{"id":60992,"date":"2018-06-08T22:41:17","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T05:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=60992"},"modified":"2018-06-08T22:41:17","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T05:41:17","slug":"president-trump-before-marine-one-departure-this-will-be-known-for-when-it-all-straightens-out-well-all-be-in-love-again-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=60992","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Before Marine One Departure&#8230;This will be known for &#8220;When it all straightens out, we\u2019ll all be in love again.&#8221; Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;White House, South Lawn, 8:02 A.M. EDT.  Question: Is the Comey report going to be your birthday present?  THE PRESIDENT:  Well, it seems that it\u2019s coming out on my birthday.  Maybe that\u2019s appropriate.  Let\u2019s see if it is.  Look, he\u2019s a very dishonest man; I\u2019ve been saying it for a long time.  I think I did our country a great fire \u2014 a really great favor when I fired him.  And we\u2019ll see what happens.  We\u2019ll see what the report says.  But I guess it just got announced that it\u2019s coming out on June 14th, so that\u2019ll be maybe a nice birthday present.  Who knows.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zvw75UJyZhA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible) Trudeau?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  We\u2019re going to deal with the unfair trade practices.  If you look at what Canada, Mexico, the European Union, all of them have been doing to us for many, many decades, we have to change it.  And they understand it\u2019s going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Q    What are you going to do if they form an agreement without you?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  We are going to do very well.  Now, if we\u2019re unable to make a deal, we\u2019ll terminate NAFTA; we\u2019ll have a better deal.  If we are unable to make a deal, we will be better off.  Right now, we are not going to live with the deals the way they are.  European Union treats us very unfairly.  Canada, very unfairly.  Mexico, very unfairly.<\/p>\n<p>With that being said, I think we\u2019ll probably very easily make a deal.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Were you serious about really not needing to prepare for the Kim summit?  Or were you \u2014<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  No, I didn\u2019t say that.  I said I\u2019ve been preparing all my life.  I always believe in preparation, but I\u2019ve been preparing all my life.  You know, these one-week preparations, they don\u2019t work.  Just ask Hillary what happened to her in the debates.<\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019ve been preparing for this all my life.  And frankly, it\u2019s really just the fake news.  Because if you run, Peter, just a little but longer, the clip, you would see: I\u2019ve really been preparing all my life.  I said that, but, you know, the news doesn\u2019t pick that up because it\u2019s fake news.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you glad they caught a leaker?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  It\u2019s very interesting that they caught a leaker in a very important \u2014 it\u2019s a very important leaker.  So it\u2019s very interesting.  I\u2019m getting information on it now.  Happened last night.  It could be a terrific thing.<\/p>\n<p>I know \u2014 I believe strongly in freedom of the press.  I\u2019m a big, big believer in freedom of the press, but I\u2019m also a believer in classified information.  Has to remain classified.  And that includes Comey and his band of thieves who leak classified information all over the place.<\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019m a very big believer in freedom of the press, but I\u2019m also a believer that you cannot leak classified information.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Do you have a reaction to Anthony Bourdain\u2019s death this morning?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Yeah, I think it\u2019s very sad.  In fact, I want to extend to his family my heartfelt condolences.  That was very shocking.  When I woke up this morning: Anthony Bourdain is dead.  And I enjoyed his show.  He was quite a character, I will say.  But I just want to extend my condolences.  And also to the family of Kate Spade.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible) G6-plus-one?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  It may be.  You can call it anything you want.  It doesn\u2019t matter.  It doesn\u2019t matter what you call it.  It used to be the G8 because Russia was in it.  And now Russia\u2019s not in it.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I love our country.  I have been Russia\u2019s worst nightmare.  If Hillary got in, I\u2019d think Putin is probably going, \u201cMan, I wish Hillary won.\u201d  Because you see what I do.  But, with that being said, Russia should be in this meeting.  Why are we having a meeting without Russia being in the meeting?  And I would recommend, and it\u2019s up to them, but Russia should be in the meeting.  They should be a part of it.<\/p>\n<p>You know, whether you like it or not \u2014 and it may not be politically correct \u2014 but we have a world to run.  And in the G7, which used to be the G8, they threw Russia out.  They should let Russia come back in.  Because we should have Russia at the negotiating table.