1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 IT IS CALLED AN AN SHOULDN'T -- 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,000 ANCIENT STRENGTH. >> PRINCIPLES OF WAR. 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,000 >> ELEMENT OF SURPRISE. 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,000 YOU CAN TAKE A FORCE NOT NEARLY 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,000 AS STRONG, BUT WITH ELEMENT OF 6 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,000 SURPRISE YOU CAN WIPE OUT MUCH 7 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:21,000 MORE POWERFUL FORCE. 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:22,000 I DON'T PRETEND TO BE ADMIRAL OR 9 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,000 GENERAL, EVERY TIME I SEE 10 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:25,000 PRESIDENT OBAMA COME UP AND SAY, 11 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,000 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE 12 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,000 SENDING 50 PEOPLE TO IRAQ. 13 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,000 50, THAT IS BAD IN TWO-WAYS. 14 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,000 NUMBER ONE, IT IS LOW NUMBER, 15 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,000 THE ENEMY IS SAYING IS THAT ALL? 16 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,000 NUMBER TWO, WHEN YOU THINK 50, 17 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,000 THOSE PEOPLE NOW HAVE A TARGET 18 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,000 ON THEIR BACK. 19 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,000 THEY WANT TO FIND THOSE 50 PEOPLE. 20 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,000 AND THEY LOOK FOR THOSE 50 PEOPLE. 21 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,000 WHEN HILLARY CLINTON SAYS NO 22 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,000 BOOTS ON THE GROUND, NOW, 23 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,000 WHETHER YOU HAVE BOOTS ON THE 24 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:52,000 GROUND OR NOT YOU SHOULDN'T SAY 25 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:53,000 IT. SHE SAID THERE WILL BE NO BOOTS 26 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,000 ON THE GROUND. 27 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,000 SHE IS VERY STRONG. 28 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:01,000 308 TICKS, -- POLITICS, SOUNDS 29 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,000 BETTER TO SAY NO BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 30 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,000 BY DOING THAT SHE EMPOWERED THE 31 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,000 ENEMY, SHE POWERED ENEMY. 32 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,000 I THINK SHE POSSIBLY MEANS IT, 33 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:10,000 I'M NOT SURE IF SHE MEANS IT OR 34 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,000 NOT. 35 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000 SHE SAYS NO BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 36 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:14,000 SHE HAS TAKEN A TREMENDOUS, I 37 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,000 MEAN THAT IS REALLY GIVING 38 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:20,000 STRENGTH TO THE ENEMY. 39 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,000 , EVEN IF SHE FELT THAT, SHE 40 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:24,000 SHOULD NEVER ADMIT THAT YOU HAVE 41 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,000 TO LEAVE YOUR OPTIONS OPEN. 42 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,000 IF YOU DON'T LEAVE YOUR OPTIONS 43 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,000 OPEN, YOU'RE A FOOL. 44 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,000 AND I HATED TO HAIR HER SAY 45 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,000 THAT. 46 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:38,000 [APPLAUSE] 47 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,000 >> TO SUM RISE YOU ARE NOT 48 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,000 SENDING A MESSAGE ABOUT DATE AN 49 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000 TIME BUT YOU'RE SENDING A 50 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,000 MESSAGE THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED? 51 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,000 >> THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED VERY 52 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,000 QUICKLY. 53 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,000 >> THE THIRD QUESTION IS ASKED 54 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,000 BY REAR ADMIRAL FRANK GALLO. 55 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:01,000 ADMIRAL GALLO IS RETIRED NAVAL 56 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,000 AVIATOR WITH 35 YEARS OF 57 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,000 SERVICE. 58 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,000 HAS HUNDREDS OF CARRIER 59 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,000 LANDINGS. 60 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,000 FLEW ALMOST EVERY FIXED-WING 61 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,000 AIRCRAFT IN HIS TIME. 62 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,000 COMMANDED SQUADRON, WING AND 63 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,000 FLEET WING LEVELS AND CHIEF OF 64 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,000 NAVAL PERSONNEL COMMAND FOR THE 65 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY. 66 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,000 ADMIRAL GALLO. 67 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,000 [APPLAUSE] 68 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 >> MR. TRUMP, I'M HAPPY YOU 69 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,000 HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THE ADMIRALS OF COURSE. 70 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,000 >> I WILL NEVER. 71 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,000 >> I HOPE YOU WILL PARDON -- 72 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,000 >> I DON'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO 73 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,000 DO THAT. 74 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,000 >> PARDON THE REMNANTS OF A 75 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,000 BROOKLYN ACCENT. 76 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 77 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 AFFAIRS HAS A HORRIBLE RECORD OF 78 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,000 TAKING CARE OF VETERANS. 79 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,000 AS YOU RECALL THERE WERE LENGTHY 80 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,000 LINES AT VA HOSPITALS, 81 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,000 SUBSTANDARD MEDICAL CARE, AND 82 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 FALSIFIED MEDICAL RECORDS AND 83 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,000 ACCOUNTING. 84 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,000 LEADERSHIP CHANGES AND NEW 85 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,000 UNREALISTIC LAWS HAVE FAILED TO 86 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 CORRECT THE PROBLEMS. 87 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 THE VA IS THE MOST, PROBABLY THE 88 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 MOST INEFFECTIVE BUREAUCRACY IN 89 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,000 ALL OF WASHINGTON. 