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controversy. >> sunday night at 8:00 on c-span q and a. weekend, taiwan elected its first female president, a number of the democratic progressive party. the secretary-general of that at thepoke at an event brookings institution. this is an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. it is great to see such terrific turnout on a cold day in washington dc. we are very warm in here.

we want to give you a warm welcome and give a warm welcome to our speaker. i am the director of the china power project. here to make am brief safety announcement at the beginning of our events, not that we expect to have incident, but in the event that there is an emergency, we will be going down the stairs, lp door that you came in. you should be mindful of where the exit signs are. with that, this is an is cosponsored with the brookings institution. i am going to turn the floor over to dr. bush who is the director for the center of east asia policy and studies at brookings.

>> thank you very much, bonnie. it is a pleasure to once again cosponsor a taiwan event. this is really a special occasion. it is my great privilege to introduce the program and introduce dr. woo. before i do that, i think we whatd step back and marvel happened in taiwan on saturday. people, a, we the moment. committeeno central and organization department that picked tsai ing-wen as type one's next president. -- taiwan's next president.

there was no selection committee. if you look at all of these political systems around, taiwan is the only one that does free elections. singapore, kong, they all deviate from that standard. in this case, over 1200 men and women went to the polls in the voting booths, each individual voter registered their preferences about who should be the next president and who should serve them in the legislation. separate personal peoples that culminated in the announced sunday

evening. projects the public's will, but popular are the institutional expression of government by the people. politics and taiwan will soon shift to other institutions and other issues, each having their own dynamics. thinkst a moment, i democrats around the world should marvel and applaud what happened in taiwan. now, we are very fortunate this joseph, our dr. ,peaker did not take a vacation did not go home to sleep or 24 hours, but he came here. he came to give us a report on

what happened and what the future holds. i think many of us know joseph, so i am not going to spend time going through his long resume. i will just note a couple of high points. he received his phd in political science from the ohio state university. he was an academic for a while and then he learned how to be an official of the party and the government. he served in the administration from 2000 to 2008. he was responsible for external affairs. he was chairman for the mainland affairs council. managed toacity, he work with others to create a holidaym that allows

charter flights to go between taiwan and the mainland, even though underlying political relations were not so good. representative a in washington. please join me in welcoming our guest. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much for inviting me. thank you very much for the very generous introduction, richard. gentlemen, i am very happy to be back to washington dc and to brief you on how we see the elections that just came out over the weekend.

on january 16, the people of taiwan went to the polling stations and casted their votes for a new administration and legislature in taiwan. i think we all know the result areas the result is tremendous. the dpp for the first time ever, captured both the administration and legislature. i think this is unprecedented. as we look at the political landscape and traditional wisdom of taiwan's political landscape, people would say the green base is always smaller than the blue base. inclined -- is larger than the dpp. i think this selection proves otherwise. figure,ok at the first you can see the dpp won the

presidential election by a very convincing majority. as you look at the second powerpoint page, the dpp is so , onahead in the election the district side. ,f you look at the third slide the percentage in the legislature, the dpp is also coming out in a convincing way. all of the presentation is going to come out in a written text. this will be released to you afterwards. if you look at the fourth figure, this is an internal survey by the dpp. these are dual calculations. you can see before the first

the blue is012, larger than the green. there is a change afterward. the green seems to be larger than the blue, especially after the november 2014 local elections. looking at way of this. the dpp does not make any major mistakes. the green is more likely to be larger than the blue for the years to come. i think this has significant meaning to taiwan's democracy. 1996, we election of have already had three turnovers of political power which can be seen as a consolidated the marker see.

-- democracy. people are exercising their democratic rights. the people in taiwan understand this is the right they obtained after a long fight. we are very proud of this democracy and would like to share with other people. results, many people are trying to understand. they are trying to understand the factors. taiwan wouldny in is ano point out this independent dichotomy in taiwan. versus unification independence. there may be some degree of

truth for earlier elections, but the election in taiwan has already been changed. like to say that we conduct regular surveys in taiwan, trying to find out what people are thinking before they go to the voting booth. show --lar so raise regular surveys show they care about issues they can relate to end their life, not necessarily a lyrical issues. peopleues we found that safetyout what include issues area -- safety issues. this might miss the nuances in

the election. you some of to give of the on the elections important factors that, into play in this particular election. other than the country's young problem -- own problem, the young voters is the number one factor. this factor carried significant weight in the november 2014 local elections. it carries over to the 2016 election with the dpp candidate receiving overwhelming support of young voters throughout all surveys. the new power party, which represents a big moment in the 2014, scored and a convincing victory in its debut. the second factor i would consider important is the sharp

rise in the performance of local administration. the dpp local administrators in andral, are highly regarded outranked public and pender -- public opinion surveys. noted that thebe presidential candidate, eric chu ranked quite low in surveys. the third factor of would like to point out is the way the dpp is seeking positions, potentially confrontational issues including south china sea relations and relationships with japan, trade related cultural issues. the way we conducted the debate on this issue allowed them to move the on the traditional

divide. they stayed on high ground with political issues and garnered the support of the middle majority. this provoked the green-blue divisions, but it did not work. a final factor i would consider important for election results is the dpp factor. they addressed public concerns. the public concern about safety issues about pension, housing and etc.. series of policy platforms to address the issues people care a lot about. innovativeed five

industry projects, renewable energy policy issues, political judicial reform, and foreign policy. contrast, they did not come into the picture early on. eric chu did not become a candidate until october. they did not seem to make a successful impact. i would like to caution everyone about the meaning of the election. many people would like to interpret this as china's defeat. i would like to give some of my own observations. this is obviously china's favorite choice, if china

weighed in the 2012 election areas however, it may be inaccurate in reading the election with the same interpretation this time around. throughout the campaign, neither the presidential candidate herself or the team targeted china in any campaign rhetoric or slogans. they prepared for a high victory in dpp was just following the presidential election. statements by chinese officials opinions.eserved from havingto keep a negative impact on taiwan's elections. trying to interpret this election from the basis of china's defeat may not be

correct. it is not a big issue, and the issue should not be the one to influence election results. in her speech in 2015 in washington dc, she laid out principles dealing with china. have those principles throughout the campaign. she had a desire to meet with the president of china in the height of the election. position of not opposing high-level meetings highlights principles for normalization of relations and goes down with a discussion of the meeting briefly. in short, china was not the focal point in the election except for the short interlude of the meeting.

