VIDEO Nº: 216
TITLE:216. Donald Trump Talks CA Drought at Rally in Fresno CA on May 27 2016 - FULL SPEECH
DATE OF EVENT:27/05/2016
RELEASE DATE:27/05/2016
DURATION:01.18.07 Hrs.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:12844
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Whoa! Wow, thank you everybody!
What a crowd! What a crowd! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. That’s so beautiful! To have this many people. I saw on television this morning, [at] five o'clock in the morning, people were lining up. This is crazy! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Crazy!
Well, I wanna thank everybody. I know Fresno very well, you know that, right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS–…because…I came here probably 10, or 12 years ago, and they had a problem…–A MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS–…you remember the problem, right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. They had a problem. I think it was Running Horse [Golf Championship], right? Running Horse. And I was gonna take it over, do a beautiful job…; fortunately, I didn't do it cause there's no water anymore, because they send all the water out to the ocean, right!? …–THE CROWD BOOS. I got lucky that I didn't do it, but I would have changed the water. I would have worked it out, don't worry. But you know…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So, it was interesting.
And some of the radio guys, one in particular who's here…where are you? Where are you…uh…where are you up the rig…? He was so great…! Where is that guy? Where is he? …–THE CROWD CHEERS. He was so great to me! …–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SOMEBODY BEHIND HIM. I'll tell you, he was so good [that] I almost did the project! That would have been terrible, right? But good, thank you.
But we had great support, great community support. There were a couple of politicians who were against it. A couple of politicians didn't like me. They said [that] I wasn't a nice person. And that thing is just sitting there…–THE CROWD BOOS–…that…and you know…no, and…you don't wanna go wild, cause I do that a lot. You go in, if they want you, love you, and everything else…; I didn't do it and I made a fortune by not doing it, good? I mean, everyone…–THE CROWD CHEERS YIMIDLY.
You know, some of the best deals or the deal's you don't do, you understand that. And we're gonna solve your water problem. You have a water problem that is so…insane! It is so ridiculous! Where they're taking the water and shoving it out to see…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And I just met with a lot of the farmers, who are great people. And they're saying, “we don't even understand it”. It…they don't understand. Nobody understands it. And I've heard this from other friends of mine, in California, where…they have…farms, up here! And they don’t get water!
I said, “oh, that's too bad! Is there a drought?”.
“No, we have plenty of water”.
I said, “what's wrong?”.
“Well, we shove it out to sea”.
And I said, “why?”.
And nobody even knows why! And the environmentalists don't know why! Now, they're trying to protect a certain kind…of three inch fish, but…–THE CROWD BOOS–…no…no, think of it! So, nobody even knows why. And by the way, the environmentalists don't know why. And…and you know, I should say this: I've received many, many environmental rewards. Uh…you know, really! …–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. Rewards…and awards! I have…done very well environmentally, and I'm all for it. But, you have some people…that…really wanna just get in the way, and I don't know if it's for their ego or what. But there are so many things…! And, you know, we want jobs. We have to bring jobs back. And if we can bring this part of the world water…that we have…that we have…! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. But it’s true! I've…I’ve gotten so many of the awards, and…and I'm proud of them! But…and there's some great environmentalists, and some great environmental people! And they really do
You know, my environmental standard is very simple, and I've said it to everybody: I want clean air, and I want clean water! That's what I want. Clean air, [and] clean water. [It’s] Very, very simple. So, anyway. So, we're gonna be back up here. If I win, believe me, we're gonna start opening up the…the water, so that you can have your farmers survive! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So that your job market will get better.
No, but there are some things that are inconceivable, that…you know, they happen and you say…wonder why. And I'm asking everybody, “why, why, why!?”. And nobody can really explain why they do this. Uh…but they do it! And your senators are for it, but they're totally ineffective, unfortunately. They're ineffective. You know, they’re for it. By the way, they’re for it for you! And then to the other side they’re for it for them. And then you wonder…I wonder why nothing happens.
But when you're with the Senators they want you. And then they go over to the environmental side, and…they want them. And then you say, “gee, that's strange! They’re for me! We want the water, but the environmentalists just endorsed them!”. I wonder why. Well, I'll tell you how it works, folks! …–MR. TRUMP GIGGLES. So, they play both sides of it, but they're actually not for you. So, we'll see what happens. But we're gonna get it done and we're gonna get it done quick. Don't even think about it, that's an easy one. Don't even think about it.
So, yesterday was a big day. You know, yesterday…right!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. THE CROWD CHANTS ‘U.S.A!’ REPEATEDLY. Yeah, we're gonna bring it back folks! We're gonna bring this country back. You know what it is? Look at all those red hats, white hats…the black hats…! …–THE CROWD CHEERS. The gun shooting hats…! They do pretty well, I'll tell you!
Speaking of that, the NRA…last week endorsed Donald Trump…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…in the earliest…endorsement they've ever given! The earliest they've ever given! That was a great honor. And Wayne, and Kris…and all the guys. These are great people. These are great Americans! These are people that wanna see great things for the country. You know, they try and…build them, like…uh…it’s sort of a radical agenda. It's not a radical agend. It’s called the Second Amendment, folks.
Now, Hillary…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…Hillary Clinton…wants to abolish the Second Amendment, remember that…–THE CROWD BOOS HEAVILY. She wants to abolish it. And…it's just crazy.
You know, I watched her on television, and it's really hard for me to watch her, because honestly? It's very boring. You know, that's very boring. But I watched her last night. And she lies so much! She lies so much! And she was saying last night…so many things! “Donald Trump wants to see…Japan get nuclear weapons”. I never said that. “Donald Trump wants to see Germany get nuclear weapons”. “He wants to see South Korea armed themselves and get nuclear”. I didn't say that. I never even said…close to that. “Donald Trump…loves North Korea! He loves the maniac that's running North Korea”. I love him. “Donald Trump is a friend of Putin!”. Well, actually…Putin did call me ‘a genius’ and he said I'm the future of the Republican Party, so…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…he's off to a good start!
I will say…I will say, he's off to a good start, right, folks? And by the way, I'm not a friend of Putin. I don't know Putin. I've never met Putin. I respect Putin. He’s a…strong leader, I can tell you that, unlike what we have. We have a pathetic leader. Pathetic…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIVDLY. We don't even have a leader! You know, the word ‘leader’. You go ‘leader’ in quotes [“”], right? But we don't even have a leader[MGF1] .
But you know, wouldn't it be nice if we actually could get along with Russia? Wouldn't that be nice? I mean, you know…–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY. We've spent almost five trillion dollars in the Middle East, and we're in worse shape today in the Middle East that we were 15 years ago. If these presidents…would have gone away in vacation, and not done anything, we’d be in better shape than we are today, if you think about it, right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS.
And I was against the war in Iraq, [I was] totally against the war in Iraq. [I was] Totally against it. And, you know, Hillary raised her hand, and…hey look, it happened; it was a disaster, it’s one of the worst things this country has ever done. Obama…got us out very badly. He said a date: “we are going to be out by a certain date”. The other side didn't believe it. The other side couldn't believe it! In fact they thought it was like…you know, misinformation they call it. So, they weren't totally prepared. Then he left on that date!
I think General Douglas MacArthur, General George Patton, they're spinning in their grief…in their graves. When they see…when they see…what's happening…with our country…? When…this great country can't beat ISIS, which is, essentially, 30,000 people…; vicious people, smart people. But, when they see that…we can't beat them…?
