it but we do now. we are doing very well in our situation with china on trade. i have a great relationship with the president of china. street -- bea to e a two way street. four years, it was not. trillions of dollars was taken out of the united states for the benefit of china. we cannot have that. we have to make it fair. now inat $250 billion terrace and a lot of money is coming into our coffers. it has had no impact on our -- absolutely no impact on our economy. like i said it would not. steel is the hottest industry there is. we are charging a 25% tariff for the dumpers. they dump the steel and what the steel companies out of business.

after they are out of business, they will come in and charge five times more. we need steel and aluminum and those industries are doing well. steel is incredible. u.s. steel is opening a minimum of eight plants. these are big plants. $750 million plants. is happening with the steel industry is exciting. it is being rebuilt overnight. if you look at the minors and coal, looking at energy, lng, japan just give us numbers that are incredible. they are doubling the amount they will buy for japan. they are taking the lng and doubling it. i said you have to do me a favor, we do not want to these deficits. you will have to buy more. they are buying massive amounts of equipment and military equipment. other countries are doing this thing thing because we have

trade imbalances with almost everybody. it is a rare exception that we don't. we are doing great as a country. they just raised interest rates a little bit because we are doing so well. i'm not happy about that. debt, orather pay down do other things. create more jobs. thatorried about the fact they seem to like raising interest rates. we can do other things with the money. but, they raised them and because we are doing so well. we are doing much better than i had projected in terms of when i was campaigning. i said we would do this and we are doing much better than anybody ever thought possible. got in, it if others would have been the opposite because they would put restrictions and regulations on. they would have choked the economy.

they would raise your taxes. that is what they want to do now if they got control. i do not think they will have control for a long time. with that, we will take questions. john, go ahead. >> mr. president, thank you. to the looking forward hearings with judge kavanaugh tomorrow. passed, when joe biden along the allegations that anita hill had raised against clarence the bush white house asked the fbi to look into it part -- as part of the background investigation. why did this white house not do the same thing? with all of the allegations coming out with judge kavanaugh, was there an opportunity missed to have investigators look into this and get some sort of

clarity one way or another. >> the fbi told us they have investigated judge kavanaugh six times, five times, many times over the years. here, there was nothing to investigate from at least one standpoint. they did not know the location, time, year. they did not know anything. where do you go? also, it is not for the fbi. joe biden said they do not do this and he said it's clearly -- it clearly. all,you really look at it it will not change the democrat's minds. they are con artists because they know how quality this man is an they have destroyed his reputation. they want to destroy it even more. people will see that in the midterms. what they have done to these beautiful children of his and it it is aife, they know

big fat con job. and io into a room guarantee you they laugh like hell at what they have pulled off on you and the public. they laugh like hell. it would not have mattered if the fbi came back with the cleanest score. if they would have come back with the most perfect, we found everything and he is perfectly innocent of everything, it would not have made a difference. we will get votes from the democrats if we win. you will have 3, 4, 5 democrats giving us votes because they are .n states that i won other than that, you will probably not get any. go ahead. >> there are now three women accusing judge kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, are you

saying all three of those women are liars? is there anything that could be said that could cause you to withdraw the nomination? >> i won't get into that game. this is one of the highest quality people that i've ever met. everyone that knows him says the same thing. these are all false, to me. , ine are false accusations certain cases, and even the media agrees with that, in certain cases. i can only say that what they have done to this man is incredible. .t is very interesting i think a lot of judges, i have 145 judges that i will be period of a short time. keen ont obama was not picking judges. i have 145 judges. it because they

got tired, complacent. something happened. i have 145 judges. everyone wants to be a federal judge, not just a supreme court judge, court of appeals, district court. i do not think they will want to so much. i will have people calling people that do this and people will be scared. we could say it about you. you might not know what is going on. what is going on? why did they wait so long? why did senator feinstein wait until the hearings were over and make this case. why did she not to bring it at the beginning when you ask about the fbi. why did they not bring this at the beginning during the hearing? you would have had all the time in the world for the fbi. the fbi did investigate this time, as they have five or six other times, and they did it