therefore, it would be inaccurate to the -- to infer this election was china's defeat. what is the dpp ready to do in the new era? here are some major points i would like to let you know. the first, we are going to have -- have a stable majority. the dpp is already a majority. we would like to work with other political parties, especially smaller political parties, new power part of -- new power parties. we would like to work with the kmt on an issue basis as well. the second thing we would like to move ahead is domestic reconciliation. the dpp believes in reconciliation during a

transition. its --wan -- true to transition period for taiwan. we would like to reach out to the outgoing government to resolve the difficult issues taiwan is facing. dpp pensioninclude reform and oversight. the third is economic restructuring reform. we will engage on this as soon as we come into office. we ran a major platform of bringing momentum to the economy with industry projects. valleycludes a silicon

project, renewable energy center and smart energy project. we also spoke about defense industries which will be centered in taipei. these will be something we will engage with in order to bring momentum back to tie one's economy. -- taiwan's economy. the next one is building our external relationships. it will be a friendship building as a guiding principle. in order to pursue our economic agenda, taiwan needs to be relations with china. this was studied during a nomination speech and was reflected in her june speech.

in order for the dpp administration to maintain friendly relations with china, we want to take postures that are consistent and predictable and make meaningful contribution to the community, china included. another factor that we would like to embark on, which is going to be important is reconciliation. this was a campaign based on the platform of the green-blue line. a moderate approach toward time , will be madea public. -- maintainemain the status quo. this is to move forward relations based on the results

of more than 20 years of negotiation in exchanges between the two sides. with regard to the question of the 1992 consensus, he clearly stated during the televised debates held in taiwan prior to the election, the dpp has never denied the historical factor of the dialogue that took place in 1992. there is a shared desire of the two sides at the time to avenge relations by mutual understanding. as for the specifics of the 1992 consensus, created by the kmt in the year 2000, she implicates a return to the spirit of setting aside differences to seek common grounds. going forward, we will do our utmost to find a mutually

acceptable mode of interaction two.en the will put forward the agreement as a priority to highlight our interest in peaceful relations with china. willeign-policy agenda, we pursue and expand our relations with the united states, japan, europe and other like-minded states. we believe the expansion of our foreign elation ship -- should not come at the expense of china. we will like to take part in the negotiations, the second round of negotiations. we are interested in taking part

in pursuing the expansion of trade negotiations either in investment agreements or prospects for u.s.-taiwan relationships. this is important for the dpp administration. the relationship will be the utmost important to our incoming dpp administration, especially on our foreign relations. we will improve economic security and ties with united states and engage in an effort to reform re-structural adjustments. ,e will increase investment proportionate to economic growth, particularly increasing investment in taiwan's advanced programs. specific andde a

consistent agenda with united states, so that taiwan can be a trusted partner and make a meaningful contribution. to conclude, the dpp will -- was and humand in 1986 rights are inalienable part of the party. opportunitysure the to be in the government again. with this effort which led to success. we will ensure that people our great trust. forwardmove the country in a responsible manner. taiwan will be a consolidated democracy. we will show others it works very well.

foran will be a role model political and economic developments. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, joseph for that comprehensive speech, both the analysis of the results of taiwan's election as well as the agenda they dpp has going forward. i certainly would like to offer my congratulations, first to taiwan for its successful presidential election and the third transfer of political power, and of course, my congratulations to your party. i wish she the best of luck with all of the challenges you face going forward. youuld like to start asking

, you talked a little bit about what the party will do in the future, but i want to focus on the first 100 days as democracies often do. what are the most urgent items on the agenda? what do you hope to accomplish in the first 100 days? >> this is a very important dpp for some time. we would like to embark upon those projects right away. projectsthose economic involve structural reform and it will take a long time for the effect to take place. before that, there are several projects we would like to embark upon, so that the people can dpp the sincerity of the

and engage in political reform. is the agreement oversight bill. we see this as a priority will for the first legislative session. this is a top priority for us. another priority in the new session will be transitional. in taiwan, people are talking about how to make a smooth transition, and this is important for us. in order for this smooth transition, there has to be infrastructure so that the transition can be handled with the principles. we do not have that. we need to put that in as soon as possible. another thing that will be important, that will be integrated during the transition.

thee guidelines or compulsory education. there was a debate earlier on about the compulsory education historical textbook or the chinese textbook for it -- textbook. this is a pressing need for taiwan, and therefore, we need to do it as soon as possible. there were some discussions in the dpp on political reforms we promised the people. for instance, the political party law. that may be something we need to consider in a serious manner. we attachne thing importance to his two formulate a national mood, especially during the transition.

, so that the government can having a conciliatory environment. we need to create a mechanism to deal with those pressing issues. i think this kind of mechanism, if we can set it up, that will be important to address the critical issues. i forgot to mention one critical issue, that is the pension reform. systemsthese pension are coming into collapse. the military pension is coming into collapse. this will happen next year if nothing is done about it. therefore, we need a committee to discuss that as soon as possible, so that we can work on it right after the government comes into office. >> great, sounds like an

ambitious agenda. let me ask you about what you hope to achieve in relations with mainland china. you talked about having the oversight bill passed in the legislator early on, i assume you would go forward. i would like for you to talk about the trade and merchandise agreement that are still left on the table. issue atone leftover least from the previous administration, and that was the effort to set up representative offices on both sides of the street. what do you expect the dpp will do about these issues? are there other objectives you have in relations with mainland china? >> our objective with relationships between china and

taiwan is to safeguard our peace and stability. principle, guiding to maintain the status quo. for the status quo to be peaceful and stable, we need to work on some specific issues, issues like what you just mentioned. i think the interactions or trade influence is normal. it is going to be conducive to a peaceful and stable relation. we will consider the negotiations and trade issues. in order for people to understand, that the negotiations or engagement between the two sides is conducive with taiwan's economic development are conducive to peaceful development, we need to handle it in a more transparent way. we also need to have some guiding principles to govern the

negotiations between the two sides. i am sure you remember what 2014.ed in march of i think the people reacted to the negotiations or agreement, not because of the agreement per se, but way -- but the way it was handled. therefore, we need to consider process with as background that we need to handle it in a transparent way. i think the agreement oversight necessary fortely us to conduct negotiations with china with the rules set up by the oversight bill. up oversight bill will set rules and ways for us to conduct haveiations, and it should

much less problems in making trustworthy. , we domodity agreement not oppose this negotiation between taiwan and china. what is needed now is to have the oversight bill to govern the remaining negotiations. we also agree that setting up representative offices will signify the normalization of the relations. this, but opposed to there is data we need to be more attuned to. there has to be no political

