YOU WILL WATCH THE WHOLE THING, LAURA INGRAHAM INTERVIEWING THE
PRESIDENT STARTS RIGHT NOW. WE WILL SEE YOU MONDAY.
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LAURA: I AM LAURA INGRAHAM AND THIS IS "THE INGRAHAM ANGLE"
FROM WASHINGTON AND DO WE HAVE A SHOW FOR YOU.
TONIGHT MY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THE
WHITE HOUSE. IT HAS BEEN A WILD WEEK ALL
AROUND IN WASHINGTON. OF COURSE, THE REST OF THE
WORLD. THE PRESIDENT PASSED A
MONUMENTAL LEADERSHIP TEST THIS WEEK WITH FLYING COLORS.
FIRST WE HAD IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK IN RETALIATION OF KILLING
THE MASTERMINDS BE QASSEM SOLEIMANI AND WORLD WAR III
WOULD ENSUE AND AS USUAL THE PRESIDENT PROVE THEM WRONG.
SO NOW, HOSTILITIES ARE IN A DEESCALATED STATE AND IRAN MAY
AND I UNDERLINE MAY COME TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE.
NOBODY THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
SECOND, THE G.O.P. HOLD FIRM ON IMPEACHMENT AND BOY DID THAT
STRATEGY PAY OFF. AFTER WEEKS OF DELAY,
NANCY PELOSI IS FINALLY CAVING AND SHE WILL TRANSMIT ARTICLES
OF IMPEACHMENT TO THE SENATE NEXT WEEK.
HER PLOT TO CONTROL THE SENATE TRIAL HAS BEEN COMPLETELY
FOILED. OOPS!
I HAD A GREAT PRIVILEGE OF SITTING DOWN WITH THE PRESIDENT
FOR WHITE RANGING INTERVIEW AND HE MADE ON IMPORTANT TOPICS AND
MORE. HE SHARED HIS PLANS THROUGH THE
NEW YEAR. HERE IS PART 1 OF EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. MR. PRESIDENT THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP: THANK YOU,
LAURA. LAURA: TONIGHT MIKE POMPEO
GAVE A FORCEFUL PRESS CONFERENCE THE FALLOUT FROM THE IRANIAN
JETLINER GOING DOWN. HIS CONCERN IS THAT PEOPLE
AREN'T UNDERSTANDING THE EMINENT NATURE OF THE THREAT OF
SOLEIMANI. HE WAS PRESSED ON THAT TODAY.
HE SAID THERE WERE LARGE SCALE ATTACKS PLANNED ON U.S.
FACILITIES. BUT HE DIDN'T GO MORE SPECIFIC.
DON'T THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT SPECIFICALLY
WAS TARGETED WITHOUT REVEALING MASSES AND SOURCES AND SOURCES?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I DON'T THINK SO BUT WE WILL TELL YOU
PROBABLY IT WOULD BE THE EMBASSY IN BAGHDADI AND USE ALL THAT
WITH ALL OF THE MEN, VERY FEW MEANT WOMEN CIRCLING IN AND
CIRCLING IN. VERY STRONGLY, VERY VICIOUSLY
KNOCKING OUT WINDOWS AND TRYING TO GET INTO.
THEY WERE CLOSE TO GETTING INTO. I CALLED OUT TO MILITARY.
THEY SAID THEY WILL HAVE IT THERE TOMORROW.
I SAID NOPE, YOU WILL HAVE IT THERE TODAY BECAUSE WE WILL NOT
HAVE ANOTHER BENGHAZI ON HER HANDS.
WE DID AN AMAZING JOB. WE NEVER GET CREDIT FOR
ANYTHING. THAT'S OKAY.
WE ARE THE GREATEST ECONOMY WE HAVE EVER HAD.
BUT I THINK HE WOULD HAVE HAD ANOTHER BEEN BECAUSE HE HAD WE
NOT ACTED QUICKLY. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED.
THIS WAS STOPPED. AND WE HAD APACHES GOING THERE,
THE HELICOPTERS AND THEY WERE DROPPING PLAYERS ALL OVER THE
PLACE. A LOT OF THINGS WERE HAPPENING.
AND EVERYBODY DISAPPEARED. LAURA: DID THEY HAVE LARGE
SCALED ATTACKS FOR OTHER EMBASSIES AND IF THOSE WERE
PLANNED, WHY CAN'T WE REBUILD THAT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
WOULDN'T THAT HELP YOUR CASE? PRESIDENT TRUMP: I CAN
REVEAL THAT I THINK IT WAS FOUR EMBASSIES.
I THINK BAGHDAD ALREADY STARTED. THEY WERE REALLY AMAZED THAT WE
CAME IN WITH THAT KIND OF FORCE. WE CAME IN WITH A VERY POWERFUL
FORCE. THAT ENDED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
BUT BAGHDAD CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LEAD, BUT I THINK IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUR MILITARY BASES.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF OTHER THINGS TOO.
IT WAS IMMINENT. ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE WAS GONE.
LAURA: WHY IS NANCY PELOSI DESCRIBING HER BRIEFING AS
DISMISSIVE AND DISDAINFUL DON'T MAKE DISDAINFUL?
MICHAEL HE IT WAS INSULTING. WHAT WAS SAID TO MOLLIFY THE
CONCERNS OF YOUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS LIKE MIKE LEE?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: HE IS A GREAT SUPPORTER AND A FRIEND
THAT CALLED ME A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
HE SAID I WANTED TO GET MORE INFORMATION.
LOOK, AND HAVE ALSO HAD CALLS FROM THE SENATORS, CONGRESSMEN
WHO SAID HE WAS THE SINGLE BEST BRIEFING.
ONE PERSON SAID THEY HAD BEEN THERE TEN YEARS.
THE SINGLE BEST BRIEFING THEY HAVE EVER HAD.
ONE SAID, 20 YEARS, THE SINGLE BEST MILITARY BRIEFING THEY HAVE
EVER HAD. I UNDERSTAND WHAT MIKE HAD TO
COME ON MIKE WANTED CERTAIN THINGS SAID AND WE JUST COULDN'T
SAY THEM BUT MAYBE WE COULD SAY INDIVIDUALLY TO HIM AND
CERTAINLY A TRUSTWORTHY PERSON. LAURA: ARE YOU WORRIED THE
DEMOCRATS CAN'T BE TRUSTED WITH CLASSIFIED INFORMATION?
THAT IS WHAT IT SOUND LIKE WHEN MIKE PENCE GAVE THE MESSAGE THE
OTHER DAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP: I AM
CERTAIN THERE CERTAINLY WORRIED ABOUT IT.
CAN YOU IMAGINE COME A SPLIT SECOND TIMING, EXECUTED LIKE
NOBODY HAS SEEN IN MANY, MANY Y. CAN YOU IMAGINE THEY WANT US TO
COME UP AND SPEAK TO CROOKED, CORRUPT POLITICIAN ADAM SCHIFF?
OH, ADAM, WE HAVE SOMEBODY WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET FOR A
LONG TIME. WE HAVE A SHOT AT HIM RIGHT NOW.
CAN WE MEET TO GET YOUR APPROVAL, ADAM SCHIFF?
WELL, LET'S DO IT IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
OH, OKAY, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, THEY LEAK.
ANYTHING WE GIVE WILL BE LEAKED IMMEDIATELY.
YOU WILL SAY BREAKING NEWS AND WE ARE ABOUT TO BE ATTACKED IN
25 MINUTES. BY THE WAY, I'M NOT SOMEBODY
THAT WANTS TO ATTACK. I PROBABLY COULD HAVE ATTACKED
FIVE TIMES, TEN TIMES HAVING TO DO WITH IRAN.
I HAVE BEEN VERY GUARDED BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
BUT WE MAY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. WE HAVE TO BE IN A POSITION
WHERE WE CAN DO IT EVEN FROM THE NEGOTIATING STANDPOINT.
