collect it but we collect it now. so we're doing very well in our situation with china on trade. i have a great relationship with the president of china president xi but it's got to be a two-way street for 25 years or longer it was not. and trillions and trillions of dollars was taken out of the united states for the benefit of china. we just can't have that. we have to make it fair. so we're at $250 billion now -- 25% interest at a lot of money is coming into our coffers. and it's had no impact -- absolutely by the way, no impact on our economy, which i said it wouldn't in fact steel is like the hottest industry there is. if you look at what happened with steel we are charging a 25% tariff for the dumpers they dump massive amounts of steel, want to put the steel

companies out of business. and after they're out of business they come in and charge five times more than you thought possible and we need steel and aluminum and those industries are doing well but steel is incredible. u.s. steel is opening up a minimum of eight plants, nucor is opening up plants and big plants, $750 million and a billion-dollar plants in some cases. what's happening with the steel industry is very exciting to me. it's being rebuilt overnight if you look at the miners and coal, energy, lng, japan just gave us numbers incredible they are doubling the amount they'll be buying for japan. they're taking the lng and they're doubling it up i said you have to do me a favor you have to buy are buy more they're buying massive amounts of equipment and military equipment. and other countries are doing the same thing

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

they were going to choke the economy as it was already choking but worse. a and they were going to raise the taxes. that's what they want to do if they ever got control. which i don't think they'll have control for a long time. with that said we'll take some questions. and yes, please. john go ahead >> we have plenty of time. >> mr. president, thank you very much of course, what you are looking forward to tomorrow is the hearings with judge kavanaugh. >> yes. >> before the judiciary committee. >> in 1991 when joe biden passed the law into the bush 41 white house, the allegations that anita hill raised against clarence thomas. the bush white house asked the fisher to lack into it as part of judge thomas's investigation. not criminal investigation but background allegations when the allegations were raised why didn't this white house do the same thing with all of the amgss coming out about judge kavanaugh was there an opportunity missed here to

have investigators look into this and get some sort of clarity one way or the other. >> well the fbi told us they have investigated judge kavanaugh six times, five times, many times over the years. they know him very well. but here there was nothing to investigate from at least one standpoint they didn't know the location, didn't know the time didn't know the year they didn't know anything. and it's like where do you go? also it's not for the fisher if you look at what joe biden said he said they don't do this and he said it very clearly. so i think when you really look at it all it's not going to change any of the democrat's minds. they're obstructionists. they're actually con artistis because they know how quality this man and they have destroyed a man's representation and want to destroy it even more. i think people are going to see that in the mid-terms. what they have done to the family, these children, these

beautiful children of his and what they've done to his wife. and they know it's a big, fat conjob and they go into a room and i guarantee you any laugh like hell at what they pulled off on you and on the public. they laugh like hell so it wouldn't have mattered if the fbi came back with a cleanest score and you understand that very well, john if they would have come back with the most perfect we found everything and he is perfectly innocent of everything it wouldn't have made a difference you wouldn't have gotten one vote now we will get votes from the democrats if we win. you'll have three, four or five democrats giving us votes. because they're in states that i won by 30 and 40 points and they're going to give us votes but other than that you probably won't get any john, yes, go ahead, please. >> mr. president, there are now three women accusing judge kavanaugh of sexual miscub

conduct. are you saying that all three of those women are liars? is there anything that could be said today and tomorrow and could cause to you withdraw the nomination. >> i won't get into that game. i only tell thu. this is one of the highest quality people that i've ever met. and everybody that knows him says the same thing. and these are all false, to me, these are false accusations and in certain cases and certain cases, even the mtd agrees with that i can only say that what they've done to this man is incredible you know it's very untrusting. i pick a lot of judges i have 145 judges i will be picking by the end of a farrell short period of time because president obama wasn't big on picking judges when i got i said how is this possible i have 145, including court of

appeals judges and they just didn't do it you know why they got tired they got complacent. something happened i have 145 judges. everybody wants to be a federal judge. not just a supreme court judge i'm talking about court of appeals. i'm talking about district court. i don't think they're going to want to so much. i'll be calling people and we'll have people calling people that do this. and people are going to be scared because we could say it about you. 35 years ago you -- and you might know -- you might not know what's 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 didn't they bring it right at the beginning when you ask about as an example, the fbi, why didn't they bring this right at the beginning during the hearing you would have had all the time in the world for the fbi it would have been fine. now the fbi as you know did investigate this time as they

have five or six other times and they did a very thorough investigation. but this is a big conjob and i would love to be in the room with the dmlkts, close the door, you guys are all away outside, waiting and schumer and his buddies are all in there laughing how they fooled you all let's just stop them a big fat congo ahead. >> if i could follow up. you have daughters can you understand why a victim of sexual assault would not report it at the time? don't you understand. >> by the way, i only say this 36 years, no charge, no nothing. >> but that. >> but that happens often. >> people have to make a decision 36 years, there is no charge all of a sudden the hearings are over and the rumors start coming out. and then you have this other con

