FULL INTERVIEW: Donald Trump takes questions from NABJ panel

[0:00] this discussion continues a decades-long tradition during election years of inviting [0:06] journalists to discuss the policies and their impact with the candidates who are running for [0:10] president and the impact of those policies especially in black communities former presidents [0:15] george w bush barack obama and bill clinton have attended the nabj conventions either as presidents [0:22] or as presidential candidates in past years nabj is currently in conversation with vice president [0:27] kamala harris's team to schedule a q a either in person or virtually in september as journalists [0:35] we use opportunities like these both to inform our reporting but also to help voters understand [0:41] the choices that they face in a consequential and historic election year nabj has partnered with [0:47] politifact to fact check this conversation in real time you can access that feed on social media [0:53] using the hashtag nabj fact check again the hashtag is nabj fact check we have a lot to get to and we [1:04] do not want to waste any time so let's bring out the former president of the united states the republican [1:09] nominee for president former president donald trump mr president we so appreciate you giving us an hour [1:37] of your time i want to start by addressing the elephant in the room sir a lot of people did not [1:43] think it was appropriate for you to be here today you have pushed false claims about some of your [1:49] rivals from nikki haley to former president barack obama saying that they were not born in the united [1:54] states which is not true you have told four congresswomen women of color who were american [1:59] citizens to go back to where they came from you have used words like animal and rabbit to describe [2:05] black district attorneys you've attacked black journalists calling them a loser saying the questions [2:10] that they ask are quote stupid and racist you've had dinner with a white supremacist at your mar-a-lago [2:16] resort so my question sir now that you are asking black supporters to vote for you why should black [2:23] voters trust you after you have used language like that well first of all i don't think i've ever been [2:30] asked a question so in such a horrible manner a first question you don't even say hello how are you [2:39] are you with abc because i think they're a fake news network a terrible network and i think it's [2:47] disgraceful that i came here in good spirit uh i love the black population of this country i've done [2:55] so much for the black population of this country uh including uh employment including uh opportunity [3:03] zones with senator tim scott of south carolina which is one of the greatest programs ever for [3:09] black workers and black entrepreneurs i've done so much and you know and i say this uh historically [3:17] black colleges and universities were out of money they were stone cold broke and i saved them and i [3:24] gave them long-term financing and nobody else was doing it i think it's a very rude introduction i don't [3:30] know exactly why you would do something like that and let me go a step further i was invited here and i was [3:37] told my opponent whether it was biden or kamala i was told my opponent was going to be here it turned [3:44] out my opponent isn't here you invited me under false pretense and then you said you can't do it with zoom [3:51] well you know where's zoom she's going to do it with zoom and she's not coming and then you were half an [3:57] hour late just so we understand i have too much respect for you to be late they couldn't get their [4:01] equipment working or something mr president i would love i think it's a very nasty question i have [4:07] answered the question i have been the best president for the black population since abraham lincoln that's [4:15] my answer better than president johnson who signed the voting rights act for you to start off a question [4:20] and answer period especially when you're 35 minutes late because you couldn't get your equipment to work [4:25] in such a hostile manner i think it's a disgrace let me let me just ask a follow-up sir and then [4:30] we'll move on to other questions here some of your own supporters including republicans on capitol hill [4:36] have labeled vice president kamala harris who is the first black and asian american woman to serve as [4:41] vice president be on a major party ticket as a dei hire is that acceptable language to you and will you [4:48] tell those republicans and those supporters to stop it how do you how do you define dei go ahead [4:54] how do you define diversity equity inclusion okay yeah go ahead is that what your definition [4:59] that is that that is give me a definition then would you give me a definition give me a definition [5:04] sir i'm asking you a question no you have to define it define the define it for me if you i just defined [5:09] it sir do you believe that vice president kamala harris is only on the ticket because she is a black [5:13] woman well i can say no i think it's maybe a little bit different so uh i've known her a long time [5:19] indirectly not directly very much and she was always of indian heritage and she was only promoting [5:28] indian heritage i didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black [5:33] and now she