VIDEO Nº: 210
TITLE:210. Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally in Spokane WA [5716]
DATE OF EVENT:07/05/2016
RELEASE DATE:07/05/2016
DURATION:00.59.01 Mins.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:10597
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Thank you! …–THE CROWD CHANTS ‘U.S.A!’ REPEATEDLY. MR. TRUMP CHANTS ALGON.  
So, I just got back, and one of the big Democrats, I won't tell you who, cuz I don't like to even mention their name, but like one of the biggest said, “you’d better be careful with Trump, there are right now…16 people sitting home watching television, and you’d better be careful what you wish for, cause this is gonna be brutal”. And we're gonna win, folks. We're gonna win. I can tell you. Look at this crowd, we're gonna win…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And a poll just came out, a poll just came out, a…a great poll, that we're leading…Hillary Clinton! That's already happening! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [It’s] Already happening! The Rasmussen poll.
So, you know, this wasn't supposed to happen today. After we won, I figured, “well, maybe I'll stay home and take it a little bit easy…”, you know, who would have thought this!? Trump wins before Clinton, [do] you know why? She can't put the deal away! We can! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.We know how to close the deal! She can't put it away! She cannot put the deal away.
You know, she makes that one speech a week. She'll get up, reads the teleprompter, she goes, “north, and south; east, and west…”…–MR. TRUMP TURNS IN THAT DIRECITON AS HE MENTIONS THE CARDINAL POINTS. THE CROWD LAUGHS–…“we all love…what's happening to our country”. But we don't love what's happening to our country! …–THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’.
So, but it wasn't supposed to happen, because after we won, which was a little unexpected to do it that quickly, but we had such great…incredible victories; those last victories, New York, [in a] landslide, [we] won everything! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Landslide! And that's what three candidates, almost 60 two percent, but that's with three candidates!
You know, these guys that…see the press? …–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS–…all those people back there? [The] World's most dishonest people? They're the worst! …–THE CROWD BOOS HEAVILY. I wish they’d take the cameras…! Show them how…look at the size of this place! Show them the corner of the room! But, there's a lot of people! I don't know how many people are here, this is a lot of people! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They'll only show if we have a protester, so I hope we have a couple of protesters today!
You know, Hillary…crooked Hillary, yesterday, had a protester, and what she did is she cut her speech short. She cut it short. It was from 11 to 13 minutes, depending on who's doing the counting. How would you like to be…? Well, here's the thing, you stood on line. We had people standing on line today for 8 hours…always! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Always!
So, they don't have that problem. They just walk up, whatever the time is and they go in, and they have 250 people, and we have close to 10,000 people today. So, it's…great…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, what I was going to do, and I…I have to think…I'll tell you what, Brian, senator Brian Dansil is great…–THE CROWD CHEERS–…and Don Benton, big Don, who…they did an incredible job. And, what I was gonna just do is say, “look, I'll take it easy”. But, I asked one question. I said, “so, in West Virginia…”, where I was going to go first, that was the first stop. We would have had…I think we would have got 95 percent of the vote. In fact, the…the miners endorsed Donald Trump. The miners endorsed me…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And gave me an award! You know, as opposed to Hillary, that she wants to have all miners essentially fired. I don't think she's gonna do well in West Virginia in November…–THE CROWD CHEERS. And then she went to apologize! You know, those apologies don't work, because they know how you really feel, right?
So, I said, “so, let me ask you: so, West Virginia, should I go there?”.
They said, “well, it has been set up Mr. Trump”.
“[Do] You mean people are getting ready?”.
“Yes”.
“I'll go”.
They said, “but you don't have to, we can cancel it”.
I said, “no, you don't understand, I'll go”. Then I said, “what about Oregon?”. We had an unbelievable thing.
And I said…they said, “Oregon's been set up”.
I said, “really? It's been set up. Done! People…”. I said, “I'll go”. I said, “what about Nebraska?”, where you have a great governor, Pete Ricketts, a great guy. I really like him, his family…I don't know about, but we'll find out. I think I might like the family too. I'll probably like the family too. But governor…Ricketts, [is] a great governor, a great guy. He introduced me. I said, “what about Nebraska?”.
“Well, that one's been set up also”.
“[Then I] Have to go”.
They said, “but you don't have to”.
I said, “[I] have to go”.
And then we got out here, the State of Washington…the State of Washington…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…and I said, “what about…what about Washington?”.
They said, “well, over there you have two!”.
I said, “aw, don't tell me that!”. I said, “have they been set up?”.
“Yeah, they've been set up”.
So, I said, “I'm going to Washington, folks! I'm going to Washington” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But you have to promise me something: on May 24th, May 24th, you gotta go out of vote. And you gotta sign the back of those envelopes! You gotta…put the little thing! If you don't sign, your vote’s not gonna count. Because right now, we just about surpassed every…presidential…nominee, every presidential candidate, in the history of the Republican primaries…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We have more votes! Millions and millions of votes!
And you know, they went through the whole nation. We haven't…we still have quite a few left, all right? So we won a little bit early. But, we wanna win by a big mandate. We wanna win by a big, big number. So, I really appreciate you being here today, especially to have…and look, they’re pouring in still. I really appreciate you being here today, but I guarantee you, I’ll be back numerous times because we are going to take…the State of Washington, we are! We're gonna take it…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We’re gonna bring our jobs back! I'm looking at your numbers, [they’re] not good! Look at this, Spokane region has lost nearly one-third…of its manufacturing jobs. I…do this, these are statisticians, the world's most boring job! How would you like to be a statistician? But, you know what!? The man that does it, he loves it! He thinks it's great! [Spokane region] Lost one third of its manufacturing job since Bill Clinton successfully lobbied to put China…in the World Trade Organization, not a good move. Not a good mood! …–THE CROWD BOOS.
The labor force in Spokane…the labor force is 9,000 people smaller today than it was when Obama took office in 2009. [It’s] Not good! [It’s] Not good! …–THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY.
The number of timber jobs…I love timber! Few people use more timber than Donald Trump, that I can tell you, few people…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. The number of timber jobs in the state of Washington has been cut in half…since 1990! Come on fellas, let's get with it! What's wrong with you!? …–THE CROWD BOOS. No, I know what's wrong. I mean, look! Everyone's taking it away from us, but we're bringing it back.
