{"id":83432,"date":"2019-07-15T15:35:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T22:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=83432"},"modified":"2019-07-15T15:35:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T22:35:48","slug":"president-trump-at-the-3rd-annual-made-in-america-product-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=83432","title":{"rendered":"President Trump at the 3rd Annual Made in America Product Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;I want welcome everyone to the White House.  We are very excited to be hosting our third annual Made in America Showcase.  It\u2019s all about \u201cMade in America.\u201d  (Applause.)  We just started this, and this is my third already.  And I just went around and saw these incredible companies that make everything from the THAAD missiles to beautiful boats.  And I said, \u201cHow would that boat do against the THAAD missile?\u201d  And it wasn\u2019t a good answer.  (Laughter.)  The boat is going to have a little problem, but that\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/reMKOaPidjI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But I just want to say the engineering \u2014 inside, as you know, we have incredible things.  I\u2019m going in right now to look.  I saw some of it yesterday.  Incredible things.  Made in the USA.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re here today to celebrate and support the most incredible products in the world.  And this is just a very representative sampling, because we\u2019re making more product here than we ever have.<\/p>\n<p>Joining us today are manufacturers from all 50 states.  And they are terrific talents, terrific craftsmen, terrific businesspeople.  We have hats from Wyoming, sandals from Florida, tabasco from Louisiana, Airstream trailers \u2014 the Airstream is a great trailer; I\u2019ve seen it for many years, and they\u2019re doing better than ever \u2014 from Ohio, and custom-built motorcycles from the great state of Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>We also have represented, and we have a lot of folks here from Litespeed Bikes, from Chattanooga, Tennessee.  As a result of moving certain of its operations back to the United States \u2014 I love to hear this, because that\u2019s what I like: when they move back.  We don\u2019t have to make product in other countries.  Its parent company has experienced a 70 percent \u2014 and that just happened.  They just announced 70 percent growth over the last two years.  So they moved their operations back, and they\u2019re 70 percent up in growth.  So I want to congratulate you, Litespeed.  And I want to congratulate everybody.  That\u2019s fantastic.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>And also, a very special thank-you to KC Andrews with Gameday Ironworks in Oklahoma for making this beautiful presidential seal.  It is a beauty.  I think we have it displayed someplace right here.  And I specifically said, \u201cHow much?\u201d  Because I want to buy it.  I don\u2019t know if they gave me a good price, but we\u2019re going to get it.  We\u2019ll get it.  We\u2019ll put it up at the White House.  It\u2019s beautiful, and so many of their other projects and products are incredible.  It was forged from American pride and with America pride and American craftsmanship.  And it was 100 percent American steel.<\/p>\n<p>Our steel industry is doing very well.  We put massive tariffs on dumped steel.  They were dumping steel.  Our steel industry was going out of business.  If I hadn\u2019t been elected, you would have no steel industry right now.  It would be gone.  And we have not only steel, energy, and so many other things.  We have \u2014 we\u2019re vibrant.  We have the hottest economy anywhere on Earth right now.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I also viewed boats that were proudly displayed by Cobalt Boats from Kansas and Freeman Boatworks from South Carolina, and a farm irrigation system from Nebraska\u2019s T-L Irrigation.  I want to thank those three companies.  It\u2019s not easy to get these big, beautiful products here, and you get them here.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you very much.<\/p>\n<p>I also want to share our appreciation to Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson for showing us the incredible THAAD Missile Defense System \u2014 the best in the world, by far \u2014 and for keeping the Sikorsky helicopter plant in Pennsylvania open, saving 465 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>I called Marillyn a number of weeks ago.  I said, \u201cI read a story where they\u2019re going to be closing your helicopter plant in Pennsylvania.  We couldn\u2019t do that.\u201d  I said, \u201cMarillyn, you got to do something.  I don\u2019t want to\u2026\u201d  And I really appreciate it, Marillyn.  They\u2019re keeping the plant open.  Everybody in Pennsylvania is happy.  (Applause.)  And we will continue to make Sikorsky helicopters in Pennsylvania.  Thank you, Marillyn.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the manufacturers represented today have been around for a long time \u2014 more than a century, in a couple of cases.  Johnson Woolen Mills was founded in Vermont before the Civil War.  