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Oct. 27, 2025 10:47-11:22 - CSPAN
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Pres. Trump Speaks to Reporters on Air Force One
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donald j trump
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stacy schiff
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Happy Birthday, Mr. President 00:03:47
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President Trump traveled to Japan during his week-long trip to Asia.
Up next, we'll show you his remarks on Air Force One, followed by his arrival to Tokyo, and then his meeting with the Japanese emperor.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Do you have any questions?
We had a good meeting.
We'll see what happens.
I don't know if anything's going to happen, but we'll see.
They'd like to do a deal.
We'll see.
Right now, they're paying, I guess, 50% tariff.
But we had a great meeting.
It's happy birthday.
I want to wish the president happy birthday.
Okay?
It's his birthday today.
unidentified
Did you know that?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
He's a very vigorous guy, actually, and I was very impressive.
But today's his birthday, so happy birthday.
All right, would you let him know, please?
unidentified
Mr. President, a couple more questions on tariffs.
Secretary Besson Jameson Greer is right here.
The both said he's right here, the handsome guy behind you.
Hi, Mr. Secretary.
You said you're near a framework.
Hi, Mr. Secretary.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
He's doing a good job.
No, get over here.
We also have Marco here.
unidentified
You said can you give us a status on the preliminary talks with the Chinese and where that sets things up for Thursdays in the meeting?
So we had a very good meeting, James and myself with our counterpart, the vice premier.
And we have a framework for President Trump, President Xi, to decide on.
And we discussed a wide range of things from tariffs, trade, fentanyl, substantial purchase of U.S. agricultural products.
And rare earths.
And rare earths.
But nothing has been agreed to yet.
We feel good.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I mean, we feel good.
I feel better that this guy's got nice broad shoulders.
If the plane makes a big turn or something, I'm grabbing his shoulder.
unidentified
Please do.
You know what?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Why don't you stay over here?
Marco, where are you?
unidentified
Come on over here.
Come on, come over here.
I think you have more room for you.
Come on over here.
I've got a good team.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
This is the greatest team member assembled.
You know that if I weren't elected president, in my opinion, every automobile company in the United States would be either bankrupt or very close to it.
Tariffs Driving Automotive Success 00:15:52
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
And instead, they're hitting record highs.
Their stock is through the roof.
You saw Ford and you saw General Motors yesterday go up big.
It's all because of tariffs.
If it weren't tariffs, it'd be just like it's been for the last 30 years where we lost about 52% of our automobile manufacturing business.
In my opinion, whether it be now or very shortly, if it weren't for what I've done as president, every automobile company in America would be bankrupt.
Instead, they're doing phenomenal business.
That's all because of tariffs.
unidentified
All right.
On the flight yesterday, you sent out your professional about the Canada tariffs.
Can you walk through when you expect those to take effect?
And can I ask why?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
No, we're going to let them know.
Ronald Reagan loved tariffs.
He used them sparingly, which he probably would make a mistake.
He made a mistake in that.
And again, I was the biggest fan of Ronald Reagan, but on finance, on trade, it wasn't his strong suit.
But he liked tariffs.
And they totally changed that to say that he did because they're catering to the Supreme Court.
Because Canada's been ripping us off for a long time, and they're not going to rip us off anymore.
Canada has been ripping us off for a long time.
One of the most difficult countries to deal with has been Canada.
As much as I love Canada itself and the people of Canada, they've just had a lot of bad representatives.
They did a fake ad yesterday.
They were caught.
The Ronald Reagan Foundation was the one that caught him.
And it was totally the opposite of what they said.
So I don't like that.
That's dirty pool.
You can't do that.
And let me just tell you, they shouldn't have done it.
They've apologized, and they said we're going to take the ad down.
Well, they did it, but they did it very late.
They let it play for another two nights.
And now they took that ad down.
So I don't know when it's going to kick in.
We'll see.
But I don't really want to discuss it.
Let's go.
unidentified
Mr. President, can I just add this is an ad, that was an ad run by a provincial government in Canada.
Why you have it the federal government?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Because whether it's provincial or Canada itself, they all knew exactly what the ad was.
The Prime Minister knew, everybody knew.
The Prime Minister knew what the ad was before I went out.
unidentified
Well, you see him in APEC.
You want to meet with them?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I don't want to meet with them.
No, I'm not going to be meeting with them for a while.