And…you know, we're fighting not to win. We fight not to win. And we wanna be…we…we now fight wars in a…politically correct manner. We gotta get out of there! We gotta win…–THE CROWD BOOS. We gotta get out of there, we gotta win. We gotta build up our military bigger, better, stronger than ever before. Bigger, better, stronger…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You know, in a certain way, it's the cheapest thing we can do. It's the cheapest thing we can do, because look at what's going on. Everyone's laughing at us. And we send our allies over there. You know, they’re fighting Syria…! We don't even know who was that. We sent information, we send…we send armaments, and military, and rifles, and we send them so much stuff…?
And a friend of mine has a son, he's been over in Iraq for a long time; numerous…terms, and he's…he’s been there for…a long time. And he's a good boy, he’s a great guy. And he's a great American kid! And I love talking to him, although it's very depressing.
They said [that] the most depressing thing…is when we're fighting, and we see what's coming on the other side. And they have newer equipment that we have. They take the Humvees. You know, they shoot a bullet in the air, the guys that we give it [to], our so-called ‘allies’, they run! They run for the hills. And ISIS, or whoever, comes in and takes the equipment, that brand new equipment.
And this guy, who's…great, and just such a…I mean, he loves this country. But he finds it so sad. He said, “we…deliver equipment to our allies. There's a skirmish, the allies run away, drop the equipment, they run, and…the enemy comes and takes our equipment”. And they end up with armor…plated…Humvees.
You know, they sold 2,300 Humvees. I think of a 2,300…! I thought it was a misprint. 2,000…all armor plated. And, we have our guys driving around in things where they lose their legs, they lose their arms…you know, it's really a sad thing. And, it's not gonna happen anymore folks, ok? It's not gonna happen anymore. I'm not gonna happen…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But I watched Hillary Clinton, as I say ‘crooked Hillary’. She is crooked…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND LAUGHS. But she lies! She lied so much. And you know, it’ sad! She lies so much, but I can't really use that term because I've already used that term! I don't like to use a term twice. I don't like to use a term twice. I don't like to use the term twice.
But…but, she lies so much. And she's saying all these things like, you know…uh…like [the fact that] I respect the kid from Korea. I mean, can you imagine this? I respect…; “that I have total respect and like him very much…!”.
Look, Hillary is a disaster, folks…–THE CROWD BOOS TIMIDLY. She has bad judgment! That was said by Bernie Sanders. He's given me a lot of my best lines! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. I mean, he has given me…such great lines on her! And you know, if I say it, they're gonna say, “that's not [a] nice thing to say”. So, I always refer to Bernie Sanders, cause you know…; and we do get much bigger crowds than him. We get much bigger crowds…–THE CROWD CHEERS.
And I wanna debate him so badly! I'd love to debate Bernie. But you know? People say…first of all, I said give 10 million, 15 million…to women's health issues, we’ll pick the charities. And the networks wanna keep the money themselves, that's one thing, so that's a problem.[MGF2] 
Then the second thing is, we got the nomination yesterday, right? So we have the nomination. So we’re number one…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And it was tough, but we won by such big margins, cause it's a rig process, let me tell you. I mean, very rarely could a guy like me come in and just win. We won so much! You know, I tell [about] the prize fighters, right? They say, “no, Mr. Trump, we don't worry about a decision. Because if we knock them out, we don't have to worry about decisions”, okay? That's what we did. We won by such…big…margins…that we had knockouts, and we got the nomination.
And by the way, did you notice!? It wasn't supposed to have been gotten…till…July! And then some of these…pundits…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS–…who are among the most dishonest people in the world, by the way…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They said, “we don't think it's going to even happen in Cleveland in…July. We think it's going to take another…convention”. Can you believe that!? Would that be a mess…!
And I said, “I don't know what you're talking about! We're gonna win on the first ballot!”. And it actually happened even sooner! Because remember, Indiana…we won New York, right? We won Pennsylvania…big! All of them big! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We won…and these are all landslides! I won't have to use the word too often.
We won massive in New York. We won massive in Pennsylvania, in Maryland, and Connecticut, and Delaware…and Rhode Island. And then, they had the answer. Because they had Indiana! But Indiana liked me better than it like them, by a lot! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And…we went to Indiana, and [we] won in a massive landslide! And we won with the evangelicals, and we won with the women…thank you! …–THE WOMEN CHEER AND APPLAUD.S HEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You know…you know, we're breaking records in the polls with men…–A MEMBER IN THE CROWD SCREAMS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE–…I love you too, [Do you] see? They're all screaming ‘women love you’, that’s it. I love women! But, believe me, I love women! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I love women!
And you know what else? I have great respect for women, believe me! Great respect for women…–THE CROWD CHEERS.
But I won with women, I won with men. Now, with men, I'm setting records, that's why I'm leading! The men…the men are…are…I'm setting polling records, they've never seen numbers like this. The men like Trump! I'd rather have the women like Trump! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. The hell with the men! I don't care about the men! I want the women! No, we're setting records with the men, and we're doing fine! We're going up, up, up with women.
And let me tell you. You know, one of the things with this Bernie…I wanted it to go to women's…a lot of money, but the…the networks are very greedy, and they’re making a fortune off this whole…election. I don't know if you've seen the numbers where CNN and FOX, and MS…all of them, they’re through the roof! They're making a fortune! Because of me! Because, honestly? Nobody else…who the hell are they gonna watch!? I can't use any of the people that are vanquished, cause I'm trying to get along with them all now…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. I have to be a good Republican, and…love everybody that I beaten…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. So, I won't use them. But you think they're gonna watch Hillary and Bernie!?
Let me tell you. The…debates for…as Variety magazine and Hollywood Reporter, they call it the ‘Trump debate’. They didn't do it for any reason! They said, “the Trump debate drew record numbers”. So…‘the Trump debate’.
Now, let's say I wasn't in the group. I…I'm not saying this braggingly, folks. I don't wanna get into that. But let's say I was it in. They had the highest…number…in the history…of cable television, 24 million people…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Now, if I wasn't in, there would had what, three people? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. Okay. But I don't say that. I refuse to say it…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. Three weeks later, CNN had a debate and their 23 million people, more than that. The highest…number…in the history of CNN. And then debates did great all the way along. I mean, they did…–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
Now, the Democrats had debates too. And they did fine, but they were much, much lower. And you ever noticed that, even though, Hillary's skirting another scandal you know the…the inspector general, who's a Democrat! [He] Did a big, big number on her. I don't know how she can continue to run, I’ll be honest with you!
How does she continue to run? How does she continue? It could be I’ll have to debate…because you know what? You don't want it…if you're in first place, you don't wanna really debate a guy who's in second place, but it could be I’ll end up with Bernie. But I hear what they're going to do. They don't want Bernie. Cause, look, he's a socialist. I mean, give me a break! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Yeah. Have we come that far!? Have we come that far!? I don't think so!
Look, he's a socialist. So, what they're going to do, I hear, if she doesn't make it because of things…somewhat beyond her control, although personally I think she's being totally protected. Because they would have done it by now. But this inspector general report was a real doozy. This was a bad report. This was page after page. And you know, it goes back to judgment! It goes back to competence! She's not competent! If you look, she's…essentially not competent. It goes to her judgment, it goes to her level of competence, and she's not competent! And it's always been this way! She's always skirted of the edge, whether it's white water, or whether it's…all of these things. Uh…going into…uh…it…how about Benghazi? But look at…look at…and you know what? And I say this, and I…I say it cause Benghazi to me was a…horrific situation. But for whatever reason, the mainstream media…because they're trying to protect her…they never picked it up. FOX picked it up more than anybody, in all fairness, but they never picked it up. And a lot of people don't know so much about Benghazi.
