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>> ainsley: good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, august 7th. happy birthday to my big sister. this is "fox & friends." an election day is 90 days away, everyone. so this hour we're going to talk to the republican presidential nominee, former president donald trump. we are going to ask him about the new super liberal progressive democratic ticket as kamala harris chooses a running mate who let minneapolis burn in 2020. >> saw large peaceful protest, a society that does not put equity and inclusion at the center of it, is certainly going to eventually come to the places where we are at. >> brian: so burn it down. right? that's okay? meanwhile, the bad news for progressives, another member of the squad defeated by a pro-israeli democrat. >> steve: oh-oh. sorry, carley. "fox & friends" starts right now. and, remember, mornings are always better with friends. ♪

♪ hey, i heard you were a wild one ♪ oh, oh ♪ >> lawrence: welcome to sturgis. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> ainsley: lawrence, you are like brian. >> lawrence: welcome to "fox & friends." we are live from sturgis. [cheers and applause] >> ainsley: lawrence, you are like brian. he just sits on the horse. [laughter] >> steve: how crazy is that? >> brian: looks good. i like the behind the scenes movement. you going from holster to stool. >> ainsley: to the stool. >> brian: now you are the host guy. >> lawrence: that's right. >> steve: so for the second year in a row lawrence is out at sturgis, the world's largest motorcycle rally. lawrence, people come from all across the country. >> lawrence: that's the great thing about this event. you get to meet people from all across the country, different

perspectives. but i think the one thing that they all agree on is that the country is heading in the wrong direction right now. they are excited to hear from the former president live on "fox & friends" today. but i don't think they like the ticket from the democratic party right now, guys. >> steve: you know, lawrence, i was reading this morning. [boos] >> steve: i think they are booing something else. >> ainsley: the ticket. >> brian: maybe it's ainsley. they are booing ainsley. [laughter] >> steve: the "new york times" has a great story about the vetting process that led to tim walz. and apparently it was on friday or saturday, where they had done focus groups and polls and all sorts of stuff. they looked through all the records. and the vice president was told you could win with either walz or shapiro or mark kelly. any three of them, so she could pick whomever she would want. also, the data showed that shapiro, nor kelly, would bring an advantage to win their home

states, which is extraordinary. and so it all came down to the personal interview. and apparently when mr. shapiro went in, he blew it, for the most part according to the "new york times." it says he was asking about okay, what kind of power will i have as vice president? what will my authority be? whereas when mr. walz came in he pretty much said, you know what? i will do whatever you want. but i need to tell you i have never used a teleprompter before until last night. >> ainsley: i think it was because they agree. they are both so progressive. when it comes to the riots of 2020 he was for them. days and days and days went by before he brought in help, the national guard. his wife said she was opening the windows of their house so that she could smell all the burning businesses because she felt like she could connect -- >> lawrence: what a disgusting thing to say. >> ainsley: kamala was bailing out the people responsible for the riots. when it comes to the illegals, he is for this. he is for giving them free healthcare. kamala says she is for the same

thing. she doesn't want to make them criminals even though they are walking across the border illegally. he said he wanted to invest in a ladder factory so he could give illegals ladders to climb donald trump's wall. neither one of them were for the wall. they just agree on every single progressive issue. that was the chemistry test. she found chemistry with him. >> brian: let's look at what he has done that is on his resume. can you see the prompter there? but, lawrence, you got violent crime surged 30% under a the governor's leadership. >> steve: in the state. >> brian: in the state. in minneapolis the police force shrunk by 40%. nearly 50,000 people left the state between 2020 and 2022. 22% increase in prices in minneapolis from the start of wallis' tenure. and also what he has done in terms of having that surplus, he wanted -- when he a republican legislature at least one body. why don't you return the surplus to the people? he is like no, i'm going to start buying school lunches.

i'm going to start paying for school. and i'm going to decide where that money goes from. and this guy effectively has caused the exodus from his state. like california, more people are leaving than coming, lawrence. >> lawrence: all right, brian, i don't know if you know. this i decided i don't like traveling with prompters. no more prompters for me. just add lib everything. >> ainsley: too much space in the luggage. >> lawrence: that's exactly right. there is not enough space. but to go back on the progressive agenda and to go back to steve's point about some of the reporting, some of the other reporting that came out was part of the reason why mark kelly wasn't picked is because of his position and pushback on joe biden when if comes to immigration. also, some of the push back for shapiro was they did some of the calculations with the voting analysis, and he wasn't doing good with the young voters, as you guys know, those young voters are pro-hamas. so, this is a double down on a

