{"id":75969,"date":"2019-03-08T13:50:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T21:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=75969"},"modified":"2019-03-08T13:50:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T21:50:23","slug":"president-trump-before-marine-one-departure-to-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=75969","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Before Marine One Departure to Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Well, the economy is doing very well.  We\u2019re seeing wages rise more than they have at any time for a long, long time.  Wages are going up first time for many years \u2014 I talked about it during the campaign \u2014 for over 20 years.  So, I\u2019m happy about that.  The economy is very, very strong.  If you look at the stock market over the last few months, it\u2019s been great.  And certainly since my election, it\u2019s up \u2014 getting close to 50 percent \u2014 the stock market.  So, we\u2019re obviously very happy with that.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W2fqUdM8CNo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We will \u2014 I think as soon as these trade deals are done, if they get done \u2014 and we\u2019re working with China; we\u2019ll see what happens \u2014 but I think you\u2019re going to see a very big spike.  A lot of people are waiting to see what happens with the China deal.  Mexico, Canada is done.  We\u2019ll be submitting to Congress very shortly.  And that\u2019s a great deal for the United States, so we\u2019re very happy about that.<\/p>\n<p>And I am now, as you know, going to Alabama.  Some of you are joining me.  But I look forward to it.  I\u2019ll be meeting with Governor Ivey.  The people of Alabama, they got hit very hard by the tornadoes.  We\u2019re stopping there, then we\u2019re going to Florida.  And we\u2019re going to do a lot of work.  We\u2019ll be working very hard.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Your reaction to Manafort\u2019s sentencing?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I feel very badly for Paul Manafort.  I think it\u2019s been a very, very tough time for him.  But if you notice, both his lawyer \u2014 a highly respected man and a very highly respected judge \u2014 the judge said there was no collusion with Russia.  It\u2019s had nothing to do with collusion.  There was no collusion.  It\u2019s a collusion hoax.  It\u2019s a collusion witch-hoax.  I don\u2019t collude with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>So I just want to tell you that his lawyer went out of his way, actually, to make a statement last night.  No collusion with Russia.  There was absolutely none.  The judge, I mean, for whatever reason \u2014 I was very honored by it \u2014 also made the statement that this had nothing do with collusion with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>So, you know, keep it going.  Let\u2019s go.  Keep the hoax going.  Just a hoax.  Senator Burr said there\u2019s no collusion.  If you look at Devin Nunes and the House Intelligence Commission \u2014 Committee \u2014 they said there\u2019s no collusion.  And guess what?  There is none.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Is 20,000 new jobs good enough, sir?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  What?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Is 20,000 new jobs good enough for you, sir?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, it\u2019s a step.  I think you\u2019ll probably find out it averages out.  The unemployment rate just went lower.  We\u2019re down now to 3.8 percent, so we had very good news on that.<\/p>\n<p>I think the big news, really, was that wages went up.  And that\u2019s great for the American worker.  That\u2019s something people \u2014 I don\u2019t know if they ever expected to see it.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, we\u2019re hearing rumblings from China that they\u2019re not really positive about a trade deal and that perhaps (inaudible) may not happen.  Where is that?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I haven\u2019t heard that.  I think they\u2019re doing well.  But if it happened that way, we\u2019ll do even better.  We\u2019ll do very well either way, with or without a deal.  But you\u2019re telling me something that I have not heard.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Do you feel confident that you can get a trade deal with China?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Yeah.  Sure.  I\u2019m confident.  But if we don\u2019t make a very good deal for our country, I wouldn\u2019t make a deal.  If this isn\u2019t a great deal, I won\u2019t make a deal.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you ruling out a pardon for Manafort?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Say it?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you ruling out a pardon for Manafort?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I don\u2019t even discuss it.  I have \u2014 the only one discussing it is you.  I haven\u2019t discussed it.<\/p>\n<p>I know that, in watching and seeing you folks at night, that Michael Cohen lied about the pardon.  It was a stone-cold lie.  And he\u2019s lied about a lot of things, but when he lied about the pardon, that was really a lie.  And he knew all about pardons.  His lawyers said that they went to my lawyers and asked for pardons.  And I can go a step above that, but I won\u2019t go do it now.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Why do you think Cohen is suing the Trump organization?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Why what?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Why do you think Cohen is suing the Trump organization?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  It\u2019s the most ridiculous suit I\u2019ve ever seen.  Bad lawyer.  I had a bad lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Go ahead.  That happens.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Your administration is being sued by Planned Parenthood over Title 10 funding.  What\u2019s your reaction to that?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  We\u2019ll make a comment on it later.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Talk.  Talk.  Up.  You\u2019re competing with a helicopter, John.<\/p>\n<p>Q    On immigration and what\u2019s going on in Congress now, are you certain that they will not be able to override your veto?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I think that it\u2019s going very well.  The border \u2014 we\u2019re doing a great job.  We\u2019re apprehending record numbers of people \u2014 75,000 over the last short period of time.  That\u2019s a lot of work.  And with a wall, we wouldn\u2019t have to do it.<\/p>\n<p>No, I think we\u2019re doing fine in Congress.  They understand it\u2019s an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Michael Cohen\u2019s decision to testify (inaudible) your decision to walk (inaudible) with North Korea?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, time will tell, but I have a feeling that our relationship with North Korea \u2014 Kim Jong Un and myself \u2014 Chairman Kim \u2014 I think it\u2019s a very good one.  I think it remains good.  I would be surprised, in a negative way, if he did anything that was not per our understanding.  But we\u2019ll see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>Look, when I came in \u2014 under the Obama administration, North Korea was a disaster.  You were going to war, folks, whether you know it or not.  You were going to war.  There was no talking.  There was testing.  We didn\u2019t have our people back.  We didn\u2019t have our great hostages back.  Now we\u2019re getting the remains, we\u2019re doing a lot of things now.  This was a disaster.  I inherited a mess.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, I inherited \u2014 the Middle East, I inherited a mess, and it\u2019s straightening out a lot.  We\u2019re doing very well there.  I inherited a mess.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I inherited \u2014 wait.  Wait.  I inherited a mess with North Korea.  And right now, you have no testing.  You have no nothing.  Let\u2019s see what happens.  But I would be very disappointed if I saw testing.<\/p>\n<p>Q    What do you make of the vote yesterday in the House of Representatives on the anti-Semitism resolution?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I thought yesterday\u2019s vote by the House was disgraceful because it\u2019s become \u2014 the Democrats have become an anti-Israel party.  They\u2019ve become an anti-Jewish party.  And I thought that vote was a disgrace and so does everybody else, if you get an honest answer.  If you get an honest answer from politicians, they thought it was a disgrace.  The Democrats have become an anti-Israel party.  They\u2019ve become an anti-Jewish party, and that\u2019s too bad.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to Alabama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Well, the economy is doing very well. We\u2019re seeing wages rise more than they have at any time for a long, long time. Wages are going up first time for many years \u2014 I talked about it during the campaign \u2014 for over 20 years. So, I\u2019m happy about that. 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