1 00:00:00,0 --> 00:00:04,169 TO FIRE ALL OF OUR GREAT AMERICAN WORKERS THAT GOT YOU 2 00:00:04,171 --> 00:00:06,689 THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU CAN MOVE FROM MICHIGAN TO 3 00:00:06,691 --> 00:00:08,709 TENNESSEE AND TO NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. 4 00:00:08,711 --> 00:00:12,167 YOU CAN MOVE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA BACK TO MICHIGAN. 5 00:00:12,169 --> 00:00:15,704 YOU CAN DO ANYWHERE. YOU GOT A LOT OF STATES AT PLAY. 6 00:00:15,706 --> 00:00:18,520 A LOT OF COMPETITION. IT'S NOT LIKE OH, GEE, I'M 7 00:00:18,522 --> 00:00:20,888 TAKING THE COMPETITION AWAY. YOU GOT A LOT OF PLACES YOU CAN 8 00:00:20,890 --> 00:00:22,323 MOVE. I DON'T CARE. 9 00:00:22,325 --> 00:00:23,873 AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. 10 00:00:23,875 --> 00:00:27,113 THE BORDERS OF THE UNITED STATES. 11 00:00:27,115 --> 00:00:31,71 THERE WILL BE A MAJOR BORDER TAX ON THESE COMPANIES THAT ARE 12 00:00:31,73 --> 00:00:34,95 LEAVING AND GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER, AND IF OUR POLITICIANS 13 00:00:34,97 --> 00:00:36,788 HAD WHAT IT TAKES, THEY WOULD HAVE DONE THIS YEARS AGO, AND 14 00:00:36,790 --> 00:00:42,702 YOU WOULD HAVE MILLIONS MORE WORKERS RIGHT NOW IN THE UNITED 15 00:00:42,704 --> 00:00:45,367 STATES THAT ARE 96 MILLION REALLY WANTING A JOB AND THEY 16 00:00:45,369 --> 00:00:46,879 CAN'T GET. YOU KNOW THAT STORY. 17 00:00:46,881 --> 00:00:49,682 THE REAL NUMBER. THAT'S THE REAL NUMBER. 18 00:00:49,684 --> 00:00:51,489 SO THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. OKAY. 19 00:00:51,491 --> 00:00:53,133 GO AHEAD. MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT, I HAVE A 20 00:00:53,135 --> 00:00:57,30 QUESTION ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT AND THE BORDER SECURITY, BUT I 21 00:00:57,32 --> 00:00:59,10 ALSO WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT SOMETHING YOU SAID ON TWITTER. 22 00:00:59,12 --> 00:01:02,595 ARE WE LIVING IN NAZI GERMANY? WHAT WERE YOU DRIVING AT THERE? 23 00:01:02,597 --> 00:01:03,634 DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY? 24 00:01:03,636 --> 00:01:05,716 ON THE SUPREME COURT, WHAT'S YOUR TIMELINE? 25 00:01:05,718 --> 00:01:09,216 YOU SAID A WHILE AGO YOU WERE DOWN TO FOUR. 26 00:01:09,218 --> 00:01:10,761 HAVE YOU CONDUCTED THOSE INTERVIEWS YET. 27 00:01:10,763 --> 00:01:12,995 WHAT'S YOUR TIMELINE FOR NOMINATING? 28 00:01:12,997 --> 00:01:15,598 ON THE BORDER FENCE, IT NOW APPEARS CLEAR U.S. TAXPAYERS 29 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:17,292 WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT UP FRONT. 30 00:01:17,294 --> 00:01:19,423 WHAT IS YOUR PLAN -- THAT'S NOT CLEAR AT ALL. 31 00:01:19,425 --> 00:01:22,607 -- TO GET MEXICO TO PAY FOR IT? 32 00:01:22,609 --> 00:01:26,977 DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE? ON THE FENCE -- IT'S NOT A 33 00:01:26,979 --> 00:01:28,733 FENCE. IT'S A WALL. 34 00:01:28,735 --> 00:01:31,518 YOU JUST MISREPORTED IT. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A WALL. 35 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:35,76 I COULD WAIT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF UNTIL WE FINISH OUR 36 00:01:35,78 --> 00:01:37,951 NEGOTIATIONS WITH MEXICO, WHICH WE'LL START IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE 37 00:01:37,953 --> 00:01:40,529 GET TO OFFICE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO WAIT. 38 00:01:40,531 --> 00:01:44,995 MIKE PENCE IS LEADING AN EFFORT TO GET FINAL APPROVALS THROUGH 39 00:01:44,997 --> 00:01:49,75 VARIOUS AGENCIES AND THROUGH CONGRESS FOR THE WALL TO BEGIN. 