progressive agenda. this means more open borders, more appeasing the pro-hamas caucus side of the democratic party. and this was an opportunity if kamala harris really wanted to go to the middle, she could have. but now the country has a choice. either you want a double down on the biden economy, and open borders and the weakness on the world stage, or you want to go back to four years ago where americans were prospering, our enemies feared us, and we had a closed border, guys. >> steve: well, you know, i saw a drudge headline yesterday that 71% of americans know nothing about mr. walz. so, you know, over the next week or two, you are going to be seeing a lot of tape from the time when he was governor and also when he was in the house of representatives. and whatnot. i mean, the campaign wants to push coach walz, the image of coach walz and all the stuff he did with the kids. it's hard to ignore essentially

what happened on his watch. ticklely we all saw when minneapolis saint paul on fire, after george floyd in the summer of 2020. here he is a couple of days later, and listen to what he blames,. >> we saw large, peaceful protests focusing on the systemic changes that get to the heart of why we are in this situation. and when i say we, minneapolis saint paul, the state of minnesota, nationally and as we have seen over the last 24 hours internationally. a society that does not put equity and inclusion at the center of it is certainly going to eventually come to the places where we are at. >> brian: right, is he also someone. >> lawrence: what a moronic statement. >> brian: during those riots. go ahead. >> lawrence: i mean, he just allowed it to happen. no one is for bad cops. none of us here at sturgis, no one in the country is for that

many people condemn the situation that happened there. but, to just allow protesters to take over a police precinct, to burn half of the city, to allow grandmothers weren't able to pick up their pills at the pharmacy because there was no pharmacy within 30 miles because they burnt it down. all those business owners that have yet to be able to rebuild. i was there reporting there. so i know what happened there. he blocked the national guard. meanwhile, we talk about what his wife was doing, but his daughter was out there protesting with the people, letting them know, listen, there's not going to be any national guard there. there is not going to be any cops out there. she was there and as ainsley correctly noted. kamala harris was bailing out the protesters as well, guys. >> ainsley: i listened to his speech last night it's awesome that he was a coach and took them to the state finals and won. it's awesome that he is feeding children that are hungry. we all love that, right? especially american children.

but, when you look at his record and what he supports, it doesn't mean we're taking that away from him. everyone loves a good coach and what they do for kids. >> lawrence: your dad is a coach. >> ainsley: my dad was a etch do. it doesn't mean because you are a coach you can run the country. when i look at his voting record, there are things on there that are really worrisome to americans. and when he is supporting that illegal immigrants not to do it the right way, to come over and all the hardworking americans, some of them who can't feed their families. some of them who can't afford college for their kids have to take money out of their paychecks to pay for people who came over illegally. we love those individuals. they are god's children, too. but they are not paying into our tax system. >> brian: no offense, we are not hiring a football coach. that would be good if the university of minnesota was looking for a linebacker's coach. that would be something to bring up. why are you running from your record? >> ainsley: why didn't you will bring up your record? >> brian: homicides up 132% between 2018 and 2023. how about when it comes to assaults up 8% between 2019 and

2023. burglaries are down but motor vehicle theft are up 163%. robberies are up. so, in terms of crime, in terms of the cops, in terms of law enforcement, in terms of illegal immigrants, we're going to give them free food, free shelter, free education, and drivers licenses. if you did it, be proud of it. don't run from it. i should not have to lift this up. put that in his prompter and just embrace it. >> steve: so last night we got our first look at him. there is one other tid bit that's really interesting. so he didn't know -- yesterday at this time he did not know he was the pick. and he is at the governor's mansion. and he gets a phone call. and it was apparently a blocked number. didn't answer it. it was the vice president about to offer him the job. so they called back. >> ainsley: that is relatable. we can all relate to that. >> steve: no kidding. she said let's do this together. seven hours after he blocked her

call, they were on stage together in philly. we're going to talk to donald trump he saw the entire event. is he going to be with us live in about 19 minutes. >> ainsley: of course she loves to make her phone calls on camera. >> brian: right. i would say this. she was good on camera yesterday. someone told her to stop smiling and laughing. so she was low key. i thought he was good. very natural. but it's what they stand for. not how they present. so, i know exactly what j.d. vance and donald trump stand for. we're going to talk to him in 10 minutes. but i don't know why they run from what they believe and what they have done. embrace it. don't hide it. because we're all going to have to live it if you win. >> lawrence: shapiro was better. he was better on the stage. so you just got ask yourself the question. >> brian: he was too good. >> lawrence: the guy brought down the house yesterday. he was good. the fact that they did not select him is very telling. why won't you select a superstar within your party? i mean this is great for donald

