Transcript - Speech: Donald Trump in Sun City, SC - July 21, 2015 | Factba.se

Donald Trump

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We have to make our country great again. And I made a statement and I read a speech. Actually I didn't read -- I don't use teleprompters. I don't like it.

Donald Trump

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They're too easy. Other people use teleprompters. Maybe when you run for President, you shouldn't be allowed to use a teleprompter because you'd find out what you're getting. Does that make sense? And very interestingly, made a speech, got great reviews -- fantastic reviews.

Donald Trump

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And everybody thought it was a wonderful speech, wonderful opening. Then about a week later, they said, Oh". They took a statement and they dissected it and they cut out a few words and they said this. And all of a sudden. Then about a week later And it was very interesting.

Donald Trump

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And what that sort of transformed into was the word illegal immigrants". And we brought something up that wasn't even discussed by anybody -- Democrat The problem that we're having in this country. It's a tremendous problem with the border and border security and lack of border security and illegal immigrants. It's a huge problem.

Donald Trump

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And now everybody's talking about it and they're saying I was right. And people that were criticizing me two weeks ago are calling me and they're saying Off the record And even reporters -- a couple of them called -- and they -- I said, Would you go on the record?" "No But we're getting great credit. And then last week as you know, we had a tremendous rally -- 15,000 people in Phoenix, Arizona -- and it was unbelievable. And they came for a reason and it was illegal immigration.

Donald Trump

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They're being decimated. They want it stopped. I want people to come into the country. But they have to do it through the legal process.

Donald Trump

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And we can open up the legal process and make it go faster and all of those things. But it has to be a legal process. You can't have people just pouring into the country. So I was out there and I was taking tremendous abuse.

Donald Trump

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Unbelievable abuse, actually. And people said, Would you apologize? Would you apologize? And then there were tremendous crimes that were being noted after my speech. And then you had magnificent Kate [Steinle] from San Francisco killed by an illegal immigrant who was forced across the border, back to us -- in my opinion, forced by the Mexican government -- back to us and that was taken place and five times back into our country. And the fifth time was not good because Kate should be with us and she's not with us.

Donald Trump

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She was an amazing person from everybody's standpoint and she's not with us. And then other things happened. So many other things. And now people are looking and they're seeing what's going on.

Donald Trump

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So that's become a very, very big topic -- illegal immigration. And I can say in terms of setting the standard and setting the force, it would not even be discussed right now folks and it's going to be something I think that's going to be one of the hot buttons. Now, I watch as politicians are trying to claim that, and that's okay with me. You know they're all talk, no action so they won't do anything anyway.

Donald Trump

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Just so you understand. They can talk all they want. I mean, I got a little dose of it. I was coming up and I see your Senator.

Donald Trump

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What a stiff. What a stiff. Lindsey Graham. By the way, he's registered zero in the polls.

Donald Trump

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Zero! He's on television all the time. So this morning, you know, they told me, Mr. Trump" And actually Hillary Clinton said, I don't like his tone. And actually Hillary Clinton. We have people having their heads cut off -- Christians in the Middle East. We have people that are being dunked in cages and drowned in the Middle East.

Donald Trump

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We have border security that doesn't exist and it's not because of our incredible border folks. I mean, they can do the job. And we can build a wall. And by the way, Mexico can pay for the wall.

Donald Trump

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Just so you understand. You know, all of these guys say, Oh And I have a lot of respect for Mexico by the way. A lot of people say Oh And I love the Mexican people. I've had thousands of Mexicans working for me.

Donald Trump

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I sell apartments for millions of dollars to people from Mexico. They love me. They love me. And by the way, Nevada just came out with a poll, and I said I will win the Hispanic vote.

Donald Trump

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I'm the only one that's going to win the Hispanic vote because I'm going to take jobs from China, Japan, and Mexico and lots of other places, we're going to bring them back here and they're going to work. They're going to be legal in the country. They're going to work. Everybody's going to be happy and make money.

Donald Trump

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So I love the Mexican people. I love the Mexican people and I love Mexico. I really like Mexico. It's a great place.

Donald Trump

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The problem we have is that their leaders are much smarter, sharper, and more cunning than our leaders. Are you shocked to hear that, by the way? Is anybody not sharper and more cunning and smarter than our leaders? Any country in the world? Do we make any good deals any more on trade? When was the last time you said Oh gee ... I was in Los Angeles. I see these ships come in.

Donald Trump

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Biggest ships I've ever seen. Millions of cars coming into this country. Ships that are five times longer than this totally sold out building along with the amphitheaters by the way. The press never reports that.