wants to be known as black so i don't know is she indian or is she black she has always [5:38] identified as a black i respect either one i respect either one but she obviously doesn't [5:44] because she was indian all the way and then all of a sudden she made a turn and she went [5:49] she became a black just to be clear sir do you believe i think somebody should look into that [5:54] too when you ask a continue in a very hostile nasty tone it's a direct question sir do you believe that [5:59] vice president kamala harris is a dei hire as some i really don't know i mean i really don't know could [6:05] be could be there are some and there are plenty i know this lady right over there harris is a fantastic [6:11] person who just interviewed me at length and we had a great interview i think and i heard you got very [6:16] good ratings on that well you told me it was the longest one of your life so i think we had a good [6:20] discussion look i want to talk about why you're here today i mean it is not lost on us how divided we [6:26] are as a country and as you were coming today we really got to see that we are divided along the lines [6:32] of race along the lines of gender and there is this question of in this moment where we are why come here [6:42] what is your message today my message is to stop people from invading our country that are taking [6:51] frankly a lot of problems with it but one of the big problems and a lot of the journalists in this [6:57] room i know and i have great respect for a lot of the journalists in this room are black i will tell [7:03] you that coming coming from the border are millions and millions of people that happen to be taking black [7:11] jobs you had the best what exactly is a black job sir a black job is anybody that has a job that's what [7:18] it is anybody that has all right and they're taking they're taking the employment away from black people [7:24] they're coming in and they're coming in they're invading it's an invasion of millions of people [7:29] probably 15 16 17 million people i have a feeling it's much more than that and and everybody's been [7:36] seeing what's happened the first group of people the black population is affected most by that [7:42] and kamala is allowing it to happen she's the border czar she's the worst borders are in the history of [7:46] the world there's never been a borders are like this she's never even essentially been she said she was [7:51] there once but not the right part of the border so she was a border she's done a horrible job these [7:56] people are coming into our country and they're taking black jobs and hispanic jobs and frankly they're [8:02] taking union jobs unions are being very badly affected by all of the millions of people that [8:07] are pouring into our country and one thing as we as we discussed many of these people are coming in [8:13] from mental institutions from prisons from jails their gang members in other countries other countries [8:19] are setting loose they're prisoners they're opening up their prisons and their mental institutions [8:25] and they're taking their their bad people drug dealers gang members and they're bringing them [8:32] into the united states and by the way their crime rate is going down and our crime rate is going [8:37] to be a disaster mr president i want to get into how you address some of the issues with black [8:43] communities and i say that plural because we live in communities of color that are different we're not [8:48] all the same we don't vote the same we don't think the truth it's not monolithic so as you come here [8:53] today i want to talk about something that bursts and this is the weight of the inflation on this country right [9:00] now the non-profit money management international recently released data from its mid-year analysis [9:08] that we have found a 52 percent rise in people who are seeking counseling for being in credit debt [9:15] they're paying for food that is sky high on their credit cards and now they can't pay that off [9:21] the credit counseling nonprofit mmi as i said is saying now that they've seen surges that they haven't [9:26] seen since we were in a pandemic of people in financial trouble much of that falls on the the [9:33] shoulders of single moms single black moms when you look statistically how do you turn it around [9:39] what's your plan for the black community when it comes to money so first of all it's very hard to hear [9:44] you for whatever reason because of the fact that they have bad equipment because i guess you know [9:48] this woman was unable to get the right equipment but it's very hard for me to hear you but i can hear [9:53] every other word it's very difficult actually but so i don't know if they can fix it or do something [9:59] with it but i'll do the best i can with it the inflation is absolutely destroying our middle class [10:07] our working class virtually every class inflation is a disaster in our country inflation is a country [10:15] buster it breaks every country and we had in my opinion the worst inflation we've had they say it's 58 [10:22] years but i think it's much more than that it's been devastating and if you just take a look at a [10:26] lot of things they don't include like interest rates interest rates went from 2.4 percent to 10 [10:32] percent and you can't get the money people can't buy houses they no