VIDEO Nº: 130
TITLE:130. Speech Donald Trump - Bentonville AR - February 27 2016 
DATE OF EVENT:27/02/2016
RELEASE DATE:27/02/2017
DURATION:01.04.17 Hrs.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full 
Nº OF WORDS:11012 
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Wow! Thank you, Chris. Thank you very much. I really…appreciate it. Look at this turnout. This is incredible. And there are many people…outside that can't get into the hangar. The fire marshal won't let them in. Oh, fire marshal, let me talk to you! Please! Please! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
But it's such an honor. And, you know, we've had tremendous results here. And I think we're gonna do very well here. We're gonna do well everywhere. I think the only place we're tied actually is Texas. We're tied in Texas. And I think we have a really…good chance of winning Texas…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. People…are so…tired of these politician, this…all talk, no action…-THE CROWD CHEERS. And I've been watching it. I've dealt with them all my life. I've been watching it all my life. I got a little glimpse of it, just now, coming in. I watched this lightweight, Rubio. A total lightweight…-THE CROW LAUGHS. And…little mouth on him. Bing, bing, bing! Bing, bing, bing, bing, bing! …-MR. TRUMP SIMULATES HE PLAYS A TRUMPET. THE CROWD LAUGHS. And his new attack is he calls me a con artist I'm a con man, right?[MOU1] 
You know, I built a great business. And believe me, I wish my father loaned me 200 million, or gave me 200 million! I wish he had 200 million in those days. I'll tell you what. I wish my father gave me that money. Uh…I borrowed a tiny amount of money, a million dollars. I started a business. It's worth much more than ten billion dollars right now. I filed unbelievable statements with the FEC, Federal Elections. And…the press…knows. They fully understand, because they went down there. They were like…a bunch of ants. They were all over the place. And they were so disappointed to see…what a great company it is. Some of the great assets of the world, very little debt, tremendous cash flow…; and it says it all. [It’s the] first time I've ever done that, because I'm a private company. And believe me, if I didn't have a good statement, I wouldn't have been able to run, because I wouldn't have been able to file! And the filing is amazing. And the company is amazing.
And the reason I tell you that, is because…that's the thinking we need. We have 19 trillion dollars in debt. We're going up to 21 trillion dollars as a country. Our country is a mess! We're losing our business. Companies are moving into Mexico; they're moving to China; they’re moving to Ireland…! Pfizer just announced [that] they’re gonna move to Ireland. [A] great company! They're moving to Ireland! They're moving all over the world. They're leaving us.
And our numbers, that five percent number you hear unemployment? [it’s] total fiction. It's probably 25. It could even be 30 percent. Because when somebody looks for a job, and they give up, like most people do, they go home. They say, “I can't do it anymore”. They're considered statistically employed. We have a real problem, folks. And we're gonna get it solved, okay? We're gonna get it solved---THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But, I…I will address…uh…you know, little Rubio…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. This guy, has a fresh mouth. He's a very nasty guy, and I actually thought that Ted Cruz was a liar, but Rubio is worse! I mean, he's worse! And I watched. I must tell you, one of the reasons I love having Chris…and Chris called me a couple of days ago. [He] said, “you know what? What you have is a movement. I've never seen anything like it”. He said [it]! And he's a pro. He's one of the real endorsements that I wanted. And he called me! I would have called him! I was sort of like getting ready to call him, and out of the blue, Chris called. And he said, “I wanna endorse you, and your campaign. I've never seen anything like it”. And many people have never seen anything like it! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Peggy Noonan, who is terrific, she writes a fantastic piece today in The Wall Street Journal, talking about it. What's happening is amazing. Time magazine, a few weeks ago, a cover story. The…movement that we've created.
But…just to address…so, I was…in New Hampshire, which we won, by the way. We! Not me. We! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We won. And I saw…a meltdown of a human being, like I've never seen. It was Rubio. And it was Chris…who started. And, I'll tell you what. He is one prosecutor! Isn't he? …-THE CROWD CHEERS. In all fairness. But he started, and he looked at Rubio, and they went back and forth, and all of a sudden…and, you have to understand. I'm in the center…I've been in the center for every single debate now, which is nice. Senator means good. I told CNN, “well, are you gonna announce that I'm number one?”.
“No”.
I said, “well, nobody's gonna know I’m number one unless you announce it!”.
They said, “you're in the center”.
I said, “I don't care! Nobody knows that”.
But they don't wanna do that. They should do that, right? But, they don't wanna do that. They never wanna do that stuff. They never wanna do anything good. I'm not just talking about them, I'm talking about…the other ones too. The media …? The most dishonest…human beings on earth, I'm telling you…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. The most!
And we're gonna, by the way, while I'm on that subject, I am gonna do everything I can, if I win. They write false stories. They write nasty false stories, and they know their false. I've had some written…more than I've ever seen before! In the last…period of a few months. They write false stories. You can't really sue, because the libel laws are, essentially, non-existent. We're gonna open up the libel laws, so when they write falsely, we can sue the media…and we can get the story corrected and get damages, right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Believe me. [It’s] so important.
And you know what? It'll be amazing how honest they become. Right now, they can say anything they wanna say. Some day, in the not-too-distant future, if I win, they're not gonna get away with this stuff that they get away with. And I think we all feel…don't…don’t we feel that way? It's terrible…-THE CROWD CHEERS. [They are] Very, very dishonest people.
But I watched Chris go after this…uh…lightweight Rubio. I call him lightweight Rubio. I watched it. And…I'm sitting here…-MR. TRUMP WHOS HIS RIGHT SIDE-…and he's over here. Somebody [is] on my left, [it] doesn't matter. And he's over here…-AGAIN, ON MR. TRUMP’S RIGHT-…and I see him starting to sweat! Like I have never…seen…anything…like it! Thank god he has really large ears. The biggest ears I've ever seen! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. Because they were protecting him. It was going…I have never…seen…any human being…sweat…like this guy[MOU2] .
And…he said…the Obama statement…once. And that was fine. And then he said it twice. And I'm standing…I have nothing to do with it, cause Chris is over here, he's over here…-MR. TRUMP POINTS FIRST TO HIS LEFT AND THEN TO HIS RIGHT-…just on my right! He said it a second time. And I said, “ah, that’s strange!”. I'm going like this…-MR. TRUMMP RAISES HIS ARMS. “That's strange”.
Then he said the same exact words! You know, he memorizes phrases. Like the con man! I saw Bret Baier yesterday say, “I never said…”. He said con man so many times during the interview! “Trump's a con man. Trump's a con man”. The last thing I am is a con man, folks. I built a great business, okay? I built a great business…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And…and by the way, think of this: then I do a television show called The Apprentice, and it becomes one of the top shows on television. [It was] tremendously successful…-THE CROWD CHEERS. And by the way, they wanted to renew me, and I couldn't do it because I was doing this. And, Steve Burke, the head of Comcast, [a] great guy, comes into my office: “Donald, we wanna renew you”.
