VIDEO Nº: 108
TITLE:108. FULL Donald Trump Holds Rally in Clemson 2016
DATE OF EVENT:10/02/2016
RELEASE DATE:10/02/2016
DURATION:00.49.07 Mins.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:8324
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Wow! Wow!
A little bit cold in here! Huh? Where are the heaters!? Where are the heaters!?
Well, you know, I'll tell you what! The Clemson Tigers, I was watching that game…but next year? All the way! Great team! Great team! ...-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APLPAUDS. Great team! It was some game, you have to say. A little bit better than the Super Bowl, don't we agree!? …-THE CROWD CHEERS. A lot better.
But…well, thank you very much! This is some crowd! Wow! …-THE CROWD CHEERS. What…!? What the hell kind of a building is this is!? This is…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. What is this!? It's beautiful…! A little bit on…uh…a little bit on the cold side. I don't usually do this, but I figured I might as well.
Well, it's great to be with you! And, you know, we've had an exciting time. We…uh…did a good thing. Uh…New Hampshire, what a great place. What a great place…-THE CROWD CHEERS. And we won it big! We won it big! You know, the network's, they called. They said, “we're going to be announcing it at eight o'clock!” Eight o'clock is when…the final vote is cast.
And I said, “I think that's a good thing. I hope that's…like…for us”. And we won by a lot. a really lot. And…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…and the reason is…that people are tired of losing in this country. We're losing all the time. People are tired of…stupidity, incompetence…; we're not gonna have it anymore. We're not gonna have it. And…you know, we had a case…where somebody was talking about the anger…that they think I have. I'm not an angry person! You're not angry! But we're angry about…the way our country is run! And…we're not gonna let it happen anymore. We're not gonna let it happen…-THE CROWD CHEERS.
So…so this has been going on…and…we went up to New Hampshire, and it was an amazing experience, actually, because…it…I've known it…long…and for a long time. Many friends live in New Hampshire. Many friends live here, by the way, I have to tell you. But many friends up in New Hampshire.
And…it came out, and the original polls came out, and they were so high. By the way, the original polls which just came out here? We’re through the roof! We are high! We are high! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
I mean, the problem you have, and I saw it up there, and yet…people are smart. These politicians, they say anything. They say…like I'm very, very big on the Second Amendment. I think most people know that. You do. Very, very big. And they'll say, “Donald Trump does not respect the Second Amendment!”.
I’ll say, “what the hell is this guy talking about!?”. The lying is unbelievable. And I guess it's part of a process. But…the good thing, we have a big beautiful microphone. Yeah, sit down, relax! Sit down! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. We’ll be here as long as you want. And we may take some questions! Should we take some questions!? …-THE CROWD CHEERS. I think so. No…I think so. Let's just have a good time.
You know, I got…so far…in the last…like, couple of days. One-hour sleep! Because, you know, when you have victory, you don't need sleep! Right? You're going on adrenaline…-THE CROWD CHEERS. And then what happens is, the following day you saY, “maybe I do need sleep after all!”.
So, somebody said, “oh, that's not a problem Mr. Trump! We can cancel this supposed [inaudible]…”.
I said, “are you crazy!?”. I would never…; this is my…look: this is our group. We have something so special going on…! …-THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. We have something…so…special…going on. The cover of Time magazine, last week. They're talking about…it's a movement. It's a movement to take our country back. And it is. It’s a movement to take our country back. And…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…and that's what we're doing. And it's going to be…so beautiful…;
And it started…it actually started with Iowa. We did great in Iowa. We did great in Iowa. Had dr. Carson been allowed to…keep his votes…we would have done even better. But we did great. You started off with 17 people, on the Republican side, you…know, [a] couple just dropped out today. Do you know that? …-THE CROWD MUTTERS. Do you know who? Carly [Fiorina] and [Chris] Christie. And…so we're down to…you know, we're getting down to…pretty…good numbers here. We're getting down to low numbers!
When I did it…and I said it, it was June 16th and it takes guts! I always said everybody, it takes guts…to run for president! [it is] not easy! [it is] Not easy! And…especially…you know, when you're a successful person, I've always heard it! If you're a very successful person, the last thing you do…is run for office. And I never really sort of…understood that. There's a certain legitimacy to what you do. And then you get into politics, [and] it's a whole of the world! I've been in politics all my life, but I've been on the other. You know, I’ve been a supporter. But I think nobody knows it better than me.
And one of the things we're doing and one of the things I'm doing is I'm self-funding my campaign, so I can't be bought! I can't be bought by all these…people…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And…and I think it's appreciated, but you know, I turned down…I will…I'll tell you: you have a guy like Bush, who has his big fund…-THE CROWD BOOS. It's terrible. Well…let’s…I'll be honest. The last thing we need is another Bush. That I can tell you- That I can tell you…-THE CROWD CHEERS. This guy…he says anything that's on his mind.[paa1] 
But, you know, he's gotten…so…much…money! Here’s the statistic, [it] just came out. In New Hampshire…he spent…39…million…dollars! And…what is he? Fourth or fifth, right? Think of it. 39 million dollars…; look at all these people, standing! …-MR. TRUMP PINTS TO HIS RIGHT. This place is unbelievable…! The place is massive…; look at all these people! He spent…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND YELLS VIVIDLY-…I love you too! Look at the size of…meh, these people…! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS AND MR. TRUMP TURNS AROUND TO GREET THE CROWD BEHIND.
