Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Q   Are you confident that you will reach a trade deal with China?

    THE PRESIDENT: There's a possibility. I'm meeting with Russia. I'm meeting with China. I'm meeting with many countries. We're meeting with many countries. We have many things - we've been ripped off by everybody over the years. They're not ripping us off anymore. A big difference right now.

    We're meeting with China. Just so you know, China has been paying us billions and billions of dollars. Until I got here, they never paid this country 10 cents. So, we'll see what happens with China, with Russia, with Japan - with many countries.

    Q   Mr. President, is the ball now in Iran's court?

    THE PRESIDENT: Say it?

    Q   Is the ball now in Iran's court as far as, perhaps, a meeting?

    THE PRESIDENT: The ball is in no court. You know what? Iran can do whatever they want. It's just fine. I have plenty of time. But they have a country that's in economic distress. It's an economic disaster right now. They could solve it quickly, or they could solve it in 10 years from now. Whatever they want is fine with me. Whatever they want. I have all the time in the world. I'm sitting here - I have all the time in the world. In the meantime, they have very strong sanctions. They have to live with those sanctions. But Iran should do the right thing for their people.

    The problem is I don't believe their leader - I'm not sure that their leaders care for their people. If they do, they'll make a deal. If they don't, they're just thinking about themselves. And they're selfish, and they're stupid, if that's what they're doing.

    Q   Will you be meeting with Kim Jong Un?

    THE PRESIDENT: I'll meeting with a lot of other people, not by him. But I may be speaking to him in a different form.

    I'll be going, as you know, to South Korea after we're finished with the G20. And we'll be there for about a day. We have a lot of meetings planned with a lot of different countries.

    We are a country that's respected again. Not like the old days. We're respected again. These countries respect us. They didn't respect us three, four, five years ago. They respect us again.

    Thank you very much.

END  •  1:39 P.M. EDT

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