I said, “Steve I'm gonna run for president”. You can't do both, okay? It's called equal time laws or whatever it's called but you can't.
He said, “please, please!”. I said, “no, I'm gonna do this”. And…we chose, cause I have a big…you know, stake in The Apprentice, going forward and everything else. And…we chose Arnold Schwarzenegger. Let's see how he does, right? Let's see…-THE CROWD CHEERS. I hope he does well, but who knows, right!? I know Trump did well. 14 seasons!
So I had this tremendous show, that was one of the most successful shows on television. And really one of the most successful, and we came up with the expression “you are fired!”. And…it's been…it’s been great. And you got to know my kids: Ivanka, Don, Eric, and a lot of other people. And, my family I'm so proud of…; but, so we do a show it's greatly successful.
I do…books, right? I do The Art of the Deal. One of the most successful, probably the most successful, but one of the most successful business books, and books of its kind…ever written. And…I did many other books. Twelve other books. Many bestsellers!
And then, I built this business…that is unbelievable. Some of the greatest assets in the world. Turnberry, in Scotland. Doral, in Miami. Buildings all over the place. Big chunks of the Bank of America building in San Francisco. [I] built a city, practically, on the west side of Manhattan. A big chunk of 1290 Avenue of the America's, [the] biggest floor plates in New York, just about the biggest floor plates. I think they are the biggest floor plates. And just built 40 Wall Street, Trump Tower. So many things. And then I listened to this light, little nothing say, “Trump's a con man”. Isn't it a disgrace? I mean, seriously…-THE CROWD CHEERS. You know, it's…it's really…it really is…; maybe we'll make the…uh…the libel laws also so we can sue lying politicians, you know, because…-THE CROW CHEERS.
But…but, it's you know it's very insulting when you hear it: And thank goodness I have this! Where I can get off and counteract it. Because they say things that are so wrong. Now, I don't know what Cruz is saying, but these two guys are in big trouble. They're in big trouble…-SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD YELLS ‘WHO CARES!?’. Yeah, it's almost like ‘who cares’. But, they're in big trouble.
Rubio's won nothing. He couldn't get elected dog catcher in Florida. They hate him in the state of Florida…-THE CROW CHEERS AND LAUGHS. No, no, think of it. He's a politician, and Chris went over, [he] never votes, [he] never anything. He couldn't, right now, if he ran for office in Florida, he wouldn't get elected to any office! They cannot…stand him. Because…Florida is like a second home. They cannot stand the guy. And he…abandoned them. Think of it: he runs for Senate. He wins. They give their confidence, he wins. And before he even runs, he's looking for another position, and he never goes to vote, on some of the most important bills. He's never voting! They hate him in Florida. That's why I'm up 22 points. Can you imagine? …-THE CROWD CHEERS.
We have…we have a sitting senator…at least with Cruz we’re even. That's not so great for him either! Because he's a sitting senator! In Texas. So…but, in Florida, we have a sitting…senator, and I'm up by…a tremendous amount. [In] every poll. Because they can't stay in the guy.
Now, here's the story: he…sat, and he stood, and he thought he was going down. And I said, “man, I think he's choking!”…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. I love…you know, I love…it's called…human…whatever! I love watching whatever happens. I said, “I'm about to witness history! This guy's going down!” …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. “This guy's going down!”. And I'm looking. And I'm getting ready! Because, I'm…you know, it's like a lot of people, I'm a pretty strong guy. And I'm getting ready to grab him, because I thought he was…I thought he was out.
And…he starts sweating, and honestly, this is true! [He’s] got a problem! I have never seen a human being sweat like he sweats.
So Chris…Christie is grilling him. So he says it twice. Now he says it a the third time. I said, “no, that's not good, cause three times the exact same line”. [It was] memorized! And then a fourth, and then a fifth. And I'm looking like, “wow!”. But I'm getting ready to grab him, because I'm telling you, he's going down…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
 I have never seen…it looked like he jumped in a swimming pool with his clothing on, and then came back. Now for the last debate, I go back, and I see him with makeup, and it's like he's putting it on with the trowel, okay? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. And then he got very aggressive right at the beginning. Now, I knew they were gonna do that, both of them. They double-teamed me, because-…and I got great reviews! Do you know that every…single…poll…Drudge, Slate…Time…I think Time magazine…; every…single…poll had me winning that debate, which is amazing! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Every single poll.
Not all of the…pundits had me winning. But every…single…poll. And, many of the pundits, but not all of them. Some of them, no matter what…if I was Abraham Lincoln debating…he was a very good debater, they'd say, “it wasn't a great night”. You know, a couple of them would say, “it was not a great night”. I thought it was a great! …-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. But…right? But I was double-teamed by these two.
But with Rubio, just to finish off with him; so, I knew it was gonna be one of these nights, cause everybody was saying, “oh, they've gotta do it”. They have no choice, because they're getting killed. We're…we're way ahead. We're way ahead nationally. We're way ahead here, and every place. We gotta win! We gotta win Arkansas…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We gotta win Arkansas. We gotta win.
Maybe I'll start shopping…permanently…at Walmart if we win Arkansas…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I'll never go anywhere else. No, we gotta win Arkansas. I love it. I love the people of Arkansas. I know it’s so many people…; they're great people. These are great people.
But…but just remember this…-SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES IT-…that's right, thank you. But just remember this: politicians are never gonna get you to the promised land: They're never ever gonna get you to the promised land. And…things were said in previous speeches, and probably by Cruz also. But I didn't get to see Cruz, which it just falls. So many things I've done so well.
For instance, they talk Trump University. It's a small deal. Very small. But, I got sued…by a lawyer…who…sues. Uh…and they sue! Because they wanna see if they get some money back. I could have settled this suit…numerous times. I could settle it now! But I don't like settling suits, because when you settle lawsuits, everybody sues you. It's a little business story.
I have friends, they settle lawsuits and they can't understand why are they always sued. I don't settle lawsuits! We have people at Trump University that wrote…most of them, that wrote statement. And they wrote the statement, where [they said], “I love the school”, “I love this, it’s…”; for some reason, I never saw these [people/reports] before. We call them report cards. They did like report cards. Essentially, report cards. Where…at the end of the class, at the end of the period of time, they did [a] study. They did a report card on how you like it. Some even did film clips, where they actually are in film saying great things!
