{"id":75157,"date":"2019-02-23T11:29:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T19:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=75157"},"modified":"2019-02-23T11:29:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T19:29:15","slug":"president-trump-before-meeting-with-vice-premier-liu-he-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=75157","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Before Meeting with Vice Premier Liu He of the People\u2019s Republic of China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Thank you very much.  It\u2019s a great honor to be with the Vice Premier of China, a very highly respected man in China.  And we\u2019re negotiating trade and the trade agreement.  And we have many representatives from China and \u2014 as you\u2019d know, and most of you know who they are \u2014 many representatives from the United States.  I think we\u2019re getting along very well.  Ultimately, I think the biggest decisions and some even smaller decisions will be made by President Xi and myself.  And we expect to have a meeting sometime in the not-too-distant future.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/emAcmkrdzus\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And I can only say talks are going along well, but we\u2019re going to have to see what happens.  I think there\u2019ll be some points that this group won\u2019t agree on because maybe they\u2019re not supposed to agree on, allowed to agree on.  And I think President Xi and I will work out the final points, perhaps.  And perhaps not.<\/p>\n<p>So I just want to say, Mr. Vice Premier, it\u2019s a great honor to have you.<\/p>\n<p>VICE PREMIER LIU:  Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  And we thank you very much.<\/p>\n<p>VICE PREMIER LIU:  Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Would you like to say something?<\/p>\n<p>VICE PREMIER LIU:  Okay.  Thank you very, very much, Mr. President.  It\u2019s a great honor to meet you.  I came here \u2014 first I bring a message from our President.  If you don\u2019t mind, I ask the interpreter to read the letter to you.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Thank you.  Please.<\/p>\n<p>So, you can hear fine?  You\u2019ll speak for them (inaudible).<\/p>\n<p>INTERPRETER:  Okay.  Message from President Xi Jinping to President Donald J. Trump:<\/p>\n<p>Mr. President,<\/p>\n<p>As China and the U.S. are holding another round of high-level economic and trade talks, I entrust Vice Premier Liu He to be my Special Envoy and ask him to bring you my warm greetings and best regards. <\/p>\n<p>Not too long ago, you sent to me a special letter of festive greetings, together with the lovely video made for me and my wife by your grandchildren on the Chinese Lunar New Year.  We enjoyed the performance greatly and were happy to see that the little ones have kept improving in their Chinese.  We watched the video more than once and feel that we must (inaudible) for these adorable grandchildren of yours. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m also pleased to note that, to follow through on what has been agreed upon between the two of us in Argentina, our economic teams have, since lately, engaged in intensive consultations and made significant progress.  This has been well received in both our countries and in the wider international community.  It is my hope that our two sides will continue to work together in the spirit of mutual respect and win-win cooperation and could redouble our efforts so as to meet each other halfway and reach an agreement that works for our mutual benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. President, I stand ready to be in close touch with you through various means.  Please let me know if you have any specific thought in mind.<\/p>\n<p>To conclude, my wife Peng Liyuan and I wish to extend our season\u2019s greetings to you, Melania, and your family.  May you all enjoy happiness and success in the Year of the Pig.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Thank you very much.  That\u2019s very nice.  Say \u201cThank you very much\u201d; I would really appreciate if you would just give my warmest regards.<\/p>\n<p>The video he\u2019s talking about is a video made by Ivanka and Jared, and it\u2019s \u2014 their children speak fluent Chinese, even though they\u2019re very young.  They were taught, at a very young age, Chinese.  And when President Xi met Arabella, who\u2019s the oldest, he said this was like perfect Chinese from a \u2014 at the time, it was 5-year old \u2014 from a 5-year old girl from Beijing.  And I thought that was nice.  And they actually made a little video that they sent to President Xi.<\/p>\n<p>And if you want, we could even give them \u2014 I\u2019m sure the press wouldn\u2019t like to see the video but \u2014 (laughter) \u2014 if you would, just in case you would, I think it would be fine.  If you\u2019d like to do that, Jared, you could just give it to a few of the people.  But it was \u2014 I thought it was a very nice thing.  And it shows a great friendship between the two countries.  And that was really just a \u201cHappy New Year\u201d wish that was given in Chinese by Arabella \u2014 mostly by Arabella and her two brothers.  So I think it was \u2014 I think it\u2019s good.  I wouldn\u2019t mind if you gave it.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re having very good talks.  There\u2019s a chance that something very exciting could happen.  This is a deal that would be signed by me.  I\u2019ve been in touch with Congress.  I\u2019ve been telling many of the people in Congress exactly where we are.  We\u2019re, right now, getting a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of goods coming in \u2014 mostly technology and high technology.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re getting a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion worth of goods.  The 10 percent goes up as of March 1st.  It goes to a 25 percent number.  So we\u2019d be getting 25 percent on $250 billion.  And there\u2019s about $267 billion that\u2019s un-tariffed, untouched, which we\u2019ll discuss later.<\/p>\n<p>But if we could make a deal, we wouldn\u2019t have to bother with that discussion.  So we\u2019ll see what happens.  But we\u2019ve had very good talks.  As you know, Mr. Lighthizer has done a great job.  But it\u2019s only a great job, Bob, if you get it finished, right?