VIDEO Nº: 162
TITLE:162. Speech Donald Trump - Appleton WI - March 30 2016
DATE OF EVENT:30/03/2016
RELEASE DATE:27/10/2017
DURATION:00.52.21 Mins
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:9626
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It’s great to be with you. It’s great to be with you. This is my friend…–MR. TRUMP POINTS TO A PERSON IN THE CROWD. He travels all over the places. This guy. He's seen a couple of them. How many have you seen? 30! He's a serious fan…­–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And, where do you live? Okay. And you voted for Trump, that I can tell you. We did very well in Tennessee, I will tell you. He’s from Tennessee, but he travels…all over, and he's a great guy. He's actually a good man.
Where you from? Oh, I like the Philippines too! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I love the Philippines.
So folks, thank you very much for being here. This has been an amazing period of time. I don't know, do you have seats? You could sit down, right? Sit down! We’ll be here for a long time…­–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We'll be here for a long time.
So, we're gonna…speak for a couple of minutes, then…oh, what a…what a nice crowd! They turned away, a lot of people! A lot of people! But now we're having a lot of friends come in.
Do you notice how nice everything is? Nice, and soft, and beautiful. And do we love Wisconsin, right? Do we love it? …­–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We love it! Hello folks, back there.
So, I just wanna thank you all. Look, we have something that's…so special…so special going on. It's a movement. And, Wisconsin's very important. Ideally…who's gonna vote on April 5th? …­–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Who's gonna vote for Trump on April 5th? …­–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Good. Great. No, we're having great enthusiasm. And I think we're gonna have a lot of crossover votes. You're gonna have Democrats coming across; you're gonna have independence coming across; you are gonna have people that never voted before…coming across. And, no poll…I think the polls don't take that. Do the polls…? The polls aren't even taking that into advantage, all right? They're not really discussing that. We get tremendous crossover votes. And I think we're gonna do great.
And frankly, we love the Democrats if they cross over. Do we agree with that? Do we love them? …­–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And the independents. And the people that have never voted before! You know, it's amazing, when I do…shake hands with people, or I do whatever they call it, ‘the rope lines’ they call it, where I sign. And…we'll do a little one of those, little suckers, if you want something after.
But you know, when I do them, every 20th person says to me, “Mr. Trump, I've never…voted…before”. It's amazing! “I've never…voted…before”. And they'll be wearing like a trump shirt like that. Stand up, with that beautiful Trump shirt. Look at this handsome guy! He's shy! He got up and then down very quick. Oh, you pulled him down, right? There he is. Look at this guy! He's not shy! He's not shy! …­–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Whoa! He's not shy! I love this guy! Thank you, man. That's so cool. That's very cool, I haven't seen that shirt around. I'll tell you, that's a…; I don't know if they got that one on television. I have a feeling they're not allowed to…­–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But it's been amazing, and…and, you know we're winning a lot. We’ve won…21 or 22 states. It was just announced yesterday that Missouri, we just won Missouri because we got the vote. So, that was good…­–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. You never know. You know, I won the state and then they said they're doing a recount or whatever they call it. And when you hear that…–A MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE–…he said I also won Iowa. Well, that's a very interesting…thing. There's a lot of truth to that! But, with Missouri we won.
Now, we won Louisiana, and we won it by thousands of votes. And, we don't get as many delegates as Cruz. And you tell me how that works! …–THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY. No, no, but think of it! You work there, you go, you make your speeches…you do everything; the people are fantastic in Louisiana…and we go out and do our thing, and then we find out we won, and we're happy; And then we…when we get the delegates, we don't get as many as Cruz. You tell me, this is a straight system folks. It's not…you’d better be careful. It's terrible. No, it's terrible. It's terrible. What's going on is terrible.
But the good news is, we’re leading by a lot. We're leading by…hundreds of delegates, and we’re leading by millions of votes. I think over two million votes more. And, nobody has seen anything like this, ever! The Republicans, which a lot of people thought was a little bit…out of it, right? I mean, we have to be honest. And we are up…almost 70 percent in turnout for the primaries and caucuses…­–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And, I must say I like primaries better than caucuses.
You walk in, you vote, and you leave, right? With the caucuses, you sit down, you have…uh…tea; you talk about it for 10 hours, after that…; these caucuses…I'm not sure that it's a good system. I think that…and honestly, I think the right system is you wanna walk in…not be influenced improperly; walk in, vote, and go home! And, so, I'm a fan of…uh…I'm a fan of…you know, primary, not the caucuses…­–THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. I've always…I've always felt that.
But I wanna thank you. We've had some really great numbers come up in Wisconsin, and a lot of people were saying, “well, maybe Trump can win Wisconsin”. I think we have a very good chance, especially with all of the independents.
Do you think I'm gonna win? Stand up! Stand up, you too! Stand up, with that beautiful blond hair! [Do] You think we're gonna win? All right. Good. That's so nice! So nice! So…thank you. Thank you. I could see that enthusiasm, that incredible enthusiasm. We have a lot of enthusiasm! We have incredible enthusiasm. We were in Green Bay today. Now, Tom Brady's a friend of mine, okay? And Tom Brady…–THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY–…well, but Tom is great. No, but we have to recognize greatness. Do we agree…? It…you know, let's face it. And Tom…is a big fan of your quarterback! He said he's a great quarterback! That's good, right!?
Do you think you have a great quarterback? Absolutely! …­–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS .You have a great…you have a great quarterback.
How's your team gonna be this year? Could be! Right? Should be very good. You have a great team. And it's been really…it's been so well…run for so many years. It's a real tribute. You know, when you hear Green Bay, it's a real tribute what they’ve done. But you should have a very good team. You should have a very good season.