BUT HOPEFULLY, IT WON'T BE NECESSARY.
WE HAVE TREMENDOUS SANCTIONS. THEY ARE DOING POORLY.
THEY HAVE RIOTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
I THINK IT STRAIGHTENED OUT EASY, BUT IT'S UP TO THEM.
LAURA: SPEAKING OF SANCTIONS ILHAN OMAR SAID TODAY
THAT THIS IS AKIN TO ECONOMIC WARFARE AGAINST IRAN COME EVEN
THOUGH SHE SUPPORTS SANCTIONS AGAINST ISRAEL.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: YEAH. SHE HATES ISRAEL.
SHE HATES JEWISH PEOPLE. YOU HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT HER
RED BRICK. IT IS INCREDIBLE WHAT HAS
HAPPENED TO THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS.
THEY USED TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF ISRAEL.
TODAY, THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF HER AND AOC, RASHIDA TLAIB, THEY
KNOW NOTHING. A POOR STUDENT COME UP FOR
EVERYTHING AND SHE COMES AND TALKS ABOUT THE GREEN NEW DEAL
AND ALL OF THESE, WONDERFUL, BUT YOU KNOW, AS I SAID LAST NIGHT,
I DON'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
IT IS TOO EARLY. I WANT TO SAY BUT TWO WEEKS
BEFORE BECAUSE THEY MAY CHANGE THEIR MIND.
LAURA: BERNIE SANDERS IS OUT BUT YOU'RE NOT SURPRISED TO
DISCUSS IRAN ON WHAT HAPPENED. HE BASICALLY SAID THIS.
JUST AS WE WERE LED INTO VIETNAM BY LIES BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS MISLEADING US ON IRAN.
A FASCINATION OF QASSEM SOLEIMANI.
BY CLAIMING HE WAS PLANNING EMINENT ATTACKS.
THEY PRODUCE NO EVIDENCE THAT NOT EVEN A CLASSIFIED SETTING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING.
WE ARE THERE FOR A VERY, VERY STRONG REASON.
THEY CANNOT HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPO WEAPONS.
THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL SIGNED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA GAVE
$150 BILLION AND THAT IS WHEN THE REAL TERRORIST STARTED.
THEY TOOK THE MONEY AND USED IT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
YOU LOOK AT YEMEN AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING
INCLUDING SYRIA, THEY WERE USING $1.8 BILLION IN CASH FROM A
$1.71.8 BILLION IN CASH, GREEN, BEAUTIFUL CASH.
AND HOW DID THEY HAVE THE POWER TO DO THIS?
LOADS OF CASH. INSTEAD OF IRAN SAYING THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, THAT IS NICE AND LET'S GET ALONG, DO WELL, LET'S
BUILD BUILDINGS AND IRAN, THEY SAID DEATH TO AMERICA.
THEY SAID IT WHEN THEY WERE SIGNING.
WHEN JOHN KERRY SIGNED, AND BY THE WAY HE VIOLATED THE ACT.
LAURA: HE IS OUT THERE SLAMMING YOU.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: THIS GUY VIOLATED THE LOGAN ACT WITH HIS
CONVERSATIONS COME OKAY. BUT WHEN JOHN KERRY WAS OUT
THERE MAKING THE DEAL, AND THEY HAVE PEOPLE SCREAMING DEATH TO
AMERICA, DEATH TO AMERICA. WHO SIGNS A DEAL WHILE THEY
SCREAM DEATH TO AMERICA? LAURA: HE SAID HE STABILIZE
THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER CAMPAIGNING A MAN OF RESTRAINT,
NOT INTERVENTIONALLISM. JOHN KERRY SANG THIS AND ALL THE
OBAMA FOLKS, SUSAN RICE, THEY ARE KIND OF WAITING IN THE
WINGS, SEE, HE IS THE GUY THAT WE TOLD YOU HE WAS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: IF YOU LOOK AT THE MIDDLE EAST RIGHT
NOW, IT IS MUCH CALMER THAN WHEN I GOT HERE.
WHEN I GOT HERE, IT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
NUMBER ONE WE GOT RID OF THE CALIPHATE, THE ISIS CALIPHATE.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS AND WE KILLED MOST OF THEIR
FIGHTERS. WE'VE GOTTEN RID OF VICES.
THEY COME BACK AND TAKE CARE OF IT.
OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.
OTHER COUNTRIES SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IT, EUROPE SHOULD
TAKE THEM BACK. LAURA: AND ADEL STEPPED UP
AND I KNOW THEY COMMITTED TO DOING MORE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, T
WHAT EXTENT MIKE SPECIFICALLY WILL NATO
CONTRIBUTE TO TAKE THE BURDEN OFF THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS.
AS I CAME IN NATO WAS VIRTUALLY A DEAD ORGANIZATION.
IT HAD NO MONEY, NOBODY WAS PAYING EXCEPT US.
PRACTICALLY NOBODY WAS PAYING. IF YOU LOOK AT H HURT OF MONEY
AND FUNDS RECEIVED, IT LOOKED LIKE A ROLLER COASTER DOWN.
NOW SECRETARY COME I THINK HE IS TERRIFIC AND MY FIRST YEAR, I
RAISED $130 BILLION FROM THEM, NOT FROM US.
AND NOW HE ANNOUNCED $530 BILLION ALL BECAUSE OF ME.
HE'S MY BIGGEST SALESMAN, MY GREATEST SALESMAN, THE
SECRETARY. BUT LOOK, YOU ARE THERE FOR
RUSSIA AND EUROPE, OKAY? BY THE WAY IT WAS MUCH MORE FOR
EUROPE THAN US. LAURA: WHY ARE WE
PROTECTING THEM? ALL THE MONEY SENDING TO NATO,
WHAT ARE WE PROTECTING THEM FROM?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: THEY BUILT AN OFFICE BUILDING $3 BILLION.
THEY DO LOTS OF THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING BEFORE I GOT
HERE. BUT I RAISED A LOT OF MONEY.
WE CAN USE NATO AND A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS.
WE CAN USE NATO AS AN EXAMPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD DO. FRANKLY, MORE PALATABLE TO
COUNTRIES AND INTERNATIONAL FORCE COMES IN RATHER THAN THE
UNITED STATES. FROM OUR STANDPOINT, LET
SOMEBODY ELSE PAY FOR IT. WHY ARE WE ALWAYS PAYING?
WE PAY FOR EVERYTHING. ONE THING, I MOVED THE TROOPS ON
THE BORDER BETWEEN TURKEY AND SYRIA.
THAT TURNED OUT TO BE SUCH A SUCCESSFUL MOVE.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. NOW THEY PROTECT -- THEY BEEN
FIGHTING OVER THE BORDER FOR 1,000 YEARS.
WHY SHOULD WE DO IT? THEN THEY SAY HE LEFT TROOPS IN
SYRIA. YOU KNOW WHAT I DID?
I LEFT TROOPS TO TAKE THE OIL. THE ONLY TROOPS I HAVE ARE
TAKING THE OIL. THEY ARE PROTECTING THE OIL.
LAURA: WE ARE TAKING THE OIL.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: MAYBE WE WILL, MAYBE WE WON'T.
PARENTS WHEN THEY ARE PROTECTING THE
FACILITY. PRESIDENT TRUMP:
UNITED STATES HAS THE OIL. SO THEY SAY HE LEFT TROOPS IN
SYRIA. NO, WE ARE PROTECTING THE OIL.
WE HAVE THE OIL. LAURAWE HAVE THE OIL.