No, I'm very happy with the deal we have right now with Canada.
We're going to let it ride.
unidentified
Well, we have Secretary Betty here.
Can you ask about the Fed search as well?
Where are you on interviewing candidates for a new chair?
We're down to five.
We're obviously traveling a lot now.
We're going to continue.
We're going to do a second round.
And we hope to present a good slate to the president right after Thanksgiving.
It'll ultimately be his choice.
I think he's got some very strong.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Thinking about him for a fed.
What do you think?
unidentified
I'm thinking about Secretary Battle.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I'm thinking about Marco.
I'm thinking about Jameson.
I'm thinking about a lot of people.
unidentified
I think Stephen Miller.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
We do have a lot of people.
Stephen Miller.
How about Stephen Miller?
We have a lot of candidates that want the job.
unidentified
When do you think you'll make a defense?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I think it's the world's easiest job, but to get it right, you have to be very smart.
And we have a person that's not at all smart right now, unfortunately.
He should have been much lower, much sooner.
That's why we call him Jerome Julade Fowl.
Mr. President.
unidentified
Russia said this week that they tested a new missile that can go more than 8,000 miles.
Is that saber-rattling for you?
What is that?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
They know we have a nuclear submarine, the greatest in the world, right off their shores.
So, I mean, it doesn't have to go 8,000 miles.
They're not playing games with us.
unidentified
We're not playing games with them either.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
We test missiles all the time.
But, you know, we do have a submarine, a nuclear submarine.
We don't need to go 8,000 miles.
And I don't think it's an appropriate thing for Putin to be saying either, by the way.
He ought to get the war ended.
A war that should have taken one week is now in its soon fourth year.
That's what he ought to do instead of testing missiles.
unidentified
Mr. President, should the EU use frozen Russian assets to help pay for defense of Europe?
I don't know.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
That's you have to ask EU.
not involved in that.
That's up to EU.
unidentified
Are you considering the additional sanctions against Russia?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
You'll find out.
unidentified
So Mr. President, shipbuilding has been a big part of your trade deals with both South Korea and Japan.
Why is it so important to increase our shipbuilding to counter China?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Well pretty obvious answer to that because we want more ships.
We're going to be back in the shipbuilding industry.
We have a lot of companies coming into our country now.
They're going to start building.
We have the shipyards available.
You know, in World War II, we were the biggest in the world in shipbuilding.
And then over the years, we went wokey and stupid and weak.
And we started buying ships from everybody.
And, you know, we lost that industry.
But we'll get that industry back.
We were the best at it.
And we'll soon be very good at it, if not the best.
unidentified
What are you going to announce in Japan?
Can you give us any previews?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
We're going to just announce great friendship.
I look forward to meeting the new Prime Minister.
I hear phenomenal things.
She was a great ally and friend of Shinzo Abi, who was my friend, the former prime minister.
And he was great.
He was one of my best.
He was one of the best.
The group, he was one of the best.
Really best.
And I know they were very close.
And I think philosophically they were close, which is good.
It's going to be very good.
That really helps Japan and the United States.
I think she's going to be great.
unidentified
You'll see what CEOs are going to come to your dinner tomorrow.
Can you say what companies are.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I'd rather not say.
You'll see tomorrow.
unidentified
Are you planning to sign the final deal on TikTok on Thursday when you meet with the United States?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
We might.
We might.
That'll be one of the things we're discussing.
Somebody reported it's been approved recently.
I mean, we got an original approval from President Xi.
I expect we'll have an approval, but I'd rather wait till a couple of days till that chip.
unidentified
Is it part of the grand deal coming up?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
No, but it's something we're going to talk about.
unidentified
75% tariffs on China.
Is the understanding from both countries that that will remain regardless of?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
No, I don't want to tell you what the understanding is because what we understood yesterday or two days ago or even today is not going to be necessarily what it's going to be in two days.
We're going to have a great talk.
I have a lot of respect for President Xi.
I like him a lot.
He likes me a lot, I believe, and respects me, and I think he respects our country a lot.
And we're going to have, I think we're going to have a successful transaction for both countries.
unidentified
Have you been briefed on the incident on the Nimitz, both the fighter jet and the helicopter?
I've heard about it.
Do you know what happened?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
They're going to let me know pretty soon.
I think they should be able to find out.
It could be bad fuel.