The person that started the suit…wrote a great statement saying, “it was fantastic”. And did a film clip…saying that it was fantastic. And they've just asked that she…be…taken out of the case. She doesn't wanna be in the case anymore. And the reason they want is because she's a terrible plaintiff because she said all these great things about Trump University, and she's on film saying how great it is!
So, they put an emotion, which…of course the papers don't write this…they put in a motion saying that take her…her name is Tarla [Makaeff] or something. “Take her out of the case!”. The reason they want her out of the case is, she is a horrible, horrible witness. She's got in writing that she loves it!
And I could have settled it. And when I saw her documentation, I said, “why would I give her money?”. She loved the case, and she's done tape. Why would I give her money? [I] Probably should have settled it, but I just can't do that. Mentally I can't do it. I'd rather spend a lot more money and fight. The…-THE CROWD LAUGHS, CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, you got to. You got to.
Hey, [it] would have been much easier if I settled it. [It] would have probably been cheaper, but I don't care. It would have been much easier…it would have been cheaper! [It] would have been much easier, but just so you understand!
So, these people…all it is is people put up something, and now they get letters, “oh, can you get your money back?”.
“Oh, we'll get our money back. Yeah, let's join”.
The Attorney General of New York…this is all a civil case, by the way. It's a simple civil case. The Attorney General of New York meets with Barack Obama in Syracuse. The following day he sues me. What they don't say is, I believe, 15,000, or a lot of money was paid to the Attorney General by the law firm in California that's suing me. See? I'm giving you sort of a life experience, because it's…it isn't this more interesting than talking about trade? A trade is easy for us! Trade is easy! But this is sort of life. This is almost like a story on success. Because this is the way the world works. This is sort of the way the world works.
So, the Attorney General gets a campaign contribution from the law firm that’s suing me. All of a sudden, the Attorney General, who’s name is Eric Schneiderman…not respected in New York; doing a terrible job; probably, [he] is not electable in New York, but who knows. And…he meets with Obama, gets a campaign contribution…I think…I think it's 15,000 dollars. And all of a sudden, he meets with Obama, in…I believe Syracuse, and the following day or two, he brings a lawsuit against me!
Now, much of that lawsuit has been won by me. He's appealing it! It's on appeal right now. But, much of that case…it's a long time already. But much of that case, we won. It's won! I…I don't mean we settled…I…; we've won much of that case. They missed the statute of limitations…and most of it is going away. But, nobody writes that. Nobody wants to write that.
The rest of it we're doing very well. We have a very hostile judge, because, to be honest with you, the judge should have thrown the case out on summary judgment. But because it was me, and because there's a hostility toward me by the judge…tremendous hostility! Beyond belief! Uh…I believe he happens to be Spanish, which is fine. He's Hispanic, which is fine[MOU3] . And we haven't asked for recusal, which we may do. But we have a judge who’s very hostile. [It] should have been thrown out. [It] wasn't thrown out! And I say, “I'd rather go to court”. Because when you go to court, and you have witnesses [who] get up there; and then they have to say, “but why did you sign a document, saying that you love the school, etc. etc.; why should you pay money for that?”.
So, I just wanted to give you a little bit of the parameters, cause you keep hearing about…Trump University. So, it's a civil case. It's a…sleazebag…law firm, that…does these class action cases. They're very routine. And, I will win the case in the end! I just didn't wanna be forced to settle. And I could have settled it before I did this. And I knew somebody would try and use it for publicity, but I believe I can turn it around. [This is] just to show you, how dishonest these people are. And that's the case…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And, just to finish, if I didn't have a hostile judge in California, this case would have ended…years ago. [It] would have ended a long time ago. Okay.
Are you ready?
So, that took place with Rubio. Rubio is going nowhere. I think he's going nowhere. [He] hasn't won at all. They’re fighting! Now, what they wanna do is they wanna take Trump on individually. They're all fighting.
I saw this morning. Uh… “we should get out. This one should get out. That one should get out. Kasich should should get out”, who’s a nice guy, by the way. Even though…but he's a little tougher than you think. He's another one. He's very nice, “oh, that’s so terrible [that] you're fighting. Oh, it's so terrible! It's so terrible”. ..-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. He's always in the end. You know, close to getting out. You know, when you're on those end positions…I won't mention what I told other people. But, when you're in the end position, that means you're close to…it's close to over.
But every time these…these two guys were hitting me, he looks like, “oh, that's so terrible that you guys are fighting. You know, this…we should have peace”. That's all good. But, the worst ads that would take it against me were taken by Kasich. And, you know, like he's such a nice guy…and he is! He’s fine!
But I'm…in…the…I'm in New Hampshire, which we won. By the way, we won New Hampshire. We won Nevada! We won Nevada! …-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. We won South Carolina. It was so beautiful! And I'm watching them. I said…I actually tweeted today, “we won South Carolina!”. We won South Carolina, what a great memory. And now I'm watching Bernie…and Hillary fighting in South Carolina…-THE CROWD BOOS. And I have the victory on the Republican side.
And you know what I saw, which was amazing? We had the largest turnout in the history of South Carolina. I won by…tremendous numbers, right? [A] landslide, right? [A] landslide. Beyond! And don't forget! That was supposed to be a hundred percent Ted Cruz. That was gonna be his…; you couldn't beat him there…; impossible to beat him there…; not only did I beat him, we killed him by…what was it? Like 20 points? Some unbelievable amount. I won with every…single…category. I won with women, with men, with evangelicals, with military, with the vets…; we won with rich; we won with less than rich; we won with highly educated; we won with pretty good…education; and we won with people that didn't do so much with the education, but they're doing well anyway. I love them! Okay? I love them! I love them! …-THE CROW CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They're my people! They're my people!
But we won with virtually every category. And then we go to Nevada, and we win. I mean, we…that was a blowout! We just won with everything. And I felt it! Because that was a caucus! I was a little worried with the caucus stuff, because caucuses can get a little dishonest? Can I say that word, ‘dishonest’?
And I went to one caucus, which is the biggest one, in Las Vegas! And, I'll tell you, there was such love. They went crazy! And…there were probably 2,000 people in the room. And of the 2,000 people, a hundred…people, maybe, I don't even think that…were, possibly, going to vote for somebody else. Everybody was on our side! And I said, “this is a good sign”.
I got back to the room. It was long before seven o'clock when the polls actually closed over there at seven o'clock. And they're already saying, “this thing's over”. Because they…all over the state it was the same way. And we ended up…getting…a tremendous victory by…it wasn't even a contest…-THE CROWD CHEERS. So, again: with evangelicals, with military, with everybody.