You know, I always say…it's amazing the crowds I get, cause we always have crowds like this. In…in…we have 35,000; we had 45,000; we have a very great musician, a good…–THE CROWD CHANTS ‘TRUMP!’ REPEATEDLY.
We…you know, a writer said to me, “ ‘make America great again’ is not a very positive message”.
I said, “you have to understand, that's the most positive message! That's the most…positive…message!” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Because right now, our country is doing poorly. We're losing our jobs. We're losing manufacturing. We're losing our money. I go around, I look at these statistics…they are a disaster, okay? They're a disaster! All over the country they’re a disaster!
Is this guy on our side or not? Let me see…huh? …–THE CROWD BOOS. [Are] You on our side¿ Are you on our side? …–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD. Okay, put your hand down, will you? [The] Guy’s got his hand up, and everybody's pointing.
I think he's lying, is he lying when he says ‘yes’? Are you on our side, huh? Huh? Out! Out! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Get out of here! All right! He's…I think, he's a Bernie person. Bernie! Bernie's going down because…hey, look! Look! …–THE CROWD BOOS. It is a crooked system! It is a crooked system! And, I'm not a fan of Bernie, but he's a member of a crooked system. All right! Let's go! You can let him stay there for a little longer.
I think he's got some problems. Got some little problems here…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT HIS BRAIN. All right, get him out! Get him out! Get out! Out! Oh…you know, the good news!? The cameras have now pointed! They can see the crowd! We love it! I love protesters! Don't we have a protester someplace like in the back!? Those cameras, they twist like pretzels! Otherwise, they just stay in my face![MGF1] 
My wife said, “was the crowd large today!?”.
I said, “you didn't see it?”.
“No, they never take it off your face”. Oh, boy! Okay…–THE CROWD CHEERS.
Illegal immigration costs Washington State 2.7 billion a year, illegal…we will build a wall, folks! We are going to do it right. We're gonna do it right…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. THE CROWD CHANTS ‘BUILD THE WALL!’. We are build a wall.
Wow! You've received a large influx of refugees, and Syrian refugees! You have no idea where they come from, folks! Lots of luck! Hey folks, lots of luck! Lots of luck! Good luck! Who the hell knows…!? They have no paperwork! They have no documentation! They have no anything. And you know what? We should take care of them. I'll get…the Gulf states, they have so much money, you wouldn't believe it. I'm good at getting people to put up money, believe me, they'll put up money. And we build safe zones in Syria. We don't want them here. We don't know who they are! We don't know who they are!
And take a look at what's happening in Europe, it’s a mess! Look at what's happening in Germany! Look at what's happening all over Europe! It's a mess! And we don't need it! Our country has enough problems right now, okay? [I] hate to say it! And we wanna help! And we wanna do something! Although I will say, when you look at that migration, [and] you see so many young, strong men. Does anyone notice that? Am I the only one? Young, strong men. And you almost say like, “why aren't they back fighting?”.
But you don't see that many women and children, right? So, you're saying, “what are we doing? Who are the people coming over, and why don't they have documentation?”. We can't be the stupid country anymore, folks! We can't be the stupid country anymore! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. All right!
The Clintons…gave us...NAFTA, right? They gave us NAFTA…–THE CROWD BOOS. [It’s] Probably the worst piece of…legislation having to do with business, and economic development ever signed in the history of our country. It has wiped out New England; it's wiped out New York State; it's wiped out Pennsylvania, and I've got to know these places so well, because we've had these massive victories.
And I go up to Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, New York…; I…I go all over, and I see empty factory, after empty factory. You can buy them for two dollars. And…what…and how sad is it? And they moved to Mexico. And China takes our jobs! And, believe me folks, it's gonna change so fast…! It's gonna be like a…it's gonna change so fast…it's so easy…! We're not gonna let it happen. And I’ll tell you how it's gonna change…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I'll tell you how it's gonna change, but I have to do a couple of things, because I happen to really…I happen to love a certain guy in the room, I love certain people, even guys! This is a guy who's been great, I have to do it. But before, May 24th, you gotta do it! Because we're sending a signal, okay? This is the movement. This isn't like normal!
Bill O'Reilly said of the show, [that] it's the single…greatest…political event that he's seen in his lifetime, what's happened with Trump! And he doesn't wanna say that! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And other people have said the same thing, many people! And it…it's a movement.
So, you have to vote, and…the nice part? All you have to do…you don't even have to vote! You just have to send back the envelope, right!? So, they're gonna be arriving in your beautiful homes today, and, if you will, do the check, do the signature, do whatever you have to do, send them back. Let's have a really big victory here, to keep it going…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Okay? May 24th! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, I wanna thank Steve Edmond, that was a good athlete! Where’s Steve? Where the hell is Steve!? Steve, man, were you good! You used to kill our teams, Steve! That’s no good! Look at the size of this guy! Thank you Steve very much. I appreciate it. [A] Great, great guy. [A] Great reputation too.
I have to talk about coach [Mike] Leach, right? Should I talk about him!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Do we like Coach Leach!? So, I watched…I watch…‘60 minutes’. This is…quite a while ago. And he was a Texas Tech. And he was beating everybody, right? He was beating every. And what do I know? I don't have enough time to watch this stuff closely, but I like champions.
Hey, Bobby Knight, in Indiana, endorsed me. I don't know how many points it meant, but I won Indiana in a big, fat landslide. And I love Bobby Knight!
So, I read the New York Times, a cover story on the New York Times magazine. I don't think they've ever had a…football coach ever in the history of the magazine, on the cover…of two…you know, this ‘elite’ New York Times magazine. And I see this guy…and it’s…Mike Leach! …–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. I didn't know him! I didn't know him! I just was amazed that they put a football coach. But he was having this incredible season, beating everybody. And, he's on the cover of the magazine! And I look inside, there's a big statement: “who do you most like? Who do you most admire?”. It’s Donald Trump! So, immediately I love this guy, right?…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, I love him! I love him!
Then I see him, he's a Texas Tech…and he…where’s Coach Leach? Where the hell is he? Coach Leach! You don't mind if I talk about our relationship, right? He's a great coach! [A] Great guy too! [A] Great family!