And I'll make you deal. If I win, I'm coming up to a game, okay? …–THE CROW CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. If I lose, I don't know! If I lose…uh…maybe! If I lose, maybe, maybe not. You know, I'll be a little bit…; but if I win, I'm coming to a game, okay? We have that deal. Who's gonna give me a ticket? I just…one ticket or two tickets? Melania…Donald, Melania and how about will bring Ivanka, right? …­–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. I'll bring Ivanka.
But I'm gonna…we’ll come up to a game. I'd love that, actually. I would love to see…I just passed. I passed Lambeau [Field]…uh…before, and it's beautiful. Boy, they've done a…beautiful job on it. It looks great. And it's got…history. And yet, it's been upgraded, but it's got history. So, it's got the best of everything.
So, here's a story. So, we have a country that doesn't win anymore. Our trade has take…been taken away from us. We make the worst trade deals…of any human beings maybe that ever existed. And a lot of those deals aren't made because the politicians are so stupid. They're made because the politicians are taken care of by special interest groups. They're taken care of by…lobbyists, that…represent companies, that are in…oil, or in lumber, or an electric, or in pharmaceuticals…; and the guys I'm running against. I'm self-funding my campaign, folks. I have a lot of money in this stuff…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I have a lot of money in.
And, you know…I'm not taking…I’ve turned down so much money! Jeb Bush had the…the record. He had 148 million dollars. Now, I think Hillary is gonna have more, and who knows. But, uh…Jeb Bush…­–THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY–…well, boo is right…–THE CROWD LAUGHS–…but…but Jeb Bush had like a 148 million. If I would have taken money, I would have had…three times that amount. More…! I could…I could have had whatever I want. I turned down so much money…!
And I'll be honest! I don't know if it [is] truly necessarily appreciate it. You know, when people go in, they don't say, “Donald…”, you agree with me? …–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SOMEBODY SPECIFICALLY IN THE CROWD–…you understand what I mean. I'm in for a lot of money. And I don't know that it's really appreciated, from the standpoint that when you go into the booth, say, “oh, well, I like Trump, and…I don't like Cruz, but I like Kasich”.
I don't know why. That's okay…–THE CROWD BOOS. No, no! But, “I think I'll vote…let's say for this one or that one”. But I don't think anybody says, “you know, Trump is self-funding, that means he's not controlled by all of the special interests”. I'm only controlled…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…I'm controlled by one special interest. You know what the special interest is? You! It's the people! I mean, that's why I'm doing this!
I just had a beautiful grandson, and…number eight…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…Theodore James. Like Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore James. And…uh…you know, I'm doing it for the whole thing!
And look, our country's in trouble! We have no borders. Our healthcare is a disaster. Obamacare is gonna be repealed and replaced. Our Second Amendment…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…our Second Amendment is totally under siege. You know that. I mean, it's under siege…what's going on with the Second Amendment. And, and, so many other things. Look, it just…we don't win anymore!
Our country…doesn't…win anymore! And when I started, when I first came down on June 16th, [it’s] hard to believe. Here we are. [A] Politician for all these months. I never thought I'd be a politician in a million years. And by the way, nobody…nobody respects women more than Donald Trump. That I can tell you. Nobody…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And…and…nobody will be better to women. And nobody will give greater security to our country for women, and in that case, for everybody. Nobody but Donald Trump. Believe me.
We're gonna have our strong borders. We're gonna have our wall. We're gonna stop the drugs from pouring in and poisoning…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're gonna stop the drugs from pouring in…; I mean, it’s pouring in and poisoning our youth, and others! We're gonna have…a real…country again. We're gonna make America…look at all the red hats! We're gonna make America great again. And it's gonna…even the white hat, I like very much, okay?
But, we're gonna make America great again. We're gonna do it. We're gonna have strong borders. We're gonna have an unbelievably strong military. You know, our military has been depleted. Totally depleted! And, we can't beat ISIS! We can't beat…I don't know, it's just…I don't wanna say we can't beat anybody. I just don't wanna say it. I refuse to say it.
But, I see these generals…they're leaving the military. General Odierno, [a] good man! He leaves the military a number of months ago, and he's talking about it. And he's saying how, in terms of preparedness, we're just about the least prepared that we've ever…been…as a country!
Now, I thought he was talking about since World War II. I think he was talking about like…ever! And, that's pretty sad. We're gonna change that. And, you know, in many respects, it's the cheapest…single…thing we can do. We're gonna have a strong military, so that nobody can mess around with us. Nobody. And…and I see some great vets back here. We are going to take care of our vets, okay? We're gonna take care of our vets, fellas …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We don't take care of our vets. Our vets are our great people, and we don't take care of our vets. And we're going to. Our vets are treated worse in many cases than illegal immigrants. They come in here…they get more benefits than the vets. And those days are over. It's…over. It's part of…to build up the military…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, I see all these good-looking guys back here…how many vets do we have? Raise your hand. Don't even stand out. Raise…that's good. That's beautiful. And we have…how many vets do we have in the audience, generally? A lot of vets. And the vets are being…uh…–THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY–…they're being humiliated, by the way. We’ll…take care of them.
So, that's gonna end. You've seen my plan, I assume .You've seen my plan in terms of…health care, and…what's gonna happen with the vets, and it's gonna be something that's…it's…it's not even a question of the money!
You look at Phoenix, Arizona, where by the way, I have tremendous support, including from Sheriff Joe. Do we love Sheriff Joe? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I'll tell you, Sheriff Joe doesn't mess around, because you know, when we went to Phoenix, I had 21,000 people, right near Phoenix. And, Sheriff Joe has the border, and boy, he’s tough with his tents and…the whole deal. And we had a lot of protesters. We had like 200 protesters. And they were very…loud, and very…you know, boisterous, and…he said, “oh, this isn't gonna happen”.