I mean, it's possible it's bad fuel.
Very unusual that that would happen to me.
unidentified
I mean, you don't think there was like foul play or anything.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
No, I don't think that's true.
No, no, no.
They think it might be bad fuel.
We're going to find out.
Nothing to hide.
We'll find out.
unidentified
Sir, has there been a stag in terms of the South Korea trade talks?
Is that how it's going to be?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
No, I don't think so, Scott.
unidentified
Is it?
No, no, there are just a lot of details to work out.
It's a very complicated deal, and I think we're very close.
Do you expect to finalize that on Wednesday, or will it maybe not quite be done?
I think not quite.
But I think the overall framework is done.
We're just getting crossing the T's, nodding the I's.
That's what Ambassador Breer's team does.
And nobody's better at it than they are.
Mr. President.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Do you want to say so?
unidentified
Sure.
So with the Korea deal, there are a few parts to this.
jamieson greer ▲ ● ▼
There's national security related issues, which are really not mine wheelhouse.
unidentified
And we have some pure trade issues where they've had some non-tariff barriers to us for a long time.
And we've resolved a lot of those.
So that's great.
And then there's another piece, which is really about investment going forward.
The Koreans have a great plan to invest in U.S. shipbuilding, even more than they've already done it.
And so they're talking right now, frankly, about how to implement Korean investment in the United States in the best way to make sure that we're and especially towards shipbuilding.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Very much involved in getting the shipbuilding going again, which really we should have never lost years ago.
They lost that years many, many decades ago, but we were number one.
We'll be either number one or right up around them.
China's making a lot of ships.
I take my hat off to them now.
They wouldn't if we had that situation where we charged essentially a fee but we're not looking to hurt their shipbuilding guarantees after that immigration raid.
No, but you know how I feel.
I was very much opposed.
Look, when they come in and they're making very complex machinery equipment things.
Uh, they're gonna have to bring some people in, at least at the initial phase.
In that case it was batteries.
Batteries are very complex and they're actually very dangerous to make.
You can't just pick people off an unemployment line and say we just, you know, opened up a two billion dollar battery factory.
So uh we've uh, we've got an understanding, and this is with the world, by the way, this is not just with South Korea.
This is when they come into our country.
We have a lot of factories being built by outside, by foreign interests.
When they come in, some of these factories make very, very complex, very highly sophisticated equipment.
They've got to bring people in with them.
For a period of time.
They'll teach our people how to do it, but even for a fairly long period of time, they're going to need expertise to be successful, and we're going to let people know i'm letting them know right now that when they come into our country uh, we can expect to see them bring in with them some very talented people that have been doing it for many years.
They'll teach our people how to do it.
Our people will be just as good as they are within a period of time and it'll be a phase out, but we want them to bring in experts and that's the way it is.
We're going to have that said.
We're doing a whole new uh plan for that.
But what you can't expect, let's say they come in.
For instance, we have massive number of chip companies, in particular one the biggest, by far the biggest in the world coming in.
You can't expect them to make unbelievably complex chips and computers and other things and pick people off the unemployment line that haven't worked in five years.
But we're going to.
So I want them to come in with talented people and they're going to.
It'll be a phase out, a slow phase out.
unidentified
Did I hear you right that you said you were opposed to the way that raid in Georgia was hit?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Um, I was opposed to getting them out and in fact before they got out they were pretty well set.
But before they get out I said they could say they went, they left and they're going to be coming back.
unidentified
Did you see the results from the Argentina election?
It looks like me laying party.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Wow, what a great question that is.
I love that question because that was a big win in Argentina.
I want to congratulate the victor and he was a big victor and he had a lot of help from us.
He had a lot of help.
I gave him an endorsement, very strong endorsement, and it was uh, really unexpected to have a victory of that.
Some people thought it would be hard to win and not only did he win, he won by a lot.
So Argentina, that was a great thing and I give Scott and I give Jameis and everybody Marco, a lot of credit for that, because you know we, we are sticking with a lot of the countries in South America, we're focused very much on South America and we're getting a real strong handle on South America in a lot of ways, including the fact that we don't want their drugs.
unidentified
We don't want drugs coming into our country and you're seeing that you would suggest that you might not recede, maybe with the Swamps Plan or with the changes to beef purchases, depending on the result of We're going to take care of, look, we're going to take care of our ranchers when we're there.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
We have two situations.