So…so, and I did this with Bobby Knight. And we also had Lo
u Holtz…we had some tremendous people endorse us. But, Coach Leach was interesting, cuz I didn't know him at all. Then he's on ‘60 minutes’. They do a profile! Who the hell ever saw…a profile on ‘60 minutes’ of a coach from Texas Tech!? And what happens…what happens is, the coach is beating everybody, beating everybody, and he's on the cover! And, I see…The New York Times, then I see ‘60 Minutes’, I said, “man, this guy must be a hell of a couch!”, right? Boy, you're lucky to have him! Okay.
And I see a picture of myself! He's on ‘60 minutes’, and I'm looking at him watching, falling asleep, okay? And I'm watching. And I see a picture of me on his desk! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. Don't worry, there was a picture of his wife also, who's great! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. But there's a picture of me on his desk! I said, “this guy really likes me!”. The Times wrote…I mean, this guy…! I don't know who the hell he is, but he really likes me!
So, I actually…put in a call to him, and I became sort of phone friends. I said, “coach, good luck!”. You know, anybody…uh…my attitude…when people like me, I like them. Even Putin! You know, Putin! They want me to disavow Putin! Putin, of Russia! He said, “Trump is a genius, he’ll be the next leader”…–THE CROWD CHEERS. Don’t worry, he’s not getting anything of…but, you know, they wanted me to disavow the statement. He said, “Trump is a genius. He'll be the next leader of the United States”.
And these characters…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…no, no, these characters that I was debating…they wanted me to disavow that statement! I said, “I'll never disavow that statement! He's not gonna get anything from it, but we'll see”.
And by the way, wouldn't it be nice if we actually got along with Russia? Would not be…wouldn’t that be nice? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. You know…? So, anyway!
So…I’m…I'm looking at this thing, and then all of a sudden, he wins again, he wins again…; and then he has his massive game against, I think it was Texas, right? Texas! Right!? And Texas is this incredible team that's just beating everybody…! The last great year that they had. And here's Coach Leach with Texas Tech. And, who wins? And I took more heat by backing your team. I'm saying, “Coach Leach is gonna win!”. I didn't even know! But boy, did I…!? I’ll tell you, that Texas team was pretty popular, coach. I took a lot of heat. But at least some backing a Texas team.
So, what happens…they’ve a great catch, right? And he ends up winning the game! And everyone said, “Trump is a genius!”. Isn't that great!? I was the only one that said... …–THE CROWD LAUGHS–…I was the only one that said ‘Texas Tech is gonna win’. And, honestly…!? I don't think they treated him great, okay? I'll be honest. Am I allowed to say that? Yes. Even if he doesn’t…even if he says no. I don't think they traded him great! He's this great coach…he's a genius, an offensive genius! They didn’t treat him great.
And he wanted to go to a particular school. He said, “Mr. Trump, if I ever get to be coached of that school, I'll never lose a game, cause that school gets the best athletes. I don't wanna say what school, because the person that heads it, I know. I said, “coach, don't worry about it. I know the person! No problem”.
I call the person. And they had such respect for me, that they didn't hire him, they hired somebody else, right? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. And you know what happened? That football program went to hell! It went to hell. I don't even talk to that person anymore, because I said, “what…? Think…?”. I'm giving a good thing! And it was a little embarrassing! “Coach, don't worry about it, I got you covered, coach, you're all set”. It's true! And if he would have gone to that school, you know what I'm talking about…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT MR. LEACH–…the guy maybe…never would have lost a game, cause they get the best athletes! It's like in Texas, Texas teams, they…get…these great athletes, right?
So, he ends up coming out here, to the Cougars, right!? Washington State Cougars! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Oh, did you get…! I hope they take good care of him! Because you're doing great, he's a real popular guy out here. But I have to tell you, he's a hell of a coach, and I haven't seen him in a long time. And then today I heard he was introducing me, and I was very honored by it. But, I'll tell you, you've got yourself a great coach. And coach, how’s the football team gonna be this year? Good? He says ‘good’. That means good. Your quarterback is good? Huh? Okay. With him, you don't even need a good quarterback. He knows what to do! So anyway, congratulations! And Coach, thank you for introducing, that's really nice. Coach Leach, everybody!
So…so, we have a lot of work to do. We've…it’s been an amazing period, because…on June 16th I announced I was gonna run. And…the Bobby Knight coaching story is interesting, because he called me before I announce, and he said…and I don't know him! But now I know him! But Bobby Knight said, “Mr. Trump, you gotta run! You gotta run”. You know, he's a tough cookie. Would you say Bobby slightly tough? Okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. Slightly, just slightly. You know, the chair goes across…it’s…banging….; you know, it's a little old school! That's okay! That's what we need! We need a little old school, folks! We need a little old school! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. He's a rough guy! No, but he's rough, but he's smart! And he knows how to win. That's what we need. Not just rough, and not just smart. You need the whole thing! You can't be rough, and not smart. You can't be smart, and not…a leader and tough. But he knows how to win.
So, he calls me up, [and] he goes, “you know, I analyze talent. And you'll be an unbelievable president! You’ve what we need. Not these clowns! They’re clowns!”. I remember he used the name, “they're clowns!”.
I said, “coach, I'll tell you what. I haven't made a decision yet. This was three months before the June 16th. I said, “I haven't made a decision yet, coach, but I’ll call you, and…I appreciate…; give me your number coach”. So, I took his number, [and] I put it down…the bottom of a…big pile of stuff. And, that was it!
Now, I start winning, and I go out. And I saw this morning! When I announced, these…pundits…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS–…who don't have the brains they were born with, by the way…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
Charles Krauthammer! “He will not run. Donald Trump will not run. And if he does, he's running against the finest field of talent in the history of the Republican Party”. Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing…! …–THE CROWD CHEERS.
“…16 of the most talented politicians ever to run! Ever to run!” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. “…and, if Donald Trump, who I don't know, but if Donald Trump runs, he will have no chance! This is the most talented field…ever assembled by the Republican Party”. In fact, he almost talked me out of it. I watched that! And I was thinking about running. And I watched Charles Krauthammer say ‘most talented field of people…in the history of the Republican…’.
And I said to my wife, “this is gonna be tough!”, right? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. I didn't know that he didn't know what the hell he was talking about! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. Don't forget, Krauthammer is the one, “we've gotta go to Iraq, and we've gotta fight, fight! For years! Fight, fight…!”. We should have never gone to Iraq! [It was] One of the worst decisions ever made! Okay!
