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Trump's Remarks Before Marine One Departure: September 22, 2019
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Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
ECONOMY & JOBS
Issued on: September 22, 2019
South Lawn
8:35 A.M. EDT
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Q Mr. President, you acknowledged that (inaudible) —
THE PRESIDENT: Listen to me. Listen.
Q — talked about the Bidens in your earlier answer.
THE PRESIDENT: Listen to me.
Q You acknowledged that you —
THE PRESIDENT: Listen to me.
Q — talked about the Bidens. Is that correct, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: Listen to me. I assume many people are on the line. I know that before I make the call. And that’s what you have — intelligence agencies, everybody listening. That call was a great call. It was a perfect call. A perfect call.
What wasn’t perfect is the horrible thing that Joe Biden said. And now he made it a lie when he said he never spoke to his son. I mean, give me a break, he’s already said he spoke to his son. And now he said, yesterday, very firmly. Who wouldn’t speak to your son? Of course, you spoke to your son. So, he made the mistake of saying he never spoke to his son. He spoke to his son.
But more importantly, what he said about the billions of dollars that he wouldn’t give them unless they fired the prosecutor. And then he bragged about how they fired the prosecutor and they got the money.
Q (Inaudible.) Was that a snub (inaudible)?
THE PRESIDENT: No, it’s not a snub at all. I’m very busy. I’m going on the floods today. The floods are very important to me. And climate change — everything is very important.
But today I’m going to Texas on the floods. Then I’m going to Houston on the big rally. It’s a rally for Prime Minister Modi, and he asked me to do it — of India — and I look forward to doing it.
Q (Inaudible) Joe and Hunter Biden (inaudible) because of their involvement in Ukraine?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, not only in Ukraine; take a look at China. They took a tremendous amount of money out of China. Now, if they ever took over a China negotiation, he would sell us out. Look at all the money he made in China.
The son, he knew nothing. The son is a stiff. He knew nothing, and he’s making hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars. And he did the same thing in Ukraine. He knows nothing.
This is a very dishonest thing that Joe Biden did. And then he said he never spoke to this son. Does anybody believe that one? But then he also said, long before, that that he did speak to his son. So he lied, again.
But what he said is that he wouldn’t give I think it was billions of dollars to Ukraine unless they fired the prosecutor who was looking at his son and his son’s company — the company that his son worked with. And that’s a very dishonest thing. And I’m not looking to hurt Biden.
I’m not even looing to hold him to it, to be honest. But he said a very bad thing. He said a very foolish thing.
Now, me, on the other hand, my conversation with the President — the new President of Ukraine was perfect. They put out a statement last night. They said the same thing. It was a warm, friendly conversation. There was no quid pro quo. There was nothing. It was a perfect conversation.
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: Go ahead.
Q How do you explain the military aid, sir? How do you explain delaying military aid (inaudible)?
THE PRESIDENT: Because I want Germany and I want France and I want the European Union to put up money. And I didn’t delay anything. We paid the military aid, to the best of my knowledge.
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: Listen to me. I gave so much more to Ukraine than Obama did. Go back and check your record.
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: And you know what you should do? Also ask —
Q (Inaudible.)
Q Mr. President, can you tell us why anybody should be allowed to buy a gun without a background check?
THE PRESIDENT: We’re looking at it right now. We’re studying it very hard. It’s an issue that, frankly, Congress is wasting all their time on nonsense. We’re studying it very hard. If Congress would ever get back to work, we could work something. But Congress is doing all of this nonsense, this garbage that they’re doing. And I’ll tell you what — they don’t have any time. The Democrats in Congress are doing nothing. I’ll tell you what: They’re going to lose the election. You know why? Because they’re not doing anything.
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we’re working very hard with some Democrats. The problem I have is that Jerry Nadler and all these people — they keep wasting time in Congress over nothing. They’re studying nothing. The Mueller report was perfect. Corey Lewandowski was magnificent. Everybody is perfect. They’re wasting time. They couldn’t accept the Mueller report. They couldn’t accept that defeat. They can’t now accept the fact that we have the best economy we’ve ever had, and we may be hitting another all-time high in the stock market.
