FULL: President Trump Oval office remarks with Philippine President

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[0:15][Music] Well, thank you very much everybody. It's a great honor to have President Ferdinad Marcos Jr. of the Philippines.
[0:23]is a great family, great family legacy, uh, and highly respected in this country. I know that cuz I have many friends in the Philippines and there's great respect or I couldn't say it. So,
[0:34]congratulations. >> We're going to be talking about trade. We're going to be talking about uh, war and peace. They're a very important nation militarily and we've had some
[0:45]great drills lately. We're back with them. I think I can say that the last administration was not getting along with them too well. They didn't get along with anybody. They
[0:56]didn't know, honestly, they didn't know what they were doing. But we have some fantastic military relationships with the Philippines and that's been reinstituted.
[1:06]And uh Pete, I would say that you were you couldn't be happier, right, with the relationship. Great partners. >> So, I just uh want to say it's an honor to have you. We're going to talk about
[1:15]trade today and uh we're very close to finishing a trade deal. Big trade deal actually and we do a lot of business with you. It's a lot of uh it's a lot of income coming in for both for both
[1:27]groups. But I was surprised to see the kind of numbers. They're very big and they're going to get bigger under uh what we're doing and what we're proposing. And I just want to thank you for being with us. It's a great honor.
[1:38]You and your representatives. It's really a great great honor. We have a uh big announcement. Astroenica, the big drug company, is going to spend $50
[1:47]billion, just announced $50 billion in the United States, in order to build various places all over the country, big manufacturing plants, pharmaceutical
[1:58]plants all over the country. So, that's an honor. And he said they did that because of the election and because of the fact that the tariffs are placed. So, they're building their facilities in
[2:09]New York. 50 billion. That's a big investment. and uh it's going to be a very good investment. I have no doubt about it. So, thank you to Astroenica.
[2:20]And with that, I'd like to have you say a few words, please. >> Thank you very much, Mr. President. Uh, of course, we're all very happy to be here to uh once again reaffirm the very
[2:31]strong ties between the Philippines and the United States. The ties that go back over 100 years. And considering the context in which we live these days,
[2:41]especially in my part of the world, uh this has become this has evolved into as important a relationship as is possible to have. We must remember that the
[2:51]United States is our only uh only our our only treaty partner in the Philippines. And uh that has uh that has
[3:01]stood us in goodstead over the years uh through uh certainly through certainly through the Second World War. And the cultural
[3:11]uh memory of all Filipinos down to even the school children is that uh uh our strongest, closest, most reliable ally
[3:21]has always been the United States. uh that is something that we value that we are grateful for and that we will continue to foster as uh as we go on
[3:32]with the leadership of uh President Trump. I am very confident that we will be able to achieve that. I think it is uh it is worthwhile to remember that it
[3:43]was uh President uh Trump who in his first term characterized the relationship between the Philippines and the United States as ironclan. And that
[3:54]has been necessarily the case since uh uh since that time that you uh made that statement, sir. And it is one it is something that the Philippines will
[4:06]always hold close to its heart. Thank you once again. and I we are honored and it is it is our great pleasure uh to be here and to visit with the president of the United States. Thank you, sir.
[4:17]>> It's my great honor. >> Any questions for Mr. President? Mr. >> Yeah, please go ahead. Go ahead. >> Mr. President, um would do you think that Fed Chair General Pal should move on?
[4:29]>> I think he's doing a bad job, but he's going to be out pretty soon anyway. In eight eight months, he'll be out. Uh but he's uh I call him too late. He's too late all the time. He should have
[4:39]lowered interest rates many times. Europe lowered their rate 10 times. We lowered ours none. And it's causing a problem for people that want to buy a home. Look, our economy is so strong now. We're blowing through everything.
[4:51]We're setting records. You know that. You see that. And uh whether it's the Philippines or anyone else, we're setting records at levels that nobody's ever seen before. But you know what? Uh people aren't able to buy a house
[5:02]because this guy is a numb skull. He keeps the rates too high. and uh probably doing it for political reasons. The only time I remember him cutting rates, I mean, he cut the rates just
[5:13]before the election to try and help Kamala or whoever he was trying to help, he probably didn't know. And he's building a building. He's $2.7 billion.
