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Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
Q Mr. President, do you think there will be a trade deal with China before November of 2020?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think the biggest problem to a trade deal is China would love to wait and just hope - they hope it's not going to happen. I hope. But they would just love if I got defeated so they could deal with somebody like Elizabeth Warren or Sleepy Joe Biden or any of these people because then they'd be allowed and able to continue to rip off our country like they've been doing for the last 30 years.
China has been taking out hundreds of billions of dollars a year with our country. And now what I've done with the tariffs is - number one, they had the worst year they've had in 27 years, yesterday - the Wall Street Journal. The worst year in 27 years. Companies are leaving China by the thousands, and their prices are coming down.
And I will tell you this: China is dying to make a deal with me. But whether or not I'll do it - it's up to me; it's not up to them.
Q What can you get China to give you this week? Just this week, what do you think you can get China to give you in the negotiations?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think China is willing to give up a lot. But I - that doesn't mean I'm willing to accept it. I think if China had their wish, they'd wait until after the election, they'll pray that Trump loses, and then they'll make a deal with a stiff - somebody that doesn't know what they're doing - like Obama and Biden, like all of the Presidents before. Because what they've done is they've just picked our pockets as a nation. That's not happening with Trump.
Q On Virginia - the black Virginia lawmakers are boycotting your event today.
THE PRESIDENT: That's okay.
Q What do you say to them? I mean, they're offended by your remarks.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think if that's the case, I'd be shocked. But if that's the case, they're fighting against their people because the African American people have been calling the White House. They have never been so happy as what a President has done. Not only the lowest unemployment in history for African Americans; not only Opportunity Zones for - really, the biggest beneficiary are the inner cities; and not only criminal justice reform. But they're so happy that I pointed out the corrupt politics of Baltimore. It's filthy dirty. It's so horrible. And they are happy as hell.
So, you may have a couple of politicians boycott, but it's all a fix. It's all a fix. The fact is African American people love the job I'm doing because I'm working for them. I'm not working for the politicians.
Q Mr. President, do you believe that congressional oversight, is (inaudible), in your case?
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, absolutely. It's - what he should do - what Elijah Cummings should do is he should take his Oversight Committee, bring them down to Baltimore, and invest all of it, and really study the billions and billions of dollars that's been stolen. It's been wasted; it's been stolen. They ought to take that beautiful waste of an oversight committee, go down to Baltimore and other Democratic-run cities, and take a look. See if you can find the billions that have been stolen.
Q Is your goal in North Korea simply containment - just a status quo?
THE PRESIDENT: My relationship with Kim Jong Un is a very good one, as I'm sure you've seen.
We'll see what happens. I can't tell you what's going to happen. I know one thing: that if my opponent was President - if she won - you would be in a major war right now with North Korea. And we are nowhere close.
So we'll see. I have a good relationship with him. I like him; he likes me. We'll see what happens.
Q Mr. President, are you willing to visit Baltimore to go see - are you willing to visit Baltimore and go tour it today?
THE PRESIDENT: At the right time, I'll visit.
But the people of Baltimore are very thankful - they have let us know by the thousands of people - because of the fact that finally somebody is pointing out how corrupt Baltimore is, how billions and billions of dollars have been stolen. And the ones that like it the best - what I'm doing - are African American voters. Those are the ones.
Thank you.
END • 9:29 A.M. EDT
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THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think the biggest problem to a trade deal is China would love to wait and just hope - they hope it's not going to happen. I hope. But they would just love if I got defeated so they could deal with somebody like Elizabeth Warren or Sleepy Joe Biden or any of these people because then they'd be allowed and able to continue to rip off our country like they've been doing for the last 30 years.
China has been taking out hundreds of billions of dollars a year with our country. And now what I've done with the tariffs is - number one, they had the worst year they've had in 27 years, yesterday - the Wall Street Journal. The worst year in 27 years. Companies are leaving China by the thousands, and their prices are coming down.
And I will tell you this: China is dying to make a deal with me. But whether or not I'll do it - it's up to me; it's not up to them.
Q What can you get China to give you this week? Just this week, what do you think you can get China to give you in the negotiations?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think China is willing to give up a lot. But I - that doesn't mean I'm willing to accept it. I think if China had their wish, they'd wait until after the election, they'll pray that Trump loses, and then they'll make a deal with a stiff - somebody that doesn't know what they're doing - like Obama and Biden, like all of the Presidents before. Because what they've done is they've just picked our pockets as a nation. That's not happening with Trump.
Q On Virginia - the black Virginia lawmakers are boycotting your event today.
THE PRESIDENT: That's okay.
Q What do you say to them? I mean, they're offended by your remarks.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think if that's the case, I'd be shocked. But if that's the case, they're fighting against their people because the African American people have been calling the White House. They have never been so happy as what a President has done. Not only the lowest unemployment in history for African Americans; not only Opportunity Zones for - really, the biggest beneficiary are the inner cities; and not only criminal justice reform. But they're so happy that I pointed out the corrupt politics of Baltimore. It's filthy dirty. It's so horrible. And they are happy as hell.
So, you may have a couple of politicians boycott, but it's all a fix. It's all a fix. The fact is African American people love the job I'm doing because I'm working for them. I'm not working for the politicians.
Q Mr. President, do you believe that congressional oversight, is (inaudible), in your case?
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, absolutely. It's - what he should do - what Elijah Cummings should do is he should take his Oversight Committee, bring them down to Baltimore, and invest all of it, and really study the billions and billions of dollars that's been stolen. It's been wasted; it's been stolen. They ought to take that beautiful waste of an oversight committee, go down to Baltimore and other Democratic-run cities, and take a look. See if you can find the billions that have been stolen.
Q Is your goal in North Korea simply containment - just a status quo?
THE PRESIDENT: My relationship with Kim Jong Un is a very good one, as I'm sure you've seen.
We'll see what happens. I can't tell you what's going to happen. I know one thing: that if my opponent was President - if she won - you would be in a major war right now with North Korea. And we are nowhere close.
So we'll see. I have a good relationship with him. I like him; he likes me. We'll see what happens.
Q Mr. President, are you willing to visit Baltimore to go see - are you willing to visit Baltimore and go tour it today?
THE PRESIDENT: At the right time, I'll visit.
But the people of Baltimore are very thankful - they have let us know by the thousands of people - because of the fact that finally somebody is pointing out how corrupt Baltimore is, how billions and billions of dollars have been stolen. And the ones that like it the best - what I'm doing - are African American voters. Those are the ones.
Thank you.
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