So, it's been like a great…great experience. And, part of it is…anger. And part of it is you're tired of the politicians. You're tired of guys…-THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY-…you're tired…you know what? I'm tired…and you're tired, of guys like little Rubio…who, you know, little mouthpiece. [HE] goes like a mile a minute. Uh…you…we’re tired of these people! They're never gonna get anything done! They're never gonna get…hey, by the way, Rubio bought a house…for 178,000 dollars. He sold the house, for 380,000 dollars…[which is] probably the only good deal he ever made! To a lobbyist, who I think was in front of them, or close to in front of them, up in the Senate…this was in Florida, wanting something approved! Now, that's really dishonest!
Rubio stole from the Republican Party. But, you know what happened? They said you stole from the party.
He says, “no, I didn't”.
“Yes, you did! You had a driveway bill”.
“No, I didn't”.
“Yes, you did!”.
“Oh, okay. Well, uh…”. He reimbursed them. Okay? And for some reason, he didn't get indicted! And why doesn't he get indicted!? I'll guarantee you one thing: Chris Christie would have indicted him so fast…! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. But why doesn't somebody look into his house deal? Why is it how can he make that kind of a profit on a house to a lobbyist? And that's the problem-.
People…are controlled…up here, by lobbyists. Do you know that, right? We have the lobbyists, and the special interest, that have total control…over…these folks. But not Ben, because Ben is not controlled by them, although…I don't know! Is he getting money from…? I don't even care! Ben [is] such a nice guy…!
And by the way, what Ted Cruz did to Ben Carson was a disgrace, in Iowa…-THE CROWD CHEERS. That was a disgrace. He said, “Ben Carson has left the race…”, cause he went to Florida! He was heading out to Florida, which is where he lives in all fairness. “Ben Carson has left the race! And…vote for us”.
And at caucus, you know, you can actually take the people, and walk around. I don't like caucus. I like where you walk in to a voting booth, you walk, you vote, and you leave! Like what you people are gonna do, okay? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I don't like this caucus stuff.
But they said, “Ben Carson has left the race. Vote for us”.
And they whine him, and dine him, and bring him around…; I'll bet you know thousands of votes. And I wouldn't want Iowa, in my opinion, if that happen, because these extra votes…these extra votes went to…him. And…and you know what, honestly? If we had a strong Republican Party, they would disqualify him for what he did. Honestly! I mean, if I were the head of the Republican Party, I wouldn't throw him out…! You know, maybe for Canada we'll throw him out. We'll see about that…-THE CRWOD CHEERS.
But, cause that's a serious problem. You know, he's being sued. And I didn't sue him. I'm…I’m so not litigious, it's amazing. But…but, he's being sued now! I heard he's being sued. Because he was born in Canada, [he] lived there for years…who knows!? I always thought you had to be born here! Like…on this soil, right here in Arkansas! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So, we'll find out what happens.
Hey, I hope that's not the reason he has to get out. I hope we beat them. But…but you know what? Uh…Ted has…that problem. But if I were the head of the Republican Party, I would disqualify his Iowa…situation.
He also did another thing. Did you ever see that? Voter violation. Did you ever see this!? …-THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’. It's like a fraudulent document! [It] looks like it came out of a government agency. [It’s] so professional…! [It] says voter violation! And it talks about “you're in violation of all these things…”. Listen to this! Essentially, this isn't exact, but…close enough! But, “if you vote for Ted Cruz, and bring this in, and vote for Ted Cruz, the violation is canceled”.
Now, you have people that, honestly, sort of…believe it! I looked at one of them and I said, “man, that comes right out of a government agency!”. That's a fraud! And I saw lawyers talking about it on some of these…crazy talk shows, and…they said! They said it's a fraud! I mean, it's like a fraud!
I would have disqualified him from his victory…in Iowa, because, you can't do business like that. You just can't do it. You can't do it. Then you take everybody move them up a notch. Now I won four in a row instead of three. I like that, right?…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And…and it doesn't matter, I got almost the same number of Delegates. I got one less, but [it] doesn't matter. But…but you can't do that stuff. You can't do that stuff. And frankly, but Cruz is smarter than Rubio. He’s…in…intellectually, he's smarter than Rubio. And, but…but both, they lie!
You know, I deal in the real estate business, I deal in a lot of different business. I meet some bad people. I meet much tougher people than…a Rubio or a Cruz. Much tougher. But, I've never met people that could lie like these guys! These guys are world-class liars! It's unbelievable! And I was helped…in Cruz's case, cause Rubio…looked at him and said, “you're a liar!”. And he was actually right, cause he actually did lie about that particular point. But once he said he was the liar, I was able to say he's a liar. You know, I've never seen politicians…; I know politicians very well. I've dealt with him all my life. A lot of them are bad people. You have some good ones. But you have a lot of really seedy, horrible people.
I've never…and I've seen some bad stuff. I've never seen a politician call another politician a liar. When he called him a liar, I said, “great, now I can call him a liar, cause there was so much lying”:..-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
But Rubio is probably a worse liar than Cruz! I don't know who to pick! I'll pick at the end of three or four weeks, [and then] I'll give you…my I'll give you my pick. Does that sound okay? …-THE CROWD CHEERS.
So, we have…an amazing story. I have decided that with my life, if…I win, uh…I'm gonna do something that's gonna be so amazing for our country.
We're gonna have great trade deals. We have…the worst trade deals ever made in history. We have trade deals that are so bad. We have deals, period, that are so bad. The Iran deal! We give 150 billion dollars to Iran; they're now spending that money…-THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY. It…it's one of the worst deals…forget about…country to country. One of the dumbest deals I've ever seen. But all of our deals are like that! That's…a horror deal. That deal…those…those hostages should have been back four years ago. They should have been back before you started the negotiation…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
They go in…this guy, Kerry…they go in…they go in, it's a…it's horrible! They go in, and you say, “we have to have our hostages back”.
And they'll say, “no”. The Persians. Great negotiators. Persians! [They have] Always been great negotiators. They'll say, “no!”.
And you'll say, “bye-bye! We're leaving! Bye! Enjoy yourself!”.
Now they're sitting at a table. Nobody…on the other side of the table! And you let them know: “we're not gonna negotiate…until the hostages are released”. And then you double up on the sanctions. You just go ratchet, ratchet, ratchet.
Within 24 hours…you'll be called…you got your hostages back, folks.
Then I go a step further, and I tell the story about my father, because…my father did not give me 200 million dollars. Believe me! Oh, I told you. My sister. She calls. And I have a great sister. A great brother…they both call that night. [It was] After the debate. “Dad never gave four…are you kidding!? Where's our piece of it!?” You know? …-MR. TRUMP IMPERSONATES HIS SISTER ON A SHARPER VOICE. THE CROWD LAUGHS.