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, why did you decide to cut (inaudible) short?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Say it?  What?<\/p>\n<p>Q    You\u2019re leaving a little early from the summit.  Why did you decide (inaudible)?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I may leave a little bit early.  It depends on the timing.  But I may leave a little bit early.  And it depends what happens here.<\/p>\n<p>Look, all of these countries have been taking advantage of the United States on trade.  You saw where Canada charges our dairy farmers 270 percent tariffs.  We don\u2019t charge them, or if we do, it\u2019s like a tiny percentage.  So we have to straighten it out.<\/p>\n<p>We have massive trade deficits with almost every country.  We will straighten that out.  And I\u2019ll tell you what, it\u2019s what I do.  It won\u2019t even be hard.  And in the end, we\u2019ll all get along.<\/p>\n<p>But they understand.  And you know, they\u2019re trying to act like, \u201cWell, we fought with you in the war.\u201d  They don\u2019t mention the fact that they have trade barriers against our farmers.  They don\u2019t mention the fact that they\u2019re charging almost 300 percent tariffs.  When it all straightens out, we\u2019ll all be in love again.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Will there be more pardons?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  There will be more pardons.  I thought Alice, yesterday, was beautiful.  I thought Jack Johnson, which was recommended by Sylvester Stallone and some great boxers \u2014 I thought Jack Johnson was a great one.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m thinking about somebody that you all know very well.  And he went through a lot.  And he wasn\u2019t very popular then \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Q    Is it O.J.?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  And he wasn\u2019t very popular then.  No, I\u2019m not thinking about O.J.  But he\u2019s not \u2014 only you could say O.J.  But he was \u2014 look, he was not very popular then.  He\u2019s \u2014 certainly, his memory is very popular now.  I\u2019m thinking about Muhammad Ali.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m thinking about that very seriously.  And some others.  And some folks that have sentences that aren\u2019t fair.  But I am thinking about Muhammad Ali.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, we\u2019re doing right now, recommendations on \u2014 frankly, we\u2019re doing recommendations on Muhammad Ali.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Say it, Peter.  What?<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible) that you are above the law?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  No.  No.  No, I\u2019m not above the law.  I\u2019d never want anybody to be above the law.  But the pardons are a very positive thing for a President.  I think you see the way I\u2019m using them.  And yes, I do have an absolute right to pardon myself.  But I\u2019ll never have to do it because I didn\u2019t do anything wrong.  And everybody knows it.  There\u2019s been no collusion.  There\u2019s been no obstruction.  It\u2019s all a made-up fantasy.  It\u2019s a witch hunt.  No collusion, no obstruction, no nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Democrats have had massive collusion, massive obstruction, and they should be investigated.  We\u2019ll see what\u2019s happening.  Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I haven\u2019t even thought about it.  I haven\u2019t even thought \u2014 I haven\u2019t thought about any of it.  It certainly is far too early to be thinking about that.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  They haven\u2019t been convicted of anything.  There\u2019s nothing to pardon.  It\u2019s far too early to be \u2014 it is far too early to be thinking about it.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, what will it take for you to actually get tired of Scott Pruitt and say, \u201cEnough\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, Scott Pruitt is doing a great job within the walls of the EPA.  I mean, we\u2019re setting records.  Outside, he\u2019s being attacked very viciously by the press.  And I\u2019m not saying that he\u2019s blameless, but we\u2019ll see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>Q    But he\u2019s an embarrassment.  Are you not tired of him?<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible) pardons?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  That\u2019s what I want to do.  We have 3,000 names.  We\u2019re looking at them.  Of the 3,000 names, many of those names really have been treated unfairly.  You know, this is a group of 3,000 that we\u2019ve assembled.  And I would get more thrill out of pardoning people that nobody knows \u2014 like Alice, yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>I thought Kim Kardashian was great because she brought Alice to my attention.  Alice was so great.  And the way she left that jail, and the tears and the love that she has with her family \u2014 I mean, to me, that was better than any celebrity that I can pardon.<\/p>\n<p>So we\u2019re looking at it.  But we are looking at literally thousands of names of people that have come to our attention that have been treated unfairly, or where their sentence is far too long.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, in the NBA, both Lebron James and Steph Curry say, if they win, they\u2019re not coming to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I didn\u2019t invite them.  