So, what happens…what happens is I say, “look, I don't care”, because they see what's happening. You have this guy…secretary Kerry, [he] doesn't know what he's doing. [He] Makes the worst deal in…in history for this country! One of the…[he] makes one of the worst deals…we had a couple! One of the worst things ever to happen to our country [was] going to Iraq; and, one of the worst deals we ever made was the Iran deal, [to] give them a 150 billion dollars. We get nothing! We don't even get our prisoners back until we give them the money! I mean, think of it, it's like a ransom for 150 billion. Those deals aren't gonna happen with me folks, okay? And believe me, believe…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…so…I listen to these guys talking about how strong the field of Republicans is. Jeb Bush had raised 168 million in a super PAC, right? Other guys had raised…and I'm self-funding. I self-fund, so I'm self-funding.
So, what happens is, I decide…you know what? I can't…take it. I'm gonna go out, I'm gonna go out, and we're gonna run, and we're gonna make this country so great again. It's got such unbelievable potential! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, I go out and I announce, right!? And now I get to know the people. And…by the way, some of them are very talented. Do you notice the way how much nicer I am right now? When you win, everybody's talent! Right? Except Jeb Bush, frankly, he's got no talent because he says bad things about me…–THE CROWD BOOS[MGF2] . You know, he signed he signed the pledge! They all wanted me to sign! They thought I'd run independent…they; they all wanted me to sign a pledge! I said, “I'll sign the pledge!”. A pledge mean something.
Jeb Bush, [a] very low-energy individual signed the pledge. While he was signing it he fell asleep, so maybe that's his excuse…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. No, no. The only reason I speak badly about him is he speaks badly about me.
Like…I'll give you an example: Rick Perry has said great things about me. He said unbelievable…he endorsed me, most of them ever endorsed me. But Jeb Bush no. And Lindsey Graham, this is a lightweight like I have never seen, this guy…–THE CROWD BOOS. He runs…he was at six, right? He was at six. He runs…every week is down: five, four, three…percent, right? And ultimately, because of me he was forced out. And what he went…when we went to South Carolina, he thought he'd have power in South Carolina! My son Baron, who's ten years old had far more power than he did…–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
So, he was like it one percent I was at, I think, 48 percent. And I said, “this guy's is disgusting…okay, it doesn't matter. Here's what happened: he got wiped out.
Now he goes and endorses another guy. He's out! He makes a fool out of himself. [He] Poorly represents the people of South Carolina, but here’s the problem in politics: the people have a short memory! Most people forget that he was even in the race! So, he was…we knocked him out, you remember.
So, now he goes on television, “Donald Trump doesn't have the temperament”. I have the best temperament of all! I'm the one that didn't wanna go into the Iraq war, okay? And by the way, somebody said, “Donald Trump, his tone is tough!”. Tone! My tone!
Hillary…crooked Hillary said, “his tone…! His tone…!”. They’re shopping off heads in the Middle East, they're drowning people in steel cages in the Middle East, and they're worried about my tone! We need a tough town, folks! We need a tough tone! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Believe me, we need a tough tone! We’d better have a tough tone! And we get…we’d better get tough fast! Vigilant, tough, smart…! Build up our military! We’d better do it fast. So, anyway.
So, this total lightweight…I've never seen a guy do more television. He's constantly on television, Lindsey Graham, a total dope! And he's constantly on television. No, no…knocking me! Always at…I said, “wait a minute”. Now, he signed a pledge! And the pledge says ‘we will guarantee you're gonna…endorse, everything else’. I signed it!
So, Jeb Bush is not an honorable person! Lindsey Graham is not an honorable person. Because when you sign a pledge, that's supposed to mean something, right? It didn't mean anything…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But, the good news is, most everybody has endorsed me, other than…Paul Ryan! I don't know what went wrong there, Paul Ryan! …–THE CROWD BOOS. But we’ll see.
And here's the thing, folks. Look. Look. We brought…millions of people into this party. It's the highest…vote the party has ever gotten…–THE CROWD CHEERS. I'm the highest individual in history…! Millions and millions of people.
In fact, it's the biggest story in politics today, worldwide. We're in the cover of Time magazine so much…! I've been on…like four times, in a fairly short period of time? I've been on twice in my whole life! And now I more like…if I'm not on I say, “am I on the cover of Times this week?”. I'm on like all the time…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. But it's not me that's on, it’s you that's on. I'm the messenger. I'm representing you, people, and we're doing a hell of a job, okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're doing a hell of a job. We're all on the cover of Time magazine! We're all on the cover of Time!
So, here's the story, here's the story. So, we're gonna go out, and we're gonna do great. I think Paul Ryan will be fine, and if he's not, that's okay. You know, a couple of people said it…really, from Trump standpoint…? I said, the only thing that matters to me is all of these millions of people that have signed up. That's what matters to me…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And you know, we got here through strength. We didn't get here…here through weakness. We want strong borders, right? We want…a strong military. We have to have a strong military…–THE CROWD CHEERS. And that doesn't…mean we have to use our military! The stronger we make it, the less we're gonna have to use it!
When general…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…I'll tell you what: it's the single…cheapest…investment we can make is our strong military. When General Odierno, [a] nice guy…about a year ago, he was leaving, and he was being interviewed. And by the way, I don't…want…my generals on television being interviewed. I don't want it! I don't want it! Let them be generals!
Do you think General George Patton was interviewed? “Yes, we're going to strike the enemy from the front. And then two and a half days later, we're going to strike them back here…; and then on make 29th, we're gonna drop some bombs”. In the meantime, the enemy turns out to be ten times tougher than we thought! Because they know our plan! We have to be unpredictable, folks! We have to be unpredictable! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Oh, it's so sad! I can’t just imagine guys like General George Patton, [and] General…MacArthur, General…you know, these great generals that we've had over the years. They're spinning in their grave!
You know, a little while ago, President Obama announced that he's sending 50 men…to…Iraq. And he's sending…200 men. And he gets up [and] does a news conference: “we're sending 50 men…to Iraq, [and] Syria”.
