{"id":80461,"date":"2019-05-21T07:58:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T14:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=80461"},"modified":"2019-05-21T07:58:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T14:58:38","slug":"president-trump-before-marine-one-departure-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=80461","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Before Marine One Departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Okay, so I\u2019m heading to the great state of Pennsylvania, and we\u2019re going to have a rally.  A lot of people are outside, as you probably know.  Many, many people.  And it\u2019s going to be a packed house, as it always is.  I don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve ever seen a vacancy for Trump, but I don\u2019t think so.  We\u2019re going to have a good time.  I don\u2019t know who\u2019s coming, but I hope you come.  It\u2019ll be a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GCNPQZY15Tc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Q    Why are you asking Don McGahn to defy a Congressional subpoena?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, as I understand it, they\u2019re doing that for the Office of the Presidency, for future Presidents.  I think it\u2019s a very important precedent.  And the attorneys say that they\u2019re not doing that for me; they\u2019re doing that for the Office of the President.  So we\u2019re talking about the future.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Q    What\u2019s your feeling on Judge Mehta\u2019s ruling about your financial records?  And do you plan to appeal?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, we disagree with that ruling.  It\u2019s crazy \u2014 because you look at it; this never happened to any other President.  They\u2019re trying to get a redo.  They\u2019re trying to get what we used to call in school: a deal \u2014 a \u201cdo-over.\u201d  And if you look, you know, we had no collusion, we had no obstruction.  We had no nothing.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats were very upset with the Mueller report, as perhaps they should be.  But, I mean, the country is very happy about it because there was never anything like that.  And they\u2019re trying to get a redo, or a do-over, and you can\u2019t do that.<\/p>\n<p>As far as the financials are concerned, we think it\u2019s the wrong \u2014 it\u2019s totally the wrong decision by, obviously, an Obama-appointed judge.  He was a recent Obama-appointed judge.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, your reaction to Justin Amash, who says you committed impeachable offenses?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I\u2019ve known him, and he\u2019s been against Trump from the beginning.  He probably wants to run for some other office.  I don\u2019t think he\u2019ll do very well.  He\u2019s been a loser for a long time.  Rarely votes for Republicans.  And, you know, personally, I think he\u2019s not much.<\/p>\n<p>Q    What do you have to say to Americans who feel that your administration is stonewalling all these investigations up on Capitol Hill?  Why not let Don McGahn testify?  Are you afraid of what \u2014<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I think we\u2019ve been the most \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Q    \u2014 he has to say?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Yeah, I think we\u2019ve been the most transparent administration in the history of our country.  We just went through two years of Bob Mueller, with 18 people that hated Donald Trump.  They were \u201cAngry Democrats,\u201d as I called them.  We\u2019ve been through it for two years, and they spent almost $40 million on it.  We had, I think, 500 people testified.  We had 1.4 or 1.5 million documents.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of all of that, he said there\u2019s no collusion.  Now what happens is the Democrats want a re-do, and we\u2019ve had enough, and the country has had enough.  There has never been, ever before, an administration that\u2019s been so open and transparent.<\/p>\n<p>So we want to get on.  What we want to do is get on with running the country.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Can you clarify your position specifically on the Alabama abortion law?  And do you think it goes too far?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I put out my position on the \u2014 on abortion.  You\u2019ve known it for a long time.  But I put it out the other day.  You have it.  I feel strongly about it.  And all of that is working its way through court, along with the fact that the Democrats are talking about third term and they\u2019re really talking about beyond third term, and that\u2019s a terrible thing.<\/p>\n<p>Q    What\u2019s going on with Iran?  Are you worried about a war there?  Or do you want negotiations or what?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  So, with Iran, we\u2019ll see what happens.  But they\u2019ve been very hostile.  They\u2019ve truly been the number-one provocateur of terror in this country and in the \u2014 you know, representing their country.  But certainly, our country has been very much involved because we\u2019re trying to help a lot of people out.  And I don\u2019t mind that at all.<\/p>\n<p>We have no indication that anything has happened or will happen.  But if it does, it will be met, obviously, with great force.  We\u2019ll have no choice.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible) negotiations with them?  Any talks with them?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Say it?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Any negotiations with Iran?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  We have not \u2014 we\u2019ve not talked about it.  We\u2019ll see what happens.  If they called, we would certainly negotiate.  But that\u2019s going to be up to them.  I\u2019d only want them to call if they\u2019re ready.  If they\u2019re not ready, they don\u2019t have to bother.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Will you continue to apply economic sanctions to Iran?  Or are you going to pause it to try and deescalate tensions right now?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, we\u2019ll see what happens.  But right now, we have very strong sanctions.  We\u2019ll see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>Q    The polls have you losing in Pennsylvania to several Democrats \u2014<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I don\u2019t know.  I think we\u2019re doing very well in Pennsylvania.  We won it last time.  The polls had us losing Pennsylvania last time, and we won.  And I expect we\u2019ll win it this time because the coal industry, the steel industry, the car industry \u2014 they\u2019re all doing incredibly well.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania now has the best employment they\u2019ve ever had \u2014 the best employment record.  More people working in Pennsylvania now than ever before, like, in our country.  So I think we\u2019ll do very well in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Will you appeal the judge\u2019s ruling on the \u2014 on your financial \u2014<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Yeah.  They\u2019ll appeal it.<\/p>\n<p>Q    You will appeal it?  You will \u2014<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  They\u2019ll appeal it.  Sure, they\u2019ll appeal it.<\/p>\n<p>Q    What about this \u2014 there\u2019s another child who has died on the border.  Another child migrant, now five.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I know this: that if you look at the border, and if you look at the fact that the Democrats are really making it very, very dangerous for people by not approving simple, quick, 15-minute legislation, we could have it all worked out.  It\u2019d be great for people, great for lives, great for safety.<\/p>\n<p>And the border is a dangerous place.  It\u2019s only made that way because the Democrats will not approve any legislation.  I mean, they don\u2019t want to approve anything.  And it\u2019s making the border very dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Q    What\u2019s being done to make sure these kids don\u2019t die, though?  What\u2019s being done to make sure these kids don\u2019t die?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, we\u2019re working very hard.  And I\u2019ll tell you, the Border Patrol people and all of law enforcement is working very hard.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, unfortunately, many of them have become doctors and nurses, and they\u2019re taking people that are very, very sick from a long trek up \u2014 2,000 miles \u2014 and they\u2019re doing an incredible job.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, what should happen is the Democrats should sit down and make changes so that we can protect people on the border.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Do you mean there is no \u2014 you don\u2019t see anything going on right now from the Iranian side?  Is that what you just said?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Say it again?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Did you mean, right now, what you said that \u2014<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  There are no talks going on with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Q    What Iran might or might not be up to \u2014 do you see any threats right now?  Do you see any threats?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  I think Iran would be making a very big mistake if they did anything.  If they do something, it\u2019ll be met with great force.  But we have no indication that they will.  Okay?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you going to approve additional funding for Puerto Rico, for disaster funding, as part of this package?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  So, I\u2019ve given more money to Puerto Rico than, I believe, any President ever.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve gotten $91 billion for the hurricane.  Not only that; our military, our law enforcement, and FEMA has done a great job for Puerto Rico.  And I think the people of Puerto Rico are very thankful.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll see you in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Okay, so I\u2019m heading to the great state of Pennsylvania, and we\u2019re going to have a rally. A lot of people are outside, as you probably know. Many, many people. And it\u2019s going to be a packed house, as it always is. I don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve ever seen a vacancy for Trump, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/whitehouselogo200.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}