trump. >> brian: lawrence, van jones anti-semitism was marveled into the democratic party. that was an important statement he made yesterday. >> ainsley: i wonder how shapiro felt in his state and in philly she chose another guy. both got on stage and talking about how wonderful is he and they appreciate his support. what is happening behind the scenes. what's he saying to his wife? i can't believe they come to my state and don't choose me. >> steve: do you know what social media is saying. social media is saying after last night's event they need to get steve martin, who is his topple ganger to be tim walz on. >> brian: really? >> steve: you think so? i said to my wife last night he looks kind of like steve martin does right now. apparently social media they are all going lauren michaels, call twalz, doppelganger, steve martin. more on the pick with donald trump in less than 15 minutes. in the meantime, it looks like the democrats' basement strategy

is back. >> ainsley: yeah. we are 17 days and counting and haven't kamala harris still has not held a press conference or a sitdown interview. and president biden hasn't had a public event since monday. >> brian: a lot of the questions. so we asked griff jenkins to get up early and join us live from the white house. griff, could you answer some of those questions? >> griff: i will try my best. brian, ainsley and steve. harris and walz are out of the gate and running. running against time so much so they said they will sleep plenty when they are dead. it's unclear if they will find any time to do any interviews or press conferences because we are, ainsley, 17 days and counting. harris has avoided the media, as j.d. vance out on the trail is calling out reporters to raise the pressure. >> i think that you guys have got to do a better job at actually forcing kamala harris to answer questions. this is a person who has been a presumptive democrat nominee for 16 days. she hasn't taken a single real question from a reporter. the american people deserve to get to know the people who want

to lead them. and i think it's shameful for kamala harris but increasingly for the media that she is taking a basement strategy. >> meanwhile, president biden seems to have bunk erred down with barely a glimpse here at the white house on monday departing marine one. you see here he avoided reporters' questions as karine jean-pierre tries to give him cover and turn the tables on republican lawmakers. >> where is he? >> well, here's the thing. you have seen the president. he has -- he has been very clear about -- about making sure that we continue to try to de-escalate tensions. we just put out two read-outs. two read-outs today. a read-out yesterday. right now a majority of house republicans want to defund the police by cutting the cops program. >> griff: that last part there she is trying to make the claim that her administration, the biden administration reduced violent crime in the murder rate significantly while blasting republicans but it's an interesting point to makes a so much scrutiny now is on governor

walz's record during 2020 riots. meanwhile, as for a biden sighting, no public events on the schedule. we will have to wait and find out what happens. lawrence, we will send it out to you. >> lawrence: hey, thanks, griff. let's bring, in brother. have you been at every sturgis since '89. i was born in '92. that's before i was born. we have the former president coming up today. what do you want to hear from him? >> i want to hear that he is going to make changes and we can't go through four more years of what we are having now. that's for sure. >> lawrence: thank you so much, brother. i want to talk to my brother here. have you been running this and inviting us every single year. >> yeah. >> lawrence: tell us about this event and why it's important. >> it's an important event because people need to get away. got the nicest people in the world here. everybody needs a break. and it's less expensive to actually come here and have a good time for a couple weeks than it is to stay at home in ohio or florida or some place like that. people say that all the time. you know, you go to the grocery

store. it's tough. >> lawrence: it's very tough. who went to jelly roll last night. [cheers and applause] >> lawrence: and y'all got back up this morning for "fox & friends." [cheers] >> lawrence: we appreciate it. all right, guys, send it back to y'all on the couch. [laughter] >> lawrence: you didn't go sleep? >> no. >> we can sleep when we are dead. >> ainsley: lawrence, didn't you say it's a christian breakfast? >> lawrence: it is a christian breakfast. they serve pancakes every single year. so these are some good christian folks. they went to see jelly roll. some of them didn't even go to bed. they got some prayer, some scripture and some pancakes and "fox & friends." >> steve: they heard jelly roll they might have thought it was a breakfast. [applause] >> brian: is he getting heckled regularly and doesn't care. >> ainsley: jelly roll, motorcycles and jesus. >> brian: right, absolutely. >> ainsley: that's a great breakfast. >> brian: just one of them have face tattoos, that's jelly roll.

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saw large peaceful protests focusing on the systemic changes. >> brian: those were the great days, 2020, right? kamala harris picked a so-called moderate as a running mate. but based on his own words, it looks like she handed progressive as huge victory, and they seem to be celebrating now. let's see why they are celebrating. let's take a look at his track record as governor. first under his leadership in minnesota rolled out state subsidized healthcare for immigrants. free food, shelter and licenses why wouldn't they stay? why wouldn't they come? signed a law making minnesota a sanctuary for children seeking gender affirming care.