preconceptions in the agreement. we should have the right to comprehensive legislation. rights toto have the visit their citizens in a comprehensive way. there are numerous examples of representative offices setting withoutttings recognition. content can be learned in setting up representative offices in between taiwan and china. >> let me ask you a question that you did not address in your speech. energy the future profile of taiwan. during the campaign, the kmt criticized the position of the dpp to create a nuclear free

homeland in 10 one by 2025 -- taiwan in 2025. the idea is to shut this down in a short. time and create a new green industry, but also promote biogas. this is being done by the current administration. there is unlikely to be any height in -- hike in electricity prices or shortage of industry -- energy. both would be concerns and that increases emissions at a time when the world is trying to reduce these emissions and mitigate the effects of global warming. can you speak to that issue? >> that is indeed an issue that

was debated and taiwan's presidential election. the nuclear free homeland, eric chu, the other candidate advocates a nuclear free homeland. we had the idea for a long time. the reason for us to have a nuclear free homeland is because of taiwan's conditions. nuclear plants are already in operation. they are located very close to fault lines. maykind of major shifts risk the safety of the power plants. another factor that we had recognized is that we have no ability, no technology to deal

with spent fuel. we do not know how to deal with the spent fuel, those nuclear power plants may be beforeto come to a halt expiration comes. if we do not deal with the spent fuel or the nuclear waste, we have no right to continue to build a nuclear power plant. some people are talking about shifting the spent fuel or reprocessing it. this is expensive. in the end, we have to bring the spent fuel up for storage. this is not a viable option for taiwan. those nuclear power plants are close to the population center. thinking about this possible disaster, real disaster to

taiwan, if this happens with the willar power plants, this be a tragedy. we need to look at taiwan's natural resources that are free. we are the number one producer of solar panels in the world. we ship them to germany and other places in europe. there are quite a few industries that are using solar energy for their income. have solar, they industry.the fishing they do not do fishing, but they can make money off of power generation. there are other agricultural factors.

have two incomes, one out of electrical generation and one out of agricultural processes. i think we can continue to expand this type of operation. we did a calculation and by the year 2025, we can have 20% of our energy needs coming from our region. to getould be sufficient us out of the nuclear power plants. creation will be very important for taiwan. headquarters, we have led lighting. should, but they package to encourage consumers

to use led lighting and we can save one or two nuclear power plants. i think we are in a good position, and what the chairperson said about the it is noty crisis, only going to affect regular consumers, but big businesses. we would encourage them to adopt is reusable and not use it at the peak hour. >> thank you. very comprehensive. let's turn to a more sensitive subject. you talked about the goal of reconciliation. the question is, what is the process by which the dpp envisions that that reconciliation will be achieved?

i talked to many scholars from the mainland who have put forward some suggestions and reassurances that they would like to hear from the doctor. i have not heard too much about the reassurances they are offering, but hopefully this would be an interactive process. of course, it takes two to tango. some of the things that mainland scholars have suggested is that the previousing leaders inauguration speech of a promise not to pursue

independence during the term in office. there continues to be interest in the mainland in this idea that has been foot -- put forward previously about freezing the independence platform of 1991, which is something the doctor has not taken a position on publicly. i am curious what you would say is the reassurance she could offer. what are the reassurances you would like from the mainland? what role, if any, would you envision the united states can play in facilitating this process? >> this is a good question. this is a difficult question for us to deal with. i think in order for us to build mutual trust between taiwan and

china, it has to be a step-by-step process. every time we try to signify following the status quo, following the principle, it has already said a lot. that would mean some of the things that many people would describe as changing the status quo, would be adopted by the upcoming dpp administration. that thefew things chinese side must receive in a clear way. basedl pursue the policy on the constitutional order. this is based on negotiations and exchanges between the two sides for more than 20 years. that is going to be the basis for us to move forward.

these will be steps for reassurances. the issue about the taiwan independence platform has been restated again and again. the dpp position has been evolving gradually. in 1999, the dpp adopted a resolution that recognized the status quo, the taiwan was already independent. i am sure the chinese know that. the resolution position was reiterated by the dpp again in the 2014 china policy review. that view was adopted. notnewest position is taiwan-independent platform, and i am sure the chinese side know it.

i think the scholars show that as well. in order for the two sides to move up, we have tried very hard to accommodate the chinese ideas in order for the negotiations to move on. it is also necessary for the chinese side to move forward as well. during the campaign. , we noticed the chinese side being reserved in statements and actions. i think that is a positive step forward. i am sure there will be more opportunities for us to send goodwill to the chinese side. i hope the chinese side can respond in a reciprocal manner so the negotiations can move on. the trust will be built step-by-step. important.nsensus is

i hope i do not have to read it again, but it is very and it has been stated during the campaign. realizese chinese side the goodwill coming from the dpp side. start, especially when the dpp comes into office this year. >> you keep calling her the chairperson, but she is now president elect. >> thank you for the reminder. >> let me ask you a question the south china sea, which is on the minds of many people. we expect to have a ruling on the tribunal on the conventional law of the sea.

position, which was issued after the award that was released a few months ago, regarding the tribunal release.ional i would be interested in how the dpp views the issue going forward of this case. she has talked about adhering to international law. there also have been discussions bind that wasinal created by the republic of china in 1947 when it was in power on the mainland. i think there has been a desire by other countries that the

line ben behind that clarified. there has not been a total opening of the archives in taiwan. i think this is something where tensions have continued to rise. i wonder if she has thought through what changes in the position she might have and how she might approach this. >> i appreciate you asking this question. this is a controversial issue in the region and the issue has been debated during the campaign. one side claims we are ready to give up the south china sea. we will not give up anything over the south china sea. ofer all, we are in control

island.ral to man ourtinue position. we say it in a clear way, any kind of claim must be based on u.n. law. that position will not change. this will not change even based on the tribunal. we support freedom of passage, freedom of navigation. actions inrovocative the south china sea. positionsour basic and we will stick to these basic positions. court,he international that is something we will talk about.

we will follow the international law, and therefore, the results of the international court should have an effect on international law. people, for us to accept the results of the international court is important. administration of foreign officials came out -- foreign affairs came out to say we do not accept the result of the international court decision. i can feel this is coming out of some painful calculation, painful discussions. after all, taiwan is now part of the international court

administration. course,did during the we encourage the community to have its voice heard in the process. it is not right to make a position on something where taiwan's voice cannot be heard. archives orto the the results of the documentation to become public, that is something that is interesting. we started some discussion about that, but we have not had the conclusion. whatever decision we will take, with regard to the south china sea, we must take into consideration reactions from all

corners, including our friends in southeast asia, our friends in washington dc and the reaction from beijing. we need to be cautious in doing this type of thing. we will do this only after very careful consultations. we do not want to rule out the possibilities of opening up the archives for international review. >> we are going to open up the floor to questions. say, in addition to the video being online, we will have the full text of joseph's speech, which was a little longer than what he gave today. that will be the authoritative one. that will be there for your reference. we will be bringing over microphones. please, identify yourself and ask a question. i will ask that the first question not come from a journalist, if that is ok.

