{"id":82079,"date":"2019-06-20T13:05:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T20:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=82079"},"modified":"2019-06-20T13:05:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T20:05:06","slug":"president-trump-and-prime-minister-trudeau-of-canada-ahead-of-bilateral-meeting-trump-iran-response-youll-find-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=82079","title":{"rendered":"President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada Ahead of Bilateral Meeting.  Trump Iran Response..&#8221;You\u2019ll find out.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Well, thank you very much.  We had some good news.  The market hit a all-time high today.  The S&#038;P just broke its record, so we\u2019re very happy about that.  The stock market continues to do well.  Jobs have been literally through the roof.  And, speaking of jobs, we have the USMCA with Canada, with Mexico.  And we\u2019ve come a long way.  It\u2019s a great agreement.  As you know, Mexico, yesterday, approved it \u2014<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qb_qp8y1rf0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU:  Yep.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  \u2014 through the very positive vote.  And you\u2019re doing very well, I understand, also.<\/p>\n<p>PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU:  We are.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  But it\u2019s an honor to have the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau.  He\u2019s been a friend of mine.  We\u2019ve worked hard together.  We worked, in particular, on the USMCA.  And we hope to have bipartisan support.  I think, Justin, you\u2019re going to be making the rounds at Congress later on?<\/p>\n<p>PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU:  Meeting a few people.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  That\u2019s a terrific thing.  But it\u2019s great to have you.<\/p>\n<p>So, we\u2019re going to be talking about that.  And, generally, we\u2019ll be talking trade and other things.  And we\u2019re then going to have lunch and some meetings.  And it\u2019s an interesting day, but it will be, like, a positive day, I think, like usual.  That\u2019s the way we want to have it.  We want to have very positive days.  We only have positive days.<\/p>\n<p>So I want to thank you very much, Justin, for coming to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU:  Thank you, Donald.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:   Thank you.  Please.<\/p>\n<p>PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU:  Thank you, Donald, for this meeting.  It\u2019s an opportunity for us, as you say, to keep talking about how we\u2019ve worked hard to build a great trade deal that\u2019s good for Canadian workers, good for American workers, good for Mexican workers as well.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re moving forward on the ratification process aligned with you.  Obviously, today, as well, on top of the great news on the Canadian and American economies, we\u2019re continuing to work on a broad range of global issues.  Obviously, there\u2019s news today we\u2019re going to be talking about as well.<\/p>\n<p>But this is just a really great opportunity for us to continue to work and to develop and to build on the closest alliance in the world, between Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, this will be the largest trade deal ever made, and it won\u2019t even be close.  If you take a look at the numbers, second is so far away, you don\u2019t even call it second.  So it\u2019s very exciting.  And very exciting for Mexico; very exciting for Canada.<\/p>\n<p>And I have to also thank the President of Mexico because he\u2019s really been doing a job on the border and a job in Mexico.  A lot of very positive things have happened.  And the flow has very substantially slowed down.  They have 6,000 Mexican troops on their southern border.  And it\u2019s been \u2014 it\u2019s really been a tremendous difference.<\/p>\n<p>So I want to thank Mexico and the people of Mexico.  Now, this has only been for a short period of time.  Our country has been asking for this for 45 years, approximately.  And they\u2019re doing it now.  And we very much appreciate that Mexico is doing that.  It\u2019s going to have a big impact.  It\u2019s already had a big impact.<\/p>\n<p>So, with that, I thank you very much.  And we\u2019re going to get on with our discussions.  Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>This is the new \u2014<\/p>\n<p>(A model plane is presented on the table.)<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, how will you respond?<\/p>\n<p>Q    On Iran, sir \u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I was going to say this is the new Air Force One, which we ordered, which they\u2019ve been trying to order for a lot of years.  We were able to shave $1.5 billion off the price.  When I got here, they were going to spend a lot more money than we spent.  And I would say the plane basically is an upgrade over that model.  We actually are getting things that they didn\u2019t get.  We\u2019re saving about $1.5 billion.  So it\u2019s going to be terrific.  It\u2019s under construction, right now, by Boeing.<\/p>\n<p>Go ahead.  Question?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, how will you respond to Iran?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Iran made a big mistake.  This drone was in international waters, clearly.  We have it all documented.  It\u2019s documented scientifically, not just words.  And they made a very bad mistake.  Okay?<\/p>\n<p>Q    How will you respond, Mr. President?  How will you respond?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  You\u2019ll find out.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Does that mean you\u2019re planning to do something?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  You\u2019ll find out.  You\u2019ll find out.  I mean, obviously \u2014 obviously \u2014 obviously, you know, we\u2019re not going to be talking too much about it.  You\u2019re going to find out.  They made a very big mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, what are your concerns about China and the Canadians who are detained, sir?