so, maybe without even telling their parents, they can go there. it was one scene of parents with a 6-year-old saying this male really wanted to be a female. good luck with that. signing a law making abortion a fundamental right. five infants born alive in 2021 during failed abortions and none were provided life-saving care to get comfort care in their final minute a live. they put lengthy school closures and set up a hotline when everybody tried to open up the schools and pushback on the unions, he kept them closed. he set up a hotline to make sure neighbors could report neighbors if they were breaking any of the protocols. let's bring a man that served with him when he was in the house. majority whip tom emmer from minnesota. congressman, your reaction to the naming of tim walz? >> well, this is a left wing radical, brian, who in just six short years has left minnesota a liberal wasteland. taxes have skyrocketed under his

leadership. you have got violent crime at record highs and minnesota families are worse off. look, the pick is not surprising. the last time kamala and twalz teamed up, they burned down minneapolis. he wouldn't come the national guard out he allowed the violent riots he calls peaceful to go on. she bailed out these criminals to commit more crime. >> this is a losing ticket, brian. donald trump should be very happy that this was the pick. >> brian: congressman, also, when it comes to mining it means a lot to minnesota. you have got the twin medals company got a 20 year ban on all mining. at one minute he wants electric cars and rare earth and wants the batteries but in minnesota, instead of mining responsibly he farmed it out to china which runs things like the congo. how much did a stopping of 20 year ban on strip mining minnesota hurt minnesota? >> is he trying to kill our

northern minnesota way of life. listen, tim walz comes across as affable. he billed taxpayers $8 billion more in new taxes and fees at the same time blowing through $17.5 billion in surplus. he has put the state on a crash course for a deficit. he has put us in a terrible economic situation. and now he is going to be part of the ticket that is going to continue this three and a half years of 20% inflation, people getting crushed at the grocery store and gas pump. brian, this is not a winning ticket. these donald trump and j.d. vance here is your choice. can you either have more inflation. can you have more crime on your streets and illegal immigrants flowing across your southern border. can you have more unrest around the world or go back to donald

trump where he showed us what a prosperous economy looks like. where he showed us what happens when you secure your southern border and you make sure you honor the rule of law and take care of putting -- hold criminals accountable. >> he showed us what peace and stability is around the world. this literal is i is the american first agenda versus america last agenda. that's why trump and vance are going to win in november. >> brian: the big difference is you guys are embracing your agenda and telling the american people vote for me or don't. they are running from their accomplishments and their agenda and it's up to republicans to bring it out. and that's why you are here this morning. congressman tom emmer, thanks so much. >> thanks, brian. >> brian: all right. meanwhile former president donald trump is moments away. is he about to join "fox & friends" to react for the first time about his liberal opponents. they're calling it a super liberal ticket. what does the former president think? we'll talk about it in moments. ♪ stronger and longer-lasting relief

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♪ >> ainsley: this morning, it just may be the most far left agenda in our country's history on a presidential ticket. >> steve: because the democratic ticket is now set, governor tim walz record in minnesota includes everything from tax-funded healthcare for illegals to so-called gender affirming care for minors. just to name a few as we have been naming this morning. >> brian: joining us now for first. >> it v interview his reaction to this ticket and is he fighting against them to have the right to got white house and become the 47th president. let's welcome the 45th president of the united states. g.o.p. presidential nominee president donald trump. mr. president, welcome back. >> thank you very much. >> ainsley: good morning. >> thank you, good morning. >> brian: your reaction to governor tim walz joining kamala harris to go against you and

j.d. vance? >> i would say my reaction is i can't believe it. i never thought this was going to be the one that was picked. i know him a little bit. i helped him very much during the riots because his house was surrounded by people that were waiving an american flag. doesn't sound like very bad people. he called me and he was very concerned, very, very concerned that it was going to get out of control. only had one guard, i guess it was at the mansion or his house in some form. and he called me and i said what do you want me to do about it? i was in the white house. he said if you would put out the word that i'm a good person and i did. i put out the word i said he is a good person. i hope everything is good. everybody put down their flags and took their flags with them. they took their american flags and maga flags and left. it was thousands of people. that was the first time i said wow, that's very interesting. and he called me back and he thanked me very much. that's my only thing i ever had to do with him. is he a very, very liberal man

and is he a shocking pick. and i'm thrilled. i could not be more thrilled. >> ainsley: i mean when they selected him it's really a gift for you. because this election is all about the issues. and all of y'all have records. oven the president. we know where the economy stood. we know what your record is. we know what kamala harris' record is. and we know what his record is and they are extremely progressive. talk about how you are going to handle this on the campaign trail. will you just really hone in on how they voted in the past? >> well, i am. i'm going to be doing that what he is doing, he wants, if you look at his record with no walls, no security, let everybody in, he is worse than they are. you know, nobody knew how radical left she was. but, he is a smarter version of her, if you want to know the truth. is he probably about the same as bernie sanders, is he probably more so than bernie sanders, she is more so than bernie sanders. that's got to be your guy, bernie sanders. that's not great guide. but there has never been a