The ranchers, for 35 years, have done very poorly, the cattle people.
They've done very, very poorly.
And now they're doing well, but the price is up.
So what I can see happening is we're going to take some beef because I have to get the price down.
I want to get most prices are down.
If you look at energy and all the, I have things down, but beef is high.
And the cattle ranches are doing good.
They backed me from day one.
What we're going to do is we're going to make sure that they don't get hurt, but we have to also make sure that I get the prices down.
I want to get the prices down, like I did with eggs, like I did with lots of others.
We had a couple of them where when I first took over, eggs were double and quadruple what they were.
That was bite and small.
A lot of this is bite and small too.
And we're going to get the price of beef down, and I'm going to make sure the cattle ranches don't get hurt.
unidentified
Mr. President, Mr. President, you talked about North Korea on your way here.
Have you heard anything bad from?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I haven't mentioned it.
I haven't said anything, but I'd love to meet with him if he'd like to meet.
I got along great with Kim Jong-un.
I like to be liked me.
If he wants to meet, I'll be in South Korea.
unidentified
Would you extend your trip in order to try to meet?
Would you extend your trip in Asia in order to meet with him?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Well, I hadn't thought of it, but I think the answer would be, yeah, I would.
I would do that, sure.
Which is our last stop.
So it's pretty easy to do.
Yeah, I would do that.
unidentified
When you do meet with him, sir.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
With Kim Jong-un?
unidentified
Yes.
What does the U.S. have to do?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Well, I didn't say I was meeting with him, but if he'd like to meet him around, you know, I'll be in South Korea so I could be right over there.
unidentified
But what could the U.S. offer him at this point?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Well, we have sanctions.
That's pretty big to sort of, but I would say that's about as big as you get.
unidentified
Anything is like an inducement to do.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I just had a good relationship with him.
I would love to see him if he wants to, if he even gets this message.
We haven't mentioned that any, but he knows I'm going over there.
If he'd like to meet, I'd love to meet him.
unidentified
Sir, are you concerned about points being halted at LAX due to shortages for air traffic controllers?
Is there a way we can pay them?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Yeah, there is.
But the Democrats should just do a simple extension.
That's the best way.
The Democrats are holding it up.
They want $1.5 trillion for people that came out of prisons for illegal aliens that come into our country.
We don't want to do that because that will help, really hurt the health care that we have in our country.
And frankly, we'd like to see better health care, period.
We're not looking to do that.
The Democrats can solve that problem with air traffic control.
All they have to do is say the country's open.
We only need five votes.
The Republicans are with us.
We only need five votes.
So let's see what happens.
I would imagine that gets taken care of.
Not only the controllers, but other people too.
unidentified
How is your relationship with Elon these days?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I think it's good.
I mean, you saw that during Charlie's beautiful tribute.
Elon came home.
It's good with Elon.
I like Elon.
I've always liked Elon.
Elon's good.
unidentified
Have you talked to him since the memorial?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
On and off.
A little bit.
Yeah, very little.
Nothing much.
Look, he's a nice guy.
And he's a very capable guy.
I've always liked him.
He had a bad spell.
He had a bad period.
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donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
He had a bad moment.
It was a stupid moment in his life.
Very stupid.
I'm sure he'd tell you that.
But I like Elon, and I suspect I'll always like him.
unidentified
Sir, what are your thoughts on the continued retests outside immigration centers in Chicago?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Well, when people come into our country illegally, especially in terms of speed, they're very bad ones.
Murderers, because we've had murderers came in through the Biden administration.
We have very tight borders now, but we had open borders.
Incredibly, we had open borders.
What were they thinking?
But we have murders.
Over 11,000 murderers came in.
Many of them murdered more than one person.
We want those people out.
We want people that were in prisons.
We want them to go back to their prison, not our prison.
We want them out, and we'll get them out.
Get them all out.
unidentified
Do you think deportation is?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
It was really a terrible mistake that was made.
When you think of it, so much of our time, our time, is spent on that subject.
And it's a big subject because it's probably 20 or 25 million people, the real number.
And of the 25 million people, millions of people should not be here.
Now, all of them should be here if they came in illegally.
But we have to get the criminals out.
Washington, D.C. is doing great.
Memphis is starting to do great.
We just started there two weeks ago.
