Subject:* *Travel pool report #9*
Pool entered the bilat with Trump and PM Abe at 150 pm, which took place in a meeting room at the Palace Hotel.
On latest Kavanaugh allegations.
I think its ridiculous. Its a con game that theyre playing. I think youre going to see it in the midterms...
They can do to it anybody, he said.
He called Avenatti a lowlife.
The good news is the public is very smart, he said.
Trump elaborated more on Chinese election interference. Says China is attacking the farm belt with ads and with statements. I dont like it when they attack our farmers.
Trump pulled out a letter he said he received from Kim Jong Un yesterday.
He wants to see things happen for North Korea that are great, Trump said of Kim. I believe were doing very well.
Trump said a second summit will come very quickly.
Trump said the U.S. and Japan agreed today to start trade negotiations, and expressed optimism about their outcome.
I think it will be something very exciting, Trump said. It can only be better for the United States...I think its going to be better, really, for both countries.
Trump said the two discussed North Korea, Asia and trade over dinner earlier this week here in New York. Were doing much more business with Japan right now, Trump said.
Trump congratulated Abe on his smashing election win.
Abe discussed his election, thanked Trump for hosting the dinner on Sunday. Through a translator, he said the two had a very, very candid discussion on NK and trade.
Abe said he wanted to confirm our robust coordination on this front, in reference to North Korea. He said they discussed a major transformational change in how they approach North Korea after the first summit.
We were led back out at 207 pm.
More quotes to come ASAP.
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Trump called the letter from Kim an extraordinary letter.
*On Kavanuagh, question was on latest allegations. *
“I think it’s ridiculous. It’s a con game they are playing.
The Democrats are playing this game that is disgraceful.
It’s a disgrace to the country. I think you will see it in the midterms. People are wise to it. It’s a con game.
He is a high quality person. They are bringing people out of woods. They can do it to anybody. They can do it to anybody except for Prime Minister Abe because is he so pure. They can do it to anybody what they are doing. And it’s really, really sad.
If you look at this lawyer that just came out, he is a low-life. He represented democrats. Nobody ever talks about that. He is a Democrat lawyer. Not a very good one, but is he a Democrat lawyer.
So, it’s a horrible con game, I think the people are finding it out. And hopefully over the next couple of days it will be settled and solved and we will have a Supreme Court Justice who will go down as one of our greatest ever. Hopefully he is going to be there for a long time. He is a young man and he will be there for a long time. I will be very proud of him, just as I’m very proud of judge Neil Gorsuch.
I think it’s really working out very well. I really do. I think it’s going well. People are seeing what a disgrace these democrat Senators are when they come out with statements like that. When they don’t even talk about it and then after the hearings are completely over, they come out with what they come out with. It’s a disgrace what’s going on. The good news is the public is very smart and they get it.”
*On China, question was on why an ad in a newspaper amounts to election interference. *
Well, take a look at it. You have not only ads, you have statements made that theyre going to hit our farmers, who are my voters. I love the farmers
Im opening up markets like nobodys ever opened markets before because right now we have closed markets, whether its the European Union or China or Canada, by the wayIm opening up markets.
Were going to make the farmers wealthy. You look at whats happened to farmers over the last 15 years. You look at whats happened to soybean prices over the last five years, before the election. They went down 50 percent.
The farmers have been getting hurt in our country for many years, and thats because they had artificial barriers, artificial tariffs, all sorts of things that made it impossible for them. Im opening it up
But China is going and attacking the farm belt, our famers. Theyre attacking our industrialwith ads, and with statements that dont look like ads. It looks like theyre editorials and theyre not. Theyre made up by China, because they dont want me to get elected because this has never happened to them.
Were taking in billions of dollars in tariff money going right into our treasury and Chinas getting hurt. So I dont like it when they attack our farmers, and I dont like it when they put out false messages. But beside that we learned that they are trying to meddle in our elections. And were not going to let that happen, just as were not going to let that happen with Russia.
Thanks to co-pooler Jerome Cartillier of AFP with transcription help.
John Fritze