40 00:01:49,77 --> 00:01:50,58 I DON'T FEEL LIKE WAITING A YEAR OR YEAR AND A HALF. 41 00:01:50,60 --> 00:01:54,51 WE'RE GOING TO START BUILDING. MEXICO IN SOME FORM AND THERE 42 00:01:54,53 --> 00:01:56,931 ARE MANY DIFFERENT FORMS, WILL REIMBURSE US AND THEY WILL 43 00:01:56,933 --> 00:01:58,651 REIMBURSE US FOR THE COST OF THE WALL. 44 00:01:58,653 --> 00:02:02,96 THAT WILL HAPPEN. WHETHER IT'S A TAX OR WHETHER 45 00:02:02,98 --> 00:02:02,975 IT'S A PAYMENT. PROBABLY LESS LIKELY THAT IT'S A 46 00:02:02,977 --> 00:02:03,474 PAYMENT. IT WILL HAPPEN. 47 00:02:03,476 --> 00:02:05,800 REMEMBER THIS, OKAY? I WOULD SAY WE ARE GOING TO 48 00:02:05,802 --> 00:02:05,604 BUILD A WALL, AND PEOPLE WOULD GO CRAZY. 49 00:02:05,606 --> 00:02:08,574 I WOULD THEN SAY WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE WALL? 50 00:02:08,576 --> 00:02:12,279 PEOPLE WOULD ALL SCREAM OUT 25,000, 30,000 PEOPLE BECAUSE 51 00:02:12,281 --> 00:02:14,80 NOBODY HAS EVER HAD CROWDS LIKE TRUMP HAS HAD. 52 00:02:14,82 --> 00:02:16,617 YOU DON'T LIKE TO REPORT THAT, BUT YOU KNOW THAT, AND THAT'S 53 00:02:16,619 --> 00:02:17,884 OKAY. NOW WE AGREE. 54 00:02:17,886 --> 00:02:22,522 FINALLY HE AGREES. I SAY WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR 55 00:02:22,524 --> 00:02:26,292 THE WALL? THEY WILL SCREAM OUT MEXICO. 56 00:02:26,294 --> 00:02:28,628 NOW, REPORTS WENT OUT LAST WEEK, OH, MEXICO IS NOT GOING TO PAY 57 00:02:28,630 --> 00:02:30,930 FOR THE WALL BECAUSE OF A REIMBURSEMENT. 58 00:02:30,932 --> 00:02:34,167 WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? I WANT TO GET THE WALL STARTED. 59 00:02:34,169 --> 00:02:38,539 I DON'T WANT TO WAIT A YEAR AND A HALF UNTIL I MAKE MY DEAL WITH 60 00:02:38,541 --> 00:02:39,606 MEXICO. WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE A DEAL 61 00:02:39,608 --> 00:02:43,544 SOONER THAN THAT. BY THE WAY, MEXICO HAS BEEN SO 62 00:02:43,546 --> 00:02:47,46 NICE, SO NICE. I RESPECT THE GOVERNMENT OF 63 00:02:47,48 --> 00:02:48,315 MEXICO. I RESPECT THE PEOPLE OF MEXICO. 64 00:02:48,317 --> 00:02:51,485 I LOVE THE PEOPLE OF MEXICO. MANY PEOPLE FROM MEXICO ARE 65 00:02:51,486 --> 00:02:53,886 WORKING FOR ME. THEY'RE PHENOMENAL PEOPLE. 66 00:02:53,888 --> 00:03:05,709 THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO IS TERRIFIC. 67 00:03:05,711 --> 00:03:07,576 I DON'T BLAME THEM FOR WHAT'S HAPPENED. 68 00:03:07,578 --> 00:03:11,176 I DON'T BLAME THEM FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE UNITED STATES. 69 00:03:11,178 --> 00:03:14,118 I WISH OUR POLITICIANS WERE SO SMART. 70 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:15,717 MEXICO HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE UNITED STATES. 71 00:03:15,719 --> 00:03:16,536 I DON'T BLAME THE REPRESENTATIVES AND VARIOUS 72 00:03:16,538 --> 00:03:16,722 PRESIDENTS, ET CETERA, OF MEXICO. 73 00:03:16,724 --> 00:03:19,647 WHAT I SAY IS WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN. 74 00:03:19,649 --> 00:03:21,615 IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ANYMORE. 75 00:03:21,617 --> 00:03:24,985 IN ORDER TO GET THE WALL STARTED, MEXICO WILL PAY FOR THE 76 00:03:24,986 --> 00:03:28,675 WALL. BUT IT WILL BE REIMBURSED. 77 00:03:28,677 --> 00:03:32,548 OKAY? IT SUPREME COURT JUDGE. 78 00:03:32,550 --> 00:03:36,404 SO AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LIST OF 20. 