ticket like this. this is a ticket that would want this country to go communist immediately, if not sooner. we want no security. we want no anything. is he very heavy into transgender. anything transgender he thinks is great. and he is not where the country is on anything. this is a shocking -- let me tell you, this is a shocking pick. i think it's very insulting to jewish people, and i think it's very insulting to people that want security. i think it's very insulting to anything having to do with making america great again. >> steve: mr. president, is it true that your team thought for sure that it was going to be josh shapiro because one reporter who was at a j.d. vance event yesterday and there were fliers printed up talking about how j.d. -- rather how mr. shapiro was a fraud and corrupt and a lying con man and stuff like that. it sounds like you were ready to take on him. >> brian: it sounds like what you would say. >> i'm no big fan of josh

shapiro. >> i know the state pretty well. i think we are leading pretty good in that state. i would have said it would have been a better choice. i would have said others would have been a better choice. interesting, about all of them, except this one is better than her. she is not nearly as good as the people she was looking at. i know them all in one form or another. in fact, there was a poll done. and there were some studies done, she is the worst of the group. and she is the one that is leading it. look at this decision. this is the really bad decision for the country. you know, ultimately, i want the country to have good decisions because ultimately what we want is for the country to do well. the country can't do well with these two people. they are very similar. you would have thought she would have reached out and got somebody that got some -- because her record on security is horrible. she was a border czar. which she doesn't admit it now. you know, the only thing they have going is the media will play off all of the bad things, bad things that happen during

her term. she was so bad that five weeks ago they wanted to remove her because she was unthinkable to be president. they were going to go with anyone. and then they were afraid that they would offend people if they did that. and all of a sudden inch by inch. and then she ends up taking over. now the same press, that thought she was the worst vice president in history, which is true, going along with the worst president in history. and he went down after the debate and there was nothing much they could do. they tried to come back. then they brought her in and everybody said it will never be her she is so bad. she is incompetent. and after they studied it a little bit they realized it's not going to be so easy to do so they say well, look, the presipressis going to do whatev. the media, outside of you people, of course, but the media is so -- they are drying to build her up to the next margaret thatcher, liberal version. and i don't believe it's going to happen.

i hear she s. hasn't taken one interview. she would never do an interview like this. that i can -- with any network. she doesn't could interviews because she can't answer questions. i don't know how she debates. i heard she is sort of a nasty person. but, not a good debater. but we'll see because we'll be debating her, i guess, in the pretty near future. it's going to be announced fairly soon. we will be debating her. i would like to see it on fox by the way. i would like to see it my preference would be fox but we have debate wherever we can debate. >> steve: are you working stuff out behind the scenes because we haven't heard about it yet. >> no. can i tell you every network loves me very much right now. they love me very much. i have never been loved by cbs and cbs fake news. abc fake news. and nbc. they are all in love with me now i say yes because it's up to me, obviously, also. the most important thing is we get to debate. i think debates are very

important. i think she will be exposed just like biden was exposed. nobody knew biden was that bad. and then he was exposed during the debate. and they tried to have a series of comebacks after that. and they didn't work out too well. and they viciously overthrew him. he was overthrown using every trick in the book they over threw him. it was pretty amazing to watch. >> brian: just to close this up. you are in litigation with george stephanopoulos on abc. >> and winning. >> brian: the judge said it's going to go forward. so how could you go on abc, especially if he is going to be one of the moderators? >> well, you could use that as an excuse. i could use that i have said that is there a conflict? there might be. george slop dadopolis. they have got problems. david muir is going to be the host in that case. you have all the hosts are pretty much named.

and you have bret and martha, and they are great. and i would love to see it on fox but, you know it, takes two to tango. >> brian: maybe you get two dough baits. >> look, she doesn't want to debate. she says i want to de dei don't want to debate but i do want to debate. i accepted jake tapper and everything. i accepted everything. let's stand up. they wanted to sit down at a desk. i said that's not going to look so great. but i accepted everything. and, you know, pretty much that's the way i do it right now because i want to debate her. i think it's important for the country that dewe debate. now, where it is, you know, i'm all for fox. i would like to see it on fox. i think fox would do a really good job but two people have to agree. >> ainsley: all right. mr. president, let's talk about some of the issues. mr. walz, governor walz said this about you, that you don't understand kitchen table issues. listen. >> donald trump is not fighting