artist avenatti come out the senators are good people capable people i know many of them. they are friends of mine these are talented, very good people and they're going to vote they have to believe what they believe. i can -- when i look at what's happened to the reputation of a great gentleman, a great intellect, a great man, somebody who has a be one the great supreme court justices in history, intellectually i think it's a shame yes, please. >> yes, mr. president, my i'm from radio and tv martin yesterday at the speech at the u.n. you spoke of venezuela's problem was because of cuba and the castros and went in an brought socialism and communism to venezuela and now to nicaragua as well. mr. president are you going to be more proactive now against

cuba as well. >> i've been proactive against cuba i don't like what's happening in cuba as you know president obama gave them a pass. and i didn't like it neither do cuban people based in miami and based in our country that came from cuba and suffered in cuba. i don't like what he did i have ended much of it, most of it i don't like what's happening in cuba and i certainly don't like what's happening in venezuela. yes. >> mr. president, just to finish really fast, you said also that you had a call to action to ask the leaders around the world to also end socialism would you like to be recognized as a -- >> well i wouldn't say that socialism has been working well around the world you can look at ven la as the number one -- the number one i guess the one that's most obvious but you look around the world, socialism is not exactly riding high. please. >> thank you, mr. president. >> go ahead. >> thank you very much

if you don't mind, after i'm finished if one. our female colleagues could go after me that would be great mr. president, just to follow up on the allegations against. >> what does he mean by that explain? what does that mean. >> i think it would be great if a female. >> what does it mean what does it mean. >> it would be great if a female reporter would ask you a question about the issue >> i wouldn't mind that at all wouldn't mind it at all. >> let me dsh. >> wouldn't make any difference to me. go ahead >> if i could follow up on john and john's question. why is it, mr. president, that you always seem to side with the accused and not the accuser? you have three women here all making allegations who are all asking that their stories be heard. and you know, if you look at the case of roy moore. 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 that you've had made

against you over the years >> well first of all i wasn't happy with roy moore let's get that straight. but roy moore was a. >> you stood by. >> a republican candidate and i would have rather had a republican candidate win i was very happy with luther strange, a traffic man from alabama. but luther strange had a lot of things going against him as far as women, whether it's a man or a woman, these are -- you know it can happen the other way, allegations can go the other bay also you understand that and whether it was a man or a woman, 30 years ago, 36 years ago, in fact they don't even know how many years ago because nobody knows the time. it's a long time and i could pick as an example, hopefully i won't have to do it as a replacement because hopefully this is going to go very well on thursday. going to go well on monday or saturday oh or sunday or whenever they vote but i could pick a woman and she could have charges made from

many years ago also. >> but don't you understand zbloirp no what i have td. >> they are uktant to come forward you raised doubts about the accused eshs. >> i don't think people are reluctant to come forward. they are going to have a chance to speak at a -- they have a major chance to speak. excuse excuse me. >> they have a major chance to speak. and it will be tomorrow i assume we have delayed this, meaning the republican senators -- not me -- the republican senators have delayed this for weeks now. they are giving the women a major chance to speak. now, it's possible i'll hear that and i'll say, hey, i'm changing my mind that is possible we want to give them a chance to speak. >> do you think all three of them. >> all three should have the chance. >> whoever is given a chance we have delayed it a long time but they are going to have a big shot at speaking and making their case and you know what, i could be

persuaded also okay please go ahead. >> go ahead. i would like to go -- yes, go ahead, please. >> thank you, mr. president. a couple of questions for you to follow up on some answers i didn't quite hear from you if you would allow me a couple of questions. first of all, do you think these women, all three of them are liars? yes or no. >> have they been what. >> are they liar sns. >> i can't tell you i have to watch tomorrow i have to read i heard about one a little while ago i can tell you her lawyer is a low-life okay i can't tell you whether or not they are liars until i hear them i don't know what happened today because i've been busy with japan, south korea china and about seven other countries as you know and i chaired the security council. so i don't know about today's person that came forward i do know about the lawyer and you don't get much worse bad reputation tolook at his past. so as far as the other women are concerned, i'm going to see what happens tomorrow i'm going to be watching

you know believe it or not i'm going to see what's said it's possible that they will be convincing now, with all of that being said, judge brett kavanaugh has been for many years one of the most respected people in washington he has been on i guess you'd call it the second highest court. and every single person knows him -- a lot of people know him well and those people don't believe what's going on. i can always be convinced i have to hear it. >> it sounds like what you are saying is there is a situation there is a scenario under which you would withdraw brett kavanaugh's nomination is that correct. >> if i thought -- if i thought he was guilty of something like this, yeah, sure. >> you will wait until tomorrow to make up your mind. >> i hope i can watch. i'm meeting with a lot of countries tomorrow but i will certainly in some form be able to watch i'll also rely on some very fair and talented republican senators

who, look, if we brought george washington here and we said we have george washington, the democrats would vote against him just so you understand and he may have had a bad past who knows he may have had some i think accusations made didn't he have a couple of things in his past george washington would be voted against 100% by schumer and the con artists. i mean 10 oh%. so it really doesn't matter from their standpoint that's why when john asked about the fbi, if the fbi did the most thorough investigation in the history of the fbi and found him 10 oh% perfect he would lose every vote if the republicans win tomorrow i think you win votes from the democrats. because we all know why because it's politics then you probably get votes. okay let's go one more question yes. >> just to follow up i'd like to ask about three questions it's not everywhere should i let her ask another question go ahead.