Today, Stacy Manosh is the fourth generation of her family to run the company.  And, Stacy, wherever you may be \u2014 hi, Stacy \u2014 please stand up, Stacy.  Congratulations.  That\u2019s great.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>Others are just getting started, like the Snake Bite Company in Missouri.  I thought it might be a snake.  It has nothing to do with snakes.  I\u2019m happy about that.  (Laughter.)  And I looked at your product last night and it\u2019s incredible.  Kevin Kelly raised startup funding online just a few years ago, and now he\u2019s selling specialty bottly [sic] \u2014 bottle openers and so many other things on two continents.  And the product is amazing.  And, Kevin, congratulations.  That\u2019s a great job.  That\u2019s a great job.  Thank you very much, Kevin.  (Applause.)  Where does \u201cSnake Bite\u201d come from?  Where does that term come from?<\/p>\n<p>MR. KELLY:  (Off-mic.)  (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Ah, yep.  I get it.  Okay.  Well, it\u2019s been working, right?  It\u2019s been working.<\/p>\n<p>But while those here today create many different goods, you\u2019re also devoted to one of the greatest missions on Earth: making the best products, from the best materials, with the best workers anywhere in the world, right here in the United States of America.  Right?  Made in America.  Made in the USA.  Call it either way, but that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>And, you know, when I took office, I was told by the previous administration that manufacturing jobs would be disappearing.  There was no way.  They said you\u2019d need a miracle.  Right?  You\u2019d need a miracle.  Well, we have a miracle because we up \u2014 we\u2019re up 600,000 manufacturing jobs since the election.  (Applause.)  So it\u2019s been an extraordinary resurgence of American manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve added more than 6 million jobs since I was elected, including over 1 million jobs in manufacturing, engineering and construction.  As I said, 600,000 jobs in pure manufacturing, and that number is going to go substantially higher.<\/p>\n<p>Japan and other countries are at my absolute request, order \u2014 call it whatever you want.  They\u2019re sending tremendous and building tremendous plants now in the United States.  We hadn\u2019t had auto plants built in many, many years.  And now we\u2019re having many in Michigan, in Ohio, in Pennsylvania, in Florida, in North Carolina, South Carolina.  Many, many plants are being built and being expanded.  And that was not happening.  Our auto companies and many companies were leaving the United States.  Now they\u2019re staying.  They have a big disincentive to leave.  We\u2019re not happy when they leave.  When they leave, it\u2019s not the same.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, we saw the biggest increase in manufacturing jobs in more than 20 years.  Under my administration, manufacturing\u2019s share of total job gains is the largest it\u2019s been by any President in over one half a century.  And don\u2019t forget, in the old days, they manufactured, so I\u2019m competing against some pretty tough statistics, and yet it\u2019s over 50 years.  Unemployment has also reached the lowest rate in our country in over 51 years.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>And many groups \u2014 I have to say, African American unemployment \u2014 if you look at African American, Asian American, Hispanic American unemployment, it\u2019s the lowest it\u2019s ever been in the history of our country.  Women\u2019s unemployment \u2014 the lowest it\u2019s ever been in over 70 years.  And soon we\u2019re going to have the all-time record for women\u2019s unemployment.<\/p>\n<p>And today, American manufacturers are contributing $250 billion \u2014 think of that \u2014 $250 billion more to our economy than they contributed before this great election that took place in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re heeding the wisdom \u2014 and you people know because many of you are indeed manufacturers; in your own way, manufacturers with great talent \u2014 we\u2019re heeding the wisdom of our Founding Fathers by restoring our economic independence and reawakening our industrial might.  And that\u2019s what\u2019s happened.  Whether it\u2019s jobs or making something, that\u2019s exactly what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Previous administrations allowed foreign countries to steal our jobs and plunder our wealth.  They stole our wealth.  They stole so much, and it was allowed to go on so long.  But it\u2019s not going on any longer.  You take a look at what\u2019s happening.  Look at today\u2019s front page in the Wall Street Journal.  You\u2019ll see where China has had its worst year in 27 years.  And I\u2019m not looking for that.  But we had a deal with China, and they decided not to make that deal.  They said, \u201cLet\u2019s renegotiate.\u201d  I said, \u201cNo, thank you.\u201d  And we put tariffs on China \u2014 very big tariffs on China.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>And we\u2019re standing up for the American worker like our country has never stood up for the worker before \u2014 certainly not in the 100-year or 50-year era.  