Job. Thats a big if, frankly the fed should be cutting. I would say they should say at a minimum 100 basis points. Over a period of time. Not at one time but over a period of time well, im not talking about doing anything at this moment, but indexing is something that a lot of people have liked for a long time. And its something that would be very easy to do. A lot of people have been talking about indexing for many years. And its something that i am certainly thinking about i can say a majority of people they like indexing its something im thinking about. Payroll taxes ive been thinking about payroll taxes for a long time whether or not we do it now or not is its not being done because of recession were legitimately, if we had a cut in Interest Rates by the fed, if they would do their job properly and do a meaningful cut, because they raised toovz, you would see growth like youve never seen in this country if you go from the election, the great november 8th day, if you go from november 9th to present, you are talking about almost a 60 increase in the stock market unemployment numbers that are lowest in history. And overall almost the lowest ever in the history of our country. I think it was 1969 and were set to surpass that number our country is doing very well when i spoke to the president , we were just walking in and he said congratulations on the Great Success of your economy and your country i appreciated that but our country is looking very well. Its something well talk about. It was the g8 for a long time and now its the g7. A lot of time we talk about russia were talking about russia because ive gone to numerous g7 meetings, and i guess president obama because putin outsmarted him, president obama thought it wasnt a good thing to have russia in. So he wanted russia out. I think its more appropriate to have russia in it should be the g8. A lot of things we talk about have to do with russia i could see it being the g8 again. If somebody would make that motion, i would be disposed to think about it favorably as you know, for most of the time, it was the g8 and included russia president obama didnt want russia in because he got outsmarted well, thats not the way it really should work [ inaudible question ] yeah. [ inaudible question ] a lot of time on it we spent a lot of time discussing it already. Our countries have been discussing it and were going to were taking it up today in an important meeting after this do you like the idea its something were thinking about. Reporter has the white house contacted m contacted maduro regime . Were talking to various representatives of venezuela were helping as much as we can. Were staying out of it but were helping it it needs a lot of help its an incredible tribute to something bad happening. And something bad is socialism its amazing because 15 years ago, it was one of the wealthiest countries and now one of the poorest it has oil reserves, it has a lot of things going but its a sad thing what happened. They dont have water or food. Were helping a lot. Were talking to the representatives at Different Levels of venezuela, yes i dont want to say who but were talking at a high level. A deal with Boris Johnson i spoke with Boris Johnson, i think hes going to be a great Prime Minister i think hell do a fantastic job. Ive known him a lot of people know we have a good relationship. I think hell be far superior. Hell do something that will be a very i think hes going to be important for the uk. I think hes going to be very important. Dealing with the European Union, i hate to say this to you, but dealing with the European Union is difficult they drive a hard bargain. Theyre represented by jean claude who is is a friend of mine but hes a tough man. A great negotiator we have all the cards in this country. All we have to do is tax their cars and they would give us anything we wanted because they sent millions of mercedes over they send millions of bmws over. But were talking to the European Union were going it see if we can work something out i will say this, dealing with the uk, they have not treated the uk very well thats a very tough bargain theyre striving driving i think the uk has the right man in charge now. The right person in charge in the form of boris. Reporter what is your current thinking on pulling out well were talking to the government of afghanistan. Were talking to the taliban were talking to others. Were looking at Different Things weve been there for 18 years. Its ridiculous. We have taken it down a notch. Were at about 13,000 people right now. 13,000 americans nato has some troops there, too, by the way and were having good discussions. Well see what happens well see what happens its 18 years. When im really fighting, were almost more of a police force over there its been so many years. But were like a police force. Were not supposed to be a police force as ive said, and ill say it any number of times that this is not using nuclear. We could win that war in a week, if we wanted to fight it but im not looking to kill 10 Million People im not looking to kill 10 million afghans because thats what would have to happen. Im not looking to do that but its a war that has been going on for almost 19 years now. Frankly, its ridiculous, but with that being said, its a dangerous place and we have to always keep an eye on it i like to look at various alternatives i dont know how the plan will be acceptable to me, maybe its not going to be acceptable to them but were talking. We have good talks going well see what happens its more than other president s have done. We have brought it down. Were bringing some of our troops back. But we have to have a presence, yes. Could you clarify your position on enhanced background checks after el paso and dayton, you seem to be in fully support of enhanced measures. When