<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  Yes, sir.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  And if it\u2019s a deal that\u2019s a good deal for both.<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  Yes, sir.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  And, Steve, great.  But it\u2019s only great if you get it done.<\/p>\n<p>Wilbur, Sonny \u2014 Sonny doesn\u2019t care; he just wants a lot of products being bought from the farmers.  Is that right, Sonny?  That\u2019s what you care about.  Sonny is more interested in the farmers than he is any other aspect.<\/p>\n<p>But Larry Kudlow, Mr. Ambassador \u2014 the longest-serving governor in the history of the country, as you know.  And now he\u2019s ambassador to China.  But he was the Governor of Iowa for 24 years, right?<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR BRANSTAD:  Twenty- \u2014 well, I would have been, except you appointed me as ambassador.  (Laughter.)<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Okay, but you were still the longest \u2014<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR BRANSTAD:  Twenty-two years and four months, yeah.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  It\u2019s the longest-serving governor in the history of our country.  I believe \u2014<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR BRANSTAD:  That\u2019s right.  That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  \u2014 (inaudible) from the time.  And you\u2019ve done a great job as governor and you\u2019re doing a great job as the ambassador to China.<\/p>\n<p>And I might tell the story that when the ambassador was a young man from Iowa, he was in China.  And he was dealing with people from China \u2014 both in Iowa and in China.  And he met a man who was a young man, and he is now the head of China \u2014 President Xi.  And he said to his wife \u2014 he came home \u2014 and this was how many years ago, Mr. Ambassador?<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR BRANSTAD:  Well, 1970 \u2014 1985 is when he came to Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Right, but \u2014<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR BRANSTAD:  1985.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  \u2014 you met him in 1978 or so, right?<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR BRANSTAD:  I went to China in \u201984, and then he was in Iowa in \u201985.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  So he met him, and he came home and he told his wife, \u201cI just met the next President of China.\u201d  And they say, \u201cHow would you know?\u201d  He said, \u201cBecause the competence of this man is so enormous that I believe he\u2019s going to be the next President of China.\u201d  And years go by, and he became the next President of China.  And they like each other.<\/p>\n<p>So when it came time to picking an ambassador from China, I say, \u201cI think I have the right guy.  He happens to be governor of the great state of Iowa.\u201d  And you have done a fantastic job.  But I thought that story was incredible.<\/p>\n<p>So, many years ago, he said that he knows who the next President of China is going to be.  I thought \u2014 I just think it\u2019s a great story.  And his wife confirms it fully, so that\u2019s good.<\/p>\n<p>So I just want to thank everybody for being here.  We\u2019re going to have discussions right now.  We\u2019re talking.  And again, I think we\u2019re making a lot of progress.  I think there\u2019s a very, very good chance that a deal could be made.  We\u2019ll be meeting at some point with President Xi \u2014 assuming we go further along the line, Bob.  Could you say a couple of words to that as to the potential of a meeting \u2014 whether or not we will (inaudible)?<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  We\u2019ve made progress on some very important structural issues and some progress on purchases.  We have a few very, very big hurdles that we still have to face, but if we make \u2014 if we continue to make progress, that would be a great outcome, and I think the Vice Premier agrees with that.<\/p>\n<p>VICE PREMIER LIU:  Yes, we too have made great progress.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Made great progress.  I think we have made great progress.  Steve Mnuchin, what would you say?<\/p>\n<p>SECRETARY MNUCHIN:  I would just add that the Vice Premier and his team have agreed to extend their trip for two days, so we will be meeting all day tomorrow and into Sunday so we can continue on a very important \u2014 this is \u2014 the ambassador has done a very good job at documenting multiple MOUs that will be binding and enforceable and cover all different types of industries.<\/p>\n<p>If we can successfully conclude this, this will be very good for U.S. business and finally allowing China to open up to U.S. business.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Why do you bother putting it in a form of a letter of intent or whatever you want to call it?  To me, it\u2019s a waste of time.<\/p>\n<p>SECRETARY MNUCHIN:  Well, we want to make sure.  These are very important issues.  There\u2019s hundreds of issues that we\u2019re dealing with \u2014 everything from financial services to currency, to forced technology transfer, to aircraft, to express shipping, to different industries.  So these are very complicated issues that the ambassador \u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Currency manipulation \u2014 a very important subject which a lot people didn\u2019t even think in terms of.<\/p>\n<p>SECRETARY MNUCHIN:  Yes.  And that\u2019s one of the areas, Mr. President, we actually concluded and reached an agreement \u2014 one of the strongest agreements ever on currency.  But we have a lot of work to do over the next two days on many issues.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Have you discussed and reached a final agreement on currency?<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  We have on currency, but we have a lot more work to do over the next two days.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  To stabilize currencies.<\/p>\n<p>Okay.  Wilbur Ross.<\/p>\n<p>SECRETARY ROSS:  I\u2019m very encouraged by what\u2019s going on.  I think that the tariff situation is an important one, that this could be a good substitute for it if we can fill in more of the blanks.  