VIDEO Nº: 161
TITLE:161. Speech Donald Trump - De Pere WI - March 30 2016
DATE OF EVENT:30/03/2016
RELEASE DATE:27/10/2017
DURATION:00.52.58 Mins.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:10030
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Thank you. Thank you so much. What a group! And we love Green Bay. And I…I have to tell you: you have a really properly…run…team! Don't we agree!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And Tom Brady is a great friend of mine, from New England, okay? But…but, he said you have a great quarterback. That's nice, right? When Tom Brady says it…that's nice. And Tom…Tom is a terrific guy, and he really does. He says the team is a great…really well-run team. So, for whatever that's worth that's nice.
Sit down, everybody. Let's have a little fun. Let's have a little fun…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Thank you very much.
I see so many young people in here, but I see a couple of guys my age, right? There’s one right there. But I see a couple of guys my age. And I thought would do something a little different: we could talk a little bit about success for all the young people. The old people…who knows? Maybe you'll become more successful. Maybe you'll give your…you know, we have thousands of people outside trying to get in. Does anybody wanna leave? We'll talk about success. Does anybody wanna live? Huh? No, I'm only kidding.
But…but, we have a lot of people. We have uh…loudspeakers set up outside, cause they're hearing. So, I really appreciate this incredible turnout.
Wisconsin is very important. It's…becoming more and more important. We can get there. We have a movement going on. It's an incredible movement. It's a movement like they haven't seen in this country maybe…for a long long time. It's been covered recently on the covers of Time magazine numerous times. It's been covered by everybody. Front page of The New York Times; front page of The Washington Post; front page of everything. And, it's an amazing thing to see.
Uh…if you look, and I was just seeing, even this morning, and I've…I’ve known the statistic for a long time, but workers, people that work, people that work very hard, blue-collar workers: for 12 years they haven't had an increase, an effective increase. And it could be a lot longer than that. But, you know, there's a lot of anger out there. There's a lot of anger from people that aren't angry people! But they're upset with the way our country is run.
Uh…you know, recently I was interviewed by The New York Times and, to…as an extent, to The Washington Post and they were asking me different foreign policy questions. And one of the things that was brought up was NATO. Now, I'm an entrepreneur. I've been very, very successful. I…uh…built a great great company. I posted numbers that were incredible numbers, and…all of that stuff. But, you know, I haven't been big into NATO. But, we also have instincts, and we also have common sense, and…and I have, you know, studied it over the years, and certainly read a lot about it, and I said it's obsolete. And it is! It's obsolete! It’s 68 years old. It's…uh…it was done at a different time. It was done at a time when you had the Soviet Union, which was different than Russia, [it] was bigger than Russia; and Russia's plenty of problem, but the Soviet Union was a bigger problem. And it was done before terrorism as we know it today.
And I said it's obsolete, and I said we paid too much. You know, our country pays too much, cause a lot of you kids are gonna go out looking for jobs. We don't have good jobs anymore! Uh…our economy is…is…all of our good stuff is being taken. It's being taken over by China. The great jobs are being taken over by…Mexico. You look at Nabisco. You look at…uh…Carrier air-conditioner; you look at Ford…they're moving into Mexico.  And I said, “look, with NATO, and with so many other things. We pay too much! We're paying for such a big proportion!”. We have about 28 countries in…uh…NATO. And we're paying a far-disproportionate share!
 
Well, we owe 19 trillion dollars as a country. We owe 19 trillion dollars. We made a terrible, terrible budget deal. Like a disgusting budget deal. A budget deal that gave Obama, gave people coming in from Syria, gave people coming in…illegal immigration all of the funding they need, and we get nothing out of it! I don’t even…I don't get why we made the deal, but we made it! But we're not gonna make deals like that anymore.
But what happens is…we're not keeping our great jobs and, frankly, from the standpoint of all of the youth that I see before me, when you graduate from this great college, I just met the heads of your college and, they're amazing people, and they love this place. And I could just see, by the way, they were talking, they have such pride in it! But when you graduate, you wanna get great jobs. You don't wanna get bad jobs, what they call bad jobs. And even the people that talk about employment in this country, they agree that it’s bad jobs! It’s what we have now. We don't have the good jobs anymore. We have the bad jobs. And we don't want the bad jobs! Because the good jobs are away. They're not…in this country.
And…you know, they talk about a 5 percent unemployment rate. That was a statistic that was devised in terms of the way they devised the number and come to the number, the final…conclusion? That was arrived at very, very simply. That was arrived at so that presidents and politicians look good. It bears no relation…in fact, when you say a five percent unemployment, or it even say it's less, but that doesn't count to all the people that look and gave up looking for jobs! And you, folks, understand what I'm talking about.
I have…I…I…I just did so many college tours now .This is different for me, because eight months ago, I wasn't a politician. I like that…just…right? I never thought I'd be a politician. I can't believe I'm doing this, to be honest with you. I dealt with politicians all my life, [and] the last thing I wanted to do is be a politician, but we also wanna make America great again. We're going to make America great again. It's not even a question! We're going to make America great again. And that's why I'm doing it!
And so, I looked at what's happening, and I looked at what's happening, just with one example: NATO. The billions of dollars that we spend, all of that money that we spend! And other countries are taking advantage of us! They’re just taking an advantage! They're not putting up their fair share. You look at the United Nations, [it’s] same thing! I mean, what do we ever get out of the United Nations? [Did] You ever hear that the United Nations solved a problem? It's become a political hornet's nest. We spend a fortune on it, disproportionate. [It’s] Always disproportionate. You know, it's never disproportionate in our favor. It's always disproportionate, where the United States pays much more than anybody else, even though other people benefit much more than we do.
So, we're gonna get it stopped. We're gonna get it stopped. And…this is so important, what's happening now, and I…I'm here for the week. And…I’m…got a lot of stops. We…we had a great time yesterday, at CNN. We did a…town hall last night, which was well received and well reviewed.