Donald Trump

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They never report that. But that's okay. I was actually going to bring the press, have them sit over here so they see. But totally -- just the biggest ships.

Donald Trump

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Cars, cars, cars. They just cut their yen. You know, they just cut their currency. Now it's going to be even harder.

Donald Trump

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I tell this story. A friend of mine is a great excavator. This is what he does. He digs foundations.

Donald Trump

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You didn't think I know people like that. Those are my people, let me tell you. This guy's great. He's a great excavator and he was very, very upset because his order for new excavation equipments and tractors.

Donald Trump

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I said, What's wrong with you?" He said I said, Why did you do that?" He said And I said, Isn't that sad? And I said ... That's happening. It's happening even worse with China. They manipulate their currency better than any country in the history of the world in history.

Donald Trump

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History. They're killing us. And if you want to do business with China, it's almost impossible because believe me they tax you. We don't tax because we have people that are stupid.

Donald Trump

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You know, free trade -- I believe in it. I believe in it. Totally. I'm a free trader.

Donald Trump

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The problem with free trade is you need smart people on our side. Okay? We need smart people. I could take some of the people up here. I could put them in.

Donald Trump

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They'd do a great job. But we need smart people. And when you don't have smart people, free trade is not a good thing because it's killing us. So I believe in free trade, but we've got to get the right people.

Donald Trump

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Now, China loves me. Who's worse to China than I am? I'm constantly talking about how they're ripping us off everything else. And yet, I just signed a lease with the largest bank in the world from China. They're in one of my buildings.

Donald Trump

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I sell apartments for $25, $35, $45, $12, $9 million to people from China. I own a big chunk of the Bank of America building in San Francisco. I beat the people from China. I win against China.

Donald Trump

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You can win against China if you're smart. But our people don't have a clue. We give state dinners to the heads of China. I said, Why are you doing state dinners for them? They're ripping us left and right.

Donald Trump

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Just take them to McDonalds and go back to the negotiating table." Seriously. It's true. We give state dinners to the heads of China. I said So then they talk about the tone. You know, Hillary and all of them.

Donald Trump

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And then I see Rick Perry the other day and he's so -- you know, he's doing very poorly in the polls. He put glasses on so people will think he's smart and it just doesn't work. You know, people can see through the glasses. But he's got the glasses, the whole deal...

Donald Trump

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I'd say he did a lousy job on the border. You know, the new governor, Gov. Abbott, has put in things that should have been put in a long time ago. But I see him -- he's so vicious.

Donald Trump

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You know, used to be a really nice guy. He used to come to see me for contributions and support. All of a sudden, he wants to show that he's a tough guy with Trump. So tough...

Donald Trump

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He was very nasty. And then you have this guy, Lindsey Graham, a total lightweight. He's a guy in the private sector, he couldn't get a job. Believe me.

Donald Trump

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Couldn't get a job. He couldn't do what you people did. You're all retired as hell and rich. Okay? He wouldn't be rich.

Donald Trump

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He'd be poor. But Lindsey Graham, now they say, Donald Now, I went to the Wharton School of Finance. I was a great student. I built a fortune.

Donald Trump

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I've had many bestsellers. The Art of the Deal is about the biggest selling business book of all time. Did a show that everybody said is going to fail called The Apprentice and it was a tremendous success. Tremendous.

Donald Trump

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One of the most. By the way, 14, 15 copies of the Apprentice -- every one of them failed. And then they renewed it by the way. They thought I was going to do it.

Donald Trump

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I said, No It did great. We had a good last season even after 12 years, 14 seasons. Had a great season. And all these copies.

Donald Trump

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Everybody did a copy. I won't name the names because I don't want to embarrass anybody. But you know important names. Not like Trump.

Donald Trump

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But they're important. And they all failed. Most of them immediately. Most of them immediately.

Donald Trump

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So NBC renews The Apprentice. Everyone said, Well 28 shows. That's a lot. You know how much money I give up by doing this.

Donald Trump

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These politicians -- they run and they run and they win and sometimes they lose and they keep running. That's all they do is they run. Most of them don't know what they're doing. They just run.

Donald Trump

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They're like -- you wind them up and they run for office. They don't do anything when they get there. I know them better than anybody. So they say they didn't like the way that, you know, I'm a little loud.

Donald Trump

00:12:26 - 00:12:40 (14 sec)

I'm a little too strong for them. They don't like it. And then I watch this idiot Lindsey Graham on television today and he calls me a jackass. He's a jackass. And then I watch. You know, I built a company.