[5:22]They have a $900 million overrun. What is that? And that was given by Biden. That was another Biden deal. And this guy's building this building that's
[5:32]severely overrun. And what does he need the building for? Why does he need he needs space for more people? So, they did a big study the other day and they called all of the great intellects and
[5:43]the great economists and all of the great everything. Uh and they it was 71 and only two got it right. Me and another gentleman that happens to be
[5:53]very smart. 69 people got it wrong and the Fed got it wrong more wrong than anybody. And you know, he has these think tanks and they build they build buildings for people that think and it's
[6:05]really not thinking. It's a little bit of combination of thinking, but it's uh it's something you sort of have or you don't have. They don't. This this the job he's done is just terrible. He ought
[6:16]to raise interest rates. You know, we would we should be at 1%. We should be leading the world. Instead, we're paying 4%. And if you look at what that means,
[6:28]that's over a trillion dollars in interest that we have to pay. that with the striking of a pen, we would be saving more than $1 trillion. Is that right, Scott?
[6:39]>> Do you have anything to say about it? >> Uh, yes, sir. I I called yesterday and this morning for the Fed to do a big internal investigation to understand
[6:49]their not their monetary policy, but everything else. The Fed has had big mission creep, and that's where a lot of the spending's going. That's where why they're building these new or
[6:59]refurbishing these buildings. And I think they got to stay in their lane. And I think that the you know based on the way they cut rates last fall, they
[7:10]should be cutting rates now. >> It's inconceivable. I know the Fed very well that they can be spending 2.7 billion to build a building. They don't do anything. They just I mean it's the
[7:20]greatest job. You show up one day, a half a day, you make a little speech, the economy is doing well. the economy is not doing well. We're going to raise interest and he's got it wrong. That's
[7:29]why I call him too late. Too late. And uh it's it's really too bad. But it is affecting people that want to buy houses. And that shouldn't happen.
[7:39]>> And and you know, he should lower he should lower them. Those rates should be three points lower. That's what they should be. Three points lower, maybe more than that. Mr. President,
[7:49]>> I would like to ask also for you one person, Mr. Um, President Marcus, uh, next year Philippine is going to be the rotating chair of ASEAN. I wonder how do you plan to balance your relationship
[8:01]between the United States and China? And for President Trump, um, Kremlin yesterday said if you are going to Beijing in September, they wouldn't rule out a meeting between you and President
[8:12]Putin. Is such a meeting possible? And how soon do you plan to visit China? >> Well, we have a lot of meetings possible. President Xi has invited me to China and we'll probably be doing that
[8:24]in the not too distant future. A little bit out but not too distant and I've been invited by a lot of people and uh we'll make those decisions pretty soon. Please >> next.
[8:34]>> Well, as you uh as you well we uh the the as you uh say we are cheering Azen for 20 on into 2026.