longer have the american dream young [10:38] people young black people they don't have the american dream anymore they can't buy a house they can't [10:44] borrow the money because of the cost of the money they can't buy because of the cost of housing because of [10:49] the cost to build it because of inflation inflation is a disaster and it's destroying our country and [10:57] it's destroying the black community probably as much so what do you do what's your plan you know [11:02] what we have to do we have to bring down the cost of energy and that's going to bring down the cost of [11:06] inflation this was all started with a bad energy policy by joe biden by the way just if i might [11:15] i was running against a man named biden you probably saw that and he was losing very badly in the polls [11:22] and then he had a rather bad debate i would say it was a bad debate i would say it was one of the worst [11:26] worst debates in history and his poll numbers crashed and instead of saying you know let's keep [11:33] going and maybe something happens the other way they said oh we're going to replace him let's just [11:38] replace him that's like you're in a fight a price fighter's in a fight he's not doing what you say [11:43] let's bring in another fighter so our whole campaign was steered toward him and now we have to steer [11:49] to it but ultimately it's the same because they have bad policy they have policies of open borders [11:55] unbelievable open borders horrible energy policies they want to get rid of uh as you say gasoline in [12:03] cars they want to get rid of oil they want to get rid of efficient efficient heating [12:08] mr president environmentally what they're doing is killing our country they're absolutely destroying [12:13] our country but the inflation is the thing that's hurting the black worker the black population and [12:21] every other population within our country inflation is the worst it's been i think in over a hundred [12:27] years and they'll fact check it they'll say it's only 58 whatever it may be they don't add all the [12:33] numbers they don't add the really bad numbers and you can check that too but inflation harris [12:38] is absolutely destroying this country and the people in our country yes mr president can i ask you [12:44] another question yes that is also impacting black and that's very clear now uh i'm sorry it's very [12:51] clear i hear you okay um so sanya massey uh someone from illinois an unarmed black woman was shot the other [12:59] day in her home um by a deputy sheriff the deputy has since been charged with murder you've said police [13:07] would get immunity from prosecution if you went why should someone like that officer have immunity [13:14] in your opinion immunity immunity i don't know the exact case but i saw something [13:21] and it didn't look it didn't look good to me it didn't look good to me are you talking with the [13:26] water right yeah well police i mean police unions are not backing this person either but again why would [13:33] they're going to be charging the officer i guess they're charging the officer so why should he [13:38] receive immunity well he might not i mean it depends it depends on what happens i'm talking about people [13:44] that are much different cases than that we need people to protect ourselves and by the way in chicago [13:50] as an example last a few weeks ago july 4th weekend they had 117 shootings and 17 deaths nobody wants that [14:01] nobody wants that we need to have our police officers have the respect and dignity back in this particular [14:08] case i saw something that didn't look good to me i didn't like it i didn't like it at all so can you [14:13] get a little more specific back to the immunity question who would make those change those well right [14:19] now for the most part for the most part uh people are protected by their unions by their police unions or [14:25] by their police departments but i'm saying if if i felt or if if a group of people would feel that [14:31] somebody was being unfairly prosecuted because the person did a good job maybe with crime [14:36] or made a mistake an innocent mistake there's a big difference between [14:41] being a bad person and making an innocent mistake but if somebody made an innocent mistake [14:47] i would want to help that person what would those exceptions be what was what would determine [14:52] you go after somebody and it's a very close call and it's very dangerous and you know they have [14:58] the policeman's life and woman is a very difficult thing because sometimes you have less than a second [15:04] to make it you know life and death decision and sometimes very bad decisions are made they're not [15:11] made from an evil standpoint but they're made from the standpoint of they made a mistake so i want to [15:16] follow up really quickly um you know i find it interesting because you do talk about reigning in [15:22] uh prosecutors especially when it comes to prosecutors that are prosecuting you um why doesn't that [15:29] skepticism apply to law enforcement well i've been prosecuted because i'm a political opponent of two [15:36] people that have weaponized our justice system i've been prosecuted i just won the big case in florida [15:42] everyone said that was the biggest case that was the most difficult case uh and i just won it now biden [15:48] has a