>> see. >> to follow up on a question that colleague asked as well about the benefit of the doubt that you have given to people like roy moore, roger ails bill o'reilly brett kavanaugh they're all men. why is that. >> it's not a benefit of the doubt. >> you give the benefit of the doubt to the woman. >> hailey i have known them a long time and a lot of these people a lot of people. and some i've been disappointed with i have been disappointed with some others i -- you know, there are charges that are pretty weak but i've known people a long time i never saw them do anything wrong. i never saw them do anything wrong. and there are some that probably i grow i can tell you there are some that i -- i've been watching for a long time and in a couple of cases they weren't republicans and a lot of cases they were not. they were exactly the opposite but i've watching them a long time and i knew for a long time these were not good people and they were never brought up okay yes, ma'am go ahead >> thank you very much

by the way thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> mr. president when the allegations first surfaced you initially said how important it was for dr. ford to testify and that you wanted to hear from her. >> i do. iwish it would have gone quicke >> you also said that if what she said were as bad as she claimed surely her or her parents would have rorpted it. and just today you said you would. >> well there is a truths. there is a chance that her parents could have reported it 36 years ago. >> so my question is. >> it doesn't mean they had to report it because in some instances people keep it quiet it's a very tough situation for a woman. there is no question about it. and in some cases they do report it frankly had they reported it it would have been pretty amazing, wouldn't it. but i guess they didn't. and that's okay. i'm not saying they had to report it. because it's a very personal thing. it's a very big. there is no question about it go ahead. >> do you want to hear her stove story.

>> i'd like to hear her story. we are giving her time. >> before you made up your mind. >> they would have given her time last week this is the united states senate this is the most important position that a president can give out i think we can say by far. i have actually heard it's the most important decision a president can make i disagree with that war and peace. i always say war and peace and after that supreme court justice, right i look forward to hearing from her. we could have heard her from her last we can. we could have heard from her for a long time. it will be interesting to hear what she has to say. okay. >> let me follow up on jim's question mr. president let me follow up on jim's question that i don't think we got an answer to. >> which question? >> how have your personal experiences being accusesed. >> i've been accused i've been accused for -- false accusations excuse me i've been accused and i was accused by i believe it was four women

you can check with sean hannity check with fox because they covered it strongly. who got paid excuse me i was ached by four or five women who got paid a lot of money to make up stories about me. we caught them a and the main stream media refused to put it on television. they refused to reason o even write about tp there were four women and maybe more i think the number is four or five but one had a mortgage paid off her house, $52,000. another one had other things happen and the one that reported it i believe was offered $750,000 to say bad things about me. and she is the one that reported it the women is incredible. she reported it instead of taking the money so i have had numerous accusations about me. >> right. >> i mean they made false statements about me. knowing they were false. i never met them

i never met the people and what did they do what did they do they took money in order to say bad things i've had stories written in "the new york times," front page about four women, the whole top center front page of the "new york times." i think it was four big pictures i said wow that's a big thing what's that? these were women that were quoted saying bad things about me not the worst things about me. but bad things and i said, gee that's too bad i knew them a lining time, 15 years ago. 20 years ago i said that's too bad i'm surprised then i see them on television nothing to do with me next day or day later they were incensed they said donald trump is a nice guy. which never said this. "the new york times" did false reporting. they're fake news. and you know what, "the new york times" would not report that their story was fake these women said great things, not only did they not say the

bad stuff. they said great things about me. front page and those women they're incredible women they went on television and didn't want to and i didn't ask them. and they said "the new york times" made it up. they gave false quotes and they went on a lot of shows. they were really incensed and couldn't believe it. that's why people know that a lot of the news is fake. and a lot of the people sitting here are fake. but 20% of them are wonderful. okay. >> if i could just actually ask my question, mr. trump you didn't let me me ask me the question. >> you've been asking the question ten minutes please sit down. go ahead go ahead >> how do those impact your opinions on the allegations against. >> well it does impact my opinion. you know why because i've had a lot of false charges made against me i'm a very famous person unfortunately. i've been a famous person for a long time. but i've had a lot of false charges made against me. really false charges i know friends that have had