[8:46]uh there is no need in an in a sense to balance to as you as you characterize as to balance our relationship between the United States and China simply because
[8:57]our foreign policy is an independent one and we are essentially uh concerned with the defense of our territory and the
[9:06]exercise of our sovereign rights. Now uh whether uh we do this not alone uh we need to do this uh with our partners and
[9:17]again our strongest partner is has always been the United States but of course we are we are trying to form coalitions and multilateral relations so
[9:27]that uh uh we those like-minded nations who share the same values as we do who hue to the inter to the to international
[9:36]law most specifically the was um uh uh present uh that uh that position very clearly to anyone who has intentions of
[9:47]unilaterally changing the world order and that is where that is how we are guided in that >> and I don't mind if he gets along with China because we're getting along with
[9:58]China very well. We have a very good relationship. In fact, the magnets, which is a little complex piece of material, but the magnets are coming out, you know, very well. They're
[10:10]sending them in record numbers. We're getting along with China very well. And I don't mind uh if the president dealt with China, you know, if that's meant, because I think he has to do what's
[10:20]right for his country. I've always said, you know, make the Philippines great again. Do whatever you need to do. But you're dealing with China wouldn't bother me at all. >> No. Well, now we it is something that we
[10:30]have to do in any case and certainly the Mr. >> President Mr. President, do you support the Justice Department seeking a new interview with the land max? Did you
[10:41]urge the attorney general to seek? >> I don't know anything about it. They're going to what? Meet her. >> They're going to there's your deputy attorney general is reached out to Delane Maxwell's attorney asking for a
[10:52]new interview. >> Yeah, I don't know about it, but I think it's something that would be sounds appropriate to do. Yeah. Do you have any concern that your deputy attorney general is your former attorney would be conducting the interview given
[11:04]>> No, I have no concern. He's very he's a very talented person. He's very smart. I didn't know that they were going to do it. I I don't really follow that too much. It's a sort of a witch hunt. Just
[11:16]a continuation of the witch hunt. The witch hunt that you should be talking about is they caught President Obama absolutely cold. Tulsi Gabbard. uh what
[11:25]they did to this country in 2016, starting in 2016, but going up all the way going up to 2020 of the election. They tried to rig the election and they
[11:36]got caught. And there should be very severe consequences for that. You know, when we caught Hillary Clinton, I said, you know what, let's not uh let's not go too far here. It's the ex-wife of a
[11:48]president, and I thought it was sort of terrible. and I let her off the hook and I'm very happy I did. But it's time to start uh after what they did to me. And
[11:59]uh whether it's right or wrong, it's time to go after people. Obama's been caught directly. So people say, "Oh, you know, a group." It's not a group. It's
[12:09]Obama. His orders are on the paper. The papers are signed. The papers came right out of their office. They sent everything to be highly classified. Well, the highly classified's been
[12:18]released. and what they did in 2016 and in 2020 uh is uh very criminal. It's criminal at the highest level. So that's really the things you should be talking
[12:30]about. I know nothing about the other, but I think it's appropriate that they do go. Can >> I ask you about that, Mr. President? Tulsi Gabard has submitted a criminal referral to the Department of Justice.
[12:41]From your perspective, who should the DOJ target as part of their investigation? What specific figures in the Obama administration? >> Well, based on what I read, and I read
[12:52]pretty much what you read, uh, it would be President Obama. He started it and Biden was there with him and Comey was there and Clapper, the whole group was
[13:03]there. Brennan, they were all there that in a room right here. This was the room. This is much more beautiful than it was then, but that's okay. I have nice pictures up. They came out of the
[13:13]vaults. They were in there for a hundred years. This is much more beautiful. We have the Declaration of Independence now in the room, which wasn't here. I guess people didn't feel too good about
[13:24]putting it here, but I do. But you know what? Uh, if you look at that, those papers, they have them stone cold, and it was President Obama. It wasn't lots
[13:36]of people all over the place. It was them, too. But the leader of the gang was President Obama. Barack Hussein Obama. Have you heard of him? And except for the fact that he gets shielded by
[13:47]the press for his entire life. That's the one they Look, he's guilty. It's not a question. You know, I like to say, uh, let's give
[13:57]it time. It's there. He's guilty. They This was treason. This was every word you can think of. They tried to steal
[14:06]the election. They tried to obfuscate the election. They did things that nobody's ever even imagined. Even in other countries, you've seen some pretty rough countries. This man has seen some
[14:18]pretty rough countries, but you've never seen anything like it. And we have all of the documents. And from what Tulsi told me, she's got thousands of
[14:27]additional documents coming. So, President Obama, it was his concept, his idea, but he also got it from crooked
[14:38]Hillary Clinton. Crooked is a $3 bill. Hillary Clinton and and her group, the Democrats, spent $12 million to Christopher Steel to write up a report
[14:49]that was a total fake report. Took two years to figure that out, but it came out that it was a total fake report. It was made up fiction and they used that.
