Q Mr. President, on the 9/11 Compensation Fund, do you want to see it approved so that this never has to be revisited again - through 2090?
THE PRESIDENT: I have a meeting on that, actually, this afternoon, before my speech. I'm going down, as you know - it's a very big crowd down in Florida - Orlando. And before that, I'm having a meeting. So we'll - we'll be letting you know.
Q Do you think you can reach a deal with President Xi at the G20? Or are you basically starting over?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I have a very good relationship with President Xi, and we'll see what happens. I think we have a chance. I know that China wants to make a deal. They don't like the tariffs. A lot of companies are leaving China in order to avoid the tariffs. I have a very good relationship with President Xi. We'll see what happens.
Q If that meeting goes well, are you willing to hold off on the next round of tariffs?
THE PRESIDENT: Say it?
Q If that meeting goes well, are you willing to delay that next round of tariffs?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we'll see what happens. I think the meeting might very well go well. And, frankly, our people are starting the deal as of tomorrow. The teams, they're starting to deal. So, we'll see.
China would like to make the deal, we'd like to make the deal, but it has to be a good deal for everybody.
Q Have they given you an indication that they've changed their position on some of the sticking points that scuttled the last deal?
THE PRESIDENT: They did. They changed their position. So I said,
"We're not going to do that."
Q (Inaudible) immigrants do you want to see deported? Are you talking about families, children? What's the population of people you're going to (inaudible)?
THE PRESIDENT: You're going to find out. You're going to find out.
Thank you very much.
END • 4:09 P.M. EDT
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