false charges. people want fame they want money. they want whatever so when i see it i view it differently than somebody sitting home watching television where they say, oh, judge kavanaugh this or that it's happened to me many times i've had many false charges. i had a woman sitting in an airplane and i attacked her while people coming on the plane and i have a number one best seller out it was a total phoney story. there are many of them when you say does it affect me in terms of my thinking with respect to judge kavanaugh absolutely because i've had many times. and if the news would have reported these four people i couldn't believe it -- when i heard they caught the four people i said, wow, that's a big story. and it was for fox okay >> thank you, mr. president. earlier today and just now you made a significant allegation against the chinese government

you suggested that the kienz. >> i did. >> had meddled in or are meddling. >> that's right that's what i hear. >> in the midterm elections. >> that's what i hear. >> what evidence do you have. >> we have evidence. we have evidence it will come out i can't tell you nop but it didn't come out of no where that i can tell you. >> why the charges now. >> they have admitted they are going after farmers. i think most of you can cover that i like that you are shaking your head yes i'll ask you the next question because of that. okay probably the killer of all questions. but let me just explain. >> if you come forward with the evidence, sir -- >> china now, put on $250 billion and they're paying 25% on that. they're paying billions -- that has never happened to china. and i like china and i like president xi a lot. i think he is a friend of mine he may not be a friend anymore but i think he respects -- from what i hear if you look at mr. pillsbury, the leading authority on china, he was on a god show i won't mention the name of the

show recently and he was saying that china has total respect for donald trump and for donald trump's very, very large brain he said donald trump -- they don't know what to do, never happened well one thing they are trying to do is convince people to go against donald trump because a normal, regular political person that has no concept of what the hell he is doing would let china continue to take $500 billion a year out of our country and rebuild their country. they were building 29 massive bridges like the george washington bridge, building things we don't build anymore. but we are starting to build again. and our economy now is hotter than it's ever been. i don't know if you saw the confidence levels this morning that just came out, fantastic. and in all fairness to the fed raising rates, raising rates because we have never done like we are doing now and one of the things that is

nice about the rates, the people that were hurt the worst by the zero interest rates and you know, when president obama had an economy that was -- it was the worst comeback since the great depression and all that -- you've heard that. but you remember he was playing with zero interest money he was playing with funny money. that's easy. i'm playing with fairly expensive money. so when he does that the people that benefit are people that actually -- in their whole life they would say 15, 20% of thelery put in the bank. they got killed because they put the money in the bank, live off the interest and there was no interest. now those people are starting to get interest and those are the people, frankly that deserve to -- they did a great job. the people that did it right, the people that did the best job got hurt the most. so in one sense i like it. but basically i'm a low interest rate person i hate to tell you yes, ma'am, go ahead >> mr. president. >> yes.

>> you have another meeting tomorrow with rod rosenstein. >> yes. >> are you planning to fire rod rosenstein. >> i'm talking to him. we have had a gad talk he said he never said it he said he doesn't believe it. he said he has a lot of respect for me and he was very nice and we'll see. and he is a member of the trump administration and this in that sense it's the justice department i would certainly prefer not doing that there was no collusion there was no obstruction i mean if you -- unless you call obstruction the fact that i fight back i do fight back. i really fight back. i mean if you call that obstruction, that's fine but there is no obstruction. there is no collusion. i'm going to meet with him tomorrow i may call rod tonight or tomorrow and ask for a little bit of a delay to the meeting because i don't know to do anything getting in the which of in very important supreme court pick so i don't want it competing and hurting the decision one way or

the other decision again, i want to hear what she has to say but i don't want to do -- i may delay that i'm going to see i don't want to do anything that's conflicting with that but my preference would be to keep him and to let him finish up you know i call it a witch hundred. and it is a witch hunt if you look at the fbi statements with strzok abthe lover lisa page, all of the things that have gone on in the fbi. looking at mccabe taking $700,000 from a hillary that pac run by terrie mccaul i have, her best friend in the world and gives them hundreds of thousands of dollars and he is in charge of her campaign and his wife is getting all of this money to run -- she lost -- to run, i mean what's going on if you low back at the horrible statements, like way to go page, great story you put into a

newspaper, essentially now well go and investigate that group. it's terrible. we have caught people doing things that are terrible i would much prefer keeping rod rosenstein -- much prefer -- many people say i have the right to fire him. he said he did not say it. he said he does not plef that. and nobody in this room believes that by the way i deal with this people in this room. i was dealing with mike pompeo before we were dealing at a high level with japan i was say things that nobody in the room even understood and i said them a long time ago and i was right. he said that's not the 25th amendment that i'm looking at. i think i can is a that from mike. >> you don't think anyone in your administration discussed use the 25th amendment against you. >> well enemies sure you use. >> within your administration or cabinet. >> you use anything they can they're not in love with me.