And I think we can probably go back right to the beginning, because nobody stood up for the worker like I\u2019m standing up for the worker.<\/p>\n<p>To protect our defense industrial base \u2014 which is probably about the most important, if you think \u2014 we placed tariffs on foreign aluminum and foreign steel, which brought it not to a complete halt \u2014 we still get some and they\u2019re paying a lot of money right into the Treasury \u2014 but it\u2019s been amazing the difference that it\u2019s had.<\/p>\n<p>And for our farmers, we\u2019ve taken in tens of billions of dollars in tariffs from China.  But China stopped dealing with our farmers, so I asked our great Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, \u201cWhat kind of number are you talking about?  What have they left?\u201d  He said, \u201cSixteen billion dollars, sir, taken off the table.\u201d  I said, \u201cThat\u2019s okay.\u201d  We\u2019ve taken in much, much more \u2014 many times that \u2014 in tariffs.  So I\u2019m going to give the farmers \u2014 we\u2019re going to help them out because they are great patriots.  We\u2019re going to give them $16 billion.  And we just did.  Been approved.  Been everything.  And I approved it.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>So our farmers didn\u2019t lose anything by the fact that China targeted our farmers.  They targeted the farmers.  They said, \u201cYou know, President Trump did great with the farmers.  The farmers love him and he loves them, so we\u2019ll hurt the farmers.\u201d  Well, the farmers are patriots.  I never \u2014 I hadn\u2019t had one farmer say, \u201cPlease make a fast deal, sir.  Please make a fast deal.\u201d  The biggest beneficiary will be the farmers.<\/p>\n<p>But the $16 billion that wasn\u2019t spent, we\u2019re putting back into the farm and ag system.  And the farmers are thrilled, I must tell you that.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>And we\u2019re taking the toughest-ever action to confront China\u2019s chronic trade abuse.  They were doing numbers on us for many years.  I watched Sleepy Joe Biden the other day talking about China.  \u201cWe would fight China on trade.\u201d  Well, he didn\u2019t do it for \u2014 he\u2019s been there for like 45 years.  And he didn\u2019t do it in eight years because they ate our lunch during the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p>It was only recently that \u2014 well, I mean, \u201crecently,\u201d but lots of warnings for the last period of time.  And then you have statutory constraints where you can only go here, here, here.  And we did that, right at the beginning.  And now they\u2019re paying a very big price, and hopefully we\u2019ll see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re going to have good relationships with China.  President Xi is a friend of mine.  He\u2019s a good friend.  I used to say he\u2019s good friend of mine; we\u2019re probably not quite as close now.  But I have to be for our country.  He\u2019s for China and I\u2019m for the USA, and that\u2019s the way it\u2019s got to be.  And this should have never been allowed to happen.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been losing four, five \u2014 and even more than that \u2014 hundred billion.  Think of it: five hundred billion dollars a year, to China.  That doesn\u2019t include intellectual property theft and loss.  That doesn\u2019t include \u2014 they say that\u2019s $300 billion.  Who knows what that is?  A lot of people estimate it, but it\u2019s a lot.  But they say it\u2019s $300 billion.  So you add that to $500 billion.  So we\u2019ve been losing $800 billion a year to China.<\/p>\n<p>So, essentially, we rebuilt China.  They\u2019ve done a great job.  I\u2019m not going to take it away.  And I don\u2019t blame China.  I blame our past Presidents and our past leaders for allowing a situation like that \u2014 so ridiculous \u2014 to happen.  And it\u2019s that way \u2014 other than the size of the number, it\u2019s that way also for many other countries.  And we\u2019re working on a lot of them.<\/p>\n<p>We just approved \u2014 and, again, it\u2019s going to be subject to the House passing it, and, maybe, for political reasons, they don\u2019t \u2014 the USMCA.  That\u2019s Mexico and Canada.  Great deal for the manufacturers.  Great deal for Lockheed, as you know, Marillyn.  You\u2019re telling me when is it going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>So we have to get the Democrats to pass it.  They may or may not, depending on how they feel, politically.  It\u2019s all politics, unfortunately.  It shouldn\u2019t be.  It should be love of our country; it shouldn\u2019t be politics.  There should be no politics involved.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>So the USMCA will create up to 600,000 new American jobs, including 75,000 new auto jobs.  And now we need Congress to pass it.  So call up your friends.  The Republicans are totally onboard.  Call the Democrats; get them to pass it.  It\u2019s \u2014 believe it or not, it\u2019s a deal loved by unions, by manufacturers, and maybe, especially, by the farmers.  It\u2019s something that\u2019s very, very popular.  So call your local Democrat congressmen.  I think the Senate will be, actually, very good.