thank you. [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. 2019] the president spoke briefly with reporters as he departed the white house for new jersey, again addressing his tweets directed at freshman house democratic women of color, as from the crowd at a recent campaign stop directed at congresswoman ilhan omar of minnesota. he also talked about iran and the robert mueller hearings.

pres. trump: hello, everybody. how are you? very good numbers, economically. the country is doing really well. we expect great things. we have a lot of potential. we are the hottest economy for the last -- quite a bit. tremendoushave

potential for a lot of growth. well, a lott doing of places are not doing well, we are doing very well. i want to let you know. [indiscernible] pres. trump: we have a very close alliance with the u.k. we always have. that.rd the u.s. has very few tankers going in, because we are using our own energy. we have made a lot of progress over the last few years. we don't have very many tankers going in, but we have a lot of warships. we will talk to the u.k. we have no written agreement, but we have an agreement. they have been a great ally. we heard it was one, we heard it was 2. we will be working with the u.k. they will have a prime minister

soon, which is good for itwe have no written agreement. we have an agreement that is long-standing. [indiscernible] pres. trump: if you go back into the 4 congresswomen, the thing they said about our country is terrible. what they said about israel is terrible. i don't know, i can't say for sure. a lot of people say they hate our country. it is a disgrace with a have said. you can't talk that way about the u.s. i think frankly to say that about israel, we does gave the embassy in jerusalem, making

jerusalem the capital of israel. i recognized goal on heights. i have done all of this for israel. omar, i find it hard to believe i hear her put in a sanctions bill against israel and other sanctions.nd when i hear that, you can't talk about our country that way. when people are angry at them, i understand. feudter: this political you are having with congressman omar and the rest of the democrat, is a good politically for you? pres. trump: i don't know if it is good or bad, i don't care. when people are speaking so badly, when they call our country garbage, think of that. that is worse than deplorable. when they call our country garbage, i don't care about

politics, i don't care if it is good or bad. many say it is good, i don't know. i can tell you this, you cannot talk that way about our country. not when i'm the president. i think they have said horrible things. they are anti-semitic. you look at what the statements they made about israel are, it is a disgrace. they have first amendment rights to say what they want about our country, that's what the constitution guarantees. do you see not agreeing with you as the same thing as hating the country? pres. trump: they have first amendment rights, but it does they have first amendment rights, but it does not mean i am happy about them saying bad things about us. we can certainly feel it. we have first amendment rights. we can feel and say what we want. reporter: what do you mean one or two tankers? pres. trump: we are going to be

speaking with the u.k. this only goes to show what i am saying about iran. trouble, nothing but trouble. the ridiculous agreement made by president obama expires in a short time. it was a short-term agreement. when you are dealing in countries, you have to deal in 50 years and 100 years. you don't deal in the short term. that was a ridiculous agreement. it goes to show you i was right it goes to show you i was right about iran. let's see what happens. it is not american ships, it is u.k.. it can be one or two. we will be speaking to them. they have a new prime minister coming soon. that's good for the u.k. saidter: in the past, you america is a laughingstock in the world, you don't believe american exceptionalism. why is it ok for you to criticize america?

pres. trump: i believe everyone is great, but i love our country, and i'm representing our country. people cannot go around speaking about our country and saying garbage. this is the greatest country in the world. we have the strongest military by far. we had a depleted military when i took over. year,nt $716 billion last $7 billion the year before. military.powerful more powerful than before. we have the greatest economy on earth. you can't speak about our country the way those -- they said -- they said say garbage, they say things about israel that is so bad i will not repeat them. they can't get away with that. [indiscernible] pres. trump: these women have

said horrible things about our country and the people of our country. nobody should be able to do that. if they wanted to do that, that's up to them. i can't imagine they will do very well as the polls. if the democrats want to embrace people who hate our country, people that are so far left that no one has ever seen anything like it, if they want to embrace people that are so anti-semitic and anti-israel, that is up to them. but i don't have to do that. and whathat they say they have said is a disgrace to them, the democrats, and our country. 15 years ago i had a call. i did not get along with him. [indiscernible] ago i had a call.

pres. trump: i don't really know. i would have to look into it. reporter: are you in favor of f banning plastic straws. pres. trump: i think we have bigger problems than plastic straws. it is interesting about plastic straws. straw, butlittle what about the plates, the rappers, everything else that is pres. trump:bigger and made of e material? the straws are interesting. everyone focuses on the straws. there are other things to focus on. [indiscernible]

year they had in 27 years, we are having the best year we have ever had. years, we are having the best year we have ever had. we will see what happens. farmers are doing well. i have taken some of the billions of dollars of tariffs that we collect from china, china,s of dollars of billions of dollars of fees in tariffs. i gave it to our farmers. false information, it was fake news. i talk about it, but they did advise me. what you are saying, sake news. -- fake news. rand is a friend of mine. i have 53 very good friends. they are in the senate. i also have a lot of friends, you saw that when they brought a 4diculous vote up and

republicans out of hundreds voted against. i have a lot of great friends. approval rating in the republican party. rand is a friend of mine. he asked to get involved. the answer is yes. if other senators asked, i would probably say yes. we will see what happens. i have many people involved. iran will work out very nicely. iran is showing the colors. iran is in big trouble right now. the economy is crushing. is in big trouble right now. the economy is crushing. it is coming to a crash. they can't pay. a lot of bad things are happening to them. it is very easy to straighten out or for us to make it a lot worse. pres. trump: you know what is

racist to me? when somebody goes out and says of the horrible things about our country, the people of our country, that are anti-semitic, that hate everyone, that speak with sxorcorn and hate. that is a dangerous thing. i can say some words than others. if you look at the statements they made, when they call the people of our country garbage, when they hate israel the way hate israel the way they hate israel, so horrible, to me, that is a disgrace. we should never forget it. we are dealing with people that hate our country. [indiscernible] they had an vote the other day,

a big waste of time. it is a disgrace. no other president should have to go through it. vote was a totally lopsided vote, with many democrats voting in favor. as far as i'm concerned, they already took their impeachment votes, and it was so lopsided, it was a massive victory. at some point, they have to stop playing games. i will not be watching mueller. [indiscernible] reporter: the president ofo zimbabwe says because of the sanctions, it would be hard for them to work with you. pres. trump: we are looking at zimbabwe right now. pres. trump: the first lady

feels very strongly about our country. the first lady thinks it's horrible what they said about israel and what they said about our country. they cannot call our country and people garbage. they cannot be anti-semitic, they cannot talk about evil jews . [indiscernible] week in newsmakers, the chair of the democratic coalition. thank you for being with us. a also have scott wong, congressional reporter with the hill. and kate. let's begin describing for the viewers what the new democrat coalition is. >>