We have…uh…another one today, and we have another one on Monday, with Sean Hannity, and…uh…we…we have…we have a lot of different things planned, but I'm gonna be here for…a period of the week.
I have many friends in Wisconsin. I fully understand Wisconsin. Uh…I wouldn't say that your governor loves, uh…because…–THE CROWD LAUGHS–…no, I knocked him out. I mean, you know, he…uh…endorsed…uh…lyin Ted Cruz…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. Lyin Ted! Lyng Ted! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. He’s a liar! Oh! Bible high…Bible high, [then he] puts it down and then he lies! You know, he's a liar. I never met a liar like him. I met a lot tougher people than him, but I never been a guy that lied this much! [Do] You remember what he did the Ben Carson in Iowa?
“Ben has left the race! He has left the race!” This is during the election! Election Day! The votes are being cast. Ben has left the race! And…you know, a lot of those people voted for…Cruz! And then, after the election was over, he called Ben: “oh, Ben, I didn't know anything about it. I didn't know, but…but I…would…I’d like to apologize”.
Oh, great. That…that makes you feel better, right? No, I've never…quite seen it. These politicians are bad dudes! Right? Now, let me…they’re bad! …­–SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE–…     	what!? What did he…? I think that was a positive…; Oh, okay. I…I…I thought that was…I know. I thought that was a positive statement. I said, “oh no, not another agitator”.
I call them agitators as opposed to protesters. Protesters are fine. Agitators are people that do it sort of semi-professionally, and we have some professionals also.
But…but we're doing well. We have…millions of votes more than Cruz. Millions of votes more than Kasich. Yesterday, it was certified, the numbers were certified in Missouri. So, we won Missouri also. You know, they had a recount in Missouri, which we won. And…uh…now it was just certified. We actually got three hundred and something more votes, which didn't matter, because we won the state. But we won Missouri.
We had an interesting one where we won…Louisiana, but because of the…let's call it ‘politics’. Let's not use any word other than ‘politics’. But I get less votes, I win…; how would you like to be in a position like this?
You go out, you campaign; you go around, you make speeches. I went…made a lot of…speeches in Louisiana. [I] made…the final speech was amazing. We were at an airport, we were at a hangar. The hangar was like from massive aero planes, like 747s, [and] the place was packed! And what did I do? I won! And then I found out [that], even though I won, I get less delegates than the guy that doesn't win. [Do] You think that's fair? I mean, honestly! [Do] You think it's fair?
Somebody said, “well, you have to know…!”. You have to know anything. I got the most votes, I should win. I mean, it's very simple! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. I got the most votes, and I didn't get the most delegates! Right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, the Republican Party hasn't treated me…uh…properly, uh…in my opinion. And they haven't, they haven't treated me…fairly. But I've got millions of more votes. And we have a movement going on! Millions of people are voting that didn't vote before…in Republicans, and…many of them are voting for me, in all fairness. And the people that are coming across are…Republicans, but tremendous numbers of Democrats that like Trump; tremendous numbers of independents, and something that I love: people that have never voted before. People that have never voted before because they've never had anybody they wanted to vote for. We're getting tremendous numbers of…I didn't know there were so many people!
But when I do handshaking, and signings, and…things, I…I’ll tell you what: every…20th person says to me, “Mr. Trump, I've never voted before”. And these are 30-year old people, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80…;
In Tennessee we had one that was 93 years old. A woman…so beautiful…! She was an incredible woman. [She was] So beautifully dressed, everything. And she had a ‘Trump’ sticker. Right on her…or her…dress. And I said, “that's unbelievable!”. And she's 93. And everybody knew about it. It’s big…actually a big story in Tennessee. And she said she's voting for the first time, because she really believes in what I'm saying.
And what I'm saying is borders, and I…strengthening the military, and taking care of our vets. Our vets are being treated horribly, folks. I mean, without our vets…we would be nowhere. They're being treated horribly.
But, all of these things. And…millions and millions of people are coming in, and voting in the Republican primary. Some of the states are up a 102 and 107 percent. I saw two of them. Massachusetts was up, way up, and…uh…that was…uh…I got almost 50 percent of the vote. Remember! When I get 50 percent, or 48 percent…but there are a seven or eight or ten people running, that's pretty amazing!
You know, somebody said, “she doesn't break for…”. I watch some of these pundits on television. It's so sad to watch them. You know, cuz the hatred is just…; I watch this guy, Krauthammer: “he doesn't get 50 percent. He doesn't break 50 percent”.
I watch…uh…Karl Rove. He always talks about, “he's not breaking 50 percent”. Well, it's hard to break 50 percent when you have 17 people running! Okay? I can't explain it to these people! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. You know, when you have 17 people…; we started off with 17, actually, truly 18. But, they were 17…and up to 17, I mean, you had senators, you had governors…; you have guys like Ben Carson, who’s a fantastic guy. He’s a very accomplished guy, and…he's running, and…Carly is running. And you know, you…but he had 17…really accomplished people! Most of them politicians! Most of them governors and Senators!
And they're gonna have their three percent, their four percent…; you had Lindsey Graham. You’d  all of these people! And they're taking…votes! And then they say, “Donald Trump has only hit…48 percent!”.
I said, “48 percent!”. I mean, 48 percent is good if you have three people! But I don't like it if you have two people. But I like it if you have three people…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But…but…so, we're doing amazingly well. A good poll came out the other day, from NBC, which was…uh…at…we were at 48 percent, you know, and I think they had three or four people in the poll, but we were at 48 percent: So, it's going really well. Wisconsin is really important, because…if we win Wisconsin, I think it's gonna be…very close. We're gonna do really well in New York. We're gonna do really well in New Jersey. I think we're gonna do great in Pennsylvania.
I went to school in Pennsylvania, the Wharton School…of Finance. And…I think we're gonna do fantastically there.