This country is so great…! The people in this country are so amazing…! And you know, all the time, no matter where I go…it's the same!
I go to Mobile, Alabama 35,000 people. We go to Dallas, 20…21,000 people. We go to Oklahoma, 20,000 people. In New Hampshire, it…I'll tell you what. In New Hampshire we were packed…all the time! We had in a blizzard…a blizzard…five thousand people. In an arena. The Verizon arena. So beautiful. It was incredible. Three of my people were in car accidents coming over. One of them walked over…about a mile, through a blizzard, to be there, and it turned out he had close to a broken leg. And then I said, “you're fired for ruining my car!”. No, I’m only kidding…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. Why not!? But the people…like…they have such spirit! Such beautiful spirit! So…anyway!
So, I felt it was very important to self-fund, because I think nobody knows the system better than me. And…uh…[some] guys…are getting all of this money…; and I would have had more than anybody! I mean, I'm…; I was turning down friends. People that I know. 5 million…; 10 million…; people would give me anything! And they put them in these packs, which are crooked as hell. They…are…horrible. No, they're horrible. No, they’re horrible…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. And the packs aren't supposed to be running the campaign, but they're running the campaigns. They're running the campaigns. You know, they're totally…it's…it's out of control…I'll be honest, it's out of control.
But it's hard for me! You know, because my whole life I take money, right? I make money. [It’s] like some of us, we’re businessmen…; we make money. We grab! Money! Money! Money! I love money, right!? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. No, it’s true. And we get greedy. And more, and more…! And then all of a sudden, it's like…I say, “no, I don't want it”. I wanna to do something else. I wanna be greedy, but I wanna be greedy…for the United States. We wanna bring money into the United States…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.  I really do! I really do! The hell with the business stuff. My kids will take the business. My executives, they'll run it…;
We built a great business. I built an incredible business. Some of the greatest assets of the world. Very little debt. Tremendous cash flow. [It’s] just a great business. And…frankly…you know Doral, in Miami; and…Turnberry, in Scotland, and…so many different things. Buildings in Manhattan…; the Bank of America building in San Francisco…1290 avenue…; they’re…; I mean, there’re so many great things! And nobody knew that! You know, when I filed…because I’m a private person.
So, the pundits…the geniuses…they go and they say, “well I don't think he's going to run!”. And…I ran. They said…they don't believe it. Then they said, “he'll never file form a Form A. Form A is a single piece of paper. You sign it [and] you're signing your life away. Boy, there's so many beautiful people in this audience! I'm looking at these…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…these are good…these are a good…such a great looking group of people!
But I say…form…Form A! They say, “he'll never sign it”. I signed it. Then they say, “well, you know, he'll never put in his financials. Because…he's probably not as successful as people think”.
So…all of the politicians, they'll file…they'll do financials on one paper…; my financials…were almost a hundred pages long. Done by the biggest accounting firms…and lawyers in Washington. And I put them in. They said, “well, he'll ask for extensions!”. Because you can have an extension forever.
And I said, “I don't want any extensions”. 30 days, boom! Certified. Done. Put it.
And they went, and these characters…Well, look at all those cameras! Look at that! Look at it! Take a look…take a look back there! Is that incredible!? Wow! Wow! Wow! …-THE CROWD CHEERS. Do we have any protesters…? Because if we had some protesters, they'll turn the cameras to the protesters. We may have to stage a phony protester…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. That's the only way they show the size of these crowds. This crowd is amazing! I didn't know what the hell I was doing! It…I came here [and] I said, “how many people?”.
They said, “I don't know, maybe about 10,000”. This is an incredible thing.
So, we go out, and…filed the papers, and the company is…incredible. And they get…you know, the…frankly, the…press reports were…great. But they were looking for something else. The only reason I say that is…that's the kind of thinking we need in the country. We have 19 trillion dollars…; it's a mess. We have China…; Japan…; Mexico…; new one, Vietnam…; we have these countries absolutely killing us on trade.
With China, we have a trade deficit of five…hundred…billion…dollars…a year. Think of that. How the hell can you have 500 billion dollars a year? You can't have it! Who ever heard of it!? Five hundred billion dollars…a year. And it's been like that for a long time. They have been…draining us.
I have the greatest business people in the world. They're dying to get involved. They don't want money. They don't want anything. I they wanna do it…their ego! It's like…chess players. They wanna do it…because the game is not fair. And we can't continue to go on like this. You see the bubble is ready to pop. I don't know if you know. We're sitting on a very dangerous bubble, folks, just so you understand. We are sitting…and I've been very good at predicting markets, as you probably heard. We are sitting…on a very…dangerous…bubble. We're so tied into China. We're so tied into Asia. When they go bad, we go bad. And the whole thing is ridiculous.
And what we have…is we have a deficit with, as an example, Mexico…! And by the way, while we're talking about Mexico…Mexico is killing us…killing us on trade, but they're killing us at the border…; and guess what: we will build the wall. You know that. We will build the wall…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're gonna build the wall.