LAURA: "WALL STREET JOURNAL" REPORTING
AFTER THE STRIKE, MR. TRUMP TOLD ASSOCIATES HE WAS UNDER PRESSURE
WITH THE DEAL WITH GENERAL SOLEIMANI TO TAKE HIM
OUT FROM G.O.P. SENATORS HE USED AS IMPORTANT SUPPORTERS IN THE
UPCOMING IMPEACHMENT SENATE. THE ASSOCIATE SAID.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A LEAK FROM THE WHITE HOUSE OR SOMEONE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: THEY JUST MADE IT UP, IT IS FAKE NEWS.
THEY ARE JUST MAKING IT UP. THEY ARE ALL VERY DISHONEST,
MOST OF THEM ARE VERY DISHONEST COMMITTEE PRESENT OR DISHONEST.
I MEAN REALLY DISHONEST. THEY MADE THAT STORY UP.
LAURA: SO NO SHIRK ABOUT LINDSEY GRAHAM?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: ABSOLUTELY NOT AT ALL.
WE HAVE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT. LISTEN, AND THE HOUSE WE OWE
196-0 AND THREE DEMOCRATS SO IT WAS BIPARTISAN I GUESS YOU
COULD SAY. WE HAVE NOTHING, THEY HAD
NOTHING. WE DID NOT LOSE ONE REPUBLICAN
VOTE. AS YOU KNOW, THAT IS UNUSUAL.
IN THE SENATE, I HAVE THE SAME IF NOT MORE SUPPORT.
I DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. I WOULD NEVER COMPROMISE WHAT WE
ARE DOING WITH WITH IRAN AND POTENTIAL WORD.
ALL THE THINGS. LAURA: WE ARE NOT DOING
BUSH 2.0. THIS IS NOT BUSH 2.0 OR WNV.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I DON'T WANT PEOPLE HAVING NUCLEAR
WEAPONS BECAUSE THEY WILL USE THEM.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE HAVING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
THAT IS MY BIGGEST THING. LAURA: JOHN KERRY WAS OUT
THERE YESTERDAY SANG WELL, YOU GOT OUT OF THE IRAN DEAL AND
THAT'S WHAT GOT ALL THIS ATTENTION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I DID A GREAT THING DIDN'T GETTING OUT
OF THE IRAN DEAL. THEY GAVE $1.8 MILLION TO GET
THAT. YOU CANNOT DO INSPECTIONS AT THE
MOST IMPORTANT LOCATIONS. YOU KNOW ANOTHER BIG THING?
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO BALLISTIC MISSILES.
WE COULDN'T GO INTO AREAS AND LOOK, WE HAVE TO GIVE MASSIVE
NOTICES SO IF THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING THEY COULD CLEAN THEM
UP. IT WAS RIDICULOUS.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT EXPIRES.
THIS IS A SHORT-TERM AGREEMENT. NOW, ONCE IT EXPIRED, THEY HAVE
NUCLEAR PATH AT NUCLEAR WEAPONS. UNSTOPPED.
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE DEAL THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE
WITH JOHN KERRY WHO MAY BE THE WORST NEGOTIATOR I HAVE EVER
SEEN. THAT DEAL EXPIRES.
YOU KNOW WHAT? ONCE IT EXPIRES, YOU CAN'T DO
WHAT I DID. BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DEAL THAT
SAYS ONCE IT EXPIRES, THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
YOU CANNOT LET IRAN HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
THAT IS WHAT I'M DOING. LAURA: PETE BUTTIGIEG AND
OTHER DEMOCRATS MIGHT PREDICT AT THIS WHEN I TALK TO MIKE POMPEO
YESTERDAY, ARE ACTUALLY BLAMING YOUR MOVE AGAINST IRAN FOR THE
DOWNING OF THAT COMMERCIAL JETLINER AND IRAN AND TEHRAN THE
NIGHT OF THE STRIKES TO FIRE ON THE ROCKET FACILITIES.
YOUR REACTION TO THAT CHARGE. PRESIDENT TRUMP: A COUPLE
OF PEOPLE STARTED THAT AND I GOT IT REAL FAST BY A LOT OF
DIFFERENT PEOPLE, NOT ME. I THINK IT IS LOWLIFE.
LOOK, HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. HE WAS A LOUSY MAYOR A PLACE NOT
DOING WELL. INDIANA IS DOING BELIEVABLY
WELL. IN THE END OF THE BEST YEAR OF
THEY HAVE EVER HAD TO COME I THINK YOU VERY MUCH.
BUT BADLY RUN OUT WHAT IS GOING ON.
SHE IS ANOTHER BEAUTY, LOOK AT HER PAST, LAURA: THE IRAQ
HE PRIME MINISTER HAS NOTIFIED MIKE POMPEO ABOUT POTENTIAL
PLANS DRAWING UP PLANS FOR U.S. TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ.
MACK. YOU RAN ON PULLING OUT OF THE
MIDDLE EAST BUT WHY NOT USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WE ARE DONE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I'M OKAY WITH IT, B BY THE WAY --
LAURA: YOU ARE OKAY MOOT REMOVING TROOPS FROM IRAQ?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: THAT IS WHAT THEY SAY PUBLICLY NOT
PRIVATELY. IF WE LEAVE, THAT MEANS --
LAURA: WHY NOT LEAVE? PRESIDENT TRUMP: I'M NOT SO
BAD WITH IT. WHEN I HEARD THAT, I SAID TO
COME I HAVEN'T 5,000 TROOPS. WE HAVE MANY TROOPS IN IRAQ AND
IN TRAINING. WE TRAINED THEM, BUT IF THEY
WANT US TO LEAD, THEY SPEAK DIFFERENT PUBLICLY THAN THEY DO
PRIVATELY. LAURA: ARE WE SENDING MORE
TROOPS TO THE REGION? PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE ARE
SENDING MORE TO SAUDI ARABIA AND SAUDI ARABIA IS PAYING US FOR
IT. WE ARE DOING SOMETHING NOBODY'S
EVER DONE. I SAID TO SAUDI ARABIA, WE HAVE
A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH SAUDI ARABIA.
LISTEN YOU ARE A RICH COUNTRY. YOU WANT MORE TROOPS COME I WILL
SEND THEM TO YOU BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY US.
THEY WERE PAYING US. THEY HAVE DEPOSITED $1 BILLION
IN THE BANK. WE ARE GOING TO HELP THEM, BUT
THESE RICH COUNTRIES HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
AND 5 MILLION TABLET -- $500 MILLION, THEY GAVE US $500.
I SAID YOU HAVE TO HELP US ALONG.
WE HAVE 32,000 SOLDIERS IN SOUTH KOREA PROTECTING YOU FROM
NORTH KOREA. YOU'VE GOT TO PAY.
THEY GAVE US $500 MILLION. I MEAN, YOU SAW THAT
BREAKING NEWS BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO REPORT THAT STUFF.
I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY KNOWS IT. I MIGHT SORT OF THING SAYING
THAT YOU HAVE SOME -- IT'S GOOD STUFF.
BUT THE WEALTH OF THE COUNTRY. THEY BUILD ALL YOUR TELEVISION
SETS. THEY BUILD THE SHIPS, THEY BUILD
A LOT OF THINGS. WE ARE PROTECTING YOU, YOU HAVE
TO PAY. THEY PAID US 500 MILLION AND
THEY WILL PAY US MORE. LAURA: DO YOU THINK IRAQ
SHOULD REPAY THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER FOR THESE BASES COME UP
FOR WHAT WE HAVE DONE THERE? SPEAK TO THAT FOR ME.
I SAID, WE BUILT ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE AIRPORT
FACILITIES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
I WISH WE HAD IT IN NEW YORK. I WISH WE HAD IT IN WASHINGTON.
WE BUILD RUNWAYS 15,000 FEET LONG AT LAGUARDIA, 7,000 FEET
LONG. IN FACT, 20,000 FEET LONG OVER
THERE AND DEEP, THICK CONCRETE AND STEEL.
