Remarks by President Trump at the Presidential Social Media Summit | Eastern North Carolina Now

    And you'll take a look at what's happening, and you see stories that should be phenomenal, big, beautiful stories and it turns out that they don't get covered. We did something yesterday on kidney and kidney dialysis, and there's a tremendous number of people with problems with kidneys. And it was Secretary Azar - it was a big, big important thing. It got very little coverage. You know, very positive - what we did is such - such a great thing.

    I don't care. We don't have to get the - hey, it's good for our nation. It's good for people to read about it and see the strides that we've made and what we're doing. But that doesn't get covered and it should get covered. And it doesn't get covered for a reason because they don't want to give that to a conservative. They don't want to let that happen.

    Now, if somebody else were in this position - such as the previous administration - they'd make that headline news all over the place, what we did yesterday. But when we're doing it, they give very little credit to that.

    But anything bad that happens - I always say, "They can take bad and make it horrible. They can take a good story and make it sort of bad. And they can take a great, great story and make it anywhere from good to slightly bad." (Laughter.) It's incredible what they can do.

    I say I haven't had a good story in two and a half years. I used to get great press. Steve Mnuchin knows. He said, "Man, you get the greatest press." Until I got elected. (Laughter.) Then it stopped. But I used to get the greatest press - possibly one of the reasons I'm here.

    But we're getting the word out, and we get it out in a different way. I didn't think we'd have to - Charlie, I didn't think it would be this tough and -

    By the way, two very special people - I have to say hello to them. Because my wife said, "I see these two beautiful women - African American, incredible women - that are on television. They are unbelievable." This is two years ago. She was before her time. They have no idea who I'm talking about. (Laughter.) She was - our First Lady said, "You have to see these women. They're incredible. They're genius. And they like you." I said, "I want to see them." (Laughter.) And I liked them. I loved them, actually. I loved them. Come. Come. (Applause.)

    I don't want them to fall, because it'll be a major story. (Laughter.)

    So, when the historians look back, they're going to see something very important took place right here. Before today, it took place. It started taking place a number of years ago, and it's something that nobody ever thought would happen.

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    Free speech is a bedrock of American life. Our constitutional rights must be fiercely protected. And I want you to know that we will always have your back. We're fighting for you very hard. We're going to be calling a big meeting of the companies for - in a week or two. They have to be here.

    And Josh is really leading a very strong group of people. This isn't just Josh. This is you leading a tremendous group, and they feel equally as strongly as you because they see the unfairness of what's happening.

    And remember: We won. We have a bigger voice than anybody. But we don't get covered fairly. Can you imagine if we were covered fairly? We had our best polls, like, yesterday, they were telling me. I said, "Could you imagine if I actually got good press instead of - even fair press. I don't want good; I want fair." Can you imagine what those numbers would be? They make up stories - you know, the Russian hoax. I call it the "Russian hoax" - the witch hunt. All bad publicity, and yet we're doing great in the polls.

    So people understand it. The public is very smart. But we're getting the word out about so many things - not just that - about so many things.

    And maybe the most important thing about how great our country is doing. Jobs - now more people working today than ever in the history of our country. Ever in the history of our country - think of that. Unemployment are the best numbers in 51 years. For African American, the best numbers in our history - in our history, Herman, right? (Applause.) Including you. And you're making a lot, I hope.

    But Hispanic American - best numbers in history. (Applause.) Right? Stand up. And I like your dresses, by the way, very much. No, not you, sir. You. (Laughter.) Thank you. I saw you the other day. Fantastic job.

    But Hispanic American - the best in history. Asian American - the best in history. Women - I think, Kellyanne - the best in 75 years. The best in - best unemployment numbers in 75 years. What we're doing - it's nothing like this has been done.

    Our military is now strong. When I took it over, it was depleted. We had planes that were so old they didn't fly. They'd have to go to the desert to get parts. When we took it over, it was not a good situation. We got $700 billion, and then $716 billion. And we're going to be asking for another one this year. And it's all manufactured in the United States. We make it ourselves. And that's always good, because that's jobs. Now, in this case, jobs aren't important compared military defense, but we make the best planes and rockets and military equipment anywhere in the world. Nothing like it. And we're doing something that's incredible.

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    So, our military is strong. Our - our country is really powerful and really strong. Never been like this.

    Whoops. How did a fly get into the White House? (Laughter.) I don't like that. I don't like flies. I don't like flies. (Laughter.)

