Posted on 10/25/2019 5:55:45 PM PDT by ransomnote
South Lawn 11:53 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Hi, everybody. Hi. How are you? So, the stock market is doing very well. The economy is booming. We have a new record in sight. It could happen even today. But we have a new stock market record. I think itll be about 118 times that weve broken the record. Jobs look phenomenal.
Were doing very well in Syria, with Turkey and everybody else that were dealing with. We have secured the oil. We have a lot of oil. Weve secured the oil. We have a couple of people that came knocking. We said, Dont knock. And I think I would say that things are going very well.
I know people are still in a basement, in a secure room in the basement, trying to make us look as bad as possible. But thats not working too well. A lot of things are happening very good.
And I appreciate Republicans are just outraged, and the American public is outraged, that the Do-Nothing Democrats, theyre doing nothing. They are doing nothing. Theres such an opportunity to get things done. We need USMCA passed. Its a great deal for our country, for our farmers, manufacturers, unions. Its a great deal for our country. So we need USMCA passed.
Q Mr. President, some Democrats say comparing the impeachment inquiry to a lynching was painful and offensive. Youre going to an HBCU today. Will you apologize?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, its a word that many Democrats have used. Its a word that many people have used over the years. But thats a word that has been used many times.
And let me tell you something: The level of unfairness for a perfect conversation with the President of Ukraine this was a perfect conversation. And, frankly, had they known what the conversation was, they wouldnt have even wasted everybodys time. But this was a perfect conversation with the President of Ukraine.
The President of Ukraine and his Foreign Minister, separately, came out and said there was absolutely nothing wrong with the conversation. The President of Ukraine and the Foreign Minister came out and said there was no anything. There was no he used the word no blackmail. They said there was no pressure; there was nothing done wrong.
This is a hoax just like there was no collusion. After two years, they found out and wasted $45 million. This is a disgrace that this could happen in our country.
But remember
Q Will you apologize for using the word lynching?
THE PRESIDENT: Wait. Wait.
The President of Ukraine, right now the President of Ukraine said no pressure. The President of Ukraine and his Foreign Minister said, again, no pressure, no blackmail. They dont even know what you people are talking about. Its a ph- its a hoax. Its a hoax. Its just a continuation of the Russian witch hunt, which turned out to be phony. The Mueller deal was phony. And now they have this.
And all it is, is very simple: Its one conversation that I had with the President of Ukraine that was perfect. That Adam Schiff defrauded everybody and he made up the conversation in the halls of Congress.
Q Are you at all concerned about the growing criminal investigation into Rudy Giuliani?
THE PRESIDENT: I dont think so, because I think Rudy is a great gentleman. Hes been a great crime fighter. He looks for corruption wherever he goes. Everybody understands Ukraine has big problems in that regard. Rudy Giuliani is a fine man. He was the greatest mayor in the history of New York, and hes been one of the greatest crime fighters and corruption fighters. Rudy Giuliani is a good man.
Q Would you like to see your Justice Department still investigate Biden? Should the Justice Department still be investigating Biden?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think what Biden did, and his son and now, I guess, theyre finding also Romania; that just came out today. Or some other country. And Im sure there are more than that.
When a man walks away who has no talent, no skill, no experience with $1.5 billion out of China; when he walks away with $168,000 a month for him and his friend, from Ukraine, when Ukraine supposedly gave him $3 million whatever the numbers are and hes got no experience in oil and no experience anywhere, and now other nations are coming out. I heard one today; I wont embarrass the nation.
All hes doing and in my opinion, thats a payoff, because you dont pay that kind of money for any other reason. And then you look at what the father did with oil, and lets get oil. And then, all of a sudden, lets not get oil. And now hes a great environmentalist, because the Ukraine benefits by that, and other places benefit by that.
No, I consider what they did to be an outrage to our country. I consider that to be an outrage to our country.
Q Mr. President, what do you think about Lindsey Grahams resolution? Some of your supporters think hes not doing enough. And also, what do you think about the nine GOP senators who didnt sign on to that resolution against impeachment?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, some of them werent even spoken to yet. They got 40 very quickly. I think theyre at 47. And some of them havent even dont even know about it yet. It only took place yesterday afternoon.
So they had a great response. No, you have we have great great support. We had 185 out of 185 the other night the Republican congressmen. I think we had 185 present and we had 185 positive votes. And with the senators were doing great too.
Q Where are we on the China and U.S. deal trade deal?
THE PRESIDENT: Were doing very well with China. Were moving along nicely. Were dealing with them right now. And a lot of good things are happening with China. They want to make a deal very badly.
Q What is in your new plan for Afghanistan?
THE PRESIDENT: What?
Q What is in your new plan for Afghanistan? Are you able to
THE PRESIDENT: Weve moving with Afghanistan. Were doing well in Afghanistan. Were slowly bringing things down to a certain level. But were doing very well with Afghanistan. Things are moving along.