But, I just wanna tell you…I’m gonna…I…cause when I saw all this youth, this…great looking…young people…okay? I just said, “you know, I'm gonna talk, for a couple of minutes, about success. Should I do that? I mean, should I do it that? Or do you wanna hear about this boring politics, right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Should…Should I talk about it a little bit? I'm given so much money to talk about success, and I give it to charities! But, I love talking about success. Frankly, I like talking about success much more than politics, right?
But there are a few things when you're talking about being successful. And…and I say it, and I say it, and it's never gonna change. You have to love what you do! You're all young. Ideally, you'll love something that's a good business. For instance, some businesses aren't good business. I won't name them, but they're tough businesses. Other business, historically, have been good businesses. You have to…absolutely…love…what you do. Ideally, love what you do in a good business, but you know what? If you can’t…if it's not necessarily that good, the…loving is more important than having that good business.
Some people wanna be teachers. I mean, some of the happiest people…and the most successful people that I know…are people that aren't…the richest at all. They don't make it all the most money. They’re teachers, they’re scientists…; I know people that are scientists that are…like…they can't wait to get to work! They can't wait!
Uh…policemen. You know, our police departments are…are…I think, terribly disrespected. I think they're not given the credit for the great job they do. I have to be honest with you…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [It’s] So true. And our vets, and our…our people, our military…; but…but I will tell you that the…the happy people are the people…number one, the people with great families! People that have great relationships with their wives, or husband. [It’s] Very…very important toward success, cause I don't consider success necessarily monetary, cause I know the most successful people in the world. And many of these people are really miserable people! Okay? No matter what, and perhaps I'm in that category, okay? But I'm pretty happy! I'm…at least I'm very content. I can tell you.
But, some of the most successful people in the world, I know like many of them! I don't…know all, I guess, but I know…they…I seem to know all! And they cross…they cross my path a lot! And, they're not necessarily happy people. They're very wealthy people, but they're…in many cases, extremely unhappy.
Now, with all of that, I don't wanna talk you out of things, because…we're talking about success. Most people think success is measured in the form of monetary success. It's not really! I mean, to me a successful person that has a great family, who loves the family, loves the…the children, and the children love him or her…to me that's a much more successful person than a person that's made a billion dollars, or ten billion dollars, and is miserable and doesn't have…a good family, and nobody likes the person, and…you know; I’ve…I've seen them! I've seen every…I think I've seen every…type…of person there is, that God created, if you wanna know the truth.
And the people [that] are the happiest are not necessarily the people of the wealthiest, okay?
But, in terms of monetary success, it does…make…life…easier. You don't have to worry about food, and housing, and education, and…sickness; your doctors, you go to the best doctors, and hopefully that solves the problems. But, they are…it does make…life…easier. And I tell to…so many stories about…different types of people. For instance, you gotta love what you do. You're gonna never, ever quit, or give up. Never quit! You're gonna be so close…!
My father used to tell a story. He thought it was funny, but I actually thought it was more of a lesson. He viewed it as funny. And it was about a man…who loved the Cola business. He loved…you know, soft drinks. That's what he loved. He just loved the business! Isn’t this strange, how people like different…? For instance, let’s look at all these geniuses, the heads of your college. And I think you like this better than politics, too. Don't we like this better? This politics…ugh!
So, what happens is he loved the Cola business, and…he found that a company was called 3-Up. And my father would tell the story…he'd laugh, and he’d laugh; but I'd listen, and I'd say, “hmm…I…I don't wanna laugh! It's a lesson!”. And he found his company…3-Up! And he was very proud, but the company wasn't making it. It didn't work, and he gave up, and it was…just no good, and it went out of business. But he never wanted to quit.
And he did another one. It was 4-Up. And he did 5-Up. And he did 6-Up. And they would all fail! And he just kept failing, failing, failing, and finally he gave up! And my father would say, “if he only came up…if he just worked a little bit harder, just one more, he would have had 7-Up! And he would have been a tremendous success!”.
And I laughed, because I think of my father telling me that story. And we viewed it differently! And what…I viewed it is not as comedy. I viewed it as never, ever give up. You know, just never give up. You can't!
I'll give you another word that you never hear when you're talking about success, and that's…momentum. Some people…and you have to know, you have to know about yourself. You have to know about momentum. Some people have a great momentum! It's even like me on the campaign trail. Uh…I took off three or four days, which is a lot, because I've been going for months without any…a lot of people say, “unlike Jeb, you have very high energy”, right? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. It’s true! But you know, you take three or four days off, and that first day or two back…it's like…you know, you gotta get going! You gotta get going! It's almost like…don't take any time off!
Vacation. If you want vacations, you're not…really in the right business. I…I hardly ever take time off, because I love what I'm doing. Whether it's my business, or whether it's…now this: we’re gonna make America great…again. And, whether it's this…no matter what! But the word momentum is a very important word. And you have to understand it! And you have to understand how to think about momentum. And it's a word you never hear when you hear about success, but it's so important.
And what happens…is there was a man named William Levin. And, I had great respect for him. He was a great real estate…person. And he was a young man, and he built Levittown's. Has anyone ever heard of Levittown's? Well, Levittown's were these massive housing develop…developments, uh…largely in Long Island, Pennsylvania, different places, but massive! He was really the first of the massive…builders of homes.
And, he was a young man! He did unbelievably. [He] Became very, very rich, and everything he touched turned to gold, and it was incredible. And then, what happened is, he was offered a lot of money by Gulf and Western, it was a big conglomerate, to buy his company. And you have to understand: William Levitt used to go around looking for nails, looking for sawdust, he'd sell the sawdust. He'd save the nails and use them again. He'd save chips of wood, and use them for different thing. Everything was perfect! He knew how to get zoning, he’d…have lunch with the mayor; he'd have lunch with the council; he'd have dinner with everybody; he was a…the ultimate professional…real estate developer, and he built Levittown's. Remember, he was the first really large-scale housing sprawl…all over, all over the country. Actually, they went all over the world.