NOBODY EVER BUILT RUNWAYS LIKE THIS, OKAY, WE WERE BUILT BUT
THAT IS OKAY. BUT WE HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
INTO THAT AND I SAID IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO PAY US YOU
HAVE TO PAY US FOR THE MONEY WE PUT IN.
LAURA: HOW ARE YOU GOING TO COLLECT?
WE HAVE A LOT OF THEIR MONEY RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE $35 BILLION OF THEIR MONEY RIGHT NOW SITTING IN AN
ACCOUNT. I THINK THEY WILL AGREE TO PAY.
OTHERWISE WE WILL STAY THERE. LAURA: UP I HAD MY
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUES.
HIS THOUGHTS ON NANCY PELOSI'S FAILED POLITICAL GAMUT.
THE BIG NEWS THAT THE SPEAKER IS SENDING THE ARTICLES TO THE
SENATE, AND LATER RAYMOND ARROYO TO THE PRESIDENTS THOUGHTS OF
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¶ LAURA: MR. PRESIDENT, WE
LEARNED NANCY PELOSI SENDING ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT NEXT
WEEK TO THE SENATE. WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: IT IS RIDICULOUS.
SHE SHOULD HAVE SENT THEM A LONG TIME AGO.
IT JUST BELITTLES THE PROCESS. WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO
IMPEACHMENT, IT'S LIKE I WAS INTERVIEWED BY A VERY, VERY GOOD
WRITER, REPORTER, SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNOW VERY WELL.
BOB WOODWARD. AND THIS TIME I SAID, MAYBE I
WILL SIT DOWN. BECAUSE NOBODY IS DONE MORE.
NOBODY COME IF YOU LOOK AT THREE YEARS WITH THE ECONOMY, WITH
REGULATIONS, WITH THE TAX CUTS, WE HAVE REBUILT OUR MILITARY.
OUR MILITARY WAS TOTALLY DEPLETED.
OUR MILITARY WAS OLD AND DEPLETED.
HE SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE SOMEBODY UNDER
IMPEACHMENT. AS YOU KNOW, HE SLIGHTLY COVERED
NIXON AND HE COVERED CLINTON, BUT BOB WOODWARD SAID, YOU
ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE YOU'VE WON EVERYTHING.
YOU LOOK HAPPY. I SAID, I AM HAPPY.
SO MAYBE I'M WIRED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
LAURA: THE MANAGER'S COMMITTEE WHEN YOU WOULD PREFER
TO SEE? PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE HAVE A
TEAM. WE HAVE A TEAM.
LAURA: PUT HER IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A COUPLE OF PEOPLE
LIKE SCHIFF, WHY DID HE LIE? WHY DID HE MAKE UP MY STATEMENT,
TOTALLY MADE IT UP. BUT AGAIN, TH THE WHOLE THING
UNRAVELED WHEN I PUT IT IN THE TRANSCRIPT BECAUSE IT'S ALL
ABOUT THE TRANSCRIPT. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PRESIDENT OF
UKRAINE SAYING HE DID NOTHING WRONG.
LAURA: HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THIS WILL LAST?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: IT DEPENDS IF THEY HAVE A TRAIL, PROBABLY A
FEW DAYS, A WEEK. UNLESS WE WANT A BIGGER TRAIL
WHERE WE BRING IN THE WHISTLE-BLOWER WHICH I WOULD
LOVE TO DO. I WOULD LOVE TO BRING IN THE
INFORMANT WHO DISAPPEARED AND THE SECOND WHISTLE-BLOWER WHO
DISAPPEARED. I WOULD LOVE TO BRING IN THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL. WHY DID HE BRING IT UP THERE?
HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER DONE IT. HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE THE CALL.
HE DID NOT WANT TO SEE THE CALL. HE TOOK THE WHISTLE-BLOWER WHICH
IS A FRAUD, THE WHISTLE-BLOWER'S REPORT AND HE PUT IT IN.
THEY SAID, NO, NO, IF THAT IS THE CASE, IF YOU HAVE TO DO
THAT, WHAT WE WILL DO IS SHOW YOU THE CALL.
NO, NO, NO, I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT.
WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT? WHY DID HE DO THAT?
INSPECTOR GENERAL. SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL. WHY DID HE DO THAT?
LAURA: ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT FUTURE PRESIDENTS AND WHAT
THEY WILL DO TO PRESIDENTS IN THE FUTURE?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I THINK IMPEACHMENT IS AN UGLY WORD.
BUT CHEAP AND THE WORD IMPEACHMENT.
NANCY PELOSI AND SCHIFF IS CORRUPT.
THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND REPEATS A CONVERSATION EXCEPT A
FRAUD. HE MADE UP A CONVERSATION.
HE WAS TAKING MY CONVERSATION, AND IT WAS TOTALLY WRONG.
AND HE KNEW IT. HE SAID "DON'T CALL ME, I WILL
CALL YOU." THAT IS FROM THE GODFATHER, THE
MAFIA STATEMENT. I NEVER SAID THAT.
HE SAID EIGHT TIMES, QUID PRO QUO.
IT WAS NO TIMES. HE MADE UP A CONVERSATION AND
REPEATED IT IN FRONT OF CONGRESS, AND BECAUSE HE HAS
IMMUNITY, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
THESE PEOPLE ARE FRAUDS. THEY HAVE CHEAPEN THE WORD
IMPEACHMENT. IT IS A BAD WORD TO START OFF
WITH. IT IS AN UGLY WORD.
TO ME IT IS AN UGLY WORD. BUT MAYBE IT PLAYED TO OUR
BENEFIT. LAURA: WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
IMPEACHMENT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE MCCONNELL IS AGREEING WITH
JOSH HAWLEY, THE PROPOSITION TO DISMISS THESE ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT IF PELOSI DOES NOT SEND THEM OVER.
MY QUESTION TO YOU, WHY NOT HAVE THEM DISMISSED TODAY?
MCCONNELL, WE ARE DONE WITH THESE GAMES OR DO YOU WANT A
TRIAL? PRESIDENT TRUMP: I WOULD
LOVE TO HAVE A TRIAL AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SLEEPY JOE BIDEN
COME I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HIS SON.
I CALL HIM, WHERE IS HUNTER? I CHANGED HIS FIRST NAME TO
WHERE? THE WHISTLE-BLOWER IS A PERSON
WHO YOU KNOW WHO THE WHISTLE-BLOWER IS.
BY THE WAY, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO THE WHISTLE-BLOWER IS.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE HIM BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER. AND THEY KNOW ABOUT THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER'S LAWYER. BUT THEN YOU REMEMBER THERE WAS
A SECOND WHISTLE-BLOWER. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE SECOND WHISTLE-BLOWER? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INFORMER?
THEY ALL DISAPPEARED WHEN I GAVE THE TRANSCRIPT.
I GAVE A TRANSCRIPT, AND THAT BLEW EVERYTHING APART.
WE HAVE AN ACCURATE -- AND THE ONLY THING COVERED BY THE
HEARINGS IS THAT PEOPLE AGREE, EVERYBODY, EVEN THE GREAT
LIEUTENANT COLONEL, PLEASE CALL HIM LIEUTENANT COLONEL, GREAT
LIEUTENANT COLONEL AGREES THAT THE TRANSCRIPT WAS ACCURATE.
I THINK HE HAD ONE WORD DIFFERENT.
CHANGE THE ONE WORD WHICH MEANT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
THE TRANSCRIPT WAS PROFESSIONALLY DONE BY THE BEST
PEOPLE. JUST ONE SECOND, SO WE HAVE A
TRANSCRIPT. HE NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD
RELEASE IT. THEY PROBABLY THOUGHT I NEVER
HAD IT. I ONLY SAY THANK GOODNESS I HAD
IT BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE BEEN FALSELY ACCUSED, AND IT WOULD
HAVE SADLY BEEN MY WORD AGAINST THEIRS.
WE HAD OTHER PEOPLE ON THAT CALL.