90 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,000 AND IT IS TIME FOR DRASTIC 91 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 ACTION OF THE QUESTION IS, WITH 92 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,000 A NEAR-DAILY REVELATIONS THAT 93 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,000 THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 94 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 AFFAIRS FAILS VETERANS IN SOME 95 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000 FORM OR ANOTHER, WHAT IS YOUR 96 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000 PLAN TO REFORM AND FIX THE 97 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,000 SYSTEM TO INSURE VETERANS CAN 98 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,000 HAVE TIMELY ACCESS AND QUALITY 99 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,000 CARE FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES? 100 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,000 >> OKAY. 101 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 SO FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO ASK 102 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 YOU ONE QUESTION, YOU HAVE ALL 103 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,000 THOSE AIRCRAFT LANDINGS ON THE 104 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,000 CARRIERS, RIGHT? SO CAN AND 105 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,000 OTHER WISE EXCELLENT PILOT, A 106 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 >> SOME JUST CAN'T DO THIS, WHAT 107 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,000 PERCENTAGE OF VERY GOOD PILOTS 108 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 CANNOT LAND ON AN AIRCRAFT 109 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,000 CARRIER WITH TRAINING? 110 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 >> ANY VERY GOOD CAN LAND 111 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,000 AFTER TRAINING. 112 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 >> AFTER TRAINING. 113 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,000 >> IT'S MARVELOUS. 114 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,000 >> I UNDERSTAND IT'S A SPECIAL 115 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 TALENT. 116 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,000 >> ATALENT ACQUIRED IF YOU START 117 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 WITH THE BASICS. 118 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,000 THAT'S VERY GOOD. 119 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,000 [LAUGHTER] 120 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,000 >> THAT'S VERY GOOD. 121 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,000 I'VE HEARD IT'S VERY, VERY 122 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,000 TOUGH. 123 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,000 THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION IS A 124 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,000 DISASTER AT THE VA. 125 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,000 IT'S A DISASTER. 126 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,000 I HAVE GONE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY 127 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 AND MET SO MANY VETERANS AND I 128 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,000 HAVE TREMENDOUS VETERANS SUPPORT 129 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 AND I SEE WHAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE 130 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,000 GOING THROUGH, TO SEE A DOCTOR 131 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 TAKES SIX TO SEVEN DAYS AND YOU 132 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 FINALLY GET THERE AND THEOCTOR 133 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,000 HAS GONE ON VACATION. 134 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000 WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT WHOLE 135 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,000 SYSTEM. 136 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 IT STARTS WITH MANAGEMENT. 137 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000 WE HAVE TO HAVE A WHOLE 138 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 DIFFERENT SET OF PROTOCOLS AND 139 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,000 WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE 140 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,000 LINES. PEOPLE ARE DYING, NOT ONLY 22 141 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,000 SUICIDES A DAY, WHEN I FIRST 142 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,000 HEARD THAT, NO, YOU MEAN A 143 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,000 MONTH, CAN YOU IMAGINE A DAY 22 144 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,000 SUICIDES A DAY. 145 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,000 A LOT OF THE SUICIDE IS PEOPLE 146 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,000 CAN'T GET TO SEE DOCTORS, A LOT 147 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 OF IT BECAUSE THE WAITS ARE SO 148 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,000 LONG. 149 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,000 THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEM 150 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 AND BY THE WAY THE VA HAS GREAT 151 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,000 DOCTORS. 152 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,000 DOCTORS ARE GREAT WHEN YOU CAN 153 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,000 GET TO SEE THEM, IN MANY CASES. 154 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 SO WE HAVE A PLAN AND IT'S BEEN 155 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,000 PUT OUT ON MY WEBSITE AND PEOPLE 156 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 LOVE IT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A WAIT 157 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,000 OF SIX DAYS, FIVE DAYS, TWO 158 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,000 DAYS, ONE DAY, WE ARE GOING TO 159 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,000 GIVE OUR GREAT VETERANS THE 160 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,000 RIGHT TO GO OUT, GO ACROSS THE 161 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,000 STREET TO A PRIVATE HOSPITAL, 162 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,000 WHATEVER HAPPENS TO BE IN THAT 163 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,000 COMMUNITY WITHOUT HAVING TO 164 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 DRIVE 400 MILES TO ANOTHER 165 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,000 HOSPITAL AND WE ARE GOING TO 166 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,000 GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO SEE THE 167 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 PRIVATE DOCTOR, PERHAPS PRIVATE 168 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 OR PUBLIC HOSPITAL GET TAKEN 169 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:42,000 CARE OF QUICKLY, EFFECTIVELY AND 170 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,000 GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. 171 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,000 WE ARE GOING TO PAY THE BILL. 172 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,000 THAT WOULD REDUCE WAITING TIMES, 173 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 ALL OF THE PROBLEMS AND MAY 174 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 ACTUALLY GET THE VA TO RESPOND 175 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,000 BETTER TO THINGS, BECAUSE, YOU 176 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,000 KNOW, THERE IS A LITTLE 177 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 COMPETITION, YOU WOULD THINK. 178 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 BUT IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE A 179 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 CHOICE. 180 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,000 WE CAN'T LET WHAT'S HAPPENING 181 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,000 NOW HAPPEN. 