So, Gulf and Western came to him and they offered him a lot of money! More money than he ever thought possible. And he took it and, he said, “oh, boy! This is great!”. He then…retired, at a very young age. Very, very young. But he was going crazy! He was so bored! He was going absolutely crazy, but they had a restrictive covenant. He couldn't compete. He couldn't do what he knew best, which was building housing. And, he…so he was retired.
He moved to the South of France. He bought a magnificent yacht. Unfortunately, he got divorced, and he…did a trophy wife thing, and…you know, one of those things. And…terrible, terrible person to do that. But he did it! And…but he had a wife who was a good wife…LaBelle, and…he named the boat after the yacht. And he was riding high! Everything was good! Now he's getting a little older, [he is] still in retirement; [he] lost his momentum, remember the word. And, Gulf and Western comes back, and they're dying! This is a big company, but they dying, because they don't send people to pick up nails. They don't send people to sell the sawdust. They don't send people to take the little scraps of lumber, and bring them down, and sell them and get…very small amounts of money, but it all adds up.
And they're losing their shirt with this company they bought. They couldn't get zoning, because they don't take the mayor out to dinner, and they don't do the things that you have to do. And they couldn't get zoning, they had all this land! They went crazy with buying land! And they couldn't sell the company, because it was a mess. And they destroyed the company. And, they went to William Levin, and they said, “we'd love to sell you the company back”. And he said, “oh!”. I think it was about 12 years. He was out, okay? [He] Lost that, whatever it is.
And after 12 years, they came to him, [and] they said, “we'd love to sell you the company back. Would you have any interest?”.
“Yes, I would! I'd love to buy it back”.
So, he bought this big…company back. Bigger than what he sold! He had all this land that was on zone and all…and, he worked like crazy! He worked 24 hours a day: work, work, work, work. And he went bankrupt. Out of business. Totally bankrupt. The biggest. He went bankrupt. And by this time, he was an old guy. And, I was at…a party, and I was the new hot guy in New York. I was doing great with real estate, and…I was on the covers of Businessweek magazine, and…Fortune magazine. And I was doing really well. And there was a man named Steve Ross that a lot of you folks would know, from Warner Communications. And he was the hot guy in entertainment. He built Time Warner, and he's a great guy. [He] Passed away from…from cancer, unfortunately, but he was an amazing guy. One of the great people in the history of the entertainment business.
And he was giving the cocktail party! He had 50 people on his Fifth Avenue apartment, and I walk into the…apartment. I was invited. And, I see 50 people, and…most of them are in the entertainment business. And I saw one person, [a] pretty old guy. And he was sitting in the corner, and his name was William Levin. And I went over to him, because I was attracted to him, cause he was in my business. I didn't care about the entertainment of people. I care about…him.
And I said, “Mr. Levin, how are you doing? Donald Trump”.
He said, “yes I know”. He said, “I'm not doing well. I'm not doing well at all”.
I said, “I read that, and it's too bad. What went wrong?”.
And I'll never forget the expression or the statement. He said, “Donald, I totally…lost…my momentum”.
So, [it’s a] …the thing you probably never heard. He lost his momentum. He took that time off. He came back, and it was a different world, and he lost his momentum.
Now, the real lesson there is, you have to know…if you've lost your momentum, so, that you don't get hurt. And, it's just something that I talk about, because it's so different.
And I watched him sitting in this corner…I don't even know why he was there, because he was no longer successful, but I guess Steve knew him, and respected him for what he had accomplished, cause what he had accomplished was amazing. He was the forerunner to…so many massive developments that’d you see all over. But, he said, “I lost my momentum, Donald. I lost my momentum”.
I've never, ever…forgotten those words. And, I've always remembered them. And, what you wanna do is you wanna keep going, keep going, keep going. But if you think you lost your momentum, slow down, and refocus on maybe something else. Because it's so…important to keep…the momentum going, okay? [It’s] So important. So, that's one of the many, many…elements…or stories.
And one quick one that we also talk about, and that I talked about: there's a certain amount of…luck! Does anybody believe in luck? Just…raise your hand. Who believes that, some people are luckier than others, right?
So, I have a friend, who's…just an unlucky guy! Just an unlucky guy! He's smart. He went to the Wharton School of Finance. He's a very…actually, he's a brilliant guy. But he's always been unlucky. And no matter what happens, it just works that way. And he never…really…succeeded. And you'll find, when you become very successful, the people that you will like best are the people that are less so than you. Because, when you go to a table, you can tell them all these wonderful stories and they'll sit back and listen. Does that make sense to you? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. Okay? Always be around unsuccessful people, because everybody will respect you…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Do you understand that? Anyway! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
But, this guy…he had a thing, and…and…he just would be…he was just like struck! He was…unlucky! And no matter what he did, he'd always…he was…I call him ‘injury bound’, or…he was…just always…something…would happen.
So, he'd be injured. I said, “what happened?”.
“I broke my shoulder”.
“How did you break your shoulder? Are you a football player?”
He goes, “no, no. I stripped…I slipped. I went down the stairs”.
So, he's in the hospital, and…he's…recovering, in Long Island, and he comes back, and he's being driven back, and again, he's always injured. His injury prone. [Do] You know the expression? Some people are injury prone. Is anybody in this room injury prone? Raise your…; oh, don't raise your hand! I don't even wanna see! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. Don't do it! Because you'll convince yourself.
Stand up! Stand up! Stand up back there! Are you really injury prone? …–MR. TRUMP TALKS TO SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD SPECIFICALLY, ALTHOUGH OFF CAMERA. Well, you’re a big, strong guy. Are you a football player or something? Huh?
Well…you are…ah, come on! Okay! Here's what you do: tell yourself you're not injury prone! Sit down! Okay!? Look at the size of that guy! How can he be injury prone!? [He] Looks like he's on the Green Bay Packers. I mean, you know, give me a break!
But this guy was totally injury prone. No matter what happened, [he was] totally injury prone. And, he'd always be ill. I'd always…I’d call his wife and she said, “oh no, he's very sick”.
“What's wrong with him?”.