And yesterday, the top…person…[the] President of Mexico, said, “we will never, ever…pay for that wall!”. And the press called me up!
And they said…called her on, the head…man. Top person. “He said he won't pay. He won't pay for it”.
And you know what I said? I said, “the wall…just got 10…feet…higher”. It’s true! …-THE CROWD CHEERS. It’s true! Oh, they've been ripping us! They've been ripping us.
And you know, I have many Mexicans work for me. I’ve many, many Hispanics. They're incredible people. They're great people. And Mexico is wonderful! But their leaders are too smart for our leaders.
When I announced that I was running…I started talking about illegal immigration. Nobody else brought it up! Nobody else talked about it! Nobody talking about walls. Nobody talked about borders. I talked about it…boy, was I being killed by the press! How dare you talk about illegal immigration!? It's so terrible! You shouldn't it…first of all, it knocked the hell out of our economy, in a sense. But also…the danger, and the people that are coming in…; and when I say “Mexico is forcing…”; many of these people that are coming in…believe me, we don't wanna have…; we have a hundred and…seventy…nine…thousand…criminal illegal aliens. Think of it. A 170…as of last week! They just announced it! A 179…thousand! That's filling up Yankee Stadium four times. We have a 179 thousand…criminal…illegal…immigrants. [We] can’t have it, folks. They’re going back. They're all going back. [We] can't have it. [We] can’t have it…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Now we have this president…and we all have heart! Everybody in this room has heart. We wanna take care of people…! But we gotta take care of our own people first! We gotta rebuild our country! We gotta rebuild our country. Our infrastructure is falling apart…; our roads are a disaster…; our airports are…like…from third world countries.
I go all over the world, I see airports…I never saw anything like it. And I'm a builder. I'm a…really good builder! I see airports in different places of the world…; you go to some of these…Asian…countries…; you go to…some of the Middle east…; I’ll tell you what: you go to Saudi Arabia…; you go to Qatar…; you go to different places in China…you see airports and infrastructure…the likes of which you've never seen. They haven't China trains…that are so…modern, so fast, so incredible…you've never seen anything [like it]! We don't have anything! We got trains, they go, ‘bohop, bohop’…-MR. TRUMP PRETENDS HE BOUNCES. THE CROWD LAUGHS. You know, they're like from…a hundred and fifty years ago. We're becoming a third world country.
In the Middle East, we've spent…if you add it all up, two trillion…in Iraq. We have nothing by the way. In Iraq. What do we have? Nothing! We should have never been there. I said…and I should get points for vision. But we should have never, ever, in a million years…been there. All we did is knock out…; but…and then you're gonna see Bush come up and give his brother an ad: “Oh, great job brother! Break…great job! Great job!”…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
2 trillion dollars…2 trillion dollars. We lost thousands of lives…; we have wounded warriors who I love all over the place. We have…nothing! Iran…is gonna take over Iraq! They're doing it now! As we're here…! You're sitting, you're standing…Iran is taking over Iraq. That’s all! The second largest oil reserves in the world.
Now, you had these two forces…they were equal, militarily. And they were going…all the time! That's all they do. Fight. They fight. They fight. They quit…they fight. It never moved! What was the same. Saddam Hussein would hit with gas. They'd hit him with gas. And they’d negotiate. They’d rest for two years. And then it started…; this is what happened! We knocked out…and this is what I said! 2003…2004, take a look. Reuters. Trump says, “don't go into Iraq! You're gonna destabilize the Middle East!”. That's exactly what happened. That's exactly what happened!
And by the way, I'm more…militaristic…than anybody in this room! I'm a big, big, big fan of the military. Believe me…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And…and by the way, we're gonna take care of our vets. Our vets are not being treated properly. Our vets are not…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They're not being treated…our vets are not being treated properly. We're gonna take care of our vets! All right? Believe me! And it's gonna happen! And it's gonna happen fast. They're being treated…; we have illegal immigrants being treated better than our vets. [That's] not gonna happen. Our vets are gonna be treated…good.
But we're gonna rebuild our military. Bigger, better, stronger than ever before… [it’s the] cheapest thing we can do, by the way. [The] cheapest thing we can do. And hopefully we never have to use it. But nobody, nobody's gonna mess around with us anymore. Nobody….-THE CROWD APPLAUDS. Nobody.
You know, you look, we can't beat ISIS. We can't beat anything. And that's what it is! We don't win with the military. We don't win in trade. We don't win it anything! We don't win on anything! I'll tell you on trade: many, many companies…are moving out of the United States. It’s called corporate inversion. Many, many companies. You just saw Pfizer you know how great a company Pfizer is? They're leaving the United States. They're moving to Ireland. You have other companies. They're leaving the United States! It used to be they’d leave New York; they’d move to South Carolina. That was okay, right? Right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS. Brad, that was good, right? …-MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SOMEBODY SPECIFICALLY. I know…some of these guys they're very successful. I have friends of mine…big Brad. “Stand up, Brad, say hello”. [I’m] Gonna give him his big shot in life. Great people. Very successful people!