Q Your top diplomat in Ukraine said that you held up military funds because you wanted Ukraine to investigate the 2016 election and Burisma, the company on which Hunter Biden sat. Are you saying that hes making that up?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, the problem is heres the problem
Q Do you think are you calling him a liar?
THE PRESIDENT: Heres the problem: Hes a Never Trumper, and his lawyer is a Never Trumper. And the other problem is you
Q Mike Pompeo hired him.
Q Why did Mike Pompeo hire him?
THE PRESIDENT: Hey, everybody makes mistakes. I Mike Pompeo, everybody makes mistakes.
Q Do you want him out now as the top diplomat?
THE PRESIDENT: Hes a Never Trumper. His lawyer is the head of the Never Trumpers. Theyre a dying breed, but theyre still there.
Q Based on what?
THE PRESIDENT: And heres the other problem
Q Based on what, Mr. President?
THE PRESIDENT: youre with CNN and youre fake news.
Q Mr. President, on guns: This month is nearly a year since the shooting in Pennsylvania.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, the Democrats dont have any time to work on anything. They have to do US USMCA. They have to do guns. They have to do they have many things. We want to reduce drug prices even more. You know, we can go so far, but we could get drug prices substantially reduced. The Democrats the Do-Nothing Democrats have no time to do it.
Q Do you will you support the Republican plan that came out this week? It expands access to healthcare.
THE PRESIDENT: Which one?
Q The Republican plan that came out this week. Do you support that?
THE PRESIDENT: We have a great Republican plan. And if we take over the House, which we should especially because of what theyre doing with impeachment I think well take over the House by big numbers. Youll have healthcare the likes of which youve never seen. Much less expensive. Deductibles will be much lower. Youll have great healthcare. We have to take over the
Q But will we see gun legislation?
THE PRESIDENT: Because the Democrats dont have any time to do anything.
Q Sir, Vice President Pence said, yesterday, that America stands with the protestors in Hong Kong who are protesting against the Beijing government. Do you agree with that, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I know he made the speech yesterday. I went over the speech. The speech was fine. It was fine.
Q Does America
THE PRESIDENT: No, his speech was fine.
Q stand with the protestors?
THE PRESIDENT: But Im also working very closely with China on a deal. But his speech was fine.
Q Mr. President, are you trying to intimidate the whistleblower?
Q On the deal on the deal with China, Lighthizer says you are Lighthizer says you are close to finalizing some sections on the deal with China.
THE PRESIDENT: Thats true.
Q What sections? Is it intellectual property?
THE PRESIDENT: Were doing very well with China. Were very good with the farmers. The farmers are going to do better, maybe, than anybody. But everybody is doing well.
China wants to make a deal. Theyd like to see some reductions in tariffs. Theyd like to see some tariffs that are scheduled to go on very soon theyd like to see them not go on. But China they really look, you know it: They really want to make a deal. Theyre going to be buying much more farm product than anybody ever thought possible.
Q Are you confident that you have the votes in the Senate, if an impeachment goes there?
THE PRESIDENT: Only for one reason: I did nothing wrong. The only reason. I had a perfect conversation with the President of Ukraine. Perfect. Had they seen that conversation before they made up the story they made up the story about that conve- had they seen it, we wouldnt even be talking about it right now. The conversation has been perfect. And for that reason, I have tremendous support.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. With the opening of the investigations that your Attorney General, William Barr
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah.
Q is (inaudible), is this because people who are investigating you are, in fact, engaging in criminal conduct?
THE PRESIDENT: So theyve started, and its been going on a long time. And I sort of semi-read the papers. And I read them probably in greater detail than you, actually. And I try and sift out the fake news from the real news.
But, as you know, theres been a long-term look at look-see and it looks like its becoming very serious, from what Im hearing. Investigate the investigator whether its Strzok and Page, whether its Clapper, and whether its Comey, and all of these people because terrible things went on for our country.
And we have a great Attorney General a highly prestigious man, a very honorable man. And theyve been looking at it for a long time.
I cant tell you whats happening. I will tell you this: I think youre going to see a lot of really bad things. And a lot of people think that and they know they have problems because they were very dishonest. And, again, I leave it all up the Attorney General and I leave it all up to the people that are working with the Attorney General who I dont know.
But I will say this: I think youll see things that nobody wouldve believed. This was the worst hoax in the history of our country. And a lot of people say that the phony deal on impeachment, where I have a perfect conversation perfect with the President of Ukraine and theyre using that to impeach one of the most successful Presidents.
Were going to hit another stock market high. We have the best jobs report. We have the best unemployment numbers. We have the best employment. More people working today in the United States than ever before. Ive rebuilt the military. Were strong. We just did a great thing in Syria where were getting our troops out. We took over oil. A lot of great things are happening in this country.
I will say this: If anything ever happened with this phony witch hunt that the Democrats are doing the Do-Nothing Democrats I really believe that youd have a recession- depression the likes of which this country hasnt seen.