[14:59]Now, the one thing they weren't able to do was to, and probably the only thing I respect about the press in years is the press refused to write it before the
[15:09]election. They refused to put it in. The Steel Report was a disaster. All lies, all fabrication, all admitted and
[15:18]admitted fraud. She paid $12 million and the Democrats for that report to a wise guy named Christopher Steel. He wrote a
[15:27]phony report and they wanted to get that report in before the election. And I'll tell you what, I talk about all the time the fake news, how bad it is. But in
[15:37]this case, they wouldn't do it. They saw it, they read it, and they said, "We don't believe it." And it was only after substantially, like a month and a half
[15:47]after the election that it got printed and it was a big whisp. It was just like a bang of nothing because the election had ended. If that report had gotten
[15:57]published by the New York Times or somebody, and I respect the Times for maybe only this because they're crooked as you can be. They're a terrible paper,
[16:06]a crooked, corrupt paper, a lot of money because they do things
[16:23]very badly. It's a really It's got a nice name, but it's really, in my opinion, it's a terrible paper and it can be corrupt. But just so you know,
[16:33]they didn't take the Steel Report. It was the dossier. Remember the famous dossier? I called it the fake news dossier. The news wouldn't publish it.
[16:44]And I'm amazed. They had two and a half months. It was finished. Two and a half months. That was supposed to be what was going to happen. And it got published a couple of months after the election and
[16:55]frankly nobody cared too much about it. But that was a big thing. No, no, we caught Hillary Clinton. We caught Barack Hussein Obama. Uh they're the ones. And then you have many, many people under
[17:06]them. Susan Rice, they're all there. The names are all there. And I guess they figured they're going to put this in classified information and nobody will ever see it again. But it doesn't work
[17:18]that way. And it's the most unbelievable thing I think I've ever read. So, you ought to take a look at that and stop talking about nonsense because this is
[17:28]big stuff. Never has a thing like this happened in the history of our country. And by the way, it morphed into the 2020 race. And the 2020 race was rigged. And
[17:38]it was it was a rigged election. And because it was rigged, we have millions of people in our country. We have we had inflation. We solved the inflation problem. But millions and millions of
[17:49]people came into our country because of that. And people that shouldn't have been people from gangs and from jails and from uh mental institutions, people that we don't want in our country
[18:01]and people that we're getting out, dangerous people. 11,888 murderers. Many of them, 50% more than
[18:09]50% murdered more than one person. And I hate to say this with such a distinguished guest, but you know, they asked me a question. I got to answer the
[18:18]question. Uh, no. Barack Hussein Obama uh is the ring leader. Hillary Clinton was right there with him and so was sleepy Joe Biden and so were the rest of
[18:29]them. Comey, Clapper, the whole group. And they tried to rig an election and they got caught. And then they did rig the election in 2020. And then because I knew I won that election by a lot, I did
[18:40]it a third time. And I won in a landslide. every swing state won the popular vote. But I won that all the same way in 2020. And look at the damage that was caused.
[18:52]>> How crucial how crucial is the ammunition hub in how crucial is the ammunition's hub that the US plans to build in Sububi and the Luzon corridor considering that these will be built in
[19:03]areas that hold uh that hosts strategic ports as well as military air bases. >> You talk about ammunition. >> Yes. The US uh House Congressional Committee on Appropriations approved a budget.
[19:14]>> Well, it's very important. Otherwise, we wouldn't have approved it. >> Sorry. >> Yeah, it's very important. Otherwise, we wouldn't We need ammunition. We're going to end up in a few months. We'll have more ammunition than any country has ever had. We're going to have more
[19:26]missiles than any country has ever had. We're going to have all the speedy missiles. We'll have the speedy ones, the slow ones, the accurate ones, the ones that are slightly less accurate. We have everything. But we will have more
[19:38]uh ammunition than any country has ever had. It's very important to me. >> Go ahead, please. Red. >> Sir, when you say that you're close to
[19:48]making a trade deal, what gaps remain? And for President Marqua, sir, I was just wondering, do you not think that perhaps you uh the Philippines hosting US missile systems could be considered
[19:59]escalatory by China, especially because they can strike from China? Thank you. Well, uh, it's, uh, an honor to be with this gentleman. You know, I've known him
[20:09]and I've known his family actually, but I've known him and he's, I assume you're from the Philippines. Are you from the Philippines? >> Yes, sir. >> It's good. >> You're very lucky to be from the Philippines. Yeah. It's a great place.