<\/p>\n<p>We have a lot of bipartisan support, but they may not be able to show that support because the leaders may not allow that to happen because they think that\u2019s a victory for Trump, and we don\u2019t want to give Trump any victories, even though it would be very bad for our country.  But if it doesn\u2019t happen, I have a better plan, okay?  So don\u2019t worry about it.  You always have to have plan B, plan C \u2014 especially in politics, I can tell you.<\/p>\n<p>We unleashed an American energy revolution.  And it is indeed a revolution.  Nobody thought it would be possible.  We\u2019re now the number-one producer of oil and natural gas on the planet Earth.  Not even close.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>And I just had ANWR approved \u2014 one of the largest sites anywhere in the world.  They couldn\u2019t do it with Ronald Reagan.  They couldn\u2019t get it done.  They\u2019ve been trying to get it done for many, many years.  Many, many decades they couldn\u2019t get it approved.  I got it approved.  That\u2019s in Alaska.  One of the biggest \u2014 maybe the biggest \u2014 the biggest site in the world for oil and natural gas.<\/p>\n<p>We passed massive tax cuts so that American companies can beat their foreign competition.  Now, you have a tremendous advantage now because you had an impossible disadvantage before and now we\u2019ve given you, with what we\u2019ve done, a tremendous advantage.  And we did it to keep jobs where they belong, right here in the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, almost 1,400 companies have announced that they\u2019re bringing their jobs back to the United States from overseas.   And that\u2019s just last year.  Think of that \u2014 1,400 companies bringing jobs back.  Who would think that\u2019s even possible?  But now it\u2019s the incentive.  They want to be in the United States.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>Early in my presidency, I ordered the federal government to live by two very simple but very crucial rules: Buy American and hire American.  You know, it\u2019s called \u201cAmerica First,\u201d folks.  It was never that way.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, for many, many decades, it was everybody else first and we were the people that took care of other people\u2019s borders.  We\u2019d protect other people\u2019s borders, but we don\u2019t want to protect our own border.  We\u2019d fight for the right of other countries to have a strong, powerful border so nobody could come in, but our border was like a leaking sieve.  And that\u2019s changed so rapidly and so much.  A lot of things are happening.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re building a wall as we speak, even though we have about seven lawsuits trying to stop it, from the Democrats and others.  But we\u2019re doing very well and we\u2019re doing well on the border.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico has been of great help.  I told them \u2014 I said, \u201cLook, you\u2019re going to help us.  If they walk through your country\u2026\u201d \u2014 2,000-mile walk.  Horrible things happen during that walk to people, especially to women and children.  Horrible things.  Two thousand miles up from Guatemala.  They walk through our country.  So many \u2014 the percentage of rape, they say, is over 30 percent.  Think of it.  Remember when I mentioned that in my opening speech and everybody said, \u201cOh that\u2019s such a \u2014 such a terrible thing to mention\u201d?  Well, what I said is very small compared to the actual fact: over 30 percent.  The crime \u2014 human trafficking, mostly of children and women.  \u201cHuman trafficking,\u201d sounds like an ancient term.  You wouldn\u2019t think it\u2019s possible.  Human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>But the Internet has made human trafficking a much bigger business than it was ever, hundreds or even thousands of years ago.  The Internet \u2014 a lot of good things happen with the Internet but a lot of bad things happen also.<\/p>\n<p>So now our federal agencies are spending an additional $24 billion on buying your product.  We\u2019re buying your product.  And I said specifically, \u201cLet\u2019s buy American.\u201d  You have the advantage.  Before, you didn\u2019t have any advantage at all.  Now you have an advantage.  If you make your product in America, you have a much better chance of getting the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I\u2019m pleased to announce that we will begin our Buy American requirements, but even stronger.  Currently, a product can be 50 percent foreign, and it still counts as American-made.  Figure that one out.  In just a few moments, I will sign an executive order that will \u2014 that will eventually raise these standards up to 75 percent and above so that domestic goods will have to have 75 percent American, and 95 percent for things such<br \/>\nas iron and steel.  It\u2019s going to be 95 percent.  We have great minds.  We produce great ore, great steel, great aluminum, great everything.  But we weren\u2019t using them.  Most of them were closed.  And in some cases, they blame the environmentalists.  Most of them were closed.  They\u2019re not closed anymore, or they won\u2019t be closed very long.<\/p>\n<p>The philosophy of my administration is simple: If we can build it, grow it, or make it in the United States, we will.