No, I didn\u2019t invite Lebron James, and I didn\u2019t invite Steph Curry.  We\u2019re not going to invite either team.  But we have other teams that are coming.<\/p>\n<p>You know, if you look, we had Alabama, national champion; we had Clemson, national champion; we had the New England Patriots; we had the Pittsburgh Penguins last year.<\/p>\n<p>Q    What about the Caps?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I think we\u2019ll have the Caps.  I mean, we\u2019ll see.  You know my attitude: If they want to be here \u2014 it\u2019s the greatest place on Earth \u2014 I\u2019m here.  If they don\u2019t want to be here, I don\u2019t want them.<\/p>\n<p>Q    What\u2019s your response to Paul Ryan saying the FBI did the right thing (inaudible)?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I think if you look at what Paul Ryan is saying, it didn\u2019t come out that way.  The fact is, they had people in our campaign \u2014 they had people doing things that have never been done in the history of this country, and it really is a disgrace.  And frankly, that stuff is just starting to come out.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Fire who?<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  We\u2019ll see what happens.  We\u2019ll see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>Q    What do you think about Mitt Romney now saying you\u2019re a shoe-in to win again?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Mitt Romney said what?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mitt Romney said you\u2019re going to find it easy to win again.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, we\u2019re doing well.  Look, Mitt\u2019s a straight shooter.  Whether people love him or don\u2019t love him \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Q    Well, he called you a \u201ccon man\u201d last time.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Mitt Romney is a straight shooter.  And yeah, he \u2014 that\u2019s a very nice thing to say.  I appreciate that.  That\u2019s good.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, what do you have to say to Canada?  (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I love Canada, but they treat us very unfairly on trade.  Very, very unfairly.  You see the numbers.  Almost 300 percent on dairy.  So they treat us very unfairly.<\/p>\n<p>Are you guys all going?  You better get going, Peter.  We\u2019ll leave without you.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I would only do a deal if I get it through Congress.  I wouldn\u2019t do like Obama did.  And fortunately, he wasn\u2019t able to get it through.  You know, he tried to get it through \u2014 the Iran deal.  He tried to get it through Congress, failed.  So he just did it without, which is why I was able to break it up so easy.<\/p>\n<p>And Iran is now a different country.  They\u2019re not looking to the Mediterranean anymore; Iran is now a much different company \u2014 country since I did \u2014 since I signed that out, Iran is a much different country.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Do you support Senator Gardner\u2019s marijuana federalism bill?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I really do.  I support Senator Gardner.  I know exactly what he\u2019s doing; we\u2019re looking at it.  But I probably will end up supporting that, yes.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  The First Lady is great.  Right there.  She has to \u2014 and she wanted to go \u2014 can\u2019t fly for one month.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Why not?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  The doctors say.  She had a big operation.  That was a \u2014 close to a four-hour operation.  And she\u2019s doing great.  Right there.  And you know what?  She is a great First Lady.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible) sonic devices?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Terrible.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  We\u2019ll be talking to them, but that\u2019s terrible.  Okay, any other questions?<\/p>\n<p>Q    How do you feel about the fact that (inaudible)?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Was one of my lawyers.  Incredible that you can break into a lawyer\u2019s office.  That\u2019s one thing I can say.  And I think that was unfortunate that they broke into a lawyer\u2019s office.  Not a good practice.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, the Democrats \u2014 this is a Democrat bill.  The Democrats can end that very quickly.  All they have to do is sit down with us and negotiate a real bill allows us to keep criminals out of this country.  It\u2019s very easy.<\/p>\n<p>You know, Schumer is a guy \u2014 he complains, but he doesn\u2019t do anything.  Schumer is a guy who is an obstructer.  He can\u2019t do anything.  All he can do is obstruct.  All they have to do is call us and we\u2019ll draw a bill that gives us great border safety and security and is fair.  Because I don\u2019t like the children being separated from the parents.  I don\u2019t like it.  I hate it.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s a Democrat bill that we\u2019re enforcing.  We can change it in one day.  All they have to do is come and see us.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I can\u2019t hear your question, darling.  Too much competition.  Go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  No, you\u2019re not prepared.  I can\u2019t believe she\u2019s not prepared.  See they\u2019re shocked, right?