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>> lets take it -- >> what would candidate trump have said. >> the border is doing great, mexico has been fantastic, trying to get a deal with mexico for 45 years. for 45 years couldnt get a deal. i got one in one day. i said we put tariffs on, have a deal or not. one day, mexico moved 6,000 people to the southern border. 6,000 troops to the southern border. the border is working well, the wall is being built. a lot of people dont like to talk about it. we will have 400 miles built by end of nex...

Years and years and before it happened i was against going to iraq. and some people said i dont know. i was a private citizen. it never made sense to me. i was against going to the middle east. we spent $7 trillion in the middle east right now. >> what would candidate trump have said about under his watch, a venezuelan dig tartd thumbing his nose, and drone shot down and -- >> lets take a look. the borders doing great. mexicos doing fantastic. so for 45 years they couldnt get a deal. i got one i...

Here from the presidents conversation with jose. this is the presidents answer to whether he thinks mexico is a friend or a foe. >> lets talk about mexico. do you consider mexico an ally, an adversary, a friend, or a foe? >> this week i consider them a friend. theyve been doing a great job, actually. we signed an agreement last week. they have 6,000 people going to their southern border, troops, and they are doing a really good job. so far theyve been doing a really good job. >> is this a week b...

Probably doing better right now in our economy, wages are up, havent gone up in years, in decades. wages are up over 3%, the things that have happened in jobs, unemployment, the amount of people working, companies are pouring back into our country from japan. theyre coming back from china because i put the tariffs on. they are coming back into this country, the way i get the word out is through social media. i dont know that i wouldve been successful if i didnt have it. there was a fantastic wom...

Of the country and we are bringing them back. the countries that see this and they see it happening, it is already started on a much heavier fashion next week. its sending a signal that you make it then but youre not getting in for long and you are going out. the other thing finally is mexico for the first time ever, in many, many decades, they are respecting us. we had a big fight and it worked out great. 6,000 soldiers on the southern border come on their southern border. stopping people from ...

China, taking in billions and billions of dollars, we have never taken in before. the tariffs are very strong, 25% of 250 billion and tremendous money is flowing into the treasury. china subsidizing the companies, our people are not paying for it. if you look, our people are not paying for it. china subsidizing that so it continues to work. the trouble for china, companies are leaving china, they dont want to pay the tariffs. i have a feeling we will make a deal with china. i dont believe china ...

Billions of dollars which we never took in before. the tariffs have been very strong. we have 25% of $250 billion. and tremendous money is flowing into our treasury. china is subsidizing those companies, so our people are not paying for it if you look. china is subsidizing those companies so that people continue to work. now, the problem for china is that lot of companies are leaving china because they dont want to pay the tariffs. but were doing very well. and i have a feeling that well make a ...

Was finished. and then china told us they cant agree to things that they already agreed on. all right. and thats okay. i said thats okay. were going to put tariffs on. 25% on $250 billion. now we have another $325 billion left and if we dont make a deal, were going to put a tariff on that too. and the united states is making more money than theyve ever made, ever, ever before from china. i would like to make a deal, but well see what happens. as much as i would like to, china wishes they had tha...

President trump is keeping the nation in suspense. >> they need us. we dont need them, we need them. >> reporter: trump hinting theres a good chance hell make a deal with mexico and back off his threat to add a 5% tariff to all imported goods. but he added this important caveat, if we are unable to make the deal, mexico will begin paying the tariffs at the 5% level on monday. its a decision trump must make soon. the vice presidents chief of staff said the white house will likely take the next st...

Whos a disaster, by the way. hes a total political jerk. they hurt my negotiation. because i go into the room with mexicans, im asking them for everything. and by the way, if they dont do it, im putting the tariffs on. >> were closely watching wall street and market reaction to this major miss for the jobs report. lets take a look at where things right now, as the -- as we just hear the cheering. up 212 points to almost 26,000 right now. cnbc senior analyst ron insana is here. lets start with th...