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>> steve: it is 8:00 here in new york city, live from new york, it is "fox and friends" for this friday, october 18th, 2024. this is a very special and memorable day for us all here at "fox and friends." thank you for joining. >> ainsley: in a few minutes, former president donald trump will join us here on the curvy couch. we'll sit him in the middle of us for a range of questions, including your viewer questions. >> lawrence: it will be must-see tv, don't miss a minute it. >> brian: right, biggest

question, will ainsley leave the heater on for him. >> ainsley: i'll turn it off, only for him, not for you. >> brian: i'm personally orheating. >> ainsley: tell us what you are seeing. you were there last night. >> brian: after last night's big al smith dinner. been 79 dinners. former president got a lot of laughs and could be 18 days from being next president, as did jim gafaganshs, he made fun of me. >> be honest, this entire room is filled with the most powerful people of new york city and brian kilmeade. remember, brian, i told you. brian and i started doing stand-up together, we're friends, hopefully. >> steve: were you -- >> brian: what am i doing? >> lawrence: did you anticipate this? >> brian: he told me he was

going to mention he in the open. i couldn't figure it he was serious or not. he was nervous about doing it, he's been in biggest arenas and stadiums. >> brian: did you hear joe rogan, that is basically like therapy. you knew everything jim gafagafagan stood for. a lot of reason why donald trump got a lot of traction again. >> steve: it is a festive, fun

night here in the heart of midtown manhattan with political elite, business leaders, new york's hoy paloy. >> brian: how do you spell that? >> hoi-polyare? >> steve: you see chuck schumer, which was uncomfortable as donald trump was making fun of him and his party. a lot of fun. >> brian: a lot of football, woody johnson and robert kraft and commissioner of football. >> ainsley: roger goodell. >> ainsley: shocking she wasn't in the room and went on, ainsley said reception to this video -- >> ainsley: it wasn't funny. you are in the room with new yorkers, a lot of democrats, you would think they would laugh, it

did not resonate with me. did you, brian? >> brian: remotely funny. what makes this charming, candidates don't pretend to be stand-up comics. how they deliver makes it charming and makes you relatable. one thing underappreciates, we have self-depraindicating humor. trump said, i don't think so. >> ainsley: i was amazed she did not come, so many influential individuals. cardinal dolan, donald trump and melania and brian kilmeade. i was proud of you. there was robert kraft, one of the top comedians in the country. >> steve: you are talking -- spelling question. >> ainsley: surprised she wasn't there. >> lawrence: it is a layup.

>> ainsley: really, we supported you. >> brian: three theories. one, she's with her abortion stance, anti-catholic. number two, not comfort in this format, number three, she wants to make trump seem not electable. >> steve: we said he was going to be here, he just walked into the studio. we should stand up, donald trump is in the house. come on over. >> brian: quick turnaround. >> we have a place for you. >> ainsley: good to see you. right here in the middle. >> steve: i'm the official audio guy today. welcome back. >> brian: you have so many jammers with you. >> steve: put it right here like that. very good. >> good job. >> ainsley: glad you are here. >> steve: sit down, three, two, one. how are you?

>> good, this is very nice. >> steve: big night like that. >> i never sat in the middle. >> ainsley: i don't think no one has. >> steve: good light. >> good lighting. >> brian: don't you always do that first, you look at and grab lights, move that pole over. come over here. >> steve: you're a producer. >> lighting is important, turn down the lights. no. >> brian: what did you think about last nat? >> it was great. for the catholic church. she did not show up, you would have thought she would have shown up, we were surprised. >> i liked it, i liked it better. when i went, i said, is this a teleprompter speech? they said, we don't use teleprompter. i get up there and see the

comedian -- he was good. >> brian: jim gafasgan. >> steve: kamala harris did not show up, she sent a video from "saturday night live." they write all their material. your material was funny, who helped you with it? >> a lot of people helping, some people from fox, i shouldn't say that, wrote jokes. for the most part, i didn't like any of them. >> brian: have you seen highlights? i thought you did great. watch. >> steve: roll tape. >> catholic church helping poor, educating children and supporting the vulnerable. if you really wanted vice president harris to accept your invitation, you should have told her the funds were going to bail out the looters and rioters in minneapolis and she would have been here, guaranteed she would have been here.

guaranteed. true pleasure to be with you this eaching, amazing pleasure. these days it is really a pleasure. anywhere in new york without a subpoena for my appearance. any time i don't get a subpoena, i'm very happy. unfortunately, governor wail is not here himself, don't worry, he'll say that he was. i have to be careful to understand this will be the first time in the history of this event where jokes will be fact checked and they will be. all polls are indicating i'm leading big with the catholic vote, as i should be. as i should be. i don't think kamala has given up yet. instead of attending tonight she's in michigan receiving communion from gretchen whitmer.