THINK OF THIS. I WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING
WRONG ON A CALL WHERE I KNOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LISTENING.
LAURA: ALWAYS. PRESIDENT TRUMP: THE
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE SAID I DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG.
HE SAID I HAD NO PRESSURE WHATSOEVER.
HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
WE CALLED THEM BEFORE I RELEASE THE TRANSCRIPT BECAUSE IT IS A
TERRIBLE THING TO HAVE TO RELEASE A CONVERSATION WITH A
LEADER FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. IT IS A TERRIBLE THING.
I MEAN, WHAT ARE OTHER COUNTRIES OTHER THAN UKRAINE SAYING?
SO ANYWAY, THEY HAVE NO CASE. LAURA: WENT OUT CALL
JOHN BOLTON AND ALLOW HIM TO TESTIFY?
THIS IS BOGUS. GNOMIC PRESIDENT TRUMP:
YOU CAN'T BE ON THE WHITE HOUSE AS PRESIDENT AND THE FUTURE, AND
HAVE A SECURITY ADVISOR, ANYONE HAVING TO DEAL WITH SECURITY.
LAURA: WILL YOU INVOKE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I THINK YOU HAVE TO FOR THE SAKE OF THE
OFFICE. I WOULD LOVE EVERYBODY TO
TESTIFY. I WOULD LIKE MICK MULVANEY TO
TESTIFY, MIKE POMPEO TO TESTIFY. I LIKE RICK PERRY TO TESTIFY, I
WANT EVERYBODY. BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU
CAN'T DO FROM THE STANDPOINT OF EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE.
YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT. SO WE WILL SEE WHERE IT ALL
GOES. BUT ESPECIALLY NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR, YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM EXPLAINING ALL OF YOUR
STATEMENTS ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNING RUSSIA,
CHINA, NORTH KOREA, EVERYTHING. YOU JUST CAN'T DO THAT.
LOOK -- HOW ABOUT PELOSI?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: SHE WILL GO DOWN AS THE LEAST SUCCESSFUL
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN THE HISTORY OF THE NATION.
SHE'S DONE NOTHING. THE ONLY THING SHE'S DONE, SHE
GOT DONE ONE OF THE BEST TRADE DEALS THE COUNTRY HAS EVER MADE
THE USMCA WITH MEXICO AND CANADA.
BUT I DID THAT. SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT
SAYS. SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IT SAYS.
SHE WAS FORCED TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW WHY?
SHE WOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT BUT SHE DID NOTHING.
SO NOW SHE CAN SAY I SIGN SOMETHING.
SHE IS OBSESSED WITH IMPEACHMENT.
SHE HAS DONE NOTHING. SHE IS GOING TO GO DOWN AS ONE
OF THE WORST SPEAKERS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
NOW, IN ALL FAIRNESS, SHE IS HURTING OUR COUNTRY.
SHE IS VERY BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY. AND SHE HAS BECOME A CRAZED
LUNATIC. BUT SHE WILL GO DOWN AS, I
THINK, MAY BE THE WORST SPEAKER IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY.
SHE WILL BE OVERTHROWN SOON. SHE IS DOING VERY LITTLE AND THE
PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF IT. SHE IS CONTROLLED BY THE RADICAL
LEFT. SHE IS CONTROLLED BY AOC.
SHE IS CONTROLLED BY MISS TLAIB ANOTHER GREAT ONE.
SHE IS CONTROLLED BY OMAR. LAURA: WE JUST HEARD THAT
THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT ADDING ANOTHER ARTICLE OF IMPEACHMENT,
FLOATING THIS TO INCLUDE THE EVENTS OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
HERE IS WHAT CHUCK SCHUMER JUST SAID TO.
OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CRUCIAL
DISCLOSURES OF EVIDENCE THAT APPEARED TO FURTHER INCRIMINATE
THE PRESIDENT. EACH DISCLOSURE BOLSTERING THE
ARGUMENT THAT WE DEMOCRATS HAVE MADE FOR A TRIAL THAT FEATURES
THE RELEVANT WITNESSES AND DOCUMENTS.
LAURA: YOUR REACTION TO POTENTIALLY ADDING TO ARTICLES
OF IMPEACHMENT THAT THEY STILL HAVEN'T DELIVERED TO THE SENATE
FLOOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP: SO THEY
CAN'T WIN AN ELECTION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN TEN MONTHS.
THEY KNOW THAT AND THE ONLY THING THEY CAN DO, IT'S LIKE THE
CONGRESSMAN GREEN WHEN HE SAID "WE CAN'T BEAT HIM, WE HAVE TO
IMPEACH HIM" AND THEY ALL KNOW THAT.
THEY ARE MAKING THINGS UP. THIS IS THE CRAZIEST THING
ANYONE HAS EVER SEEN. THE TWO ARTICLES THEY PUT IN AS
YOU KNOW, THEY ARE NOT PRIMES. THEY ARE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO BE
PUT IN. IT IS A DISGRACE.
LAURA: DOESN'T NOT SHOW THE WEAKNESS OF THEIR CASE BUT THEY
ARE STILL TRYING TO REBRAND THIS AS SOMETHING ELSE?
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I THINK IT IS INCREDIBLE.
I THINK IT IS REALLY HURTING THEM.
MY NUMBERS IS THE HIGHEST IN POLL NUMBERS.
YOU HAVE THIS GUY THAT WAS ON TELEVISION WITH PHONY NUMBERS,
BUT AS YOU KNOW MY POLL NUMBERS AS OF TODAY ARE THE HIGHEST THEY
HAVE EVER BEEN AND BY THE WAY, PEOPLE LOVE THAT WE TOOK OUT
THIS HORRIBLE TERRORIST. THEY LOVE IT, SOLEIMANI, THEY
LEFT THAT WE TOOK HIM OUT. THEY THINK IT IS SO FANTASTIC.
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT THE LAST 20 YEARS BY SOMEONE.
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT A LONG TIME AGO.
MY NUMBERS ARE THE HIGHEST THEY HAVE EVER BEEN.
A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN BECAUSE OF THE IMPEACHMENT HOAX, IT IS A
HOAX. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE TWO,
TWO AND HALF YEARS UNDER INVESTIGATION, FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION BEFORE I EVEN RAN IN MY OPINION, BEFORE I CAME
DOWN THE ESCALATOR. BUT FROM THE TIME I CAME DOWN
THE ESCALATOR, I HAVE BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THEY FOUND NOTHING. THEY FOUND NOTHING.
WHO ELSE DO YOU THINK AND WASHINGTON --
LAURA: NO ONE COULD HAVE WITHSTOOD IT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: NOT ONLY WITHSTOOD IT MENTALLY.
LAURA: ACCOMPLISHED. PRESIDENT TRUMP: IT MAKES
ME ANGRY. BUT THINK WHO ELSE COULD HAVE
WITHSTOOD THAT? YOU TAKE SOME OF THESE DEMOCRAT
SENATORS, THEY COULD NOT WITHSTAND IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? THEY WOULD FOLD UP LIKE AN
UMBRELLA. NUMBER TWO, GUILTY OF A LOT OF
STUFF. LAURA: MORE EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP IN JUST A MOMENT.