But we have corporate inversion taking place. It’s a disaster! Our companies are leaving the United States now! They're not moving to South Carolina! They're not moving to Florida! They're moving to Asia! They're moving to Europe! Because the taxes are too high here. We have the highest…taxes…in the world! The highest. And companies are moving out. [The] Companies have, actually, in my opinion, the government says two and a half trillion…I say it's closer to five…trillion dollars outside of this country! The companies can't get their money back in. No matter what they do! They've been working on it!
The Democrats…listen to this one. The Democrats agree. And the Republicans agree. We're going to bring the money back. They can't get a deal done. Do you know why? Because we don't have a leader as a president! That's all it is! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We could bring…three…four…five trillion dollars back here…if we had somebody that could get people into a room, sit down for two hours, and knock heads together, and get a good deal done! And we can't. So, companies are leaving the United States…for taxes, and also to get the money that's already theirs! They can't get it back in!
So, here's the story: we're gonna do things…that are gonna be so amazing. You are gonna be so…happy. We're gonna bring the trade. And we're gonna get that trade so incredible…; in Mexico…we have so many companies moving, to Mexico!
Ford is building a two and a half billion-dollar plant…and I just read today in the Wall Street Journal that now they're increasing it. They're gonna do even more investment in Mexico. How the hell does that help us? How does it help us? It doesn't help us even a little bit. So they're gonna make…cars, trucks, and…and parts. And they're gonna bring them into the United States. No tax, no nothing. We close up factories. They open up factories. What the hell are we doing!? It's not gonna happen! Folks, it's not gonna happen anymore! We're gonna be smart.
And…and here's what I say. And I tell this all the time…! …-THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. Nabisco is moving their big plant from Chicago into Mexico, right? And you know the story: we're not eating Oreos more, by the way…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. But you know the story. They're moving a big massive plant…into Mexico.
With Ford…if you get a schleper like Bush…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY-…he's a schleper. You get a guy like Bush, okay? No, really! This guy…I mean, I watch him. I watch him. Think of it! I watch him…remember! [He] spent 38 to 39 million in New Hampshire. I spent three and a half. I'm number one. He's at the bottom. Think of it! And…you know, think of this, for a second. Think of this! In the United States…[in] education…we spend more money per pupil than any other country in the world by far. And when number 30 in the world.
We have third…world…countries that are ahead of us. You have…the early countries Sweden, Norway, Denmark, China…; they're the best. And you have the United States at the back of the pack. We spend much more money. Wouldn't it be nice if we could do it the other way? So, on the campaign…I mean, I shouldn't say this…I…I feel a little guilty saying it, but in one way it's smart. I've spent less money than anybody else. And I'm number one. Right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Right? Nice!
So I've spent less money, and then you have other people, like Jeb, who’s spent more money than anybody else and he's down toward the bottom of the pack! Is that what you want as a president? …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’. No, seriously! [Do] You want to have a guy who spent more money…; and the only reason I do this is…I don't wanna waste…money on ads for the guy. Cause he spent 20 million dollars…on negative advertising against Donald Trump! I don't even know this guy! 20 million dollars! Remember I called him a low-energy person? He's a low-energy person! I said…; no, I said he's a stiff. And I said that if he was in the private sector, he wouldn't be able to get a job. Other than that, I think he's excellent…-THE CROWD LAUGHS AND CHEERS. This is gonna be our president.[paa2] 
The only reason I mention it…is that he spent 20 million dollars! In fact, I told him! I said, “if they ever stopped spending money on negative ads, I'll stop talking about the guy! Cause I hate to waste time on this guy, cause he's not gonna win! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
But I don't like it when somebody…when people…you know, we have to fight back! As a country we have to fight back! You have to fight for your rights! I don't like it! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I don't like it…when people…do that. And…and, you know, we have others. They say things…that are so wrong! They say…they lie! They lie! I really am…truthful. I like to be a truthful person. Overall…overall, that's a good thing.
We had a thing recently, you saw, where Putin said these great things about Donald Trump. Did you see that? He said, “Trump is a genius. Trump is the best leader. Trump is amazing”. Okay. He was saying nice things.
My people, up in the sand, they said, “we want you to repudiate that statement”. I said, “are you crazy!? Why would I repudiate that…!?” …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. Actually, I said, why…wouldn't we want…and wouldn't it be nice, if we could get along with Russia? And get along with somebody? What are we? Crazy? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Isn't it…not…? No, wouldn't it be nice? And wouldn't it be nice…really, really nice…?
You know, I'm seeing the other day, the cost of munitions. The cost of buying missiles. It's tremendous! Wouldn't it be nice if Russia could use some of its missiles on ISIS? We gotta knock ISIS, we gotta knock the hell out of them…-THE CROWD CHEERS. Wouldn't that be nice?