And she said…she told me some thing…! I'd say, “all right”.
So, he had a broken shoulder, and now he's coming home…think of this! He's coming home…from the hospital, and he's riding on the Long Island Expressway, which is the longest parking lot of the world, by the way. He's riding on the Long…cause it's so crowded. He's right out on the Long Island Expressway, and an 18-wheeler hits the signs that say to New York City, ten miles. Right? [It] Knocks over a sign…think of this! It…he didn't even get hit by the truck! He got hit by a sign! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
And I call up to make sure he's okay from the previous injury, and the wife says, “no, no, we…were taking him home, and…what happened is a big truck hit the big sign, the big stanchion, and the sign came down on the road, and it hit his car. And now he's really in trouble, and now he's back in the hospital!
Well, just like that, there is…a certain amount…of luck!
But the greatest joy to me is Gary Player. Gary Player was a golfer, a great golfer. One of the great golfers of all time. And he was…they used to say he's diminutive. He was small! He worked harder than any human being. He worked harder than any other golfer. But he was a small guy. And he…but he hit it good, he hit it far, a great…great golfer. Everybody's heard of Gary Player, from South Africa. [He’s] Still a great guy. He’s always kept himself in shape. I saw him the other day. He’s like 80 years old, he's…phenomenal. He still looks like he did, 20 years ago.
But Gary Player worked hard. And he was the first time, maybe I've heard it again, but he was the one [that said], “the harder I work, the luckier I get”. That was Gary Player. He worked so hard! And they said to him…he'd win the US Open, and they'd say, “where are you tonight?”.
“I'm going to practice”. I mean, he’d just won a tournament, and he’s going to practice.
And, I have seen…people…that…work really, really hard, they create, to a certain extent, cause I do believe there could be something with a whole luck thing, but there are people that work hard. Remember that expression: the harder I work, the luckier I get. The harder he worked, he got stronger, stronger, longer, longer. He practiced putter, he practiced chipping.
The guy was unbelievable. He won 18 major, senior, and regular. He won like a 175 tournaments, worldwide, which I think is the record. But he was a hard worker. And he used to say…they’d ask, “how do you do this? How do you…? How are you so successful? ”.
“Well, you know, the harder I work, the luckier I get”.
And I just think it's a great…thing, for all of the young people out here, and the older people! Hey, I'm still working just as…I think I work harder…I think I'm working harder than the last eight months that I've ever worked before in my life! Believe me! But I enjoy it! You have to…really work. The harder you work…remember, “the harder you work, the luckier you get”. So, just remember those few little things: momentum, love what you do…always love what you do. Always.
One final story on success, cause I think it's a great thing. I have a friend who's a…guy who was born to a very very successful Wall Street Baron. And the Wall Street Baron is a vicious, ruthless, horrible human being, okay? You would not like him for dinner. You'd respect him, but you wouldn't like him. And, I mean, most of the people in the room would know who he is. One of the big Barons of Wall Street. Very, very smart. Very vicious. Very ruthless, more so than you'd ever see in a business…in a movie. You know, they can't make movies about guys like this. And he had a son who's a really nice guy. I have no idea how he produced this son. This son is the nicest human being. And the son…was in the father's firm, on Wall Street, and the firm is a massive firm. And he was unable to compete really with all the young guns in the firm. And the father sort of understood it. [He] Loved his son, but drove his son really…terribly.
And, what happened is…the son…is at a club, he's…a member of a country club, out in Westchester. And, they were doing a major, major renovation of the clubhouse, and the greens, and the…golf course…a big, big renovation. And people sort of semi-felt sorry for him almost, and they made him…they put him in charge. And he…was…fantastic. He was there at 6:00 in the morning, and 5:00 in the morning; and he wouldn't leave till 9:00 in the evening. And the job came in under budget, ahead of schedule, the job turned out to be 10 times better than anyone ever thought. And he was so happy! His wife called me. She said, “he's like a new man! He's so, so happy! He's doing this and he's so happy!”. But he doesn't wanna leave the firm, because he doesn’t wanna disappoint his father.
I said, “his father's already disappointed”, just in case you have any questions. I said, “he's gotta get out of the firm. He's gotta get out from those killers!”.
And he wouldn't leave. And I went…met with him. And I met with him and his wife. And, not so long ago. And I said, “so what are you gonna do?”.
He said, “I've gotta stay with the firm”.
I said, “you're making a huge mistake”.
Two years later, he left the firm. He opened a construction company. He can never do…what his father did, but he's so…happy! He's doing nicely. He's happy…his family…loves him again. They couldn't stand him! He was a miserable, unhappy guy. [He] Could not compete! And, he now goes around, and renovates buildings and all…; he's the happiest guy in the world. And in his own way, his father's too tough to say it, but in his own way, his father…is proud of what the son is doing.
So, I only say…really, love what you do, and remember those other little things I told you, okay?
So, that's enough of success. Do we agree? Do we agree? Is that okay, Mr. instructors? Okay? I really wanted to…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…I wanted to go into it. I don't think I've done that once! I love speeches on success. I mean, to me, they’re…they're great. And, sometimes…but I think that might be the first time I've ever done it on the political scene, and…a couple of the older guy sitting in front, they've already made their million. They’re so rich [that] they don’t know. Right?
You, with the red…stand up! Stand up! With a red cap. Look at that guy. [A] Handsome guy. You've made millions, right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Millions! Or maybe less?
THE MEMBER IN THE CROWD INTERVENES.
But you’re happy? Oh, US Marine Corps! Are you…were you in the Marines? Oh, that’s…we'll see. That’s success. And you're very proud of that, right? [It’s the] Same thing! It's all the same, folks! It's all the same! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. That's fantastic.
Go ahead! Go ahead!
THE MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS AT 00.33.19:
Right! Well, that a lot of people are asking that question. A lot of people are asking that question. And he said something. He said, when he was…working, and when he was not working, he had to go, and…work! No matter what! Even if it was part-time, you had to supplement, your income. Now you have people that…aren't working.