And you know, he walks right up to them. He walks right up. He looks them in the eye, and they just…like, they're quiet! He's an unbelievable guy! So, Sheriff Joe, they put their cars…we have 21,000 people, and the cars couldn't get through, because they did a blockade of cars on the highway. So, these cars couldn't get through. So, they were being delayed tremendously, and there were tremendous traffic jams, all the way back to Phoenix. And, Sheriff John looked at it. He said, “move those cars”. They didn't move them. They chained themselves to the cars. They were…he’d…his guys, with chain cutters, just walked, right up: bum, bum, bum. They put three or five in jail, everybody dispersed; they move those cars…–THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. I'm telling you, in…five minutes, that road flowed. It was so beautiful to watch. You saw that, right? It was unbelievable. It…it was…the way that road move was…and we had no problem!
And the problem you have is that we don't have…people, uh…because today they wanna be politically correct, they wanna…;
Now, Sheriff Joe stood up those people. He says, “you've got two minutes to take those chains off”. They wouldn't take him off. Bing, boom! In jail! Everybody left. That was the end! …–THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.
And he endorsed me. And when Sheriff Joe endorses you, that means you're the best on the borders. Do you agree with that? Right? When Joe…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY–…when Joe endorses, you…you're the best of the borders. But, it tells you what can happen with respect. It tells you what can happen. I…I tell you what, it shows it so strong. When you respect it as somebody that's special; when you respect it; when you have that kind of a reputation, and…and it's a good reputation! It's not a bad…! It's a great reputation! There's gonna be law and order.
Then you have other cases where you have people that don't act like that, and…you have…protesters, or…agitators, because they're actually agitators. And we've been here now, we've done a number of these. We haven't had a problem. I mean, it's been really great. And you know, we owe a great deal to the police, because the police of our country…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…the police of our country do a fantastic job.
So, they really are. These are fantastic people. And they don't get enough credit, I'll tell you what. And they take a lot of abuse. A lot of abuse. And they shouldn't be taking abuse. And you know, if there's one bad apple, they end up being on the news for weeks. And…uh…it doesn't…you know, they don't talk about…the way they're supposed to be talking. So, I just wanna thank the police. And the police here have been phenomenal.
You know, we…turned away thousands of people outside. Not a problem. Other than they're not exactly thrilled…okay? If anybody wants to give up their seat, you can sell it for a lot of money right now…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. But…uh…so, I just wanna thank the police, cuz they've done a fantastic job.
So, when I started on June 16th, it was…amazing; coming down the escalator with Melania…and I talked about trade, and I talked about borders. Then you had Paris and it changed everything. And we went way up! We just had a great NBC poll, [that] just came out, yesterday. [it]…was…uh…48 percent to like in the 20s. Somebody was in the 20s. Uh…and, I mean, we we’re doing…really grea.
But it began with…trade. And it began…because I get sick and tired! When I look at these trade deals that are made, these grossly incompetent trade deals, where we lose so…much…money…with every country, virtually, that we do business with, that's gonna end, folks. Uh…they take our jobs, they take our money…and it's gonna end! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. It's going to end, as sure as you're sitting there, or standing there, a lot of people [are] standing. But that's gonna end! It's gonna end quickly.
But it started with that, and it started with the border! It started with illegal immigration. [Do] You remember? I made this statement about illegal immigration, that…that…the it was like the furor! And then people found out I was right!
You had the killing of Kate in San Francisco; the killing in California of Jameel, whose father's a friend of mine, who's an amazing…guy! And this…young son was going to be an amazing person. [He was] gonna go to football…football scholarship, [a] good student, good everything. And he was shot in the face three times by an illegal immigrant, somebody that shouldn't have been there.
And, it started with that. And then, it really morphed in…after Paris, more so than anything else, cuz you had two San Bernardino…horror show. But after Paris more than anything, where 130 people were killed. And you talk about…the Second Amendment. You know, I always say, very simply: Paris is the toughest gun laws in the world, they say. So, let's assume it's one of the toughest. In other words, you can't have guns unless you're a bad guy. These guys walked into the various places, they killed 130 people. Many, many people are in the hospitals. They'll be in the hospitals for the rest of their lives. And they'll die. They’ll die. You’re gonna have…many more deaths, it was a horrible…event.
And if there were guns in Paris shooting bullets in the opposite direction? Number one, they may not have even gone in, okay? To be honest, right? They might not have even gone in, but if they it…did go in , you're not gonna have a 130 people dead. You’re gonna have some other people dead. And, certainly, it would have been, obviously, bad but it would have been nothing, nothing like it is! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, we have to protect our Second Amendment, folks. We have to protect it.
So, it started with the trade, and then it…went into the border, and illegal immigration. And then it became military. And then, a lot of great polls started coming out. CNN said [that] Trump is the best on the military; Trump is the best on…leadership!; Trump is the best on everything! I mean, I was the top of everything…other than one thing: personality. They said he's not as nice a person. And I, who cares!? I mean, does it matter at this point?
And I'm…let me tell you, I'm a better person than these people I'm running against. Believe me. Believe me…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Believe me.
And I'm gonna put people back to work, and I'm gonna bring our jobs back, because we are a disaster, what's happening to our country! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
When you see Carrier leaving the country; when you see…Pfizer! You know, the great…pharmaceutical company, leaving…our country for Ireland! You see what's going on, folks! We're not gonna have any companies left anymore! We're not gonna have any jobs left anymore! So, we're gonna straighten things out.
April 5th is so important, cause we have…you just take a look at Time magazine, the…the covers for…a lot of covers! I've been on so many covers of Time now. Oh, you have one? …–MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES SOMEBODY FROM THE CROWD. Oh, there it is! Do me a little…hold that high, hold that high! [Do you] See that? That's one. That's one…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
It's amazing, this political thing. I think I've been on Time once or twice in my life. And now, I've been in…like four times in the last three or four months. I mean, it's pretty cool but, it's only cool if we win. Because I got a call from one of the great writers. And he said, “how does it feel?”.
