Posted on 12/14/2019 12:01:23 PM PST by ransomnote
Oval Office
11:43 A.M. EST
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, thank you very much. Its great to have the President of Paraguay here. Were doing a lot of work with Paraguay on terrorism, on drugs, on trade a lot of different things. And weve had a great relationship. So, Mr. President, its an honor to have you. Thank you very much.
PRESIDENT ABDO BENÍTEZ: Thank you very much, Mr. President. It is a great honor for us to be here, for my country; I believe also for the region, Mr. President for the one who stood firmly defending democracy in the region.
And the President of Paraguay here reaffirms our bilateral and our historic friendship.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much.
PRESIDENT ABDO BENÍTEZ: Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Really tremendous. We look forward to the meeting.
I want to congratulate Boris Johnson on a terrific victory. I think that might be a harbinger for whats to come in our country; it was last time. Im sure people will be thrilled to hear that, but a lot of people will be, actually a very big percentage of people. Because this was a tremendous victory last night, and its very interesting. The final votes are being tallied right now, but the numbers are tremendous. So I want to congratulate. Hes a friend of mine. Its going to be a great thing for the United States also, because it means a lot of trade. A tremendous amount of trade. They want to do business with us so badly.
Under the European Union, it was very, very hard for them to do business with us. We just made our big deal, as you know, with Mexico, Canada. We have a tremendous trade deal thats going through the House now. Its going to be obviously approved. And its tremendous for our country. Its really tremendous for the region, but its fantastic for the U.S.
We have the China deal, as you know, it was just approved a little while ago. And its to me, its not complicated, but thats what I do. Its a phenomenal deal. The tariffs will largely remain at 25 percent on $250 billion. And well use them for future negotiations on the phase two deal, because China would like to see the tariffs off, and we were okay with that. But theyll be used as a negotiating table for the phase two deal, which they would like to start immediately, and thats okay with me. We were going to wait until the after the election, but theyd like to start them sooner than that, and thats okay. So well start that negotiation soon.
This is a very large deal the China deal. It covers tremendous manufacturing, farming a lot of rules, regulations. A lot of things are covered. Its a phase one deal, but a lot of big things are covered. And I say, affectionately: The farmers are going to have to go out and buy much larger tractors, because it means a lot of business a tremendous amount of business.
And weve had a very big week. A lot of things have done. Space Force, as you know, was approved. Thats a tremendous thats another branch of the military. I mean, very few people have that in their legacy. And we have that, just like the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines, the Coast Guard. We have another branch of the military, to think of what that means. But very vital. Its going to be with time, its going to be certainly one of the most important branches.
Well have our own representative. It will have its own representative on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Its a big deal something that a lot of people thought couldnt be done. But the Space Force will be a very important component of our defense and, frankly, our offense, and itll be very important for our country. So were very honored by that.
And we had many other things that weve done this week. This has been a wild week. And if you have any questions, please go ahead.
Q Mr. President, your reaction to the vote in the House Judiciary this morning?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I was actually, believe it or not, finishing up the final I was doing the final touches on the China deal. And thats going to be one of the great deals ever. And its going to ultimately lead to the opening of China, which is something that is incredible, because thats a whole, big, untapped market of 1.5 billion people. And so I was actually doing the finals.
But I got to see enough of it, and certainly I spoke to my people. Its a witch hunt. Its a sham. Its a hoax. Nothing was done wrong. Zero was done wrong. I think its a horrible thing to be using the tool of impeachment, which is supposed to be used in an emergency. And it would seem many, many, many years apart.
To be using this for a perfect phone call, where the President of that country said there was no pressure whatsoever didnt even know what we were talking about. It was perfect; the relationship is perfect. Ive done much more for them than Obama did for them. Its a scam. Its something that shouldnt be allowed. And its a very bad thing for our country.
And youre trivializing impeachment. And I tell you what: Someday therell be a Democrat President and therell be a Republican House, and I suspect theyre going to remember it. Because when you do when you use impeachment for absolutely nothing, other than to try and get political gain
Now, with that being said, my poll numbers, as you know, have gone through the roof. Fundraising for the Republican Party has gone through the roof. Were setting records. Weve never nobody has ever seen anything like it because the people are disgusted. The people are absolutely disgusted. Nobody has ever seen anything like this.
And I watched yesterday I got to see quite a bit of it yesterday and I watched these Democrats on the committee make fools out of themselves. Absolute fools out of themselves. And I also saw them quoting, all the time, incorrectly. They kept saying me. It wasnt about me, it was about us. The word was us. So, they would kept saying me instead us. Can you do us a favor? Our country, comma, our country. Then it talked about seeing the Attorney General of the United States.
For these people to say me they would say me. You said, Do me a favor.' No, it didnt say that. It said, Do us a favor our country. Talking about the past election. Talking about corruption.
The other thing nobody remembers and nobody likes to talk about and I talk about it all the time is why isnt Germany, why isnt France, why arent other European countries paying? Because were paying. The suckers. You know, for years, weve been the suckers. But were not the suckers anymore. Big difference.
But why isnt Germany paying big money? Theyre the ones I mean, they have a much bigger benefit than we do because Ukraine is really a stoppage between Russia and parts of Europe the major part of Europe. Why arent European countries paying? Why isnt France paying a lot of money? Why is it always the United States? Were 7,000 miles away. Why is it always the suckers that pay? So weve changed that, but nobody brings that up.