It's unbelievable. [I] took a million dollars. [I] borrowed it. [I] paid it back. And that's now morphed into 200. Part of the reason, in all fairness to Rubio, he read that in the New York Times. It was such a false piece. The New York Times…it's going out of business.  It's the worst newspaper…; it is a dead newspaper. [It’s] going out of business…; I'll tell you what! Unless somebody buys it, like me, as a vanity project, all right? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. It loses a fortune! But they are the most dishonest people at the New York Times. They'll write…they will write…; they wrote a story about me, a couple of…a few days ago. It was so wrong…! They knew it was wrong! I said, “then pull the story”.
“No, we won't do that”
Why wouldn't you pull it? If you know the story's wrong, why won't you pull it? And they admit it it's wrong! “We won't pull it”. They are really dishonest. [The] New York Times. I call it the failing New York Times.
You know, it's very interesting. They bought the Boston Glob. They paid one point three billion dollars for the Boston Globe, right? One point three billion! They spent a fortune! Hundreds of millions of dollars on…‘modernizing it’, right? At the end of a number of years, they just sold it. For, essentially, one dollar. They lost…a billion and a half dollars. They have no money.
They sell their headquarters, this beautiful…like the Cathedral. I used to go there when they had…real people running the paper. It's like a Cathedral! Old, beautiful building on…I think West 43rd, or 45th, 43rd…; [a] beautiful, beautiful building. They used to called it the cathedral to journalism. They sold it, to move into an office building. That's a horrible office building. Opposite the Port Authority bus terminal. Horrible. But they sold the cathedral. And they sold it for, I believe, about a 150…million dollars. The guy that bought it, they're friends of mine. They flipped it for 525 million dollars. A short time later. And I say to myself, “so why are we listening to their editorials?”. They tell you what to do…; they tell you this, and that…; they write stories that are inaccurate…; so why does anybody even read the New York Times? They lost a billion and a half dollars on a…on a simple newspaper. They lost hundreds of millions of dollars. They should have never left their cathedral1 Because now you walk into that place, and it's like you're walking into a start…it's like walking down this concrete right here. There's nothing! It's just a…a very average office building, with bars on the front of it. It's terrible. And I say, why?
My friend, and the group, they made hundreds of millions of dollars in a short…just…buying it, keeping it for a little while. Selling it. And then we're supposed to listen to the New York Times. These people are are incompetent and they're bad people. They have a bad agenda. They're really bad people. That's one of the reasons I wanna straighten out the libel laws. So, that we can go after them. Because they're bad people! These are really bad! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So what we're going to do is…we're gonna make trade deals that are gonna be fantastic. We're gonna get our best…you know, we have the greatest negotiators in the world. We have the best. We use political hacks to negotiate with China.
With China, we are losing right now 500…billion, with a ‘b’, billion dollars a year! Okay? That's our trade deficit we have a trade deficit of China, with China, [of] 500 billion.
We have a massive trade deficit…with Japan! They bring in millions of cars. You look at those boats in Los Angeles. They bring in millions, and millions of cars! It never stops. We send them beef! We send them beef. That's the deal, okay? Which is the…fraction! And they don't take the beef. You know that, right? You know what happens. [It] goes back, forth; back, forth…[and] finally they take it, they call it ‘aged’. It's Kobe beef, and they sell it for 10 times more. That's what happens! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDY. That's what happens. But we don't get the price! They get the price. Okay. But with Japan, same thing.
With Mexico, they're killing us at the border. They're killing us with trade. You saw the other day. Carrier, just moved to Mexico. Carrier. They announced. Very sad. Somebody had their cell phone going…they’re taking these shots…everyone's…devastated. 1400 people, gone.
Ford…moved to Mexico! Two and a half billion-dollar plant. Nobody did anything. That was two years ago. Now they're doubling up. They're gonna build more there. I would have let them have it so hard [that] they would never have the guts to build more there. Never have the guts…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Nabisco…Nabisco just moved their big…their big plant, where they make Oreos. They…moved their…which we don't eat anymore, right? No more Oreos. That's a good thing! That's a good thing!
But Nabisco, just moved their plant from Chicago into Mexico! Okay? No more.
But let me tell you about Carrier. So I watch Carrier, cause it just happened a week ago. And I watch these people that were devastated. They were there for a long time. Good people. Good air-conditioners! I buy a lot of Carrier air-conditioners. I'm not buying them anymore, by the way. But I buy a lot of carrier conditioners. And I saw this executive upfront: “we're gonna close our operations. And we're going to move to Mexico. Lot's of luck, folks”, right? People are devastated.
So I went to the Wharton School of Finance, which is considered the best business school, okay? You gotta be very smart to get into that school! Very smart! The Rubio's of the world cannot get into that school. Believe me! They don't have the capacity…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. [MOU4] Actually, Cruz could. In all fairness Cruz. Cruz could. Cruz…I’d...be…you know, I don't know that he has the temperament. I think neither has the temperament. But, academically certainly.
But, I go to Wharton. I'm smart. You're smart. But, you don't have to be smart! How do we solve the problem, where all these countries are moving into these places? And people…like yourselves, and friends of yourselves, and people that I know are losing all their jobs! We're being devastated.
So here's what we're doing…with…as an example, Carrier. I would call Carrier…through one of my people, cause I don't know, it's not cool if the president calls, right? The president's calling an air-conditioning company, “listen, I don't like what you’re doing”. I may make some of those calls. They're gonna say it's terribly unpresidential, but I don't care, right? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. You know. No, hey'll say it's unpresidential. They’ll say it’s unpresidential.
When Vicente Fox, the former president of…Mexico…-THE CROWD BOOS-…when he used the f-bomb, I thought it would be a national thing! Cause I know if I used it, it would be the biggest story in the history of the world, right? So he used it, nobody cares. And then, he was…and he was so angry! [Do] You know why he was angry!? Because they're used to getting their way! Right? They're used to getting their way! “How dare they do this!? How dare they say that!? And I won't build that…you know what…wall! We will not build that…you know what…wall!?”. See? I've learned!
By the way, I don't use that word. The words I use are peanuts compared…! That word…! I couldn't…I wouldn't be able to get off the airplane! Do you like the plane? [It’s] made in the United States…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Boeing! Made in the United States!
Speaking of that, Iran…just ordered 118 Airbus planes! Nothing in the United States! …-THE CROWD BOOS. They just ordered a lot of equipment from Italy, and all over Europe! They just ordered missiles! I didn't know they could buy missiles, with a 150 dollars. They just ordered missiles from Russia! Nothing from the United States.
They capture our ten wonderful sailors…they put guns to their heads; they put him in a begging position; they were scared…and frightened…; and they let him go two days later, because you know what? The money was gonna pass! If the money was not gonna pass, if they already had the money, the billions and billions of dollars, they would have kept them! But they wouldn't have kept them if I won the race. That I can tell you…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUD. They would have been out so fast…! They would have been out so fast.