So, I see what's happening…it's going to be…such an unbelievable…week and a half. I'm gonna be with you almost all the time. I have my choice of being at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida; or being in South Carolina with my friends. I'm here.. I'm here…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Now, I may sneak over there every once in a while. It’s not too far…; no, we’re gonna have a lot of time together. We have about…nine days, actually, until the big event. And this is gonna be a very important event, because…we were really…taken care of by the people…of New Hampshire. We really were. We were taken care of…with great respect. We had…even more than the polls. The polls were suggesting twenty-seven, twenty-eight percent…which would have been a nice victory. [A] good victory. Because other people were down at 4…8…9. So, 24, 25. If they would have said, “25, you can have it right now”, I probably would have said, “yes”. And we ended up with thirty-five, thirty-six percent. That's amazing. It’s amazing…-THE CROWD APPLAUDS. Because there's something happening. I mean, I'm telling you. There's something happening.
You're next. It's gonna be so…important. Because if we can win…South Carolina, which is an amazing, incredible place. Incredible people. If we can win…and I don't want your money. I want your vote, to be honest. I don't want your money…-THE CROWD CHEERS. I don't want your money. You know, uh…and…and, one little story.
So…little things. We have a lot of business people. I…recognize some of them. Some of them are friends of mine. I know…; I have some people, like Brad, but…others. And if we can do little things…for instance: In the United States we don't negotiate the price of drugs. We’re the largest…drug. Meaning…to make people better: Drugs to make people better. Not the drugs that flow over the border from…from…where? …-THE CROWD MUTTERS. Mexico. And other places, by the way. Those drugs, they're pouring.
You know, New Hampshire, they have a tremendous heroin problem. Tremendous! They come over the border! I told them, we're gonna stop that problem. We're gonna stop it. The wall’s gonna stop it, by the way. Walls work. When they're…big, beautiful walls…-THE CROWD APPLAUDS. See that ceiling? Anybody gets up there, they're not coming down too easy. Let me tell you.
But…but…we have a…a tremendous problem with that. I mean, you know, you have…something that's really messed up in this country. And…we're gonna solve it! And we're gonna fix it. And we're gonna have to be less…politically…correct. Is that right? Less…politically…correct…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY.
Everything you say today…everything…you know, I went to great schools. I was a good student…all that stuff. Everything you say today, it's like, you don't know, are you offending someone…or…? The country is really screwed up! We have to get back to work! We have to get back to work! We have to build it back up again! And I'll tell you something: a lot of people in the audience will like this, I think. But…you know, you go to a department store today, what don't you see? ‘Christmastime’. You don't see ‘Merry Christmas’ anymore. We're gonna be saying ‘Merry Christmas’ at Christmas. Believe me. And we're gonna see signs! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. THEY START GETTING UP. Come on, get up! It’s true!
So…no, we are. [Did] you ever see? You go to a department store now, everyone's afraid. I mean, they're nice people. They own the store, but the big stores and…you don't see Merry Christmas anymore. Why? Why? Why don't you see it? Why don't you see it? I tell you what: it's something…; it's gonna change. It's all gonna change. I say, so many things are under seizure right now.
The Second Amendment is under siege! You see what Obama is trying to do. Hillary is gonna…do a…big number on it, assuming she doesn't…end up in the…uh…-THE CROWD BOOS. Yeah. So…who thinks that Hillary is going to make it? …-THE CROWD BOOS. Who thinks she's going to be able to run, because…the Democrats are protecting her…? and maybe…; first of all, she's got to get through this wacky, socialist guy, Bernie! I will…I…listen!
No, no! Last night…last night, before I made my speech, I said, “I don't wanna make it while he's making it”. I was trying to beat him out there. I said, “yeah, let him go”. He went on forever! He wants to give the country away! Your taxes are gonna be like 95 percent, folks!
So, here's what happens: the drug companies. You can't bid on drugs! It's like…the United States is largest purchaser of drugs in the world. And yet, it's like going into a drug store, and buying something right off the shelf. You don't have the power. The country doesn't have the power to negotiate. [Do] you know why? Because the guys that are running, with the exception of me…the guys that are running are supported by the drug companies…; and the oil companies…! And…the timber companies…and everybody else. Right? So you never make good deals for the country!
So, think of this: we don't have the right to negotiate with drug companies. And I have a friend who’s a doctor. He’s a very successful guy. And he keeps telling me, “I don't understand it. Why can't we negotiate?”.
And then I said to him, “I’ll tell you why! Because the Senators, and the congressman…that are all taken care of by the drug companies, can't…allow that!”. Cause the drug companies are making a fortune! So, if we negotiated…[do] you know what we'd save? Almost three…hundred…billion dollars a year! Can you believe that!? Can you believe it!? …-THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.
Now…now, that's just for doing what you would normally do! Now, negotiating is complicated when you have that…; what you do is very simple! You do a favorite nation clause: ‘whoever buys the drugs, in the whole world, for the lowest price…’; we get that price, and I would add on something. I would say, “less ten percent”, okay? I would say less ten percent…-THE CROWD APPLAUDS. Now, in the military…so think of that: three hundred billion dollars…so maybe it's 200 billion…; maybe it's 350, but…nobody knows!
They talked about…; the other day, one of the politicians came up to me…that I'm running with. And…they were talking about balancing the budget within the next 25 years. I said, “25 years! What the hell are you talking about!?” …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. 25 years, you’re gonna balance the budget? We have so…many…things…that we can do.
So let's just go real quickly, and then I'm gonna take some questions. [are] you ready?