But there\u2019s a lot more to be done, as everybody has said.  So it\u2019s a little early for champagne.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  No, I agree with that.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary, go ahead.  For the farmers, (inaudible).<\/p>\n<p>SECRETARY PERDUE:  I think the work that\u2019s being done on both sides is very, very important.  And I\u2019m happy to hear the progress, obviously.  I think everybody understands, Mr. President, this deal will be consummated \u2014 if there is a deal \u2014 by you and President Xi.  And we understand that.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, you have some great negotiators on your side, as does the Vice Premier, in that regard.  There are a lot of details to work through, but ultimately you and President Xi are going to have to really do the deal.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I think we\u2019re doing very well with regard to farmers and the buying of products from our farmers at a certain point.  They\u2019ve already made a big commitment to do that.  But this will be a very, very substantial farm deal.  This will be the biggest farm deal ever made, if you think about it.  I don\u2019t think anything will be close, because it\u2019s China.  So hopefully, if we arrive at a deal, they\u2019ll be buying lots of every form of farm product.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ambassador, would you say something, if you\u2019d like?<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR BRANSTAD:  Well, I think this is probably a very historic time.  And these are the two biggest economies in the world.  And if these difficult structural issues can get worked out, I think it will be tremendously beneficial not only to China and the United States, but to the whole world economy.<\/p>\n<p>So I know people have been working very hard.  We\u2019ve had many, many sessions, both in Beijing and here.  And I appreciate the hard work and the diligence that\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Thank you.  Yeah, it\u2019s going very well.<\/p>\n<p>Peter, would you like to say something?  This is a gentleman that loves tariffs, by the way.  He\u2019s like me.  He and I \u2014 he loves tariffs.  Peter, go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>MR. NAVARRO:  I agree with you, sir.  Tariffs are simple and they\u2019re enforceable.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Right.  Right.  Okay.  That\u2019s all you have to say?  But it\u2019s \u2014 it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n<p>MR. NAVARRO:  I wish the team luck.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Good.  They\u2019re doing a good job.<\/p>\n<p>Larry.<\/p>\n<p>MR. KUDLOW:  I\u2019ll just echo.  And, you know, a good deal that is enforceable \u2014 that\u2019s so important to the United States and to you.  But if you get a good deal and we can reduce these barriers, I think it will be good for growth and prosperity for the U.S. and for China, sir.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I think the relationship has been very good.  That\u2019s what I will say, more than anything else.  As to whether we make a deal or not, who knows?  But I think we have a good chance.  But I think the relationship is outstanding.  I think the relationship that we have now with China is better than it\u2019s ever been.  And that\u2019s being \u2014 you know, making a big statement.  Our relationship, the President \u2014 the President\u2019s relationship with me, President Xi\u2019s relationship with me \u2014 I think that it\u2019s the strongest it\u2019s ever been.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things that\u2019s so important to me is the fentanyl.  And President Xi has agreed to criminalize the sale of fentanyl.  Right now, it\u2019s not a criminal product because I guess they call it \u201cindustrial,\u201d or they call it something.  But it\u2019s not a criminal product.  And China has much tougher laws than we do in this country on drugs, so they don\u2019t have a big drug problem in China.  They have a thing called the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>And China has much tougher laws than we do.  But they\u2019ve agreed to criminalize the sale of fentanyl, including the sale of fentanyl to the United States.  And that is a tremendous thing because, as you know, most of it, if not all of it, comes from China.  That would be a tremendous thing, in terms of our war on drugs.<\/p>\n<p>So I very much appreciate that.  And that\u2019s another thing we\u2019ll be finalizing, hopefully, at the meeting that we have.<\/p>\n<p>So subject to where they are \u2014 and we\u2019re going to have a meeting now \u2014 but subject to where they are, we will be having at least an additional meeting.  And then, ultimately, we\u2019ll have a meeting with myself and President Xi to discuss the final terms and things that haven\u2019t been agreed to.  But I think a lot of those things have been agreed to, but they want he and I to agree to them in a final form.  But the fentanyl is so important to us.  The criminalization of fentanyl is so important to us, and we appreciate that.<\/p>\n<p>I want to just thank everybody for being with us.  Mr. Vice Premier, I want to thank you very much.  Their trip is being extended, as Steve said.  Their trip is being extended by two days, unexpectedly, because they are making great progress.  So they\u2019ll be here for an extra couple of days.<\/p>\n<p>So what would that include?  That would be Sunday, Monday?  Or \u2014<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  It will be all day Saturday and all day Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  All day Sunday.  So they\u2019ll be leaving on Sunday night and Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>So, great progress being made.  Let\u2019s see what happens.  Thank you all very much.  I appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, do you expect to extend the deadline because of the progress here?  Or will you still stick with March 1st?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, I set the deadline of March 1st, and right now it\u2019s at 10 percent.  And I think that if \u2014 I mean, you can tell this to President Xi \u2014 I think \u2014 and if I see progress being made, substantial progress being made, it would not be inappropriate to extend that deadline \u2014 keep it at 10 percent, instead of raising it to 25 percent.  