thoroughly. this is a big con job. i would love to be in the room with the democrats, close the door, where you guys are all outside waiting, and schumer and his buddies are in there laughing on how they fooled you all. let's stop them. a big fat con. >> you have doctors. and you understand why a victim of sexual assault would not report it at the time? years, nosay this, 36 charge, no nothing. >> that happens often. >> people will have to make a decision. no charges. all of a sudden, the hearings are over and the rumors come out. then, you have this other con avena, andrew anagnost --

tti come out with this today. the senators are good people. friends of mine. these are talented, good people and they will vote. they will have to believe what they believe. when i look at what has happened to the reputation of a great gentleman, a great intellect, a brilliant man, somebody that has a great chance to be a great supreme court justice, i think it is a shame. >> mr. president, yesterday, at the speech at the u.n., he spoke about how venezuela's problem was because of cuba and the castro's. how they went in there and brought communism and socialism to venezuela, and not to nicaragua as well. are you going to be more proactive now against cuba as well? >> i have been very proactive against cuba.

i do not like what is happening there. passdent obama gave them a and i did not like it. neither do cuban people. i do not like what he did. i've ended much of it. i do not like what is happening in yuma and i do not like what is happening in venezuela. saidst to finish, you also you had a call to action to ask leaders around the world to end socialism. would you like to be recognized -- >> i would not say socialism has been working well. you can take a look at venezuela as your number one, the one that is most obvious. socialism is not riding high. go ahead. if you don't mind, after i'm one of our female

colleagues could go after me, that would be great. just to follow-up on these allegations against brett kavanaugh. >> what is that mean? >> it would be great if a few more reporter could ask you a question about this issue. >> i wouldn't mind that at all. it wouldn't make any difference. >> if i could follow up on john's question. why is it that you always seem to side with the accused and not the accuser? you have three women who are all making allegations, all asking that their story be heard. if you look at the case of one of your staffers, you seem to, time and again, side with the accused and not the accuser. is that because of the many allegations you had made against you? >> first of all, i was not happy

with roy moore. candidateepublican and i would have rather had a republican candidate with -- i was very happy with luther strange. but, he had a lot of things going against him. as far as women, whether it is a man or woman, it can happen the other way. allegations can go the other way as well. ,hether it was a man or woman 30 years ago, in fact, they do not know how many years ago because no one knows what time it was. example, but as an hopefully i will not do it as a replacement, so hopefully this goes well on the day that they and, but i can pick a woman she could have charges made from many years ago also. and i would look at the

character -- >> you have raised doubts about these accusers and they are reluctant to come forward. >> i don't think they are reluctant. they will have a major chance to speak. it will be tomorrow, i assume. we have delayed this, meaning republican senators, not me, for weeks now. two giving the women a major chance to speak -- to giving the women a major chance to speak. it's possible i will hear it and change my mind. we want to give them a chance to speak. whoever is given a chance, we have delayed it a long time, they will have a big shot at making their case. you know what? i could be persuaded also. go ahead.

a couple of questions for you to follow up on answers i do not quite hear from you. first of all, do you think these women are liars? >> i can't tell you. i have to watch tomorrow. i just heard about one a little while ago. her lawyer is a lowlife. you whether or not they are liars until i hear them. i do not know what has happened today because i have been easy with many countries -- been busy with many countries. i do not know about today's person that came forward. i know about the lawyer, and you don't get much worse, bad reputation, to take a look at his past. women arethe other concerned, i will be watching tomorrow. i will see what is said.

it is possible they will be convincing. with all of that said, judge brett kavanaugh has been one of the most respected people in washington. he has been on the second highest court. him and knowknows him well. those people do not believe what is going on. i have to hear it. >> it sounds like you are saying there is a scenario under which you would withdraw brett kavanaugh's nomination. >> if i thought he was guilty of something like this, sure. and see.it i'm meeting with a lot of countries tomorrow, but i will be able to watch in some form. i will rely on fair and talented republican senators. if we brought george washington

here and we said we have george washington, the democrats would vote against him. he may have had a bad past, who knows. he may have had accusations made. george washington would be voted against, 100% by schumer and economy just's. -- and the con artists. fbi,john asked about the if they did the most thorough investigation in the history of the fbi and they found it to be 100% perfect, you would lose every vote. if the republicans win tomorrow, you will get votes from the democrats. that is because it is called politics. one more question. to ask about three questions. go ahead. a follow-up on the question