Any place we touch is going to do well.
If I were a governor, I'd say, please get your people in, whether it's National Guard or the military.
unidentified
Get them in.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
And as you know, we've been winning those cases.
unidentified
Is there a deadline for San Francisco to get their primary style recently?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Yeah, I mean, I'd like to do it, but, you know, I have a lot of very important people that are really into San Francisco that are really trying to do it themselves.
I said, we can do it better because we have a strong group, a tough group, a group that has powers that other people don't have.
Locally, you don't have the powers that the federal government has.
We can do a better job of it faster.
But I listened to a few of the people, you know, Jensen, who's fantastic, from NVIDIA, as you know, and Mark from Health's Time Magazine, among a lot of other things, right?
He's a good man.
And they would love to give it a shot.
And I say, go ahead, do it.
And I would have done that with Chicago, but Chicago is very far along the way.
We have to do something with that.
If I have a lot of friends influential in Chicago, if they call me, maybe I do the same thing.
But we have to save Chicago immediately.
We can do that pretty easily, but we have to get in quickly.
unidentified
Can we go back to Argentina and quickly?
What do you think the state of the fiscal situation is there now?
Do you think you'll have to do another?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Well, we have the all-time expert right here.
I think right now we've made a lot of money based on that election because the bonds have gone up.
Their whole debt rating has gone up.
You know, that election made a lot of money for the United States.
Now, we're not in that for money per se, but if you look at the value of the bonds, the debt, Scott, you can go ahead.
unidentified
Yeah, I think the great victory in this election, President Melee, I think he is going to expand his coalition.
And they have some big refinancings next year.
But the Argentinian people have spoken.
President Trump, that they know that the U.S. is their ally, thanks to President Trump.
We're behind them.
And that they're going to be able to fix their fiscal and keep on the road.
He's working against 100 years of bad policies.
And he's going to break them thanks to the support for the United States.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
And we're helping other South American countries also, as you know.
unidentified
Will they need more support, or would you consider it if they need more?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
They might.
Yeah, we would consider it, I think.
I think there'll be a good shape.
unidentified
Yeah, we think the market's going to do it from here now that he's gotten over this.
As I always said, this was a bridge.
We've bridged it.
Thanks to President Trump's support.
He did better than anyone ever expected.
The Peronas said it wasn't a fair election because we were running against Donald Trump, too.
And now I think the market is going to take care of itself and it's going to have a lot of confidence in his policies and the way forward.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
The polls were very wrong about that election.
I mean, the polls really got it wrong.
That was an election they said was going to be lost, and not only was it won, but it was won by a lot.
And maybe we did help.
I hope we helped.
unidentified
Sir, for you or Secretary Rubio, over the weekend Israel assassinated a military official of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.
Does that violate the ceasefire law between Israel and Cause or are they treated as a separate group?
You talk about the strike against the Palestinian jihad individuals?
Yeah, look, Israel didn't surrender its right to self-defense.
Obviously, the ceasefire is based on obligations on both sides.
By the way, we'd also like to see Hamas speed up the return of hostage bodies.
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unidentified
We still have 13 hostages, two Americans included.
But we don't view that as a violation of the ceasefire.
They have a right.
There's an imminent threat to Israel.
And all the mediators agree with that.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
How transparent is the Trump administration?
You got Scott, you got Jameson, you got Markham.
We're not saying you please don't ask this question.
You can ask anything you want.
There's never been anything like this.
Do you agree with that?
unidentified
Well, I just wanted to add some clarifying question from my earlier thing.
You said five Fed candidates.
That's Waller, Hassett, Worsch, Ryder, and Bowman, right?
Reeder.
Reeder and Greener.
Sorry, thank you for talking about surprise fit.
And you had a surprise six occasionally with Secretary Bessett.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
He likes what he's doing to him.
I don't think you could pull him out of there no matter what.
It's like Caroline.
How's Caroline doing good?
Would you say she's doing good or just okay?
I think she's doing good.
unidentified
She's been very gracious to me.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
She's doing very good.
unidentified
Yes, no.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Without her, we wouldn't be here right now.
She's doing great.
unidentified
When do you think you'll make a decision on defense?
Last minute.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I'd say maybe by the end of the year.
unidentified
Yeah, before Christmas, right around?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I think by the end of the year, early next year, but by the end of the year.
We want to get too laid out as soon as possible.