i promise, i will open up the floor to journalists, but i want to give non-journalist and opportunity to ask a question. over there, yes, this young lady who has her hand raised. >> thank you very much. i am from the brookings institution. i would like to push further on the issue of the south china sea are. in particular, a commentary you wrote. you said taiwan should define its territorial gain in the south china sea based on its actual ownership of the island. i wonder if that statement was meant to signal changes in the south china sea policy? first one, taiwan will be confining its claims to the thend, as opposed to all of

lands of the south china sea. the current officials position in the south china sea of taiwan is that it has claims to all of the features. that is the first part. the second signal i am wondering if you meant to make, is whether taiwan what come out more clearly to clarify its bonnieons, and i think was alluding to that earlier. i do not know if you touched on that as specifically as you could. you need to clarify what you meant by your 2014 statement. thank you very much. should i go into that? >> yes. >> i am sorry if i did not make it clear with regard to my

position of the south china sea. we did not give up our claims for the south china sea. that is what i stated earlier. however, i did mention that any claim must be based on international law, especially the u.n. convention. to the line, i would not say we would give it up. that if the -- the island needs to be based on international law. debate,still subject to internationally. we have not given up that position, ok? i hope that is clear. our claim is not solely based on the occupation of the islands.

courtr, the international , whatever it is ruling, should be the basis for our claim as well. i think, as bonnie mentioned earlier, there are historical .aterials and archives that should be helpful in deciding whether taiwan still has the island or not. let me go back to my original statement one more time. anykind of claim, sovereignty claim any south china sea should be based on international law or the u.n. convention. that is the most important foundation for all

involved. bonnie s. glaser: next question, please. gomez: hello, my name is eric gomez, during the election campaigns, parties tend to make a lot of promises that might not be filled for whatever reason. taiwan, orring if whatever administration is faced with situations where it had to walk back some of its campaign promises, which policy positions do you think will get walked back, and why? [laughter] >> i didn't hear. bonnie s. glaser: which policies will you walk back? do you want to restate.

understand.nt to i am not sure what -- [laughter] , i guess thisre is an under seen circumstance of then -- what parts current administration are most vulnerable to external pressure? clear -- bonnie are there policies, things that the president elect would like to accomplish that you are content -- concerned will be subject to a great deal of pressure, perhaps from constituencies within taiwan, maybe from the dark green side of the party, i think that is the question? envision: i wouldn't

any part of the policy that is subject pressure -- to pressure. taiwan is inside the ttp. as far as i can see, during the course of kingpin, they are unified. other parts ofn the policy, i think the general reddick -- recognition in taiwan is it we need to adopt something. that is different from where presidents have failed. policies, there is a general recognition that we need to live peacefully and stay in stable condition with china, even with those dark green people. they have that general recognition as well. 's the only part of taiwan

political -- the only part of political case is the new force. they might want to exert something that is different from the ttp. the latewe are in majority. it should not be a problem. we are interested in having a consultation with a new party. i don't expect the new party to blocking the ddp -- dpp effort of moderating. the other side might cause a problem, as you can see from my presentation. i refrained from committing -- commenting on the kmt deliberately. however there are problems within the kmt.

kingn predict that the will be -- a not unified kmt might not be in the interest of taiwan. people inside the kmt -- extreme people to try to use political arguments, or do political actions in blocking the dpp effort, that might pose a problem. dpp is thee majority. therefore, we should have no problem pushing through the programs or agenda we want to push through. even with the budget. the defense budget itself will not be a problem. at the same time, the chairperson is also a person of consideration and negotiation. he is very good at consulting with different political forces. when he was serving in the

affairs council, as the vice premier, i would expect the future administration will be in good shape and consulting or negotiating with other political forces in taiwan. the programs that we would like to move forward can move forward. bonnie s. glaser: ok. front. bonnie. you, welcome, dr. wu, congratulations. first off, what do you think of beijing's reaction to the victory so far? useseems to be trying to the spirit of the 92 talks to

serve as the new possible basis to replace the 92 consensus. i would think's from beijing perspective, the key here is not 92, the key here is what to follow. , when china with different interpretations. -- one china with different interpretations. is there any possibility to --lude some kind of chuckled kind of one china -- however it is, in the spirit of the 92 talks. the -- doy -- these you see any prospect at all? thank you. are parts two there to his tricky question. the first part of probably easier to answer. hasing's reaction so far

been measured as being rather reserved. thought --ething we beijing would show restraint. we think that is a first positive step in relations between taiwan and china. and for the 1982 consensus, i think it is still going to be something difficult -- 19 any two consensus, i think it is still going to be something difficult. created consensus was even thet, and negotiations -- they stated in his memoir, there needs to be new negotiations. it will be say that a written statement about that part. i will go back to that part to answer your question. campaignnal day of the

there was an incident that took place that was truly unfortunate. there was a pop singer, dancer, and korea. flag on herne facebook. there was a taiwanese singer and pointed ton china, the authority. her performance was barred in china. that promotes tremendous amounts of emotion in taiwan. i think the most notable expression in china -- in taiwan of that incident, where is the 1992 consensus? where is the different interpretation? i think that is the way that people feel in taiwan. when the incident happened. i think worse than that incident itself was the response.