HIS THOUGHTS ON IMMIGRATION BRINGING IN THE FOREIGN WORKERS,
THE ECONOMY AND WHETHER HE REALLY TRUST GOOGLE IN THE
ELECTION YEAR, PLUS A LITTLE LATER ON, HIS THOUGHTS ON THE
LATEST ROYAL SCANDAL. STAY THERE
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¶ LIFE FROM THE HEADQUARTERS,
BERNIE SANDERS LEADING AND I AWOKE WITH THE FIRST NOMINATING
CONTEST WEEKS AWAY. 20% LIKELY DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
GOERS SUPPORT THE VERMONT SENATORS, THE LATEST FROM
"DES MOINES REGISTER" CNN POLL. MASSIVE -- ELIZABETH WARREN WITH
17% AND PETE BUTTIGIEG IS THIRD WITH 16%, AND VP JOE BIDEN HAS
15%, THE IOWA CAUCUSES ARE ON FEBRUARY 3RD APPEARED IN THE
MEANTIME, TEXAS IS CRACKING DOWN ON NEW REFUGEES,
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT SAID HIS STATE IS OVERWHELMED AND IS NOW
REJECTING RESETTLEMENT. IT IS THE FIRST STATE IN THE
NATION TO DO SO UNDER A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ORDER GRANTING
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT AUTHORITY.
HIS DECISION IS ANNOUNCED BY ADVOCATES AND OTHERS.
NOW, BACK TO THE INGL "THE INGRAHAM ANGLE."
¶ LAURA: THE SANCTIONS ON
CHINA, THE TARIFFS, THE EXTRA TARIFFS, IF THEY DON'T
FULFILL -- PRESIDENT TRUMP: I HAVE THE
RIGHT TO DO THAT BUT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE, 25% TARIFFS ON CHINA ON
$250 BILLION WORTH OF GOODS. I STILL HAVE THOSE.
BY THE WAY, REMEMBER, CHINA DEVALUED THEIR CURRENCY AND PAID
FOR IT. WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP
WITH CHINA RIGHT NOW. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK BADLY OF
ANYONE BUT THEY ARE HAVING THE WORST YEAR THEY'VE HAD.
THE LAST YEAR WAS THE WORST YEAR THEY'VE HAD IN 67, NOW IN 67
YEARS. AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE A DEAL.
WE MADE A DEAL. IT'S A GREAT DEAL.
NOW, IT WILL START AT SOME POINT, BUT PHASE ONE WAS
IMPORTANT FOR BANKING. YOU KNOW WHAT WE DID, WE OPENED
IT UP FOR BANKING BUT FOR THE FARMERS, MANUFACTURERS.
LAURA: CHINA THOUGH -- PRESIDENT TRUMP: A LOT OF
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. KOREA, JAPAN.
LAURA: UNDOCUMENTED, NO ONE ELSE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: REMEMBER THIS, THEY ARE ALL KICKING IN
NOW WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING COME A HORRIBLE DEAL NO DEAL.
WE ARE GETTING $40 BILLION. WHAT THIS WILL DO FOR THE
ECONOMY IS GOING TO BE AMAZING. AND JUST A MONTH AGO, IT IS JUST
NOW KICKING IN. LAURA: ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS
ISSUE IN CHINA, YOU DON'T TALK A LOT ABOUT IT BUT THE STRONGEST
SUPPORTERS, EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS, CATHOLICS FROM OTHER
PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS.
A MILLION PEOPLE AND REEDUCATION CAMPS, CATHOLICS GETTING
MISSILES AND THEY PEWS AT CHRISTMAS HAD TRIBUTES TO SILENT
NIGHT. RECONCILE THE POWER OF THE MORAL
ARGUMENT FOR FREEDOM AND MARRIED IT TO THE ECONOMIC AND MILITARY
ARGUMENT FOR PEACE OR STRENGTH. CAN YOU DO MORE ON THAT FRONT
WITHOUT DAMAGING YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE FUTURE TRADE AGREEMENTS
MORE ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS FRONT? PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE ARE
MAKING NOT GOOD TRADE DEALS BUT GREAT TRADE DEALS.
LAURA: HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: THEY DO COUNT.
WHEN YOU SAY REAGAN, LOOK AT MY WAS A BIG FAN OF REAGAN BUT HE
WASN'T HEAVY INTO IT. HE WANTED TO DO CERTAIN THINGS
AND WAS NOT HEAVY INTO IT. BUT HE WASN'T MAKING TRADE
DEALS. HE LET JAPAN COME IN AND TAKE
OUR AUTOMOBILE MARKET. AS MUCH AS I LIKE RAG AND HE WAS
NOT GOOD ON TRADE. LAURA: HE DIDN'T TRADE WITH
THE SOVIET UNION AT ALL. HE DIDN'T HAVE STUDENTS COMING
INTO THE UNITED STATES. SPEED TWO BY THE WAY, GETTING
ALONG WITH RUSSIA, NOW THAT THE WITCH HUNT HAS ENDED, NOW THAT
THEY SPEND $45 MILLION AND FOUND NOTHING.
LAURA: MR. PRESIDENT WHEN YOU LOOK A AT THE TRAJECTORY OF
YOUR PRESIDENCY, HUGE PROGRESS ON TRADE AND HUGE PROGRESS ON
DEALING WITH POLITICAL FOES, ISIS, INCREDIBLE DEREGULATION
JUDGES, YOU'VE DONE A LOT. ON THE ECONOMY TODAY, WE FOUND
OUT THAT STILL 146,000 JOBS, UNEMPLOYMENT HISTORICALLY THE
WET 3.5%. BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
STUMP ON WAGE GROWTH AND WE'VE SEEN 2.9% LAST YEAR.
OVER THE LAST MONTH. BUT WE DON'T HAVE A TIGHT LABOR
MARKET AND IF WE DID COME A INCREASES IN WAGES.
I HEAR THAT YOUR TEAM IS PLANNING ON ADVOCATING MORE
FOREIGN WORK COMING IN FOR SOME OF THESE HIGH-TECH COMPANIES.
ARE YOU VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS A LOT OF YOUR
SUPPORTERS? PRESIDENT TRUMP: MARK LEVIN
A LITTLE BIT. LAURA: WE ARE CONCERNED.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: DOBBS IS CONCERNED TOO.
HERE IS THE PROBLEM. I AM DEMANDING THAT JAPAN ALL
THESE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE THESE MASSIVE, DEFICITS LIKE NOBODY
HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE. I SAID YOU TO OPEN UP AIKO
PRIME MINISTER, YOU HAVE TO OPEN UP MORE PLANS IN THE
UNITED STATES. THEY TELL ME, WE WANT TO DO IT,
WE WANT TO DO IT. THEY CAN'T GET LABOR.
WE NEED HELP, OTHERWISE, WE CAN SAY DON'T OPEN.
LAURA: IF THEY COULDN'T GET LABOR, WAGES WOULD BE GOING UP
BUT WAGES ARE GOING UP YOU'RE NOT IN THE HIGH-TECH INDUSTRY.
WE ARE TAKING A PLATEAU. PRESIDENT TRUMP: IT WENT UP
2.9%. THE LAST YEAR, THE WAGES HAVE
GONE UP MORE THAN THEY HAVE 25 YEARS.
LAURA: BUT FOR GOOGLE, WHY AWARD GOOGLE?
THEY ARE WORKING AGAINST YOU IN THE CAMPAIGN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I'M NOT A FAN.
I'M NOT A FAN OF GOOGLE. LAURA: YOU DID NOT BRING
FOREIGN WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE HAVE TO ALLOW SMART PEOPLE TO STAY IN
THE COUNTRY. YOUR GRADUATE NUMBER ONE IN YOUR
CLASS AT HARVARD. LAURA: YOU RAN ON PEOPLE
TRAINING FOREIGN REPLACEMENTS. YOU RAN AGAINST THAT.
THE AMERICANS HUMILIATING FOR AN AMERICAN WORKER FOR 30 YEARS.
NOW, IT IS TOLD ME YOU HAVE TO TRAIN FORMER REPLACEMENT, AND
YOU WILL PAY HIM 20%. PRESIDENT TRUMP: I WOULD
NEVER DO THAT, BUT WE DO NEED WORKERS AND THE COUNTRY.
AND I DO WANT IMMIGRATION POLICY.