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  No concerns.  We\u2019ll be discussing that.  It\u2019ll be one of the issues that I think we\u2019ll be discussing right now with Justin.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, the Fed made no change to the interest rate.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Say it?<\/p>\n<p>Q    The Fed made no change to the interest rate yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, I guess they indicated they\u2019re going to be lower.  He should\u2019ve done sooner, but what are you going do?  Can\u2019t win them all.  He should\u2019ve have done it sooner, but you can\u2019t win it all.  And, eventually, he\u2019ll do what\u2019s right, perhaps.  Let\u2019s see what he does.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Do you intend to bring (inaudible)?<\/p>\n<p>PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU:  Obviously, we\u2019re very concerned about the escalation by Iran recently.  We have significant presence in the area, including leading on the NATO mission in Baghdad, in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to discussing with our closest ally \u2014 their perspectives on this \u2014 and how we can move forward as an international community.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Will you help Justin Trudeau get a meeting with Xi Jinping at the G20 next week to talk about the detained Canadians?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, I don\u2019t know that he\u2019s trying to meet.  Are you trying to get a meeting?<\/p>\n<p>PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU:  We\u2019ve got a lot of things to discuss.<\/p>\n<p>Q    He wants one, but Xi won\u2019t meet with him.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, otherwise, I\u2019ll represent him well, I will tell you.  We have a meeting set up with President Xi, and it\u2019s obviously on the big transaction that we\u2019re talking about and negotiating.  Our people are actually speaking now, and we\u2019ll see what happens with that.  But anything I can do to help Canada, I will be doing.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you planning to bring it up with President Xi when you meet with him?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Excuse me?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you planning to bring it up with President Xi when you meet with him?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I would.  At Justin\u2019s request, I will absolutely bring that up.<\/p>\n<p>Q    When the USMCA is ratified, sir, will that be the end of tariffs?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Don\u2019t say \u201cwhen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Q    When it is ratified.  \u201cIf\u201d it is ratified.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Don\u2019t say \u201cwhen,\u201d because, so far, I have to get the Democrats to approve it.  So, I like your positive thinking.  But if \u2014 and the \u201cif\u201d is really subject to the Democrats.  Let\u2019s see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>But I really believe that Nancy Pelosi and the House will approve it.  I think the Senate will approve it rapidly.  It\u2019s going to be very bipartisan.  It\u2019s great for the farmers, manufacturers.  It\u2019s really great for everybody.  And unions.  It\u2019s great for unions.  I mean, we have tremendous union support too.  It\u2019s a tremendous \u2014 it really is; it shows a partnership between three countries.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s sort of three countries \u2014 in a trade sense, we\u2019re competing with the European Union.  We\u2019re competing with China.  It gives us a bigger dialogue.  It gives us a much bigger platform.  It\u2019s really good for all three.  It\u2019s something that\u2019s very popular.  I hope, politically, they can do what they have to do.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a day after the election, it would win with tremendous support.  But we have an election coming up.  But I think Nancy Pelosi is going to do the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>Q    And will that be the end of tariffs on Canada and Mexico?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, we\u2019ll see.  I mean, you know, they have to do what they have to do.  We understand that.  We can\u2019t have big, tremendous shipments of certain products.  So we understand that very well.<\/p>\n<p>PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU:  We were very pleased with the lifting of the tariffs on steel and aluminum.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  They\u2019ve been lifted, as you know, and there won\u2019t be, hopefully, transshipping.  If there\u2019s transshipping, I\u2019ll call Justin and I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll take care of it.  And if he doesn\u2019t take \u2014 I\u2019ll probably call him a second time.  And if he doesn\u2019t, then we\u2019ll have to talk, right?<\/p>\n<p>PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU:  We\u2019re going to be fine.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  But I think that that situation is very well taken care of.  Very important for both countries and for all three countries: the farmers.  Very, very important.  More so in that case, from us and Canada.  But the farmers are really happy with it.  The manufacturers are very happy.  Mexico is thrilled.  You saw the vote.  It was a very lopsided \u2014 in a positive way \u2014 vote.  A great vote.  And I think it\u2019s going to be something very special.<\/p>\n<p>Again, it\u2019s the largest trade deal, by far, ever entered into.  And we\u2019re very close to having it finalized.  This means a lot of jobs for our country; a lot of wealth for all three countries.  And we\u2019re really competing against the world.  You know, we\u2019re not competing with each other so much.  This brings us into a position where we\u2019re not competing with each other; we\u2019re competing against the world.  And that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re competing against big sections of the world, including Asia and including other areas.  And I think it\u2019s going to be very special.  I think it\u2019s going to end up being a very important deal, but the biggest ever made.