Look, it's all about incentive. People have to wanna go out. They have to wanna…; we have no incentive in our country anymore. We're losing in every way! We're losing in that way, because we have so many people that…don't wanna work! We have so many people…that…if given the right incentive, would love to work! They'd love to do it! We don't have incentives anymore. We don't have spirit anymore. Our country doesn't have spirit. We lose in so many ways! Sit down, thank you very much.
I…I'll give you an example: uh…when Scott Walker came out and ran for president. He was expected to win! I mean, during the course of my…term. Jeb Bush, expected to win. Gone! Right? Scott Walker, expected to win. Gone! Rand Paul, expected to win. Gone! They’re all gone! I miss them, I'm like lonely…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. No, I'm lonely.
And during debates…we had 11 or 12 debates, and during the debates, every single debate that I participated in I've been at the center! The center means…that you're number one. And I used to say to CNN and FOX, and the people that would have the debates, I'd say, “well, are you gonna announce that center is number one?”.
“No, we don't do that”.
“Why!?”.
Cause nobody knows that. But some of them would do it. But I was at the center!
And I debated these people. And, I guess [I] won the debates, cause every single poll, they have debate polls. They had polls on everything. One thing, I think I've been polls hot. You know, I think I really have! Nobody used to talk about polls! Now everybody talks about polls! But, every single online poll that they had…Drudge, who's a fantastic guy, by the way, Drudge. They have a Drudge poll, they have a Time magazine poll, they had a…many, many polls!
And they'd have, “who won the debate?”. And I won the debate. And, I would win every single…I think every single one of them I’ve won, according to the online polls.
And the last poll, my wife said to me…the last debate, she said, “will you do me a favor? Be presidential. Don't be so vicious! Don't be so…hard! Don't call them little Marco”…­–THE CROWD LAUGHS. “Don't call them low-energy Jeb! Be nice!”.
I said, “but if I'm nice…I'll be presidential, but I'm gonna lose! Right!? I mean, I'm gonna lose!”. And they were hitting me with everything. And, the bottom line is, the last debate I was…I said…in fact, Ivanka called me, and my wife called me. They, “said be Presidential”.
I said, “so what happens when they come and they say really nasty things, and they lie, and…”.
“We don't care! Be presidential!”.
So, I was pretty presidential in the last debate. Now, I actually thought that the other debates were much better, personally! I think they were much more interesting, but I was presidential and I won that debate too! So, you could win them all different ways[MOU1] .
But look, we have a country…that is…in a lot of trouble. We have people that are running that won't do a great job, I'm telling you! Hillary is a disaster. Hillary is a disaster. Hillary Clinton…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…will be a disaster…a disaster as president. And I will beat Hillary.
Ted…Ted cannot beat Hillary. He will not…be able to beat her, with a strident manner. He will not be able to beat Hillary. And believe me, the one person she doesn't wanna run…and…and I know this for a fact. The one person she does not wanna run against is Donald Trump. But…the one person…–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
You know, a little while ago…uh…a couple of months ago, she…hit me with something. Even today! She put an ad in, did you see the add? It’s a…New York City ad. She’s talking about New York…except for one problem! She used a sign…that's…on Pennsylvania Avenue.
I'm building a big hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, a big beautiful hotel, on Pennsylvania Avenue. You know why I'm building it? Because if for some reason this doesn't work out, I'm gonna live in Pennsylvania Avenue no matter what happens. I don't care, okay? I don't care! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.
No, I’m building a big…and she's got the signs! She's talking about New York, but she's got the sign on Pennsylvania Avenue, which is sort of an interesting thing. Uh…Hillary's not gonna win. Uh…Hillary's got so many problems. And she's created so many problems.
You look at Libya. You look at what's going on there. You know that ISIS…people don't talk about this. The press, I don't think they wanna write again…about it, because it's so bad! Libya, the oil, is taken by ISIS! ISIS has the oil!
So, we had Qaddafi with the oil, and that was bad, but at least he killed terrorists, right? Now, we have Libya taking the oil. We have Libya…is…massive amounts of oil is going out! Why are we stopping this? Why do we allow this to happen?
So, ISIS has the oil. ISIS has…some of the Iraq oil. They have some of the…uh…Syria oil. The…little…the…they don’t have that much oil in Syria, but they have what they have. But you see what's going on, and you say, “how is it possible that this is some stuff!?”.
Can you imagine General Douglas MacArthur, or General George Patton…saying, “we can't do anything about it?”. We lose at everything! We lose with our military; we can't beat ISIS. We can't beat ISIS! We lose on education, Common Core is a disaster, by the way. It’s a disaster. We have to bring education locally. We lose with healthcare. Obamacare is horrendous. Premiums are up 35, 45, 55 percent. The deductibles are so high [that] you'll never to use it.
We lose with everything. Our Second Amendment is totally under siege, which were not gonna allow to happen. We lose…with everything.
And, when I watched Scott Walker endorsed yesterday, although a lot of people didn't hear too much about his endorsement, because of my manager…and I looked at the…claims, I say, I don't know…am I wrong? I looked at…raise your hand! Did anything look very…I mean, strident, or…? Did anything look…? Uh…did everybody see that tape? Raise your hand if you saw that tape yesterday.
Well, that's not that many people, cause it's a big story. How many thought it looked terrible, what he did? I mean,  itto me he was…breaking up. She's grabbing me, grabbing. Did anybody…think it was a…a really terrible, what he did? I mean, where he should be fired? Lose his job…? …–SOME PEOPOLE IN THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’ No, you know what I mean, right? They wanted me to fire him, and destroy him, and lose his job!
Does anybody…? Okay, so a lot of people saw the tape. Who thought…that it was terrible what, he did? I mean, you know…it's lucky I had the tape! That was my tape! It's one of my places! I have cameras all over the place! It wasn't meant for this stuff, it was meant for other things. Security! But…but we have…great cameras!