NOBODY'S BEEN BETTER ON IMMIGRATION THEN MAY, BY THE WAY
WE WON THE FUNDING FOR THE WALL AND THE WALL HAS BEEN BUILDING
BECAUSE TAKEN OUT OF THE MILITARY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT IS EASIER. MANY PEOPLE COME I GOT FOX CON
TO GO INTO WISCONSIN. THEY HAVE TO GET PEOPLE.
THEY SPENT A FORTUNE AND BUILT THE MOST INCREDIBLE PLANT I'VE
EVER SEEN. FOX CON.
LAURA: AMERICAN GRADUATES OF COLLEGES AND THE UNIVERSITIES
TAKING JOBS. PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE DO BUT
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THEM. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THEM.
WE HAVE TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD TOO FOR
THE COMPANIES WANT TO HIRE THESE PEOPLE.
WHEN THEY WANT TO HEAR PEOPLE THEY CAN HIRE FOR THE CHEAPEST
AMOUNT. PRESIDENT TRUMP: I'M
TALKING BRAINPOWER. THEY WANT TO HIRE SMART PEOPLE.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE THROWN OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND WE CAN'T DO
THAT. LAURA: YOUR BRAIN ON
AMERICA FIRST. PRESIDENT TRUMP: THIS IS
AMERICA FIRST. LAURA: I'M GOING TO KEEP
GOING. PRESIDENT TRUMP: LET ME
FINISH. IF WE TELL SMART PEOPLE TO GET
THE HILL OUT -- LAURA: THAT'S NOT WHAT WE
ARE SAYING. THERE IS A NEVER ENDING APPETITE
ON THE PART OF CORPORATE AMERICA TO BRING IN AS MUCH CHEAP LABOR
AS POSSIBLE TO DRIVE DOWN WAGES. THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: SO MANY PEOPLE COMING INTO THE COUNTRY,
YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A SHORTAGE. IF SOMEBODY IS IN THIS POSITION,
WE HAVE SO MANY COMPANIES COMING IN FROM JAPAN.
JAPAN IS DOING MANY OF OUR COMPANIES.
CHINA NOW IS GOING TO START BUILDING A LOT OF THINGS.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DOING IT TOO MUCH.
WE HAVE SO MANY COMPANIES WANTING TO COME IN.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE LABOR. LAURA: ALL RIGHT.
SPEAK TO OUR COUNTRY IS DOING GREAT, OUR ECONOMY IS DOING
GREAT. LAURA: COMING UP, THE
PRESIDENT ON THE QUEENS HAIRY SITUATION AND THE NEWS THAT THE
OLYMPICS PROPOSING TO BAN ATHLETES PROTEST POLITICS
PARTICULARLY. TO HIS STOMACH DOES HE THINK
THEY SHOULD HAPPEN HERE? AND THEN RAYMOND ARROYO WILL
JOIN ME WITH REACTION. STAY THERE
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BEYOND THE NOT-SO-ROUTINE CASES.
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EVERY DAY, COMCAST BUSINESS IS HELPING BUSINESSES
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TO DO THE EXTRAORDINARY.
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MS. ¶ LAURA: MR. PRESIDENT I KNOW
YOU WERE CLOSE TO THE QUEEN AND SHE HAS A LOT OF AFFECTION FOR
YOU. PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE HAVE A
GREAT RELATIONSHIP. LAURA: WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO
GIVE HER ANY ADVICE FOR THE ROGUE ROYALS?
WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE? A LOT OF TOE MOLD.
YOU'VE BEEN SO GOOD AT KEEPING YOUR KIDS TOGETHER IN A
CLOSE-KNIT FAMILY. PRESIDENT TRUMP: I THINK IT
IS SAD. I DO.
SHE IS A GREAT WOMAN. I SAT WITH HER.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WITH HER FOR 15 MINUTES BUT I STAYED AN
HOUR AND A HALF. BY THE WAY, I GOT KILLED BY THE
PRESS. THE PRESS HAD NO, NO, HE WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AND THAT WAS RUDE.
WHAT A GREAT TIME. WE HAD DINNER.
THE COUNTRY WAS HONORED. I SAT WITH HER FOR A LONG TIME.
SHE WAS SMILING AND LAUGHING THE WHOLE TIME.
LAURA: SHE HAS THE TRADITION OF THE MONARCHY AND
RESPONSIBILITY. PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE HAVE A
GREAT RELATIONSHIP. I THINK THIS WAS A PLAIN SIGHT.
SHE WAS BLINDSIDED BY THIS, THE WHOLE SITUATION.
I THINK IT IS TOO BAD. BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS BEEN THE
CLAIM, AN ALL-TIME RECORD APPEARED FROM THE TIME SHE WAS
25 AND NOW 94. SHE HAS NEVER MADE A MISTAKE, IF
YOU LOOK. SHE'S HAD A FLAWLESS TIME.
LAURA: DO YOU THINK KERRY SHOULD GO BACK, COME BACK?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE WHOLE
THING. BUT I FIND IT, I HAVE SUCH
RESPECT FOR THE QUEEN AND I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD BE
HAPPENING TO HER. LAURA: AOC ANNOUNCED TODAY
AND THIS IS THE FINAL QUESTION, PRESIDENT, NO POLITICS AT THE
UPCOMING OLYMPICS, NEW POLICY BY THE ATHLETES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT EXTENDED TO THE UNITED STATES
WHERE POLITICS STAY OUT OF SPORTS?
I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO THE BIG LSU GAME.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I AM AND I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THE
OLYMPICS. THE OLYMPICS COMING TO
LOS ANGELES. IT WAS COLD BUT THE MAYOR AND HE
SAID CAN YOU DO US A FAVOR BY PRESIDENT-ELECT?
AND I WORKED VERY HARD AND GOT THE OLYMPICS.
WE HAVE THE WORLD COMING TO THE UNITED STATES.
I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS YOU CAN SAY NO POLITICS,
BUT PEOPLE ARE TOP ON POLITICS. I THINK I HAVE MADE POLITICS
SOMEWHAT MORE EXCITING. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" WOULD BE
DEAD RIGHT NOW. LAURA: WHAT ARE THEY GOING
TO DO WITHOUT YOU? PRESIDENT TRUMP:
"THE WASHINGTON POST" WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS.
I HATE TO SAY BUT CABLE TELEVISION WOULD BE OBSOLETE.
CABLE TELEVISION WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS.
SO WE WILL GO HOPEFULLY ANOTHER FIVE YEARS AND KEEP EVERYBODY
HAPPY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LAURA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. PRESIDENT TRUMP OFFERING HIS
THOUGHTS ON THE LATEST ROYAL SCANDAL ACROSS THE POND AND
BANNING POLITICAL SPEECH AT THE OLYMPICS.
FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR RAYMOND ARROYO AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH
ME FOR THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW TODAY.
HE JOINS US NOW. RAYMOND, I THINK TRUMP LOOK LIKE
HE WAS IN FIGHTING FORM TODAY. LOOK, HE DOESN'T SLEEP, I DON'T
SLEEP, NOBODY SLEEPS, BUT HE IS UNBELIEVABLY RESILIENT.
HE WAS ON IT, HE WAS ON IT TODAY.
HE WAS FEISTY, GREAT HUMOR. LOOK MY WAY SAY HIS ABILITY TO
GREAT OPPOSITION WITH A LAUGH AND KIND OF DIFFUSE PEOPLE WITH
A HUMOR, THAT IS A GREAT QUALITY TO HAVE AN OFFICE PARTICULARLY
GOING INTO CAMPAIGN. HE ALSO WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO
TAKE PICTURES WITH THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT WAS WITH US TODAY.
UNBELIEVABLE, WENT OUT OF HIS WAY.
YOU MADE A LOT OF NEWS IN THAT INTERVIEW LADY.
WE LEARNED FOUR EMBASSIES TURN ADVICE SOLEIMANI.
FOR THE FIRST TIME COME DIRECTLY FROM A PRIVATELY WANTS THE U.S.