similar case except much worse i was protected under the presidential records act biden wasn't [15:54] because he wasn't president at the time and he had 50 years worth of documents and they ruled that he was [16:01] incompetent and therefore he shouldn't stand trial and i said isn't that something he's incompetent and [16:07] he can't stand trial and yet he can be president isn't that nice mr president they released him on the [16:13] basis that he was incompetent they said he had no memory and he was a nice old guy but he had no [16:19] memory and therefore we're not going to prosecute him uh i won the case and it got very little [16:25] publicity i didn't notice abc doing any publicity on it george we covered you extensively sir i'd love to [16:30] move over on i didn't notice you do any publicity on it at all i won the case the biggest case uh this was [16:36] this is an attack on a political opponent i have another one where i have a hostile judge we have [16:43] you for a limited time sir i'd love to move on to different excuse you're the one that held me up [16:46] for 35 minutes just so you understand if we can move on now to the state of the race sir i want to get [16:52] back to the campaign senator jd vance is your running mate he's had a lot of controversy lately and i want [16:58] to read you a few things that he has said in the past he said the democrats running the country are a [17:02] bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices they've made [17:08] and so they don't they want to make the rest of the country miserable too he's not talking here [17:13] about how great it is to be a parent he's attacking what he says are the choices people are making to [17:17] not have children did you know that he had these views about people who do not have children before [17:24] you picked him to be your running mate and do you agree with him no i know this he is very family [17:29] oriented and he thinks family is a great thing that doesn't mean he thinks that if you don't have a [17:35] family it's not i know people with families i know people with great families i know people with [17:39] very troubled families and i also know people with no families they didn't meet the right person [17:44] things happen you go through life you don't meet the right person he's not just talking about families [17:48] here and some of those people that don't have children should get less votes than those that do [17:52] i'm just speaking for myself and i think i'm speaking for him too he strongly believes in family [17:58] but i know people with great families i know people with not great families that don't have a family [18:04] and the people without the family are far better they're superior in many cases okay [18:08] he's not saying they're not what he's saying is that he thinks the family experience is a very [18:14] important thing it's a very good thing but that doesn't mean that if you grow up and you grow older [18:19] and you don't meet somebody that would be wonderful to meet and would have been good that [18:24] that's a bad thing he's not saying that he my interpretation you'll have to ask him actually but [18:29] my interpretation is he's strongly family oriented but that doesn't mean if you don't have a family [18:35] uh there's something wrong with it just one last point and then we'll move on just just one of the [18:38] bedrock principles of american life is one person one vote senator jd vance has suggested that someone [18:46] who has children should have more votes than a person who does not have children i just want to be [18:51] clear here is that the position of your campaign well no but it's not something i have ever heard before [18:57] i can tell you this right now you have illegal aliens coming into our country many from prisons [19:03] and many from uh mental institutions and they want to give them votes i don't think they should [19:08] have votes they came into our country illegally and they're taking the vote away from all of the [19:13] people in this room that have been here a long time that have worked hard that in many cases and [19:18] you'll see this happening if i'm not elected you're going to see it happen if i am you're not going [19:22] to have any problem but you're going to see it happening a long time you're going to see the [19:27] people in this room and people outside of this room are going to be losing their jobs the people that [19:32] have come into this country illegally mr president can we stay with just kind of the state of the race [19:37] right now because i i felt like that vice president question um candidate candidate question was right [19:43] in there with that so let's talk about jd vance for a little bit um he's had some stumbles out of the [19:48] gate i don't know if you're hearing what we hear as reporters but it's been a tough couple of weeks [19:53] for him why did you choose jd vance why didn't i why did you choose him and i'm having a hard time [20:01] hearing too everybody out there can but i'll tell you why i chose him because he's a very strong believer [20:08] in work and the working man and woman and especially the working man and woman who have been treated very [20:16] unfairly because you have many of them many of them in this room but you have many of those people [20:21] they were treated very unfairly they worked very hard and