Now, guess what. First of all, the number is so small…it's like…only 50? But these are really elite people. Here's the problem: when you do that, they have a target on their back, right? They have a target on their back! And those people are being hunted right now. So, keep your mouth shut! Send them if you wanna send them, but just keep your mouth shut…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…you know? Don't talk! Don't talk! Politicians, they’re all talk no action! I guarantee you, Bobby Knight would not be talking about it! Coach Leach would not be talking about it! They get the job done, folks! They get the job done!
So, here's what we doing. So, we are going…we are going to change things so rapidly. We have big, big…we have a ways to go. You have…Hillary, who's…taken 90 million dollars…–THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY–…no, think of this! She's taken…and I think…I would imagine things will be okay with Paul Ryan. And we'll see! I'm meeting him on Thursday, we're gonna see what happens! He wants to meet, we're gonna see what happens. If he wants, I’ll meet! But the important thing is you folks, okay? And he'll understand that. And he does understand that. And I would bet, if he had that decision to do again? He would have done it the simple way: “I endorse Trump”, okay? Do you agree with that? Well, it's only one of my volunteers saying that, but that's okay. My volunteer is a smart cookie, right? But…we're gonna do things that…are going to be…incredible in this country.
Hillary though took 90 million, you know, she's got money from all these special interests, all over the place. And she's gonna win because the system so rigged. Even though Bernie wins, wins, wins…! [He’s] Got no super-delegates!
You know, the Republican system is rigged, but I did it by overwhelming odds, like you know, just…I won by so much! You know, it's like the prize fighters, when they knock somebody out. I won by so much, that there was nothing they could do. The bosses couldn't do anything. So, we won big league. Big league.
I mean, those last…eight states have been incredible. Indiana…! Why…!? I mean, that was going to be…the firewall! Indiana! They were gonna beat me and turn me back, coach, in Indiana! But it didn't quite work out that way! We won Indiana in a landslide! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We won with women! I love…; we won with women. We won with men…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. The men I don't care about, but we won with women in a landslide! But, we won with evangelicals! We won with young. We won with old! We won with highly educated! We won with the military! We won with the vets! We won with everybody! This was going to be the firewall! So, that’s the story.
So what happened is…now we’re…the nice part is now we're focusing on crooked Hillary Clinton. And…and, I think we're gonna do very well. But here's the thing: she's gonna have two billion dollars, two billion. They've already taken 90 million dollars’ worth of ads, and their ads [are] women oriented. You know, she's playing the woman's card.
By the way, if she didn't play the woman's card, she would have no chance! I mean, zero of winning! She's playing the woman's card. She's going… “did you hear that…uh…Donald Trump raised his voice, while speaking to a woman?”
Aw, I'm sorry! I'm sorry! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. I mean, all of the men…we’re petrified to speak to women anymore! We may raise our voice! You know what!? The women get it better than we do, folks! All right? They get it better than we do! If she didn't play that card, she has nothing!
So, here's what happens, and this is sort of amazing to me. So, they go out…they go out and I looked at…90 million dollars, right? And she's gonna play like…the women card.
And…Megyn Kelly, [a] nice woman, she came up to my office. She came to me! She called me…and I respect her for doing it. I have…I’m not saying this in any way. I respect her for doing it! I said nothing wrong to her. They would say, “what he said to Megyn…!”. I didn't say anything! [Do you] Remember what I said, the statement? Blood coming out of…her eyes! And blood coming out of…oh, whatever!
And…I wasn't referring…! Only these dirty-minded people back here…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS–…I was talking about ears, nose…! But you know what? I wanted to get on with the conversation, because I think I was talking economic development! I didn't wanna waste any more time! So, instead they said, “did you hear what Donald Trump said?”.
I didn't say anything! These are bad people! …–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS AGAIN–…they make a big deal out of it, just so you understand.
So, here's the story. So, they're taking…and then they're critical, cause I speak about Rosie O'Donnell! Who the hell wouldn't speak badly about Rosie O’Donnell!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. She's terrible! She's terrible!
And then if I did like a Howard Stern show, from 10 years ago…you have to understand, folks. Until a year ago…I was never gonna be a politician. The last thing in the world I wanted to be doing is this! So if I go on Howard Stern Show, we have fun! And I've been with politicians, and I've seen politicians on the air saying…not about me, about other people: “that was horrible, what that man said…about women”; or, “that was horrible what that man said…about Hispanics, or African Americans”. And I see these people!
But I see one guy the other day saying how bad somebody said…and this is…it’s…like nothing! How bad it was about women, right? He said, “that was a horrible thing”.
I've been with this guy! The way he talks about women is so bad…! It's so…; in fact, I think…should I report him, women? Should I report him? …–THE CROWD CHEERS. I should report him.
But anyway. So, they act like, “oh…!”. Look folks, here's the story. There is nobody that was worse, nobody, than Bill Clinton with women! Okay? Nobody! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND boos.
Now, in the history of politics…in the history of politics, Hillary Clinton's husband…abused women more than any man that we know of, in the history of politics! Right!? Now, she's gonna buy…90 million dollars’ worth of ads about Donald Trump, right? 90 million, and that's only the first go! They've got two billion dollars! They’re gonna have two billion dollars…to spend. They're gonna spend 90 million dollars…on bad ads about me, having to do with women!
There is nobody that respects women…more than I do, I will tell you, right now…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And every one of these last contests…I'm winning with women in landslides!
My daughter, Ivanka…has anyone ever heard of Ivanka? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. [She] Says, “I don't get it, dad. You…you respect and treat women better than any man I know”, my daughter! She doesn’t even understand it! But it's politics, folks!
But here's the thing: two can play that game. So, they're…they're taking 90 million dollars’ worth of phony ads, and some of this was said for entertainment purse…purse…you know, one of them was said like…on The Apprentice! Right? Brandi [Glenville]. And they went…they called Brandi, “what do you think?”
“Oh, I don't even remember it”. That's what Brandi…Brandi, [do] you remember Brandi, from The Apprentice? They called Brandi! Who's a terrific person: “what do you think?”.
“I don't re…even remember that. No, I don't think…I think it's fine, it's great! What's the big deal?”. They make it sound, “oh, it’s a…!”.
Look folks, we're living in the real world. This political…correctness is killing our country, okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It's killing our country. But here's the thing. Here's the thing. Here's the thing.