Donald Trump

00:12:40 - 00:12:57 (17 sec)

They all said I'd never run. I announced that I was going to run. Well Well, he'll never file his financials. And my financials are like, well, it's like 98 pages.

Donald Trump

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By the way, a lot of these politicians haven't filed them and they're like half a page. And they still haven't filed them. I'm the only one that's filed practically. A lot of these guys haven't filed.

Donald Trump

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That was one of the things that you'd have to do to get into the debates. So everyone figured, Well Well, it turned out that I'm much wealthier than people thought. I built a great company. I wanted to file if for no other reason I'm a private company.

Donald Trump

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I can't tell you how rich you are... But who the hell knows? Nobody knows how rich I am. So now I had to file. So it's over $10 billion.

Donald Trump

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Hundreds of millions of dollars. And I made $213 million filed certified on The Apprentice. Can you imagine they paid me $213 million? So you know what that means when I give up The Apprentice to run to help you people straighten out this mess that everyone's created -- that the politicians and Obama have created? I mean it's very expensive and it's very everything and I don't care. And what I say about the $10 billion, it's much more than that but that's okay.

Donald Trump

00:14:08 - 00:14:18 (10 sec)

I want to be conservative. When I say about the $10 billion, I'm not doing that to brag. Who cares? Who cares? If you have a billion, you can live very nice. I'm only kidding.

Donald Trump

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Who cares? What I'm saying is that's the mindset that we need as a country. We need to take back our jobs from China and other places. We need to make great deals with other countries. Saudi Arabia -- I like the Saudis.

Donald Trump

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They're very nice. I make a lot of money with them. They buy all sorts of my stuff. All kinds of toys from Trump.

Donald Trump

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They pay me millions and hundreds of millions. But you know what? They make $1 billion a day, folks. And whenever they're in trouble, our military takes care. You know what we get? Nothing.

Donald Trump

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South Korea -- crazy is right. Right? Who said that? Stand up. Stand up. He said it's crazy.

Donald Trump

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It's true. It's true. It's crazy. They make $1 billion a day.

Donald Trump

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And by the way, Yemen -- the war that Obama thought he won, remember a year ago? Oh So the enemy takes over, 2,300 Humvees. Now, when I saw the numbers, I said, No No, no. 2,300 armor-plated Humvees. Better than what we have.

Donald Trump

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They were the best. The enemy has them. We have such stupid leadership. And if you think that with Yemen, you take a look at that border with Saudi Arabia, if you think they're stopping at Yemen, they don't Yemen.

Donald Trump

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They want the oil. They're going to go. That'll be next. Just like I predicted Iraq was going to be a disaster.

Donald Trump

00:16:07 - 00:16:39 (32 sec)

I'm the only one who said don't do Iraq. If you look at Reuters July of 2004, headline Trump says 'Don't do Iraq'". And I'm the most militaristic person ever. If you look at Reuters July of 2004 I will not only do great things for our vets -- and I will take care of our vets. Our vets are treated like third class citizens.

Donald Trump

00:16:39 - 00:17:13 (34 sec)

But I'll build -- I will build a military that's so strong that we'll never have to use it because they're going to say, We're not messing with that guy and we're not messing with that country. But I'll build -- I will build a military that's so strong that we'll never" Because our military is decimated. I'm in the real estate business. All the time I get these listings. You know, a base, a naval base, an army base, a marine base.

Donald Trump

00:17:13 - 00:17:33 (20 sec)

They're always for sale! I say how many bases can they sell? I mean, they're selling the bases. When you sell the bases, that means they're closing up. And right now, our military is the smallest it's been in decades and we need it like more than ever. And our vets are being treated worse than they've ever been.

Donald Trump

00:17:33 - 00:17:44 (11 sec)

So the waiting list. Worst than they've ever been. The waiting list as of this morning, I just saw a report -- you know, they had the big thing when they had the scandal. Because this is the most corrupt thing you've ever seen.

Donald Trump

00:17:44 - 00:18:03 (19 sec)

And this is why I'm angry at John McCain for two reasons. Number one, John McCain -- you've got to remember this -- he's totally about open borders and all of this stuff. And when I went to Arizona, he called these 15,000 unbelievable people -- unbelievable. I know crazies, okay? I know crazies.

Donald Trump

00:18:03 - 00:18:14 (11 sec)

These were unbelievable American people. And John McCain who I supported for President -- I think I raised him over $1 million and he lost. So he can lose. I don't hold that against him.

Donald Trump

00:18:14 - 00:18:26 (12 sec)

But I raised him a lot of money. But he called these people crazies. There were so many they had to turn like I think 1,000 or 2,000 away like they did. I hear that they had to turn a lot of the people away.