So, so with Carrier, I call them up, I say, “folks, congratulations on your new plant. I think it's wonderful. I love that you’re building in Mexico. It's great. I hate what you did, with the 1,400 people, and more. And this is also United Technologies, just to shame them, because they let off additional people where they're going to Mexico. Mexico is becoming the new China. You’d better be careful, folks. And their leaders are much smarter than our leaders. And they are ripping us, not only at the border, but they're ripping us like crazy with trade. So I'd say…to the head of Carrier, “congratulations on the new plant, but here's the story folks: every…single…air-conditioner that you make, as it passes the border…”, and we will have a real border, okay? We will have…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…a real border.
The illegals will not be able to carry those air conditioners in, okay? …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Cause we're gonna have a real border. And we're gonna have a wall, and it's gonna be a real wall, folks.
And by the way, congratulations Mexico. You're paying for the wall, just so you understand. Congratulations…THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, I would say to them, “every air conditioner that you make that goes into the United States, and over our border, every single one, you're gonna pay a 35 percent tax on, okay?”…-THE CROWD CHEERS.
Now, some of the stupid people, cause I'm a conservative person, but I like to say I'm a conservative person with common sense, all right? Some of the stupid people that say, “oh, he's not a free-trader!”. No, no I'm a smart trader. I'm a fair trader. I'm a free trader! But it's gotta be…fair! When…China is making 500 billion dollars on trade deficits, I'm not a free trader, folks. Because, when you try and do business in China, they charge you tax. I have many friends, they can't do business in China. They can't get their product into China. China dumps it over here, [and/but] you can't get it over there. And when he does get it in, it's a big tax, okay?
So I'd say to Carrier, “congratulations, but you're paying a 35 percent tax”. Here's what's gonna happen! I do it early before they start building. You know, I like to get them…-MR. TRUMP MAKES A WEIRD SOUND. THE CROWD LAUGHS. Here's what's gonna happen, “Mr. president, no you can't do that! That's not free trade like all these stupid people! They talk about free trade! We want free trade Mr. president! That's not free trade!”.
I’d said, “here’s the story. I'm just telling you. Every…single... unit...you make [that] comes over that border, you're paying a 35 percent tax. And that's gonna make up for all the jobs we lost and everything else. And I hope it works in your bottom line”…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, here's what will happen. If I am one of these characters, like a Rubio…take a look at who's giving him money! Look at the guys giving him money. Take a look at the guys giving Rubio money! Take a look at the guys giving Cruz money. I'm not even blaming them! It's the system ! But when those guys need something, it's a hundred percent! Look at the lobbyists. Look at these special interest…given these characters money. 100 percent control over them! They have 100 percent control. Me? I'm free…I'm self-funding! I'm not doing the money thing! So, I'm putting up…-THE CROWD CHEERS.
You know, I think somebody said to me…I said the other day, “how much have I got?”. You know, I was always proud of the fact…; I think I'm in it for over 25 million dollars already. I didn't have to spend any money! I didn't have to spend any money. But within…I'll tell you what. And that's a big thing. I don't think I get credit for that. I'm…self-funding my campaign. I'm the only one in either party. I'm self-funding my campaign…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
I'll…I’ll go a step further. I think I'm the only one in many, many years! I mean, I don't…remember anybody…; maybe Ross Perot. Many, many years ago. But I don't remember anybody's self-funding. They all take money from these people. And during the debates, you probably saw that. Uh…somebody would get up, make a fool out of himself, and they're all standing up clapping like you made a great answer.
I'd give a good answer, and it was like dead silence in the room. And I had friends in that room! You know, I said, “boy, those are…that's a rich room!”, because I knew a lot of the guys. Lobbyists…; special interest…; and one of them, the other night, actually, is laughing, having a great time, waving at me! He’s a friend of mine! And then booing me when I give an answer! He's, boo! Boo! boo! And he's…-MR. TRUMP SHAKES HIS HAND-…like that…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. They're all playing games, folks! Okay? In fact, I just spoke to him. It's…funny! I mean, it's cute! It's fine! It's life! It's the way life is, okay? It's the way life is¡.
But that room, those rooms were packed! They're packed with special interests, and they're packed with donors, and lobbyists! And those people have totally control over…total control over the people I'm running against!
So, what will happen if you have…a president…Rubio…-THE CROWD BOOS-…or if you have a guy like, you know, nasty Ted…-THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’-…then…what's gonna happen is they're gonna be called by their lobbyists, because you know, you have lobbyists…what they specialize in politicians. I mean, this is the way it works, cause I've had many lobbyists. They took great job, actually. It's almost guaranteed. If you need something, I’ll say, “what do you think? [Do] you know anybody for senator?”. Rubio. “Oh, yeah. We have this one; this one; that one; they're all good”.
“Who's the best!?”.
“This one”.
[They’d] call him in. Tell him…what I need; [he] goes in; [he] gets it ; [he] sends you a massive bill! Sometimes it's two minutes’ work. You know, “hey, do me a favor”. Or don't do me a favor, “just do it!”. I mean, it's terrible! That's the way the system works. Okay.
So, if you have Rubio or Cruz, and what happens is, the…lobbyists, and special interests, or donors will call them. And they'll get a hundred percent.
Here's what happens with me: Carrier…will…call friends of mine. But the friends, I won't accept their money. I've turned down…by the way, I've turned down tens…of millions…of dollars. I feel stupid doing it! I must tell you. My whole life I've been taking money. My whole life, uh…I mean, despite…listening to…the sleazebag, my whole life…has been about…making money! And I give a lot of money away, and all that stuff. But, you know, I take money. That's what I'm supposed to do, right? I'm a business person. You're a business person. I also gave to Democrats; I gave to liberals! And conservatives! And Republicans! I was loved by everybody. And that I owed it to my family; myself; to my company; I mean, I got along with everybody. When I needed something…I mean, I just got along with everybody!
But what happens is this! When they are called, they do…what they…do! When they call me…so here's what happens. They call me, I say, “no interest”. I say, “I’ve no interest”.
Carrier will call me within 48 hours, saying, “Mr. president, we’re moving back into the United States”: It’s very simple! It's very simple! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Within a short period of time, they will call, and they move back.
And honestly? Look! We're losing so many companies. And I wanna see free trade. I wanna talk about free trade. I love free trade. It's not working, folks! We're losing…we're losing everything! We're losing our jobs; we're losing our money; we're losing our base! we're losing everything; we're losing our respect.