[20:20]But, but, uh, we're going to have a very good relationship. I mean, I know you had some problems uh, with another president and it was not your fault. it was the president's fault and the
[20:32]country was maybe tilting toward toward China, but we untilted it very very quickly. >> But you know, you did have you had a country that was tilting toward China for a period of time. I just don't think
[20:42]that would have been good for you. You can deal with China. You should deal with China, but but uh when I got elected, everything changed and they came right back to us. [Music]
[20:56]>> Say it again. Yeah, Brian. Go ahead. >> Oh, Mr. President, I just want to piggy back off that question to President Marcos. >> Yes. Yes. Sorry. What was the question again? >> It was about whether having um US
[21:07]missiles hosted in the Philippines could be considered escalatory by China. All all all of the what what we we consider part of the modernization of the Philippine military is really as a
[21:18]response to the circumstances that surround the situation around the South China Sea and now the what we used to refer to the as Asia Pacific which we
[21:28]have expanded now to the Indo-Pacific and um if we would certainly like any any kind of military spending we would
[21:37]wish that it wasn't necessary but it is And so that is what we are doing. And as an adjunct to the question about the um ammunition uh production, this is
[21:49]actually the United States is is assisting the Philippines in what we call our self-reliance defense program, which is to allow us to to be
[22:00]self-reliant and to be able to stand our own two feet whatever the circumstances that occur in the future. And that uh and uh the reason that we have all we we
[22:11]have encouraged more interaction with the United States is because it is again it is necessary and it is not just with the United States. It is with all our
[22:21]neighboring countries and even countries uh uh as far a field as uh as the Scandinavian countries, the EU and so this is an ongoing uh an ongoing
[22:32]process. And uh again I will uh I will stress the point that we do this because we feel it is necessary. What? >> And don't and don't forget don't forget
[22:43]just as tantamount to what you're asking uh the Philippines were loaded up with ISIS and a lot of terrorists and they
[22:52]were at very very dangerous point and during my administration we went in and we wiped them out >> working with the Philippines but we wiped them out but if we didn't go in I
[23:03]don't know what would have happened. I don't know who would be uh who would be your president right now, but we spent a lot of time and a lot of talent on going into the Philippines and wiping our
[23:13]terrorists. They had a tremendous problem. We did >> during my administration and we cleaned it up. We got them out and now you really have a good solid country again. >> I believe so. Yes.
[23:24]>> Mr. President, Mr. President, I want to follow up on the housing question. We got no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on social security. How important is it we have no tax on home sales,
[23:36]capital gains to unleash the housing market in this country? >> Well, we're thinking about that, but would also unleash it just by lowering the interest rates. If the Fed would lower the rates, we wouldn't even have to do that. But we are thinking about no
[23:47]no tax on capital gains on houses. And uh I'm very impressed that you asked that question because nobody knew that. How did you find that out? That's very >> I wonder why there's some very close.
[23:57]>> There's a leaker. There's a leaker. >> I also got a question. I find it a very interesting world that we know more about two people at a Coldplay concert
[24:07]just hours after that viral video than we know of Thomas Krooks one year after attempting to assassinate you. What is holding back the investigation on Thomas C?