And I said, “what? How does what feel?”.
He said, “what you've done has never been done before. Ever!”. First of all, I'm not a politician, which I'm so proud of. But he said, “how does it…?”; cuz we gotta…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I built a great company. And that's the thinking we need! I built a great company. And, some of the greatest assets in the world; low debt; tremendous cash flow; and it's the kind of thinking we need! That's the kind of thinking!
We need we…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS have 19 trillion dollars in debt…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're sitting on a bubble…! And every country in the world is ripping us off on trade, and other things!
For instance, it was asked to me the other day…just sitting there, asking a question about NATO. And I gave an answer that…like…I don't think anybody's given! It was…it’s 68 years old, and…you've got 28 countries, and most of them are freeloading over us. And they get a big…benefit. Yeah, whatever. I mean, we…we won't mention individual countries. Some of them are fine countries! Some of them are very smart countries! I mean, why shouldn't they freeload if they can?
In the meantime, we're paying taxes. We’re the highest…taxed…nation…in the world. By the way, my tax plan lowers taxes very substantially for middle income people. They're getting killed. They're getting killed…–THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. Very, very substantially.
And for companies doing business. Because…I mean, we’re the highest tax nation…in the world! There's nobody higher than us. And when you think of it, isn't that terrible? So we have NATO. We're paying a trou…a truly, I mean, just…just…the numbers are staggering! We're paying a disproportionate share, and it's obsolete! Because NATO was designed at a time when they didn't have terrorism, as we know it. And this doesn't take care of terrorism. And if it does take care of terrorism, we have the wrong countries. Cause we'd have to add countries, and take some countries off!
So, I said, “no, no, NATO’s fine. But I don't wanna pay so much money”. I’ll save so much money for you, folks! I'm gonna save so much money…! The waste that we…;
You know, when you hear [that] we have a military budget that's ten times higher than anybody else, it's really false! Because, we take care of the military for…other countries! Nobody even knows it.
We take care of Japan. Does anybody know that we take care of the military for Japan? Most people don't know that. Does anybody know that? …­–A MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. We take care of Japan, right? You know it! Right? …­–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE PERSON YELLING. And you're not too happy about it, right? Okay! My vets! My vets no more than all of us! …–THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. You're not thrilled, right?
First of all, Japan with all the cars…; they're not…look, I love Japan. I love Germany. I love…South Korea! I love all of them, but it's time they have to pay up! Right?
You know, when you order a television…–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY–…when you order a television, you order LG, Samsung…you know, they all come out of South Korea! Other than Sony, which comes out of Japan! But you…you order a television set…we don’t make televisions anymore! We don't make them! Try finding…!
I just ordered…like…a tremendous order for…a big hotel. In fact, it happens to be on Pennsylvania Avenue, right? The Old Post Office. Because I said to myself, “well, if I don't make the White House, I'm gonna still live on Pennsylvania Avenue someday” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS . So, anyway! We're gonna make the White House all, okay? Cuz that's more important.
But…but I ordered, you know, a tremendous amount of televisions, and the only ones bidding are the people from…different places in Asia! Mostly from South Korea! And here we are! It's a behemoth! They make the big ships; they make the big freighters, and tankers; they make the televisions, the air-conditioners…; I mean…they're unbelievable!
And…we…have 28,000 soldiers on the line, between North and South Korea, and every time this guy…who may be a maniac, every time he raises his hand, we start…defending. We start sending our ships, sending our planes, sending our…everybody. And…we don't get reimbursed properly for that! I'm not saying we don't defend! And I'm not saying that I don't even mind…taking care of Japan. Japan's a great…great country! I love Japan! I have many friends from Japan! Many friends from…Germany! We take care of Germany. No problem…; a lot of people don’t even know that! We protect Germany!
Now, Germany…it sends Mercedes-Benzes over, they send…they’re making a fortune! They’re a power! They’re [an] economic juggernaut! And we take care of them, and we have budget deficits, and we have…losses like you've never seen. And we have 19 trillion going, by the way, to 21 trillion, cause the last budget they did was one of the worst budgets I've ever seen. And it was done…you know, the so-called omnibus, which allows…uh…illegal immigrants to come in; which allows…you know, the budget takes care of the cost of the illegal immigrants coming in…; takes care of the cost of the Syrians coming in!
Now…–THE CROWD BOOS–…that's not gonna happen anymore! We don't know who they are. They're undocumented. We don't know…are they ISIS? Are they…? Where are they from?
You saw what happened in San Bernardino. Two people. Two people. Young people, that worked with the people they killed. They killed 14 people! Many [are] in the hospital. They killed 14 people.! And these are people that…just…this is a…young married couple.
Now we're taking in thousands of people, and we don't know where…we have no idea what some of these people come from. Probably where almost all of them come from. There's no documents. There's no paperwork. Are we crazy? Are we crazy? And when I said ‘temporary ban’ on Muslims? I thought…that was the end of my campaign. Now, I didn't care! I said, “we have to do something! We have to do something!”. And my…my numbers went through the roof! I didn't know that! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.
And we have a president that doesn't wanna even use the term ‘radical Islamic terror’. He doesn't wanna talk about it. And, nobody can say really why! I mean, I understand there's some reasoning behind it, but there's no real smart reasoning behind it! It's a problem! And they know it's a problem!
And there's another problem! They don't turn each other in. When you look at what happened in Brussels, [do you] remember about…a few months ago I said very bad things about Brussels. I said it's a hellhole. [It] Used to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It's a hellhole.