about the benefits of the doubt you give to people like brett kavanaugh. they are all men. ever even an instance of the benefit of the doubt to a woman? >> i have known them for a long time. and a lot of people. some i have been disappointed with. know, there are charges that are pretty weak, but i have known people for a long time. i never saw them do anything wrong. -- i couldome that tell you there are some that i have been watching for a long time. in a couple of cases, they were not republicans. in a lot of cases, they were the opposite. i have been watching them for a long time and new for a long time that these were not good people. yes, ma'am, go ahead. when the allegations first

surfaced, you initially said how important it was for dr. ford and that you wanted to hear from her. >> i do. >> you also said if what she said were as bad as she claims -- mark: the bloomberg editor in chief is in new york with the president of france. >> president macron, thank you for talking to bloomberg. have anhere and you additional job in addition to your other ones, the finance and the fight against climate change. what are you going to do about that? >> i'm happy to be here. this is the second edition of the summit that we lodged in the fourth of december last year. -- launched in the fourth of december last year.

changeht against climate is to shave one third of the global financing toward this condition. we're not gotten to do so last year'. -- last year. now,now, today, you had several investors joining the task. we're just created the climb and spine and that's climate finance partnership. finance partnership. want now to generalize and our objective and the task given france is tod accelerate this move. we need much more money to fight

against climate change. >> one thing you talked about yesterday was that you said maybe you would not sign commercial accords with countries that had not signed the paris accord. does that mean that you would not do a transatlantic trade deal with america? >> with america, disrespecting the agreement, for sure i could not accept. >> you would not do a trade deal with america because they have not -- >> if it is compliant with our climate objective, for sure. we are investing a lot. we are asking our farmers and citizens. if you open your market to products and goods coming from countries that decided not to respect the constraint, it would be crazy. discussions to avoid a trade war. it is good to have discussions.

i addressed this issue with trump two days ago. if we can fix the situation on industry -- >> you could have a transatlantic deal? how to findbe specific arrangements to avoid a trade war. for me to be acceptable if the u.s. a good -- if the u.s. is compliant with the accord for sure. time, have, for the first the hint you could have a second referendum. my question to you, if the british were to vote romaine, would you have us back? >> for sure. >> even though you are trying to lure all of these bankers? he would take us back? >> it is about history.

i'm not the one to decide such a move in i respect the choice of some british voters. i do not want to interfere in this debate about the second referendum. i am respectful. i did regret the votes for the rest of europe and for our relationship for france in the u.k.. short-term, we have to have a discussion following the existing , and to find the best way to monitor the next phases by respecting the rules of the european union in a single market. and, reform within europe, you have been a voice for

liberal europe and integrated europe. you now have a variety of people , another voice less liberal. how would you depict that for europe and who will win it? >> first of all, you have to recognize -- i don't believe in the globalization without protection for workers. we can think [indiscernible] the deep-seated feelings of our people i closing borders. i think this is a big mistake. [indiscernible] what i propose for the country is not a solution to address

migration, but it is incompatible within europe. they don't want to take migrants from italy. nationalism is just generalized war. my objective is first, to deliver reforms in france to show it works and is better for people. it provides results to provide more security. second, i want to convince people that corporation is the best way to address our collective challenges like migration, climate change. >> you mentioned integration. reform andas together with germany, we will integrate europe. a disappointed in the way germany does not push the second part? >> we signed an important

agreement in june where we decided with chancellor merkel that with more integration of with a condition for our industry policy and big innovation. and do have to deliver the maximum before the end of this year. debate for theg european elections. for me now, i have two objectives. delivering what i proposed one sureago and, second, be that we defined a clear and ambitious mandate for the next commission and next european plan. >> you think you can really persuade europeans and they can

believe in a deeper european union with stronger institutions? doubting about your own ability to convince people, you are finished. those who hate europe and hate materialism is very clear and convincing because they are definitive. when you believe in future and corporation, you have to be straightforward. you have to be as stiff as they are. >> do you worry that the voice on the other side is strong when looking around the world? you mentioned there is not enough people making the liberal case of open trade. >> i've one thing which is the , you havetant one much more democracies today than

before. people are the one to decide and people are not crazy. i think we have to tell the truth and we have to highlight the fact that some perspectives are not the right answer to the current challenges and we have to provide evidence of the fact that we can monitor this reform. atond, today, when i look our planet, we have 1.8 billion people. we never had such a number. this is a duty for all of us. >> you look at the polls and they all vote against the creed you believe in. does that worry you? >> no. [indiscernible] time, if i refer