<\/p>\n<p>When we choose American-made, something truly wonderful happens: Our communities thrive and flourish, our neighborhoods bustle with commerce, our children dream bigger and bolder, and the bonds of loyalty that unite us as citizens become closer, richer, and deeper than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how we carry on the \u201cflaming torch of Americanism,\u201d as President Warren G. Harding called it.  As Harding said, we are forever devoted \u201cto safeguard America first, to stabilize America first, to prosper America first, to think of America first, to exalt America first, [and] to live for and revere America first.\u201d  You never heard that before.  You\u2019ve been doing this for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>I was speaking to a couple of the folks that were responsible right here \u2014 Freeman, for this great boat, of which they are setting records right now.  Records by a lot.  Not even close.  He said over the last three years \u2014 where\u2019s Freeman?  Where are you folks?  Where are you?  Stand up, please.  Great job.  (Applause.)  And they were saying how well they\u2019re doing and that they\u2019ve never heard this kind of talk before: \u201cBuild in America.\u201d  They didn\u2019t hear that.  In fact, it was the opposite.  They were trying to steal your business and build it overseas, build it in other countries, including China, many others.  But that\u2019s not what this is all about.  And this is 100 percent made right here.  Thank you.  Congratulate everybody, too, please.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>So thank you all for showcasing your awe-inspiring products today.  And they are absolutely incredible.  Thank you for pouring out your heart, your sweat, and soul to make our nation even stronger.  Thank you for your unwavering commitment to this magnificent land that we love so much.<\/p>\n<p>And I just want to end by saying, may God bless the United States of America.  May God bless you all.  Thank you very much.  Thank you.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you very much.  Appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, you have any questions on how well our manufacturing business is doing, press?  The press.  Wow, that\u2019s a lot of press.  Look.<\/p>\n<p>Q    President Trump, who were you talking about in your tweet about going back to their home countries?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I don\u2019t mention \u2014 I didn\u2019t mention names.  And I didn\u2019t do that.  But I will tell you, with our country \u2014 and I think everybody in this audience, these are great manufacturers, great workers in our audience too; they brought a lot of their workers here.  If you\u2019re not happy here, then you can leave.  As far as I\u2019m concerned, if you hate our country \u2014 (applause) \u2014 if you\u2019re not happy here, you can leave.  And that\u2019s what I say all the time.  That\u2019s what I said in a tweet, which I guess some people think is controversial.  A lot of people love it, by the way.  A lot of people love it.<\/p>\n<p>But if you\u2019re not happy in the U.S., if you\u2019re complaining all the time \u2014 very simply, you can leave.  You can leave right now.  Come back if you want; don\u2019t come back.  It\u2019s okay too.  But if you\u2019re not happy, you can leave.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>Q    Speaker Pelosi (inaudible).  Is that true?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, that\u2019s just a very racist statement, somebody that would say that.  So, Speaker Pelosi said, \u201cMake America white again.\u201d  Let me tell you, that\u2019s a very racist \u2014 that\u2019s a very racist statement.  I\u2019m surprised she\u2019d say that.<\/p>\n<p>John, go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, three of the congresswomen that you talked about were born in America.  (Inaudible.)  What were you talking about?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Well, they\u2019re very unhappy.  I\u2019m watching them; all they do is complain.  So all I\u2019m saying is, if they want to leave, they can leave, John.  They can leave.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, I look at the one \u2014 I look at Omar \u2014 I don\u2019t know, I never met her.  I hear the way she talks about al Qaeda.  Al Qaeda has killed many Americans.  She said, \u201cYou can hold your chest out, you can \u2014 when I think of America\u2026huh\u2026when I think of al Qaeda, I can hold my chest out.\u201d  When she talked about the World Trade Center being knocked down, \u201cSome people.\u201d  You remember the famous \u201csome people.\u201d  These are people that, in my opinion, hate our country.<\/p>\n<p>Now, you can say what you want, but get a list of all of the statements they\u2019ve made.  And all I\u2019m saying: that if they\u2019re not happy here, they can leave.  They can leave.  And you know what?  I\u2019m sure that there\u2019ll be many people that won\u2019t miss them.<\/p>\n<p>Q    But they\u2019re American citizens.  What do you make of the fact that they\u2019re American citizens?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  But they have to love \u2014 they have to love our country.  