Now, when Rosie…you plead guilty, who the hell would not…? Uh…who…who…how can you say good about Rosie O'Donnell's!? He's a disaster, okay? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
So, here's the story. Just remember. She's gonna do it, I'm gonna play the same game. But I don't have to spend 90 billion on ads. She's married to a man…who was the worst abuser of women in the history of politics. She's married to a man, who…hurt many women, and Hillary…if you look, and see, study…Hillary hurt many women, the women that he abused! She's married to a man…who got impeached for lying! He was impeached! And he had to go through a whole big process, and it wasn't easy! He was impeached for lying about happened…what happened with a woman!
And she's gonna take ads about little Donald Trump!? I don't know! I don't think so, okay? I don't think so! And Hillary was an enabler, and she treated these women horribly, just remember this. And some of those women were destroyed, not by him, but by the way that Hillary Clinton treated them…after…everything went down! So, just remember that, folks! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So, just remember that when you're watching these phony ads, put out by Hillary Clinton! Just remember…just remember. When you're watching these phony, paid for by Wall Street ads, put out by Hillary Clinton about Donald Trump…; and just remember I said it: there is nobody…that has more…respect…for women than me!
There is nobody, or certainly very few, that have promoted women within my big company than I have, okay? I have women, frankly. I shouldn't say this, cause the men are gonna get angry, but I have women that make more money than men doing a comparable job! Men am I okay saying that? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And they're fantastic!
And you know what I find with women? They wanna see strength. They want to strengthen the borders. They want a strong military. They don't want people walking all over our country! They wanna see Common Core ended, and they want education to be brought locally, and she doesn't wanna do that…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
She wants to get rid of all the miners. She wants to fire the miners. She wants to keep wages low. We're gonna have wages…that are gonna be great! We're gonna have wages…that are gonna go up, because we're gonna have so many businesses coming back into this country. We're gonna bring our businesses back!
If you look at Carrier air conditioner…one of the reasons I won…Indiana, in a landslide…aside from Bobby Knight, with that great endorsement, that was a great endorsement…is because they talked about Carrier, but I wasn't talking about Carrier for two days. I've been talking about it for four months, ever since I saw it. And it didn't matter that it was Indiana, it just happened to be there, it wasn’t important.
They left Indianapolis. They're going to Mexico! And I said, “[you] can't do that. [You] Can't do it”. We're losing all our companies. We're losing our companies, folks. Our companies…look at your numbers!
I mean, you have numbers…but you're down 50 percent…! You’re down four…42 percent; you’re down 9,000 people smaller today, the labor force here is down 9,000 people smaller today…; that was in 2009, that's not even a long time ago! I mean, give me a break! We're losing our businesses. Other companies are taking our businesses…like…like they're…candy from a baby! It's not gonna happen!
And just quickly, and I'm sure you've heard it. What are…whether it's Ford, they're building a two and a half…billion dollar plant in Mexico, closing plants all over Michigan and other places. They're building this massive plant in Mexico. They just announced that now they're gonna build even more! Because you know what happened? When they announced two years ago that they're building this plant…two years ago, nobody went to see them! Nobody said, “what the hell are you doing?”. And nobody said, “don't ever do it again”. They didn't…nobody talked to them! I'm the only one that brings it up all the time! That's why I’ll…!
You know, I won Michigan, right? I won Michigan! I won Illinois! I won all these states! The reason I win them is, I'm the one that understands what's happening!
I'm endorsed by Carl Icahn. I'm endorsed by the great business leaders, cause they know I know what the hell I'm doing! These politicians, they don't know what they're doing! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They don't…know…what they’re doing!
So, you have these dummies…you know, like…they like to consider themselves…they say ‘the elite! ‘The elite!’. I'm not elite? Really? I'm not ‘elite’.
I went to a better school than they did. I'm smarter than they are…I'm not ‘elite’…–THE CROWD laughs. You know, they say ‘the elite!’. They don't like…because they wanna see free trade! I want free trade too! [Do you] See? I'm a free trader! But you can't have free trade…when you have stupid people doing the negotiation, okay? You can’t. You can’t…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. Because…we are being beaten on every front. And you can't do it.
We owe…I’ll…I'll tell you what, trade deficit, with China! 505…billion…dollars…a year! Who makes a deal like that!? And then they say, “oh, we're gonna end up with a trade war!”. Trade war!? When you losing 505 billion, maybe that's a damn good thing to have a trade war! I mean, think of it!
Mexico, 58 billion dollars a year, we have it…and that doesn't include all the drugs that are pouring in, that's exclusive…of the drugs…–THE CROWD YELLS ‘THE WALL’ IN THE DISTANCE. Oh, we’re building the wall, don't even think about it! The wall’s get built, 100 percent! The wall is getting built…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. The wall is getting built, and it's gonna be very high, and very beautiful! It's gonna be a high wall, and a beautiful wall! All right! Are you ready, who's gonna pay for the wall!? …–THE CROWD YELLS ‘MEXICO!’. Boy, I've never heard anybody say, “let me think about that one”. It's like…by the way, a 100 percent!
And think of it this way. So, we have a trade deficit with Mexico of 58 billion. You know, when I had people standing behind me,  meaning…the debates, right? I never debated before! That was the one thing I didn't know, how would I debate. According to the polls, Drudge; according to Time magazine…all of the polls…all of the polls, every single poll, for every single debate that I participated, had me number one in the debates! Is that good? I never did it…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I look so forward…to debating…this crooked, crooked politician! I look so forward…! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Whose husband signed…whose husband signed NAFTA, which was the worst trade bill ever, okay? Ever!
And by the way, now they want another one: Trans-Pacific Partnership…–THE CROWD BOOS. You’d better be against it, folks! Cause I understand it. It's 6,000 pages. I guarantee you…that nobody from our side has read it, and everybody over there…they know every single comma; every single sentence, and paragraph. And just like Obamacare, this bill was so massive…! It turned out that it was a fraud!
[Do you] Remember the guy that did the bill!? And he said how he buffaloed everybody, and it…? Well, Obamacare is crashing! You know, in 17…isn't it just my luck!? I become president and, before I practically take office, Obamacare…look! He's not as stupid as you think, folks. Remember this: he didn't put it…no, he could have had it earlier! He could have had a crash during his term. All of the costs come, and all of the big numbers come in 17! And it's gonna be a disaster for our country! A disaster!