Benghazi, like they should know, but her decision to go in, and this was her baby, Libya, was a disaster! And she got rid of Gaddafi, and now you have a mess. And you know who has the oil? Who has the oil in Lybia? ISIS has the oil. So, you know what we got out of it? We got death! We got destruction! We got ISIS rebuilding stronger than ever in Libya, and having among the greatest…the…the level of quality…of oil, in Libya, is among the best in the world. It's high up, it's extremely sweet…; it's just…phenomenal oil. ISIS has the oil!
And then you say, if ISIS has the oil, why aren't we blockading, so they can't sell it? Why are we bombing the hell…? We have…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…let me tell you. Let me tell you. Our Washington leadership in particular our president, is grossly…incompetent. Just remember I said that. [He’s] Grossly incompetent…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…so it’s sad! So we'll see what happens, but…it looks like it's going be…Hillary. It should not be Hillary. What other people have been…accused of is far less than what she's been accused of. I mean, by a tiny…; you look at General Petraeus, [and] you look at other people that have done a fraction of what she's done, and their lives are destroyed. Their lives are destroyed…–THE CROWD CHEERS.
So, we'll see what happens. I just don't understand why it's not happening! You know, how long does it take? How long does it take?
And you know, it gets to a point…what are you doing? One day before she gets it, or two weeks after she gets it? It's almost…we almost don't want that! We wanna have it. If it's gonna be done, let it be done, and if it's not gonna be done, we're going after it verbally! Because, what she did is so wrong! What she did is so wrong…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But…when I watched her speech last night, it was so sad, because everything's he said it was like a lie! I wonder…I wonder if I could start, instead of saying ‘crooked Hillary’…which is a very accurate description, I wonder if I could say…you know, remember ‘lying…!? Lying…!?”. I won’t say “lyin Ted!” I refuse to say…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. Lyin Ted! Hold that bible high, puts it down and then he lies…! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS AND CHEERS. Lyin Ted!
Well, I'm gonna retire that from Ted, I'm not gonna call Ted that anymore! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMILDY. [I’m] Not gonna call him.
But I wonder if I could…redo it! Because after watching her last night with the lies, that I love…the leader of North Korea. The leader of North Korea! You know, I said…here's what I said. They asked me, somebody, or some newspaper, asked me…and, you know, just…they're all bed. Cause…any…any answer you give it's always like…you know, slanted negative, if you happen to be a conservative Republican. If you're a Democrat, especially if you're liberal, they’ll take your answer and say, “no, no, no! You don't mean that! You gotta say it this way, this way, that…”. They'll correct your answer so it's absolutely perfect, right?
But if you're a conservative Republican, you know, they'll put one third of the answer and then, they'll write your own words. I’ll tell what, I've had…; look at The New York Times story. Did you see The New York Times with me and the women? Front page of The New York Times, above the fold, middle picture. Me standing there with miss universe contestants, this was not…this was the National Enquirer! and then they did stories with certain women! You've seen what happened. It's like they’re…they're…they don't know what to do, The New York Times. They don't know what to do! I know that, because we're talking to them. They are so embarrassed…!
So, they put it, and then they talked about…different women. One of them was named Roxanne, and one of them…another…just…I won't even go into it. But they all came [and] they said, “that's not what we said! That's not what we…meant. ‘We think Mr. Trump is fantastic’”. One of them said, “he's a great man”; one of them said, “he's a great man, I'm gonna vote for him”. I mean, it's unbelievable! Unbelievable! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And they all came out!
And Rowan…Rowan…was incredible! Because it's…Rowan Brewer Lane, who's a…wonderful person. But I figures…you know, it’d be a story, it was a false story! I knew it was a full story, but I figured…“you know, too bad”. How do you fight it? Because they're dirty, rotten liars, these people, I'll tell you. They're the most dishonest people…; they’re dirty, rotten liars…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And Rowan came out…and she said, “that's not it”. And she got on CNN…in all fairness, I give a lot of credit to CNN and FOX and [MGF3] I think MS. Maybe they put her on, maybe they didn't, I don't know. Probably they didn't. Cause they're like a pipe organ for The [New York] Times…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
But…but, she got on a lot of television, and she wanted the record set straight! And she said the nicest things about me. And then they had another one. Then they had a construction. Let me tell you about this person. So, she didn't come out and say nice. She wrote a book that I'm fantastic. She wrote a book that I am a non-sexist person! I am non-sexist. Now, who ever even thinks of this? If you're talking about somebody…? You don't say…think of it. You're writing about somebody…she worked for me. I gave her a job in charge of…putting up [a] big building! Probably, there's never been a woman in all fairness in charge of such a big project, certainly, in New York. Uh…you know, it was way, way ahead of schedule.
In fact, my father said...my father's from the old school. It's okay. It's okay to say this, right, women? And he said, “don't put her in there. Don't put her in”.
I said, “dad, I'm telling you she's gonna be…fine”.
“Don't put her in”.
I said, “pop, she's gonna be fine! Besides that, it's my building. I can do what I want, okay?” …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. Trump Tower…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Nah! No…! I had the greatest father. He's…he’s the greatest teacher you could ever have. He was a great guy. He said, “all right, look, if you want it, do it”.
And now I think he was right, because of this. She was fine, she did a job, and got it done. And that was it! Then she left, went to another company, and didn't…she hasn't had a good…career after that. Yes, she had a good career with me. She writes a book and she said nice things in the book. I didn't read it, but she said nice things. It was sent to me the other day. And…and one of the media sent it. In all fairness, The Daily Mail wrote a fantastic…story about it, because it's a scam! So then she said…
Now, The [New York] Times never called me about her. So, I gave her a job that no…other…woman…would have ever gotten! So, I was way ahead! And I still am! I have so many women executives…! I have women executives…! …–THE WOMEN CHEER AND APPLAUD. I have women executives…that are paid more than men executives for the same job! Now, you know what that means. Tomorrow I'll be sued by men…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. You get sued by everybody! You get sued by everybody! I guarantee, I'll get a suit from the men in my company, “we're not getting enough money!”. Okay. But I have a lot of women executives. I've been way ahead. They're fantastic, right?
So, she writes a book and the book says, “he's not sexist”. Now, you know, anybody that puts that in…a statement…that I know…I never even thought about it, that means they're…into that. You know, they're into trouble. So, she writes ‘he's not sexist’. Okay.
[She] wants to come back. [She] writes me…emails, letters…emails…! Many, many, many! I have no interest in taking her back. I have no interest. You know, it wasn't for me. But, I had no interest. It wasn't worth it.
And then, one of my men came in and said, “oh, that's Barbara! She's the most foul mouth human being I've ever set…”. We had to bring her into my office years ago and say, “you gotta clean up your language”. She go into a group of men and start cursing and using the f-word, and…the most foul mouth person. We had to tell her! ‘Don't do it’. Okay.
So, now she ends up in The New York Times! I say, “oh, that's good. I’m glad, because she's gotta say nice things. [She] wrote nice books, [she] said great things about me in the book”. And…she gets on and says, “well, he's not good! He's not good! He's this, he's that! And he said to me, “don't have that piece of candy!” …–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
And I would never wanna say she was heavy or not heavy, I would never do a thing like that…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. “But he said to me, don't have that…”.