We want to be too early.
We're too late.
unidentified
Sir, Steve Bannon said in a recent interview that there could be plans for you to be able to run and potentially win a third term in 2028.
Is that something you'd be willing to challenge the court to be?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Well, I haven't really thought about it.
We have some very good people, as you know.
But I have the best poll numbers I've ever had.
I mean, I just solved eight wars and a ninth is coming.
I believe Russia-Ukraine will happen.
But we just did, you know, we just left, and when you look at the treaty we just did, that was a war, that was thousands of people were already shot at the border.
And when you look at what we just did, it was pretty amazing.
Pretty amazing.
We got a lot of good credit.
And I really have to thank Malaysia for that because they're really the prime minister and everybody really helped get the two countries together.
But it was quite a great peace treaty.
But that was one of eight.
And it makes me feel good.
I mean, it's billions of people that we save.
I saved the lives of millions of people.
That's what's important.
unidentified
Yeah.
Who are the very good people?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
They are good people.
unidentified
For 2028, they're very good people.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Oh, we have great people.
I don't have to get into that, but we have one of them standing right here.
We have JD, obviously.
The vice president is great.
I think Marco's great.
I think I'm not sure if anybody would run against us.
I think if they ever formed a group, it would be unstoppable.
I really do.
I believe that.
I would love to do it.
I have my best numbers ever.
It's very terrible.
I have my best numbers.
If you read it, am I not ruling it out?
I mean, you'll have to tell me.
All I can tell you is that we have a great group of people, which they don't.
They have Jasmine Crockett, a low IQ person.
They have AOC's low IQ.
You give her an IQ test.
Have her pass the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed.
I took, that was a very hard, They're really aptitude tests, I guess, in a certain way, but they're cognitive tests.
Let AOC go against Trump.
Let Jasmine go against Trump.
I don't think Jasmine, the first couple of questions are easy.
A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe, you know.
When you get up to about five or six, and then when you get up to ten and twenty and twenty-five, they couldn't come close to answering any of those questions.
unidentified
Walter Reed mentioned advanced medical imaging.
Did you get an MRI?
Can you tell us what you're doing?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I did.
I got an MRI.
It was perfect.
I mean, I gave you the full results.
We had an MRI and the machine, you know, the whole thing.
And it was perfect.
unidentified
Can you say what in particular they were?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
You could ask the doctors.
In fact, we have doctors traveling with us, but I think they gave you a very conclusive.
Nobody has ever given you reports like I gave you.
And if I didn't think it was going to be good, either I would let you know negatively.
I wouldn't run.
I'd do something.
But the doctors said some of the best reports for the age, some of the best reports they've ever seen.
unidentified
One theory on how you might try to serve a third term is that you could run as the vice president.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Yeah, I'd be allowed to do that.
unidentified
Is it the White House or the White House Councils or your legal position?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
No, you'd be allowed to do that, but I wouldn't run.
I wouldn't do that.
I think it's too cute.
Yeah, I wouldn't rule that out because it's too cute.
I think the people wouldn't like that.
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donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
It's too cute.
It's not, it wouldn't be right.
Golf-related question?
unidentified
Ah.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Would you mind?
unidentified
You're most, personally, the most difficult shot for you in golf.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Right now?
Well, how will you play it?
The most difficult shot.
It used to be chipping, but I become a very good chipper.
I hit them all pretty good.
I'm a pretty good golfer.
I won 38 club championships.
That's pretty good.
Pretty much, I hit, I'm very solid, very consistent, pretty long.
I mean, I hit them all pretty long.
I play with Gary Player.
You know, Gary's 90, and he shot 70 with me the last time we played, which is pretty amazing from 6,800.
Putting is pretty good.
Putting is pretty good, yeah.
Putting is good.
Used to be, I'd say putting used to be the best, but I'd say putting is pretty good.
unidentified
Sir, can I ask just one more trade question?
There were some treats to the Vietnam deal where they're going to have some zero tariff items that can come into the United States.
Why was that change made?
I don't know.
That's just, there's a handful of things like coffee and center, the type of stuff we don't make in the United States are pro.
Like, technically, we can't.
So it makes sense.
If people are going to do a deal with us, we'll give them a good deal there.
But overall, 20% on Vietnam.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
And we want to get coffee down a little bit.
unidentified
So just to clarify, technically, that was stuff that was at 20% and now will be brought to zero, is that?