182 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 PEOPLE ARE KILLING THEMSELVES 183 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,000 WHILE THEY'RE WAITING IN LINE 184 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,000 BECAUSE THEY CAN'T -- THEY KNOW 185 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,000 IT'S DAYS AND DAYS BEFORE THEY 186 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,000 CAN HAVE -- WHAT COULD BE A 187 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,000 SIMPLE PROCEDURE, A SIMPLE 188 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,000 PRESCRIPTION, THEY HAVE TO WAIT 189 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,000 SO LONG AND THEY END UP -- THEY 190 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,000 CANT TAKE IT, THEY CANT TAKE IT. 191 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,000 WE ARE GOING TO ESTABLISH A 192 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,000 PROCEDURE WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEAVE 193 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,000 THE LINE, GO OUTSIDE AND THE 194 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,000 GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO PAY. 195 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,000 BY THE WAY, A FAR LESS SOLUTION 196 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,000 THAN OTHER FOOLISH SOLUTIONS 197 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,000 I'VE HEARD. 198 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,000 THE VETERANS LOVE IT, THEY LOVE 199 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,000 IT. 200 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:45,000 IT'S A FAR BETTER SOLUTION THAN 201 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,000 ANYTHING ANYBODY HAS EVER THERE. 202 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,000 THE DOCTORS NEED TO BUSINESS AND 203 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,000 PRIVATE HOSPITALS AND PRIVATE 204 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 HOSPITALS NEED THE BUSINESS. 205 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 THEY ARE SITTING THERE WAITING. 206 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,000 WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. 207 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:59,000 WE HAVE TO DO THAT, OKAY, THANK 208 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,000 YOU. 209 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,000 [APPLAUSE] 210 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,000 >> THANK YOU, MR. TRUMP. 211 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,000 WE ARE GOING TO TRANSITION TO 212 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,000 ANOTHER SET OF ISSUES, ONE THAT 213 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 HAS BECOME HALLMARK OF CAMPAIGN, 214 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 THAT IS CHALLENGING THE AREA OF 215 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,000 POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. 216 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:19,000 COLONEL WAS OFFICER AND 217 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000 DECORATED COMBAT VETERAN AND HE 218 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,000 HAS OUR NEXT QUESTION, COLONEL. 219 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,000 >> SIR. THE U.S. MILITARY HAS BEEN 220 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,000 SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THE 221 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,000 WARRIOR AS PART OF DNA, BUT 222 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,000 UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT 223 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,000 HAS BEEN UNDER ATTACK, IN SOME 224 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 CASES UNDERMINED BY THE FORTUNES 225 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, THE 226 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 MILITARY HAS BECOME 227 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,000 INSTITUTIONAL FOR SOCIAL 228 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 EXPERIMENTS AND AS A RESULT THE 229 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,000 MILITARY IS UNDERGONE A NUMBER 230 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:45,000 OF CHANGES TO REGULATIONS WITH 231 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,000 REGARD TO WOMEN IN COMBAT, 232 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 TRANSGENDER RIGHTS AND OTHER 233 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,000 ISSUES. 234 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,000 NONE OF THESE PC ACTIONS WERE 235 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,000 COMBAT EFFECTIVE OR READINESS 236 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,000 DRIVEN. IN FACT, THE OPPOSITE IS 237 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,000 HAPPENING, DEPLOYABILITY, 238 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,000 READINESS AND MORALE ARE ALL 239 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,000 AFFECTED. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHAT 240 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,000 WOULD YOU DO ABOUT THE SOCIAL 241 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 ENGINEER AND POLITICAL 242 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,000 CORRECTNESS THAT'S BEEN IMPOSED 243 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,000 UPON OUR MILITARY? 244 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,000 >> WELL, WE ARE GOING TO GET 245 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,000 AWAY FROM POLITICAL CORRECTNESS 246 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:16,000 AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO 247 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,000 THAT. 248 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,000 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 249 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 >> LIKE THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF 250 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,000 PROFILING, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED 251 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,000 THE PROFILING, PROFILING, WELL, 252 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,000 PROFILING IS, YOU KNOW, IN 253 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,000 ISRAEL THEY'RE DOING IT AND 254 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,000 THEY'RE DOING IT WELL AND WE MAY 255 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,000 HAVE TO DO THAT AND WE MAY HAVE 256 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,000 TO DO OTHER THINGS BUT YOU'RE 257 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,000 RIGHT, WE HAVE A POLITICALLY 258 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,000 CORRECT MILITARY AND IS GETTING 259 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,000 MORE AND MORE POLITICALLY 260 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,000 CORRECT EVERY DAY AND A LOT OF 261 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,000 THE GREAT PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM 262 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,000 DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S 263 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,000 POSSIBLE TO DO THAT. 264 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,000 AND THAT'S THROUGH INTELLIGENCE, 265 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,000 NOT THROUGH IGNORANCE, BELIEVE 266 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,000 ME, SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'RE 267 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,000 ASKING YOU TO DO AND BE 268 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:56,000 POLITICALLY CORRECT ABOUT ARE 269 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,000 RIDICULOUS, I WOULD LEAVE MANY 270 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:01,000 OF THE DECISIONS TO THE 271 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,000 GENERALS, ADMIRALS AND PEOPLE AT 272 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:06,000 THE TOP AND WE GET -- THE 273 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 CONGRESSMAN JUST MENTION TODAY 274 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,000 ME AND I THINK IT'S TRUE 100%, 275 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,000 YOU HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME 276 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 TOP LISTED PEOPLE WHO KNOW IT 277 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,000 BETTER THAN PROBABLY ANYBODY BUT 278 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,000 WE GET OUR MILITARY PEOPLE TO 279 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,000 COME BACK AND MAKE 280 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,000 RECOMMENDATIONS TO ME AND I WILL 281 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,000 FOLLOW THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS,I 282 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:30,000 WILL FOLLOW THEM VERY STRONGLY. 