And I actually had friends…look, they’re watching this whole game. They're saying, “with all of the…if that's the worst things you've done, with women…I've gotta tell you…you are in a class by yourself!”. And they went a lot further than that! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. In fact, some of them…some of them said you have to be the nicest guy in the world, if that source…; this is a front-page story by the failing New York Times, above the fault with the biggest picture in…in beautiful colors, and all these girls standing around…;  I owned it! I owned it! I sold it recently, [I] made a lot of money, by the way, which is good…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. I sold it! To IMG, [a] great company. They're gonna do a great job with it. But I sold it!
And…and…and I sold it because…television…didn't wanna give me the ads! Because they said, “I want to stop…illegal immigration!”. So, television…Univision, and…and…NBC, and all, they don't wanna give me the ads!
Anyway, we settled it. It worked out to be great. I'm very happy, let's put it this way. In the history of beauty pageants, nobody ever made the money I made, I wanna tell you…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. It was great.
But…and…and I lost a lot! You know, by doing this Macy's…[it] turned out to be a total traitor. Macy’s said…[the] head of Macy's calls me up: “Donald, I'm very concerned”.
“What?”.
You know, I said, “we gotta stop…illegal immigration!”. And I have…it's not a big deal, but I sell ties and shirts, and stuff at Macy’s, right? [A] Big deal! Who cares!? A lot of them were made in China, so I didn't care anyway to be honest with you…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. Cause you had no choice! They don't make things in here anymore! They’re making it at…other countries! They don't make them here!
So, I called up but he goes…he goes, “Donald, I’m very concerned”. I'll never forget. I was making a speech, I was in New Hampshire. I was getting ready. And they're introducing me. And I'm starting to do well cause, as you know, I won New Hampshire. I'm getting ready to go up and make a speech. I'm standing like here, on the stairs. And a nice guy’s introducing me, there's over 1,000 people, which is a small crowd now. A 1,000 people is now small. But in New Hampshire, they have small venues. This was in…somebody's backyard, the place was packed!
And I'm getting ready, and the man saying, “and Donald Trump is the personification of the American dream!”. Ay, ay, ay! So, he's saying all the different things…; and I get a call and I see it’s the head of Macy's. [A] Nice guy, actually, Terry Lundgren.
And I say, “uh! Well, I'll do this quickly! Hey Terry, what's going on!?”. And he was a friend of mine! I haven't spoken to him since. I won't talk to him. He goes, “Donald, I'm so concerned!”.
“What!?”.
“I hear that…they're going to pick at Macy’s”.
“Who?”.
“Some people. We don't know. Donald, could I announce that we're dropping your line?”.
I said, “drop my life for what? Let him have a picket for a half hour, then they're gonna wanna go to lunch, you have it all the time” …–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
“No, no, they're gonna picket”.
He was so, so afraid…! I said, “Terry, I'm going up to make a speech”.
“No, no, please, please, don't get off the phone! Please could we talk about it?
And I'm saying to myself, “can you believe this guy?”. And this was a friend of mine! I said, “Terry, let them…”;
“No, no, please, talk…”.
In the meantime, “ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Donald Trump!”. And I'm on the phone, I can't get this guy off the phone! I say, “can I call you back later!?”.
“Yes but, could I do that?”.
I said, “just do me…do whatever you wanna do, I don't care!”. They canceled my shot…ties and shirts. And they were doing well! They canceled my ties and shirts at Macy's. So, you know, when I do…–THE CROWD BOOS–…a very disloyal…honestly? Very….uh…we ought to boycott Macy's. I'll tell you what happened! I'll tell you what happened! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Because of that, thousands of people that are customers at Macy's cut up their credit cards and sent them in. Thousands of people…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Because it showed a couple of things. Number one, it showed no loyalty to a friend I was a friend of the guy! Well, I don’t have play golf with him anymore, that's okay. But I was a friend of the guy. But it shows…that…people aren't willing to take on the tough issues. Illegal immigration is a tremendous issue! A big issue! …–SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD STARTS SCREAMING. APPARENTLY, IT’S A PROTESTERS. Oh, that's okay. Oh, thank you so much, you have a…such a beautiful voice! …–THE CROWD BOOS. All right, get him out! Get him out!
Get them out of here! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. So, what it really shows…hey, by the way, do we love our police? Our police…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY–…we love our police. [We] Gotta let them know. Because…our police are not…treated…fairly, I will tell you that! All right, thank you very much, that's good.
She had a very…meek, mild voice. Usually it’d better off just letting her shout. It's my people that caused the problem! They start screaming, “look over here, over here!”. And you can't even hear the person, right? That's all right! Well, it's good, because then the cameras go around.
You know, the cameras never take the camera off me. The only way they take the camera off me…the only way is when there's a protestor. So, I love my protesters. I love my protesters! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.
So, when I ran, I gave up a lot! I gave up The Apprentice. You know, they wanted to sign me for a lot of shows. And I gave up The Apprentice, and now we put in Arnold Schwarzenegger. I have the show! But we put in Arnold. We'll see how he does. Who the hell knows? But…I gave up the shirts and ties. I gave up a lot of things, and I gave up a lot of deals! But I wanna do this because we are gonna make…our country so great again! We're gonna do it! We're gonna do it! We're gonna do it…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And what it showed…to Macy’s, what it showed to me…really, was great disloyalty to the country, because it's an issue that has to be discussed, and people understand. And it's become, probably, the number one issue. And if I weren't running, you wouldn't even be talking about it right now.
And then you have the killing of Kate! And the killing of Jameel. And so many other killings and so much crime going on. And it's the number one. And by the way, we will build a wall. And the wall…will be paid! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. THEN THE CROWD CHANTS ‘BUILD THE WALL!’. Oh, we'll build a wall! All right, [are] you ready!? Are you ready!? And who is gonna pay for that wall!? …–THE CROWD YELLS ‘MEXICO!’. Mexico, [a] 100-percent. [A] 100-percent.
Did you see Vincente Fox…? Uh…a couple of weeks ago he's on CNN…–THE CROWD BOOS. And they asked him! And we're making progress, because two years ago he said, “we will never allow a wall!”. Now he said, “we will never pay for the wall!”. He doesn’t talk about allowing it…–THE CROWD LAUGHS–…so it…; but he said two weeks, or three weeks ago. And he was very nice! He actually apologized to me, which is nice. Most people don't do that. But…Vincente Fox, he was the President of Mexico…not so long ago. And he was being interviewed. And he said, “we will not pay for that…”, and then he gave the f-bomb… “…wall!”.
And I said, “oh, this is gonna blow up! This is gonna be a disaster! I feel so badly for the guy!”. Nobody even talked about it.
Can you imagine if I said that? If I said that, I’d get the electric chair. He said it! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. You know, [a] past-presidented…; nobody even talked about it! “I will not…and we will not…build that f-bomb wall!”.
I said, “oh, the poor guy! He shouldn't have said that! It's terrible!”. Nobody picked it up. Nobody cared, right?
I do it, [and] it’s…I'm telling you, it may be…they will…demand that the death penalty be brought back, okay? …if I do it…–THE CROWD LAUGHS AND CHEERS.
So…but he was very nice. And…and, he does…he juest doesn't understand that this…[is] gonna happen! And, as you know, the…Border Patrol agents, 16,500 last week, they endorsed Donald Trump. [It’s the] First time they've ever endorse. [It’s the] First time…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And Sheriff Joe! We love Sheriff Joe! Sheriff Joe Arpaio! He knows a little bit about borders. He knows a little bit about…; you know when I…I have to tell the story. Cause, I deal with strong people, weak people…I deal with everybody. Smart people, dumb people…I deal with everybody!