Common Core, a total…disaster…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. A disaster. We're gonna educate our kids…; by the way, Jeb Bush loves Common Core. He wants people educated from Washington. Right there he loses. Jeb Bush loves Common Core. And he loves week borders! Remember the statement? “They come as an act of love”. Give me a break! …-THE CROWD BOOS.
And when I was right…you know, [it] was interesting, because I told you before…I took a lot of heat…when I…came out and I announced that we have to start…do something about illegal immigration. A lot of heat. And then later beautiful Kate was killed in San Francisco. Jameel was killed in Los Angeles. The incredible vet…; uh…uh…we have a woman, who is supposed to be an incredible person, a veteran. 65 years old. Raped, sodomized, and killed…by an illegal immigrant in Los Angeles, recently. And so many more.
And so, all of a sudden, they start…like…coming to me, these politicians. All talk, no action. Believe me. The politicians will never get you to the promised land. Any of them! I know them all! Some of them I like! They're never gonna get you there. The reason is they're all taking care of one way or the other. They can't…; you know, a lot of people say, “how could a deal be…so bad…? These people are stupid!”.
I say, “they're not stupid. They're preservationist. They preserve their job”. That's what they do! They preserve their job. They're good at getting reelected. They're good at getting money. They’re great at getting all of this stuff…; and they'll never…help…you.
So…when…somebody…that…as an example, he's a friend of mine, a good guy: Woody Johnson, of Johnson & Johnson. He's the head of…a…Jeb's campaign. For raising money. Do you think that Jeb is gonna to say…if he…if he ever got in, which is an impossibility. Do you think Jeb is gonna say, “we're gonna now re-negotiate…with drug companies, so we have to put you, people, out to bid? As an example!
Do you think Hillary Clinton…who’s…terrible! Do you think Hillary…?; look at…look at what she did! Look at the damage…she did, as Secretary of State. Now, do you think that Hillary Clinton…who's getting all of this money from Wall Street…although she claims she's not, but it turned out she did. You know, six hundred thousand dollars for a speech. Actually, I've been paid much more than that, but I'm not…like…representing the government, okay? You know, I've actually gotten much, much more than that.
But honestly? When you're representing the government, and you're involved…you know, it's a very…tough thing. There's a very fine line. And I'm not even saying…uh…maybe I am saying…when you get that kind…of money, there's a tremendous scrutiny there. There's a tremendous problem there.
But, you look at what she did, as Secretary of State…and do you remember the ad that she had…? “When you get a phone call at three o'clock in the morning …”. Well, she wasn't there to receive the call when it came to Benghazi, let me tell you! She wasn't there! She was not there! …-THE CROWD APPLAUDS.
So…so I don't know…that we're gonna be fighting…Hillary, cause I find it hard to believe. I look at what she's doing…I looked…I was there! I mean, I was there last night, where…this guy, Sanders, is up ranting, and raving like a lunatic, that…you know, he won…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
But…but, I was there, I saw it! And I'm shocked. You know, because he's so…non-traditional, and I just don't see a socialist as the head of this country! I mean, where are we going to!?
But…but…we are going to do something special. Okay. So, you're ready Common Core, we're gonna…we're gonna keep. Trade we're gonna make great. Military, we're gonna go through the roof…; we are gonna make it so great…; all of the things that I said.
Obamacare? We repeal [it], we replace [it]. It's a disaster. It's a disaster. We can't have it anymore…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Your premiums are going up 25, 35, 45 percent. People are telling me it's a disaster. I know it's a disaster! People in Washington don't have to use it! Our representatives don't have to go that way! They can go…the way they used to be. The whole thing…; we're gonna repeal it, we're gonna replace it…; we're gonna have unbelievable health care. And it's gonna be less expensive for the people. And you're gonna be proud of it. And you're gonna love it. Because people are absolutely dying…with Obamacare.
Obamacare is gonna fail…in 2017 of its own weight. But it's gotta go. And we've gotta get much less expensive, and much…better…coverage…and much…better…healthcare. So we're gonna do it. We’re gonna do it…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…we're gonna make America great again. Our theme is ‘make America great again’. All those red hats. All the white hats. Look at all those hats. But we're gonna make America great again! I think it…says it all.
Somebody said to me, “why do you wanna be President!?”.
I said, “I wanna make America great again”. It's so much easier. Why do I have to go through the whole thing? I wanna make America great again! And we're gonna make it great. We're gonna make it rich. We’re poor! We're a debtor nation. We just did today…19 trillion. It just came over: 19 trillion. I've been saying 18 trillion for the last year. Now it's 19. Very soon, with that horrible budget that was just…the Omnibus. They call it ‘the Omnibus’. With the last budget, that's another two trillion dollars that's going to be added. So it'll be a 21 trillion dollars. So, we're really a debtor nation. We are going to make our nation rich again.
A woman came up. A great woman! She said, “Mr. Trump, I don't like the sound of it, [that] you're gonna make the nation rich”.
I said, “we have to make the nation rich…in order to make it great!”. We have to make the nation rich…and bring it…our jobs back from China…and Mexico…and all of these people! We’re bringing our jobs back! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're not only doing the border…! We're not only doing the border…! We're bringing our jobs back!