Donald Trump

00:18:26 - 00:18:37 (11 sec)

Even though they have the ante rooms all over the place, they had to turn people away. That's the kind of crowds we're getting. But he said that. And today, I hear the waiting list is the longest it's ever been.

Donald Trump

00:18:37 - 00:18:53 (16 sec)

I hear that it's worse than it's ever been. And two years ago, remember, in order to get rid of all of the problems they threw more money at it. But when you have incompetent people at the top -- and they put in a new guy but he's not the right guy. He doesn't know what the hell he's doing according to everybody I know.

Donald Trump

00:18:53 - 00:19:00 (7 sec)

He has no clue. I know the best people. I know the best managers. I know the best deal makers.

Donald Trump

00:19:00 - 00:19:13 (13 sec)

I know people that will make us so strong. I know guys that are so good as managers. A lot of times a deal maker isn't a good manager. And then a manager isn't a good deal maker.

Donald Trump

00:19:13 - 00:19:34 (21 sec)

But you look at Obamacare with the $5 billion website and the wonderful former governor who's a wonderful woman didn't have clue. She didn't have a clue. It was a mess. So how do you spend $5 billion on a website for something that has to be repealed and replaced with something much better? Has to be, has to be.

Donald Trump

00:19:34 - 00:19:40 (6 sec)

We have no choice. Because it's bad for the people. The premiums are going through the roof. The deductibles are ridiculous.

Donald Trump

00:19:40 - 00:19:46 (6 sec)

You're never going to use it unless you get hit by a Komatsu. It's the only way you're going to use it. It's true. Not Caterpillar.

Donald Trump

00:19:46 - 00:20:00 (14 sec)

We don't buy them any more, remember. So this guy Lindsey Graham gets out and he's out there and he calls me a jackass. I'm supposed to be -- I'm trying to be nice. You know, I'm working hard to be nice.

Donald Trump

00:20:00 - 00:20:20 (20 sec)

But every time I turn on, I have some guy that is hitting me like hard. Now, the reason that they're hitting me in all fairness is when you register zero in the poll, what the hell, they have nothing to lose, right? And then I thought to myself about Lindsey Graham. You know, I thought it was a very bad statement. You know, you build a fortune.

Donald Trump

00:20:20 - 00:20:37 (17 sec)

You're a smart guy. You want to do something great for the country. I'm giving up millions of dollars. I had Macy's terminate a deal because Oh And by the way, Yemen -- the war that Obama thought he won, remember a year ago? Oh So the enemy takes over, 2,300 Humvees.

Donald Trump

00:20:37 - 00:20:50 (13 sec)

Now, when I saw the numbers, I said, No No, no. 2,300 armor-plated Humvees. Better than what we have. They were the best.

Donald Trump

00:20:50 - 00:21:04 (14 sec)

The enemy has them. We have such stupid leadership. And if you think that with Yemen, you take a look at that border with Saudi Arabia, if you think they're stopping at Yemen, they don't Yemen. They want the oil.

Donald Trump

00:21:04 - 00:21:15 (11 sec)

They're going to go. That'll be next. Just like I predicted Iraq was going to be a disaster. I'm the only one who said don't do Iraq.

Donald Trump

00:21:15 - 00:21:55 (40 sec)

If you look at Reuters July of 2004, headline Trump says 'Don't do Iraq'". And I'm the most militaristic person ever. If you look at Reuters July of 2004 I will not only do great things for our vets -- and I will take care of our vets. Our vets are treated like third class citizens. But I'll build -- I will build a military that's so strong that we'll never have to use it because they're going to say, We're not messing with that guy and we're not messing with that country. But I'll build -- I will build a military that's so strong that we'll never" Because our military is decimated.

Donald Trump

00:21:55 - 00:22:11 (16 sec)

I'm in the real estate business. All the time I get these listings. You know, a base, a naval base, an army base, a marine base. They're always for sale! I say how many bases can they sell? I mean, they're selling the bases.

Donald Trump

00:22:11 - 00:22:25 (14 sec)

When you sell the bases, that means they're closing up. And right now, our military is the smallest it's been in decades and we need it like more than ever. And our vets are being treated worse than they've ever been. So the waiting list.

Donald Trump

00:22:25 - 00:22:40 (15 sec)

Worst than they've ever been. The waiting list as of this morning, I just saw a report -- you know, they had the big thing when they had the scandal. Because this is the most corrupt thing you've ever seen. And this is why I'm angry at John McCain for two reasons.