79 00:03:36,406 --> 00:03:39,893 I HAVE GONE THROUGH THEM. WE'VE MET WITH NUMEROUS 80 00:03:39,895 --> 00:03:42,45 CANDIDATES. THEY'RE OUTSTANDING IN EVERY 81 00:03:42,47 --> 00:03:44,334 CASE. THEY WERE LARGELY RECOMMENDED 82 00:03:44,336 --> 00:03:50,841 AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY FEDERALIST SOCIETY. 83 00:03:50,843 --> 00:03:56,460 JIM DIMINT WAS INVOLVED, AND HE IS A FANTASTIC GUY. 84 00:03:56,462 --> 00:03:59,63 BETWEEN LEO AND JIM DIMINT AND SENATORS AND CONGRESS PEOPLE, WE 85 00:03:59,65 --> 00:04:01,888 HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE, I'LL BE MAKING THE DECISION ON 86 00:04:01,889 --> 00:04:11,858 WHO WE WILL PUT UP FOR JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME 87 00:04:11,860 --> 00:04:13,502 COURT. A REPLACEMENT FOR THE GREAT, 88 00:04:13,504 --> 00:04:17,216 GREAT JUSTICE SCALIA. THAT WILL BE PROBABLY WITHIN TWO 89 00:04:17,218 --> 00:04:18,312 WEEKS OF THE 20TH. WITHIN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. 90 00:04:18,314 --> 00:04:21,308 PROBABLY THE SECOND WEEK. I CONSIDER THE FIRST DAY BECAUSE 91 00:04:21,310 --> 00:04:26,545 WE'LL ALSO BE DOING SOME -- SOME PRETTY GOOD SIGNINGS, AND I 92 00:04:26,548 --> 00:04:28,381 THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL WAIT UNTIL MONDAY. 93 00:04:28,384 --> 00:04:31,752 THAT WILL BE OUR REALLY FIRST BUSINESS DAY AS OPPOSED TO DOING 94 00:04:31,754 --> 00:04:35,554 IT ON FRIDAY BECAUSE ON FRIDAY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE A VERY 95 00:04:35,557 --> 00:04:37,356 GOOD TIME AT THE INAUGURATION, AND THEN SATURDAY, AS YOU KNOW, 96 00:04:37,359 --> 00:04:39,925 WE'RE HAVING A BIG CHURCH SERVICE AND LOTS OF GOOD THINGS 97 00:04:39,928 --> 00:04:44,822 ARE HAPPENING. OUR FIRST DAY -- AND YOU'LL ALL 98 00:04:44,824 --> 00:04:49,435 BE INVITED TO THE SIGNINGS, BUT WE'LL BE DOING SOME PRETTY GOOD 99 00:04:49,437 --> 00:04:55,759 SIGNINGS ON MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY, 100 00:04:55,761 --> 00:04:59,144 AND THEN ALSO THE NEXT WEEK. YOU'RE ALL INVITED. 101 00:04:59,146 --> 00:05:00,760 ON THE SUPREME COURT, I'LL BE MAKING THAT DECISION, AND IT 102 00:05:00,762 --> 00:05:05,729 WILL BE A DECISION WHICH I VERY STRONGLY BELIEVE IN. 103 00:05:05,731 --> 00:05:06,413 I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I GOT ELECTED. 104 00:05:06,415 --> 00:05:09,800 I THINK THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY DID NOT WANT TO SEE WHAT 105 00:05:09,802 --> 00:05:11,146 WAS HAPPENING WITH THE SUPREME COURT, SO I THINK IT WAS A VERY, 106 00:05:11,148 --> 00:05:15,192 VERY BIG DECISION AS TO WHY I WAS ELECTED. 107 00:05:15,194 --> 00:05:14,366 THE TWEET THAT YOU HAD THIS MORNING ABOUT ARE WE LIVING IN 108 00:05:14,368 --> 00:05:15,330 NAZI GERMANY, WHAT WERE YOU DRIVING AT THERE? 109 00:05:15,333 --> 00:05:16,29 WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL THE -- 110 00:05:16,32 --> 00:05:18,791 I THINK IT WAS DISGRACEFUL. DISGRACEFUL. 111 00:05:18,793 --> 00:05:23,4 THAT THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ALLOWED ANY INFORMATION THAT 112 00:05:23,6 --> 00:05:26,344 TURNED OUT TO BE SO FALSE AND FAKE OUT. 113 00:05:26,346 --> 00:05:30,683 I THINK IT'S A DISGRACE, AND I SAY THAT -- AND I SAY THAT. 114 00:05:30,685 --> 00:05:33,813 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NAZI GERMANY WOULD HAVE DONE AND DID 115 00:05:33,816 --> 00:05:36,483 DO. I THINK IT'S A DISGRACE THAT 116 00:05:36,485 --> 00:05:42,154 INFORMATION THAT WAS FALSE AND FAKE AND NEVER HAPPENED GOT 117 00:05:42,157 --> 00:05:45,92 RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. AS FAR AS BUZZ FEED, WHICH IS A 118 00:05:45,94 --> 00:05:48,928 FAILING PILE OF GARBAGE, WRITING IT, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO 119 00:05:48,930 --> 00:05:51,697 SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. THEY ALREADY ARE. 120 00:05:51,700 --> 00:05:56,335 AS FAR AS CNN GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO BUILD IT UP, AND, BY THE 121 00:05:56,338 --> 00:05:59,105 WAY, WE JUST FOUND OUT I WAS COMING DOWN. 122 00:05:59,108 --> 00:06:00,941 MICHAEL KOHN IS A VERY TALENTED LAWYER. 