And The New York Times did a big story about me saying…how…what a shame it is that I call Brussels a hellhole, and what right do I have to call it a hellhole? And then you had the problem, last week, with all of the deaths. The…bombings, and the…horror, and the lack of…real protection, and…and the lack of knowledge about these people, and where they are, and where they live…!

I mean you, think of it. The one guy that they've been looking for, who did the Paris, was living right next to where his apartment was! They don't turn each other in! They didn't turn in San Bernardino [that] they were making bombs! Many, many people saw bombs all over the floor of their apartment! All over the floor they were bombs! Nobody turns them in![MGF1] 
They knew this guy, this thug, that now is in jail…and he'll get a lawyer, and he'll be fighting it for…25 years, and…that'll be it, [he’ll] probably [he’ll] end up getting out someday. But this guy, who…did…you know, who was one of the…main players in Paris, we finally have them stopping to call ‘masterminds’. You know, remember they were calling [them] ‘mastermind’. “The mastermind!”. They're not masterminds. They're thugs. They're not smart! They're just dirty players, really dirty players.
We can't waterboard, but they can jump off heads, right’ You saw that, where I took some heat…–TA MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS ‘YEAH!’. We can't waterboard. You know, we can't waterboard, fellas. I'll tell that to my veterans back here, right?  …–MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES THE PEOPLE BEHIND HIM. We can't waterboard, but they can chop off heads. They can drown people, 50 people in a cage. A big, steel cage, right? And we can't waterboard. I think we gotta make some changes, some adjustments because you know what? If we're not gonna play…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
[Do you] See, the problem is…you know, we have the Geneva Convention…we have all sorts of rules, and regulations; our soldiers are afraid to fight, they don't wanna go to jail because they're killing the enemy, they were too tough…; so, we have all sorts of…of…really restrictions, and regulations. They have none! They have none! They don’t have any regulations. The bigger the weapon they get, the faster they’re gonna use it. They have no regulations.
So, we're not playing…on an even…football pitch. It's like…the Green Bay Pla…Packers, if they have to play…on a field that's designed where they have to go up hill! Not gonna be so good! It's not gonna be so good!
Well, we have to go back, and we have to start thinking about military instead of having politicians making these decisions, because we're not gonna win this way. We're just depleting our military, and…it's not gonna happen. If I win, folks, we gotta get rid of ISIS.
I was against…the war in Iraq, but I will say, we got out the wrong way. We should have kept the oil. We should have kept some soldiers there for assemblance. The people that we had running Iraq…were bad…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They created ISIS because, basically, they were very inclusionary. You know, it…inclusionary only to themselves. And, essentially, the people…that couldn't get in! You…you created ISIS, which turned out to be worse than anything…we've seen in…awfully long time.
So, we…we really have leadership that truly…doesn't…know…what…it's doing. Now, you saw where I said, “keep the oil”. I've been saying that for what? Four or five years. People that know me. Four or five years: “Keep the oil! Keep the oil! When you get out, stay, and keep the oil!”.
We left. Who took over the oil? Iran is taking over the whole country. So Iran, ultimately, will have the oil. But you have ISIS, and you have Iran. They have the oil. That's what's gonna happen. And as sure as you're sitting there or standing there, I will tell you: they're taking…they're taking the oil, and Iran is taking the country of Iraq!
Iran made one of the greatest deals I've ever seen made, because our lawyers…our…our…negotiators…are incompetent, grossly. Secretary…Kerry…didn't have a clue. He never once got up. They would force things down his throat, and he never once got up and walked. I kept waiting! I said, “get up now and walk! Don't take it!”.
And he’d go, “I'll take it. We'll take it”. He's representing from us. He's representing us. He'll say, “I’ll take it”. He never once got up and walked. And even our prisoners, they should have been out years before they got out. We should have never started that negotiation until those…; we should have doubled up the sanctions, [and] said, “release our prisoners and then we start talking” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And now it looks like we paid…you know, it looks to the world…and it’s true! Like we paid a 150 billion dollars to get prisoners. You talk about a ransom, I'd say that's a pretty good ransom.
So, those things are not gonna happen anymore, folks. We're gonna be smart. We're not gonna have sergeant Bergdahl where he's a traitor; and we negotiate for Bergdahl…–THE CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY–…right? And they get five people and we get a traitor. I say a…dirty, rotten traitor. I hate to say it, but we get a traitor. We knew he was a traitor when we made the deal because you had a colonel and a general going and interview everybody. So, we knew! We were sure that…that he knew!
So, our people knew that he was a traitor. We make the deal anyway! So, we gave them five of the greatest killers, the people they most coveted of any people! Those are the five that they wanted. And now they're back on the battlefield, or will, trying to kill everybody. By the way, excuse me, including us. And they're back in the battlefield! And what do we have? Bergdahl. And he's in court. And it always seems to get easier and easier for him, because…you know, they're saying, “well…”; I mean, I don't know if that's gonna happen, because maybe we'll shame the courts. But you know, a little while ago, a number of months ago, they said, “well, we don't think he's gonna get any time”.
Five people, and probably six people, were killed…looking for sergeant Bergdahl, okay? When he was missing, five people…or six people, probably six, were killed. Young, great, beautiful people. Our soldiers…were killed…going out trying to get him back! And he left! He didn't do so well when he left. He found that it wasn't so nice out there, right? He didn't like it so much. I don't think he'd go back again. I'd give him back in two seconds…I’d fly him right over…–THE CROWD LAUGHS AND TIMIDLY. Maybe…maybe [I’d] put a very small parachute on? Maybe no parachute at all? Fly…ping! Right in the middle of that mess!. I’d put him right…I put him right smack in the middle of that mess! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Six people killed looking for him.