Well, it's been brought to whatever congressional level of tariff there is, right?
I mean, this is, you know, working, we have a huge deficit with Vietnam, and so they've taken down all their tariffs to zero on everything.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Bull gun.
unidentified
All the non-tariff barriers gone.
They're going to accept all our autos, all our standards, all of that.
We have 20% of the barriers.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Which, by the way, people said impossible to get.
unidentified
They did say impossible.
And so we just have a few items like that that we can't grow or extract from the ground in the United States.
Certain spices, right, that we don't grow in America, that kind of thing.
How worried are you still about the risk of transshipment through Vietnam?
Yeah, so part of the deal, they've agreed to a duty evasion agreement with us.
And if we catch them doing it, we can charge an additional 20%, right?
On top of the 20%.
That's right, yeah.
And that's an executive order that's already in place.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
You guys have a very interesting couple of days.
We have Japan, and then we have South Korea, but we have China coming, and it's going to be very interesting.
I have a lot of respect for President Xi, and we are going to, I think we're going to come away with a deal.
unidentified
But I really feel good.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Our country is doing so well economically.
It's doing so incredibly well.
The Democrats should let it open.
I guess they don't do that because it's doing so well.
It's too bad.
But on the macro scale, it's not having that kind of an effect.
We just want people to get paid.
We think it's very unfair.
And how about the man that put up $130 million to make sure our military got paid?
unidentified
You won't tell him.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I won't tell you.
I won't tell you.
But this is a person that called me that said, Sir, I'd like to make a contribution of any difference needed for the United States military.
I said, I don't know.
That could be a big number.
And we worked it out.
It was about $130 million.
And he wrote a check for $130 million because he's an unbelievable patriot.
And that's what it's all about.
So we're going to have a good time over the next two days.
Get a little rest.
unidentified
Good point, sir.
What is that?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I haven't been watching it too much, the world says.
I'm disappointed they didn't put Pete Rose in.
I said, put Pete Rose in before he dies.
He had over 4,000 hits.
They didn't do it.
And with all the gambling you see now, I mean, give me a break.
They didn't put Pete Rose in.
I asked the commissioner, put Pete Rose in, Commissioner, long before he died.
Like a year before he died.
They didn't get it done.
Should have gotten it done.
Pete Rose was a great baseball player.
unidentified
One quick one.
You said yesterday that you might invite China to Mar-a-Lago.
When would that be?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Well, sometime after.
I'm going to go.
We pretty much agreed that I'll be going to China.
unidentified
When is that?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
In the earlier part of the year.
Okay.
And President Xi will be coming into maybe Washington or Palm Beach or someplace sometime after that.
unidentified
Vietnam said that you accepted an invitation there as well.
Do you plan a visit?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
Well, he invited me.
If I can, I will.
We have a good relationship with Vietnam.
And they were.
Look, they've made a lot of money with the United States over the years, but presidents that really didn't know what they were doing.
But now, as you know, Vietnam is not charging us tariffs.
And that's a big step.
unidentified
And based on that, I would say Friday, Ambassador Greer launched a 301 on whether China reneged on its phase one deal.
Is that part of these talks?
Would you pause that?
How connected is that to the Thursday talks and talk to you about it?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
It may be a part of the talk, but it may be a part of just the negotiations.
unidentified
That was a separate deal from before, and there's a lot of view in the United States, and they didn't keep aspects of that deal.
So we're just looking into it.
That's continuing.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
But we're really if all works out well, I'm sure they'll be able to talk us out of it.
Do you agree?
unidentified
We'll see.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I think so.
Do you, sir?
I have a feeling they'll talk us out of it.
unidentified
You all said that you have a great relationship with Xi Jinping.
You really get along.
Could you just elaborate on that one about your relationship?
It's so great, and what about him?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼
I just like it.
We were obviously that was hurt pretty badly by COVID when COVID came in.
Came in through Wuhan.
Everybody knows that.
I always said it.
I said it right from the beginning.
So that had an impact.
But, you know, an impact for a lot of reasons.
Someone, we didn't get to speak as much because we were all busy getting out of that nightmare.
But no, I think I have a very good relationship, as good as anybody.
And I would say that likewise with him.
Thank you very much, everybody.
unidentified
Thank you, Mr. President.
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