{"id":76760,"date":"2019-03-20T21:35:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T04:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=76760"},"modified":"2019-03-20T21:35:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T04:35:39","slug":"president-trump-before-departure-to-ohio-comments-on-mueller-probe-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=76760","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Before Departure to Ohio&#8230;Comments on Mueller Probe &#038; More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;.White House, South Lawn, 12:25 P.M. EDT.  Question:  Do you know when the Mueller report will be released, Mr. President?  THE PRESIDENT:  I have no idea.  No collusion.  No collusion.  I have no idea when it\u2019s going to be released.  It\u2019s interesting that a man gets appointed by a deputy; he writes a report.  You know \u2014 never figured that one out.  A man gets appointed by a deputy; he writes a report.  I had the greatest electoral victory \u2014 one of them \u2014 in the history of our country.  Tremendous success.  Tens of millions of voters.  And now somebody is going to write a report who never got a vote.  So we\u2019ll see what the report says.  Let\u2019s see if it\u2019s fair.  I have no idea when it\u2019s going to be released.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zAGEXfmjwAw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Q    Have you reversed your policy on Syria?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  No, no.  We\u2019re \u2014 in Syria, we\u2019re leaving 200 people there and 200 people in another place in Syria, closer to Israel, for a period of time.  I brought this out for you because this is a map of \u2014 everything in the red \u2014 this was on Election Night in 2016.  Everything red is ISIS.  When I took it over, it was a mess.<\/p>\n<p>Now, on the bottom, that\u2019s the exact same.  There is no red.  In fact, there\u2019s actually a tiny spot, which will be gone by tonight.<\/p>\n<p>So that\u2019s ISIS \u2014 red, right there \u2014 and the bottom one is how it is today.  This just came out 20 minutes ago.  So this is ISIS on Election Day \u2014 my election day \u2014 and this is ISIS now.  So that\u2019s the way it goes.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, does the American public have a right to see the Mueller report?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I don\u2019t mind.  I mean, frankly, I told the House, \u201cIf you want, let them see it.\u201d  Again, I say: A deputy \u2014 because of the fact that the Attorney General didn\u2019t have the courage to do it himself, a deputy that\u2019s appointed appoints another man to write a report.  I just won an election with 63 million votes or so.  Sixty-three million.  I had 206 to 223 in the Electoral College \u2014 306 to 223.<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019m saying to myself, wait a minute, I just won one of the greatest elections of all time in the history of this country \u2014 and even you will admit that \u2014 and now I have somebody writing a report that never got a vote.  It\u2019s called the Mueller report.<\/p>\n<p>So explain that, because my voters don\u2019t get it.  And I don\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n<p>Now, at the same time, let it come out.  Let people see it.  That\u2019s up to the Attorney General.  We have a very good Attorney General; he\u2019s a very highly respected man.  And we\u2019ll see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s sort of interesting that a man, out of the blue, just writes a report.  I got 306 electoral votes against 223.  That\u2019s a tremendous victory.  I got 63 million more.  I got 63 million votes.  And now somebody just writes a report?  I think it\u2019s ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>But I want to see the report.  And you know who will want to see it?  The tens of millions of people that love the fact that we have the greatest economy we\u2019ve ever had.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to Ohio right now.  They were going to close the plant; it\u2019s where they make the tanks.  It was going to be closed, and I stopped them from closing it.  And now it\u2019s thriving and doing great.  And the people of Ohio, they like Trump because I\u2019ve done a great job in Ohio.  And I\u2019ve done a great job all over the country.  That\u2019s what the people want to hear.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you saying that Bob Mueller is a bad actor?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I know nothing about it.  I know that he\u2019s conflicted and I know that his best friend is Comey, who\u2019s a bad cop.  And I know that there are other things, obviously.  You know I had a business transaction with him that I\u2019ve reported many times that you people don\u2019t talk about.  But I had a nasty business transaction with him and other things.  I know that he put 13 highly conflicted and, you know, very angry \u2014 I call them angry \u2014 Democrats in.  So, you know \u2014 so, what it is.<\/p>\n<p>Now, let\u2019s see whether or not it\u2019s legit.  You know better than anybody there\u2019s no collusion.  There was no collusion.  There was no obstruction.  There was no nothing.  But it\u2019s sort of an amazing thing that when you have a great victory, somebody comes and does a report out of nowhere \u2014 tell me how that makes sense \u2014 who never got a vote; who the day before he was retained to become Special Counsel, I told him he wouldn\u2019t be working at the FBI.  And then the following day, they get him for this.  I don\u2019t think so.  