[24:17]>> Well, they've reported to me and they've told me things and they really uh say they haven't found anything that was abnormal. I would say this, the Secret
[24:26]Service was very brave because they, you know, they were right there and they jumped on me. They made a mistake. They should have had somebody on that roof and they should have had communication with the local police who also, I mean,
[24:37]they did a very good job. Uh, but they made some mistakes and uh we have a whole different group of people now. I don't think any look uh anything can
[24:48]happen, but I think we have the best people anywhere in the world right now. And I think they've learned and you know they went into him very, you know, in great detail. They gave me the whole
[24:57]thing and what can I do? They say that it was just a nut job that was looking to do this. And I I spoke with the FBI,
[25:08]the new FBI. I spoke to the FBI. If it was the old FBI, I wouldn't have believed a thing they said because the old FBI under Comey was crooked as hell. He was one of the most crooked. Everybody should read the Horowitz
[25:20]report. Unfortunately, Bill Barr didn't use it. But the Horowitz report, not appointed by me, it was a report on Comey and the FBI. It is one of the
[25:30]worst uh shots at a human being I think I've ever seen. In fact, the New York Times did an editorial that was one of the worst editorials I've ever seen
[25:40]about anybody. That was about Comey. You had to go back and get and Bar didn't use it because he didn't have the guts to use it or something happened. I don't know. Too bad. He went to Mr. Durham
[25:52]instead of you instead of during the Durham. All they had to use is the Harowitz report. And I always felt badly for Harowitz, frankly, because uh he's a Democrat. I guess he was appointed by a
[26:02]Democrat. But that report has gotten lost and it shouldn't be lost. You should all go back. It should be mandatory reading. go back and read the
[26:12]Horowits report on Comey and his cronies and you'll see exactly we're going to add that to all the stuff that we found. It just confirms it. But what we found
[26:24]is even more so. Now, we found absolute or this isn't like evidence or this is like proof, irrefutable proof that Obama
[26:34]was sedacious, that Obama led was trying to lead a coup and it was with Hillary Clinton, with all these other people, but Obama headed it up. And it, you
[26:46]know, I I get a kick when I hear everyone talks about people I never even heard of. It was this one. No, no, it was Obama. He headed it up. And it says so right in the papers. Got everything.
[26:57]Got everything. This is the biggest scandal in the history of our country. And it really goes on to even the auto pen because it all relates to the same
[27:08]thing. It all started the same sick minds. You have an auto pen which is a tremendous well we don't have a president. We have an auto pen that signs everything. I'll bet you sign everything. You don't have auto pens.
[27:19]>> Everybody who doesn't sign. You're the president of a country. But but it's all that whole thing leading right up to the to the end of it is the autopen. And the
[27:28]autopen was used by people and Biden knew nothing about it. Biden knew nothing about it. They were signing documents that he knew nothing about. As
[27:37]an example, they released the unselect committee of liability. The unselect committee spent two years grilling everybody and then they destroyed all
[27:48]the evidence. You know why? Because the evidence made them guilty. and he gave them all a pardon. The Cheney, all the all the scum that was on the unelect
[27:57]committee, Cryan, Adam Kinzinger and Democrats, and he gave them a pardon. Do you have something else? Go ahead. >> I was just going to add one more thing on Adam Schiff. Director PY uh reports
[28:09]that Adam Schiff claims he lived in a one-bedroom apartment. How does a family of four, you're a developer, a very successful developer. How does a family of four live in a one-bedroom apartment?
[28:19]No, it looks like Adam Schiff uh really did a bad thing. They have him now. Let's see what happens. It's not up to me. It's not up to I stay out of it
[28:30]purposely, but it's mortgage loan fraud. It's a big deal. He defrauded uh banks and insurance companies and the federal government. But it's uh very simple.
[28:42]It's mortgage loan fraud. And you're right, that's a lot of people to live in a one-bedroom apartment, right? But he put it down. but he has a lot of other things far worse than that. So, no, Adam
[28:52]Schiff, they have him 100% on uh mortgage fraud. Now, if it was anybody else in this room except you, you you would have no
[29:02]problem. But anybody else in this room, you'd have a problem. I'd have a problem. Yeah. Please. >> There was a hearing yesterday in the Harvard case. Would you allow Harvard to get their federal dollars back as a part
[29:13]of any agreement with the administration? No, I'm not given uh Harvard's been given 7 billion dollars. Can you believe it? By the seven billion and we want money to go to all
[29:24]universities, not Harvard. Harvard got more than anybody else. They have 52 billion. They get huge tax incentives and tax breaks on that 52 billion, but
[29:34]they have 52 billion and they got seven billion over a short period of time. And we have a very hostile judge appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, a very very
[29:45]hostile judge who knows exactly right from wrong, but you know, we don't we we expect to win it on appeal. She hasn't given a decision yet, but she's very
[29:55]hostile and she's been she was put by Barack Hussein Obama and generally speaking, anybody that does that, that's that's going to we're going to have problems with. So, we don't expect to
[30:05]have we we won the case yesterday. Anybody that was there that was a neutral would say we easily won the case. But a lot of the case and and a
[30:16]big part of it is going to be how much money Harvard gets in the future. That's not part of the case. Uh and they're not going to get very much. >> Mr. President,
[30:26]>> where are we in terms of negotiating about the reciprocal tariff? How far are we from the Philippines? >> Yes, sir. How far >> are you from the Philippines? >> Yes, sir. From the Philippines. so far
[30:37]be from achieving >> well it's tough he's a very tough negotiator so far we're not there because he's he's negotiating too tough in fact I used to like him better than I
[30:46]do now he's too tough but we'll we'll probably agree to something but he is he's strong a strong negotiator he loves your country >> Mr. President you'll call me from the Philippines.