They\u2019re Congress people.  And I never used any names.  But these are people \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Q    Are you okay with people thinking your tweets are racist, Mr. President?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Quiet.  Quiet.  Quiet.  Quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, are you okay with people thinking your tweets are racist, sir?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Q    I\u2019m asking a question, sir.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  These are people that if they don\u2019t like it here, they can leave.  And I\u2019d be \u2014 I don\u2019t know who\u2019s going to miss them, but I guess some people will.  One of them is polling \u2014 one of them is polling at 8 \u2014 one of them is polling at 8 percent.  (Applause.)  One of them is polling at 8 percent.<\/p>\n<p>So when \u2014 when I hear people speaking about how wonderful al Qaeda is, when I hear people talking about \u201csome people\u201d \u2014 \u201csome\u201d people with the World Trade Center \u2014 \u201csome people\u201d?  No, not \u201csome people.\u201d  Much more than \u201csome people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When I hear the statements that they\u2019ve made \u2014 and in one case, you have somebody that comes from Somalia, which is a failed government, a failed state \u2014 who left Somalia, who ultimately came here, and now is a Congresswoman who\u2019s never happy; says horrible things about Israel.  Hates Israel.  Hates Jews.  Hates Jews.  It\u2019s very simple.<\/p>\n<p>And if the Democrats want to wrap their bows around this group of four people \u2014 one of them kept Amazon out of New York, tens of thousands of jobs.  It would\u2019ve been a great thing.  And she kept Amazon from going \u2014 it would\u2019ve been a good deal.  I mean, could he have made better?  Maybe.  But tens of thousands of jobs, and New York has not been the same since that happened.  It\u2019s really hurt New York and New York City.  Amazon was going to go there.  They were going to relocate a major section of their business in New York.  She kept them out.  That was a terrible thing she did.  A terrible thing she did.<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s the story \u2014 here\u2019s the story: I see them complaining.  They\u2019re complaining constantly.  I watched Lindsey Graham today on Fox &#038; Friends talking about the same subject \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Q    He says you went too far, sir.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:   \u2014 and, frankly, even stronger than what I\u2019m saying.<\/p>\n<p>Q    He says you went too far, Mr. President.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  He said they\u2019re \u201ccommunists.\u201d  I\u2019m saying that they\u2019re socialists definitely.  As to whether to not they\u2019re communists, I would think they might be, but this isn\u2019t what our country is about.  Nevertheless, they\u2019re free to leave if they want.  And if they want to leave, that\u2019s fine.  And if they want to stay, that\u2019s fine.  But the people have to know.<\/p>\n<p>And politicians can\u2019t be afraid to take them on.  A politician that hears somebody, where we\u2019re at war with al Qaeda, and sees somebody talking about how great al Qaeda is \u2014 pick out her statement \u2014 that was Omar.  How great al Qaeda is \u2014 when you hear that \u2014 and we\u2019re losing great soldiers to al Qaeda.<\/p>\n<p>When you see the World Trade Center gets knocked down, and you see the statements made about the World Trade Center \u2014 all the death and destruction \u2014 I\u2019ll tell you what: I\u2019m not happy with them.  And it\u2019s very easy to be \u2014 say, \u201cOh, gee.  Well, it\u2019s okay.\u201d  If weak politicians want to say \u2014 and the Democrats, in this case \u2014 if they want to gear their wagons around these four people, I think they\u2019re going to have a very tough election because I don\u2019t think the people of United States will stand for it.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President \u2014<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  John, go ahead.  Go ahead, John.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, let me see if I can sum up, sort of, what people are talking about here.<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Does it concern you that that tweet was seen as racist?  Lindsey Graham said \u2014 he encouraged you to aim higher.  And does it trouble you \u2014<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  No, no.  He didn\u2019t say about the \u2014 he just said, \u201cDon\u2019t go\u2026\u201d  See, I disagree with Lindsey.<\/p>\n<p>Q    Oh, okay.  But can I just finish?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  These are congresswomen.  What am I supposed to do?  Just wait for senators?  No.  These are four \u2014 so I disagree with Lindsey on that.  That was the only thing.  He said, \u201cAim higher.  Shoot higher.\u201d  What am I going to do?  Wait until we get somebody else in a higher position?  A higher office?  These are people that hate our country.<\/p>\n<p>Q    But \u2014 but \u2014<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  Hey, John.  