But that's what we do! We get one, they get five, right? That's…I call him the five-for-one president. Well, the Iran deal is the same thing. Just…as bad as it gets. And it's gonna lead to nuclear proliferation anyway. It's gonna be a disaster. And they don't buy from us. We have agreements that they can't…but, regardless, they wouldn't anyway.
They buy Airbus planes. They bought a 118 Airbus planes. They don't buy Boeing. They don't buy Boeing. They don't buy from us. And we actually have restrictions. You'd almost say, “why did we keep the restrictions on where Iran can't buy from us?”. You know, we kept restrictions. So, we’d give 150 billion, at least let them spend the money with us…–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. But we leave the restrictions on!
We don't do anything right! We don't win anymore! That's the problem! We don't win with military! We don't win with trade! We don't win with healthcare! We don't win with education! We're gonna end Common Core. It's gonna be local, by the way…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS . We…don't…win…anymore!
So, I…I can only tell you this, folks. It's an honor to be here, and I’ve have so many people on this afternoon which is, actually, sort of semi-beautiful out. It’s a little rainy, but we love that kind of weather.
Look, to have this many people show up, and to have thousands of people…listening to loudspeakers outside, it…and leaving, actually, having to leave, because they couldn't get in is such an honor.
This is such an important state. I would love to win it. It will absolutely cement us. If we don't win it, it will be…you know, keep going, keep going. We'll see if we get to that…big number. Because, frankly, what they're doing, the establishment…is trying to take it all away from us, folks, let me tell you. They're trying so hard…to take it away.
Cruz doesn't have it. He will never be good at what he does. He will never, ever be good…at this whole…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…he will never be good. He does not have it. He doesn't have it. He's strident. He can't even get…anybody in the Senate to endorse him! He has Lee! And he got Lee because it was…you know, after months and months! He wanted to get…Jeff Sessions, right!? Who I got! Jeff Sessions endorsed Trump. He's one of the most respected people in the Senate…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And we have Sarah Palin. And we have…who’s…who’s fantastic! And we’ve Jerry Falwell Jr., who did Liberty University, one of the great people. One of the reasons I do so well with the evangelicals. We've done incredible!
And, you know, it’s sort of interesting with Ted Cruz. He lies so much! I mean, he lies! We call him ‘lyin Ted Cruz!’ …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. L-Y-I-N-apostrophe. Lyin Ted! He holds the Bible up high, puts it down and then he lies!
Look what he did to Ben Carson, who endorsed me, by the way. A great guy. He goes into Iowa…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS­–…he goes into Iowa, and he says, “Ben Carson is out of the race! He's…he's left the race! Vote for Cruz!”. Vote for lyin Ted Cruz! And many people did that! And many people did that.
And then he has a certificate, ‘voter…’, it's a voter certificate which is like a fraudulent document. He puts that out there! It's…it's really disgraceful, folks. And let me tell you, he doesn't have the temperament to be…President. He doesn't have the talent to be president. He would be one hell of a lousy…he would be one hell of a lousy…president, that I can tell you. And there will be turmoil…there will be turmoil all over the place.
So, we're just gonna have to see what happens, but you know, he's in favor of TPP…it…the…the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, TPP? You think NAFTA was bad!? TPP is worse! Your business is gonna be drained out of Wisconsin, and the whole country. It's one of the dumbest deals I've ever seen. It's 7,000 pages long, and I guarantee you, every country…involved…has read every inch of that document. I'll bet you that our congressmen and our senators probably haven't even read it. It's sitting on their desks, a mile high, and they haven't even read. It it's a disaster. And they don't talk about…devaluation, monetary devaluation or currency devaluation. They don't even talk about it. And that's the single greatest tool, how we get killed by China and the other countries.
You look at what Japan has done to their Yen. You have to take a look. China, what they're doing…they're like grand chess make…it…it…they are the…the best! They’ve…nobody's ever played the game better.
We have rebuilt China. We've rebuilt it! And, we can't…continue to go…on like this. So, we're not gonna go on like this. We're gonna become a rich country again.
A woman came up to me, and she said, “Mr. Trump, I love what you say. I love it. But don't use the word ‘rich country’. That doesn't sound good!”.
I said, “without ‘rich’ we can't be great!”. Right now we're a debtor nation. Our airports are crumbling. Our roads are crumbling. You look at our transportation. We have trains that go…60 miles an hour. You go to China, you go to Japan, [and] they have trains that go 250 miles an hour. We have…obsolete airports. We have hospitals that need help. We spend money on everybody but ourselves. We're taking care of everybody but…our…look at the military. I could talk about that, but I could talk about many other things.
And you look at, as an example, you look at what Mexico is doing to us at the border. And I have great relationships with the Mexicans, and with the Hispanics! But the Mexican leadership is killing us, at the border and with trade! Companies are moving to Mexico, left and right! Carrier, Ford…they're just…uh…Nabisco! They'll…closing their big plant in Chicago!
So many…countries…and so many companies are moving to different countries! But Mexico is like…a small version…of…China! It's like the new China! And we have to do something about it! I know exactly what to do! These guys…these politicians? I see their legislation? They have no clue. And believe me, they're draining it out of Wisconsin.
I was gonna read you some statistics and somebody said, “Oh, please, don't do that! Please!”. I gotta do it. Igotta do it. Can I do? Do you mind? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It’s so terrible. So terrible!
Now, so…I just said, “do me a favor, check this out”. Because I wanna see…how's Wisconsin. Cuz when Scott Walker ran, he was expected to win, right? He was in first place. I'm sorry to disappoint you folks if you liked him. But, we…did something that was pretty tough. And…and you know, obviously, he wasn't. Somebody said, “do you think he'll endorse you?”.
I said, “I doubt it!”. Cuz I was the one that got him out. I'm proud of it!