283 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:34,000 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 284 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,000 >> MR. TRUMP, THE NEXT QUESTION 285 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:39,000 FROM COLONEL RETIRED RON CRUZ. 286 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,000 RON IS A HIGHLY DECORATED ARMY 287 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,000 CHAPLAIN, DEPLOYED SEVERAL TIMES 288 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 IN COMBAT AREAS IN SEVERAL 289 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,000 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. HE HAS PERSONALLY WITNESSED THE 290 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 ATTACKS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS IN 291 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,000 THE MILITARY. 292 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 AFTER 28 YEARS OF SERVICE, HE 293 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,000 NOW HEADS THE CHAPLAINS ALLIANCE 294 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,000 FOR MILITARY RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. 295 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,000 HE WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE HOUSE 296 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,000 AND THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES 297 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,000 COMMITTEES TO PROTECT THESE 298 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,000 RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES. 299 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,000 CHAPLAIN CRUZ. 300 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,000 >> MR. TRUMP -- 301 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:14,000 [LAUGHTER] >> ANY RELATION TO TED CRUZ? 302 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,000 >> NEGATIVE. 303 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,000 AND TOM CRUISE? 304 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,000 >> NEGATIVE. >> OKAY, NOW YOU CAN TAKE THE 305 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,000 QUESTION. [LAUGHTER] 306 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000 >> MR. TRUMP, ARMY CHAPLAIN WHO 307 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:28,000 IS ALSO A RANGER HAD POTENTIALLY 308 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,000 CAREER ENDING REPRIMAND FOR THE 309 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,000 CRIME OF USING SCRIPTURE WHILE 310 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,000 MENTORING A SUICIDE PREVENTION 311 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,000 CLASS. 312 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:40,000 NAVY CHAPLAIN WHO IS PRESENT 313 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,000 TODAY, WAS DETACHED FOR CALLS 314 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 AND THREATENED SEPARATION FOR 315 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,000 USING BIBLICAL ANSWERS TO 316 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,000 QUESTIONS DURING COUNSELING 317 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,000 SESSIONS WITH SAILORS IN HIS 318 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,000 COMMAND. AIR FORCE SENIOR SERGEANT WAS 319 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,000 RELIEVED OF DUTY WHEN THE 320 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,000 LESBIAN COMMANDER TRIED AND 321 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 FAILED TO FORCE HIM TO VOCALLY 322 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,000 VOICE HIS OPEN SUPPORT FOR HER 323 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:05,000 PERSONAL VIEWS ON MARRIAGE. 324 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,000 VETERAN AND RETIRED AIR FORCE 325 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,000 OSCAR RODRÍGUEZ WAS FORCEFULLY 326 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,000 REMOVED FROM A FRIEND'S 327 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,000 RETIREMENT CEREMONY BECAUSE HE 328 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,000 INTENDED TO USE THE WORD GOD IN 329 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:23,000 THAT RETIREMENT CEREMONY. 330 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,000 MARINES WAS CONVICTED FOR FAIL 331 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,000 TO GO REMOVE SCRIPTURE FROM 332 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,000 PERSONAL WORK SPACE. 333 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,000 TODAY COMMANDERS ARE PROHIBITED 334 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,000 FROM HAVING BIBLES ON THEIR 335 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,000 DESK, ARE USING SCRIPTURES WHILE 336 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,000 COUNSELING TROOPS. 337 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,000 THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS 338 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,000 DELIBERATELY SET OUT TO TAKE THE 339 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,000 CHRISTIAN RELIGION OUT OF THE 340 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,000 MILITARY, MR. TRUMP, HOW WILL 341 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,000 YOU IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION 342 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,000 COMBAT THESE ATTACKS ON MILITARY 343 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,000 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION? 344 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,000 >> WELL, THANK YOU, THAT'S A 345 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 GREAT QUESTION AND HAVE WE EVER 346 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,000 HAD A TIME LIKE THIS? 347 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,000 SERIOUSLY, HAVE -- HAS THERE 348 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,000 EVER BEEN A THING LIKE WHAT'S 349 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,000 GOING ON. THE OTHER DAY TO ADD TO YOUR 350 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,000 LIST I WAS WATCHING ONE OF THE 351 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,000 NEWS PROGRAMS AND THEY HAD A 352 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,000 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH, 353 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,000 THEY'RE GOING INTO BATTLE -- 354 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,000 >> HE'S HERE. 355 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,000 >> OH, HE'S HERE. 356 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,000 STAND UP. 357 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,000 WOW. THEY REALLY WENT AFTER YOU FOR 358 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,000 SAYING A PRAYER. 