Donald Trump

00:22:40 - 00:23:00 (20 sec)

Number one, John McCain -- you've got to remember this -- he's totally about open borders and all of this stuff. And when I went to Arizona, he called these 15,000 unbelievable people -- unbelievable. I know crazies, okay? I know crazies. These were unbelievable American people.

Donald Trump

00:23:00 - 00:23:10 (10 sec)

And John McCain who I supported for President -- I think I raised him over $1 million and he lost. So he can lose. I don't hold that against him. But I raised him a lot of money.

Donald Trump

00:23:10 - 00:23:31 (21 sec)

But he called these people crazies. There were so many they had to turn like I think 1,000 or 2,000 away like they did. I hear that they had to turn a lot of the people away. Even though they have the ante rooms all over the place, they had to turn people away.

Donald Trump

00:23:31 - 00:23:41 (10 sec)

That's the kind of crowds we're getting. But he said that. And today, I hear the waiting list is the longest it's ever been. I hear that it's worse than it's ever been.

Donald Trump

00:23:41 - 00:23:59 (18 sec)

And two years ago, remember, in order to get rid of all of the problems they threw more money at it. But when you have incompetent people at the top -- and they put in a new guy but he's not the right guy. He doesn't know what the hell he's doing according to everybody I know. He has no clue.

Donald Trump

00:23:59 - 00:24:09 (10 sec)

I know the best people. I know the best managers. I know the best deal makers. I know people that will make us so strong.

Donald Trump

00:24:09 - 00:24:27 (18 sec)

I know guys that are so good as managers. A lot of times a deal maker isn't a good manager. And then a manager isn't a good deal maker. But you look at Obamacare with the $5 billion website and the wonderful former governor who's a wonderful woman didn't have clue.

Donald Trump

00:24:27 - 00:24:44 (17 sec)

She didn't have a clue. It was a mess. So how do you spend $5 billion on a website for something that has to be repealed and replaced with something much better? Has to be, has to be. We have no choice.

Donald Trump

00:24:44 - 00:24:52 (8 sec)

Because it's bad for the people. The premiums are going through the roof. The deductibles are ridiculous. You're never going to use it unless you get hit by a Komatsu.

Donald Trump

00:24:52 - 00:25:00 (8 sec)

It's the only way you're going to use it. It's true. Not Caterpillar. We don't buy them any more, remember.

Donald Trump

00:25:00 - 00:25:15 (15 sec)

So this guy Lindsey Graham gets out and he's out there and he calls me a jackass. I'm supposed to be -- I'm trying to be nice. You know, I'm working hard to be nice. But every time I turn on, I have some guy that is hitting me like hard.

Donald Trump

00:25:15 - 00:25:33 (18 sec)

Now, the reason that they're hitting me in all fairness is when you register zero in the poll, what the hell, they have nothing to lose, right? And then I thought to myself about Lindsey Graham. You know, I thought it was a very bad statement. You know, you build a fortune. You're a smart guy.

Donald Trump

00:25:33 - 00:25:48 (15 sec)

You want to do something great for the country. I'm giving up millions of dollars. I had Macy's terminate a deal because Oh So with the vets, I will get things fixed because that's what I do. I make things better.

Donald Trump

00:25:48 - 00:25:59 (11 sec)

... We have to make our country better. We have to make our country stronger. And we have to make our country richer and we have to do it fast.

Donald Trump

00:25:59 - 00:26:21 (22 sec)

We really have to do it fast because we don't have that much time left. We have to change our mindset in the United States. Now, you know, I have a little statement -- the American dream is dead. And to just show you how bad it is, the American dream is dead.

Donald Trump

00:26:21 - 00:26:36 (15 sec)

But I'm going to make it bigger and better and stronger than ever before. Because the press is very dishonest. And I say always, the American dream is dead but we're going to make it bigger and better and everyone stands up and they go crazy and they applaud. And I mean it.

Donald Trump

00:26:36 - 00:26:53 (17 sec)

So my wife goes the other day I'm talking to her, she goes, Oh darling. That was such a tough statement." "What? What? I thought I did well." And they turned it on. They have on television -- TiVo. They have "The American dream is dead." Cut.

Donald Trump

00:26:53 - 00:27:02 (9 sec)

That's the end. That's a terrible segment. So my wife goes the other day I'm talking to her So I say the American dream is dead. We're going to make it bigger and better and stronger than ever before. That's what I'm going to do.

Donald Trump

00:27:02 - 00:27:15 (13 sec)

I know how to do it. Politicians don't know how to do it. They don't know how to do it. And I am so tired of politicians.

Donald Trump

00:27:15 - 00:27:19 (4 sec)

Nobody knows them better than me. I know them. I know them. I deal with them.