>> lawrence: mr. president, you had balance, you are sitting next to people that don't like you at all, how was that? >> i know him very well, he likes me enough. it is hard to explain. i gave him his first check. he was young. i was young. his first check, i don't know if good or bad. he was running for i think, s assembly in new york. he got it from me. >> lawrence: we should blame you. it is all on you. >> steve: it was new york. >> ainsley: what did mayor adams say to you. you can relate because of the subpoenas and leticia james in the back row. >> weaponization. look, i've been investigated more than alph onse capone.

i said, adams will be indicted within six months. i don't know if he is guilty. they are destroying the country, he is right. go down the streets of new york, i went down the streets of new york two days ago and looking at migrants and i've never seen anything like it. this is new york. you see empty stores. you never saw empty stores on madison avenue. he did right thing, he got indicted and they play weaponization. these are an even group of people. they are a bad group of people. i won in florida, i'm winning all over the place. they want to keep them busy. let me spend money fighting it and i think it has backfired

because public understands. win in florida was big case. he lost, he had documents. >> brian: the documents case in florida. >> the documents case. they say the big one. we had a brilliant and fair judge i won the case, the whole thing. he did not win. they said he was grossly incomtent and they will not charge him. he can be president but he can't go to court because he's in incompetent but allowed to be president. there is something wrong with our country when that happens. i thought last night -- >> brian: it was great. >> terrible you missed it, it has only been one person missed in many years and that was walter mondale, he lost 49-1. god was not with him. >> brian: why do you being she missed it? there are a lot of theories.

>> i think she's not competent. >> brian: you don't think she's funny? >> i don't think she's funny. her staff, she has 5% of her staff stayed with her, 95% quit. if that happened to me, that would be front page. nobody likes her, nobody wants to be wither had. i don't like saying it, we can't have her as a president, she is a marxist. we can't have a marxist, do you agree, ainsley? >> ainsley: i do agree. >> she's not very good. >> ainsley: closing argument time, only 2-1/2 weeks until the election, this is the final, this is it. she realized joy, joy, joy is not working for them. >> not too well. >> ainsley: now they are ramping up their rhetoric. she sat down with bret baier, talking about you, she said he's unstable. she was speaking at a rally in eerie, pennsylvania, she called you unstable and unhinged. this new ad, she's saying

unhinged, more unstable and unchecked and this caller that called in to charlamagne the god breakfast club show, this caller says i have a sneaky suspicion if trump wins, he will use this law to put anyone that doesn't look white in. cas, i'm scared. she said, yeah, you hit on an important point, what is your response and your closing argument? >> the question is pretty rough question. this whole argument of this woman i don't think she knows where she is. she is a low iq person, she's not smart. everyone knows that. did not pass her law exam, never thought she'll be able to pass it. you tell me this stuff, i'll say it. i am a person that they are a threat to democracy. these people are misinformation people. they say, let's go out with this know wo. they tried he's a dictator, he'll take over the world.

every week something else. so far it has not worked. it does not seem to be working. i am the most stable human being. they said a stable genius, most stable human being. been doing this a long time. we had four years of greatness, greatest economy, the border, brian, you were down there. we had a border best we've ever had, never been anything like it. i built 551 miles of wall, more than i said i was going to build when i campaigned. drugs were lowest level, human traffickers and trafficking women, everything lowest elf well. kudos from the -- excuse me, border patrol, with thousands of people unanimous -- >> lawrence: they endorsed you. and you are gaining with minorities. i've been going to barber shops, yesterday, you said you wanted to go and we went to the bronx.