China…we have rebuilt China! [Do] you know what China…!? And I love China! They give me tens of billions of dollars for condos. I have the largest bank in the world, which is a Chinese bank. They're 400…million…customers. The largest bank in the world is a tenant of mine in Manhattan. They pay me a lot of rent! And they're wonderful! I like the Chinese! I love the Mexicans! The Mexican people are phenomenal people! I just won in Nevada! I won with the Hispanics! Did you see that!? Everyone said…46 percent! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Everybody said, “Trump won with Hispanics!”.
“Oh, that can't be…”, right?
And I said to everybody! How many Hispanics do we have here!? Do we have a…? Here’s a Hispanic…-SOME PEOPLE IN THE CROWD CHEERS. You know what? In Arkansas we have about three. That's okay! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. But they're three, and they're right up front and they like Trump, right? …-THE HISPANICS UPFRONT CHEER. But I won with Hispanics!
Now, we have to use our head, because China…it's the single…greatest…theft in the history of the world! We have rebuilt China with the money they've taken out. We have rebuilt China. [It’s] not gonna happen anymore, folks! [It’s] not gonna happen anymore.
We're gonna have great trade deals. We're gonna have…great everything! We're gonna be so smart! W're not gonna make sergeant Bergdahl, where we get Bergdahl, and they get five killers that they've been after for years! [It’s] not gonna happen anymore! …-THE CROWD BOOS. And five to six people, probably six, but five people, at least, were killed trying to find him.
So he's a traitor. We knew he was a traitor, cause we had a general and a colonel there. Prior to…and they…before we made the deal. So we make a deal, where we get a dirty rotten traitor, and they get…five people, that they most coveted. For nine years they've wanted these people. Those people are now back on the battlefield, or will soon be back on the battlefield, trying to kill us all, okay? [It’s] not gonna happen anymore! We're not making those deals. We're not making the Iran deals anymore…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're not making [them].
We're gonna build up our military. It's totally de…depleted. Can you imagine General Douglas…Douglas MacArthur…I thought he was great; General Douglas MacArthur…; General George Patton…; can you imagine saying, to them, ‘we can't beat ISIS?’. They'd knock them out in 24 hours. I swear. It would be brutal. It would be brutal. And we have great people going to Air Force Academy, going to Annapolis, going to Westpoint…; we have great people! But we don't have a leader. We don't have a leader.
So, we're gonna build up our depleted…military. And, by the way, we're gonna get the things that the generals want! Not the things…do you notice? We order planes that they don't want, because it's made by a certain company, instead of another…; they want another plane…it's better, it's faster, it's cheaper…! Not bad qualities, right? The plane’s better, faster, cheaper…; and we ordered…we order…the one they don't want. I see it all the time! And we're gonna get the right stuff! And we're gonna make great deals! And we're gonna bid like crazy! But we're gonna bid…-THE CROWD CHEERS-…and we're gonna make up! We're gonna…; there is so much…fraud, waste, abuse in our system.
I'll give you an example: the drug companies take care of all these guys I'm running with. All of them. They give money to them, you wouldn't believe.
Do you know? A friend of mine, a doctor, comes up to me. And he says, very, very…like you can't believe it. “Donald, could you look into this? The United States is the largest…drug…buyer in the world”. You know, drugs. Good drugs, [to] make you better, right? Hopefully make you better. Some probably don't. But drugs that make you better. “We don't bid!”.
I said, “no way!”. We don't bid!
Now, once he said it, I'm…smart. I go, “oh! I know what it is!”. The politicians don’t make us bid. So, if we bid, we would save…300…billion dollars…a year. On drugs! For all of the stuff we buy! We would save…hundred…billions! And billions! And billions of dollars! We don't bid! Why don't we bid? Because…the drug companies have these guys totally under control! I don't give a damn about the drug companies! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I don't give a damn.
So, the money that we'll save…; and here's the end result. The end result is, the product will be better. Years ago a certain senator, who's actually a very good senator. I won't use this name, cause I know…I like to…so to…people I respect. I wanna, at least, get their approval. But I was called by, I believe, the ambassador from Sweden. And they were gonna spend a billion and a half dollars on renovating the United Nations building. And I had just built a building across the street that was 92 stories. Beautiful. Trump World Tower. And I did it for like 360 million dollars. And this guy called up! And he said, “Mr. Trump, I don't understand”. You know, he was a good man! I think it was the ambassador to Sweden, but whatever! He called up. He said, “I don't understand! We're gonna spend…one-and-a-half billion dollars on fixing up the United Nations. Not building. Fixing. But I read where you spent 360 million dollars to build that massive building right across the street. Could that be possible?”.
I said, “yes”.
He said, “why?”.
I said, “very simple: corruption and incompetence”. Okay?
He said, “could I set you up with…meetings with the head people at the United Nations?”. Kofi Annan at that time. The head men.
I said, “yeah, I'll come over”.
I mean, cause he said, “what do you think it should cost?”. He sent me the plans.
I said, “no more than five hundred million dollars. That's what it should cost”. To do a complete…beautiful, with marble floors instead of terrazzo…; that's what I did. Nobody builds better than me, folks. Really. Even the builders in New York will tell you. Call up Richard LeFrak. Call up the builders. They will tell you. Nobody builds better than me.
So, what happens, they call me and I go to the United Nations: And I'm talking to them, and the head guy doesn't know. I said, “is it a boiler system, or is it New York Steam?”.
“Uh…I don't know”.
I said, “but aren't you in charge?”.
“Yeah, but I just don't know. I don't know what New York Steam is”, he tells me.
I said, “you got a…[the] guy in charge, he doesn't know anything!”.
So, anyway. I said, “look, I will do it for five hundred…million. I'll save you a billion dollar. I'll do it”.
And somebody said to me, “yeah but it won't be the same job!”.
I said, “that's right. It'll be much better”. In other words…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…in other words, “you'll use linoleum, or you'll use terrazzo, and I’ll use marble. It’ll be a better job, and you don't have to move! I'll do three floors at a time, and nobody's even gonna be disturbed. And you won't even have to move”.
And that was it. I never heard from him again. And the numbers came out recently, and they're close to four…billion..dollars…to renovate some buildings…-THE CROWD MUTTERS. And I think it's such a…; I never even heard from him! I was gonna save him a billion dollars! But, the point of it is, this they said, “well it won't be the same”. Honestly? My five hundred…million dollar…renovation of the United Nations would have been…a much better job! A much higher end job, than their…one and a half billion dollar job. And they actually called hearings. I went down to Washington, I testified before a congressional…panel. But nothing's done. You know they're politicians. They're asking, “well how come this? How come that?”.
I said, “hey, look! You tell me…”.
So, they had these big hearings that lasted for a long time. The books got closed. Nothing was ever done! But I tell you, better.