    So I just want to tell you, just in finishing up, we had a terrible bias. We have censorship like nobody has any understanding or nobody can believe. When you see the Google executives together, and one of their executives decides to put it on the phone - right? That's right. Thank you. Oh, there he is. Stand up, please. Stand up. (Applause.) How good - what a great job. Somebody said he's controversial. I said, "He's not controversial. He's truthful." He's truthful. (Applause.) That was a great job. That was one of many. Thank you. Thank you very much. Fantastic.

    So, you know, they're playing with - with a lot of minds and they're playing unfairly. And the funny thing is that, in theory, they shouldn't be liking the other side. They shouldn't be liking the other side. They should be, really, liking our side, because we're the ones that want freedom far more.

    You see what's happening up in the debate stand. You see what they're doing to each other. You're seeing the hatred that they have up there. And it's a very different philosophy. It's a very different thought.

    And I'll say this: The election that's coming up is, I think - and, you know, we talk 2016, and I would say maybe that's the most important, and certainly I said it. But what we're really fighting for - there has never been a difference of this candidate, our candidate, your candidate against whoever it may be. There will never be anything like that hopefully again, because what they're looking at is pure socialism or worse than socialism. You know, there's a word called "communism," too. There's a word called - they don't like to use it. Very rarely do you hear that. But there's a word called "communism," and they're trying to get socialism over the line.

    But these people are - this is beyond socialism, to a large extent. And I think that we're going to have a tremendous success. We had a - sort of, an opening rally in Orlando, Florida. We had 109,000 - maybe more; I think it was nine - wanting to come. We were doing as much as we could to keep people not from coming. We have a 21,000-seat stadium, and then, with the basketball court, it held many more than that. It was packed. And we had a similar number outside, and we had thousands and thousands of people that wanted to be there. And this was an opening.

    And you look at Biden; they say he had 600 people. That wasn't 600; that was 150 people. (Laughter and applause.) That was 150. That was a very small crowd. (Laughter.) And even their big crowds - I mean, if they have 1,000 people, it's like a big crowd. We have enthusiasm that's far greater than the left. It's not even a contest. They don't want to say that. They never will say that.

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    We had, on the Mall, just the other day - 4th of July - a tremendous success. It was pouring. The weather was just - it was beautiful, in one way. They learned it was my real hair that day - (laughter) - because I was drenched. Well, that is the one good thing. I ran, and they learned it's my hair, because I've been through every windstorm, sandstorm. Let's go over here. Let's go this one, that one - this desert. Let's go to this ocean and get out of the plane. "Sir, the wind is blowing at about 70 miles an hour." I said, "Boy, it's got to be - it's got to be mine." (Laughter.)

    But we've seen it all. We've seen it all. And I tell you what: More than anything else, I've met great people. I've met great people. Dedicated people. And I think that the election coming up, Kevin, this is the most important election of our times.

    This is an election where our country is going to go one way or it's going to head in the direction of Venezuela. And that's what's going to happen. That's what's going to happen.

    This Green New Deal - and I - you know, I hate to speak badly of it right now because it's a little early. I spoke too early on Elizabeth "Pocahontas" Warren. (Laughter.) I spoke - I should've saved it.

    But, you know - so I don't like to go too early because I don't want them to change. I like the Green New Deal. I want them to keep going. I don't want them to make - you know, the problem with this business: They can make a change, and immediately upon making the - it lasts for about a week. You look at, for instance, on the wall, Chuck Schumer was totally in favor of a wall. Right, Liz? Totally in favor. Everybody. Hillary. Everybody. They were all in favor of a wall, just a few years ago.

    Now a wall is a - well, that's okay. They want open borders. They want people to pour in, including criminals - the worst criminals. They want people to pour into our country. Nobody can tell me that's good, politically. Nobody can tell me.

    So all Americans, regardless of their political beliefs or affiliations, they've got a right to speak their mind. That includes them. That includes them. But they don't have the same difficulty. They don't get shut out. I wrote a few terms. I said to my son, Don, who's here some- - where are you, Don? Where are you, Don? (Applause.) He's very good. Kimberly. Don. People like Don, I tell you. (Applause.) Good. Thank you, Don.

    But we wrote out a few - shadow ban, 100 percent. You look at what's going on. You know, I could go - the blocking - just the basic blocking of what we want to get out. The fact that they don't let them join. They don't. There was - there's no doubt in my mind that I should have millions and millions - I have millions of people - so many people, I wouldn't believe it. But I know that we've been blocked.
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