you were leaving bedminster you seemed to suggest we have strong background laws which a lot of people read youre dialing back. Im not doing it to be cute we have very strong background checks now, but we have sort of missing areas. Areas that dont complete the whole circle were looking at Different Things i have to tell you its a mental problem and ive said it a hundred times. Its not the gun that pulls the trigger. Its the person that pulls the trigger. These are sick people and its also that kind of a problem. Were looking at mental institutions, which we used to have, like, for example, where i come from in new york. They closed up almost all of their mental institutions. There are many of them those people went on to the streets and did it for budgetary reasons. Well, new york is not unique theyve done it in many places reporter have you supported either of the house bills . Im not going to get into that, but were in meaningful discussions with the democrats and i think the republicans are unified. Were strong in our Second Amendment, the democrats are not strong at all in the Second Amendment. I would say theyre weak on the Second Amendment and we have to be careful of that the democrats would, i believe, i think they would give up the Second Amendment and the people that a lot of people that put me where i am are strong believers in the Second Amendment and i am, also we have to be careful about that you know, they call it the slippery slope and all of a sudden everything gets taken away. Were not going to let that happen [ inaudible question ] i hope so we have good results and i want so share those with President Trump. What is your question reporter i was asking [ inaudible question ] so nice to have a question about romania. [ inaudible question ] i think this is a man that can solve the corruption problem in romania hes made big strides, from what i heard. I havent been there recently. I think hes the man that can solve the corruption problem theres a number of terrific countries like romania but they have a tremendous corruption problem. And ive heard you made tremendous progress. We did, yeah. Reporter do you support cutting were looking at and were looking at it in different ways and talking to republicans and democrats about it and certain things we can say but certain things it probably could be, you know, a penny wise maybe its a penny wise. Well see. Were looking at it. We have some things that are on the table, very much well let you know over the next, probably, sooner than a week reporter mr. President , youre [ inaudible question ] i just got an award and endorsement yesterday from the exact group. The group you saw that. They gave me the endorsement yesterday and i was very honored to log cabin but honored to receive it ive done very well with that community. Some of my biggest supporters are of that community, and i think they i talked to them a lot about it i think ive done very well with that community as you know, peter thatiel are with me all the way. I just got a big endorsement from the log cabin group, yeah [ inaudible question ] let me tell you something number one, were doing very well somebody had to take china off you know, i read and i see so much and i read so much and ill see these economists saying, oh, give up. Give up on china give up. China has been ripping this country off for 25 years for longer than that, its about time whether its good for our country or bad for our country, short term longterm its imperative that somebody does this because our country cannot continue to pay china 500 billion a year because stupid people are running it. So i dont mind this question. Weather its good or bad short term is irrelevant we have to solve the problem with china because theyre taking out 500 billion a year plus it doesnt include intellectual property theft and other things. Also, national security. So i am doing this, whether its good or bad for your statement about will we fall into a recession for two months okay the fact is, somebody had to take china on. My life would be easier if i didnt take china on i like doing it because i have to do it were getting great results. China had the worst year theyve had in 27 years. I dont that to happen but it puts us in a good negotiating position, doesnt it china wants to make a deal, and thats good. But they have to make a deal that is fair to us it cant be a deal that is not fair to us you should be happy im fighting this and fighting this battle. Because somebody had to do it. We couldnt let this go. I dont thinks sustainable to let go on what was happening they were stealing all of our intellectual property, ideas, the theft was incredible they call it intellectual property theft and they value it at 300 billion a year who knows how they value it . I know how they value dollars. I dont know how to value intellectual property theft but they have experts where they say its at least 300 billion a year obama should have done bush should have done it clinton should have done it. They all should have done it nobody did it. Im doing it so what do you say oh, my trade deals of course my trade deals arent causing a problem this is something that had to be done the only difference is im doing it i could be sitting here right now with a stock market that would be up 10,000 points higher if i didnt want to do it. But i think we have no choice but to do it a lot of people that really know, people that love our country, theyre saying thank you very much for taking it on and were winning. Because theyre having the worst year theyve had in decades. And its only going to get worse. China lost 2 million jobs in the last month and a half. Because theyre moving the people the companies are moving to nontariffed countries. Theyve lost over 2 million jobs in a short period of time. Theyre