By the summer of 2015, Wisconsin was facing a 2.2 billion dollar two-year budget deficit. This is right out of the books, by the way. This is not…me. This is just right out of the book.
Total state debt right now is 45…billion dollars. You didn't know that. A lot of money was borrowed so that we can keep taxes down so he could run for president. Now he's endorsing a guy who doesn't have a chance!
20,000 fewer people in labor force in Wisconsin than seven years ago, even though the population growth was a 100,000. So, you have a hundred thousand more people and you have 20,000 fewer people…that are…working. Would you say that's not a good stat? Uh…they have an unemployment rate of 20 percent. I don't know what that relates to, but I guess that relates to people that are really unemployed, and…you know, as opposed to the fictitious number…that the federal government uses, where…if you stopped looking for a job you are essentially, statistically, considered to be employed.
800,000 food stamp recipients. This is Wisconsin! The middle class which is…why…I'm doing so well! The middle class has been…they've forgotten about the middle class, but we're not gonna forget about the middle class, I'll tell you right now! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
The middle-class was hit particularly hard, due to the loss of manufacturing jobs! This is why! And now, the guy didn't endorse me? Who the hell wants his endorsement!? He…right?
You know, the bikers love Trump, right? The…do we have any bikers in here? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Right? The bikers! For whatever reason, they love Trump! And I like limousines better than bikes! Can you believe it!? But they love me! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
I went to one place, I think it was in Hilton Head, and…there were hundreds! There must have been five six or seven hundred bikers out there. Rough guys. Big, tough guys. And these guys from…Secret Service, who are fantastic people, by the way. They didn't let…oh, they're fantastic…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
By the way, did you see them take that one guy down? Was that good!? Okay!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We gotta tell these guys! No games! No smiles, no games…just, boom!
But I…I will say this: the bikers have been so unbelievable! Because they want strength. And I said, “I wanna take a picture with those guys!”.
These guys went crazy…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE SECRET SERVICE. They said, “no way! No way!”.
I said, “they're my people! I love these guys!”. I felt…I don't know how many guns they must have had pouring out of their…their guts…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. There must have been…uh…the…they were not happy campers, the Secret Service. But I stood there and I took pictures with these hundreds of guys. And, I'll tell you. It was like a love fest. They wanna see strength! These are great guys, great people! And gals. They wanna see strength! They wanna see us be strong again! They don't want the weakness.
And when I see Scott Walker, with his…little motorcycle, and he’s…–MR. TRUMP MOCKS WALKER DRIVING A MOTORCYCLE–…puts his helmet on, and he gets off, and he makes a speech, and then he doesn't understand why people don't vote for him. I understand! Okay?
But you know he's always riding…like it…you know, gets off a bike like he's a big, tough guy. Okay, our little tough guy.
So, Wisconsin has lost…15,000 net jobs…to Mexico since NAFTA! 15,000 jobs to Mexico! Now, NAFTA is a disaster! Kasich, when he was a congressman, approved and pushed very hard for NAFTA, right? They wanted NAFTA. He wanted NAFTA very badly. NAFTA has been one of the worst things ever to hit this country. One of the worst things! It’s…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…it's…you had to see New England! I left New England. I won New Hampshire, really big, and…won a lot of states. I'm gonna…I…boy, am I…I’ve got…I love those states that I win! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. The ones that I don't win I don't love as much, I have to be honest with you…–THE CROWD CHEERS–…so, we gotta get going.
But…but, you have to see the damage that's been done with these companies have just left…mostly for Mexico. They just left New England! It's just…unbelievable. It's horrible.
70,000 jobs have been lost from Wisconsin…70,000, to China! I mean, think of it! What do we…!? Are…are we stupid people!? …–THE CROWD MUTTERS. It’s…well, the leaders are stupid. We're not stupid! We're not gonna be stupid anymore. That's why in April 5th, you have to go to vote, okay?
So, here…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…here's something…here's something that I wanted to read to you, okay? This has to do with illegal immigration. Because when I first brought it up people said, “oh, that's so terrible, what you did…what you did…!”. We don't know what we're getting into. Think about the Syrians coming in. Think about it. Because, again, we don't know who they are …; they…there's no paperwork, there's no documentation.
So, this is a poem. This was written by the great Al. Wilson. [Do] You remember Al. Wilson? From years ago? Rock and roll singer. And…I adapted it a little bit, but I will tell you, it's…it's…I just think it's…I just think it's great. Do have people heard this? Have you all heard this? No? Has anybody heard it!? Have you heard it!? Oh, I love that, when they say ‘I haven’t’, cause I've done it three or four times.
You've heard it! [Do] You like it!? …–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD. So, you gotta listen carefully, okay?
This is about a woman who…sees a crippled snake, a snake that's in bad trouble. And takes it in to make it better: Think about ISIS. Think about…the Syrians. Think about…what you're getting. Think about…illegal immigration. Just think about it. Okay, you’re ready?
“On her way to work one morning,
down the path along the lake,
a tender-hearted woman saw a poor half-frozen snake!
His pretty colored skin had been…all frosted with the dew,
‘Oh, well!’, she cried. I'll take you in, and I'll take care of you!
‘Take me in, oh, tender woman! Take me in, for heaven's sake!
Take me in, oh tender woman!’, sighed the broken snake.
She wrapped him up all cozy, in a curchure…curvature of silk,
and then, laid him by the fireside, with honey and some milk’… nice woman.
 
‘Now she hurried home from work that night.
As soon as she arrived, she found that pretty snake she’d taken in, and she’d revived!’
‘Take me in, oh, tender woman; take me in, for heaven's sake;
Take me in, oh, tender woman’, sighed the broken snake.
Now she clutched him to her bosom, ‘you're so beautiful!’, she cried,
but if I hadn't brought you in by now, heaven’s, heaven’s, heaven’s sake you would have died!