I think that the whole impeachment thing hoax, I guess you could call it, because it is a hoax. And Nancy Pelosi and knows it. By the way, they duped her yesterday. She was on an interview, and she said, Weve been working on this for two and a half years. So shes she was working on it, in other words, two years before we ever spoke to Ukraine. She said, Weve been working on impeachment for two and a half years. And the reporter was shocked when they got this answer, because it showed shes a liar.
So its its a very sad thing for our country, but it seems to be very good for me, politically. And again, those people because I watched some of the dishonest, fake media theyre saying, Well, the polls have remained the same. No, the polls have not remained the same. I think you understand that, John. The polls have gone through the roof for Trump. Because peop- especially with independent voters, and especially in swing states. I could show you numbers that nobody has ever seen numbers like this before.
So the impeachment is a hoax. Its a sham. It started a long time ago, probably before I came down the escalator with the future First Lady. It started a long time ago.
And when you look at the IG report and you look at these horrible FBI people talking about, We got to get him out, insurance policies you know, the insurance policy is just in cases she loses meaning, Crooked Hillary, whos crooked as a three-dollar bill. Just in case Crooked Hillary loses, weve got an insurance policy. But weve been going through the insurance policy now for three years, and its a disgrace.
Thank you very much everybody. Thank you.
Q (Inaudible.)
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Say it?
Q Can you say how much China will be buying? Will they hit $50 billion?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I think theyll hit $50 billion in agriculture.
Q Can you say
PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, much more than 50 [billion], because its also manufacturing and other. But I think, in agriculture, they will hit $50 billion. Yes.
Q Next year? Or when? Whats the timeline for that?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Pretty soon. Theyve already stepped it up. My deal with them was two months ago. We had it in pretty good form. I said, Do me a favor: Start buying agriculture. And they started. If you look I mean, theyre already buying. Even before the deal is signed, theyre buying.
Q Are you going to speak about Venezuela, Mr. President?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, were with the people of Venezuela 100 percent. Its so important to us, and were going to be discussing Venezuela today. Itll be a big subject.
Okay?
Q Mr. President, do you prefer a short process in the Senate or a more extended process?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I have heard Lindsey Graham, whos terrific, and I heard his statement, and I like that. And I could also I can do Ill do whatever I want.
Look, there is we did nothing wrong. So Ill do long or short. Ive heard Mitch. Ive heard Lindsey. I think they are very much on agreement on some concept. Ill do whatever they want to do. It doesnt matter.
I wouldnt mind a long process because Id like to see the whistleblower, whos a fraud the whistleblower wrote a false report, and I really blew it up when I released the transcript of the call.
And then Schiff gets up and he and I blew him up, too because he went up in front of Congress and he made a statement about what I said that was totally false. And then a long time after he made it, when he got caught, he said, Oh, well, that was parody. Parody.
No, Schiff is a crooked hes a corrupt politician and a disgrace. And because of the fact hes in Congress, hes got immunity, so you cant do anything. But he went up there you know that he made a totally false statement. The whistleblower wrote a totally false statement. So its a fraud.
Then I say, Where is the informer? the one that informed the whistleblower? He had an informer. He disappeared. You know why he disappeared? Because I released the transcript. Had I not released that transcript, we would have had an informer; we would have had another whistleblower.
By the way, where is the second whistleblower? Remember that? We have a second whistleblower. We have breaking news.
Look, not all of it, but much of the media is corrupt. These are bad people. Theyre sick people and theyre corrupt.
And were fighting the Democrats and were fighting a lot of the corrupt media. But I ask the corrupt media: Wheres the second whistleblower?
Now, had I not had a transcript Im lucky we had this transcript, which, by the way, has now been verified by the Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel, okay? Hes another beauty.
So where is where is all of this stuff that was going to happen? Once I released it and I released it quick but quickly. But once I released it, all of a sudden the second whistleblower disappeared. The first whistleblower, who was all set to testify, he all of a sudden, he becomes this saint-like figure that they dont need him anymore. The one that everybody wanted to see, including Schiff, was the whistleblower. Once I released the text of what happened the transcript that was the end. Everybody disappeared.
So now theres no informer. Theres no second whistleblower. Everybody has gone. And, by the way, a guy like Sondland nobody ever says it he said very strongly that I said, I want nothing and no quid pro quo. Nobody says that. Thats what he said. He said it in Congress. Nobody ever says that.
So, look, were dealing with a lot of corrupt people. There was nothing done wrong. To use the power of impeachment on this nonsense is an embarrassment to this country. The President just said it. Its an embarrassment to our country. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you.
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11:56 A.M. EST
PRESIDENT TRUMP:
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I wouldnt mind a long process because Id like to see the whistleblower, whos a fraud the whistleblower wrote a false report, and I really blew it up when I released the transcript of the call.
And then Schiff gets up and he and I blew him up, too because he went up in front of Congress and he made a statement about what I said that was totally false. And then a long time after he made it, when he got caught, he said, Oh, well, that was parody. Parody.
No, Schiff is a crooked hes a corrupt politician and a disgrace. And because of the fact hes in Congress, hes got immunity, so you cant do anything. But he went up there you know that he made a totally false statement. The whistleblower wrote a totally false statement. So its a fraud.
Then I say, Where is the informer? the one that informed the whistleblower? He had an informer. He disappeared. You know why he disappeared? Because I released the transcript. Had I not released that transcript, we would have had an informer; we would have had another whistleblower.
I love President Trump
Poor Paraguay
Have they ever really recovered
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