Donald Trump

00:27:19 - 00:27:36 (17 sec)

If you can't get rich dealing with politicians, there's something wrong with you. Honestly. I know them. The problem is with politicians and this is almost all of them, not all of them but the problem with politicians it's perseverance.

Donald Trump

00:27:36 - 00:27:41 (5 sec)

They work. They try. But they only want to keep their job. That's 99% of what they want.

Donald Trump

00:27:41 - 00:27:53 (12 sec)

I get calls from Senators. Could we come and see you? You know, you have these campaign finance limits, which are actually a good thing... I even tell them -- Senators call up, I send them a check -- it's easier. I say don't bother.

Donald Trump

00:27:53 - 00:28:02 (9 sec)

They want to fly from Washington to New York. I mean, how long. Come to my office and I'm allowed to give them what, $2,600 or something. I mean, like a whole day is wasted.

Donald Trump

00:28:02 - 00:28:19 (17 sec)

And I say this is what they do? And that's what they do from morning 'till night. And if you need something later on, they win their election or they lose their election, if you need something, you call them. They treat you great, like royalty. Like royalty.

Donald Trump

00:28:19 - 00:28:33 (14 sec)

And a businessman, a businessperson knows the game. And what you look at, for instance, Jeb Bush. I'm not a fan of Jeb Bush because Jeb Bush is in favor of Common Core and he's weak on immigration. Those are two bad things.

Donald Trump

00:28:33 - 00:28:47 (14 sec)

I think he's a nice person actually. But he's very in favor of Common Core, meaning he wants your children to be educated from Washington, D.C. by the bureaucrats. Okay? Not good.

Donald Trump

00:28:47 - 00:29:06 (19 sec)

And he's very weak on immigration. And he's not a deal guy. He's not a deal maker. Who would you rather have negotiating in China, as an example? Trump or Jeb? Or Trump or Hillary? Okay, Hillary? She's another one with the tone.

Donald Trump

00:29:06 - 00:29:21 (15 sec)

Isn't it amazing they both said tone the same day. It was about the tone but they both said it the same day. So I am very excited about this. It's a very interesting situation that's taken place.

Donald Trump

00:29:21 - 00:29:37 (16 sec)

We had a poll come out yesterday -- the Washington Post poll with ABC and it showed that I had an 11 point lead. That's faster than scheduled. That's faster than scheduled. I mean, that's the good news.

Donald Trump

00:29:37 - 00:29:56 (19 sec)

The bad news is it drives people crazy. And I don't really know why. Because all I want to do is make our country great again. You know, it's like aren't we all on the same track, whether you're a liberal, a Democrat, a conservative, a Republican, or all of them? I mean, aren't we all sort of on the same track? You want to make our country great.

Donald Trump

00:29:56 - 00:30:09 (13 sec)

I know people that are Democrats that love our country. I know people that are liberals, believe it or not, that love our country. And if I can make phenomenal deals with China, which I will. I will, believe me.

Donald Trump

00:30:09 - 00:30:22 (13 sec)

The best negotiators in the world, I know every one. I know the bad ones, good ones, the over-rated ones, the ones that you've never heard of that are better than all of the ones you read them all. I know them all. I wrote the Art of the Deal.

Donald Trump

00:30:22 - 00:30:38 (16 sec)

Right? We need the Art of the Deal. We need the Art. They never read it in this administration. They're the only people that didn't read it.

Donald Trump

00:30:38 - 00:31:00 (22 sec)

But if I can bring wealth in so that we can save your Social Security without cuts -- all the Republicans are talking about We're going to cut. We're going to raise the age. We're going to do this. Your Medicare But I'm the only one who knows how to do it and the way you do it is you have to make our country vibrant so that we can afford it.

Donald Trump

00:31:00 - 00:31:33 (33 sec)

Right now we can't afford it. Our GDP went down in the first quarter. Like down. China went up to 7% and they're beside themselves How come it only went up 7%? China went up to 7% and they're... And China -- one year ago it was announced, China now is the number one in the world.

Donald Trump

00:31:33 - 00:31:43 (10 sec)

You know that? Economically, from the standpoint that so matters. China. It's unthinkable. We've allowed them.

Donald Trump

00:31:43 - 00:31:58 (15 sec)

But it's our money. I mean, I love Apple. But where are they made? What do they have? They have an office here and all the workers are over there. We've got to change it around.

Donald Trump

00:31:58 - 00:32:27 (29 sec)

We've got to incentivize them so that we make Apple and all the other things, they've got to be made here. And if China isn't treating us fairly, we have all the cards. The administration doesn't know this. If they're taxing and we're not taxing, which they do by the way, then we have to make sure that they pay a penalty and they will stop immediately.