And when a Ford wants to move to Mexico…if I'm president, I'd love to do it myself, I guess that's not the exact perfect chain of command, but I'd love to do it myself…; but I'm gonna tell Ford, “no good. No good. You're not going there with the two and a half billion-dollar plant. And if you do, we're gonna charge you thirty five percent tax…every time you sell a car in the United States”. Every single…time! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY.
And I tell the  story! If they called up Hilary, or Ted…; Ted Cruz, or any of these people, who has no business experience…okay? No business experience. They'll call Ted…or Hillary. And they'll call from one of the lobbyists. One of the lobbyists that supported these guys. And these people.
So, one of them will call, they'll say, “listen you have to do this. You have to do it! They gave you millions of dollars! You have to approve this plant!”. They’re gonna…approve it. Believe me, they're gonna approve it. I've hired many lobbyists. They're extremely talented, okay? They’re gonna do it.
If they call me, I’m gonna say, “but it's so good”. But nobody gave me any money! So that they don't own me! They don't…they don't have anything to do with me! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They don't have…anything…; and I'll tell…; and I don't need…; you know, Carl Icahn endorsed me. Many of the great business leaders endorsed me, and…they're gonna be…great. We’ll get the big…; we’ve got the greatest…business…people…in the world! In the world! We don't use them! We use political hacks…to negotiate with China! And China…? They get trained from the time they're three years old…to be great, great business people. They get trained in negotiation. They have like…the triangle! They take the best…! the best…! the best…! All the way up. And that’s who is negotiating with our political hacks. And then you wonder why we're losing five…hundred…billion…dollars a year! And a hundred billion dollars…plus with Japan.
The cars roll in! At they’re the largest ships I've ever seen, in Los Angeles, recently! And the cars are pouring in, from Japan. We sell them practically nothing! We sell them nothing! It's all gonna change! We're gonna make our country so…wonderful again. And…you, people, are gonna be so proud of our country again. Because we're being led by people that don't know what they're doing…! They're grossly incompetent…; in some cases, they’re just stupid people! They’re just stupid people! …-THE CROWD APPLAUDS.
I mean, you take a look at that Iran deal. We pay a hundred and fifty billion dollars, and we get absolutely nothing! Nothing! And then they take our sailors…you saw that on television today, where they have the guns pointing at their head…; they had a rough guy talking! This is not a baby! And they have our ten sailors dropping to their knees…! …with their hands up! And this is supposed to be somebody we're making deals with. And the only reason we got the sailors back…!? …is because the hundred…and fifty…billion…dollars…was due in two days! Or those sailors would still be there!
Who makes deals like this!? Who makes a sergeant Bergdahl deal!? We get Bergdahl…a dirty, rotten traitor…right? …-THE CROWD BOOS. We get Bergdahl…and they knew he was a traitor, because you had a colonel and a general…interviewing all of the people involved! Right on the site.
We lost five…or six people. They don't know. But we lost five or six people. Killed. Young, beautiful…military people. Killed. Looking for sergeant Bergdahl…who left! So, we get Bergdahl…we know he's a spy…and they get…five of the best killers that they have…that they've been coveting…for years! For years! For nine years they've wanted them! And we let them go, and now they'll be back very soon on the battlefield, knocking the hell out of everyone. What the hell are we thinking!? What the hell are we thinking!? So…I just wanna tell you…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…people of South Carolina: we're gonna change it. We're gonna change it. We're gonna change it around. [It] can't go on like this.
When I said to my wife, Melania, I said, “I've gotta do it”. And I'm telling you, I stood at the top of that stairway…and I looked at the escalator…the famous now. It's a famous…and it was famous before, but then it really became famous! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. But you had to see…the press! You had to see the cameras. It looked like the Academy Awards. And I took a deep breath. I said, “we have no choice!”. I took a deep breath. I said, “let's go!”. And we're gonna straighten it out. And it's been all…; from the day I announced, practically, we've been number one in the polls. And we're gonna do it! We're gonna do it…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Because the people of our country…love the country, and all of that. But you know what? They're really smart! They really get it! They know we're going down the tubes! We're going down the tubes! And we're gonna stop it! And you're gonna be so proud of it. And you're gonna be proud that you were here. And you're gonna be proud of your president. And you're gonna be so proud of your country again.
We're not gonna have deals where our sailors…are put on their knees with their hands up…; we're not gonna have that anymore. It's not gonna happen that way anymore…-THE CROWD APPLAUDS. It's not gonna happen that way anymore.
So…I was gonna take some questions, but you know, it's sort of like…it's such a high…; you know, Elton John, who’s obviously a great guy…; when you finish with a great song, don't go back for the encores. Right!? Right!? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. So should I do it? I mean, this is such a…-THE CROWD CHEERS VIVIDLY-…should I take a couple of questions? …-THE CROWD CHEERS. All right! I hate doing it! Because we finish it such a high, beautiful point…! Now I'll take some really crummy questions…; and you'll leave, you'll say, “that was a lousy evening!”, right? All right! Come on! Encore! Encore! Let's give some…uh…questions.