they're not betting me in the election thp they know that the people i'm looking at are total lightweights i drem of runs against those people maybe they'll come up with somebody that's not. they're not going to beat me i'm against what they want to do i'm in favor of law enforcement. i'm if favor of safety and security and low taxes i want low taxes i want borders we're getting another 1.6 billi 1.6 billion in borders i want borders we spent 3.1 and getting another 1.6 eventually the whole thing and we'll complete the wall. they don't want that they don't want that they don't want the things that i have now, i must say, i know many of the democrats. they'll say things and then wink at me. they say things and don't mean it it's politics. the reason they don't want me is because they want to run the show they want it it's power, it's whatever you want to call it.

but what they've done here is a disgrace, a total disgrace and what they do -- i know it's sort of interesting- dsh in one case they say he is a facist, taking over the government he is the most powerful president ever he is a horrible human being he wants to take over the entire government and he is going to do it we can't stop him that didn't work the next woke he said he is incompetent. wait a minute in one case i'm taking over the world and in the other cases incompetent. they tried that dwor for a week. that didn't work look, these are very dishonest people these are con artists. and the press knows. but the press doesn't write it wow that's a lot of hands. that's a lot -- steve go ahead here is a very high quality person this man but he will probably hit me with a bad one. >> mr. president. >> go ahead give it to me routers. >> you're getting letters from

chairman kim which do you need a second summit with the north korean leader so soon and what. >> because he would like it. >> what would it be for. >> i have received two letters from chairman kim. at some point i'll give the letters. they are incredible letters. they are letters that magnificent in the sense of his feeling for wanting thgt done. i really believe he wants to get it done. i mayan wrong. i heard somebody on a certain network last night -- i won't mention which one say why has president trump given so much to north korea? i said, wait a minute? i asked sarah huckabee please call this person i gave them nothing. what did i give them i met. i didn't do what obama did give them $19.8 billion in cash to get back four hostages i got back the hostages. i never paid anything. i haven't paid them 10 cents but he wants to make a deal. and i'd like to make a deal. we have a very good relationship with them, a lot different than the last time at the united

nations that was a little bit rough. don't forget that time they said, oh oh, trump is saying the horrible things he is going to get us into a war. you were going to have a war if i wasn't elected you'd nb a war. and president obama essentially said the same thing. he was ready to go to war. you you would have had a war and lost millions, not thousands lost millions of people. seoul that is 30 million people 30 miles, 40 miles from this dangerous border if wasn't elected you would have had a war. pov thought you had to go to where backup you know how close he was to pressing the trigger to go to where millions of people with me nobody is talking about that nobody is talking about that we have a very good relationship he likes me. i like him we get along he wrote me two of the most beautiful letters. when i showed one of the letters, just one to prime minister abe he said this is actually a

ground breaking letter this is an incredible -- this is a historic letter. and it is a historic letter. it's a beautiful -- it's a beautiful piece of art and i think we're going to make a deal will we make a deal, steve i don't know but i think we're going to in the meantime i've said it -- i don't want to bore you, no rockets, no missiles, no nuclear tests. for over aier you haven't seen before i got here everybody in this rm thought you were going to where and then what happened it was funny. they said he was terrible. he was so rough with chairman kim. kim jong un. he was so rough. he is terrible it's going to cuss -- well i had a great meeting with president putin. on that that one they said he was too soft with president putin. i had a great meeting lasted two hours. we discuss the everything, ukraine, syria, israel and israel's protection. we had a great meeting

they wanted me to end up in a boxing match and you know what, if i was killer tough with president putin they said have said he was too tough. you can't win with the these people you keep going in the meantime we're doing well. >> how long do you think it should take north korea to denuclearize. >> i don't want to get into. >> one year two years. >> i don't want to get into the time gram, you know why, i told mike pompeo, i said mike don't get into the time game we stopped them. they are taking down plants. they're taking down testing areas, taking down more. you'll hear about that soon. i don't want to go ahead of myself but you'll be hearing about it soon. they have no interest right now in testing nuclear you know we had a case just about when i was coming into office you'll rather, where there was a massive they thought it was an earthquake a mountain moved over an inch 1/2. we're talking about mountain north korea is mountainous boufl land

this mountain shifted. it shifted and somebody thought it was an earthquake then they found out no it's nuclear testing. shifted a mountain i'm talking about serious tough process. serious size when i came in and certainly before i came in -- even at the beginning of mine because when i was having retiricle contests i guess you could call it with chairman kim which we mile and laugh auto at now but everybody thought it was horrible we have had many presidents were unable to do anything. anything at all with north korea. we now have a good relationship. we have a good relationship. and most importantly, all of the things that you've been hearing about, the horror stories, in my opinion, they're gone. now, could they start up again yes. i'm a deal guy could they start yeah it could be we don't work it out. i think -- i have it right here.