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you going to bring up (inaudible)?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  We\u2019ll bring it up.  Yeah.  We\u2019ll bring it up.<\/p>\n<p>Q    What are you going to do for five hours on the plane?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I have work.  I have about 15 boxes of work.  I will be able to work without being bothered by phone calls, where you people are writing fake stories about me and we have to respond.<\/p>\n<p>No, seriously, I mean, I have a lot of work that\u2019s on the plane so that will be good.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you worried at all about the things that Rudy is saying in Israel?  Is he giving you any headaches?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Look, Rudy is great.  But Rudy is Rudy.  But Rudy is doing a very good job, actually.  Doing a very good job.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Is being a porn star respectable work?  He said it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  He said what?<\/p>\n<p>Q    He said that being a porn star is not respectable work.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I\u2019m not going to disagree with him on that.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I can\u2019t hear a word he\u2019s saying.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Was Dennis Rodman invited to North Korea?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  No, he wasn\u2019t, but I like Dennis.  A great rebounder.  You know when you think \u2014 Dennis was a great rebounder and he wasn\u2019t, relatively speaking, that tall.  So that tells you.  You know, there\u2019s a rebounding \u2014 there\u2019s a genius for that.  Dennis Rodman was a great rebounder.<\/p>\n<p>One thing we are thinking about, speaking of sports stars \u2014 the power to pardon is a beautiful thing.  You got to get it right.  You got to get the right people.  I am looking at Muhammad Ali.  But those are the famous people.  And in one way, it\u2019s easier, and people find it fascinating, but I want to do people that are unfairly treated like an Alice, where she comes out and there\u2019s something beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>What I am thinking to do \u2014 you have a lot of people in the NFL, in particular, but in sports leagues.  They\u2019re not proud enough to stand for our National Anthem.  I don\u2019t like that.  What I\u2019m going to do is I\u2019m going to say to them \u2014 instead of talk.  It\u2019s all talk, talk, talk.  We have a great country, you should stand for our National Anthem.  You shouldn\u2019t go in a locker room when our National Anthem is played.<\/p>\n<p>I am going to ask all of those people to recommend to me \u2014 because that\u2019s what they\u2019re protesting \u2014 people that they think were unfairly treated by the justice system.  And I understand that.  And I\u2019m going to ask them to recommend to me people that were unfairly treated \u2014 friends of theirs or people that they know about \u2014 and I\u2019m going to take a look at those applications.  And if I find, and my committee finds that they are unfairly treated, then we will pardon them or at least let them out.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Will you invite them to the White House for a roundtable about social \u2014<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  You know, I don\u2019t have to do that.  I\u2019m not looking to grandstand.  We\u2019ve got enough grandstanders in this town.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m just saying, for the leagues, if they have people \u2014 if the players, if the athletes have friends of theirs or people that they know about that have been unfairly treated by the system, let me know.<\/p>\n<p>Q    So do you need a celebrity advocate to get a pardon?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, you know, if you think about it, that\u2019s really \u2014 that becomes celebrity advocates.  But they know a lot of things that we\u2019re not going to know.  They\u2019ve seen a lot of abuse and they\u2019ve seen a lot of unfairness.  So if they have \u2014 how do you like that idea, David?<\/p>\n<p>Q    I\u2019ll leave it to you.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible)?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Oh, no.  I have the absolute right.  I don\u2019t have to do it.  Never did anything wrong.  And you know that better than anybody.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you concerned about reporters leaking to their sources?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I think you have a double edge.  Reporters can\u2019t leak.  You cannot leak classified information.  At the same time, we need freedom of the press.  But you cannot leak like Hillary Clinton did, like Comey did; you cannot leak classified information.  If you look at the young sailor \u2014 Saucier \u2014 I mean he went to jail over not classified, a much lower level.  And it\u2019s very unfair that he goes to jail, and that Comey\u2019s allowed to do it all over.  It\u2019s very unfair.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you much.  I\u2019ll see you in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>END<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;White House, South Lawn, 8:02 A.M. EDT. Question: Is the Comey report going to be your birthday present? THE PRESIDENT: Well, it seems that it\u2019s coming out on my birthday. Maybe that\u2019s appropriate. 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