Donald Trump

00:32:27 - 00:32:41 (14 sec)

And if they don't stop, we'll get rich on receiving taxes from them. And we don't even want to bring up the word. So we're going to save your Social Security. We're going to make it strong and solid.

Donald Trump

00:32:41 - 00:33:02 (21 sec)

Medicare, Medicaid, we're going to stop the waste and the abuse and the fraud that goes on. We're going to make proper deals. People mention the Iran deal as an example. What kind of a deal is this? What kind of a deal? I mean, I've seen one-sided deals before.

Donald Trump

00:33:02 - 00:33:26 (24 sec)

This is like Sergeant [Bowe] Bergdahl. We get a traitor -- a no good rotten traitor like Bergdahl -- and they get five killers that they most wanted in the whole world who are right now back on the battlefield trying to kill everybody, including us. Okay? What kind of a deal is this? Not good. Right? ...

Donald Trump

00:33:26 - 00:33:36 (10 sec)

A lousy deal. But we only make lousy deals. I call Obama the 5 for 1 President. We get Bergdahl; they get five guys that they dreamed of.

Donald Trump

00:33:36 - 00:33:53 (17 sec)

And that's the problem. So the Iran deal -- any time, anywhere, we want to be able to inspect. They got 24 days and notice provisions and all. By the time, it could be months and months and months.

Donald Trump

00:33:53 - 00:34:03 (10 sec)

By that time it's gone. But you know what irks me? Look, having nuclear. My uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer. Dr.

Donald Trump

00:34:03 - 00:34:11 (8 sec)

John Trump at MIT. Good genes. Very good genes, okay? The Wharton School of Finance. Very good.

Donald Trump

00:34:11 - 00:34:27 (16 sec)

Very smart. You know, if you're a conservative Republican -- if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world. It's true. But when you're a conservative Republican, they try -- oh, do they do a number...

Donald Trump

00:34:27 - 00:35:00 (33 sec)

That's why I always start -- went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, build a fortune. You know, I have to give my credentials all the time because we're a little disadvantaged. But you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me -- it would have been so easy. And it's not as important as these lives are -- nuclear is so powerful.

Donald Trump

00:35:00 - 00:35:18 (18 sec)

My uncle explained that to me many, many years ago the power and that was 35 years ago. He would explain the power of what was going to happen and he was right. Who would have thought? But when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners. Now, it used to be three.

Donald Trump

00:35:18 - 00:35:32 (14 sec)

Now it's four. But when it was three and even now I would have said it's all in the messenger. Fellas. And it is fellas because you know they haven't figured that the women are smarter right now than the men.

Donald Trump

00:35:32 - 00:35:42 (10 sec)

So you know, it's going to take them about another 150 years. But the Persians are great negotiators. The Iranians are great negotiators. And they just killed.

Donald Trump

00:35:42 - 00:35:49 (7 sec)

They just killed us. This is horrible. But I would have said at the beginning, Fellas Nothing. We get nothing.

Donald Trump

00:35:49 - 00:36:09 (20 sec)

We don't the prisoners. And Kerry said the other day and so did Obama -- we didn't want to negotiate and complicate the negotiations. What's complicated? Say, Excuse me Oh, it's too complicated. This is crazy.

Donald Trump

00:36:09 - 00:36:26 (17 sec)

Then we're giving them billions and billions and billions of dollars. We shouldn't give it to them. It should have been off the table. Why are we giving them? So I said, Why aren't you bringing this up and not letting them have all this money?" And they didn't want to do that either.

Donald Trump

00:36:26 - 00:37:02 (36 sec)

They didn't want to complicate it. So I said This is the most incredible. And then of course we're fighting them between Yemen, you know, where they're representing the other side very successfully by the way and other places. And they didn't want to talk about the various hot spots because they didn't want to complicate the negotiations. And you know there's a bad signal when you go across and you see on television the Iranian chief negotiator he goes home and they're celebrating him in the streets.

Donald Trump

00:37:02 - 00:37:06 (4 sec)

Right? They're having parades. They're honoring him. ... We're like a bunch of slobs.

Donald Trump

00:37:06 - 00:37:20 (14 sec)

We're like a bunch of dopes. We should have doubled up the sanctions, maybe tripled up the sanctions, sat back for about three months and let them call us. And believe me, I would have made one hell of a deal. That one's easy.