So, I'm in Arizona, and we have this massive crowd! And…the roads are blocked. And there were certain law enforcement. I love law enforcement guys, but there was certain guys, they wanted to be very politically correct. They didn’t wanna do anything about it. And Sheriff Joe was there. And he comes off and he says, “what's the problem?”.
Now, they chained themselves to their cars on a highway. And there was only one highway in. And we had…20,000 people! We had…it was massive! And it was all blocked up! And these people…were…you know, calling names…to…other…enforcement agencies. And, you know, cursing Adam, and everything. And Joe heard about [it]. He went, “what!? What!?”. He didn't even understand. “What!?”. And Sheriff Joe…Joe…Arpaio, from that area. He goes up…–A MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS ‘WE LOVE HIM!’–…we love Sheriff Joe! Wait, you gotta hear this up.
He goes over there…no guns, no nothing! He’s just standing there. They know who he is. “What are you doing!?”.
“Sheriff, we’re chained to the car. We're not gonna move”.
“You got 30 seconds unchain yourself”.
Now, in the meantime they're about 400 people. Of the 400, there are only about three, or four chained to the car. The 400 people all ran…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. They dispersed. The four people, they had…and by the way, they had, behind them, a couple of guys with chain cutters, right? The jaws, they call them. Boom, boom, boom, to jail!
Cars would move, they were thrown apart…; they were…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…it…it took…it took, and…and I'm not saying this to build him up, he's a friend of mine. He's a great guy. And…and he…and your former Governor, Jan, and…so many people, they're friends of mine! They're great people! They endorsed me early! Sheriff Joe Arpaio endorsed me also. But I got to watch what respect is. I got to watch it.
Here we all we have a road that's being held up for…a…a long time! Thousands and thousands of people that wanna come see a rally are being…horribly treated! I mean, they're sitting in their car! Their cars are turned off, you couldn't get through the highway! And, other people didn't wanna do anything. They're probably afraid to be sued. And I understand that! You know, today a policeman talks, [and] if you talk the wrong way to somebody, you end up gonna jail for the rest of your life, you know? But seriously! They take away your pension, they fire you from the force…;
Joe looked at him and he says, “what do you doing!? What are you doing!?”. I'll never forget! A couple of guys [are] standing behind him. And they're always standing there with the…cutters! And he said, “what are you doing?”. Everybody left! With other people, they were standing there, chanting chanting, chanting. [He] Cut them up. I think he took three or four people to jail. They were put in jail, and I was the end of it! They moved the cars, they pushed the cars out of the way…; it took like five minutes! It was so beautiful to watch! It's called respect! It's called respect! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And we had a rally of…25,000 people, at least, and there wasn't one protest! And I don't mind protest. I mean, when that young woman…screamed, I couldn't hear her too much, but…[I] could only hear my people saying, “there she is!” …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. I wanna get my people to shut up every once in a while! Just leave her!
But we had…you know, I always say…a Trump rally is the safest place. First of all, do we have fun at Trump rallies? Do we have fun? Right? …–THE CROWD YELLS ‘YES’, CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Do we have fun!?
You know, it's the safest place on earth! It’s the safest place on earth. We have more safety…; it's all…; you know, we were in Costa Mesa, in…California, 31,000 people in this incredible dome, this amphitheater, and it was a love fest. But they had people outside, burning the American flag…–THE CROWD BOOS–…I don’t know…; …and waving flags from other countries, okay? I'll be nice…–THE CROWD BOOS. They're waving flags! Bernie…that was the one where they started stomping on the police car, it was very famous. And the whole story…they probably had 150, the whole story was about that!
They showed a couple of helicopter shots. And I had people whose…children were killed; …whose families were killed; …whose relatives were killed…by…illegal immigrants, and we had them on the stage with me. It was an unbelievable evening, an unbelievable success. But 90 percent of the coverage was this guy stomping on a policeman's car.
By the way, if that was Sheriff Joe? He wouldn't be stopping. I guarantee…–MR. TRUMP GIGGLES. He wouldn't be stopping on Sheriff Joe's car! I can tell you that much right now! It’d be a long, long term prison sentence for that guy. That guy did some…major destruction.
Then he almost broke his ass when he got off. Did you see that? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. He tried to preten…he tried to pretend it didn't hurt. Oh, he was in pain! He took a heavy fall! He'll probably now sue the police, because the…car was too slippery on the hood, right? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. So, we're doing really well.
And one of the things that I will tell you. So, we got the…I think…I think we have a real shot. One of the things we're gonna do…cause Hillary is terrible. She's terrible as a candidate. And…and Bernie…assuming it's Bernie; and remember this, I think, and I'm pretty good with his stuff, you know…when I was a business person, I got along with everybody, all sides. I got along with everybody. It was my job! I got along with Democrats, Republicans, Hillary, Bill…! I get along with everybody. I do what you…we do what we have to do, folks! And I'll tell you what, if you look at what's going on…and if you look at what we see, just take a look at what's going on around you. We don't make good deals anymore. We're like the dummies of the world. We have the worst trade deals ever done. NAFTA was signed by Bill Clinton, right? It was signed by Bill Clinton. NAFTA has single-handedly…destroyed much of the economic viability of our country! They moved to Mexico. They moved all over the place. It's the most…it’s…it's one of the saddest things.
When I want all these states, and I'm from New York, so I understood Syracuse, and…Rome, New York…the real Rome; and…and Albany, and…uh…out in Long Island. And I'd look at these factories that have been absolutely abandoned, and left to die, and you could see [that], 20 25 years ago they were vibrant places, but now they're just dead. You could buy them for two dollars.
Actually, I'll give you a good clip. If I win, what I would do is, before I win, go buy all those empty factories all over the place, I'm telling you! You'll buy them for 37 cents…–THE CROWD CHERS AND APPLAUDS. Because if I win, those factories will be vibrant again, and you will have made a killing…in the real estate market, okay!? [It’s a]good idea! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. And if I don't win, you will have wasted a couple of bucks, so it's not so bad…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. I really mean it! I tell you what, I really mean it.
I might have a conflict of interest, but I saw some [and] I said, “man, I'd like to buy that thing! I'll bet I could buy that for nothing!”. Most of my crumbling! You know, the bricks are all rotted out, they’re crumbling…falling down, but they're all over!
Syracuse, and…and…all over Long Island, and all over Pennsylvania; and then you have Hillary Clinton in…West Virginia, and she says, “we will put the coal miners out of work. We will put the coal miners out of business” …–THE CROWD BOOS. “We will end up the…the mines! We will put the mines out of business”, right? “We will put the coal miners out of business”. Coal miners! Why…!? Why would you wanna put the coal miners out of business? It takes guts to be a coal miner! I, personally…? I love the coal miners. You saw how I did with West Virginia! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. I don't have the guts to be a coal miner! That’s [a] tough job!
I actually said to them! I said, “fellas…”,  cause…I got such support. I won…with massive numbers in West Virginia. And I won in Kentucky, [a] big area, people don't even realise. I won Kentucky. I won in Pennsylvania, with massive numbers. Uh…they…I mean, these are incredible people! And I had a group of 20 of them in front of me. We had…a crowd that was so big! I think we had 40,000 people! We had this incredible arena…that was packed, and they had 20,000 people outside. We put…the loud speakers outside, in West Virginia!