They hate our country.  They hate it, I think, with a passion.  Now, it\u2019s possible I\u2019m wrong.  The voter will decide.  But when I hear the way they talk about our country, when I hear the anti-Semitic language they use, when I hear the hatred they have for Israel, and the love they have for enemies like al Qaeda \u2014 then you know what?<br \/>\nI will tell you that I do not believe this is good for the Democrat Party.  Certainly, it\u2019s not the party that I\u2019ve known over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Q    But could I get \u2014 could I just finish?  Does it concern you that many people saw that tweet as racist and that white nationalist groups are finding common cause with you on that point?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  It doesn\u2019t concern me because many people agree with me.  And all I\u2019m saying \u2014 they want to leave, they can leave.  Now, it doesn\u2019t say leave forever.  It says leave, if you want.<\/p>\n<p>But what it says \u2014 and what that \u2014 John, what that says is: If they\u2019re not happy with the United States, if they\u2019re doing nothing but criticizing us all the time \u2014 you see these people walking down, criticizing the United States.<\/p>\n<p>We just hit the highest stock market in history.  All of these incredible manufacturers that are in \u2014 these are great business people.  They employ many people, and we have workers with us, too.  They\u2019re having the best year they\u2019ve ever had.  Can I say that?  Is that a correct statement?  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>So \u2014 and they\u2019re hiring more people than they\u2019ve had.  And more people are making a good living than they\u2019ve ever had.  We just hit 27,000-plus on the Dow.  It\u2019s the highest the stock market has ever been.  And you have to go by the election because the markets started going up the day after I won.  You know, they like to add all of that tremendous gain.  They like to try and give it to Obama.  The fact is, if I would\u2019ve lost, the stock market would crash.  And if these people that I watch in those debates ever got their hands on the United States government, 401(k)s, the values of your company, everything else that we talk about we\u2019re so proud of, it\u2019s down the tubes.  People will lose their money.  They\u2019ll lose their wealth.  You\u2019ll have a crash like you\u2019ve never seen before.  And I\u2019m really good at this stuff; I know what I\u2019m talking about.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you all very much.  Thank you.  Thank you.  (Applause.)<\/p>\n<p>Q    Mr. President, why didn\u2019t your threats about the ICE raids \u2014 Mr. President, ICE raids.  Why didn\u2019t they happen?  Was it (inaudible) scare people?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  The ICE raids \u2014 the ICE raids \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Q    Was that just to scare people, Mr. President?  Why didn\u2019t your threats match the action?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  The ICE raids were very successful.  People came into our country illegally.  Illegally.  Many were felons.  Many were convicted of crimes.  Many, many were taken out on Sunday.  You just didn\u2019t know about it.<\/p>\n<p>Q    How many?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  In fact, I went to a \u2014 I spoke to the head of ICE.  I spoke to a couple of people.  We had many people \u2014 it was a very successful day.  But you didn\u2019t see a lot of it because it was done \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Q    How many?<\/p>\n<p>THE PRESIDENT:  A lot.  You\u2019ll speak to them.  And I don\u2019t \u2014 I\u2019m not even sure they should be telling you, but it was a lot.  And it wouldn\u2019t have to be Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been doing this \u2014 look, we have been removing MS-13.  They\u2019re monsters.  We\u2019ve been removing MS-13 by the thousands during my administration.  And I tell my people \u2014 it\u2019s much easier to go the other route \u2014 but I say, \u201cFocus on the criminals.  Focus on the people that are killing people, that are causing crime.  Focus on them.\u201d  Much easier just to go to general population.  That\u2019s easy.  But I don\u2019t do it the easy way.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re getting tremendous numbers of criminals.  And yesterday, it was just reported to me before I walked \u2014 because I said, \u201cHow did that go yesterday?\u201d  It didn\u2019t have to start yesterday.  The truth is it started a number of days before yesterday, but yesterday was very successful.<\/p>\n<p>People come into our country illegally, and they go out legally.  Every person taken out had papers and we had court orders.  Okay, thank you.<\/p>\n<p>How about getting the manufacturers up here?  Come on up.  Come on up.<\/p>\n<p>(The executive order is signed.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;I want welcome everyone to the White House. We are very excited to be hosting our third annual Made in America Showcase. It\u2019s all about \u201cMade in America.\u201d (Applause.) We just started this, and this is my third already. 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