for you or your family. >> you are. >> he never -- he never set at that kitchen table like the one i grew up at, one wondering how we were going to play the bills. he set at his country club in mar-a-lago wondering how he could cut taxes for his rich friends? >> ainsley: mr. president, what's your response to is that? >> i think it's just the opposite. if you see the vote, those people are all voting for me, the people that he is talking about with the kitchen table and i was not always sitting at mar-a-lago either. i was sitting at lots of other places and built unbelievable businesses. one of the greatest businesses. i belt a business that is phenomenal. that's been really determined now how good it is. you know, i could have a very simple life and a very good life and continue to do what i love. i love business and i love creating jobs. that's what we are doing. we will be creating jobs at a level that you have never seen before. if you look at our administration, the most successful administration from the economy standpoint there ever was. there has never been any

administration that was even close numberswise. and by the way they had inflation the level which our country probably has never seen. you know, they say you go back 72 years. i think we probably never have seen inflation like that. and it's killing -- the same people that he is talking about, it's killing. inflation has destroyed their administration and they have no idea what to do about it. it's getting worse. and you had a crash the other day of over 1,000 points. it's a very bad situation that we're going. in we could end up in a depression if these people are reelected. >> brian: let's talk about anti-semitism. van jones had an interesting thing to say about anti-semitism. he says this on cnn. it's just because he is a moderate. they are talking about shapiro not getting the job. is there some anti-jewish bias there? he goes you also have anti-semitism that's gotten marveled into this party. you can't be for the palestinians without being anti-jewish bigots there are

some anti-jewish bigots out there some disquite now. how much this pick i guess is he saying caving into the anti-jewishness. anti-semitism that's marveled into the party. do you think that's marveled into the party? because if i can bring in something else that's new. siena did a poll. they asked new york -- jewish new yorkers if the election was today who you would vote for. and for the first time maybe ever since ronald reagan, you have a 1 point lead over kamala harris among jewish voters in new york? your reaction do van jones and that poll? >> well, we are going to t try o win new york and we are very close to doing it. and to probably that's another reason i was somewhat surprised. i think that any jewish person who votes for a democrat or in this case these people, but who votes for a democrat should have their head examined. they are so bad, if you look they are so bad to jewish people

what they have done and the way they talk and their policy and everything else, far beyond just what happened because everyone thought it was going to be shapiro. it turned out not to be shapiro. i have very little downtown that it was, you know, not for the reason we are talking about. it was because of the fact that he is jewish. and they think going to offend somebody else. and you wouldn't feel very comfortable if you are in israel right now with this team. this is the worst team ever assembled for a jewish person or for israel. either one. the worst team ever assembled. this is a team that will not be there. and i think i'm going to get a tremendous amount of jewish votes. i think i was doing fine there. but i think it's a big difference. traditionally, jewish people vote for democrats. but, you know, we won -- last time we won miami, we won areas that nobody has ever won before with jewish people. but, when he didn't pick shapiro, and i don't think shapiro was the second best person or the third. i think there were other people better than him.

i know them all. and, you know, so but i was shocked when it came into the final two that he didn't pick shapiro. i was very surprised. >> steve: mr. president, here, another soundbite of the current vice president talking about, you know, on her watch with joe biden things are just absolutely great, right? watch. >> in pennsylvania, we fight for a future with affordable housing. affordable healthcare. affordable child care. paid leave. we fight for a future where we wring down prices that are still too high and lower the cost of living for america's families. >> steve: you know, she was -- she is co-pilot to joe biden. so while inflation and prices have been through the roof during their administration now. she is trying to put on a happy face about how we are going to turn it all around. mr. president, i'm sure you have seen over the last week or so

her team has been leaking to the "new york times," you know, all those things we used to stand for. we're not for them anymore because we have adopted all new policies. that's probably one of the reasons why she has not appeared on television. and so she is trying to appear more moderate to appeal to people in the middle, and she is getting away with it. the honeymoon for kamala harris, it must drive you crazy because she -- it's still going on. >> it does. and there is only one thing because she is just talking about pennsylvania. no fracking. that means your energy prices are going to go through the roof. that means pennsylvania is going to lose half a million jobs. more important than the half a million jobs. they are going to lose tremendous streams of money. she wants no fracking. and she wants no fracking. she is trying to say now that she wants -- she has gone through every single thing that was a horror show. and she disavows it now. she disavows the no fracking. if she does no fracking and she

will 100 percent do it, one thing i have learned about politicians, and you people knew it maybe before me, but i have known it for a long time, their first thought is the thought that they end up doing. she is for no fracking. she is for defund the police. you know, she was the original defunder of the police. she was the original no cash bail. cashless bail, which has caused havoc. and look at how she has destroyed san francisco san francisco. she started it out as the d.a. in san francisco, with policies that were so bad, it's a crime ridden place. it went to the greatest city in america. it's a crime ridden place right now. it's not livable. you can't even live there and then she went to attorney general. she has destroyed calvary. her and new scum have destroyed, absolutely destroyed california. and what a shame, what a beautiful place it was. but it's not beautiful anymore. she cannot get away because if she does this to america, every one of us are going to even be leaving or we are going to be