Same thing with the military! I'll get better stuff for less money! And even…as an example, they're gonna order a new…Air Force One, right? From Boeing! Three…billion…dollars. Now, I don't wanna get into it, cause I'd like to have it if I win! You know, I……-THE CROWD LAUGHS. I'd love to have it and blame Obama! …-THE CROWD CHEERS. You know, cuz that plane is old!
You know, he played golf the other day in Hawaii! He went out for Christmas to play golf. He was talking about the carbon footprint. And then he got into this plane that's very old, and we should have a new Air Force One. I mean, it's a very old Boeing, with the old engine spewing stuff. But he was talking about “the carbon footprint!”. And, “we must stop…what's happening, and pollution, and global warming…!”, and all of this, right?
Then he gets on the plane, and he flies to…Hawaii…to play golf. And he flies back! And he talks about the carbon footprint. Give me a break, folks! Give me a break! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.[MOU5] 
So…so, look. We're gonna start winning…with everything. We're gonna knock out Common Core. We're gonna bring our education locally…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're gonna repeal and replace the horror that's known as Obamacare. It is a horror. Horror….-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We are gonna save, and enhance, and always protect our Second Amendment, which is under siege…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We're going to…save our borders. Right now they're Swiss cheese. People just pour in through. We're gonna create strong borders. We're gonna build the wall. Believe me! It's going to be built…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You heart…you heard, I think, at one of the…sessions I had with the press…; they said, “how do you respond to…Vicente Fox?”. He was the ex-president.
I said, “I think he's got a filthy mouth to use that word. I think it's a disgrace”. I'm not like the only one that said it.
But, “how do you respond? He said that…he will never build that wall”.
What did I say? I said, “the wall just got ten feet taller. Ten…feet…taller”…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Here's the thing: we have a 58-billion-dollar trade deficit, with Mexico. 58-billion-dollar trade deficit. The wall’s gonna cost ten billion dollars. Maybe 12. Depending. [If it] goes higher, higher, higher…it's okay…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. Nobody's going over the Trump wall, let me tell you. Nobody. [You] gotta go deep, and you gotta go high…-THE CROWD CHEERS. The deep will stop some of those tunnels. Is it amazing how they can't stop a tunnel? I mean, it's called…like…check the area, right? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. So, we are going to do that.
But, but it's gonna be there. And it's gonna work. And…you know, I won New Hampshire. And the people in New Hampshire, which…who I love, because they gave me that first great victory. And I love those people. And they have a huge heroin problem up there. You wouldn't think of it. You know, you see these beautiful fields, and you see the beautiful trees, and roadways…; it's so beautiful. The biggest thing whenever I went to a meeting was heroin! Heroin! Their kids are being addicted to heroin. It's flowing across the southern border! And I did made a pledge to them. I said, “we're gonna…we’re gonna first are gonna help your kids trying to get them unaddicted. They are so addicted. They have such a problem up there. You wouldn't think of it for New Hampshire! You could think of it for some places, not New Hampshire. These are incredible people! And I made a pledge! “We're gonna stop that flow from coming in!”. Cause the easiest way to create…to stop the problem, is just don't let them have it! Don't let them have it! Once they're addicted it's really tough stuff to get off of. But we're gonna stop the problem.
So, the other day though…I heard our great Vice President…Joe Biden apologize. Now, here's a guy uses the f-bomb…-THE CROWD BOOS. [He] is angry…at the United States, because he's so arrogant, cause they've always gotten their way. And that was where that came from.
“How dare they say that…to Mexico!? Well, we win all the time against the United States. Why would they say that!?”. That's what essentially he was saying.
And then I see Joe Biden apologizing to Mexico. “I'd like to apologize”. He was apologizing for me! Do you believe it!? …-THE CROWD BOOS. They call him the Republican candidates! But hopefully, he was apologizing just for me. I love that, you know? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
Even the Pope was very nice. He did a thing…right before the election, right? In South Carolina. I heard, “oh! The Pope! The Pope said something!”.
I said to my people, “wait a minute. They're going to vote tomorrow morning. Was it good, or was it bad?”. This was like…10 hours before the polls opened, right? In South Carolina.
And my people said, “Mr. Trump, it was bad!”.
I said, “oh, this could only happen to me. The Pope. The Pope. What did he say?”.
And basically, the Mexicans convinced the Pope that Trump was a bad guy because I wanna have a strong border. And when the Pope figured it out, and when we…you know, a lot of people were calling, the Vatican. I can tell you, because a lot of people agree with me, that we have to have strong borders.
But by the time he figured out about the crime, and everything else, the next day, he was great and they…really…they were very nice. But I was just saying, “this could only happen to me, where the Pope, ten hours before an election, comes out with something”…-THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
So we're gonna make our military strong. We're gonna knock the hell out of ISIS, folks. We gotta do it. We gotta do it…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're gonna knock the hell out of ISIS. [We] gotta do it! We have no choice.
We're gonna take care of our vets…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And here's the story, very simply:
We're going to be a great country again. We're going to be the smart country again…-THE CROWD CHEERS. We're not gonna be the dummies that don't know what they're doing. We're not gonna be the stupid people that are laughed at all over the world. We're not gonna be the people…that are afraid to even talk the word ‘waterboarding’, and yet, in the Middle East, you have people chopping off heads…-THE CROWD CHEERS. Can you imagine? Can you imagine what ISIS, and the others, are saying in the Middle East, as they chop off head, after head, after head…of Christian? …as they drown people in big steel cages? [They] just drop them, right in the water. [They] drown them, [then they] pull them up. [And] They're all dead.
And then we talk about ‘waterboarding’ is severe. They are saying to themselves, “these are the weakest, the dumbest people…”; they cannot believe it.
And when they asked Ted Cruz the question, remember in the last debate, just before the last one. “What about ‘waterboarding’?”.
He couldn't answer… “well, I don't wanna get involved…; that's a…tough question”.
Then they said to Trump, “what do you think about waterboarding?”.
“I think it's great but we have to go stronger”. I got a standing ovation! …-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I got a standing ovation! And I didn't ask a pollster to go and pull the question!! They said it to me…again! [They] chop off heads…we're gonna be very strong, folks. We're gonna be the smart country again.
So, look. I wanna thank you all. I would love to win Arkansas. [It’s a] special place. [We/I’ve] many friends…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVDILY. Many friends.
I don't want your money! I don't need your money! I don't want it! I want you to go out and vote on Tuesday. And just knock them dead! And let's go! Let's create a mandate.
We are going to make…America…great…again! We're gonna win, win, win! Thank you, everybody! Thank you! Thank you, everybody! I love you! Thank you!