you explain to voters, it is good for you to leave. everything right after the decision. they do not want to implement the decision. if you look at the reality, it costs a lot and is much more complicated. [indiscernible] you want to live a quiet life and you deserve it. you think about your own children. i do not believe in such a separation between old and young when you think about voters. it's a bad idea to promote this. i do not want to divide our societies and countries. the best way to convince a retired person and people at

about 60 is to explain that it is their interest and their interest of the children. last year, were here your opinion polls were skyhigh. now, they are a bit lower, does that not give you worries? >> no. this is my good point. the best way to behind the polls is give money to people. people, ioposed to my reform my tasks. reforms tohing new reform the unemployment scheme. we will launch energy reform and we will keep the base and rush to reform the country.

for me, it is not a big surprise. you reform and a some people disagree with it, and you don't get the positive outcome because you need time. i have a big advantage. i'm driven by long-term results for my country and my people. i am results driven. >> it would be a fair thing to ask you next year if you would come back here next year to the have gotit it you will pensions reform and the unemployment thing through by then. >> exactly. i will have a one planet summit initiative in the first semester of 2019. probably some of the reforms will not be totally pass because -- but for sure in one years time, the pension reform and the

unemployment form will be done. >> very concrete goals. president macri, thank you very much for talking to bloomberg. france's absolutely convinced that we can make reforms to the country, we can transform europe, and we can change the world. and i'm totally focused on that. >> john, thank you so much for that. that was john with the president of france, emmanuel macron. trump: the press doesn't write it. that's a lot of hands. steve, go ahead. he is a very high-quality person, this man. go ahead, give it to me. >> in getting letters from chairman kim, whitey you need a

second summit with the north korean leader so soon? received trump: i've two letters from chairman kim. they are incredible letters. they are letters that are magnificent in the sense of his feeling for wanting to get this done. i really believe he wants to get it done. i may be wrong. i urged someone on a certain network last night, saying why has president trump given so much to north korea? i said wait a minute. i asked sarah huckabee, please call this person. what did i give him? i didn't do what obama did, give him 1.8 alien dollars in cash to get back for hostages. i got back over hostages. i haven't paid him $.10. but he wants to make a deal, and i would like to make a deal. we actually have a very good relationship together. a lot different than the last time he was at the united nations.

said trump ise saying these horrible things, he's going to get us into a war. if i wasn't elected, you would be at war. president obama essentially said the same thing. he was ready to go to war. you would've had a war and you would have lost millions of people. soul has 40 million people 30 miles from this very dangerous border. if i wasn't elected, you would've had a war. president obama thought you had to go to war. do you know how close he was to pressing the trigger for war? millions of people. with me, nobody is talking about that. we have a very good relationship. he likes me, i like him, we get along. he wrote me to of the most beautiful letters. when i showed one of the letters to prime minister abe, he said this is actually a groundbreaking letter.

this is an incredible, historic letter. and it is a historic letter. it is a beautiful piece of art. and i think we are going to make a deal. will we make a deal? i don't really know. but i think we are going to. in the meantime, i don't want to bore you. no rockets, no missiles, no nuclear tests. for over year, you haven't seen. before i got here, everybody in this room thought you were going to war. and then what happened, it was funny. they said he was terrible, he ,as so rough with chairman kim kim jong-un. he was so rough, it's terrible. i had a great meeting with president putin, and they said he was too soft with president putin. it lasted two hours. we discussed everything, ukraine, israel, syria. we had a great meeting. they wanted me to end up in a

boxing match. and if i was killer tough with president clinton, they would have said, he was too tough. you cannot win with these people -- if i was killer tough with president putin. >> how long do you think it should take to denuclearize north korea? president trump: i don't want to get into the time line. we stopped them, they are taking down plants, they are taking down a lot of different testing areas, they will take down some more. i don't want to go ahead of myself, but you will be hearing about it soon. they have no interest by now in testing nuclear. we had a case when i was coming into office where there was destined thought it was an earthquake. a mountain moved over an inch and a half. mountainous,s very very beautiful land. this mountain actually shifted. it shifted.