saying there was political forces in taiwan that wanted to provoke a situation. that was not helpful at all. people reacted in very angry manner in taiwan. some people say that was the final concert router -- contributor to the president-elect's victory. i don't know how much weight that incident has. vulnerable the 1992 consensus, or when china different interpretation is in the eyes of the taiwanese voters. we need to think in a very careful way about what is good for the relations between china and taiwan. in the written part, or when i read earlier, the most important thing to what happened in 1992 is that the sides decided to set aside their differences to move

on for mutual interests. that is the kind of spirit we should follow in the years ahead in the negotiations or contacts between taiwan and the mainland. bonnie s. glaser: chris nelson. chris: thanks. thanks so much, bonnie. congratulations. really exciting event. you are on your brief. at sundayve been night's democratic debate, no problem at all. but you probably would not want to be there. [applause] [laughter] for or fiveing years ago, what steps would be politically possible, and how to finally taiwan

complete a bilateral investment treaty with the u.s. but you have been talking -- that you have been talking to u.s. tr for years and you're still held up on political -- domestic political realities that make it difficult is our japanese friends would say, to push something through. ,o you think now with this new large super majority that you quickhat we will see some action to get the bid and the agricultural interest moving? or is that too hot to handle and that will not be a high priority, given what you have said that taiwan really wants to tcp -- ddp. : thank you for bringing this issue. firm one.has been a

before i getve to , somepposition journalist, some politicians in taiwan describing my visit to washington dc after negotiating for the port issue. my response is i am not a trade official. i am not here to negotiate with any u.s. government official on any issue, especially the port issue. dpprtheless, the participation is one idea that has been agreed upon by major political parties in taiwan. the dpp has already made its commitment to join the tpp. the kmt also made it clear that during the course taiwan should participate. i would say that the

participation is a national consensus. a majority of the political parties -- major political forces in taiwan already say taiwan should pursue tpp participation. the opportunity to participate in the second round of the negotiations. with that, i think we also need to consider those important matters that we need to resolve an order for taiwan to be included in the second round of tpp negotiations. i think most cumbersome, the most troublesome for taiwan will be the complete a catered -- very complicated legal structure in taiwan. it is not welcoming international investments or business. therefore we need to sort out all of the legal infrastructure to make a conference of reform. i think other than an -- that, we need to make an adjustment. it is a difficult adjustment of her bureaucratic practices.

manage and control, that might not be good in the new age of free trade. that is at the same time going to be very difficult for us to overcome. these are the things that we need to handle. if there is going to be any specific sector that is difficult for taiwan to deal with, i think we need to overcome by working on them in a rather than ignoring it. for the agricultural sector, there are two very important elements that we have already promised the people in taiwan. the first element is that we need to make the sector more competitive before there is going to be any opening. for instance, a report is not to be exported because of the foot and mouth disease that is something we need to eradicate for the pork to be exported again these are the kinds of things that we already spoke about

and spoke with the farmers in taiwan -- see that they can be competitive and they can make more profits in the process, i am sure they will see the legalized process as good to them this is one part of our effort vaccines -- ee than free vaccines for foot and mouth disease, we also spoke about insurance. we also spoke about the biogas production for the larger farmers. i think these are the things that would make port industries in taiwan more competitive. we made a part promise to the taiwan people, the food safety issues. proper labeling is a guarantee.

the consumer will fill comfortable about the effort. however, there is no pre-conclusion before any negotiation. that is the way that the chairperson said during the course of campaign. let me try to remember. it's too early. it's too early to have any pre-conclusions. even before the negotiations start. we need to engage in the negotiations to see the final result. these components, the food safety issue, and the productivity and competitiveness of the agriculture sector is -- we alsohat will want to guarantee. bonnie s. glaser: allen?

you.: thank thank you joseph. tpp, do you think that taiwan can join tpp? what do you see standing in the way? joseph wu: this is another difficult issue. how come you all ask very difficult questions? international economic organization organized by the u.s., the participants in the tpp -- many of them have already expressed how much interest was welcome. the u.s. government has expressed welcome to taiwan's interests.

the japanese government has also expressed interest, publicly. there were other members who expressed interest in private. i think taiwan's participation in the negotiations should be welcomed. of course the china decides to block taiwan by urging those --ller numbers of the tpp to it is not going to be very forthcoming in terms of the relations. in the past few years, if we thatto mention one thing the people in taiwan feel not inpy about the way china their relations, it would be the way china blocks international participation. no matter what kind of organization or activity it is. therefore for beijing to say no to china by encouraging smaller

members to say no to taiwan, it will not be conducive to a peaceful, stable, and from the relation between china and taiwan. i don't think that that should be the only way to consider the past two taiwan's overall economic relations with the rest of the world. i think we need to express our intent in a clear way, and start engaging in bilateral discussions with the member states. even if taiwan is not to be included in the tpp participation. there will be very good sets of fta's that are ready for taiwan. of course, tpp participation is something that u.s. government has encouraged taiwan to secret of the patient to. seekfore we -- participation to. therefore we want i to overcome

the issue of china attempting to block taiwan's participation. i also recovered the u.s. government mentioned in china, they were edges didn't working on the tpp. therefore we should not take it as a mutually exclusive way of participating and tpp. -- in tpp. we should look at it as mutually beneficial. there can be more members participating, that should be good. bonnie s. glaser: i might add that from the beginning when the tpp was first conceived, the idea was that would -- it would be open to all aipac numbers. -- members. taiwan is a member. , one ofurn to arthur our visiting fellows from taiwan. over here. arthur: hello, i am from taiwan.

in terms of international stage --t the doctor pointed out thewishes to expand international space should be respected by china or the international community. how exactly is tpp claiming on this issue? joseph wu: this is very important for taiwan. we went through lots of discussions within the dpp. we also worked with the administration friends on this issue. i can outline some of the way we think about our international participation in a moment. let me get back to the tpp. in the concluding provision it also mentions specifically about custom territory. around taiwan is only one.

we see it as a space reserved for taiwan. we are very happy that we seem to have a likelihood to be included in the tpp. since this is near consensus in taiwan, therefore the government should work very hard on that and try to overcome difficulties that we have internally. about our international space or participation, i think what is needed for taiwan is to consider how we can make meaningful contributions so that taiwan can be regarded as a trustworthy partner by the international community. there is actually a lot of things that we could do to help the international community. i am sure the international community remembers what taiwan did when the hiroshima event took place several years ago. we made significant contributions. taiwan's contribution is the

total of the rest of the world. that shows how we can help other countries. this is the kind of spirit that taiwan should build a take heart in the international activities. this is something that china cannot come in and say, no to. other than financial contributions, there are other things taiwan can do. international humanitarian assistance. we will work on that. disaster relief. we can really make some contributions. rescue efforts. seean is quite famous -- we -- since rescue teams to other countries and a speedy manner. unfortunate -- when the nepal earthquake took place, when our rescue went out, it was blocked by china. we will be able to send out rescue teams to the disaster

areas very quickly around the region. this is probably the best way for us to participate in international activities. these kinds of things are humanitarian. these are not political. these kinds of things with health taiwan's friendship with other countries. i would also like to add that this rescue training center in central taiwan -- it started when president chen was in office. now it is in operation. there are rescue teams being trained over there. do is expand the international training programs so we can form an international network of rescue teams. therefore whenever there is a disaster taking place in the area, we can join effort in trying to help those countries or areas.