359 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,000 THAT IS JUST -- I DIDN'T KNOW 360 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,000 YOU WOULD BE HERE. 361 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,000 WOW. THE WORLD IS CHANGING, ISN'T IT? 362 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,000 SO YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PRAY 363 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,000 BEFORE A FOOTBALL GAME? 364 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,000 I THOUGHT IT WAS HORRIBLE, 365 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,000 HORRIBLE. 366 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,000 SO WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOU, WHAT 367 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:41,000 HAPPENED? 368 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:42,000 SORRY TO TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR 369 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,000 QUESTION BUT IT'S AN EXTENSION 370 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,000 OF YOUR QUESTION? 371 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,000 WHAT DID THEY DO? 372 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,000 >> THEY PUT ME ON SUSPENSION AND 373 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,000 GAVE ME ADVERSE RIGHT-UP OF HOW 374 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:57,000 WELL I DID MY JOB. 375 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,000 [INAUDIBLE] 376 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,000 >> I ALWAYS PRAYED AFTER EVERY 377 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,000 GAME AND THEY REALLY SLAMMED ME 378 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,000 ON IT AND ENDED UP JUST NOT 379 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 RENEWING MY CONTRACT AND 380 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,000 ULTIMATELY FIRING ME. 381 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,000 >> I THINK THAT IS ABSOLUTELY 382 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,000 OUTRAGEOUS. 383 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,000 I THINK IT'S OUTRAGEOUS. 384 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,000 I THINK IT'S VERY SAD AND 385 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,000 OUTRAGEOUS. 386 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,000 OKAY. 387 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,000 RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, HEY, IT'S 388 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,000 ABOUT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND IT 389 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,000 HAS TO BE A MELTING OF BOTH. 390 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,000 WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE 391 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,000 THERE HAS TO BE A MELDING OF 392 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,000 BOTH. 393 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,000 IT'S UNFAIR WHAT THEY ARE DOING 394 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,000 IN THIS COUNTRY. 395 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,000 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M DOING 396 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000 AND WE HAVE THE JOHNSON 397 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,000 AMENDMENT, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT 398 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,000 IS? THE LYNDON JOHNSON AMENDMENT 399 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,000 PASSED AN AMENDMENT BECAUSE 400 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,000 SUPPOSEDLY HE WAS HAVING A HARD 401 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,000 TIME WITH A CHURCH IN HOUSTON 402 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,000 WITH A PASTOR AND PASSED AN 403 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,000 AMENDMENT, BASICALLY IF YOU'RE A 404 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 PASTOR, BASICALLY IF YOU'RE A 405 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,000 RELIGIOUS PERSON YOU CANNOT GET 406 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,000 UP AND TALK POLITICS, YOU CAN'T 407 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:53,000 REALLY -- PRIME EXAMPLE OF IT. 408 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,000 DO YOU KNOW HOW STRONGLY I FEEL 409 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,000 ABOUT IT. 410 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000 I HAD 50 PASTORS, MINISTERS, 411 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:02,000 PRIESTS, I HAD A COUPLE OF 412 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,000 RABBIS IN A BIG CONFERENCE IN 413 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:08,000 ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS. 414 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,000 OUT OF CURIOSITY WHY CAN'T YOU 415 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,000 DO IT? 416 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:20,000 BECAUSE WE LOSE TAX-EXEMPT 417 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,000 STATUS. 418 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,000 WHY IS THAT? 419 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,000 I STARTED STUDYING IT AND WE HAD 420 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,000 A MEETING A MONTH LATER AND I 421 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,000 SAID, WE ARE GOING TO GET RID OF 422 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,000 THE JOHNSON AMENDMENT BECAUSE 423 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,000 THEY'RE STOPPING YOU AND OUR 424 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,000 GREAT PEOPLE FROM TALKING AND 425 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,000 TONY AND ALL THE PEOPLE, I MEAN, 426 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,000 THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE 427 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,000 HAVE TO HEAR FROM AND WE WANT 428 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,000 HEAR FROM THEM. 429 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 YOU KNOW MY POSING VIEWS BUT 430 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:45,000 THEY ARE STOPPING YOU FROM 431 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,000 SPEAKING. THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 432 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,000 TAX-EXEMPT STATUS AND THINGS. 433 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,000 IT'S VERY UNFAIR AND ONE OF THE 434 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,000 THINGS I WILL DO VERY EARLY IN 435 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,000 MY ADMINISTRATION SO TO GET RID 436 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,000 OF THE JOHNSON AMENDMENT SO THAT 437 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,000 OUR GREAT PASTORS AND MINISTERS, 438 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,000 RABBIS AND EVERYBODY AND PRIESTS 439 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:04,000 AND EVERYBODY CAN GO AND TELL 440 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,000 AND CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE 441 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,000 PROCESS. I LOOKED AT 50 PEOPLE IN THE 442 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,000 ROOM, THEY'RE STRONG PEOPLE, 443 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,000 POWERFUL PEOPLE BY PERSONALITY 444 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 AND I SAID, THEY'RE REALLY 445 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,000 HOLDING YOUR VOICE BACK. 446 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,000 YOU HAVE POWERFUL PEOPLE, SOME 447 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,000 WERE INCREDIBLE SPEAKERS, JUST 448 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,000 NATURAL GIFT FOR SPEAKING AND I 449 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,000 POINTED DOWN, WAY DOWN ON THE 450 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000 STREET ON FIFTH AVENUE, SO THOSE 451 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,000 PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE STREET 452 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 HAVE MORE POWER THAN YOU DO AND 453 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,000 I THINK THAT'S VERY UNFAIR. 