123 00:06:00,943 --> 00:06:05,178 HE IS A GOOD LAWYER IN MY FIRM. IT WAS JUST REPORTED THAT IT 124 00:06:05,180 --> 00:06:07,414 WASN'T THIS MICHAEL COHN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. 125 00:06:07,416 --> 00:06:11,885 ALL NIGHT LONG IT'S MICHAEL COHN BRSH I SAID I WANT TO SEE YOUR 126 00:06:11,887 --> 00:06:13,425 PASSPORT. HE BRINGS THIS PASSPORT TO MY 127 00:06:13,427 --> 00:06:15,147 OFFICE. I SAY, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE. 128 00:06:15,149 --> 00:06:17,836 HE DIDN'T LEAVE THE COUNTRY. HE WASN'T OUT OF THE COUNTRY. 129 00:06:17,838 --> 00:06:21,521 THEY HAD MICHAEL KOHN OF THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION WAS IN 130 00:06:21,523 --> 00:06:22,162 PRAGUE. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A DIFFERENT 131 00:06:22,164 --> 00:06:24,196 MICHAEL KOHN. IT'S A DISGRACE WHAT TOOK PLACE. 132 00:06:24,199 --> 00:06:28,601 IT'S A DISGRACE, AND I THINK THEY OUGHT TO APOLOGIZE TO START 133 00:06:28,604 --> 00:06:31,338 WITH MICHAEL KOHN. SINCE YOU'RE ATTACKING US, 134 00:06:31,340 --> 00:06:36,13 CAN YOU GIVE US A QUESTION? MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT -- 135 00:06:36,15 --> 00:06:37,273 GO AHEAD. SINCE YOU ARE ATTACKING OUR 136 00:06:37,276 --> 00:06:37,945 NEWS ORGANIZATION -- NOT YOU. 137 00:06:37,947 --> 00:06:40,440 CAN YOU GIVE US A CHANCE? YOUR ORGANIZATION IS 138 00:06:40,442 --> 00:06:42,128 TERRIBLE. YOU ARE ATTACKING OUR NEWS 139 00:06:42,131 --> 00:06:44,775 ORGANIZATION, CAN YOU GIVE US A CHANCE TO ASK A QUESTION, SIR? 140 00:06:44,777 --> 00:06:45,718 SIR, CAN YOU -- QUIET. 141 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,173 MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT, CAN YOU SAY -- 142 00:06:48,175 --> 00:06:49,588 DON'T BE RUDE. CAN YOU GIVE US A QUESTION 143 00:06:49,591 --> 00:06:51,324 SINCE YOU'RE ATTACKING US? CAN YOU GIVE US A QUESTION? 144 00:06:51,326 --> 00:06:53,427 DON'T BE RUDE. NO, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A 145 00:06:53,429 --> 00:06:54,661 QUESTION. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A 146 00:06:54,663 --> 00:06:55,695 QUESTION. CAN YOU STATE -- 147 00:06:55,697 --> 00:06:57,664 YOU ARE FAKE NEWS. GO AHEAD. 148 00:06:57,666 --> 00:06:59,899 CAN YOU STATE CATEGORICALLY THAT NOBODY -- NOW, 149 00:06:59,902 --> 00:07:03,335 MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT, THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. 150 00:07:03,338 --> 00:07:06,673 GO AHEAD. DO YOU THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA 151 00:07:06,675 --> 00:07:09,376 WENT TOO FAR WITH THE SANCTIONS HE PUT ON RUSSIA AFTER THE 152 00:07:09,378 --> 00:07:10,576 HACKING? I DON'T THINK HE WENT TOO 153 00:07:10,579 --> 00:07:11,243 FAR. NO. 154 00:07:11,246 --> 00:07:14,290 WILL YOU ROLL THEM BACK? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF LINDSEY 155 00:07:14,292 --> 00:07:19,849 GRAHAM'S PLAN TO SEND YOU A BILL FOR -- 156 00:07:19,851 --> 00:07:22,140 SEND ME A BILL FOR WHAT? TOUGHER SANCTIONS. 