and somebody thought it was an earthquake, and they found out it was nuclear testing. shifted a mountain. i'm talking about serious stuff, serious size. and i came in, and certainly before i came in, and even at the beginning, when i was having with chairmantent kim, which we both smiled at now and we laugh at, but everybody thought that was a horrible thing. we've had many presidents who were unable to do anything at all with north korea. we now have a good relationship. we have a good relationship. and most importantly, all of the things you have been hearing about the horror stories, in my opinion, they are not. could they start up again? yes. could be that we don't work it out. what we have done behind the scenes, which nobody

really knows, but i don't blame you for not knowing about it. personal letters, private letters. but saying they want to get it done. we know much more than the media, for a change. much more. if you saw what is going on behind the scenes, i think you would be very impressed. we were a country going to work. presidentelieve that obama would admit, when i sat with him prior to going into is by, he said to me that far the biggest problem. and he said to me that he was very close to going in to war. -- theyions of people say thousands of people. not thousands, millions of people would have been killed. war could have been a world very easily. right now, we are in a great position. the timeant to play

again. i told mike pompeo, don't let them do that to you. i having given anything. sudden, i think it went back like 2.5 months from the summit, which was a great success. people are screaming, what is taking so long? i said i get it, i understand the media. they are screaming, and i saw that. but our guys said we are working as fast -- i've got all the time in the world. i don't have to rush it. on.dn't take any sanctions i did see the reporter last night, a guy i like personally a lot, and he asked a question to president moon in south korea. he said why did the president give so much? i didn't give anything. i gave nothing. what have i given, other than some time. i flew to singapore. we had a meeting.

giving would be if i took the sanctions off. saidn't want to do -- i what are we stop these ridiculous military games? i called the military games. if i told you how much those games cost, and frankly i told south korea, you should be paying for these games. we pay for them. they said we fly to planes from a short distance away. i said where is that? .ong -- guam i wanted to stop this for eight long time. we are saving a fortune. if we need them, we can start them up immediately. we need them, i will start them before the generals. them. i said what have we done? i having given anything. i think we are really going to

do something that's going to be very important. but we are not playing the time game. if it takes two years, three years, or five months. it doesn't matter. there's no nuclear testing. there is no testing of rockets. noddingthe one that was with every nice thing that was set so watch this one. good, sky news. congratulations on the mergers. [laughter] >> nothing to do with me. president trump: i hope you benefited. go ahead. >> are you concerned with the message that is being sent to the women who are watching this and you use language like job.gal -- like con president trump: it is, it's a confidence job. it's a con job by the democrats,

they know that. the same thing with the rush investigation. it try to convince people that i had something to do with russia. there was no collusion. think of it. i'm in wisconsin. i'm in michigan. well, i wonot doing both those states. let me call the russians to help. does anybody really believe that? it is a con job. guys, he takes a call from a russian who was a comedian or something. from ahe taking a call russian? a call fromer took a russian. he was a comedian or something. he said we have pictures of president trump. where can i get them? if we ever did that, it would be like a big deal. it's a con job. it's not a bad term at all.

i've had a lot of people talking about this to me with respect to what is happening. president.orrible i will have to get other judges and other supreme court judges, possibly. i could have a lot of supreme .ourt judges, more than two when i called up brett kavanaugh and talked to him and his family and told them that i chose them, they were so happy and so itored, it was as though were the biggest thing that ever happen, and i understand that. u.s. supreme court. i don't want to be in a position , ire people say no thanks spoke to someone 38 years ago and it may not be good. we have a country to run. we want the best talent in the world. but i will tell you this, the

people that have complained to me about it the most, about was happening, are women. women are very angry. with women, everyone said this couldn't happen, 52%. angry, and i frankly think -- i think they like what the republicans are they wouldi think have liked to see it go a lot faster. but give them their day in court. let her have her day in court. that's a mighty else have a day in court. it the ones that i find, mean, i have men that don't like it, but i have women that are incensed at what is going on. are always said women smarter than men. i've said that a lot, and i mean it. but women are incensed at what is going on. yes, go ahead. go ahead in the back. who are you and where are you from?