454 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,000 YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND 455 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,000 I THINK THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY 456 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,000 TO ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM THAT 457 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:40,000 YOU HAD, BUT YOU HAVE LOST A LOT 458 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,000 OF THE -- IT'S AMAZING, THE 459 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:44,000 CHURCH AND RELIGIOUS HAS LOST 460 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 TREMENDOUS POWER AND POSITIVE 461 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,000 POWER, THIS ISN'T NEGATIVE POWER 462 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,000 BUT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE 463 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,000 ESSENTIALLY PROHIBITED FROM 464 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,000 SPEAKING BECAUSE OF THE 465 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,000 TREMENDOUS PROBLEM THEY HAVE. 466 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GOING 467 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,000 TO DO AND I HAVE TREMENDOUS 468 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,000 SUPPORT WITH EVANGELICALS AND 469 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,000 CHRISTIANS AND EVERYBODY IS WE 470 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,000 ARE GOING TO GET RID OF THE 471 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,000 JOHNSON AMENDMENT THAT IS VERY, 472 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,000 VERY UNFAIR. 473 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:13,000 OKAY. 474 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, MR. TRUMP. 475 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 IN RELATION TO THAT LAST WEEK 476 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,000 THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP 477 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,000 INTRODUCED A MEASURE THAT WOULD, 478 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,000 IN FACT, REPEAL THE PORTION OF 479 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,000 THE JOHNSON AMENDMENT THAT 480 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,000 PROHIBITS SPEECH BY CHURCHES AND 481 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000 NONPROFITS AND THAT WAS IN LARGE 482 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,000 PART BECAUSE OF THE VISIBILITY 483 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,000 YOU'VE GIVEN TO THAT ISSUE AND, 484 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 IN FACT, INSISTING THAT IT BE IN 485 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,000 THE GOP PLATFORM. 486 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,000 >> I'M VERY HONORED BY THAT. 487 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,000 THEY DID IT LAST WEEK. 488 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF MY 489 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,000 PROCESS. 490 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,000 >> LET ME SPEAK TO ANOTHER -- 491 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,000 >> THAT'S THE ASSUMPTION IF I 492 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,000 WIN. 493 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,000 YOU'VE WASTED A LOT OF TIME AND 494 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000 ENERGY AND MONEY. 495 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,000 >> WELL, YESTERDAY SPEAKING OF 496 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,000 THE JOHNSON, YESTERDAY WAS 497 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,000 FREEDOM SUNDAY AND THERE WERE 498 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,000 THOUSANDS OF PASTORS ACROSS THE 499 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,000 NATION, MYSELF INCLUDED THAT 500 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:03,000 PREACH MESSAGES ABOUT THE 501 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,000 ELECTION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF 502 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:08,000 THIS ELECTION AND THE IRS CAN BE 503 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:13,000 ON STANDBY AND THE CHURCHES AND 504 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,000 CHRISTIANS HAVE THE FREEDOM TO 505 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 SPEECH IN THIS COUNTRY ABOUT 506 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,000 WHAT IS AFFECTING THIS COUNTRY. 507 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,000 [APPLAUSE] >> WHY IS YOUR SERMON ON THE 508 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,000 WAY, DID THEY ASK YOU FOR IT? 509 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,000 >> NO, I WANT THEM TO HEAR IT. 510 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,000 >> GOOD. 511 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,000 >> FIRST OFF, MY POLITICAL 512 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,000 STATEMENT SECONDLY. 513 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,000 >> GOOD. BUT THAT IS A TERRIBLE SITUATION 514 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:33,000 WHERE THEY CAN SAY WE DON'T LIKE 515 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,000 THE WAY YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT 516 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,000 CHRISTIANITY, ABOUT GOD, WE 517 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,000 DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU JUST SAID 518 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,000 AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE YOUR 519 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,000 TAX-EXEMPT STATUS AND YOU KNOW 520 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,000 HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. 521 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,000 IT'S VERY, IT'S A VERY SAD 522 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,000 THING. >> YOU HAVE MENTIONED THE 523 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:51,000 GENERALS AND THE ADMIRALS AND I 524 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,000 WANT TO TALK -- DON'T FORGET THE 525 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,000 SERGEANTS. 526 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,000 >> NO, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING 527 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,000 ABOUT. WE WANT TO GET THEIR ADVICE 528 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,000 ALSO. COACH KENNEDY, HIS STORY WHICH 529 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,000 WAS BROKEN AT FOX NEWS IS A 530 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,000 RETIRED MARINES SERGEANT. 