they were treated unfairly he wrote the book [20:27] that became a bestseller the movie became a smash hit he's a very smart guy without the benefit of [20:35] having a family that has contacts like a father that was well connected he got into yale law school [20:42] he graduated in two years from ohio state summa cum laude i mean you take a look at you know his [20:48] career has been an amazing career he started off at a level with a difficult family situation very [20:56] difficult with the mother and the father and everything else he ends up going to yale law school [21:01] and was one of the top students became the head of the law journal uh i mean that's an amazing thing he [21:07] went he's a four-year he was in the military with great distinction for four years got out went into [21:15] business became successful in business very successful in business actually did public offerings and other [21:21] things and i i you know i have to believe in that i mean he's somebody that was born in a rough situation [21:28] most of the people know that situation because it was very well documented in his book and i have a lot of [21:34] respect for somebody that can get into yale and become one of the best students in yale that meets [21:40] a young woman at yale who was also outstanding and they get married they have a beautiful family but he [21:47] had a you know he's made himself an amazing life he then gets goes to ohio lives in ohio and he had my [21:56] endorsement that helped but he wins the senate he becomes a united states senator so he's a united states [22:03] senator and so harris like i respect you for your success i respect people for their success [22:10] the reason i ask the question is because the last time you and i sat and talked was the day that you [22:15] were shot we'd been together for much of that day you left uh to go to butler pennsylvania and we didn't [22:21] know what was next yeah and two days after that i cannot understand your microphone i know it is really [22:27] hard i mean it's just i can understand you perfectly because she's closer i can understand you happy to [22:33] hear that but i can't understand i have a few more questions because of the distance and the mics are [22:39] really in lousy shape but i cannot understand so are you asking what you're saying so what i wanted to [22:46] say was the last time we spoke you said some words that were prophetic because i asked you who you [22:53] wanted to choose for vice president yeah and you said normally it really wouldn't matter what they [22:58] would bring you know you choose somebody that you think has a future that sort of thing but you said [23:03] these words three and a half hours before an attempted assassination on your life you told me that bad [23:11] things happen harris and that's why this decision is important this time bad things happen you said it [23:17] twice when you look at jd vance is he ready on day one does he what ready on day one if he has to be [23:25] i've always had great respect for him uh and for the other candidates too but i will say this uh and i [23:33] think this is well documented historically the vice president in terms of the election does not have any [23:39] impact i mean virtually no impact you have two or three days where there's a lot of commotion as to who [23:45] like you're having it on the democrat side who it's going to be and then that dies down and it's all [23:50] about the presidential pick virtually never has it mattered maybe lyndon johnson mattered for different [23:56] reasons of what we're talking about not for vote reasons but for political reasons other political [24:01] reasons but historically the choice of a vice president makes no difference you're voting for the president [24:08] and you can have a vice president who's outstanding in every way and i think jd is i think that all of [24:15] them would have been but but you're not voting that way you're voting for the president you're voting [24:20] for me if you like me i'm going to win if you don't like me i'm not going to win i'm going to get my jd [24:25] vance question in jd vance i'm going to get my jd vance question in um to your point and to rachel's [24:32] point he you know has a lot of opinions about childless women like myself or divorce people like [24:39] yourself do you think well i mean my point is here was said in a friendly manner my point is um [24:50] do you think the party the republican party is getting a little bit too judgy about people's [24:54] lives when you think about abortion or when you think about what jd vance is saying i don't think [25:00] look i think that the democrat party is really the one that has the problem i think they're radical [25:07] on abortion because they are allowing abortion in the ninth month they're allowing the death they're [25:12] allowing the death of a baby after the baby is born based on sir that governor of virginia based on the [25:19] governor of virginia they're allowing the death of the baby after it's born they're allowing abortions [25:25] in the eighth and ninth month well democrats have denied i think they're right and and i think the [25:29] republican party is actually much lesser i think i've made them much less radical perhaps but the [25:34] republican party what we're doing is bringing it back to the states where everybody wanted it [25:39] democrats republicans liberals conservative everybody wanted abortion brought back they [25:45] didn't want roe v wade in the federal government they wanted it everybody but the majority of americans [25:51] oppose roe v wade being overturned they don't know about this right now they're voting it brought it back [25:56] to the states now i happen to believe in the three exceptions ronald reagan believed with rape incest life [26:04] of the mother i i do i think most people do i think most republicans do also but if you take a look [26:10] right now they're doing it's an amazing thing out of the federal government it's in states and people [26:16] are voting and i will say ohio is let's say let's call it a more liberal version has been approved kansas [26:24] the same thing a little bit surprising to a lot of people but the people are now voting and it's taking [26:30] this issue that's been going on for 52 years and has torn our our country apart and it's giving it [26:36] to the people to vote on and they're voting and many states have already voted others are in the process [26:44] of voting and it's bringing it back to the people and a vote of the people and it's not at all radical [26:49] and i again you have to follow your heart i happen to believe in the three exceptions most people believe [26:55] in the three exceptions most republicans believe in the exceptions but they don't want to see an [27:00] abortion in the ninth month or the eighth month almost everybody agrees to that and they certainly [27:06] don't want to see in the case of the governor of virginia the former governor i might add who said we [27:12] set the baby aside and then we decide what to do meaning what do we do we execute the baby cannot [27:18] that's a radical horrible position and some people some people want that i don't want it most people [27:25] don't thank you um can i just pivot really quickly to another question about you brought up health [27:31] harris um you're an active man um you we see you golfing all the time but if if you win you'll still [27:39] be president at 82 which is older than biden is right now but not mentally look mentally [27:48] here's the question he shot he shot but most people would you consider most people i know many [27:54] people in their 80s and their 90s that are in great shape some of our greatest leaders you look [27:59] at throughout the world world history the greatest leaders some of the greatest leaders in the world [28:04] were in their 80s but here's the question would you consider stepping down if you felt that your [28:09] health was declining or would you absolutely and who would i think i'd know how would you make that [28:14] decision i think i'd know look if i came onto a stage like this and i got treated so rudely as this [28:20] woman oh my goodness and i'm fine with it because she it does it she was very rude sir very rude that [28:28] was a nasty that wasn't a question she didn't ask me a question she gave a statement that wasn't a [28:33] question i repeated your statement actually you you you said you would you would oh absolutely if i [28:39] thought that i was failing in some way i want people to be sharp i'll go a step further i want anybody [28:46] running for president to take an aptitude test to take a cognitive test i think it's a great idea [28:52] and i took two of them and i aced them i took two of them but let me ask yeah yeah i i would like to [28:58] have people running for president and i don't mean by because they're 75 or 85 i think anybody running [29:06] i'd like to do it people say it's not constitutional i would like to have something passed where you can do [29:11] it i think we should know i mean i've watched what's happened in the last couple of years under [29:17] this gentleman and our country is a mess we have inflation we have the millions of people falling in [29:24] we have afghanistan which was the worst most embarrassing moment in the history of our country [29:30] what he has done to our country and her too what they've done to our country she has been a horrible [29:36] vice president she's considered the worst vice president in the history of our country [29:40] don't mean to interrupt you but would you consider taking a cognitive test mr president i would love [29:44] and make it public well i've already taken two of them but i'll do it again mr mr president how do [29:49] you intend to i suggested harris that let's take one i said joe and i will go and take a cognitive test [29:57] now i'd do it with her too i would do it with her also you know what she failed her law exam she [30:03] didn't pass her law exam so maybe she wouldn't pass the cognitive test mr president are you saying she [30:08] wouldn't have just to be clear i'm just giving you the fact to be clear you don't think i'm just [30:14] pass her bar exam and she didn't think she would pass it and she didn't think she was going to have [30:19] it pass it and i don't know what happened maybe she passed it i guess there's a man over here [30:24] mr president i would love to ask you about january 6. you've called yourself the candidate of law and [30:30] order when time magazine asked you if you would consider pardoning all the rioters you said yes absolutely [30:36] you called them patriots 140 police officers were assaulted that day their injuries included broken [30:43] bones