we made it clear on several occasions -- we also spoke with japanese friends in the future, maybe taiwan and japan can defy it -- together respond to disaster in the region together. i also spoke to friends and taiwan about the joint efforts between taiwan and the u.s. the answer is forthcoming, these are the kinds of things that are not a political gain -- game of that china is playing on taiwan. these are the kinds of things that taiwan can contribute to international society. this is the kind of thing that taiwan can win friendship from the international party. adia, in. glaser: n red over there. nadia: joseph, welcome back. after the election, the u.n. immediately dispatched a deputy secretary to visit beijing, and

also former deputy secretary was to visit taipei. what do you think in the future can play in the crosshair relations. r, isnk the one people hea there a credible indication channel between dpp and chinese government so far that well have an impact about the future? my final question, are you -- whatack to have the is your dream job in the new government? bonnie s. glaser: you will whate i did not ask position you will take in the new government. [laughter] wu: i would address the first question, or maybe the

second first. it is all hypothetical about where i will be. the first priority for all working in the party headquarters now is to make the transition as smooth as possible. inre is no discussion at all the party headquarters about the personal. -- personnel. there is not an answer i can give. that is the question of the least concern to us during this time. therefore, i do not know where i will be. [laughter] question, i think the united states can play a significant role in terms of cross state relations and reconciliations. i think they have been playing that role quite well. for instance, during the course of the campaign i saw u.s. officials work encouraging the chinese aside to speak to the taiwanese aside. -- taiwanese side.

i think the kind of encouragement will be helpful. that can also be a gesture to the taiwan people that pursuing cross state reconciliation will be helpful to taiwan, u.s. relations. these are the kinds of things that we see as very positive. very conducive to the future consultation, or cross state negotiations. needld say that we would the on states to continue to encourage the sides to speak with each other. back,le are back -- far when i was serving as the , one thing i continue to hear from the u.s. is that they encouraged the chinese side to negotiate with taiwan. we had the lunar new year -- tourism negotiations, things like that. we really appreciate the u.s.

encouraging the chinese side to with the taiwan side so that the u.s. can continue to encourage the sides to speak to each other, that would be very good. --ave buried a happy to see i am very happy to see the u.s. playing that role. that is helpful. that is conducive to the feeling that we are not dangling alone dealing with china. that is about,e whether the dpp has a channel to tremendouse are number of exchanges between the science, local officials, legislatures, traveling to china almost all the time. not to mention about the kmt officials that legislators going to china all the time. there are also chinese scholars or officials coming to taiwan all the time.

therefore, the way i understand it is if china wants to understand us, they can always find a way to understand us. they do very good intelligence. therefore, they can understand us very well. if we want to understand them, we can always find a way to understand them as well. therefore, it should not be a problem. i think it is more a problem of whether we can build a trust. when we start taking steps trying to assure the chinese side our good will, we hope that the chinese side can respond by offering some goodwill as well. that is probably the most important in terms of building the trust and between the two sides. bonnie s. glaser: i think we have reached the end of our time. this has really been an outstanding session. i want to thank you so much for coming all the way, right after the elections and giving us your thoughtful insight about why the

such a landslide victory, and what your agenda is going forward. on the back -- on behalf of brookings and cs i.s., thank you again. good luck. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] announcer: coming up tonight on c-span, public and presidential candidate donald trump and their palin. then, deputy national security

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endorsed tuesday evening by former alaskan governor, and 2008 by's presidential nominee, sarah palin. inattended a campaign rally ames, iowa, to make the announcement. this is 50 minutes. ♪ donald trump: wow, what a crowd. you have people outside, but we will go ahead. first of all, congratulations to the iowa state basketball team. [cheers] you guys. what was that all about? i turned on the game, and i said, this shouldn't be that good of a game. at the end i said, who won? that was great.

i want to pay my respects, ben carson, they had a bad accident. some of his staffers were hurt pretty bad. i want to pay my respects to ben, he is a great guy. and his staffers. their prayer for them, ok? we have had an amazing time today. we have been all over iowa, we will be here tomorrow. you're going to get so sick of me. you are going to say, tell him to go. but we have had an incredible time. it started really -- we had a pretty good week. the debates last week, everybody watched the debate. who knew about these debates? i didn't know anything about the debates. it has been fun. it has been interesting. i have been treated so my fairly by the moderate, not 100%, some have been fair, some have been not so fair. the press has not been very fair. look at all of the press pack their, they must think there is a big event. that is like the academy awards.

we have had an amazing -- it has been an amazing experience. it started on june 16 when we came down the escalator. we came down the escalator and i said, let's go, to my wife, who has been so supportive and wonderful. i said let's go. we're going to make america great again. that is what we are going to do. [cheers] it is hard to do this. when you think of it -- i have never done it before. i have never been a politician. think in this -- thank goodness. i have always done jobs and put a lot of people, tens of thousands of people over the years, i have thousands of hispanics who love me. out at that came particular opening, when i opened and said i was going to run for president. , gave up a lot of things including telling our friends at nbc, no more "apprentice." that is hard to do.

when you have a top show, and i had to say i am sorry. they wanted to do it so badly. steve burke came to my office and said come on donald, you are not going to run, do it. i said, i am going to run. i was pretty sure. it really is a tough thing to do. all my life i heard, if you are a successful person, you will never run for president. you will never run for politics. but you will never ever run for president. i have great company. it is tremendous numbers. the presses going to look so closely it was like d-day when we put the papers and. first thing i did, i announced. they said, oh, he will actually do it. , thathen i signed form a is when you sign your life away. i signed that, they said, wehoa, he will never signed the financials. maybe he is not as rich as everyone thinks. you didn't hear a thing about it. were they looking.

almost 100 pages, the biggest report ever filed with the fec had terms of that. it showed a company with so many great assets, very little debt, tremendous cash flow. the way it's supposed to be. it is great. the reason i tell you that is because that is the kind of thinking we need now in the united states. we need that kind of thinking. [cheers] we need that whatever it is. that at 19entality trillion in debt, it will be up to 21 trillion. he saw that horrible budget approved two weeks ago. we went along, a lot of things have happened. the polls came out, which i love. new one came out today, by the way, i will to you now. now that we are out as -- at it. they came out with some brand-new ones, some beauties, i guess the big one is coming out -- i don't know exactly what it is. it has to be pretty good.