Go ahead! That gentleman, holding…a very good book called The Art of the Deal. Go ahead! Anybody holding The Art of the Deal, and wearing my cap, the question can't be so bad! Do we agree!? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Okay! Go ahead!

A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.42.47:
 Okay. Get it over here. Come on. See? He's an aggressive! He's an aggressive…! Get me a pen, Jared. He’s an aggressive school teacher. Oh, what a book! He's got the cheap version, see? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. Come on! I'll take it. Okay, man. Here you go. Ready? …-MR. TRUMP THROWS THE BOOK BACK. Okay! He got it.
Okay! Question! Yes, go ahead! Clemson! Clemson guy! Good, strong looking guy…-THE CROWD CHEERS. [Do] you go to school here? You're a little young, right? Okay. Let's go. Come on, make it good.

A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.43.49:
 Well, you know what? The polls are showing that we beat Hillary. We're gonna beat hear. And, honestly? Women don't like her. Men don't like her…; uh…take a look at what's happening to her! …-THE CROWD CHEERS. A guy that nobody ever heard of…literally, is beating her so badly! I don't know! I don't…I…honestly? I talk about Hillary. I, honestly, don't know if Hillary's gonna be running. Do you like Hillary?
A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.43.55:
 But we’re gonna beat her. But we’re gonna beat her. Go ahead.

THE SAME MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES ANOTHER QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.44.15:
 Yeah, you…you…he knows what he’s talking about. He knows…; let…let me tell you, it’s a good point.
The Republicans are the structural disadvantage. You understand that. And what he's saying is right. They’re giving away so much stuff that we have to be really good. We really have to get somebody good. Because an average person is not going to win…and I mean that. These people that I'm running…; they're not gonna win.
One of the things I'm gonna do…I have a chance of winning New York. I'm gonna win Michigan. I'm talking about cars all the time! They just did a poll in Michigan…I'm gonna win Michigan. Michigan is not in play for a Republican, except for me. I win certain states, and I think we’re gonna win a lot of states…that nobody, as a regular Republican, and these guys are just regular, Republicans are…ay, ay, ay! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
You know, did you ever hear the six states? You have to win…; you have to win Ohio…; you have to win Florida…; you have to do…win…; we're gonna win states outside of that! For instance, if I won New York, we’re I have a possibility…remember? I defended the honor of New York, a few weeks ago, at the debate. If I win New York, that's got so many delegates. It's so big…that the elections over, essentially! It's over!
So, we're gonna win things, that nobody else is going to win.
Okay! Question. Go ahead! Uh…you look like a vet. Are you a vet!? I love this guy! He’s a vet. I love my vets! I love my vets! …-THE CROWD CHEERS. Who is that young guy next to you…? Who is that guy?
That’s good. Good.

A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.45.46:
Green hair. Oh, gray! Oh! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
Okay.
Well, Medicare…is…everything's under siege now, folks, just so you understand it! Medicare is…uh…it’s…something that actually works! Right? You know that. It works!
Now, there's tremendous…fraud, waste, and abuse. But Medicare works! And some of these people want to get rid of it! It's not gonna happen! We're gonna bring back our money. We're gonna bring back our jobs. We're gonna save our Medicare. We're gonna save our social security. We're gonna keep it going.
You know, you've been paying into Social Security. You've been paying into this stuff…all your life, practically! Right!? And now they wanna take it away. They wanna raise the age. They wanna do all sorts of things! They wanna give you a lot less! They wanna take it away from a lot of people! [It’s] Not gonna happen! [It’s] not gonna happen. Okay? And Medicare, we have to be very careful. We have to protect it.
Okay, that guy right over there, with a red jacket.
A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.47.11:
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, man!
Go ahead!
I think we could do it very quickly. You know, just what I told you. Drugs, right? You know, you have that with a military. The military is forced to order weapons…that they don't want! Because of political people…that wanna sell those weapons, because their political power. And then not getting weapons that they do want, because that company doesn't have the political juice, right? We're gonna get the right weapons. We're gonna get them for the right price. But it's a great question. And I appreciate your first statement very much, man. I knew I was doing a good thing when I chose you.
I should almost…; I think maybe I should end on that statement, not question, right?
All right. Go ahead, go ahead, give it to him. I’ll get you! Go ahead!

A MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.48.08:
Ah, Georgia is  great! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUSD. Georgia is good! Georgia is good!

Go ahead! Let's go! Go ahead, my man!
 
Hey, did we have a good time tonight!? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APLPAUDS VIDIDLY-…considering the fact that the subject matter is a little bit depressing. Believe me! If…you vote for Trump…and again, I don't want your money, I want your vote. [If] You vote for Trump, [and] we win here, we're gonna run the table. If we win here, after winning so big in New Hampshire, all of these characters are gonna give it up. We're gonna run the table, and we will make America great again. That I can tell you! Okay!? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

Oh, oh, my question is…[it] just got wiped out by the crowd! The hell with it! I'm gonna sign over here!
 
I love you people! You're special people! Make sure you get out and vote…! Nine days…! Get out and vote! We're gonna make America great again! Thank you all! I'm gonna sign! I love you!