But here's the problem, and here's the good news: we're gonna repeal it and replace it before that ever happens, all right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It’s a disaster! Your rates are going up 25, 35, 45 percent…!
So, we're gonna get rid of TPP Trans-Pacific Partnership. And you know…? They don't cover the most important element: monetary manipulation. They devalue their currency, and they're killing our companies, because our companies…can't compete when they devalue. That's how China beats us. We have unbelievable manufacturers, mostly…I mean, half of them are gone now. They’re gone! But we don't even discuss…devaluation, and devaluation of their currencies in the bill. Nobody wants to put it in, because they're all controlled by their super PACs, by their donors…! They're all controlled by these companies…! And nobody wants to put, the single…biggest…threat…that they have…is the devaluation threat, of their money, of their…financing. Nobody wants to discuss it! And it's the single…biggest…threat, monetary devaluation. That's how they kill us. And it's not even in…the document!
We've gotta stop it, because NAFTA was a disaster…remember this: NAFTA was a disaster, this is going to be…worse. This is going to be worse, especially for a place like. This this is going to be worse, so we will stop it. We will stop it.
Let me just finish off. So, Carrier! What I do, and I wanna do it myself, I’ll have a lot of smart people, because everybody smart wants to work. We're not gonna have political hacks negotiating with China anymore. We're gonna have our smartest people, and our best business people. And we have the best in the world, all right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We have the best in the world.
So, here's what we’re gonna do. So, I insist. You know, my wife always says, “you should be calling…Carrier. You should be presidential”.
You know what? Don't let me be…–A MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS ‘WE LOVE MELANIA’–…I love Melania too! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. Don't let me be two presidential, folks. Because…you look at what our presidents do: they take it nice and easy…! They fly to Hawaii to play golf for a few weeks…in a big jet! They then come back at an old 747, spewing…! And then they talk about, “the carbon footprint is being very badly hurt”. He just left…! He just flew to Hawaii to play golf! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. [And] He's talking about the carbon footprint! [They are] Phony politicians, folks! Phony politicians!
So, here's what's gonna happen. Here's what's gonna happen. Here's what's gonna happen. Don't worry, he's a nice guy. That guy is on our side….–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SOMEBODY SPECIFICALLY IN THE CROWD. I always say, “enemy or foe!?”. Foe, or friend?
Is he a friend? He's a friend! He’s…he's…a loud friend, but that's okay! He's a loud friend, but we love our allowed friends.
Folks, we are gonna start winning again. We lose in every way. We lose in every way. With Carrier, as an example, I'm gonna say: “here's a story, you leave Indiana, and I'm gonna charge you…35 percent tax for every single air conditioning unit that you make, and sell across a now very strong border” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. 100 percent.
And here's what's gonna happen! They're gonna call the lobbyists, they're gonna call their friends, and the donors, and the owners of the company…public company; and they're gonna call everybody, and they're gonna call me. I won't take their calls because, you know, they didn't…they didn’t give me anything, okay? And, they're gonna call back the following day, and they're gonna say, “Mr. President, we're gonna stay in Indiana. And we're gonna stay…”…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…and that's just an example…that's just an example.
Now, if they've already left? [It’s the] Same thing. Sorry. And either they're moving back, or we're gonna make a lot of money! We're gonna make a lot of money! We're gonna make a lot of money!
They let go 1,400 good people. So…and I don't mind if they move…if they move to the state of Washington, I think that's great, that's competition, okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They can move anywhere they want! But when they start leaving our country, and thinking they're gonna make product, and they're gonna send it to us…? And we have no tax…!?
In Nebraska, yesterday, governor…Ricketts was terrific. I said, “let me ask you, how to do with Japan?”.
He said, “well, it's tough, because they charged us a tariff for meat, for beef! Of…big beef area. “They charged us a tariff”. I didn't know this! 38 percent!
So, they send the cars in by the millions, and we’re the dummies. You go out to…Los Angeles, [and] you see ships, the biggest ships you've ever seen, loaded it up with hundreds, and hundreds…probably thousands of cars! And they're docking one after another, and cars are…just pouring off these ships, right?
We pay…they pay almost no tax, and yet, with Nebraska, that sends beef to Japan…I said, “do you have to pay tax?”
“Yes, we pay a 38 percent…tariff”. 38 percent! I never knew that! …–THE CROWD BOOS. I never knew that.
Now, that's on top of the fact that in terms of balance, the cars far outweigh. You know, the cars are up to the ceiling, and what…the beef is…is down there. In other words, the…the the balance is so off, right? I will take care of that situation so fast…!? In one day, that situation will be equalized, okay. In one day, okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And we have many!
China sends its stuff over, no tax! [If] You wanna do business with China? Number one, it's almost impossible…if you're a manufacturer, it's almost impossible to get your goods into China. If you get them in…they don't want them! They're right! They want their own people to make them. They don't want them. But if they get them in…if they get them in, you're gonna pay a massive tax!
A friend of mine did that recently. He had a deal…[he] calls me up. [He] Didn't even…wasn't even thinking about me doing this! He said, “boy, do I have a problem!? This China is impossible. I can't get my stuff in. And finally I get [it] in, [and] they're charging me this massive tax”.
But they said their stuff in, it's like…I'm telling you, folks, we are being led by incompetent people. That's why we have a trade deficit…that's why we have a trade deficit of 505…billion dollars, a year! Okay?
So, here's a story I love China. I have a lot of friends in China; the largest…bank in the world is my tenant in one of my buildings in Manhattan. Their rent is good, believe me. This Bank is so big! It’s the largest in the world by far. I have them as a tenant! They like me, they respect me. I just renewed their lease. I said, “are they gonna renew? Really, you think? Uh…the way I talk about him…”. But they respect it! They actually respect it!
China…I'm not angry at them! I sell condos to their people…! I own the Bank of America building in San Francisco, with a group; I own…buildings in Manhattan; I got…at war with China! That was war, it wasn't like we did a friendly deal, it was an unfriendly deal. I end up with a big chunk of the Bank of America building, one of the nicest buildings. One of the big buildings and nice buildings…; I have nothing against China. I think they're great! I have nothing. I'm angry…;
I…I have nothing against Mexico! I love Mexico! I love the Mexican people! I have thousands of Hispanics that work for me! And I'm gonna bring back thousands of jobs! And the Hispanics are smart! And they know I'm gonna bring back…I love the Hispanics! I love them! …–THE CROWD CHEERS.