And I would be inclined to doing that.  I haven\u2019t even spoken to my people about it.  Most people assume it\u2019ll just kick in automatically \u2014 the 25 percent.  But I\u2019m the one that said it, and I think it was a reasonable period of time.<\/p>\n<p>But we\u2019re covering things that we didn\u2019t even know we\u2019d be covering.  We\u2019re going very deep into the trade, and covering items that a lot of people wanted to cover and nobody thought we\u2019d ever get to.  But we have a one-time shot at making a great deal for both countries.  And so we are going to give it.<\/p>\n<p>So it depends on where we are.  If we\u2019re doing well \u2014 Jeff, if we\u2019re doing very well on the negotiation, I could see extending that.  And I don\u2019t think it would have to be a long-term extension because I would imagine that if it took, Steve, another month or so or less \u2014<\/p>\n<p>SECRETARY MNUCHIN:  Yeah, I think our expectation is to conclude this quickly.  And if we get to the point, over the next few days, of making progress, recommending a meeting for you and President Xi in March.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Yeah.  So dependent on how they do over the next few days, I would certainly consider that.  Okay?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Is drawing down U.S. troops a consideration?  Is drawing down U.S. troops a consideration in your upcoming summit with North Korean Kim Jong Un?  And \u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  No, it\u2019s not.  No.  That was not a consideration.  That\u2019s not \u2014 that is not one of the things on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Q    What is on the table?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Oh, you really want me to discuss that now?<\/p>\n<p>Q    I do.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Everything is on the table.  Everything.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, do have any concerns about the Labor Secretary tampering with the Jeffrey Epstein case?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I really don\u2019t know too much about it.  I know he\u2019s done a great job as Labor Secretary.  And that seems like a long time ago.  But I know he\u2019s been a fantastic Labor Secretary.  That\u2019s all I can really tell you about.  That\u2019s all I know about.<\/p>\n<p>Q    What about the charges against Bob Kraft?  He\u2019s a friend of yours.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, it\u2019s very sad.  I was very surprised to see it.  He\u2019s proclaimed his innocence totally, and \u2014 but I\u2019m very surprised to see it.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Have you spoken with Bill Barr about the release of the Mueller report?  Have you spoken with him about that?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  No, I have not.  No.<\/p>\n<p>Q    You\u2019ve said nothing to him about it?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I have not.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Do you expect to?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  At some point, I guess I\u2019ll be talking about it.  But you know the nice part?  There was no collusion.  There was no obstruction.  There was no anything.  So that\u2019s the nice part.  There was no phone calls, no nothing.  We have a \u2014 I won a race.  You know why I won the race?  Because I was a better candidate than she was.  And it had nothing to do with Russia, and everybody knows it\u2019s a hoax.  It\u2019s one of the greatest hoaxes ever perpetrated on this country.<\/p>\n<p>So I look forward to seeing the report.  If it\u2019s an honest report, it will say that.  If it\u2019s not an honest report, it won\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Q    You\u2019ve been at this and your teams have been at this trade deal for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Yeah, well, it\u2019s not a long time when you consider it\u2019s probably the biggest deal ever made.<\/p>\n<p>Q    It seems like it\u2019s getting close to the finish line.  At this point, when you boil it all down, do you believe it\u2019s more likely that a deal does happen or a deal doesn\u2019t happen?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, I think I can speak for the United States \u2014 the question is an interesting one.  Is it more likely that a deal happens or doesn\u2019t happen?  Speaking for the United States, I would say it\u2019s probably more likely that a deal does happen.  But that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking for China, if you\u2019d like to add \u2014 answer that question, you can.  But I would say that it\u2019s more likely that a deal will happen.  The fact that they\u2019re staying \u2014 and this is a very high delegation.  This is a man who is revered all throughout China, as the Vice Premier.  So the fact that they\u2019re willing to stay for a quite a bit longer period \u2014 doubling up the time \u2014 that means something.  I think there\u2019s a good chance that it happens.<\/p>\n<p>Go ahead.  Would you like to answer that question?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President \u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Wait.  Would you like to answer that question?<\/p>\n<p>VICE PREMIER LIU:  Thank you, Mr. President.  May I speak Chinese instead of English?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Yes, please.  Speak Chinese and you \u2014 you\u2019ll speak louder.<\/p>\n<p>VICE PREMIER LIU:  Okay.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  They can\u2019t hear you.<\/p>\n<p>TRANSLATOR:  I will.<\/p>\n<p>VICE PREMIER LIU:  (As interpreted.)  So from China, we believe it is that \u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  You have to speak louder.  I\u2019m sorry.<\/p>\n<p>VICE PREMIER LIU:  (As interpreted.)  From China, we believe that is very likely that it will happen and we hope that ultimately we\u2019ll have a deal.  And the Chinese side is ready to ready to make our utmost effort.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I think we both feel that way.  I think we both feel that there\u2019s a very good chance that the deal will happen.