157 00:07:22,142 --> 00:07:26,807 I HADN'T HEARD LINDSEY GRAHAM WAS GOING TO DO THAT. 158 00:07:26,809 --> 00:07:28,287 LINDSEY GRAHAM. I'VE BEEN COMPETING WITH HIM FOR 159 00:07:28,290 --> 00:07:30,864 A LONG TIME. HE IS GOING TO CRACK THAT 1% 160 00:07:30,866 --> 00:07:34,367 BARRIER ONE DAY. I DIDN'T REALIZE LINDSEY GRAHAM 161 00:07:34,369 --> 00:07:38,213 IS STILL AT IT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 162 00:07:38,215 --> 00:07:38,748 I THINK LINDSEY GRAHAM IS A NICE GUY. 163 00:07:38,750 --> 00:07:45,490 I'VE HEARD THAT HE IS A NICE GUY, AND AI'VE BEEN HEARING IT. 164 00:07:45,493 --> 00:07:46,108 GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. 165 00:07:46,110 --> 00:07:48,648 YOU'VE BEEN WAITING. AS FAR AS WE UNDERSTAND, THE 166 00:07:48,650 --> 00:07:50,584 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY -- STAND UP. 167 00:07:50,586 --> 00:07:54,253 FROM BBC NEWS. IAN PANEL FROM BBC NEWS. 168 00:07:54,256 --> 00:07:56,523 BBC NEWS. THAT'S ANOTHER BEAUTY. 169 00:07:56,525 --> 00:07:58,424 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 170 00:07:58,427 --> 00:08:09,911 AS FAR AS WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ARE 171 00:08:09,913 --> 00:08:11,362 STILL LOOKING AT THESE ALLEGATIONS, THIS FALSE NEWS AS 172 00:08:11,364 --> 00:08:15,371 YOU DESCRIBE IT. IF THEY COME BACK WITH ANY KIND 173 00:08:15,373 --> 00:08:16,133 OF CONCLUSION THAT ANY OF IT STANDS UP, THAT ANY OF IT IS 174 00:08:16,135 --> 00:08:18,570 TRUE, WILL YOU CONSIDER YOUR POSITION? 175 00:08:18,572 --> 00:08:23,99 THERE'S NOTHING THEY COULD COME BACK WITH. 176 00:08:23,101 --> 00:08:23,517 CAN YOU -- ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE 177 00:08:23,519 --> 00:08:27,52 SEEN THROUGHOUT THE MEDIA OVER THE COURSE OF THE ELECTION, WHAT 178 00:08:27,54 --> 00:08:28,989 REFORMS DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR THIS INDUSTRY HERE? 179 00:08:28,991 --> 00:08:32,692 WELL, I DON'T RECOMMEND REFORMS. 180 00:08:32,694 --> 00:08:37,62 I RECOMMEND PEOPLE THAT ARE -- THAT HAVE SOME MORAL COMPASS. 181 00:08:37,65 --> 00:08:39,632 I'VE BEEN HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT A THING CALLED FAKE NEWS, 182 00:08:39,635 --> 00:08:42,635 AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT GO AND SAY ALL SORTS OF 183 00:08:42,638 --> 00:08:44,570 THINGS. I WILL TELL YOU, SOME OF THE 184 00:08:44,572 --> 00:08:47,705 MEDIA OUTLETS THAT I DEAL WITH ARE FAKE NEWS. 185 00:08:47,707 --> 00:08:51,128 MORE SO THAN ANYBODY. I COULD NAME THEM, BUT I WON'T 186 00:08:51,130 --> 00:08:56,191 BOTHER, BUT YOU HAVE A FEW SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. 187 00:08:56,193 --> 00:09:00,485 THEY'RE VERY, VERY DISHONEST PEOPLE, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST 188 00:09:00,487 --> 00:09:00,675 SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH. 189 00:09:00,677 --> 00:09:03,782 I GUESS THE ADVANTAGE I HAVE IS THAT I CAN SPEAK BACK. 190 00:09:03,784 --> 00:09:07,638 WHEN IT HAPPENS TO SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T HAVE THIS -- DOESN'T 191 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:09,898 HAVE THAT KIND OF A MEGAPHONE, THEY CAN'T SPEAK BACK. 192 00:09:09,900 --> 00:09:14,167 IT'S A VERY SAD THING. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE DESTROYED. 