The people are looking for help! They're looking for hope! They're looking for something! They're having nothing! They're having nothing! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY.  The EPA…is destroying coal!
And you know, coal is an incredible fuel! This is something that built…we've built our country with coal! And [do] you know who uses coal? China uses coal! We can't use it! I mean, they're making it impossible! And now they wanna put everything else out of business!
And yet, a wind turbine that kills all the bald eagles all…all over…okay…you know, I mean, that's okay with them, right? Even though it needs subsidy.
But there's a place for everything! I know a lot about solar! I love solar, except there's a problem with it. It’s got a lot of problems with it. One problem is, [it’s] so expensive! They give me a 30…30 year payback! Oh, that's great, let me buy some! I'll get my money back over a 30-year period…! I mean, you gotta make it so it works! Solar…!? It…the concept of solar is good! But it has a problem! You know, when the Sun isn't shining, you also need some…like juice! You need little…electricity! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
I have a friend…he said he's really into it. I said…I said, “so how [are] you doing?”.
He said, “you know, I built an all solar house, but I have a problem! I have three months in the year with the Sun isn't enough, and I can't live! I have no electricity!”.
I said, “what’d you do?”.
“I bought a big, ugly…generator! And I fill it up with gasoline! And it spews fumes!”…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. But he needs help!
Another friend of mine, I tell you this story…isn't it great when you don't use…teleprompters where you read the same speech every time? Isn’t that great? Isn’t that great!? Isn’t that great!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And this has to do…all this stuff has to do with leadership, because that country's going wrong.
So, I have a friend. He went into an all-LEED…you know what a LEED is? Old leave building. Some people call them all-LED building. But they call ‘all LEED’! And it's highly rated. And he's a…very substantial guy, very wealthy guy. [He] has a…tremendous…[he] has a lot of office space. And he said, “Donald I'm so proud…”. And he wants to be…you know, he wants to give back to the country! That's why I'm doing this! I wanna give back, that's why I'm doing this! Am I doing a good job!? We just won the nomination! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…so, he's a good guy, but he's a tough guy; tough, smart, very rich! And he took many floors of an office building. And this building is rated like…very high! In other words, environmentally unbelievable, right? And he said, “Donald, I feel so good. I've just signed a lease…with an all-LEED building”. And he said, “I feel so good about it”.
I say, “which building?”.
“That one”.
I say, “well, congratulations!”. I said, “by the way, do you…like…? How's your vision?”.
He goes, “what does that have to do with it?”.
I said, “how is your vision!?”.
He said, “my vision is good!”.
I said, “in three years, it won't be. Because you won't have enough light to see”…–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
He said, “what do you mean!?”.
Then I said, “do you mind being freezing in the winter, and hot as hell in the summer?”.
“Of course I do!”.
I said, “you will freeze your ass off in the winter. And in the summer, you will be a disaster” …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY.
“What do you mean!?”. He said, “Donald, look, I'm very proud of what I've done”. [Then he] Calls me up the other day. He said [that] it’s the dumbest thing he's ever done…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. He said…it was a warm day. He said, “it's like 85 degrees in my office”. I said, “of course! They don't give you enough…juice. They don't give…”. I…I can do that too! Just don't give enough electric! I'm gonna be environmentally friendly, but everyone's gonna sweat to death! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
And he said, “you know, and you were right about another thing: I don't have enough light. So, I took lights, and they're operated by batteries, and I put him on my desk so I can see”.
So, you know, you…because when he said, “I just moved into an all-LEED building” I said, “oh, that's too bad”. He didn't know what I was talking about.
So, look folks, we gotta be smart. It's just like what's coming over the border! We have people coming over the border…we don't know who they are. We don't know where they come from. They come from Syria, they come from the migration, but they're coming all over the place. They're putting them in your community. And we've had some big problems!
You know, you take a look at Paris, 130 people dead. [There are] hundreds of people still in the hospital. Their lives are…many of the lives are destroyed…so badly!
And by the way, speaking of that; speaking of that, if in Paris, or if in San Bernardino where the…f…these…young…radicals…radical…Islamic…terrorism! Problem. We have a problem…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We have a problem. We have a president…who is so incompetent, [that] he won't even mention the words. And there's nothing wrong with mentioning the words. We gotta solve it! If you're not gonna address the problem, if you're not gonna talk about the problem, then you're never gonna solve it.
So, radical…Islamic…terrorism, right? We have a problem. And we're gonna solve the problem! But they have to report…they have to report the bad ones. [Do] You see? There's like a very close bond, now working so well. But, like they say in San Bernardino people…everyone do they were up to bad stuff! They had bombs all over their floor! That's not exactly normal!
If I go to your floor…these three beautiful young ladies in front…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THEM–…do you have any bombs on your floor? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. And you know what? If you did, I'd report you! I would say…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY–…I would call up…the local Sheriff who I just met…where's the woman? She's a…fantastic…! Where is she!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. The Sheriff!
So Sheriff, I would call you and I call the chief! Where's the chief? The chief was great. All those stars…! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And I'd call the chief. But I'd call up, and I'd say, “Sheriff, I have a person here…I mean, I don't know much about them. But honestly, there’s bombs all over the floor”.
Do you think that would be helpful, Sheriff!? Right!? …–THE CROWD LAUGHS. But people don't report them, right!? They see what's going on! And…[it’s] not gonna happen, folks. They gotta report it. Because we can solve a lot of the problems. When they look for the thug…you know, the press used to call them ‘mastermind’. “The mastermind!”. The mastermind. And then we wonder why our kids are so attracted to…joining ISIS…over the Internet. They're using the internet better than we do! And you have to talk about that because, why are we allowing them to get to our kids like this? Our kids are going over there. These kids don't even know what they're doing, and they're going over to fight for ISIS. Because…a lot of things, but the press is calling the leader ‘the mastermind’.
I call them ‘the guy with the dirty, filthy cap’. All dirty, disgusting, right? All dirty…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. “The mastermind”. But they haven't been doing it so much lately. They haven’t been doing…;
But we have to solve…we have to stop this stuff. We have to be smart. We have to be vigilant. And they have to report! And you know what? They have to report. The guy, the mastermind that they called him, the guy with the cap, the guy that they've been looking for…for months! [Do] You know where he was living? Right next door, it was his apartment! In the same location! Right next door to his apartment!
And everybody in the community, religious people, they all knew he was there! And yet, it took what? Nine months? Almost a year…to find them. And they found him only by mistake. He wasn't reported. So they all knew. He was a he was living in the community. He was the number one wanted person in the world! And he was living right next to where he lived! The same people! And they were protecting him! And he had just killed 130 people. And hundreds of people [are] in the hospital.
So, when that goes on, that's no good folks. You gotta report. You gotta report. When you see trouble, you gotta report. And if you don't report…we can't handle it…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. If you don't report, we can’t handle it.
All right, I’ll…I'll just finish up, a couple of things cause…it's like a current events class. This…I like this better than my normal…speech, right!? Cause you've already heard a lot of this stuff! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
But yesterday, our president…uh…said, “Donald Trump…has…foreign countries…rattled” …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. Great! Great! That's so great! And he said, “rattled”.
Now look, here's the thing: we protect…we spend billions and billions, and actually trillions, and trillions…we owe 19 trillion; but we spend billions, and hundreds of billions of dollars protecting other countries. And that's all fine! That's all fine…–THE CROWD BOOS. We protect Japan, nobody knows that. We protect Germany, nobody knows that. We protect Saudi Arabia! Do you know how much money Saudi Arabia makes!? They wouldn't be there for two minutes if we ever said, “we're leaving”.