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, on troops in Syria, why are you reversing course?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I\u2019m not reversing course.  I have done something that nobody else has been able to do.  In another short period of time, like hours \u2014 you\u2019ll be hearing \u201chours and days\u201d \u2014 you\u2019ll be hearing about the caliphate.  It will \u2014 it\u2019s 100 percent defeated.  Nobody has been able to say that.  That doesn\u2019t mean there aren\u2019t some very bad people walking around and strapping on bombs and all of these things.  But we\u2019ve done a job that nobody else has been able to do.<\/p>\n<p>I heard Lindsey Graham this morning congratulating me on having defeated the cal- \u2014 you know, the caliphate.  And, frankly, I\u2019m getting a lot of congratulations.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, we can leave a small force along with others in the force \u2014 whether it\u2019s NATO troops or whoever it might be \u2014 so that it doesn\u2019t start up again.  And I\u2019m okay \u2014 it\u2019s a very small, tiny fraction of the people that we have.  And a lot of people like that idea and I\u2019m open to ideas.<\/p>\n<p>But the 2,500 people that we\u2019ve had there will be going to different parts of the world.  They may be going over to Iraq, where we have a very powerful base \u2014 a base that cost billions of dollars to build, frankly, and that we\u2019ll be using.  But we have had tremendous success in defeating the caliphate.<\/p>\n<p>And now everybody is admitting I did more in the last three or four weeks than people have done in years.  And it\u2019s been very successful, but we want to make sure it stays that way.<\/p>\n<p>Yes.  Please.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Tech transfers \u2014 going back to the trade deal \u2014 we\u2019ve heard that you haven\u2019t made a whole lot of progress on the tech transfers \u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Do you want to talk about the transfers?  Tech \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Q    Does that still have to be part of the deal \u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Yeah, I\u2019ll let Bob answer that.  Go ahead, Bob.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Thanks.<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  The answer is, yes.  It\u2019s one of the structural issues.  It has to be done properly.  I mean, we\u2019ve made a lot of progress.  So whoever told you we weren\u2019t just didn\u2019t know what they\u2019re talking about.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, why haven\u2019t you condemned the North \u2014 the North Carolina election fraud?  This is a big story.  The Republican candidate is calling for a new election.  Why have you not condemned that, given you\u2019ve condemned other kinds of voter fraud?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, I condemn any election fraud.  And when I look at what\u2019s happened in California with the votes, when I look at what happened \u2014 as you know, there was just a case where they found a million fraudulent votes.  When I look at what\u2019s happened in Texas \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Q    There haven\u2019t been any cases (inaudible) \u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Excuse me.  Excuse me.  When I look at what\u2019s happened in Texas.  When I look at that catastrophe that took place in Florida where the Republican candidates kept getting less and less and less and less.  And fortunately, Rick Scott and Ron ended up winning their election, but it was disgraceful what happened there.<\/p>\n<p>So I look at a lot of different places all over the country.  I condemn any voter fraud of any kind, whether it\u2019s Democrat or Republican \u2014 or when you look at some of the things that happened in California, in particular.  When you look at what\u2019s happened in Texas with all of those votes that they recently found were not exactly properly done, I condemn all of it.  And that includes North Carolina, if anything \u2014 you know, I guess they\u2019re going to be doing a final report.  But I\u2019d like to see the final report.  But any form of election fraud, I condemn.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, when do you want to have that meeting with President Xi?  And do expect to have that at Mar-a-Lago?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Probably at Mar-a-Lago.  Probably fairly soon, during the month of March.  Bob, do you have a date?  Steve, do you have a date?<\/p>\n<p>SECRETARY MNUCHIN:  We\u2019re planning it with your schedule, Mr. President.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Okay, so there \u2014 we have two schedules.  And we\u2019ll be planning that with the schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Do you have any concerns about Michael Cohen\u2019s testimony before Congress this week?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  No.  No.  No.<\/p>\n<p>[Crosstalk.]<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  It\u2019s lawyer-client, but, you know \u2014 he\u2019s taking his own chances.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Where do things stand with Huawei and ZTE?  Would you still consider a ban of Chinese technology?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, ZTE paid a big fine of $1.2 billion, which nobody has ever even heard of before.  And we want everybody to compete.  And I guess it will be somewhat of a subject that we\u2019re talking about here, Bob.  We\u2019ll be talking about it.  We may or may not include that in this deal.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Include what?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Would you drop criminal charges?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  The Huawei and ZTE.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Would you drop criminal charges against Huawei as part of this deal?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  We\u2019re going to be discussing all of that during the course of the next couple of weeks.  And we\u2019ll be talking to the U.S. Attorneys.  We\u2019ll be talking to the Attorney General.  But we\u2019ll be making that decision.  Right now it\u2019s not something that we\u2019re discussing.