193 00:09:14,169 --> 00:09:20,134 I'VE SEEN PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED, AND I THINK IT'S VERY 194 00:09:20,136 --> 00:09:22,317 UNFAIR. ALL I CAN ASK FOR IS HONEST 195 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:23,105 REPORTERS. YES. 196 00:09:23,107 --> 00:09:25,623 PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP, I WANTED TO FOLLOW-UP ON THE 197 00:09:25,625 --> 00:09:26,492 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 198 00:09:26,494 --> 00:09:29,199 TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, DO YOU TRUST YOUR 199 00:09:29,201 --> 00:09:38,720 U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS, AND WHAT DO YOU SAY TO POLICY 200 00:09:38,722 --> 00:09:41,944 EXPERTS WHO SAY YOU'RE ACTUALLY WEAKENING NATIONAL SECURITY BY 201 00:09:41,946 --> 00:09:44,555 WAGING THIS WAR OF WORDS AGAINST THAT COMMUNITY? 202 00:09:44,557 --> 00:09:50,16 INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ARE VITAL AND VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 203 00:09:50,18 --> 00:09:56,938 WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN, AS YOU KNOW, MR. POMPEO AND 204 00:09:56,940 --> 00:09:52,971 OTHERS. WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN 205 00:09:52,973 --> 00:09:54,974 OUTSTANDING PEOPLE. WITHIN 90 DAYS THEY'RE GOING TO 206 00:09:54,976 --> 00:10:00,713 BE COMING BACK TO ME WITH A MAJOR REPORT ON HACKING. 207 00:10:00,716 --> 00:10:02,648 I WANT THEM TO COVER THIS SITUATION. 208 00:10:02,651 --> 00:10:06,419 I ALSO WANT THEM, HOWEVER, TO COVER MAYBE MOST IMPORTANTLY 209 00:10:06,421 --> 00:10:08,88 BECAUSE WE'RE HACKED BY EVERYBODY. 210 00:10:08,90 --> 00:10:15,629 YOU KNOW, THE UNITED STATES, OUR GOVERNMENT, OUT OF A LIST OF 17 211 00:10:15,631 --> 00:10:18,130 IN TERMS OF INDUSTRIES, IS THE WORST. 212 00:10:18,132 --> 00:10:22,135 IT'S NUMBER 17 IN TERMS OF PROTECTION. 213 00:10:22,137 --> 00:10:24,270 IF YOU LOOK AT THE RETAIL INDUSTRY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 214 00:10:24,272 --> 00:10:27,539 BANKING INDUSTRY, VARIOUS INDUSTRIES, OUT OF 17 215 00:10:27,541 --> 00:10:31,877 INDUSTRIES, THEY PUT THIS IN A CATEGORY OF AN INDUSTRY, THE 216 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:36,882 UNITED STATES IS LAST IN TERMS OF PROTECTING, LET'S SAY HACKING 217 00:10:36,885 --> 00:10:39,18 DEFENSE. WE HAD A GREAT HACKING DEFENSE 218 00:10:39,20 --> 00:10:39,953 AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. 219 00:10:39,955 --> 00:10:42,822 THAT'S WHY WE WEREN'T HACKED. BY THE WAY, WE WERE TOLD THEY 220 00:10:42,824 --> 00:10:45,357 WERE TRYING TO HACK US, BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO HACK, AND I 221 00:10:45,359 --> 00:10:49,62 THINK I GET SOME CREDIT BECAUSE I TOLD REINCE AND REINCE DID A 222 00:10:49,64 --> 00:10:53,500 PHENOMENAL JOB, BUT I SAID I WANT STRONG HACKING DEFENSE. 223 00:10:53,502 --> 00:10:55,635 THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE DIDN'T DO THAT. 224 00:10:55,637 --> 00:10:58,104 MAYBE THAT'S WHY THE COUNTRY RUNS SO BADLY THAT WAY. 225 00:10:58,106 --> 00:11:01,273 I WILL TELL YOU -- WAIT, WAIT. LET ME FINISH. 226 00:11:01,276 --> 00:11:08,715 WITHIN 90 DAYS WE WILL BE COMING UP WITH A MAJOR REPORT ON 227 00:11:08,717 --> 00:11:12,552 HACKING DEFENSE. HOW DO WE STOP THIS NEW 228 00:11:12,554 --> 00:11:15,120 PHENOMENON -- FAIRLY NEW PHENOMENON BECAUSE THE UNITED 229 00:11:15,122 --> 00:11:22,494 STATES IS HACKED BY EVERYBODY. THAT INCLUDES RUSSIA AND CHINA 230 00:11:22,497 --> 00:11:26,166 AND EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY. 231 00:11:26,168 --> 00:11:29,401 OKAY. GO AHEAD. 