531 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,000 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 532 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,000 AND OUR FINAL QUESTION, I DO 533 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,000 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING 534 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000 GENEROUS WITH YOUR TIME AND 535 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,000 HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH THESE MILITARY WARRIORS, I WANT 536 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,000 TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING YOU 537 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,000 SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER IN 538 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,000 RELATIONSHIP TO THE VA BUT ALSO 539 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,000 ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF OUR 540 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,000 WARRIORS. YOU KNOW, A NATION IS JUDGED BY 541 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,000 HOW IT TAKES CARE OF ITS 542 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000 WARRIORS, THOSE WHO HAVE 543 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,000 DEFENDED IDEALS AND PRINCIPLES 544 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,000 AND WILLING TO PUT THEMSELVES IN 545 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,000 HARM'S WAY. 546 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,000 THIS IS NOT IN CONNECTED WITH 547 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,000 THE CONVERSATION WE WERE JUST 548 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,000 HAVING BECAUSE IT IS THAT 549 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,000 CHRISTIAN ETHIC THAT EVEN JESUS 550 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:45,000 TALKED ABOUT, GREATER LOVE HAS 551 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,000 NO MAN AND TO LAY LIFE FOR HIS 552 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,000 FRIENDS AND MANY IN THIS ROOM 553 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,000 HAVE DONE SO BUT HAVE SEEN THE 554 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,000 FRIENDS MAKE THE ULTIMATE 555 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,000 SACRIFICE AND THAT IS A BURDEN 556 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,000 THAT THEY CARRY AND IT IS A 557 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000 DIFFICULTY THAT THEY FACE AND WE 558 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,000 SHOULD NOT REQUIRE THEM TO FACE 559 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,000 THAT ALONE AS A NATION. 560 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:07,000 AND SO OUR FINAL QUESTION COMES 561 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:13,000 FROM STAFF, FORMER SPECIAL 562 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,000 OPERATIONS FORCE RECON MARINES, 563 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,000 THE TOUGHEST OF THE TOUGH IN THE 564 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,000 UMC, DEPLOYED EIGHT TIMES TO 565 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,000 COMBAT, SUFFERED AND FULLY 566 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,000 RECOVERED FROM DEPRESSION AND 567 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,000 PTSD AND HE HAS BEEN THERE AND 568 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,000 DONE THAT. 569 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,000 HE NOW HEADS THE MIGHTY OAKS 570 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,000 WARRIOR PROGRAM THAT SERVES 571 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,000 ACTIVE DUTY VETERANS AND THEIR 572 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,000 FAMILIES IN THE MOST -- IN THE 573 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 MOST STATISTICALLY SUCCESSFUL 574 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,000 SUCH PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN THE 575 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,000 COUNTRY. 576 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:45,000 STAFF SERGEANT ROBOSHOU. 577 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,000 [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING, MR. TRUMP. 578 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:51,000 AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S A 579 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,000 TRAGIC SUICIDE EPIDEMIC, WHILE 580 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,000 THE MILITARY AND VA ARE WORKING 581 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,000 ON THE PROBLEM THE EFFORTS 582 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,000 CONTINUE TO FALL SHORT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF 583 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,000 FAITH-BASED PROGRAMS OUTSIDE THE 584 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,000 DOD AND THE VA THAT ARE 585 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,000 CONTINUING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN 586 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,000 STOPPING SUICIDE AND DIVORCE 587 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,000 RATES. SPIRITUAL FITNESS WORKS IN THESE 588 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,000 TYPE OF PROBLEMS, THE GOVERNMENT 589 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,000 IS NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE 590 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,000 PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, SO MY 591 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,000 QUESTION FOR YOU, WHEN YOU 592 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 BECOME PRESIDENT, WILL YOU 593 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,000 SUPPORT AND FUND MORE HOLISTIC 594 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,000 APPROACH TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS 595 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,000 AND ISSUES OF VETERAN SUICIDE, 596 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:30,000 PTSD, TBI AND OTHER RELATED 597 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,000 MILITARY MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL 598 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,000 ISSUES AND TAKE STEPS TO RESTORE 599 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,000 HISTORIC ROLE OF CHAPLAINS AND 600 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,000 IMPORTANCE OF SPIRITUAL FITNESS 601 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,000 AND PROGRAMS? >> YES, I WOULD. 602 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,000 LOOK, WE NEED THAT SO BADLY AND 603 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,000 WHEN YOU -- 604 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,000 [APPLAUSE] 605 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,000 >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE 606 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,000 MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, WHEN 607 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,000 PEOPLE COME BACK FROM WAR AND 608 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,000 COMBAT AND THEY SEE THINGS THAT 609 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,000 MAYBE A LOT OF THE FOLKS IN THIS 610 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,000 ROOM HAVE SEEN MANY TIMES OVER 611 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,000 AND YOU'RE STRONG AND YOU CAN 612 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,000 HANDLE IT BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE 613 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,000 CAN'T HANDLE IT AND THEY SEE 614 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:04,000 HORROR STORIES, THEY SEE EVENTS 615 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,000 THAT YOU COULDN'T SEE IN A 616 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,000 MOE. 617 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,000 NOBODY CAN BELIEVE IT. 618 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 WE NEED MENTAL HEALTH AND 619 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000 MEDICAL AND IT'S ONE OF THE 620 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,000 THINGS THAT IS LEAST ADDRESSED 621 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,000 AND ONE OF THE THINGS -- ONE OF 622 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,000 THE THINGS THAT I HEAR MOST 623 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,000 ABOUT WHEN I GO AROUND AND TALK 624 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000 TO VETERANS, SO WE ARE GOING TO 625 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,000 HAVE A VERY ROBUST, VERY, VERY 626 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 ROBUST LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE 627 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,000 HAVING TO DO WITH MENTAL HEALTH. 