this is going to be not good. he looks totally stunned. have you ever been picked before for a question? you --nt to ask -- >>she said from where you said from where? .> i am a kurd president trump: great people. they are great people, great fighters. they are great people, great fighters. i like them a lot. but you say you support your allies. kurds are under a lot of pressure in syria and iraq by many adversaries. elevatel you do to their position, to support them come after they help the united states? president trump: we are helping

them a lot and we are very friendly with them. we have taught side-by-side and we have defeated isis essentially a short while ago in the middle east. we did it with a lot of help from the kurds, and they are great fighters. the kurds are great fighters and great, great people. we are assessing that situation right now. i'm just telling you, we are going to be discussing that situation. we have already started discussing the situation. we have had tremendous support from the kurds in fighting isis. >> did you reject a one-on-one meeting with canadian prime minister justin trudeau? president trump: i did, because his tariffs are too high and i told him forget about it. coming in from

canada, that's the mother load, that's the big one. we're very unhappy with the negotiating style of canada. we don't like their representative very much. i love canada, by the way. i have so many friends. but that has nothing to do with this. i'm representing the united states. makes code was totally, they were great. -- mexico was totally great. the deal is done, now it has to go through congress and a lot of things have to happen. kaiser has done a great negotiating. the deal is done. canada has treated us very badly. dairy products, 300%, 300%. how do you sell a dairy product at 300%? the answer is, you don't. what it is is a barrier.

sent, -- 300%, so you don't send it in because you cannot compete. i must be honest with you, we are not getting along at all with their negotiators. they are taking advantage of our country for very long time. the last five or six years, if you average it out, we had $800 billion a year in trade losses. it's ridiculous. it's not going to happen. >> what about nafta? will we be pulling out of nafta? president trump: i don't like nafta. i never liked it. it's been very bad for the united states. it's been great for canada and mexico but very bad us. i'm not going to use the name nafta. it.never going to use i've seen thousands of plants close and millions of jobs loss to companies that move. mexico has 25% of our auto business because of nafta.

under our deal, it's not going to happen anymore. toold the mexicans, we have keep companies, but they are getting other things. mexico made a very good deal. but with canada, it's very tough. if we make a deal with canada, which is a good chance -- what isare probably going to do call it the usmc, like the united states marine corps, which i love. general kelly likes that. ,t would be u.s. mexico canada but it will probably are possibly be just usm, united states and mexico. if canada doesn't make a deal with us, we will make a much better deal. we are going to tax the cars that come in. we will put billions and billions of dollars into our treasury, and frankly, we will

be very happy because it is actually more money than you can make under any circumstance when making a deal. you do a very good job, really. go ahead. >> thank you very much for your time, mr. president. two questions quickly. what will be the usa relations with the kurds post isis? president trump: we do get along very well with the kurds. we are trying to help them. i want to help them. go ahead, what is next. they fought with us. they died. we lost tens of thousands of kurds, they died fighting isis. they died for us and with us, and for themselves. they died for themselves. , andhey are great people we don't forget. i don't forget what happens

someday later, but i continue i don't forget. these are great people. >> what is your plan to stop the iranian influence in iran and syria? president trump: i don't mind your question. i think there has been no greater change other than maybe thea because unfortunately markets have dropped 30% in the last four months, right? i think our watched you recently when you said that. other than maybe that, but even that, because china is a very special place. placean is a very special , but i think there's been no country that has changed so much as a rant. -- so much as iran.

in the last two months in state took off the horrible, horrible iran deal, where the dumbest deals ever made. as an example, why didn't they take care of yemen and syria in the deal? ry said the reason, it was too complicated. we pay $1.8 billion in cash. this whole room would be filled .p with $100 bills probably five rooms like this. $1.8 billion in cash. why didn't he take care of yemen, syria? he said because it was too complicated. you gave them $150 billion. and now yemen is a mess, but it's getting better. and syria is a mess. i was responsible, and i hope it stays that way, what i put out on social media of the weeks ago, about idlib province.

i said, don't do it. at appened where i was meeting with a lot of supporters, and a woman stood up and she said, there is a province in syria with 3 million people, right now, the iranians, the russians and syrians are surrounding that profit. and they are going to kill my sister and her going to kill millions of people in order to get rid of 25,000 or 35,000 terrorists or enemies affairs, but i think we can call them terrorists. i said, that's not going to happen. i did not hear of idlib province. and i came back to new york, and i picked up the failing new york times, i hate to admit it, but it was the failing new york times. i opened it up and there was a very big story. i said that was the same story that the woman told me that i found hard to believe, because why would anyone do that with 3

million people? and it said they were being surrounded and they were going in and starting literally the next day, they were going to drop bombs all over the place and perhaps kill millions of people in order to get 35,000 terrorists. and i put out on social media and elsewhere, i gave pompeo, john bolton, everybody these orders, don't let it happen. i said, don't let it happen. they can't beean selective, they can't go in and they got to do what they got to do with terrorists, but don't kill millions of people. and it stopped, you saw that. nobody is going to give me credit, but that's ok, because the people know. i've had more syrians thanked me for that. this was about four weeks ago i put that out. i said they are surrounding a city of 3 million people.

