Transcript - Remarks: Donald Trump Meets with King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan - June 25, 2018 | Factba.se

Donald Trump

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Thank you very much. It's a great honor to have the King and Queen of Jordan with us. They're friends. We've known each other now for quite a while. Long before this.

Donald Trump

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But you have done an incredible job on the refugees and the camps and taking care of people. And I just want to say while our nations have a very good relationship, we now have a great relationship. But the job you do on a humanitarian basis is fantastic. And I would like to thank you very much.

King Abdullah II

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Thank you. And if, sir, I could thank you and the United States and the people of America for all the support you've given our country. If the rest of the world just took a little bit of your humility and your grace to help us, we'd be in a lot better position. But if it wasn't for the United States -- just on behalf of myself and my people, thank you so much for all that you've done.

Donald Trump

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Remember, he used the word "humility" with respect to me, so I am very happy with that word. That's probably the nicest compliment I've been given in a long time.

Donald Trump

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No, the job you do is fantastic. And yes, we do -- we spend a lot of money, but we spend a lot of money in a lot of places. And people don't do the job that you do, so I want to thank you very much.

King Abdullah II

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Thank you, sir. Thank you.

Donald Trump

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Okay. Thank you very much, everybody.

Question

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Mr. President, do you regret signing the executive order?

Donald Trump

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No, no. The executive order was great. It was something that I felt we had to do. We want children staying together. The law has been this law for a long period of time. You would understand this better than most because of the great job you do in your country.

Donald Trump

00:01:41 - 00:01:55 (14 sec)

No, it was -- there was a false story, fake news in the New York Times. Just the opposite: I wanted to sign that. In fact, I was saying yesterday, before I read this phony story in the New York Times, that I was very, very happy that I signed that.

Donald Trump

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And it also -- it shows. You know, we're all talking about humanity, whether it's what you're doing in Jordan or whether it's what we're doing here. The laws are obsolete. The laws are horrible having to do with the border, both in terms of security and in terms of taking care of people.

Donald Trump

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President Obama had a big problem. In fact, a lot of the pictures used they thought would be -- I guess, I don't know what you folks did. You used pictures from 2014. They were all taken during the Obama administration. But the Bush administration had the same. It's the same laws. They're a disaster. The laws have to be changed. And whether it's North Korea or whether it's so many different things like trade, we're taking care of a lot of problems that should have been taken care of over the years.

Donald Trump

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Well, one of the highest on the list is immigration. And we have to change our laws. We have to make them sensible. They came in to see me last week; they said, "We'd like to hire 5,000 more judges." Five thousand. You ever hear of thing like that? Judges.

Donald Trump

00:02:55 - 00:03:10 (15 sec)

Well, we're appointing 145 judges here, and everyone goes through this extreme vetting process. You're talking about 5,000. Where do you find 5,000 people to be judges? And you know what it leads? It leads to graft. It leads to a lot of other things.

Donald Trump

00:03:10 - 00:03:31 (21 sec)

We want a system where, when people come in illegally, they have to go out. And a nice simple system that works. You know, Mexico holds people for four hours, for five hours, for two hours, and they're gone. We have people for four, five, six years and they never leave. So we want to have a great immigration.

Donald Trump

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What we have is very simple. We want strong borders and we want no crime. Strong borders. We want no crime. The Democrats want open borders and they don't care about crime, and they don't care about our military.

Donald Trump

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I care about our military. That's what we want and that's what we're going to get. And we're going to get it sooner than people think. Thank you very much. Thank you everybody. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all very much.

Question

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What about the Middle East? Chances of peace better in the Middle East?

Donald Trump

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We're doing very well in the Middle East. We're doing very well in the Middle East, yes. Thank you. Thank you very much.

Question

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When do you want to release the Middle East peace plan?

Donald Trump

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I can only say this -- and His Majesty knows we're doing very well in the Middle East. A lot of progress has been made in the Middle East. A lot.

Donald Trump

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And it really started with the end of the horrible Iran deal. That deal was a disaster, and things are a lot different since we ended that. A lot different. Thank you all very much.