the job done. host: michael pose berry of >> washington journal mugs are available in c-span's new online store. and check outtore the washington journal mugs and seal of the c-span products. -- see all of the c-span products. c-span's campaign 2020 coverage continues as president trump posts a keep america great rally in minneapolis. live tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. c-span.org andn listen wherever you are using the free c-span radio app. before departing for minneapolis, president trump spoke to reporters on the south lawn of the white house.

>> we just completed a negotiation with china which went very well. we are having another one tomorrow. i am meeting with the vice premier at the white house. i think it's going really well. i think it's going really well. we had a very good negotiation with china. they will be speaking a little bit later. they are basically wrapping it up. we are going to see them tomorrow right here. it's going very well. [inaudible] >> who took 900,000?

>> [inaudible] pres. trump: i hope it's not true that joe biden took $900,000. i haven't heard it. i hope it's not true. for the sake of the country, i hope it's not true. i don't know anything about it. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: what? who? >> [inaudible] pres. trump: i know the whistleblower has been very inaccurate. when we released the transcript of the conversation i had with the president of ukraine, who frankly was very good today. they gave a news conference on unrelated things. he said, president trump caved in a perfectly fine manner. there was nothing wrong in any way shape or form. something to that effect. i appreciate that. the president of ukraine, that should be case over. the president of ukraine said

that call was fine. he said it resembled, he remembered it, it was just like the transcript. the transcript is a perfect transcript. there shouldn't be any further questions. the president of ukraine just made that statement. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: i don't know those gentlemen. it's possible i have a picture with them because i have a picture with everybody. i have a picture with everybody here. summit he said there may be a picture or something at a fundraiser or somewhere. i have pictures with everybody. i don't know if there's anybody i don't have pictures with. i don't know them. i don't know about them or what they do. i don't know. maybe they were clients of rudy. you would have to ask him. i don't know. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: no. >> [inaudible]

pres. trump: i don't know how you could impeach on a conversation with the president of a country, in this case ukraine, which was a perfect conversation. the president of ukraine just said there was no pressure put on him whatsoever. we had an absolutely perfect conversation. that, maybe less importantly, we have a transcript of the conversation. fortunately, it's perfect. i think it's very unfair to heads of countries when they think every time they make a conversation, with the president of the united states, it will be all over the world. that's very unfair. in the case of what we are talking about, we released a perfect conversation. the president of ukraine just confirmed that. that should be case over.

i will say this. adam schiff took the conversation before he saw it and fabricated a conversation. to me, that is criminal. what he did is criminal. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: i just don't think you are running a country, i just don't think that you can have all of these people testifying about every conversation you had. in this case, we have a transcript. i've given it almost immediately. full transparency. nobody has been more transparent than me. you have the transcript. in this case, you also have the president of ukraine confirming that it was absolutely a perfect conversation. the democrats have committed crimes because they made up the conversations.

the whistleblower was wrong. i don't think people should be allowed -- you have to run a country. you shouldn't be allowed to do that. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: i can't hear. >> [inaudible] >> [inaudible] pres. trump: you are talking about in u.k.? they are in the process of being spoken to. we are working that -- on that. i had a good conversation yesterday with boris johnson. we talking about diplomatic immunity. it's a very interesting situation. we are trying to work something out. we will try to work something out. i think we will be able to. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: how many people can they talk to?

.e had a simple conversation everybody knows what the conversation was. i gave it immediately when i heard about it. the whistleblower, who seems to be a democrat that is involved with a lot of people, gave a full -- false interpretation of the conversation. we have the conversation. the president of ukraine just said, just now, that the conversation was absolutely perfect. no problem. it was a very good conversation. i don't know why they would be calling rick perry. i don't know why they would be calling of these people. it's a very bad situation for our country. >> [inaudible] it was reported. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: i hope not. i don't know how he knows these people. what? >> [inaudible] pres. trump: they are clients. he has a lot of clients.

i just don't know. i haven't spoken to rudy about it. heard, they said, we have nothing to do with it. we have nothing to do with it. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: was i what? >> [inaudible] pres. trump: china has to do whatever they want. if they want to look into something, they can look into it. if they don't want to look into it, they don't have to. frankly, if china wants to look into something, i think that's great. if they don't, i think that's great. that's up to china. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: trey gowdy is a terrific guy. is a problem where he can't start for another couple of months because of lobbying rules and regulations.

you will have to ask about that. i just heard he can't start until after january because of the lobbying rules and regulations. so i don't know. but we will have to see. i have not spoken to him. >> [indiscernible] mr. trump: perhaps the last one, i hope. i hope the last one. of the three i hope it is the last one. we have no soldiers in syria. we have won, we beat isis. we have no soldiers. the last thing i want to do is bring thousands and thousands of soldiers in and defeat everybody again. we have already done that. we have two choices, bringing in the military and defeating everybody again or you have the choice of doing strong things to

turkey so they take it easy on competition that is, i don't think it is being fairly traded in. we have a good relationship with -- i hope we can mediate. [indiscernible] mr. trump: turkey knows where i stand and the last thing -- ok, very simple. we had a big victory, we left the area. i don't think the american people want to see us go back in with the military and go back again. we won, we left the area. let's see what happens. we are going to possibly do something very tough with respect to sanctions and other financial things. [indiscernible]

mr. trump: i think we can win. it has been a long time since a republican won. auditorium0,000 seat , essentially madison square garden and it is sold out, over 80,000 people requested tickets. it will be totally sold out. i don't know who is going but it will be sold out. they have a line. line.-- we have a many blocks it is long. i think i can win minnesota. i think omar is helping us win in minnesota and other places. i will see you all, i will see you in minnesota. i will see you in minnesota.

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