 percent tax”.
“Oh, oh, no, Mr. president! I promise! We're not leaving! We're staying in the United States! Sir, we love the United States!”, okay? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Now, they've got all kinds of formulas. They've got all sorts of nonsense. It's the only way you're gonna keep your companies, folks. And if you wanna keep your companies, get used to it, because that's what's gonna have to do it. And…and don't call it ‘free trade’ anymore, call it really, really, really smart trade. All right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
One of these guys said yesterday, “oh my god, Donald!”. Oh, it was this stupid Romney. Stupid Mitt…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. He is a dumb guy! I think…I said…I've always said he's a dumb guy!
Stupid Mitt said, “Donald Trump will ruin our economy!”.
Well, our economy had, last quarter, GDP, zero! We had no growth! You know, if China has seven or eight percent, it's like a catastrophe. With us? We had no growth! Last quarter, no growth! We're growing, and yet, that's going down! We're gonna be negative! We're gonna be negative GDP. That means that people are leaving! That means that our…industries are leaving! That's what's happening. He’s…I'm telling you! He's a stupid person!
[MOU2] Here's the story. Here's the story: he said, “we will ruin our relations with other countries!”.
Now, China…I'm very friendly with them at the highest levels. I love China. Great. But, I made a lot of money on China. They pay me tens of millions for my condos. I told you, I have…uh…the biggest bank of the world is my tenant. We have…I…I own the Bank of America building, in…San Francisco, big chunk of it, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, one of the biggest buildings in New York City, largest floor plates in New York City. All through China! And I don't mean friendly! I mean sort of unfriendly!
But, I…think China’s great. They’re smart! They come at you at waves! They don't have a meeting with one person. They have like 15 people, so that if the one guy makes a mistake, they catch it! These guys are smart! And we'll have…some…you know, a hack! Sitting across the table, from these…16, 15…killers. The poor guy doesn't have a chance! That's gonna end. Okay.
So, here's a story: so Romney said, “he'll ruin our economy! We won't be able to trade anymore!”. Let me tell you something. Hey, folks, when you lose…500…billion…dollars…a year with a company? When you lose…500…billion…dollars here with all of these companies that we do business within China; but more importantly, when you lose 505…billion to be exact, in trade deficits, with…China; with China, who the hell cares if you do business or not? Who cares!? We can't do that! We can't have trade…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We can't…have …trade deficits…of the magnitude that we're talking about.
You know, breaking evens not great! But if you broke even, I could see it! But, you know, we're worried about…we have politicians like a Romney guy; you know, these are people from…from…the wrong age. When you have that kind of a loss…;
Mexico! We have a trade deficit with Mexico of 58 billion dollars a year. That's why a lot of people say these politicians come off the stage, recently. They say, “you can't get Mexico to pay for the wall!”.
I said, “of course we can”. Now, they can’t. By the way, I could give them all the ammunition, [and] they still would…; look at the Iran deal.
150 billion dollars, [and] we got nothing. And we should’ve had our prisoners back four years ago, not now. We should have been back four years ago. And we shouldn't have started the negotiations until they came back…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. That deal was made by incompetent people.
So, here's the story. Here's the story. So, here's the story: so, with…Ford, they're gonna move back! And they'll tell me! And it'll be so beautiful. And I'll be so happy. Even though I'm not supposed to make the call! But I'm gonna make the call. Not presidential. But I'm gonna make the call, cause it's too easy!
And they'll say, “Mr. President, we're moving back”. Would you like them to move to Michigan?
I’ll say, “yeah, I’d really want them to move into Michingan”, okay? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I want them to move to Michigan.
So, all of the polls…and they'll move back! We're gonna stop this long slow. We're gonna…we’re gonna lose…I tell you what, this election better take place fast, cause we're not gonna…; by the time I take office, we're not gonna have any companies left in this country!
China has taken alone millions of jobs; thousands and thousands of plants, and factories. Thousands! You wouldn't believe that! But the, I gave…they…actually, [they] gave me a number of 50,000. I can't believe it. So, I'm not gonna say 50,000. But, I hear 50. But, let's just say thousands. They've taken thousands of plants, and businesses. And we're gonna stop it! We're gonna stop it. We have rebuilt China!
Now, China is just one, and I…I used that because it's, by far, the biggest. And it's the biggest abuser. But…China.
But, Mexico…? I'll tell you what, for your industry? Mexico is a disaster. Mexico is, for the car industry, Mexico is a total, and complete disaster.
Now, in all fairness to Michigan, we're gonna try and get them to go to Michigan. But, you know what’ At least they gotta stay in the United States, right? They have to stay here! They gotta stay here! And they're going to stay here. And, ideally, they're gonna stay in Michigan.
So here's the story, folks: when I first started, it was about trade, [and] it was about the border. Then you had the horror show in Paris. And by the way, I will…protect, 100 percent, the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY.
I will repeal and replace Obamacare, which is a catastrophe…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I will totally terminate Common Core education. We’ll be local…-THE CROWD CHEERS. And I will totally, totally, totally rebuild our military. It'll be bigger and better, and stronger than ever before…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And nobody will…nobody will mess with us.
And one thing, and I have to say this, cause I say it all the time. We have to take care of our vets. Our vets are being treated horribly…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. You know, our vets 20…and this is a number that's hard to believe also…-THE CROWD STARTS CHANTING ‘WE WANT TRUMP REPEATEDLY’. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Our vets are being…just treated horribly. Think of this: 22 suicides a day. 22…is that a…it's not even a believable number. 22 suicides…a day! A day! So, we're gonna do…we're gonna help our vets. Right now, illegal immigrants are treated better than many…of our vets. [It’s] not gonna happen. It's not gonna happen…-THE CROWD BOOS.
But today was special. Because it's Michigan, I did wanna talk about industry. I did wanna talk about the cars. That's why I spend so much time talking about cars. We're gonna bring the industry back to Michigan. We're gonna bring a lot of industry back to our country. Some day, Apple is gonna make…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY-…some day, Apple is gonna make their…iPhones in the United States, and not in China…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And it's not gonna be too far off. We're gonna make it so that they do that. We're gonna make it so that it makes economic sense for them to do that, because we have people in Washington that truly don't know what they're doing.
So, this has been an amazing honor. This is an amazing place. An amazing state…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're way, way up in the Michigan polls, and I wanna keep it that way.
You know, the polls don't mean anything. Because…the worst is your way up, and you win by a little bit, and then they say, “oh, he had a bad day”. We gotta show…just do me one favor: give me…that…big…margin. I want the margin. Because it gives us more power, right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, on Tuesday, please, everybody. No money. I don't want anything. I just want [that] you go out, and raise your hand. Raise your hand. Go out and vote. I love you! I love you, Michigan. I love you, Michigan. Thank you…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Thank You, Michigan. Go out and vote. You're gonna be very happy! Thank you everybody! Thank you!