living like -- we are going to be living like. our whole system is going to collapse. even the talk about her has driven the stock market down. when the stock market goes down -- when you see it go down, that's because she gets a decent poll number. she gets bounces in her poll, the market goes down. the stock market will collapse like in 1929 if they are elected. >> ainsley: we know people are pulling a lot of their money out. if you looked at your 4001 k on monday you were in tears. you put on social media trump cash vs. kamala crash. and analysts are warning even though there was a turn around yesterday. the rebound doesn't mean the market meltdown is over. when we go out to the diners, mr. president. this is the number one issue, the economy, inflation, how it's effecting us. people can't retire right now because they are losing their money. the other issue is the border. you have tim walz who said that if you build this wall that's 2r factory where he sells ladders or gives ladders to the illegal immigrants that are 30 feet so

they can climb the wall. he wants to pay for illegals healthcare just like kamala harris does. their tuition and give them driver's license. he actually signed that into legislation in his state. and he supports to make minnesota a sanctuary state. so, talk about. >> brian: it is. >> ainsley: it is now. talk about the economy, what you are going to do for the economy and what you are going to do for the border. >> the first thing we're going to do is drill baby drill. and then number two, i can do lots of things on the first day, it's not one thing or two things or four things. we are going to go lots of things on the first day. we're going to close up the border. let people come in. they have to come in legally. i built 571 miles of wall. we built much more than i said i was going to build. i was then going to add 200. we were 200 miles -- we were 300 literally we were just right there. we could have had another 200 -- almost 300 miles of wall. and they have decided not to put it up. i had it made. >> brian: you paid for it. >> brian, they sold it for nothing. they sold it for 50% of the

cost. it's very expensive. that wall is exactly what border patrol wanted. wasn't my preference. i had the most gorgeous wall have you ever seen. but they had to have steel, concrete and rebar. and that's what it is. inside that steel is concrete. inside that is rebar. they needed a certain wall, high tech. it's very high tech. it's all wired for cameras, for everything. they sold it for 5% of the cost of building it. and all they had to do was flip it. all they had to do -- it was all in place. we would have had 200 miles additionally. the wall would have been unbelievable. and by the way walls work. you have heard me say two things work. everything is obsolete but two things work. walls and wheels. they will never change. walls and wheels. everything else is obsolete. >> brian: we know you dodged assassination attempt and still look at the foot damage and can't belief so thankful. the whole country is even if he they're not voting for.

member khan 46 years old. in new york city, pakistani family and ter'ran family looks like he was trying to meet with hit man thankfully the if fbi infiltrated to is aassassinate you. your thoughts about this devious thought. >> i will tell you, this i'm in a dangerous business. being president is a dangerous thing and especially when you are an active president. when you are somebody who wants to make our country secure. when you tonight build a strong military. we built -- i rebuilt our entire military. we gave a lot of it away to afghanistan which is like shocking. by the way, the afghanistan, when we showed that gross incompetence in afghanistan, i was getting out. we were getting out with tremendous dignity and strength. we were the boss. we were to keep bagram. if you remember keep bagram because it's literally one hour from one china makes its nuclear weapons. they gave bagram and china has now assumed control of bagram

and nobody wants to tell you that we're going to keep bagram. but the afghanistan move was so bad -- i think it was the lowest point in the history of our country. it was an embarrassment. the first time in the history of our country in terms of that. and we gave that up. it was like most horrible thing and that gave putin the feeling that wow, these people are i object competent. i can go into ukraine. and frankly as you know under me iran was broke. there was no hamas threat. there was no hezbollah threat. >> brian: and, mr. president, also kamala harris was the last one in the room when joe biden signed off on that. meanwhile, one of your favorite people lawrence jones is live in sturgis. >> that's good. thank you. >> brian: you have people that have questions for you. >> i love that. >> lawrence: mr. president. >> hi, lawrence. i'm doing good. >> lawrence: say hello. [cheers and applause] >> lawrence: so the people have some questions for you, mr. president. >> thank you. >> lawrence: he was talking about he has his daughter, his

grandchildren now living with him, and he -- you're concerned about the economy. what is your question for the former president? >> so, mr. president, i appreciate you giving our time out here. >> thank you. >> one of the big concerns is what are you going to do about bringing down the rant and things like that in the economy. because out of 8 children that i'm a father and step-father, to five of them are struggling and i'm giving them part of my income on a regular basis. how are you going to make the economy not just, you know, the food and electricity, but bring down the rent prices, the housing prices so that these kids can survive without their parents' help? >> lawrence: such a good question. mr. president? >> you are right. i hear it very well. i will tell you i love the people you are with i must have at least 99, perhaps 100 percent of all of them. i think they are incredible. we are going to drill baby drill. we are going to bring down the