i think that what we have done behind the scenes which nobody really knows about i don't black blame you for not knowing personal letters, private letters. but saying they want to get it done, we know much more than the media for a change much more. but if you saw what's going on behind the scenes i think ewe you'd be impressed we were a country going to war i really believed that president obama would admit that he said it's by far the biggest problem. when i sat with him pryor to going to office, going into office, he said to me that's by far the biggest problem. and he said to me that he was very close to going into war and millions of people -- not -- you know, i -- they say thousands of people. no, no, not thousand millions of people would have been killed you're next to china. that could have been a world war very easily. right now we're in a great position

i don't want to play the time game i told mike pompeo don't let them do that to you. i haven't given anything and all of a sudden we got back, a few weeks ago, back, like, two and a half months from the summit which was a great success. and people are screaming, what's taking so long i get it you got to understand the media i've been dealing with the media all my life, too much wsh, too much they're screaming and i saw that and our guys not mike but our guys we are working as fast as we -- i said i got all the time in the world i don't have to rush it. there is no no cessation of sanctions. we got the sanctions i didn't take any sanctions off. i did see a reporter last night, a guy i like personally a lot. he asked a question to president moon of south korea. he said, why did the president give so much i didn't give anything i give nothing what have i given other than some time?

yes, i flew to singapore we had a meeting now, giving would be if i take the sanctions off. i didn't want to do -- if you ask general mattis for a year and a half i said why don't we stop the ridiculous, in my opinion, the military games. i dahl call them the military games. if i told you how much those games cost -- and frankly i told south korea you should be paying for the games. we fair are pay for them they will they say we fly the planes from a short distance away. >> where guam. >> oh, how long a trip. >> 7 hours. >> great we're flying the massive bombers and everything i wanted to stop this for a long time i consider that an asset we are saving by the way just for the taxpayers, saving a fortune. and if we need them we can start them immediately if i think we need them i'll start them before the generals will start testimony the fact is the reporter said that and i said what have we done i haven't given anything

and we are really on to the cusp i think we are really going to do something very important. you we are not playing the time game if it takes two years, three years or five months, doesn't matter there is no nuclear testing and no testing of rockets. yes, ma'am, go ahead go ahead, please >>s this the one that was nodding with every nice thing i said watch this question. >> it's a habit of mine. hannah thomas peters. >> you're with who. >> sky news. >> okay good sky news. >> congratulations on the purchase. >> nothing to do with me. >> i hope you benefitted go ahead. >> are you at all concerned at the message that has been being sent to the women who are watching this when you use language like conjob in relation. >> i've used worse language in my life than conjob that's the nicest phrase i've used. conjob it is it's a conjob.

you know, confidence, it's a confidence job it's a conjob by the democrats they know it >> what about the message that's being sent. >> they did the same thing with the russia investigation they -- they 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. i say gee we're not doing well i won both the states. we're not doing well let me call the russians to help does anybody really believe that it's a conjob. and i watched these guys, little adam schiff and all the guys he he takes a call from a russian turned out to be a faker comedian or something this is so and so why is he taking a call from a russian senator warner took a call from a russian. he was a comedian or something but he said we have pictures president trump. >> whoa, whoa where can i get them if we ever did that? it would be a big deal yeah, it's a conjob.

and it's not a bad term. it's not a bad term taufl. >> are you worried. >> i'll tell you one thing i can say. i've had a lot of people talking about this to me with respect to what's happening because it's a horrible precedent. i'm going to have to get other judges and other supreme court judges possibly. i could have a lot of supreme court judges more than two. and when i called up brett kavanaugh, spoke to him and his family and told them that i chose them, they were so happy and so honored it was as though i mean the bigds thing that's ever happened and i understand that. u.s. supreme court i don't want to be in a position where people say, no, thanks, no, thanks i don't want to -- you know, i spoke to somebody 38 years ago and it may not be god. we have a country to run we want the best talent in the

world. but i'll tell you this the people that have complained to me about it the most about what's happening, are women. women are very angry you know, i got 52% with women everyone said this couldn't happen 52%. women are so angry and i frankly think that -- i think they like what the republicans are doing. but i think they would have liked to have seen it go faster. but give them their day in court. let her have her day in court. let somebody else have a day in court. but the ones that i fine -- i mean, i have men that don't like it but i have women that are incensed at what's going on. i have always said women are smarter than men i have said that a lot and i mean it. but women -- women are incensed at what's going on yes, go ahead. >> mr. president >> go ahead. >> go ahead in the back. >> who are you where are you

from. >> yeah, you the guy looks like he is shocked. this is going to be not god. >> it's going to be god be, sir. >> looks totally stunned have you ever been picked before for a question. >> yes but not from president of the united states. >> go ahead. >> i'm maliek galeed. >> you said from where. >> kurdistan region north of iraq. >> great people. great people. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> are you a kurd. >> mr. president great people, great fighters i like them a lot let's go i like this question so far. >> mr. president you always say you support the allies kurds right now after the defeat of isis are under a lot of pressure in syria and in iraq by many adversaries. >> it's true. >> what will you do to elevate their position to support them after they helped the united states to defeat isis.