So, they gotta pay, right!? A guy said, “they gotta pay for it!” …–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CROWD. THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. They gotta pay.
So, one of the biggest diplomats of the country is a friend of mine. You saw…it…recently. I…I actually met with him, it was all over the place, so you could figure it out. And he said, “Donald, I thought you were wrong in your approach. I thought it was too tough. But you know what? All of those countries are calling me, ‘what do we do? What do we do? How can we…make him happy? What can we do? If he wins, what can we do…?’”. Respect us! Who’s said that!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Oh, man! What a great idea…what a great line that is!
This guy had the best line of the morning! Like, I'm very embarrassed! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. That's good! Oh…! Am I allowed to use that!? Will you sue me if I use that!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. That's great! No, that's an amazing…I said, “what can we do? What we do?”. He shouts out, “respect us”. That's really it! We wanna be respected. We don't wanna be the dummies anymore! We don't wanna be the dummy…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…so, I'm with this man and he said, “they're all calling”. And he knows all the nations, he's highly respected. He's a great guy, [a] great guy. And he said, “they wanna know!”. “We wanna get along, we wanna get along”.
They take such advantage of our precedent. It's so sad to see what's happening. They take such advantage. And Hillary…? They…I mean, give me a break. You know, we talk about ‘presidential’, Do I look presidential!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS. Do you think…honestly, honestly, honestly. Do you think Hillary looks ‘presidential’, in all fairness? …–THE CROWD YELLS ‘NO!’. I don't think so. And I'm not gonna say it, because I'm not allowed to say it, because I wanna be politically correct.
So, I refuse to say that I cannot stand her screaming into the microphone all the time! It’s…oh…! …–MR. TRUMP COVERS HIS EARS. THE CROWD CHEERS. No, actually, that's why I turned it off last night! It wasn't that she was lying about me at every single corner! I just couldn't stand it! I got such a headache. Oh, please! No. But I won't say it, because we're not allowed to say that, right!? Talking to these women in front, is that right? Was I good and not saying it? Yes!
All right, look. So…so, Obama gets on television. First of all, he's not supposed to be talking when he's in Japan…about…politics in our nation, okay? He's not supposed to. I think I got him rattled! He's the one that's rattled, [if] you wanna know the truth…–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY.
I remember…when I was looking to run…when I was looking to run, four years ago, and…I guess I’m glad I didn't do it, cuz I think this is…gonna be…great. And maybe we needed four more years of incompetents to…you know, to get us there, okay? Maybe we did. But I was looking at…you remember! I was leading in the polls, I was doing great in the polls. I never announced I was running.
And boy, did Romney let us down!? Man, did he choke!? Boy, did he choke!? …–THE CROWD BOOS. He was like he couldn't breathe: “I can't breathe. I can't breathe”. Boy, did he choke! He was a choking dog.
So…–THE CROWD LAUGHS–… uh…cause that was an election that should have been won. Now in all fairness…he had…he had the…worst…campaign manager…in the history of campaigns. I watched this guy on television all the time, and…he's constantly talking about, “uh, yes, I don't want Donald Trump's attitude”.
There's a guy [who] took an election that was a guaranteed win and he lost it! I don't even think was Romney so much! [Do] You know his name!? [Does] Anybody know his name? Huh? …–THE CROWD MUTTERS. Should I bring it up? NO, the hell with it. He had the worst campaign manager. I'll give you a hint, Stewart! Okay? The worst campaign manager…that I think I've ever seen, cause I was there! I said, “listen, I don't believe…what's going on with the polls. You gotta get out there! You gotta get on television; you gotta this…”. And for like a month and a half, he was like a lost soul. He didn't do anything!
And say what you want about Obama! He was on Jay Leno at the time…; he was on all the different shows…he was on Letterman, he was all over the place! I said, “you’d better start getting on television. You're gonna get…you’re gonna loose!”. And he took an election that should have been won, and he lost.
And I backed John McCain, but I don't blame…I don't…you know, I think...I think for him to have won would have been very tough, because he had a…little thing like…you know, a lot of bad things were happening for the Republicans. So, I don't blame…I backed him. And what happened is, I backed McCain. I backed Romney. I backed Romney big! And this time I said, “we're gonna do it ourselves, folks”. We're gonna just go…we're gonna win, okay? We're gonna win. We're gonna wi! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And…and when I hear…and when I hear the word ‘rattle’, to me that's a perfect…; you know, when you're negotiating…has anybody read The Art of the Deal? When you're negotiating…–THE CROWD CHEERS TIMIDLY–…because we have to negotiate! We have horrible trade deals.
China…and I'm…I love China. China's great. I have a lot of friends in China, very smart people. I've made a lot of money dealing with China. The Bank of America building through China! Uh…1290 Avenue of the Americas; I sell a lot of condos, the biggest bank in the world from China is…is…one of my tenants, right? [They] pay me a lot of rent. And we have to worry about the rent either, they’re good for it, I can tell you…–THE CROWD LAUGHS.
What they do to us, with the devaluation of their currency…? What they do with our businesses, where they…make all our product, and everything else…?
And you look at South Korea; you look at all these countries; they're all taking advantage of us. They all think we're stupid people. They all think we're like Obama. They all think we're stupid people! Let me tell you, we have the greatest business people in the world. We have business people that don't fail! We have business people…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…that are so much better than the Chinese negotiators! And we're gonna use those people! And we're gonna make great trade deals. And we're gonna bring our jobs back, and we're gonna have great relationships with China! And with Mexico! And with Japan!
Look at Japan! They send in of cars. [Do] You know we give them? Beef! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. And they don't even want it, they send it back! [It] Goes back and forth. “No, no, send it back!”. After about four trips, they call it Kobe, you know, that's aged. It ages for about six…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. It’s true! And they sell it for about 15 times more money. It's not a bad deal!
But look, look, we've gotta be…smart! …–THERE IS A SUDDEN NOISE COMING FROM THE CROWD. THE CROWD BOOS. Oh, he's on our side, that's okay. No, no, he's on our side, he's on our side.
So, here's the story folks. Here's the story. Here's the story. Why didn't you do it a little early, you dope!? Okay, folks! …–THE CROWD MUTTERS AS THE PERSON MR. TRUMP REFERRED TO IS NOT A FRIEND BUT RATHER A DEMONSTRATOR. [Do] You wanna wait!? All right, let's get him out of here! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So…folks, so here's the story: no other Republican…you know, we won by landslides; we won big. And by the way, who would have thought…!? You know, they were saying, ‘Trump will be in this race for a long time! Maybe he can eke it out at the end”.
The end!? I've been watching! I wanna get into action! I’m getting a little bored! That's why I’m here! I'm doing these speeches, I don't even have to be doing them! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. What the hell am I doing!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Somebody said, “why are you doing a speech in Fresno?”. And now I'm going to San Diego! And, “why are you doing a speech in San Diego? You won the nomination. You don't have to do any speeches for a while”.
I said, “[do] you know why? Cause I promised the people I was gonna come and make a speech! That’s all”. That’s all…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY.
Now, I…with that being said, we…cause it's ‘we’, this is a movement. You know, we're in the cover of Time magazine all the time, we’re…I've never had…been on the cover of Time magazine so much. I think it was two times in like 35 years, and it's four or five times…in the last five months. That means politics is more important than…real estate, right?