628 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 WE ARE LOSING SO MANY GREAT 629 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 PEOPLE THAT CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF 630 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,000 IF THEY HAVE PROPER CARE. 631 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,000 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HEAR THE 22 632 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,000 SUICIDES A DAY, BIG PART OF YOUR 633 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,000 QUESTION, WHEN YOU HEAR THE 22 634 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000 SUICIDES A DAY, THAT SHOULD 635 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,000 NEVER BE, THAT SHOULD NEVER BE. 636 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,000 SO WE ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING 637 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 THAT VERY STRONGLY AND THE WHOLE 638 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,000 MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE IS GOING TO 639 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,000 BE A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE WHEN I 640 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,000 TAKE OVER AND THE VA IS GOING TO 641 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,000 BE FIXED IN SO MANY WAYS BUT 642 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE 643 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,000 WAYS WE ARE GOING TO HELP AND 644 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,000 THAT IN MANY RESPECTS THE ONE 645 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,000 THING WE HAVE TO DO BECAUSE I 646 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,000 THINK IT'S REALLY BEEN LEFT 647 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,000 BEHIND. 648 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,000 OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 649 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000 [APPLAUSE] 650 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:11,000 >> CAN I JUST SAY ONE THING, 651 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:15,000 TONY? 652 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,000 JOHN: DONALD TRUMP ANSWERING 653 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,000 QUESTIONS IN VIRGINIA. 654 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,000 ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES PROMISING 655 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:22,000 TO FIX PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN 656 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,000 SO PUBLICIZED PLAGUING THE 657 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,000 VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. 658 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 ONE THING HE DID NOT MENTION THE 659 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:33,000 NEW REVELATIONS ABOUT HIS TAXES, 660 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,000 REVELATIONS THAT HAVE RAISE 661 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,000 QUESTIONS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND 662 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,000 BUSINESS RECORD. 663 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000 GOOD MORNING TO YOU, I'M JOHN 664 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,000 SCOTT. 665 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,000 JENNA: HI, EVERYBODY, I'M JENNA 666 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,000 LEE. 667 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,000 TRUMP MAY HAVE AVOIDED PAYING 668 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,000 FEDERAL INCOME TAX FOR UP TO 18 669 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,000 YEARS BY CLAIMING A BILLION 670 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 DOLLAR LOSS IN 1995. 671 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 THAT'S NOT ILLEGAL NOT TO PAY 672 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,000 TAXES BUT BECAUSE NO ONE HAS 673 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,000 SEEN TAX RETURNS IT'S SPARKING 674 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,000 DEBATE POLITICALLY BUT ALSO OVER 675 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,000 TAX CODE. 676 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,000 FIVE WEEKS BEFORE ELECTION DAY, 677 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 TRUMP QUICKLY TO TURN TO TABLES, 678 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,000 TRUMP AND SURROGATES ARGUING 679 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,000 THAT THE REPORT IS PROOF OF THE 680 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,000 FINANCIAL SAVVINESS, WE ARE 681 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,000 LIKELY TO HEAR MUCH MORE OF 682 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,000 CAMPAIGN IN COLORADO LATER TODAY 683 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:17,000 THAT'S WHERE WE FINE ALICIA 684 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,000 ACUNA. >> DONALD TRUMP IS DISCUSSING 685 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,000 THIS REPORT ON TWITTER SAYING, 686 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,000 QUOTE, I KNOW OUR COMPLEX TAX 687 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000 LAWS BETTER THAN ANYONE WHO HAS 688 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000 EVER RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND I AM 689 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:33,000 THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN FIX THEM. 690 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,000 #FAILING NEW YORK TIMES. 691 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,000 NEW YORK TIMES RECORDER SAYS SHE 692 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,000 RECEIVED THE PAGES OF THE 1995 693 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,000 TAX RETURNS IN THE MAIL FROM AN 694 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 ANONYMOUS PERSON, QUOTE, THE 695 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,000 TRUMP ORGANIZATION. 696 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,000 ACCORDING TO ARTICLE THE PAPER 697 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,000 HIRED TAX EXPERTS TO ANALYZE 698 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,000 DOCUMENTS TO DETERMINE TRUMP DID 699 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,000 ANYTHING ILLEGAL. 700 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,000 TRUMP OR SURROGATES HAVE NOT 701 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,000 CONFIRMED OR DENIED REPORT IN 702 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,000 THE TIMES. 703 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:04,000 FORMER CITY MAYOR GIULIANI AND 704 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:10,000 CHRIS 705 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,000 CHRISTIE COMPLEMENTED. 706 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,000 >> ALL WE DID WAS QUOTE THE LAW. 707 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 YOU CAN USE THE LAW TO OFFSET 708 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,000 INCOME