Did any…? Okay, so a lot of you saw the tape. Did anybody think it was a horrible thing what happened? I don't get it! I mean, we have…we have people…whose heads are big chopped off because they're Christian, and for other reasons! In Syria, all over the Middle East! We have people that are being drown in cages, 50 at a time, in big steel…cages: They're being dropped in…to the waters, and…lifted up an hour later. And I'm trying to figure out!
And then you have Ted Cruz! “He should be fired!”.
I say, “why!?”. I don't do that. I'm loyal! He did a good job!
Now, the girl made statements. Actually, she made some terrible statements. Because she said that…she was I mean, I could read this…should I read the statement? Should I read? Does anybody want me to read it? Huh? Yes!? I'll just read it quickly…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
Listen to this! This…this young woman, [a] reporter, who shouldn't have been where she was, and she grabbed me twice! She said, “I was jolted backwards!”. She wasn't, right? Did anyone disagree?
“Someone had grabbed me tightly by the arm, and yanked me down!”. Did she go down? Did she even go a little down, like…uh…little!? Like…a couple of inches!? …–­THE CROWD LAUGHS. Did she have any facial expression? If I bring one of these…big, strong guys up here, of which we have a lot in this room. That's called Wisconsin, right? Strong…–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
Hey, if I bring a Green Bay Packer up here, and if I give him a whack, he's gonna go, “ah!”. And then he'll…knock the hell out of you, right? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. After he…recovers from shock. But…but, you know, you have a acial…there's no facial expression! No nothing.
So she said…and this is the exact quote! “I was jolted backwards. Someone had grabbed me tightly by the arm and yanked me down”. She didn't go down.
“I almost fell to the ground”. She didn't almost fall to the ground. “But was able to maintain my balance nonetheless. But I was shaken”.
Then she goes, “campaign managers aren't supposed to try to forcibly throw reporters to the ground”: He didn't do that! And they put out a warrant! I mean, what…what do we…what kind of a country are we in? To destroy somebody! And what kind of a country are we in, when they go to Kasich… “what would you do?”.
“I would fire him!”.
They'd go to Ted Cruz, “I would fire him!”.
Folks, as your president, you need somebody that's gonna be loyal to the country and to yourselves. You need somebody that's gonna fight you.
Now, if she really did go down, if he did something like that, he would have been fired before…she ever got up, okay? That I can tell you. If she were…like…if this stuff were…so? I would have had…but I looked at the tape! And I'm trying to figure it out!
So, all of the people that saw the tape, do we agree with this!? Does anybody disagree? Could you stand up if you disagree with me? Cause all…most of you saw it. Not one person in the room. It's…it's a very, very…and that’s risky for me to do! You know, when I do that, the whole room stands up…believe me, that's gonna be the number one story on television…–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
Uh…hhere's the bad news: because…I have a room loaded with people, and nobody stood up, it won't even be on television! Right, folks? They won't even talk about it…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLADUS. They won't even talk about it!
So, I wanna tell you a little bit about Wisconsin, because people don't understand. And I wouldn't have done this except Scott. I've done it twice now. I did it…when he got out of the race, because you know, everyone thought he was doing a good job as governor, and then…what happened is, [it] didn't work out to be so good. And when I gave the numbers, he went from 22, or 24 percent down to zero, and he quit the race. He was one of the first people to quit.
And I wouldn't do this except that…he endorsed…this guy…Cruz. And Cruz would be a terrible president. Okay. So, but he endorsed Cruz.
So, let me give you the story on…Wisconsin. And by the way, Scott Walker was up to my office about a year ago, handing me a plaque. He regrets that. Because I actually supported him! I gave him a lot of money, like 50 or a 100,000 dollars for his campaign or something. I gave him a lot! I don't know what it was, but it was a lot in that vicinity. And…he came up to my office gave me a flat pack…and we're trying to find it. It's on the bottom of a pile of plaques…­–THE CROWD LAUGHS. I'm pretty sure I can find it. Actually, I got word that they found it! I have to show you.
But look, I wrote these stats down. I just wrote them down! And these are stats, this is not Donald Trump doing…numbers or anything. This is a straight…you know, right out of the book.
By the summer of 2015…remember, this is your state that you love; that I love too! I have a lot of friends in Wisconsin. It's an amazing place. By the summer of 2015, Wisconsin was facing a 2.2…billion-dollar two-year budget deficit. Okay! That's bad! That's bad.
Total state debt is 45 billion dollars! [It] Went up a lot. That's bad! That's a lot! That's at the higher end! That's really up there. I don't know if you folks know that. 20,000 fewer people in the labor force in Wisconsin than seven years ago, even though population has grown by a 100,000. So, you have 20,000 fewer people working, even though population growth has been increased…by 100,000.
I mean, I see this guy in his Harley. He's always on a Harley: grrr, grrr, grrr! …–MR. TRUMP EMULATES THE SOUND OF A MOTORBIKE. THE CROWD LAUGHS. I love the bikers. Do you know the bikers love me? I was saying it. Do you know that? Do we have any bikers in this room? The bikers…right? The bikers love Trump!
I went to Hilton Head, and a couple of other…there were hundreds, and hundreds of bikers! And, the Secret Service's said, “stay away!”.
I said, “don't stay away! These are the greatest people! These people are amazing!”. For some reason, the bikers love me. I'm not a huge biker! I have to be honest with you, okay? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. I was like the limo better, right? The limo.
But…but the bikers love me. [Do] You know why they love me? Because…and I asked a couple of them, “why!?”. They say, “security, military, borders. You're the only guy that's gonna do it”.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio, from…as you know, from…Arizona. The toughest. He…endorsed me. [There is] nobody tougher on the borders than Sheriff Joe. He endorsed me. So many people endorsed me. Such great endorsements. Okay.
Uh…800,000 food stamp recipients. Middle-class hit hard due to job loss of manufacturing. The job loss.