But…but look ,here's the story. In the history…this is the thing I'm most proud of. In the history of the Republican Party…now, you're talking about Dwight D. Eisenhower, you're talking about Richard Nixon, you're talking about Ronald Reagan…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…you’re talking…I love him. I like him too!
You're talking about Reagan, you're talking about all of these people! In the history…of the Republican Party, nobody…has ever gotten as much votes in the primaries than I have. Right? By far! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And…what's the big secret!? And…and, we have ten states to go! And, there’s one other thing! I've been competing against 16 other people! Right? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
Hillary said the other night, “I have a…more votes than Donald!”. You know, she has one guy she's competing with! And he's a socialist. She's got one guy! …–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. I got governors. I got all these different people…! ; …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I have governors, and Senators, respected people…!
Ben Carson, who endorsed me was a great guy , but I have respected people! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And if I had one, two, or three, I would have broken the record for Democrats, and Republicans! And I think…I still think I can. I think…now we broken the…the…look, here's what I'm saying. In two weeks, you gotta vote. Go out and vote in the primaries, just do it. Just do it, okay? As you know, I got the nomination anyway, but don't waste it. Let's knock a record, because…the bigger vote we get, the more of a mandate it is! It's a mandate! What we have is a mandate!
And that's why we're on the cover of all the  magazines. And it's…it's ‘we’! I'm the messenger. I have done a really good job as a messenger, but I'm the messenger! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It's ‘we’. It's a whole thing! In fact, Time magazine has one great picture where I'm standing like this, and have this big crowd in front of me, and it's a picture from the top. And I was happy, cause it didn't show a bald spots, so I was happy as hell…–THE CROWD LAUGHED. I combed…I combed that hair just…psh, I was so happy…–THE CROWD LAUGHS. I don't know, maybe they did and air…airbrushing, who knows? I doubt it! I doubt it!
But…no, but they have all these incredible…all these incredible…uh…you know, stories! They're incredible stories. And basically, I told you, Bill O'Reilly said…and Bill is a tough cookie. In fact, watch his show tonight! He's doing a special on Trump! Can you believe it? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, it's gonna be a big show!
But…but, it's called ‘The Best of Trump’. I don't know if that's good or bad. But, Bill O'Reilly said two weeks ago, he said…I mean, here's a guy…he’s a tough guy, and a smart guy. He said…in his history in his lifetime, he has never seen…a more important political event then what's happened with Donald Trump. That's a big statement! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. That's a big statement!
And a lot of the event is you! I mean, look at this. It’s 11 o'clock on a Friday morning and we have all these thousands of people. I mean, it’s you! And…and, you know, when we go out on weekends, we have 35, 40,000 people happening! And it's beautiful! And it's a love fest! And it's sort of easy to do, and it's fun to do!
Here's the thing. So, get out and vote in a couple of weeks. And get out and vote, because here's what I'm gonna do, and I'll tell you this right now, and I shouldn't say it, because…although Hillary's got bigger problems right now…–THE CROWD LAUGHS TIMIDLY. But, we are gonna make a strong play for California.
I…I…maybe I can't do it, maybe I can’t do it…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…no, no, maybe I can’t do it. Maybe I can’t do it!
Now, the smart money we’ll say that a Republican cannot win California, but when I go to Costa Mesa, when I just left…50, or 60 farmers in the back, and they can't get water? And I say, “how tough is it? How bad is the drought?”. There is no drought! They turn the water out into the ocean!
And I said, “I've been hearing it”. And I spent a half an hour with them, it's hard to believe.
But listen, we're gonna win the election. So, I wanna make a big play for California! Should I!? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Amazing!
Now, I’ll…I'll say this, I'll say this: no other Republican…let's say Ted Cruz won, or let's say any one of them won. They wouldn't even come here for dinner, because…they are told…that as a Republican, you have zero…chance, okay? I really believe we're gonna win it! I think we have a real chance to win it! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And you know what? I view it strategically also. Because if we don't win it, they are gonna spend one hell of a fortune in fighting me off, that I can tell you! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…money that could have been spent some place else. Right!? Right!?
But I think we can win it. We have…[a] great group, Tim and all of his people. We have amazing people. So, I just wanna say to this group…you're the first one. I am gonna make a heavy, heavy, heavy play. Because I honestly think that…we're…getting these massive crowds all over the place…; I actually think we're gonna win…California, plus I have property here, I have employees here…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, we're gonna make…we're gonna make a big thing. I'm just laughing  at…I did this last night at another place. Here are my notes, see? …–MR. TRUMP SHOWS A POST-IT. Isn't that better than a teleprompter!? Isn’t that better? …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. One of the things I have here…two of the things I have here, TSA!
Did you ever see a…more disgusting situation than what's going on at your airports? We’ll straighten that out. And the other thing I have here…: remember this! You know, they talk about, “oh, third-party!”, all these stupid people like Bill Kristol. These guys are like moron! “We are going to find a third party”. He’s been saying that like for three years, “we are gonna…”. He's the one that wanted to go into Iraq! “We have to attack Iraq. Iraq, Iraq, Iraq…!”. [The] Only problem is, they never knocked down The World Trade Center. It was somebody else, right?
So, listen, listen. These are stupid people, because remember this. And he's…I think they've given up now pretty much, except the Libertarian Party is…nothing!
But listen, listen: If we win, the most important thing we have…other than our national security, even more important than the economy in a sense, is the appointment of Supreme Court judges…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. If Hillary wins, our country will never be the same for a lot of reasons. The military will be weak. The borders will be Swiss cheese. If we win…if we win, we are going to have phenomenal…Supreme Court justices. And I put out a list of 11…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…and I've gotten A+ reviews. And we're gonna protect our Second Amendment, 100 percent! She's gonna abolish it! She is gonna abolish it! Remember that. We're gonna protect our Second Amendment.
But here's the story, folks: we don't win anymore, but we're gonna start winning again. We're gonna win with our military, and we are gonna knock the hell out of ISIS! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're gonna win big on trade, and we're gonna still have great relationships, but we're gonna win big. We're gonna bring our jobs back. We're gonna bring money back. We're gonna save your social security. We're gonna cut your taxes, because…the middle class and business are being destroyed with taxes! So, we're cutting you taxes more than any other…candidate by far.
We're cutting your taxes, and we're simplifying your taxes. So, you don't have to go and spend all that money to get people…that take half of your money away, in order…because it's so complicated. So, we're gonna cut your taxes, remember. We're gonna save you Social Security and Medicare. We…are going to do…a great…job…at our border. We're gonna create a country again! We're gonna have a country again! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
We're gonna repeal and replace Obamacare with something great! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We're gonna get rid of Common Core, and bring your education locally, which will be phenomenal! …–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And we're gonna start winning again! We're gonna win with everything. We're gonna win with military, and trade, and healthcare! We're gonna win with education. We're gonna win so much, and I do this cause I have fun doing this, to be honest, and you've seen it before. And we're gonna build that wall, don't worry about it! Don't worry about it…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And people are gonna come through that wall, but they're gonna come through…uh…just remember. They're gonna come through legally. I wanna say that, I have to say that. We want people to come into the country, but they have to come in legally…–THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So, here's the story: we're gonna win…we're gonna win, we're gonna keep winning! We're gonna win so much, that you, people, are gonna say; “let's have a protest at the White House. We're winning too much. We can't stand it anymore, because…we're not used to winning. We can't take it anymore. Mr. President, please! We don't wanna win so much!”.
And I’m gonna say, “I'm sorry! We're gonna keep winning, winning, winning…!”. And we…are gonna make…America…great…again!
 