TO STAY IN THEIR COUNTRY. AND HE SOUNDED OFF ON PELOSI AND
THE WHOLE IMPEACHMENT AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE PRESIDENT
SAID HE WOULD INVOKE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE TO KEEP BOLTON FROM
TESTIFYING. OH, YOU AND THE PRESIDENT
APPARENTLY A GREAT SPARRING PARTNER WHEN IT COMES TO CHINESE
AND FOREIGN WORKERS COMING INTO THE COUNTRY.
LAURA: THAT THINK THAT HE ALSO SAID WHICH DIDN'T GET A LOT
OF PLAY BUT PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF, WHEN I PRESSED HIM
ABOUT WHETHER, WHY NOT OUR TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ?
THAT IS WHAT HE RAN ON. AND HE SAID IT COME I WOULD BE
OKAY WITH THAT. PHYSICALLY THAT'S NOT WHAT HE
SAME. THE ONE HE SAID BASICALLY I
WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT BUT -- PRESIDENT TRUMP: --
TURNED BACK TO WHAT HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE, TEMPER TANTRUM.
THEY ARE CALLING IT IN THE U.K. PRESS.
THEY HAVE SEPARATED HARRY AND MEGHAN.
WAX WORKS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD.
AND THEY ARE PUTTING -- YOU WANT TO GO AWAY, BYE-BYE.
THAT IS A BIG STEP BACK. THE ROYAL FAMILY IS HOLD UP
EMERGENCY MEETINGS WITH HARRY WHILE MEGHAN IS ALREADY IN
CANADA. MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT IS
STICKING UP FOR THE QUEEN AND CNN, LAURA, THE MOST INCREDIBLE
COVERAGE OF THE DAY. AND THEY ARE TELLING HIM IT WAS
RACISM THAT FORCED MEGHAN AND HARRY AWAY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHETHER RACE HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN THIS ROYAL
FEUD. PRINCE HARRY, HE HAS
COMPLAINED ABOUT HOW HIS WIFE HAS BEEN TREATED AND HE
SPECIFICALLY SAID PART OF IT IS BECAUSE OF RACISM.
I THINK SHE SHOULD COME TO NORTH AMERICA.
WE ARE MUCH MORE WELCOMING. WE WILL EMBRACE YOU.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT RAISED THAT THROUGH THESE TWO AWAY.
IT WAS RUDE THAT TICKED THE ROYAL FAMILY OFF.
THIS IS THE DUKE AND DUCHESS SUCKING UP TO THE CELEBRITIES.
THAT'S ALL THEY'VE DONE, OPRAH TO SUPPORT THEM.
IF YOU WANT TO TRADE ON YOUR TITLE, YOU HAVE TO LIVE UP TO
THE OFFICE. THE ROYALS ARE NOT JUST
LIBERTIES. THERE ARE PUBLIC FUNCTIONS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT MY TAKE ON THIS IS THE QUEEN AS THE
PRESIDENT RIGHTLY SAID, 65 YEARS ON THE THRONE SHE HAS TAKEN THEM
TO WORLD WAR II, THE FALCONS, DIANA, BREXIT, MEGHAN MARKLE IS
HARDLY A CHALLENGE IN THIS LEGACY.
SHE WILL SURVIVE AND SO WILL THE ROYALS.
LAURA: I THINK SHE IS LOOKING AT THIS THING GOING OH,
THOSE SQUABBLES. IF THEY WERE RACIST, WHY
WOULD SHE LET HARRY MARRY HER IN THE FIRST PLACE?
LAURA: WHY WOULD THE MAYOR OF LONDON?
I MEAN, THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT,
BUT THIS IS ALL THE LEFT HAS. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
SITUATION ROOM PHOTO FROM THE NIGHT IRANIANS LOVING ROMAN
CANDLES TO MILITARY OPERATIONS. LOOK AT THE SITUATION ROOM
PHOTO. NOT DIVERSE ENOUGH.
ONLY ONE WOMAN STEPHANIE ALL WHITE MEN IN THE ROOM.
THAT WAS THEIR FOCUS, NOT WHETHER AMERICA'S BETTER OFF.
OR THE BEST PEOPLE AROUND THE TABLE THE BEST IN THE FIELD.
WE HAVE TO GO TO THE OLYMPIC MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT.
YOU ASKED ABOUT INTERNATIONAL OLYMPICS COMMITTEE SAYING WE
DON'T WANT POLITICAL DISPLAYS DURING THESE METAL CEREMONIES.
THE PRESIDENT KIND OF DODGED YOUR ANSWER YOUR, YOUR QUESTION
A LITTLE BIT BUT I LIKE THIS IDEA.
IT ALLOWS US TO COME TOGETHER AND LET'S SPORTS THE MEANS OF
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. DON'T DIVIDE PEOPLE WITH
POLITICAL MESSAGES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE
UNITED STATES. LAURA: SHUT UP AND COMPETE.
THAT IS NOT AS GOOD AS SHOWED UP AND SAYING BUT SHUT UP AND
COMPETE. GREAT JOB, CONGRATULATIONS.
LAURA: EVERY NIGHT THERE IS SOMETHING.
THE TRIAL IS GOING TO START A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER
MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY. SO THAT IS GOING TO START THEN.
AND THE STATE OF THE UNION. LAURA: ANYTHING ELSE,
RAYMOND, THINK AS MUCH. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
MY FINAL THOUGHTS ON THIS AMAZING WEEK WHEN WE RETURN.
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IT'S HOW I SEE MY LIFE. BECAUSE IT'S MY VISION...
PRESERVISION.
OUR RETIREMENT PLAN WITH VOYA GIVES US CONFIDENCE.
YEAH, THEY HELP US WITH ACHIEVABLE STEPS ALONG THE WAY...
...SO WE CAN SPEND A BIT NOW,
KNOWING WE'RE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE.
SURPRISE!
WE RENOVATED THE GUEST ROOM, SO YOU CAN LIVE WITH US.
OOOH, WELL... I'M GOOD AT MY CONDO.
OH.
I LOVE HER CONDO.
NANA THROWS THE BEST PARTIES.
WELL PLANNED, WELL INVESTED, WELL PROTECTED.
VOYA. BE CONFIDENT TO AND THROUGH RETIREMENT.
. LAURA: WHAT A WEEK OF SHOWS.
BREAKING NEWS ON THE MISSILE STRIKE ON TUESDAY.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITH US LAST NIGHT.
AND THE PRESIDENT JOINING US FOR ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE TONIGHT.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THE NEWS SHOWS NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN NEXT
WEEK. WE EXPECT THE ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT TO HIT THE SENATE TUESDAY OR MAYBE WEDNESDAY.
AND AS ALWAYS, WE HOPE YOU JOIN US RIGHT HERE FOR ALL OF THE
BREAKING NEWS AND THE BEST ANALYSIS AND A LITTLE HUMOR, YOU
NEED THAT TOO. THAT'S IT FROM US TONIGHT IN
WASHINGTON. SHANNON BREAM AND THE FANTASTIC
FOX NEWS AT NIGHT TEAM TAKE IT FROM HERE.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
SHANNON: WELCOME TO FOX NEWS AT NIGHT, I'M SHANNON BREAM IN
WASHINGTON. WE BEGIN WITH A FOX NEWS ALERT.
BREAKING NEWS MINUTES AGO FROM IRAN WITH THE MILITARY THERE IS
ADMITTING ABOUT THAT DOWNED UKRAINIAN PLANE.
BUT FIRST, THE FOX NEWS AT NIGHT EXCLUSIVE, TONIGHT, BRAND NEW
PICTURES FROM THE SCENE OF THE SUCCESSFUL U.S. AIR STRIKE THAT
KILLED IRAN'S TOP GENERAL QASEM SOLIEMANI.
LIVE ON THE GROUND IN THE MIDDLE EAST.