232 00:11:29,403 --> 00:11:31,137 GO AHEAD. MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT, YOU SAID 233 00:11:31,139 --> 00:11:33,807 JUST NOW THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT RUSSIA, INDEED, WAS RESPONSIBLE 234 00:11:33,809 --> 00:11:37,577 FOR THE HACKING OF DNC AND EMAILS, ET CETERA. 235 00:11:37,579 --> 00:11:39,578 YOU KNOW WHAT, COULD HAVE BEEN OTHERS ALSO. 236 00:11:39,580 --> 00:11:43,283 WHY DID YOU SPEND WEEKS UNDERMINING THE U.S. 237 00:11:43,285 --> 00:11:45,218 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY BEFORE SIMPLY GETTING THE FACTS AND 238 00:11:45,220 --> 00:11:48,620 THEN MAKING A PUBLIC STATEMENT? I THINK IT'S PRETTY SAD WHEN 239 00:11:48,622 --> 00:11:50,456 INTELLIGENCE REPORTS GET LEAKED OUT TO THE PRESS. 240 00:11:50,458 --> 00:11:53,125 I THINK IT'S PRETTY SAD. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S ILLEGAL. 241 00:11:53,127 --> 00:11:58,765 YOU KNOW, THESE ARE CLASSIFIED AND CERTIFIED MEETINGS AND 242 00:11:58,767 --> 00:12:00,700 REPORTS. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT DOES HAPPEN. 243 00:12:00,702 --> 00:12:05,505 I HAVE MANY MEETINGS WITH INTELLIGENCE, AND EVERY TIME I 244 00:12:05,507 --> 00:12:07,973 MEET, PEOPLE ARE READING ABOUT IT. 245 00:12:07,976 --> 00:12:11,411 SOMEBODY IS LEAKING IT OUT. I SAID MAYBE IT'S MY OFFICE. 246 00:12:11,413 --> 00:12:14,46 MAYBE MY OFFICE. I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF 247 00:12:14,49 --> 00:12:16,116 GREAT PEOPLE. MAYBE IT'S THEM. 248 00:12:16,118 --> 00:12:18,283 WHAT I DID IS I SAID I WON'T TELL ANYBODY. 249 00:12:18,286 --> 00:12:23,388 I'M GOING TO HAVE A MEETING, AND I WON'T TELL ANYBODY ABOUT MY 250 00:12:23,390 --> 00:12:26,492 MEETING WITH INTELLIGENCE, AND WHAT HAPPENED IS I HAD MY 251 00:12:26,494 --> 00:12:27,960 MEETING. NOBODY KNEW. 252 00:12:27,963 --> 00:12:33,666 NOT EVEN RONA, MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT FOR YEARS. 253 00:12:33,668 --> 00:12:35,534 SHE DIDN'T KNOW. I DIDN'T TELL HER. 254 00:12:35,536 --> 00:12:37,2 NOBODY KNEW. THE MEETING WAS HAD. 255 00:12:37,5 --> 00:12:40,372 THE MEETING WAS OVER. THEY LEFT. 256 00:12:40,375 --> 00:12:44,778 IMMEDIATELY THE WORD GOT OUT THAT I HAD A MEETING. 257 00:12:44,780 --> 00:12:46,379 I DON'T WANT THAT. I DON'T WANT THAT. 258 00:12:46,381 --> 00:12:50,583 IT'S VERY UNFAIR TO THE COUNTRY. IT'S VERY UNFAIR TO OUR COUNTRY 259 00:12:50,585 --> 00:12:52,885 WHAT'S HAPPENED. THAT REPORT SHOULD HAVE NEVER -- 260 00:12:52,888 --> 00:12:55,421 FIRST OF ALL, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PRINTED BECAUSE IT'S NOT 261 00:12:55,423 --> 00:12:58,57 WORTH THE PAPER IT'S PRINTED ON, AND I THANK THE "NEW YORK TIMES" 262 00:12:58,59 --> 00:12:59,926 FOR SAYING THAT. I THANK A LOT OF DIFFERENT 263 00:12:59,928 --> 00:13:02,562 PEOPLE FOR SAYING THAT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THAT SHOULD NEVER 264 00:13:02,564 --> 00:13:06,31 EVER HAPPEN. OKAY. 265 00:13:06,33 --> 00:13:09,101 MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT -- THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT. 266 00:13:09,104 --> 00:13:14,174 CAN YOU STAND HERE TODAY ONCE AND FOR ALL AND SAY THAT NO ONE 267 00:13:14,176 --> 00:13:15,375 CONNECTED TO YOU OR YOUR CAMPAIGN HAD ANY CONTACT WITH 268 00:13:15,377 --> 00:13:18,578 RUSSIA LEADING UP TO OR DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND IF 269 00:13:18,580 --> 00:13:21,513 YOU INDEED DO BELIEVE THAT RUSSIA WAS BEHIND THE HACKING, 270 00:13:21,515 --> 00:13:24,851 WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO VLADIMIR PUTIN RIGHT NOW? 271 00:13:24,853 --> 00:13:28,421 HE SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT. HE