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Will you invite the Toronto Raptors to the White House, sir?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Say it?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Will you invite the Toronto Raptors to the White House?  I\u2019m from the Toronto Star.  I have to ask.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, we thought about that.  That\u2019s an interesting question.  They played phenomenal basketball.  I watched a little bit of it.  They were really terrific.  Congratulations, by the way.  That was a great job by a great team.  So we\u2019ll think about that.  If they\u2019d like to do it, we\u2019ll think about that.<\/p>\n<p>We have a lot of other folks coming.  And the presidential medal \u2014 I just spoke to him \u2014 we\u2019re going to be presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Roger Penske.  Roger Penske is a great gentleman who has won 18 Indianapolis 500s.  He\u2019s won \u2014 just won Daytona.  He won Daytona.  He won Indianapolis.  He won probably more than anybody in the history of racing.  I can\u2019t imagine anybody even being close.<\/p>\n<p>But Roger Penske is going to be getting the Medal of Freedom, and he\u2019s very thrilled to be getting it.  And that\u2019ll be announced over the next little while, but, I guess, actually, I\u2019m announcing it pretty much now.  But they\u2019ll be \u2014 (laughter) \u2014 they\u2019ll be putting something out.  They\u2019ll be putting something out in a little while.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s very deserving.  He\u2019s a great gentleman.  I\u2019ve known him a long time.  And a very brilliant guy.  When you think of all the countries that want to win Indianapolis and Daytona, and they fight and they spend \u2014 even Canada; they spend a lot of money and they \u2014<\/p>\n<p>And, you know, when a man wins Indianapolis, when he wins it 18 times \u2014 and he just won the Daytona.  And he won many things over the course of years, and he\u2019s become a very successful man.<\/p>\n<p>We talked about electric cars today.  I think nobody knows more about that subject, in terms of common sense, than Roger Penske.  So Roger Penske will be getting and receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, you said Iran is a \u201cdifferent country.\u201d  Do you still hold that opinion?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Oh, absolutely.  When I came here, Iran was in 14 to 18 different sites of confliction.  They were extremely hostile.  They were hostile when they signed the deal.  They were screaming, \u201cDeath to America.\u201d  And I think, probably, Iran made a mistake.  I would imagine it was a general or somebody that made a mistake in shooting that drone down.<\/p>\n<p>And, fortunately, that drone was unarmed.  It was not \u2014 there was no man in it, and there was no \u2014 it was just \u2014 it was over international waters; clearly over international waters.  But we didn\u2019t have a man or woman in the drone.  We had nobody in the drone.  It would have made a big difference, let me tell you.  It would have made a big, big difference.<\/p>\n<p>But I have a feeling \u2014 I may be wrong and I may right, but I\u2019m right a lot.  I have a feeling that it was a mistake made by somebody that shouldn\u2019t have been doing what they did.  I think they made a mistake.  And I\u2019m not just talking the country made a mistake.  I think that somebody under the command of that country made a big mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you still open to talking to Iran\u2019s leadership?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Let\u2019s just see what happens.  You just \u2014 let\u2019s see what happens.  It\u2019s all going to work out.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible) to strike the drone?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Say it?<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you saying you think it wasn\u2019t intentional to strike the drone?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I don\u2019t know.  I find it hard to believe it was intentional, if you want to know the truth.  I think that it could have been somebody who was loose and stupid that did it.  But we\u2019ll be able to report back, and you\u2019ll understand exactly what happened.  But it was a very foolish move, that I can tell you.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Do you feel like there are members of your administration who are trying to push you into conflict with Iran?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  No, not at all.  Not at all.  In fact, in many cases, it\u2019s the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>But I will say \u2014 look, I said I want to get out of these endless wars.  I campaigned on that: I want to get out.  We\u2019ve been in Afghanistan for 19 years.  As you know, we\u2019ve reduced very substantially in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>We beat the caliphate.  We took back 100 percent of the caliphate.  When it was 99 percent, Justin, I said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to get out.  We\u2019re going to start peeling back.\u201d  And everybody went crazy because it was 99.  So I said, \u201cAll right.  So we\u2019ll finish it up.\u201d  So we got 100 percent, and we\u2019re pulling that back, out of Syria.  We\u2019re pulling a lot of people back.<\/p>\n<p>But this is something \u2014 this is a new wrinkle.  This is a new fly in the ointment, what happened shooting down the drone.  And this country will not stand for it, that I can tell you.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I can\u2019t hear you.<\/p>\n<p>Q    (Inaudible) Hicks testifying yesterday?<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP:  No, she was terrific.  I heard she was terrific.  Really great.  She\u2019s a great \u2014 she\u2019s a great person, and I heard she was terrific yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Well, thank you very much. We had some good news. The market hit a all-time high today. The S&#038;P just broke its record, so we\u2019re very happy about that. The stock market continues to do well. Jobs have been literally through the roof. 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