this is what we saw at the barber shop. >> you guys are same as me, same stuff, we were born the same way. i grew up in queens and all of that. you know, i had a great father, father, great guy, tough, but good. big, big heart. he was a construction guy, pretty much and real estate guy. i learned a lot from him. he was great. i know you people so well without knowing you. i said, this is home territory. >> lawrence: mr. president, we'll play the full thing on monday, what was the experience like? so much love in the room. >> it was like people i grew up with, all different types. the area incredible, the traffic, there were thousands, many thousands of people standing outside the barber shop. the owner is great, the son, he made the passage. people are fantastic 678 we

could have stayed there two hours. >> lawrence: why do you think they're giving you a shot? they have not voted for republicans in years like this. what are you doing on the ground differently that is attracting black men, hispanic men? >> i saw hispanic poll, i'm 52%, nobody has seen that before. a republican has never been there before. i'm at 52%. with black men, at 32% and 31%. this is throwing their formula off a little bit. this is a little change. we ran a great country. we had everything going, h. the world respected us. we had no wars. this group will cause world war iii, they have no idea what they are doing. we can't let this woman get in. two people, she's very -- talk about unstable, she's a whack job and how about the vice president? w walz, i mean, he's not qualified to be doing this.

you have to look at the vice president seriously, compare him and j.d. vance, j.d. vance number one at yale, high aca academic. jd is doing a phenomenal job. >> steve: he was with us yesterday, joined us from washington, d.c. area. one thing about "fox and friends," been doing the show 28 years. one of the biggest days was was the day you became president and we actually got to do the very first interview at the white house after you were sworn in. it was a great interview and made a lot of news. ainsley asked a great question in 2017, and we're going to get in the way-back machine and play that for you and then we're going to update the question. >> you know the difference? in old days, you never played negative ads. when i leave, i'll be hit by five or six ads. >> brian: you mean fox news?

>> well, in the old days. when i leave, i'll have 12 people from kamala on and pretty much unopposed. for 19 days, you should not play negative ads. it is tough, you do a show and i complain all the time about it. i love complaining. i like to have everything perfect. when i leave here, i'll have 200 people from -- >> brian: they buy time on fox. >> what are you doing? it is a net neutral. see what happens. >> steve: this is not an ad, here we are in east room of the white house. you're president, 2017. ainsley has a great question for you. watch this. >> what great would you give yourself from a to f? >> well, -- >> i think i know what you are going to say? >> let's hear it. >> i wouldn't do that, in terms of effort, which means

something, i give myself a plus effort. results are more important. in terms of messaging, i give myself a c or c plus. >> steve: that surprised us. here we are years later, i don't remember those young people right there. what kind of grade would you give yourself thus far? >> 2-1/2 more weeks. >> i've had three campaigns and i won the first one. i did better in the second one. this one, there is more enthusiasm and we had a lot of enthusiasm for both, i won. 10 to 12 million votes more second time, never happened before. i think this is the best campaign. >> steve: a for effort? >> for effort? >> steve: be what about -- >> higher than an a. >> steve: what about messaging? >> message, i'll tell you that on the 6th.

>> brian: all about results. >> it is all about results. the message is, we're going to do a great job, we will not get into wars, we will not have a third world war, we will have a strong border, strongest economy, bring back economy, will not have anti-israel, drill, baby, drill, get energy prices down. at least 50% in one year. i put that on your show, interview me in a year. we'll bring energy prices down, that will bring inflation and costs down. we'll make this i think this really good. we'll bring a lot of companies back into the u.s. jobs are going to be good. everything will be good and everything was good when i had, we had the greatest economy in history of country five years ago, go back in, five years ago, greatest economy in history of the country and now we have a horrible economy from the standpoint inflation ruined. i had no inflation, inflation ruined the economy. just ruined it. i gave them almost no inflation.

and it carried on for two years then they went out and borrowed seven trillion dollars, which is stupid to do. it all blew up. they blew up energy policy, i had best energy policy this country had, we were energy-independent. we will soon be energy-depend and energy dominant and sell all over the world. >> brian: i watched your univision town hall, one thing stood out. question was, what would you like to do again and what would you do different? you said probably wouldn't hire some of the people i hired. 18 days, people will vote and jim gafagan said i can't believe anybody is undecided at this point. can you envision your cabinet? throw out some names, you don't need a binder from chris christie or jared kushner, you know it. give idea what your team will

look like? >> a lot of people you had last night will be part of it, that room had great people. >> steve: cardinal dolan. >> i would put him in. >> ainsley: he is the best. >> he looked good, lost weight, nice and thin. >> ainsley: nicest guy. >> that is why i did it to a large part. he called me during covid and said catholic church needs billions of dollars to ep coo the school going. they run great schools. i got him money during covid and i think it meant a lot to hims and the catholic people. i got them 1.7 billion and they kept it open. >> brian: i did a feature and you are doing the weave, and come back, can you throw some names out? >> i thought i got out of it. >> all about the wave. genius, so brilliant to go from here and you always come back.