{snip}
Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
ECONOMY & JOBS
Issued on: September 22, 2019
South Lawn
8:35 A.M. EDT
{snip}
Q Mr. President, you acknowledged that (inaudible) —
THE PRESIDENT: Listen to me. Listen.
Q — talked about the Bidens in your earlier answer.
THE PRESIDENT: Listen to me.
Q You acknowledged that you —
THE PRESIDENT: Listen to me.
Q — talked about the Bidens. Is that correct, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: Listen to me. I assume many people are on the line. I know that before I make the call. And that’s what you have — intelligence agencies, everybody listening. That call was a great call. It was a perfect call. A perfect call.
What wasn’t perfect is the horrible thing that Joe Biden said. And now he made it a lie when he said he never spoke to his son. I mean, give me a break, he’s already said he spoke to his son. And now he said, yesterday, very firmly. Who wouldn’t speak to your son? Of course, you spoke to your son. So, he made the mistake of saying he never spoke to his son. He spoke to his son.
But more importantly, what he said about the billions of dollars that he wouldn’t give them unless they fired the prosecutor. And then he bragged about how they fired the prosecutor and they got the money.
Q (Inaudible.) Was that a snub (inaudible)?
THE PRESIDENT: No, it’s not a snub at all. I’m very busy. I’m going on the floods today. The floods are very important to me. And climate change — everything is very important.
But today I’m going to Texas on the floods. Then I’m going to Houston on the big rally. It’s a rally for Prime Minister Modi, and he asked me to do it — of India — and I look forward to doing it.
Q (Inaudible) Joe and Hunter Biden (inaudible) because of their involvement in Ukraine?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, not only in Ukraine; take a look at China. They took a tremendous amount of money out of China. Now, if they ever took over a China negotiation, he would sell us out. Look at all the money he made in China.
The son, he knew nothing. The son is a stiff. He knew nothing, and he’s making hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars. And he did the same thing in Ukraine. He knows nothing.
This is a very dishonest thing that Joe Biden did. And then he said he never spoke to this son. Does anybody believe that one? But then he also said, long before, that that he did speak to his son. So he lied, again.
But what he said is that he wouldn’t give I think it was billions of dollars to Ukraine unless they fired the prosecutor who was looking at his son and his son’s company — the company that his son worked with. And that’s a very dishonest thing. And I’m not looking to hurt Biden.
I’m not even looing to hold him to it, to be honest. But he said a very bad thing. He said a very foolish thing.
Now, me, on the other hand, my conversation with the President — the new President of Ukraine was perfect. They put out a statement last night. They said the same thing. It was a warm, friendly conversation. There was no quid pro quo. There was nothing. It was a perfect conversation.
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: Go ahead.
Q How do you explain the military aid, sir? How do you explain delaying military aid (inaudible)?
THE PRESIDENT: Because I want Germany and I want France and I want the European Union to put up money. And I didn’t delay anything. We paid the military aid, to the best of my knowledge.
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: Listen to me. I gave so much more to Ukraine than Obama did. Go back and check your record.
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: And you know what you should do? Also ask —
Q (Inaudible.)
Q Mr. President, can you tell us why anybody should be allowed to buy a gun without a background check?
THE PRESIDENT: We’re looking at it right now. We’re studying it very hard. It’s an issue that, frankly, Congress is wasting all their time on nonsense. We’re studying it very hard. If Congress would ever get back to work, we could work something. But Congress is doing all of this nonsense, this garbage that they’re doing. And I’ll tell you what — they don’t have any time. The Democrats in Congress are doing nothing. I’ll tell you what: They’re going to lose the election. You know why? Because they’re not doing anything.
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we’re working very hard with some Democrats. The problem I have is that Jerry Nadler and all these people — they keep wasting time in Congress over nothing. They’re studying nothing. The Mueller report was perfect. Corey Lewandowski was magnificent. Everybody is perfect. They’re wasting time. They couldn’t accept the Mueller report. They couldn’t accept that defeat. They can’t now accept the fact that we have the best economy we’ve ever had, and we may be hitting another all-time high in the stock market.
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