But just so you understand, I have nothing against Mexican leadership. I'm angry at our leadership, for not doing the same thing to these countries, okay!? I don't blame China! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I don't blame Japan! I don't blame Mexico! I don't blame Vietnam, or India, or any of these countries that do so well with us. I blame…our…corrupt and very stupid leadership, folks. All right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It's corrupt and it’s stupid.
So…so, we're gonna make the greatest trade deals that you've ever seen. We're gonna get our jobs back…and you know what!? Here’s the funny thing: China doesn't like us! We've rebuilt China! China is the greatest theft…it's the greatest theft in the history of mankind…mankind, what they've done to this country. We have rebuilt China. They have trains that go 250 miles an hour! We have trains that go…40! Chug, Chug…! The Long Island Railroad. It's the same as it was…it's the same as it was when I was growing up on Long Island, a long time ago! I won't tell you how long ago. Too long!
But listen, so…we're gonna be…we're like a third…we're like a debtor nation, which we are. We're gonna be 21 trillion dollars very soon. We're like a debtor nation. But we're like a third-world nation.
You look at our airports, our roads…! You look at our highways, our bridges, our tunnels, they're dangerous! Our hospitals…! But you take a look at other people…; you go to Dubai, and Qatar, and these places, and you take a look at their airports!
You go to China, you look at some of these airports, it's the most incredible thing you've ever seen! And then you land at LaGuardia and they have potholes all over the place, okay?
We're gonna rebuild! We've gotta rebuild. We've got a restructure. We've gotta do things that are gonna be…incredible for us! We have to fix our country! We've spent…four…trillion…dollars…plus…in the Middle East! And we're right now in much worse shape than if we never did anything.
If we never did anything…if our presidents went to the beach, for 365 days a year, we would right now be in better shape in the Middle East! Where we've gone is we've spent four trillion and we've regressed! Now we have the migration! We have ISIS! We have total instability…! We have Iran [that] is becoming this power! We've made them a power! And not only did they make a good deal with this idiot…that we have, John Kerry, he’s an idiot to make a deal like that! He never once walked from the negotiation!
When they were standing, and they were saying, “we're walking!”. He would say, “please, don't walk!”. Okay? And you know, the Persians, the Iranians are great negotiators! The Persians are great. But never once…never once did John Kerry walk. He should have walked a lot.
First of all, he should have never gone there unless we got our prisoners back first, okay? He should have said, “you're not giving him back?”. Then you double up the sanctions, and you'll have your prisoners back in 24 hours, and that would have been years ago, not just recently, okay? So, anyway…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. But he is…grossly incompetent! He's grossly incompetent! He did not read The Art of the Deal, that I can tell you. But he's grossly incompetent.
And for Obama to allow it…when they're dancing in the streets, all over around…I don't want people dancing when I’m making a deal. If I’m making a deal and I have people dancing, I'm gonna say, “let's take a look at this deal, I don't wanna look foolish”. They made us look so foolish…! And, that's why I ran!
Because we're gonna have a strong…country again. We're gonna have a country…they're not gonna be dancing! You take a look at China…we've rebuilt China, and they don't respect us! Look what they're doing in the South…China…Sea! They are building a military fortress, in the ocean!
Now, we couldn't do that because we'd wanna get environmental impact statements, right? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
You know what they said? I have a lot of friends from China. I said, “how long did it take you to get your environmental impact statements approved?”. I said that kiddingly.
He said, “you're kidding, right?”.
I said, “I am”.
He said, “no, they agreed to do the deal on a Friday evening. [The] Construction started on Monday morning”, okay? …–THE CROWD CHEERS. To be honest with you, that's the way it should be folks, okay!?
With us, we would go…years, and years, and years…; we're hurting a tadpole, we're hurting a certain kind of fish…;
You know what they're doing now? They're the biggest excavators you've ever seen. They're ripping the hell out of the ocean. And they're dumping it. By the way, [it] doesn't hurt the ocean! [It] Doesn't hurt the ocean! Do you how big the ocean is!? So, they're building this massive fortress…in the South China Sea. And yet they take all our money.
Do you know the owe…China…1.8…trillion dollars right now. Think of it: they take our jobs, they take our money, they rebuild their country with our money, and we owe them 1.8 trillion! It’s like a magic act in reverse, okay!? …–THE CROWD BOOS.
We owe Japan…we owe Japan! They sell us all the cars. We owe Japan 1.5 trillion dollars.
So, here's the story, folks. We're not gonna be the stupid people, the stupid country. You're gonna have the smart people now. And we're gonna have a country that you're gonna be proud of.
Now, here's what you have to do…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. You have to go…! Remember the date! Remember the day, May 24th. But do it immediately, don't wait! Go home. You can have it, hopefully, sitting…in your mailbox, okay? Because you don't have to go…; send that thing in, because we want those votes. [It] Doesn't take…it you don't even have to go out and vote in your case! Most people, at least, have to go out! I don't know what the hell kind of a system you have here, you don't even have to leave your house! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Check the back of the envelope and sign it! Do what you have to do! Don't just send it.
But here's the story, folks. You're gonna consider that vote, and you're gonna consider the vote you make in November…to be the most important…vote [that] you've ever made. Ever made…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And you're gonna look back, and you're gonna look back…20 years from now, two years from now, 40 years from now, maybe 50 for some of the young ones in the front. And you're gonna say, that was the greatest day, because that's when…we made America great again. That's when…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…that's when we started winning again. And we'll win!
We're gonna win with our military, we're gonna knock the hell out of ISIS, by the way folks. I'm sorry. We're gonna knock the hell out of ISIS…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We’ll win with our military, we're gonna win for our vets.
We're gonna win with education, Common Core out, local.
We're gonna terminate…we're gonna repeal, and replace Obamacare…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We're gonna defend our Second Amendment, 100 percent! They're chipping away…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We're gonna win on the borders, we're gonna build the wall, Mexico's gonna pay for the wall! And we're gonna win with great, great trade deals! In other words, we're gonna win, win, win!
And you're gonna love it! You are gonna love it! Thank you very much, Washington! We love you! Thank you!