>> well we are helping them a lot. and we have been very friendly with them. as you know we fought side by side and we have defeated isis essentially, very short while ago in the middle east and we did it with a lot of help from the kurds and they are, they are great fighters some people are great fighters and some peemt aren't the kurds are great fighters and great people we are discussing that situation exactly right now. >> what will you do to support them. >> well i'm telling you we're going to be discussing that situation. we have already started discussing that situation. but we have had tremendous support from the kurds in defeating isis. >> and about syria, sir in your speech you did in the mention. >> yes goo ago. >> mr. president susan lee from fox business did you reject a one-on-one meeting with the canadian prime minister justin trutd of. >> why. >> because his tariffs are too high and he doesn't want to move and i told him forget if it we

are thinking about taxes cars coming from canada that's the mother load that's the big one we are unhappy with the negotiations and the negotiating style of canada. we don't like the representative very much. they have taken advantage. i love canada. i love everybody -- so many friends. but that has nothing to do with this i'm representing the united states mexico was totally -- i mean they were cigarette. by the way, the new president has been great the deal is done now it has to go through congress and a lot of things have to happen but bob lighthizer who is here someplace. bob lighthizer has done a great job of negotiating as they have. but the deal is done >> and mr. president. >> but canada has treated us very badly they have treated our farmers in wisconsin and norng state and a lot of other states 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. it's basically they say we don't have any barriers by the way it's 300% you don't send it in because you can't compete. canada has a long way to go. i must be honest we are not getting along with the negotiators. we think the north negotiators have taken advantage of our country a long time. we had people didn't know what they were doing. that's why we had over the last five or six years if you average it out we had $800 billion a year in trade losses it's ridiculous. >> what about nafta. mr. president, nafta what does that mean for nafta? will you be pulling out of nafta. >> i don't like nafta. i never liked it it's been bad for the united states it's been cigarette for canada, great for mexico very bad for us. >> will you use. >> i refuse to us eye the name nafta. i have seen thousands of plants and factories closed i have seen millions of jobs lost to auto company companies that move. mexico has 25% of our auto

business now because of nafta. under our deal -- it's not happening anymore. i hate tell you it's not we are keeping companies i told the mexicans i said we have to cope companies but they get a lot also they get a lot of good things. mexico made a good deal. but with canada it's tough what we do if we made a dell with canada which is a good chance but i'm not making anything near what they want to do. >> but you're going to notify congress of pull out of nafta. >> we will probably calm it the usmc, like the united states marine corps which i love. where is general kelly he leeks that u.s.m.c., which would be u.s. mexico canada but probably be or possibly be u.s.m. canada will come along. >> yes or no are you. >> if canada doesn't make a deal we are making a better deal. we are taxing the cars coming in we will put balances and

balances of dollars into the treasury and frankly we'll be very happy because it's actually more money than you can make under any circumstance with making a deal. okay good job, too you do a very good job, really. yes, please. mr. kurd >> go ahead. >> thank you very much for your time, mr. president. two quickly questions. what will be the usa relations with the kurds. >> i thought i answered that. >> post isis. >> okay. we are trying to get along well. we do get along great with the kurds. we are trying to help them a lot. don't forget that's their territory. we have to help them i want to help them they thought with us they died with us. they died. we lost tens of thousands of kurds. died fighting isis they died for us and with us. and for themselves they died for themselves but they are great people.

and we have not forget -- i forgot what happens some day later, i can tell you i don't forgot these are great people. okay yes, ma'am, please. >> about iran -- mr. president about iran one question what is your plan to stop iranian influence in iraq, in syria and especially in iraq kurdistan. >> i don't mind your questions because that happens -- i'll get to you in one second. >> i think there's been no greater change other than maybe china because china -- unfortunately the markets have dropped would you say 30% in the last four months, right? i think i watched you recently when you said that i think she is wrong i think it's 32. but that's okay. a lot there is -- other than maybe that, but even that, because china is a very special place. and iran is a very special place. but i think there's been no country that's changed so much

as iran. in the last six months since i took off the horrible, horrible iran nuclear deal as they called it, bun of the dumbest deals ever made, as an example why didn't they take care of yemen in the deal, take care of syria in the deal? you know what kerry said the reason it was too complicated. we are giving $150 billion we paid $1.8 billion in cash, cash the whole room would be filled with $100 bills and need probably five rooms like this. we gave 1.8 billion in cash. why didn't we take care of yemen? why didn't we take care of syria and other? he said because it was too complicated. you just gave all the cards gave them $50 billion and now yem isn't a mess but it's getting better. and syria is a mess. and i was responsible -- i hope it stays that way when i put out