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Do you think that (inaudible) Republicans will stick with you on the \u2014 on your emergency declaration and vote against the joint resolution?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Oh, I think they\u2019ll stick.  Yeah.  Everybody knows we need border security.  We need a wall.  I think it\u2019s a very bad subject for the Democrats.  We need a wall.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve apprehended more people than we have in many, many years.  \u201cApprehended,\u201d meaning we\u2019ve gotten.  With the wall, we wouldn\u2019t even have to apprehend them if we had the proper structure.  It\u2019s costing us a lot of money with the military; we have a lot of military there.  We have tremendous border control and border security there.<\/p>\n<p>We have \u2014 I\u2019ll tell you what, the people of border security, people of ICE, the law enforcement, generally speaking, have done an incredible job at the border.  We have caravans heading up and we\u2019re able to head out the caravans.  We\u2019ve done a great job.  But if we had the wall, it would be much easier.  And, frankly, it would be a job that would be perfecto.  And it would cost actually, ultimately, a lot less money.<\/p>\n<p>Q    So you don\u2019t think that the joint resolution \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President \u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  What?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Okay, I have question from China Daily.  I \u2014 you \u2013<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  China Daily.<\/p>\n<p>Q    \u2014 you tweeted yesterday that the U.S. would not block out, currently, more advanced technology in terms of 5Gs, 6Gs.  What do you mean?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, I\u2019d like to have all companies be able to compete.  I don\u2019t want to artificially block people out based on excuses or based on security.  I don\u2019t want to have a security problem.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Including Huawei?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Wait.  I\u2019m talking about everybody, really \u2014 including.  But I\u2019m talking about everybody.  I don\u2019t want to use artificial blocking.  We want to have great 5G.  Ultimately, that\u2019s going to morph into 6G.  And probably 6G will be obsolete in about two months, the way it\u2019s going \u2014 you know, the way that whole world moves.  But 6G, at some point in the future, will be obsolete.<\/p>\n<p>But I want to have competition with China.  Fair competition.  I don\u2019t want to block out anybody if we can help it.  Now if there\u2019s going to be a security reason or something, then we have no choice, but that is one of the things we\u2019ll be discussing today.  We want to have open competition.  We\u2019ve always done very well in open competition.<\/p>\n<p>Go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, your officials mentioned that was a deal on currency.  Can you explain to us what that was?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, we\u2019ll let you know at the appropriate time, but we have a deal on currency and currency manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Will you definitively veto that resolution that was introduced today that would block your national emergency if it passes?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  On the wall?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Yes.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Will I veto it?  100 percent.  100 percent.  And I don\u2019t think it survives a veto; we have too many smart people that want border security, so I can\u2019t imagine it could survive a veto.  But I will veto it, yes.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, last year you had dropped all U.S. assistance to Pakistan because of terrorists coming from there.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  No, I stopped paying Pakistan the $1.3 billion that we were paying them.  In the meantime, we may set up some meetings with Pakistan.  Pakistan was very taking very strong advantage of the United States under other Presidents and we were paying Pakistan $1.3 billion a year.  I ended that payment to Pakistan because they weren\u2019t helping us in a way that they should have.<\/p>\n<p>And honestly, we\u2019ve had \u2014 we\u2019ve developed a much better relationship with Pakistan over the last short period of time than we had.  But I did; I ended the payment.  We were paying Pakistan $1.3 billion a year.  I ended that about nine months ago.  A lot of people don\u2019t know that, but I ended it nine months ago.<\/p>\n<p>Q    But terrorists are still coming from Pakistan, attacking in Afghanistan and India (inaudible).<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  But what are you talking about?  What are you \u2014 what are you trying to refer to?  You\u2019ll have to speak up.  I can\u2019t hear you.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Terrorists coming from Pakistan have attacked Indian forces in Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  That\u2019s right.  No, it\u2019s a terrible thing going on right now between Pakistan and India.  It\u2019s a very, very bad situation, and it\u2019s a very dangerous situation between the two countries.  And we would like to see it stop.  A lot of people were just killed and we want to see it stopped.  We\u2019re very much involved in that.  Yes, if that\u2019s what you\u2019re referring to.<\/p>\n<p>Q    People in India are seeking right to self-defense \u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  No, India is looking at something very strong.  And, I mean, India just lost almost 50 people and \u2014 with an attack, so I can understand that also.  But we\u2019re talking and a lot of people are talking, but it is a very, very delicate balance going on right now.  There\u2019s a lot of problems between India and Pakistan because of what just happened in Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>Are you talking about Kashmir?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  In Kashmir, it\u2019s very dangerous.  Yes, please.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, on Huawei, sir, just one quick follow-up: Are you planning an executive order on Huawei?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, we\u2019re not doing anything right now.  