She stroked his pretty skin, and then she kissed him, and held him tight!
But instead of saying…‘thank you!’, that snake gave her a vicious bite!’, right? Are we getting it? Ready? …­–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. ‘Vicious bite!’.
 
‘Take me in, oh, tender woman; take me in, for heaven's sake;
take me in, oh, tender woman’, sighed the now broken, broken, broken snake.
‘I saved you!’, cried the woman; ‘and you've bitten me, heavens why!? You know your bite is poisonous and now I'm going to die!’,
‘Oh, shut up, silly woman!’, said the reptile with a grin.
‘You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in!’…
 
Right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Right? Right!? Uh…do the vets agree with me? Right? You understand.
I mean, it's so obvious, folks! We're gonna have problems like you've never…had…before. We're being infiltrated, that's what's happening. We are being infiltrated! And it's gonna happen! Just like I was right about Brussels! Just like I was right about ‘take the oil!’. Just like I always write about Osama bin Laden.
I wrote about Osama bin Laden, in a book, The America we Deserve that I wrote…in the year 2000. That's before two years before The World Trade Center came down. And people said, “no way! No way!”.
You know why? Because I watched him. I saw him. I read about him. And I said, “this guy's trouble”. And I wrote about him in a book! In fact, Joe Scarborough, a good guy, a host on Morning Joe…recently said, “there's no way Trump mentioned that!”.
No, no. In fact, one of my enemies said, “no, he actually did. He talked about Osama bin Laden in a book two years before The World Trade Center…”.
“No way!”, Joe said. And they passed the book over to him. He said, “wow!”.
I know what I'm doing! Believe me! I know what I'm doing!
We are a country that's in serious, serious trouble. We have incompetent politicians…running…our country. We…we have…we have stupid people making decisions! We’re…the laughingstock of the world. Our military is going to hell and you, guys, know that. Our military is going to hell. Our health care is no good, it doesn't work. We're gonna change that. It's gonna be great, by the way. But our health care doesn't work. Nothing we have…works…anymore.
So, I just say on April the 5th,  I want you to go out. I want you to vote. Even…you know…okay. I have to be honest. I hear politicians for years asking people to go vote, and they always say, “even if you're not gonna vote for me, it's the American way. You must go out and vote. It's for our country. Even if it's not for me”.
Well, let me tell you, if you're not gonna vote for me, don't go out and vote. I don't care…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. You're not…don't go out. Don't go out! [MGF2] 
So, here's my promise to you: I didn't need to do this, believe me. I have a wonderful…family. I have a wonderful life. I built this great company…I didn't need to do this. I wanted to do this. And again, I'm not controlled by anybody but you. I wanted to do this…because I owe it to the country…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. This country has been so good to me, beyond…anything I could have…; If you would have told me, thirty years ago, that I'd be in a position…and not where I'm running for president, but in a position where I built this tremendous…company, this tremendous wealth…and now I'm saying I wanna give something back! But, I didn't need to do this. I wanted to do it.
And, honestly, if I get in, it's gonna go quickly. We're gonna tell…people… “sorry, folks, you have to pay up”.
We're gonna make our country rich again. We're gonna make our country so strong again. We're gonna save your Social Security. You know, all the guys are running against, they wanna cut your Social Security. They wanna take your Medicare, take your Social Security, cut the hell out of it. I'm not gonna do that. I'm gonna bring in the jobs. I'm gonna bring in the money, and you're gonna keep your Social Security. We're gonna get rid of the fraud, waste and abuse…but you're gonna keep your social…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…and I'm the only one that says that, believe me! The only one. You're gonna keep your Social…; as sure as you're sitting there, you're keeping your Social Security. You've been paying in all your lives. You're gonna keep your Social Security and your Medicare.
Okay. So, here's what's gonna happen: we're gonna start winning again, quickly! We're gonna win with our military. We’re gonna knock out ISIS …–[AT THIS POINT, 00.50.01, THE AUDIO AND VIDEO BREAK UNTIL 00.50.22]–…I mean, I get to know places that I never dreamt off. The people are unbelievable. The people are great! I wanna make Apple products here! I don't wanna make them in China, and Vietnam! I wanna make them here!
And we’ll be able to do that! Once we get them to stop devaluing, and…and doing all sorts of numbers, we’re gonna bring our jobs back.
Okay. So folks, I ask you one thing: I don't want your money. I want one thing. On April 5th, and tell everybody you know. I will do such a great job…! Go out and vote. You will be so proud of your country. You'll be so proud of your president, which I'm…less inclined to even care about! I want you to be proud of your country.
But you will be so proud, still, of your president. because we're gonna start winning again. We're gonna win with our military, we're gonna knock out ISIS. We're gonna win with trade. We're gonna make some of the great trade deals. I have the greatest people in the world! They're friends of mine. They're killers! They're horrible…in many cases horrible, horrible human beings. Do we care!?
Right now we have political hacks, that don't have…that have a 37 IQ. Right now we have…–THE CROWD LAUGHS–…or…or that are very smart, and…it…who knows what's going on?
But China has their best, and their smartest, and they come at you and waves. I've made a lot of money with China. [The] Biggest bank in the world is my tenant. I sell condos. The Bank of America building in San Francisco, I own massive…chunk of it. I got from China! I mean, a lot…I did…I made a lot of money with China. You can do great with China. China doesn't believe they're getting away with this!
So, here's a story: we're gonna start winning again. We're gonna win in every capacity. You're gonna be…so…proud…of the United States…once again. You're gonna say, ‘this was one of the great afternoons of your life’, and you're gonna say your vote on April 5th was ‘the single greatest vote you've ever made’, believe me…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY.
So, I wanna thank you all! I love you all!
Thank you very much, folks!