cost of energy. energy is what caused the worst inflation, i think, in the history of our country. food prices are up 50%. sometimes more. you look at bacon. bacon has quadrupled. you can't order bacon or anything. we are living horribly. the worst inflation we probably had in our country, and it started because of energy. we're going to drill baby drill. and then we are going to have china and all of these countries that were treating us good when i was there toward that -- i mean, it took me a long time to get them to behave properly. all of these countries are going to, again, stop like four years ago i could ask you -- you were in great shape. had you low energy costs. you had low food costs. everything was good. you could buy a house. you had low interest rates. 2% interest rates. you had gasoline at a 1.87. now it's $5. and by the way going up and going up very substantially. you had gasoline at 1.87 a gallon. nobody talks about that anymore.

nobody can believe it's going to happen. it's going to happen again. we have got to get the energy prices down and everything else is going to be tumbling down with it, the prices. because, what biden has done to the economy is so horrible. and what he has done to inflation in our country is just very destructive. >> lawrence: mr. president perfect segway. >> we will do it for you. >> lawrence: it's the perfect transition, mr. president. i met linda at the airport yesterday i talked to her and i said what is the number one concern? she is concerned about kamala harris and her energy policy. what is your question for the former president? >> mr. president, what can we do. >> hi. >> to achieve a permanent, long-term energy solution to keep us energy independent? >> lawrence: such a great question. mr. president? >> it's a great question. it's such an important question. and, look, we're run by people that are not smart people. okay? not smart people. we have more liquid gold, you have heard me say this a million times under our feet than any other country, russia, saudi

arabia, you can add them all up. we have more than anybody. we were energy independent four years ago and now we're begging venezuela for oil. venezuela. they don't even have oil. they have tar. you have to take tar and you have to refine it. it's a terrible process. we have the best, the most beautiful, the best highest quality oil under our feet. texas and numerous other places. we have the best stuff. we don't use it because biden -- he takes about the environment. you know, it's amazing they talk about the environment and yet, we refined the venezuelan tar we refine be it and questions up into our air. done and used in the only plant that can do it. we are going to bring the energy costs down. everything else is going to be tumbling. and we don't need energy from any other country. we have -- and we have to fill up the strategic reserves again. it's down -- it's the lowest number it's ever been. he is using the strategic reserves which is meant for military, which is meant for war

and very important things. is he using it to try and keep gasoline prices down. and we can't allow that to happen. we have to fill up the strategic -- i was filling that up at levels that they have never seen before. we have to fill up the strategic reserves immediately. we can't let people use that to fill a car. we will have the energy prices to a point where they are as low or lower than they were four years ago. but, remember, i had you down to 1.87 a gallon and that was beautiful. they were good times. thank you. >> lawrence: mr. president, it was a good dime. i drive a big truck so i remember that got one last question for you. a lot of folks here talking about social security and this gentleman has a question on that point. >> yeah. mr. president, a lot of seniors their only income is social security. last year they had adjustable income of 1.2%. meanwhile, inflation was probably 7% or higher. how about making it mandatory whatever inflation is that that would be the income for the

social security instead of 1.2% pathetic adjustment? >> lawrence: mr. president? >> i got it. a great question. we can do a lot of things to help the people. people on social security are being killed. and one of the things that i'm doing is no tax for seniors on social security. i will get it done quickly. no tax for seniors on social security. and for all you waiters and wait dresses and everybody else out there, drivers, we're not going to have any tax on tips. no tax on tips. remember that no tax on tips. but we're going to have no tax for seniors on social security. and they are ruining -- they are going to destroy social security. because millions of people coming on to our country and they are putting them on social security. they are putting them on medicare. they are putting them -- all of our things. they are destroying it. they are destroying social security. we're going to make -- and, remember, i was there for four years. i didn't raise the age.

they wanted to raise the age. they wanted lots of things. i said no way. we left social security the way it was. well, now we're doing no tax for seniors. you deserve that. we have plenty of other things. we have -- i told you about liquid gold. we have more than anybody else. we don't have to do it. we don't have to hurt people on social security. so, we are going to do no tax on -- if a senior is on social security, and, also, no tax on tips for the waiters that are standing right next to you. >> laura: so, mr. president, i'm going to send it back to the couch but the people here are going to kill me if i don't ask you. they want to know will president trump be at the next sturgis right here to be with the people. [cheers] >> are you ready? i love sturgis. i love it. i love it. and i love that state. and that state we win by so much. the answer is absolutely yes. [cheers and applause] >> i will be there. absolutely yes. [cheers] >> lawrence: thank you, mr. presiden