We may or may not put that in the trade agreement.  We may be discussing it, but we\u2019d only do that in conjunction with the Attorney General of the United States because that is a matter that is outside of what we\u2019re doing.  So we do that with the Attorney General, if we do anything.  And I guess there\u2019s a question as to whether or not that\u2019s being included in the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, we haven\u2019t gotten your response yet to Amazon pulling out of New York City, your home city \u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I think it\u2019s a big loss to New York City.  I think it\u2019s a big loss.  I think it\u2019s a \u2014 if you look at the deal, the deal was not a great deal from the standpoint of \u2014 they could\u2019ve made a better deal than that, a much better deal.  But still, I think it\u2019s a loss for New York City.<\/p>\n<p>And the $3 billion wasn\u2019t a check; it was a form of taxes over a period of time that now they\u2019ll never see because, you know, they were going to take in a lot of jobs; they were going to take in a lot taxes.  So I think it\u2019s a big loss for New York City.  It\u2019s the kind of thinking that our country is going to, on the Left, on the radical Left.  But ultimately, it\u2019s not good for jobs and it\u2019s not good for the economy.<\/p>\n<p>But I think it was a big loss for New York City.  I come from New York City.  I love New York City.  I think it was big loss for New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, sir.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, when were you briefed, sir, on the Coast Guard member who was arrested for threatening Democrats and other members of the media?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I\u2019m actually getting a very final briefing and a very complete briefing in about two hours after this.<\/p>\n<p>Q    And do you have any thoughts on this man \u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I think it\u2019s a shame.<\/p>\n<p>Q    \u2014 who went after members of the media?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Yeah.  I think it\u2019s a very sad thing, I mean, when a thing like that happens.  And I\u2019ve expressed that, but I\u2019m actually a very complete briefing in about two hours.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Do you think that you bear any responsibility for moderating your language when it comes to that?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  No, I don\u2019t.  I think my language is very nice.<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p>Q    From People\u2019s Daily China \u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  From China.  From China.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Trade conflict have been one year.  Now negotiation is going on.  So what\u2019s your \u2014 what do you think?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Who are you with in China?<\/p>\n<p>Q    People\u2019s Daily China newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  People\u2019s Daily.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Yeah.  And then what do you think \u2014 that cooperation is still the good solution between the two \u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:   Great cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  We have great cooperation, both ways, with China.  And a lot of good things are happening.  I mean, I think you see that.  So many people, every day, \u201cThey are going to make a deal; they aren\u2019t going to make a deal.\u201d  They don\u2019t know.  They have no idea.  It\u2019s fake news.  You know, it\u2019s one of those things.<\/p>\n<p>Do they have fake news in China?  I think so.  (Laughter.)<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s a question: Are they going to make a deal?  Aren\u2019t they?  I think we have a very good chance of making a deal.  But both parties want to make it a meaningful deal.  We don\u2019t want to make a deal that doesn\u2019t \u2014 I can speak for the Vice Premier, I can speak for President Xi, I can speak for myself: Both parties want to make this a real deal and we want to make it a meaningful deal, not a deal that\u2019s done and doesn\u2019t mean anything.<\/p>\n<p>We want to make this a deal that\u2019s going to last for many, many years, and a deal that\u2019s going to be good for both countries.  But we want to make it meaningful.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with that being said, China has the advantage of having many years of tremendous success at the expense of the United States, so they understand that.  And I never blamed China for that; I blamed our past leaders.  Our leaders have done a lousy job with trade.  Our country lost $800 billion last year with trade, generally.  Eight hundred billion dollars.<\/p>\n<p>So the Vice Premier understands that.  So this same agreement should have been made 20 years ago, not now.  Because, for 20 years, the United States has been really taken advantage of.  And I\u2019m not blaming China, but we should\u2019ve done the same thing to them.  But we didn\u2019t do that.  We had Presidents that didn\u2019t do their job.  You want to know the truth?  We had Presidents that did not do their job.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Will the MOUs be a long-term deal?  How long would your MOUs stay in place?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I think the MOU is going to be very short-term \u2014 no.  I \u2014 we expect to go into \u2014 I don\u2019t like MOUs because they don\u2019t mean anything.  To me, they don\u2019t mean anything.  I think you\u2019re better off just going into a document.  I was never a fan of an MOU.<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  An MOU is a contract.  It\u2019s the way trade agreements are generally used.  People refer to it like it\u2019s a term sheet.  It\u2019s not a term sheet.  It\u2019s an actual contract between the two parties.  A memorandum of understanding is a binding agreement between two people.  And that\u2019s what we\u2019re talking about.  It\u2019s detailed; it covers everything in great detail.  It\u2019s just called a memorandum of understanding.  That\u2019s a legal term.  It\u2019s a contract.<\/p>\n<p>Q    And would you think that would be a very long-term deal, sir?