Now, both Ted Cruz, and your governor, and Kasich are trying to approve TPP. Kasich approved NAFTA! He was a congressman. He raised his head. NAFTA has been a disaster for Wisconsin. It's been a disaster for the whole United States. We have lost so many companies, and so many jobs.
Wisconsin has lost 15,000 net jobs to Mexico! You know about that, right? Do you feel that? Can you feel it? Right? When I say. That that's a hell of a number. Since NAFTA! 15,000 jobs! 70,000 jobs you've lost to China! 100,000 illegal immigrants living in Wisconsin, costing taxpayers 883 million dollars a year. Now, this is out of the books. I mean, you know…; 883 million dollars per year.
Now, what happened is…everybody thought Scott Walker was tough and doing a good job, and…you know, he was fighting people, and…always fighting, fighting…; well, it's better if you can do it without the fighting so much. You know, it's wonderful to fight. Let's fight. But, you know, how many times can you fight? I looked at your capital. Every time they're throwing, they're going crazy…­–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. Be cooler if you could do it, and get better results! How about getting a better result without the fighting? Wouldn't it be nice?
It's like in New Hampshire. I spent two million dollars, and won. Jeb Bush…spent…48 million dollars, and got beaten badly! Don't you want me as your president? Isn’t that…isn't that true? You know, I mean, I think! Right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But Scott Walker was doing really well. He was leading the pack, and I…I couldn't hit him, because I'm the counter puncher. I don't…I cannot do it. Cause I'm actually a nice person. I cannot…hit a person first. I've gotta let them…hit me first.
So, I was going along, and I was really nice…to Scott Walker. And then, one of his people…they had a fundraiser. And he was calling me names. “Come on to the Scott Walker fundraiser”. And I was so happy to hear it! They called me…a really terrible name! [He] Said horrible things about me! And they had a fundraiser.
And I said, “Scott, your people shouldn't say that! They just shouldn't say it!”.
And I did…my number. I did, basically, what I'm doing now except with much more vigor! Okay? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. And within a matter of weeks, he was gone! Cause nobody knew that! I'm sure a lot of the people in the audience didn't know these statistics! Okay? But they’re no good! They’re no good!
Wisconsin's in the middle of the pack in terms of…states from around the area. Wisconsin's not doing well.
So, he would have been better off if he didn't endorse…Ted Cruz. Because now I'm…just letting out facts that nobody would have even known. I'm telling you, nobody even knows these facts, folks.
So, winning…Wisconsin is very important. On April 5th you have…the date. I hope you'll…understand that this is a very important thing, because we're…I have…far more delegates than anybody else. I have far…do you ever hear Cruz get up [and] say? “I'm the only one that's proven that I can beat Donald Trump! I'd beat him here! I won, last night, on the town hall!”. He said, “we won the state of Utah! In a tremendous victory!”. He didn't say that the same night, I won the state of…Arizona, and got many many more delegates! Right!? He didn't say it! He said, “I'm the only one!”.
So, I think I have 21, or 22 states, and he's got, what? Seven? But he'll say, “I'm the only one! I’ve proven…!”. And he uses this expression, “I’ve proven time and time again, that I can beat Donald Trump!”.
I beaten…I've killed this guy! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. I've killed him! I mean, it's really…incredible! So, lyin Ted. He's lyin Ted!
But, here's the thing. Here's the thing. It's a very unfair situation, though, because as I said before: getting to the 1237 delegates is…uh…and, by the way, Missouri just came in, and it was certified I won Missouri. That happened yesterday, so Missouri…–THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.
They were actually going over the numbers. He was supposed to win Missouri so, probably, they went over the numbers. But he was supposed to win Missouri so, probably when I won, they said, “oh, we want a recount”. So, they had a recount. [Do] You know what happened? They found more than 300 more votes for me. So, anyway…–­THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. So, I won the state of Missouri. So, that's good. Uh…and we picked up…I think an extra 12 or…so delegates, which is…great. And they're great people! And I thought I'd win there!
You know, I was told that I was gonna…lose there. I was told I was gonna lose South Carolina. I won in a landslide. I was told that I wouldn't win in New Hampshire. We won in a landslide. I was told that Nevada would be very very difficult for me to win. I won in a landslide .
And, by the way, in the polls I won all of the Hispanic. I won the Hispanic by a lot! You know, cause the Hispanics…they want jobs! They want jobs to come into our country! They're smart! And…one poll had me 25 percent with African-Americans; and, one of the announcer said, “if Trump got 25 percent with African-Americans, this election is over. You might as well not even have it. He wins”. And I think I'll do great with African-Americans.
So, we're gonna have something special. But, really important is…next week, on Tuesday, the 5th, to get out…and to vote. Because a movement is only a movement if the movement ends in greatness, meaning ends in…making sure that our country…really becomes great again. And we have so much room.
When I told you about NATO; when I told you about the United Nations; when I tell you about the waste, fraud and abuse all over the place; when I tell you these other candidates, they wanna knock out your Social Security; they wanna knock out your Medicare.
You know, Medicare is a program that works! There's a lot of waste, fraud and abuse, but it's a program that works. These people wanna…knock it out. I wanna make our country rich again, so that we can have it without knocking it out, and without…doing anything to it. Other than…running it better.
So, I just wanna say that…it's an honor to be here. I love this school. The school is beautiful, and I wanna thank you. I wanna thank everybody for…allowing us to use the auditorium. I wish you had a…much bigger auditorium, so we could take care of…all the thousands of people outside, but that'll be next time, right?
But, go out. Do a fantastic job for yourselves, especially the young folks. And just remember this: we have a country that doesn't win anymore. If I'm elected president, we're gonna win, win, win! We're gonna win so much…! I jokingly say, “we're gonna win so much, [that] you're gonna get absolutely sick and tired of it!”. You're gonna say, “please, please, Mr. president! We can't stand it! We’re winning too much!” …­–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
And I'm gonna say, “sorry, folks, we're gonna keep winning, cause we're gonna make America great again, okay?”…­–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, I love you all, and….and, go out and do a great job! And good luck with your lives!