some say total genius, some say what is going on here. it is pretty good, i tell you. it is a little early. i have great people at every position, i don't like -- >> brian: have you pre-thought it? >> like every hour of everyday. >> ainsley: you said r.f.k. jr. >> r.f.k. jr. >> brian: burgum? >> he's into health and women's health and environment. people real like him, he looked good last night. >> brian: he's in good shape. >> i saw pictures of him with the whole thing. >> brian: you don't take your shirt off and bench press if you are not in good shape. >> lawrence: ainsley, you have a picture. >> i would do it one day. >> ainsley: pennsylvania and michigan, two important states may come down to pennsylvania. elon musk is campaigning for you, why do you think he is so vocal and an avid supporter? >> he said if we don't win, this

country is finished. they are the threat to democracy. all about sound bites, these people are sick. they have people, i talk about the enemy from within. what person wants to have open borders? what person wants men playing in women's sports? it is no good, horrible. they have an open border, they will always have knowa open border. they let 21 million people into our country, of the 21 million, 13,000 were murderers, 13,099. drug dealers, all over the world, drug dealers came in, everybody is coming in. they emptied jails from all over the world into our beautiful country. we have a problem. we have to straighten it out and get these people out. they emptied jails from all over the world. in those jails, you have dealers, murderers, gang members, they took their gangs

in venezuela and dumped into the united states. venezuela crime is down 72% because their criminals are in the united states. >> lawrence: mr. president, how do you handle that? you are right, they are here, you see tren de aragua taking over apartment complex. abcs it is just a handful. >> democrats say it is not that bad, they have taken over big sections of the town. >> lawrence: after you get rid of criminals and wipe out gangs and all the people raping people in this country, sexual assault, get rid of them, get ice funded and they are deported. how do you -- >> it is a big proportion. >> lawrence: it is, how do you handle the next proportion that come in here? >> we start thinking, then we start thinking. because, you know, you are talking about millions of people, 21 million people in three years. so you know, they will let this

upon ha, if they win the election, they will open up the border and the border will be open for four years. 200 million people will come in, we have no idea. they tend to be not the best for a reason, their countries send them out. they are not sending their best. >> brian: your first speech you tdz they are not sending their best. >> when a country sends people out, they are not send ing thei best people to the u.s. they are sending rapists, their murderers. look at what is happening in springfield, ohio. look what is happening in aurora, there are many auroras right now, you have not heard about them. >> ainsley: san antonio, a man said this is happening down there. >> it will only get worse. >> brian: when you look at positive -- >> they are destroying our country. destroying this country. >> brian: i know, they took

randall's island. >> i drove down madison, vacant stores and i see migrants from foreign countries, they are sleeping all over the street. >> brian: when you look at positives, with men, through the roof, gaining in blacks and hispanics. your team says, mr. president, do better with women, that is where kamala harris is excelling with women, is one move to get women onnureioside is toifito ivanka and melania out, is that something coming out of your strategy? >> i do well with women. one, issue of abortion, without abortion, women love me, they like me, i have taken this issue out of federal government and put back to states where they are voting.

and i believe in exceptions for rape, incest, life of the mother. i've taken -- >> brian: can i amend my question. >> that issue has torn our country apart for 52 years. no one wanted it to be in congress. they wanted it to be out of the federal government. i got it out through six very brave judges who were also brilliant and now they are voting. ohio voted and it is a very liberal vote. ka kansas, liberal vote. people are voting. they wanted it to be in the states and vote of the people. that issue maybe emwa. >> brian: i will do a subset of that question. >> the country is coming together now and they are getting to vote and voting on the issue. >> brian: there is segment of the republican party that likes

haley. she says if you call her, she's there. in last 18 days, will you call her and say come out with me? >> i'll do what i have to do. nikki haley and i fought and i beat her by 50, 60, 90 points, in her own state by numbers nobody has been beaten by. i beat nikki badly, i beat frankly, set records both in speed and magnitude and everybody keeps saying that, they don't say ron and ron did well. i beat everybody by numbers that have never happened before. they keep talking about nikki, i like nikki. nikki, i don't think she should have done what she did, that fine she did it. even in north carolina, i beat her by number -- >> brian: right, she