Donald Trump

00:37:20 - 00:37:33 (13 sec)

That one's easy. So it's very, very sad. And a lot of people think the reason I'm doing so well in polls -- made a very good Iowa poll yesterday. But that I'm doing so well in the polls is that when North Carolina comes in -- your neighbors -- and I'm killing everybody in North Carolina.

Donald Trump

00:37:33 - 00:37:57 (24 sec)

Hopefully, I'm going to do great in South Carolina... But when I do great in North Carolina, when I do great in Nevada, which just came out and I won the Hispanic vote. I won big league -- the Hispanics.

Donald Trump

00:37:57 - 00:38:02 (5 sec)

I'm telling you. There is something happening. You know, there used to be the expression -- many of you have heard it... the silent majority.

Donald Trump

00:38:02 - 00:38:29 (27 sec)

There's a silent majority out there. We're tired of being pushed around, kicked around, and acting and being led by stupid people. They're stupid people. I mean, you have a President who can't just say a few words: Put the flag at half mast for the five Marines that were just killed.

Donald Trump

00:38:29 - 00:38:39 (10 sec)

Why? Why? Why? I mean, think of it. How easy. It's almost like Doe he read the papers? Does he watch television? I mean Every television. Whether it's Fox or CNN or MS -- any of them.

Donald Trump

00:38:39 - 00:38:44 (5 sec)

They're all talking about it. Like, Oh ... Just put them at half mast for a week. These people were great.

Donald Trump

00:38:44 - 00:38:58 (14 sec)

They never had a chance. This gun-free zone nonsense. We've got to stick up for that Second Amendment. This gun-free zone -- these guys never, ever had a chance.

Donald Trump

00:38:58 - 00:39:12 (14 sec)

And by the way, a couple of them, big, big decorations -- decorated, tremendous, unbelievable, young, brilliant people -- gone. They never had a chance. A gun-free zone. And they're trained with weapons.

Donald Trump

00:39:12 - 00:39:48 (36 sec)

It's not like Oh gee We have to get rid of that whole gun-free zone nonsense and just stop it. You know, in some of the communities, our recruiting stations and recruiting areas, they actually have civilians surrounding -- can you believe this? -- civilians surrounding that are armed to protect the military soldiers that are our best and finest. And they're in there and they don't have guns. So we have civilians surrounding.

Donald Trump

00:39:48 - 00:40:07 (19 sec)

This is what our country's come to. And Kate [Steinle] from San Francisco. Obama calls everybody and he sends groups over and sends Attorney Generals over and does investigations. Tremendous, you know, everything at the funerals.

Donald Trump

00:40:07 - 00:40:17 (10 sec)

Kate from San Francisco. The parents never got a call. Killed by an illegal alien as we've discussed before. Never got a call.

Donald Trump

00:40:17 - 00:40:35 (18 sec)

Never got. Would you think like Man ... Nothing is going to bring her back but you'd think it would be nice if he called. So it's a very, very sad situation for our country.

Donald Trump

00:40:35 - 00:40:46 (11 sec)

Our country is doing very poorly. The real unemployment rate is probably 21%. Some people think it's much higher than that. You know, this 5.3% and 5.5%.

Donald Trump

00:40:46 - 00:40:54 (8 sec)

It's total non -- you know, you give up looking for a job and you're considered employed. It's a total joke. Bunch of clowns. Bunch of real clowns.

Donald Trump

00:40:54 - 00:41:02 (8 sec)

But we probably have 21%. A report came out two weeks ago and said it's actually 42%. The real rate is actually 42%. Could be.

Donald Trump

00:41:02 - 00:41:24 (22 sec)

But I'm saying 19% to 21%. We have negative growth. We have every country that we do business with looks at us as a patsy, stupid, stupid people. And everybody is ripping us left and right, no matter whether it's militarily, whether it's with ISIS.

Donald Trump

00:41:24 - 00:41:33 (9 sec)

I mean, we can't beat ISIS. Tell that to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, we can't beat ISIS. Tell that to Gen.

Donald Trump

00:41:33 - 00:41:52 (19 sec)

George Patton. Oh General Did you ever see Obama at a news conference explaining when and where we're going to raid the enemy? In two weeks I'm saying can you imagine George Patton lying in his grave. He's spinning like a saucer. I can't believe what I'm hearing. I'm saying can you imagine George P... And then they said, Oh good.

Donald Trump

00:41:52 - 00:42:14 (22 sec)

That's smart because that's camouflage. And then they said And he does it and it turns out to be a tough battle because they're ready. We need smart leader. We need brilliant leadership. We have to make America great again.

Donald Trump

00:42:14 - 00:43:21 (67 sec)

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much.