at least one officer lost an eye one had two cracked ribs two smashed spinal discs another had [30:50] a stroke were the people who assaulted those 140 officers including those i just mentioned patriots [30:56] who deserve pardons well let me bring it back to modern day like about five days ago we had an attack [31:04] on the capital horrible attack on the capital uh you saw the people that were protesting and [31:10] spraying these incredible monuments bells lions all these magnificent limestone and granite [31:15] with red paint red spray paint that will never actually come off especially in the limestone it will [31:22] never i'm a builder i know about this stuff it'll never you'll see it in a hundred years from now [31:27] they viciously attacked our government they fought with police they fought with them much more openly than [31:33] i saw on january 6th what's going to happen to those people what's going to happen to the people [31:38] in portland that destroyed my question is on what's going to happen my question is on those rioters who [31:43] assaulted officers would you pardon what's going to happen oh absolutely i would you would pardon [31:48] those if they're innocent i would pardon them they've been convicted by the way the supreme court just [31:53] under well they were convicted by a very a very tough system they were how come the people that tried to [32:01] burn down minneapolis how come the purple that took over a large percentage of seattle how come [32:09] nothing happened to them how come the people so we're talking about people that were seen beating [32:13] officers dragging them down the stairs they're on video have you seen that video sir really well [32:19] they would pardon those you would pardon those rioters they shot a young lady in the face [32:25] who was protesting they shot her in the face you know nobody died that day you do know that [32:31] but people died in seattle nobody died but people died in minneapolis you know people died in minneapolis [32:37] and nothing happens and nobody ever talks and nothing happens to those people but you went after [32:42] the j6 people with a vengeance and i'll tell you what what about the cops that were and and i'm all for [32:49] the police as you know but what about the police that are ushering ushering everybody into the capitol go [32:54] in go in go in go in what about that look nothing is nothing is perfect in life but you have people [33:02] from minneapolis you have people just from five days ago in washington dc they were having fistfights [33:10] and fighting with the police they were spraying and destroyed they were desecrating our monuments in [33:17] washington dc five days ago and nothing happened to them and you have to you can't have two systems of [33:24] justice that's why they went after me as a political opponent because they felt they couldn't win [33:29] without doing that and we're going to win our cases and we're going to be vindicated but i have to spend [33:34] a lot of time on that and money that's what they want after the election they won't care although in [33:39] my case i think they probably will because the hatred is pretty deep but i'll tell you they went after me [33:44] as a political opponent that's never happened in our country before and it sets a terrible terrible [33:50] precedent what do you do on day one if you win what's your first thing what do i do i close the [33:56] border and i do two things because i can do a lot of things simultaneously i close the border we don't [34:01] want people coming we want people to come in harris but they have to be vetted they have to be checked [34:06] they have to come in legally we want people i want people to come into our country but they have to be [34:11] vetted they have to be checked so when you say what do i do that and i drill baby drill i bring energy way [34:18] down i bring interest rates are down i bring inflation way down so people can buy bacon again [34:23] so people can buy a ham sandwich again so that people can go to a restaurant and afford it [34:29] because right now people can't buy food your grocery bills are up 40 50 60 percent right she's agreeing to [34:36] me oh she's agreeing thank you i like you very much uh mr president i think we are but it's but it's true [34:43] your grocery bills are up and then they're mandating that you buy an all-electric car you [34:48] know elon musk endorsed me and he's a friend of mine he's a good guy he's a smart guy but i'm against [34:55] all everybody having an electric car okay i'm very much against that you have to be able to if you want [35:01] a hybrid or if you want a gasoline propelled car but you know we have more liquid gold gasoline oil [35:09] under our feet than any other country more than saudi arabia more than russia more than any other [35:14] country i want to use it i want to use what we have i want to bring down prices bring down costs [35:21] and i also have to stop the invasion and remember they're taking your jobs these people coming in [35:26] are taking your job project 2025 i think we have to leave it there by the trump team all right so [35:32] leave it we'll leave that is the last word thank you so much mr trump for coming coming today and joining [35:37] us well thank you very much they've been telling us thank you thank you everybody very much great [35:44] thank you mr