[30:58]Sir, >> you talked a lot about the severe consequences that those who are involved in the Russia hoax must face. In your view, sir, what are the next steps now that these documents are out there in Tulsi?
[31:09]>> Well, the Justice Department would have to act and we have a very competent, very good, very loyal to our country person in Pam Bondi, very respected. And
[31:20]she uh it's going to be her decision. And just a follow up to that, sir. Christine Gnome was in New York City visiting an offduty CBP officer who was allegedly shot this weekend by an
[31:30]illegal alien who came into the country during the previous administration. Right. >> What is your message to any local leaders who continue to push sanctuary city policies after this nearly tragic
[31:42]incident? So, the only thing I don't understand because you like to understand things and we're all smart people and all, but why would they allow 21 million people
[31:52]into our country unvetted, unchecked? You don't allow it. You wouldn't allow people in. He's tough. No, the country is run properly. Biden and his group of thugs, and I don't think it was Biden. I
[32:04]think it was the people that surrounded that beautiful Resolute desk right behind you. They allowed 21 million people, probably much more than that, and many of them came from jails and
[32:16]gangs and drug dealers and mental institutions, insane asylums. Many of them are very sick. Uh 21 million, probably 25 million, probably even more
[32:27]than that, and we're getting them out. Many were murderers. As I said, they killed people. Many killed more than one person. Stone cold murderers. I don't understand why they would have allowed
[32:38]that. There's only two reasons. The vote. Is there one voters? That's one reason. I don't think they would have done it for that because they cheat. You know, they're so good at cheating. They don't need that. But the vote and the second
[32:50]reason is they hate our country. I think they hate our country. I actually do. And it's the biggest problem. I mean, much of our time is spent with, you know, we create we we have the strong
[33:01]strongest border anywhere in the world now. Maybe even stronger than your border if you can believe it. We have no people came in last month. zero, which is pretty amaz I'm not even sure I can believe that. But liberals are the ones
[33:12]that do that calculation. So, but we had no people come in a year ago. We had hundreds of thousands of people come in. Hundreds of thousands of people. And
[33:23]they flowed in. And if it wasn't for the election, it would have been millions of people came in last year. So, millions of people prior to election time, they allowed millions and millions of people
[33:34]to come into our I mean, you saw it. that opened the gates. If you took an Alabama LSU football game that holds 128,000 people, I was there. 128,000
[33:45]people and I like them and they liked me. But if you took that and doubled it, that's what used to flow into our country on a daily basis. It's not even
[33:55]believable. And we're getting them out. And we're starting with the worst ones. And we had a man shot yesterday, a police officer who's great gentleman shot right here in the throat. probably
[34:05]won't be able to speak again, but he was brave and he shot the other guy and they ended up getting him. And you saw the scene where his friend took him to a hospital and dumped him down on the
[34:16]sidewalk. The whole thing was the whole thing was crazy. But uh why would anybody do to our country what these Democrats have done? And honestly, we
[34:27]can never forget it. We can never forget it. What they have done, the damage that they've done to America is is very, very sad. Thank you very much everybody. Thank you guys. Thank you. How's
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