WON'T BE DOING IT. 272 00:13:28,423 --> 00:13:33,293 RUSSIA WILL HAVE MUCH GREATER RESPECT FOR OUR COUNTRY WHEN I'M 273 00:13:33,295 --> 00:13:36,28 LEADING IT THAN WHEN OTHER PEOPLE HAVE LED IT. 274 00:13:36,31 --> 00:13:40,265 YOU WILL SEE THAT. RUSSIA WILL RESPECT OUR COUNTRY 275 00:13:40,268 --> 00:13:42,568 MORE. HE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT. 276 00:13:42,570 --> 00:13:45,471 I DON'T BELIEVE HE WILL BE DOING IT MORE NOW. 277 00:13:45,473 --> 00:13:50,143 WE HAVE TO WORK SOMETHING OUT, BUT IT'S NOT JUST RUSSIA. 278 00:13:50,145 --> 00:13:52,445 TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED. YOU DON'T REPORT IT THE SAME 279 00:13:52,447 --> 00:13:55,815 WAY. 22 MILLION ACCOUNTS WERE HACKED 280 00:13:55,817 --> 00:13:59,351 IN THIS COUNTRY BY CHINA, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE NO 281 00:13:59,354 --> 00:14:00,919 DEFENSE. THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE RUN BY 282 00:14:00,921 --> 00:14:03,422 PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 283 00:14:03,424 --> 00:14:07,861 RUSSIA WILL HAVE FAR GREATER RESPECT FOR OUR COUNTRY WHEN I'M 284 00:14:07,863 --> 00:14:12,197 LEADING IT, AND I BELIEVE -- I HOPE -- MAYBE IT WON'T HAPPEN. 285 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,867 IT'S POSSIBLE. I WON'T BE GIVEN A LITTLE RESET 286 00:14:14,869 --> 00:14:17,302 BUTTON LIKE HILLARY. HERE, PRESS THIS PIECE OF 287 00:14:17,304 --> 00:14:19,338 PLASTIC. A GUY LOOKED AT HER LIKE WHAT IS 288 00:14:19,341 --> 00:14:21,341 SHE DOING? THERE'S NO RESET BUTTON. 289 00:14:21,343 --> 00:14:22,841 WE'RE EITHER GOING TO GET ALONG OR WE'RE NOT. 290 00:14:22,843 --> 00:14:29,781 I HOPE WE GET ALONG, BUT IF WE DON'T, THAT'S POSSIBLE TOO. 291 00:14:29,783 --> 00:14:30,984 BUT RUSSIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES -- AND OTHER 292 00:14:30,986 --> 00:14:34,219 COUNTRIES -- INCLUDING CHINA, WHICH HAS TAKEN TOTAL ADVANTAGE 293 00:14:34,221 --> 00:14:36,955 OF US ECONOMICALLY, TOTAL ADVANTAGE OF US IN THE SOUTH 294 00:14:36,958 --> 00:14:41,794 CHINA SEA BY BUILDING THEIR MASSIVE FORTRESS, TOTAL. 295 00:14:41,796 --> 00:14:48,968 RUSSIA, CHINA, JAPAN, MEXICO. ALL COUNTRIES WILL RESPECT US 296 00:14:48,970 --> 00:14:53,973 FAR MORE, FAR MORE, THAN THEY DO UNDER PAST ADMINISTRATIONS. 297 00:14:53,975 --> 00:14:58,844 I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY. SO THIS IS ALL, JUST SO YOU 298 00:14:58,846 --> 00:15:00,413 UNDERSTAND. THESE PAPERS -- I'M NOT SURE 299 00:15:00,415 --> 00:15:05,718 THAT WAS EXPLAINED PROPERLY, BUT THESE PAPERS ARE ALL JUST A 300 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:09,656 PIECE OF THE MANY, MANY COMPANIES THAT ARE BEING PUT 301 00:15:09,658 --> 00:15:13,927 INTO TRUST TO BE RUN BY MY TWO SONS THAT I HOPE AT THE END OF 302 00:15:13,929 --> 00:15:17,330 EIGHT YEARS I'LL COME BACK AND SAY, OH, YOU DID A GOOD JOB. 303 00:15:17,332 --> 00:15:20,198 OTHERWISE, IF THEY DO A BAD JOB I'LL SAY YOU'RE FIRED. 304 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:26,672 GOOD-BYE, EVERYBODY. GOOD-BYE. 305 00:15:26,674 --> 00:15:30,742 THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES AT HIS FIRST FULL 306 00:15:30,744 --> 00:15:33,413 SCALE NEWS CONFERENCE IN, WHAT, ABOUT SIX MONTHS. 307 00:15:33,415 --> 00:15:35,247 WRAPPING IT UP. GOING THROUGH A LOT OF NEWS. 308 00:15:35,250 --> 00:15:38,17 YOU SEE THE VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES, MIKE 309 00:15:38,19 --> 00:15:41,520 PENCE, WITH HIM. OTHER AIDES, JAKE TAPPER.