i see the response, even with this, all of the people trying to come into the building -- this barn -- nice barn, actually. with all of the people still trying to come and you see what it is. we do have something special in a couple of minutes. to me it is special. it is a person that i think is a spectacular person. so it is very special to me. the polls came out, and some of them, an example, national polls say 38% for donald trump. 20% for say second, i won't mention names. [applause] i am going to be nonconfrontational for a change. 11% -- and then they are all down. some of them are down at 0% and 1%. jeb. has one problem, he loves common core. he wants your kids educated from washington, which is immediately no good.

the second problem is he is very weak on illegal immigration. he said, they come as an act of love. i said, what? they come as an act of love, i think those are two that point. -- bad points. [indiscernible]n.or usa! usa! donald trump: usa! thank you. thank you everyone. thank you very much. we had a big one come out.

go ahead. get them out, please. [applause] yeah, you can take them out, please. never fails. thank you. thank you, darling. maybe you can be quiet a little bit while they take you out. you know i have to be careful, if i am too rough they say, he is too rough. when i am moderate and nice they say, what happened to trump? he is not tough enough. you cannot win with these people. the one good thing is, they always show the crowd. that is the only way they show how big crowds are. get them out. get them out of here. so south carolina just came out.

for trump, 18 for second, 11 for third. 31, 19, 13,ing by and then all down in the dumps. [applause] georgia just came out, 33%. don't forget, that is 33%. it is hard to believe, that is what 14 people, 15 people, i don't know when i took it -- but it was recent, 3%. connecticut, tom brady loves me, sort of like -- and i love tom brady by the way. 9%, to nothing. , greatd just came out 11% to 9%,to 15% to they force -- phase out. you ever hear of a place called iowa? [cheers] i love this. we are doing actually great.

they never reported. -- report it. cnn probably spends millions, they never report their poll. it was 33 for trump, 20 for cruise -- ted cruz. they don't talk about it. cnn is reporting other people's polls. i collect and i say, you are cnn, he spend a fortune on poles, and you do not report your own because i am winning by a lot. they keep reporting other polls. we are doing well. we are doing a lot better than anyone of those grabbers. 34 for trunk, 28 for ted cruz. it is a little close. poll, 31 for trunk, 29 for ted cruz. cnn, 33-20. i think we are doing better. i could do this. i could say, i just want to do well in iowa. i want to win iowa, folks.

i love the people. the evangelicals have been phenomenal. nationwide i am winning with the evangelicals. i don't know if you know that, by a lot. with iowa, i am doing really well with the evangelicals. we are doing really well with the tea party. we are doing well -- you hear the numbers, we are doing well with the numbers. i think we're doing even better than the polls. thing a lot of people say -- they call up and say, are you going to vote for donald trump? he has tough immigration policies. he wants to destroy obamacare and replace it with something a lot better. i am going to do that. [cheers] a lot of people pick up the phone and say different things. they get to the booth and say donald trump is my man. a lot of people say we will do better. we will see. february 1, you have to get the caucus. you have to go out. you have to do it. otherwise we have always did our time. one of the groups in maine, it

was incredible. we were in different places and new england recently and new hampshire was amazing. the people -- it was so cold, despite global warming, wind chill below zero. people were standing outside for hours trying to get in. he had the announcers, will they show up to vote? i don't know much, but i say if people are going to stand in four hours a cold or heat, believe me, they stood in the heat turned the summer and fall, like you would not believe in tennessee, and taxes, 21,000 people -- texas, 21,000 people. no matter where we go. they spend for hours to get in, why would they not vote? will really be --

why would anyone wait for four hours and then not take two minutes to vote. yours is a little more complicated because the caucus system is different. it is an interesting system, but different. here is what i have to say about iowa, very important. you know there is a movement to move i would to the back of the pack. you know that. you will still me -- see me, but not others. i am loyal. to a fault. i give you my word i when. --win. they are not touching iowa. this is an amazing tradition. they are not moving i was back. they are not moving new hampshire either because they are talking about iowa, new hampshire. they are not touching new hampshire. we're going to keep it the way it is. it really is. it is amazing. you are amazing people. all over the country, it is a movement. the people are incredible. they want to make america great again. they are going to do something that is special. please to talk silent majority, i say noisy majority. people are fed up.

i started on june 16. we did well. practically from the beginning. if you remember, we started at nothing. nobody believed i was going to vote. my wife said, you know if you run, you will win. i said, what do you mean? she said people do not believe you will win. i felt like these guys that are senators and governors, i was getting these polls. this -- he goes, jeb again. boy, he is taking a lot of abuse. i told him, you should use the name bush. what is wrong? use the name bush. maybe it isn't working, but it's better than jeb. get rid of the! point, just get rid of your name. i wish him the best. i started, and i started at two

or three, and then i went to six, and then i went to nine. each time the pundits, real geniuses back here -- some of them are sitting back here. george,eniuses like with the little glasses, he looks like a dumb guy without the glasses. each time these geniuses would say, he has reached his auto. he has plateaued at six. then it goes to 11. it is surprising, but he has reached his plateau. and it went to 18, 24, 28, then 32. minute actually went to 42. in reuters we got to 42 and a little above. all of a sudden, you didn't hear about the plateau. i want to plateau at 42. they kept saying, he plateaued, that is all he will get. we have the smartest followers there are number one.

we have the smartest. [applause] and the hardest working people. we have people that love the country more than anybody. they want to take back what has happened. our country is going to hell. we can be nice about it, we can say it nice and soft. our country is going to hell. when you look at this crazy iran deal where we pay $150 billion and they give us five back, but they do not know where the fifth is, and you understand what that means. that is not a good sign. they give us five people, they get seven, and then they get 14 off the interpol list. these are bad dudes. they get 14 plus seven, so they get 21 people. and they have the right to do whatever they want from an enterprise standpoint. right to do oil, whatever they want. what are they also get out of the deal? first of all, they don't need to develop, they can buy them. remember the deal? 24 days.

they have 24 days for inspection. they have self inspection. billion, i said what a great deal that is. and then i said, two weeks ago i started -- i said wait a minute, that is not a good deal. compared to the other deal -- they took over iraq. we gave them iraq. we knocked the hell out of iraq. we decimated their armed forces. for years they would fight. for many years. for decades they would fight, fight, nobody would win. they would rest, and go back to fight. now, we gave them the second largest oil reserves in the world. iraq. we gave it to them. now they are going into yemen. if you look at yemen, take a look, they will get syria, they will get yemen -- trust me a lot of good things would happen if i got in. but let's leave it the way it is, they get syria, they get yemen. they didn't want yemen, but have you seen the border between yemen and saudi arabia? they want saudi arabia.