they are going to start bombing the city. don't let it happen. and i meant it, too. millions of people have been saved. i gave today great credit to a , to russia, and to syria for not doing it. now i hope it's going to be searchable, meaning in go in and do it, it's lengthy and everything else. and they possibly have to do it. but i think millions of people would have been killed, and that would have been ashamed. and i have to tell you, turkey has been a big help. turkey has been great. turkey has helped us with that whole situation. thank you very much. have putn iran, you out a call to action to other countries to rally with america .o put pressure on iran

they are still calling for america to come back into the old deal. did you make any progress toward a potential new deal? president trump: it doesn't matter what were leaders think iran. they will come back and make a good deal. maybe not. deals come you never know. but they are suffering greatly. they are having rights in every 80, far greater than they were withg the green period president obama. far greater than president obama stuck up for government rather than the people. i am sticking up for the people. , am with the people of iran but here is the thing. they have rampant inflation. their money is worthless. anything is going wrong. can't buy bread, you can do anything. it's a disaster. at some point i think they're going to want to come back and say, hey, can we do something? and very simple, i just don't

want them to have nuclear weapons. is that too much to ask? i want them to have a great economy. sell so much oil. i told him, i'm not happy with opec. we take care of all these people, they wouldn't be there for two weeks if it wasn't for me and the united states and a much stronger armed forces. our armed forces was defeated -- depleted. incredible newt jets and everything. we need it. it's all jobs, it's all made in the united states. has to come back and they have to talk. i'm not doing this from strength or weakness. i'm just thinking at some point i think they are going to have to come back. if you look at what's going on, companies are leaving left and right. were said he spends just left. they are all leaving. they don't want to be in iran.

they have a choice. do they want to be with iran, or do they want to be with us? we've picked up $10 trillion since the election. we were being caught by china, and now it's going the other way. people cannot believe it. for 20 years, china is so great. you don't hear that so much anymore. i love china, i think they are great, but you don't hear that so much anymore. we are great now. how about just a couple more. i could be doing this all day long. should we continue for a little while? it doesn't matter to me. a couple more? i don't care. the failing new york times, stand up, go ahead. very interesting, the times, i

think they are going to endorse me. -- i like fox,c i really do. abc, cbs, nbc, the times, they are all going to endorse me, because if they don't come they are going out of business. >> i work for pbs news. i want to ask you, yesterday you were talking about your administration's accomplishments at the united nations, and a lot of the leaders laughed. where they laughing? president trump: i know it was covered that way. as said that since my election, our economy has become the hottest in the world. tax reductions, regulations, confidence levels are the highest in 18 years, soon to be historic. unemployment is the lowest in the history of our country. you look at black unemployment, asian unemployment, women 65

years, the unemployment numbers are among the best we've ever had, ever. the numbers of new companies pouring into our country, which nobody thought was possible. and i said this, and i was in front of a large group of highly professional people, mos from either other countries or the united nations. russell, as i little said, our country is now stronger than ever before. i mean, it is true. i heard a little russell, and i said it is true. they were laughing at me. they were laughing with me. we had fun. that was not laughing at me. the fake news said people laughed at president trump. they did laugh at me. people had a good time with me. we were doing it together. we had a good time.

they respect what i've done. the united states is respected again. the united states was not respected. everybody was taking advantage jobs androm taking our taken her companies and not paying the price to so many other things. even military protection. i told a number of countries over the last few days. i said listen, you are a very rich country. without our protection, you would have real problems. usaid you should reimburse for this protection. why are we protecting you? you want to know what they said? after about two minutes of talking, they agreed with me. you can ask this group of very talented people. they agreed with me. but one of them said, mr. president, nobody ever asked us that. nobody has ever said you should pay. these are really wealthy countries. i'll be honest, i just