Now, a strong statement was made by a very highly respected man this morning on Wall Street a man who is very respected about that, that if anything happened to Trump President Trump you would see repercussions in the market like you havent seen before.
But heres the thing: I dont have teams. Everyone is talking about teams. Im the team. I did nothing wrong. This has been going on for before I got elected. This was going on from the insurance policy Strzok and his lover, Page. This was the insurance policy. It was Strzok and Page. We did nothing wrong. But Strzok said, Oh, shes going to win. Shes going to win. But if she doesnt, we have an insurance policy.
So so, let me just tell you something. So, this has been going on since before I got elected. And people are angry about it. And do you know whos angry about it? The Republican Party is angry about it because this isnt a takedown of the President, this is a takedown of the Republican Party. And, frankly, the Democrats should be ashamed of themselves.
Q (Inaudible) cost of South Korean defense sharing (inaudible)?
Q Mr. President, you tweeted about Never Trumpers the other day. You have a few in your administration. Are you making personnel changes?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, if you let me who know who they are who are they? Tell me. Tell me. Tell me.
Q I hear you have a list.
THE PRESIDENT: No, no. Tell me who the Never Trumpers are because Im not a fan of the Never Trumpers.
We do have Never Trumpers. Im not a fan. I think theyre bad people. Some have recovered. Okay? They went through, I guess, a recovery program. Its called, They learned how to win through me. But others havent. Im not a fan of Never Trumpers, and I never will be.
But a Never Trumper sometimes is more vicious than a failed Obama candidate or a failed Clinton candidate who I beat both in the same election with very little experience.
Dont forget, I beat the Obama people. I beat the Bush people. And I beat the Clinton people. And I had no experience. Thats not a bad job. But theres a lot of angry people out there. And thats the way it goes. Thank you.
END
12:07 P.M. EDT
Excerpts: SNIP
Q Based on what, Mr. President?
THE PRESIDENT: youre with CNN and youre fake news.
SNIP
Q is (inaudible), is this because people who are investigating you are, in fact, engaging in criminal conduct?
THE PRESIDENT: So theyve started, and its been going on a long time. And I sort of semi-read the papers. And I read them probably in greater detail than you, actually. And I try and sift out the fake news from the real news.
But, as you know, theres been a long-term look at look-see and it looks like its becoming very serious, from what Im hearing. Investigate the investigator whether its Strzok and Page, whether its Clapper, and whether its Comey, and all of these people because terrible things went on for our country.
And we have a great Attorney General a highly prestigious man, a very honorable man. And theyve been looking at it for a long time.
I cant tell you whats happening. I will tell you this: I think youre going to see a lot of really bad things. And a lot of people think that and they know they have problems because they were very dishonest. And, again, I leave it all up the Attorney General and I leave it all up to the people that are working with the Attorney General who I dont know.
But I will say this: I think youll see things that nobody wouldve believed. This was the worst hoax in the history of our country. And a lot of people say that the phony deal on impeachment, where I have a perfect conversation perfect with the President of Ukraine and theyre using that to impeach one of the most successful Presidents.
SNIP
Q I hear you have a list.
THE PRESIDENT: No, no. Tell me who the Never Trumpers are because Im not a fan of the Never Trumpers.
We do have Never Trumpers. Im not a fan. I think theyre bad people. Some have recovered. Okay? They went through, I guess, a recovery program. Its called, They learned how to win through me. But others havent. Im not a fan of Never Trumpers, and I never will be.
But a Never Trumper sometimes is more vicious than a failed Obama candidate or a failed Clinton candidate who I beat both in the same election with very little experience.
Dont forget, I beat the Obama people. I beat the Bush people. And I beat the Clinton people. And I had no experience. Thats not a bad job. But theres a lot of angry people out there. And thats the way it goes. Thank you.
“youre with CNN and youre fake news”
“I cannot spare this man, he fights.”
*snicker
I know I probably missed the conversation but does anyone have a theory of why Trump always calls his call with the Ukrainian president as “perfect”?
He has all these accomplishments behind him as he runs for reelections.
The dems have today’s lies, and will have new lies tomorrow.
They learned how to win through me.
Hahaha! BPE!!!!!!!!!
Simple...
Because the Dem-Wits keep saying it is Quid pro Quo and it was not
So he is standing by what he said and what he meant
They do not like that so he keeps hammering it home
Got it?
I’ve never seen an explanation.
To me, “perfect” refers to “perfect setup”. :)
It worked - the deep state went for it. Just my 2 pesos. :)
That is what I was thinking also because he rarely mentions the call without it and sometimes more than once in the same sentence, like he is rubbing it in.
That is what I was thinking also because he rarely mentions the call without it and sometimes more than once in the same sentence, like he is rubbing it in.
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That puts a smile on my face..... :)
Repeatedly calling the call “perfect” taunts the Dems to prove it wasn’t - which they can’t since the transcript is easily available.
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