they will have iraq, iran, yemen, syria, everything. they will be a monster. we created this. with stupid leadership. really stupid leadership. so when i started i said, we have to do something about it. it's nothing i wanted to do, it is something we have to do. i'm representing you, i am not taking money. i'm not like some of these guys getting millions and millions. some people i know, they are nice people. some are bad people. they have no interest in the country. they have interest in their company, or countries that they are representing. and politicians are going to do exactly as they are told by their lobbyist and special interest and donors. me, i am going to do the right thing. i just told the story, when ford moves to mexico, i am going to talk them out of it. when the disco moves their plant to mexico from chicago, i will talk them out of it. believe me, it will be easy.

it will be easy. [applause] i started and i talked about the border. very strong on immigration and illegal immigration. took a lot of heat. you wouldn't even be talking about that subject of a did not bring it up. i talked about isis. what really happened is after paris, we had 130 people killed. by the way, i told you that common core is dead, and second amendment is right this way. we are going to protect the second amendment. we are going to protect the guns. we're going to protect your guns . if in paris and los angeles we had the two maniacs that were married. she came on a fiance permit. wonderful to beyonce -- fiance. she was already radicalized. we have to start using our heads. bad stuff is happening. we have to find out what is going on. we have a president who will not even talk about the term. if you think, he will not even

mention anything to do with what we all know is going on. you cannot solve the problem if you do not talk about it. you have to talk about it. very, very strongly we started talking about that. after paris, and by the way, if we had a couple of you, and you, and we had three or four people in that room in paris where they have the toughest gun laws in the world. you cannot have a gun, unless you have are a bad guy. -- unless you are a bad guy. boom, theyaid boom, killed 130, more -- people were badly wounded. i could take out plenty in this audience, believe me, if they had guns on their waist or ankle, and the bullets with the opposite direction, it would've been a whole different array, folks -- story, folks. very big on second amendment. what happened, all of a sudden, after paris, and to a big extent

come in california -- extent,. in california. told 30 coming in saying people like donald trump more. i went up 11 point. people want strength. just like having the family of john wayne, who is great. i love john wayne, from iowa. but out of nowhere i got the most be the full letter from his daughter, who you just met, who is an incredible woman. she said we would like to it endorse you. john wayne was a strong guy. we need strength. we need strength in this country because we are withering away with political correctness nonsense. nonsense. if you think of it, you cannot say merry christmas anymore. we are going to say merry christmas again. you go to department stores with no christmas displays or signs, merry christmas. even people that are not christian are saying, merry christmas. let us say merry christmas, happy holidays, but people like to see it.

people -- stores do not put it up. we are withering away. we are going in the wrong direction. i said we are going to do this. i had no idea it was going to work this way. at the end you can and should outcome i had no idea i would have 21 point leads. nationally we are upset -- up so much. i want to keep it that way. one thing before i introduce our incredible guest. one thing, i have spent to this point almost nothing. i'm in first place by a lot. i'm nothe story -- bragging, i am just telling the story. they will tell you, almost nothing. i am in first place by some polls have me at 21 point. that is a lot. some people have two. i have a lead of 20. i'm in first place by a lot. jeb has spent $77 million. the reason i bring them up, i wouldn't bring them up, but he spent a fortune on ads against me. you people have all seen it before. i get along with everybody.

i was a world-class businessman, now i am a politician. i hate to tell you. you go with everyone. you want to love everyone, you want them all to love you, unless you are stupid. everyone knows the story. so much money has been spent on me. he spent $79 million. i spent nothing. i am in first by a lot. he is down towards the bottom. i said to myself, it is amazing, wouldn't that be great if this were the country doing this. as an example, education. we are number 28 in the world. we have third world countries ahead of us. education is very important to me. 28 in the world. countries you would not believe are ahead. you wouldn't believe it if you heard the names. we are 28. we are number one in spending per pupil by far. when it be nice if you had like this election process where we spent the least and had the best education?

chinaden and norway and and others are the best. we are nowhere near them. yet we spend far more per pupil. we are going to change that. i told you we are going to get that localized. but we are going to change that. you just watch. i can tell you. [cheers] i will to you this, you cannot educate your children through bureaucrats in washington. that is what happens with common core. over, andarents take i really mean is, because i have seen it. when the parents around those schools, they love those kids and pupils, and even when their kids graduate, they are committed to those schools. they are committed to education. you can do so much better in iowa than they can possibly do telling you what to do in washington. not all of them, but most of them are just interested in, where is my check? how much do i get? let's get the process -- let's

make the process complicated. some of the things your kids are made to study are an outrage. we come -- bring that back locally, it will be great. what happened essentially as i started looking and all of a sudden things changed, people are now looking, they know i will do great with china, i will do great with japan, i will do great with mexico. they are killing us in trade and at the border. we will build the wall. do you know who will pay for it? mexico. they make a fortune. now we are really focused on security. i am honored because i will tell you all of the polls, the cnn polls in particular were they said donald trump is not by a many many, by many percentage point winning on isis, the military, the veterans, we are going to take care of our veterans big-league. big-league. we are really going to take care of the military. it is going to be a big and strong and powerful, and nobody

will miss with us -- mess with us. it will be the cheapest thing we can do, i will tie you that right now. i just want to announce a couple of words about a very special person. this is a person who i have known for a long time. who i have respected for so long. an incredible husband, an incredible emily -- family. somebody that when i heard she was going to endorse me, i was so honored. you have no idea how honored. i would like to bring up, if i might, governor sarah palin. special, special person. thank you. [applause] sarah palin: thank you so much. it's so great to be in iowa, we are here buying out -- thawing out. todd and i are here lending our support to the next great

president of the united states of america, donald trump. mr. trump, you are right, the press box, heads are spinning. fun.is going to be so much are you ready to make america great again? [cheers] we all have a part in this. we all have a responsibility. looking around at all of you. you hard-working iowa families. the farm families. teachers. teamsters. cops. cook's. you rock and rollers. you will wholly rollers. rollers.oly when asked why i would jump into over myy and choose one

friends, i have endorsed a couple others in their races before they decided to run for president. i was to left and right, you were going to get clobbered in the press. beta, chewed up, spit out. -- and i aming, and ?hinking, and you've been thinking that since i was on the stage nominated for vice president. i thought, you budget. i will serve. like you all, i am still standing. have both goneho through the ring there as mr. trump has, makes me respect to even more. but you are here and you are putting your efforts, you are putting your relationships on the line to do the right thing for this country because it you are ready toe