on social media a few weeks ago about i h idlib province i said don't do it i was at a meeting with a lot of supporters and a woman stood up and said there is a province in syria with 3 million people, right now the iranians, the russians and the syrians are surrounding that province. and they're going to kill my sister and they're going to kill millions of people in order to get rid of 25,000 or 35,000 terrorists or enemies of theirs. but i think we can call them terrorists and i said that's not going to happen i didn't 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 was the norngts but it was the failing "new york times. and i opened it up not on the front page but there was a big story, wow, the same story the woman told me that i found hard

to believe how would anyone do that with 3 million people it said they were being surrounded and going in and starting literally the next tai they were dropping bombs all over 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 mike pompeo, john bolton everybody these orders don't let it happen. i said, don't let it happen. that doesn't mean they can't be selective. they can't be, you know go in and -- they've got to do what they have to with terrorists i assume they're terrorists. but don't kill millions of people and it stopped you saw that nobody is giving me credit but that's okay. that's okay. because the people know. i have had more syrians thank 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're going to start bombing the city don't let it happen. and i meant it too i meant it and millions of people have been saved. and i gave today great credit to iran i don't know if you heard that i gave great credit to iran, to russia, and to syria for not doing it now, i hope it's going to be surgical, meaning go in and do -- 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 a shame. and hopefully -- and i have to tell you turkey has been a big help turkey has been great. turkey has helped us very much with the whole situation. >> mr. president. >> yes, yes. >> thank you, mr. president. >> good, thank you very much. >> touching back on iran, of course this week you have put out a call to action to other countries. to rally with america, put

pressure on iran rouhani calling for the u.s. to come back into the old deal but after meeting with world leaders this week did you make any progress towards a potential new deal >> doesn't matter what world leaders think on iran. iran is going to come back to me and make a good deal i think. maybe not. deals, you never know. but they are suffering cigarettely. they are having riots in every city far greater than they were during the green period with president obama. far greater. when president obama stuck up for government not the people he probably would have had a much different iran had he not done that but i'm sticking up for the people i am with the people of iran but here is the thing. they have rampant inflation. their money is worthless everything is going wrong. they are riots in the street you can't buy bread. you can't do anything. it's a disaster. at some point i think they are 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 in i don't want them to have a nuclear weapons. i want them to have a great kplee, and sell so much oil -- i'm not happy with opec. i told them i'm not happy with opec we take care of all the people, defend them they wouldn't be there for two weeks if it wasn't for me and the united states and our much stronger armed forces because our arms forced was completed. we have old equipment. now we have -- you know better than anybody $700,000,000,716 billion, we have the most incredible new jets and everything we need it not that i want to spend it aflt it's jbs, made in the united states but iran has to come back and they have to talk. and i'm not doing this from strength or weakness i'm saying at some point they have to come back. if you look at what's going on, companies are leaving left and right.

mercedes-benz just left. they're all leaving. they don't want to be in iran. because they have a choice do they want to be with iran or do they want to be with us? and we have -- we picked up $10 trillion since my election we were being caught by china. now it's going the other which people can't believe it. people have never seen this situation with china everything has always been for 20 years, china is so great. mcis so great. you don't hear that so much anymorepy. i love china i think they're great. but you don't hear that so much anymore. you know who is great. we are great now just a couple i could be doing -- i could be doing this all day long i could be doing this all day long should we continue for a little while? it doesn't matter to me. >> yes. >> a couple much more i don't care new york times come on "new york times," the failing "new york times. stand up, go ahead. >> no i'm talking about the times is failing you are far from failing. >> but you were pointing to me

you meant me. >> the times are having interesting. the times -- i think they are going to endorse me. >> yeah. >> i think that abc -- well fox i like fox i really do >> cabc cbs, nbc's, all going to endorse me because if they don't they are going out of business can you imagine if you didn't have me go ahead what would you like to say. >> yes i know you were pointing to me i work for pbs. >> i know that. >> i want to ask, yesterday you were talking about the administration accomplishments at the united nations appear and a lot of the leaders laughed. >> that's fake news. >> what was that persons like for you. >> it was covered that wake way. so i 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

you look at asian unemployment, look at women, 65 years. the unemployment numbers are among the best we have 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, most of whom are from either other countries or the united nations people that aren't big into clapping, applauding, smiling. and i heard a little rustle as i our country is stronger and i heard a little rustle. i said it's true and i heard smiles i didn't know there would that -- they weren't laughing at me they were laughing with me we had fun. that was not laughing at me. so the fake news said people laughed. at president trump they didn't 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 of us from jobs, taking our companies, not paying the pricey protection, i told a number of countries over the last few days, i said, listen, you're a very rich country. we protect you without our protection you would have real problems. >> i want to -- >> i said you should reimburse us for this protection why are we protecting you and do you know what they said after about two minutes of talking, they agreed with me and you can ask this group of very talented people they agreed with me. but they said one of them said, but, mr. president, nobody ever asked us for that. they never asked us for that nobody has ever said, you should pay. these are really wealthy