<\/p>\n<p>VICE PREMIER LIU:  Yes.  Yes.  Yes.  (Inaudible.)  Yes.<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  Contracts last while they last.  There\u2019s no term.  They last while they last.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  By the way, I disagree.  I think that a memorandum of understanding is not a contract to the extent that we want.  We\u2019re going to have \u2014 we\u2019re doing a memorandum of understanding that will be put into a final contract, I assume.  But, to me, the final contract is really the thing, Bob \u2014 and I think you mean that, too \u2014 is really the thing that means something.<\/p>\n<p>A memorandum of understanding is exactly that: It\u2019s a memorandum of what our understanding is.  But, to me, the contract is \u2014 the real question is, Bob, so we do a memorandum of understanding, which, frankly, you could do or not do.  I don\u2019t care if you do it or not.  To me, it doesn\u2019t mean very much.  But if you do a memorandum of \u2014 how long will it take to put that into a final, binding contract?<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  From now on, we\u2019re not using the word \u201cmemorandum of understanding\u201d anymore.  We\u2019re going to the term \u201ctrade agreement.\u201d  All right?<\/p>\n<p>VICE PREMIER LIU:  Okay.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Right.<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  No more.  We\u2019ll never use the term again.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Good.<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  We\u2019ll have the same document.  It\u2019s going to be called a \u201ctrade agreement.\u201d  We\u2019re never going to use \u201cMOU\u201d again.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Are they going to put that into another agreement?<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  It\u2019ll \u2014 what we\u2019ll have will be a trade agreement that, if we have \u2014 we have major hurdles.  I don\u2019t want to put the cart in front of the horse.  Assuming you decide on an agreement, it\u2019ll signed by the two people.  It\u2019ll be a trade agreement between the United States and China.  We\u2019re not going to use (inaudible) \u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Good.  Good.  I like that much better.  I like that term much better.<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  Do you agree with that?<\/p>\n<p>VICE PREMIER LIU:  Okay.  I agree.  I fully agree.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I don\u2019t \u2014 I wouldn\u2019t go into a memorandum.  I would go right into a trade agreement.  Either you\u2019re going to make a deal, or you\u2019re not.  To have these other agreements doesn\u2019t mean anything \u2014<\/p>\n<p>AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  We\u2019re never using that word again.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  \u2014 because they\u2019re not that meaningful, in my opinion.  But anyway, I like that much better.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, what do you think needs to be done after your meeting with Lynne Patton on NYCHA?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  On what?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you going to be meeting with Lynne Patton of the New York City Housing Authority?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Yeah, Lynne Patton is great.  And I can tell you, the New York City Housing Authority \u2014 the Mayor of New York has done a terrible job with public housing.  We\u2019re trying to help them, but the Mayor of the City of New York has done a terrible job with respect to public housing.  We\u2019re getting reports back, and it\u2019s a disgrace how badly New York City handles its public housing.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Do you have any thoughts on Bill de Blasio heading to Iowa?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, I think he has to learn how to run New York City before he starts running the country because he hasn\u2019t done a very good job \u2014 including, by the way, with Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>Q    On North Korea, your own administration officials say that Kim Jong Un has not actually decided yet whether he wants to denuclearize.  So how can you meet with him if he doesn\u2019t even want to get the goal that you want?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  We have had such a great relationship, and China has helped us a lot with North Korea and with Kim Jong Un since I got to office.<\/p>\n<p>If I were not elected President, you would have been in a war with North Korea.  We now have a situation where the relationships are good \u2014 where there has been no nuclear testing, no missiles, no rockets.  We got our hostages back.  And we have many of the remains back, and coming back rapidly \u2014 the remains of our great warriors from many, many years ago.  And the families are so thrilled and so happy.  We\u2019ve had a great relationship.<\/p>\n<p>The Singapore was a tremendous success.  Only the fake news likes to portray it otherwise.  We would\u2019ve gone \u2014 we would\u2019ve been \u2014 we would have literally been in a war with North Korea, in my opinion, had I not been elected.<\/p>\n<p>Okay.  Thank you very much everybody.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Thank you.  We\u2019ll see how it goes.  I think it will be successful.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Do you think Steve King should run again for Congress?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I can\u2019t hear you.  You have to speak up.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Do you think Steve King should run again for Congress?  He said he\u2019d run.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  You know, I don\u2019t know anything about the situation.  When did he announce that?<\/p>\n<p>Q    He said \u2014 today, he said he wanted to run.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I have not seen it.  He hasn\u2019t told me anything.  So we\u2019ll have to take a look.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you still in touch with him?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I haven\u2019t spoken to him in a long time, no.  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