I don\u2019t think people get it.<\/p>\n<p>With all of that being said, I look forward to seeing the report.<\/p>\n<p>Q    On the China trade deal, once you have an agreement with President Xi, will you immediately lift the China tariffs?  Will you remove the tariffs right away?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  No.  We\u2019re not talking about removing them.  We\u2019re talking about leaving them and for a substantial period of time, because we have to make sure that if we do the deal with China, that China lives by the deal.  Because they\u2019ve had a lot of problems living by certain deals and we have to make sure.<\/p>\n<p>Now, no President has ever done what I\u2019ve done with China.  China had free reign over our country, taking out $500 billion a year for many years.  We actually rebuilt China, in the truest sense of the word.  We rebuilt China.<\/p>\n<p>But we\u2019re getting along with China very well.  President Xi is a friend of mine.  The deal is coming along nicely.  We have our top representatives going there this weekend to further the deal.  But, no, we have \u2014 we\u2019re taking in billions and billions of dollars right now in tariff money.  And for a period of time, that will stay.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, your tweets about George Conway, how do they fit the standard of the First Lady\u2019s BE BEST campaign?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I don\u2019t know him.  Yeah, I don\u2019t know him.  He\u2019s a whack job, there\u2019s no question about it.  But I really don\u2019t know him.  He \u2014 I think he\u2019s doing a tremendous disservice to a wonderful wife.  Kellyanne is a wonderful woman.  And I call him \u201cMr. Kellyanne.\u201d  The fact is that he\u2019s doing a tremendous disservice to a wife and family.  She\u2019s a wonderful woman.<\/p>\n<p>Q    The 232 tariff reform: What are the recommendations?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well \u2014 are you talking about the one that you just \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Q    The auto tariffs.  The auto tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  \u2014 found out about having to do with cars?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Correct.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  No recommendation.  It\u2019s up for review, and the European Union has been very tough on the United States for many years but nobody talked about it.  And so we\u2019re looking at something to combat it.<\/p>\n<p>Not only do they charge our companies \u2014 if you look, it was 1.6 billion to Google; it just happened yesterday.  And a lot of other things.  A lot of litigation.<\/p>\n<p>But I say the European Union has been as tough on the United States as China, just not as much money involved.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you leaning towards tariffs?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  We\u2019ll see what happens.  We\u2019ll see whether or not they negotiate a deal.  If they negotiate a deal, a fair deal, that\u2019s a different story.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, are (inaudible) beneath the dignity of the office you hold?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Uh, yeah, go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Will you answer that question, Mr. President?<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible) from your Twitter account?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I think that Twitter is a way that I get out the word when we have a corrupt media.  And it is corrupt and it\u2019s fake.  So Twitter is a way that I can get out the word.  Because our media is so dishonest \u2014 a lot of it \u2014 the mainstream.  A lot of it.  They don\u2019t report the facts.  They don\u2019t report \u2014 as an example that I just showed you, they don\u2019t want to report this, so I figure I might as well show it.<\/p>\n<p>So when I do Twitter statements, I get out the word from a fake and corrupt media.<\/p>\n<p>And I have, on five sites \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Q    But is it beneath the office you hold?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Please.  Please.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Is it beneath your office?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Please.<\/p>\n<p>On five sites, I have over 100 million people, and that includes Facebook and Instagram and Twitter and everything.  And it\u2019s a way that I can get honesty out, because there\u2019s tremendous dishonesty with respect to the fake-news media.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, what was your reaction \u2014 Mr. President, what was your reaction \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Q    Your Secretary of State for African Affairs went to Angola this week and he showed the support of the United States to Angola.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Good.<\/p>\n<p>Q    About the work that of President, Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o, doing in Angola \u2014 Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o, the new President of Angola, he\u2019s combatting corruption really hard in Angola.  What do you think about that?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, we\u2019ll take a look at that.  I\u2019ll speak to the Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Pakistan \u2014 we\u2019ll be meeting with Pakistan.  I think our relationship right now is very good with Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>END<br \/>\n12:35 P.M. 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