going to lose a lot more jobs if i didnt help certain companies, American Companies like apple, for a short period of time, i may help them only they do what they have to do which is probably move from china. This would be short term if i didnt help them, they would be, i mean, they would be they would have a big problem. Here is the thing. Somebody had to take on what china was doing to the United States economically. Were winning big. I took it on and it should have been done by previous president s but i took it on. And im happy to do it because it had to be done. And the smart people say thank you very much. And the dumb people have no idea then you have the political people and they go with the wind but they all know. Even senator schumer said trump is doing a great job with china. I couldnt believe that schumer thinks im doing the right thing. Hes doing the right thing by saying it. He knows china was a big economic threat and they were taking all of that money they were making from us and they were building planes and ships and lots of other things we cant let that happen reporter theres a new study out of australia that suggested the current Chinese Military posture in South China Sea and the Pacific Region could wipe out most u. S. Bases within a number of hours. Is that something that keeps you up at night . Well, nothing keeps me up at night. I could tell you, we could wipe out anything we want we have the most powerful in the world and when i came in two and a half years, we were in a bad position now were in a strong position we have 700 billion, 716 billion and 738 billion we have the Strongest Military in the world now were getting close to finishing that weve rebuilt the military right now theres nobody that is even close to us militarily. Not even close zblb. Reporter it doesnt concern you . No. They would pay a price they wouldnt want to pay [ inaudible question ] somebody that is being put up to russia. Yeah. Very respected. Well, i know mike pompeo likes it very much and hes very respected. He could be. Theyre doing that. Romania is doing that. The taliban is looking to the u. S. If the u. S. Were to draw down and the taliban went on the offensive, would the u. S. Come and well the taliban does not respect the government the afghan government. They have no respect for the afghan government. I understand that and i know that and they havent been exactly getting a long for a long period of time. Weve been a peace keeper there in a way for 19 years. At a certain point, you have to say thats long enough i see young men that step on a bomb and they lose their legs and arms and in some case they lose both and their face on top of it and theyre living again, we could win that but, you know, i dont want to do what we would have to do to win it i think most people agree with me on that right now were doing negotiating with the government and were negotiating with the taliban and well see what happens from it. What is coming from it i will say this, the taliban would like to stop fighting us they would like to stop fighting us theyve lost a lot but well see what happens remember, its a tough place the soviet union became russia because of afghanistan thats what happened very simple. They became russia because of afghanistan. Somebody would say, oh, well, would they go in if they want to let them i think they tried that before, however. It didnt work out too well. Nobody can be trusted this world, i think nobody can be trusted reporter could we be back to where we were pre9 11 with the taliban . We have to watch. Well have intelligence and somebody there but you can say that about a lot of places, john. It does seem to be the Harvard University of Tropical Storm terrorism. Well always have somebody there. If the taliban were really right in what theyre saying, they would stop that from happening they could stop that from happening very easily well, theyve been having these talks for hundreds of years. This is kashmir and kashmir is a complicated place. You have the hindus and the muslims and i wouldnt say they get along so great thats what you have right now you have millions of people that want to be ruled by others and maybe on both sides. And you have two countries that havent gotten along well for a long time. Frankly, its a explosive situation. I spoke toPrime Minister cahn. I spoke with yesterday, also, Prime Minister modi. Great people great friends of mine. Theyre great people and they love their countries theyre in a tough situation kashmir is a very tough situation. And, you know, were talking about this has been going on for decades and decades. Shooting i dont mean shooting like shooting a rifle im talking about major shooting of heavy arms. And its been going on for a long period of time, but i get along well with both of them, as you know Prime Minister cahn was here just recently. I was with im going to be with Prime Minister modi ill be with him over the weekend in france. So, you know, i think were helping the situation, but theres tremendous problems between those two countries, as you know and i will do the best i can to mediate or do something. Great relationship with both of them theyre not exactly friends at this moment. Complicated situation. A lot has to do with religion. Religion is a complicated subject. Reporter said that the United States should rethink its policy of aid toward israel after she and congresswoman denied entry congressman talib allowed to come in but decided not to should there be any change to israel no. You should see the horrible things that lean said about israel aocplus 3. Thats what i call it. And you should see the things that the four of them have said about israel over the last couple of years. I mean, omar is a disaster for jewish people. I cant imagine if she has any jewish people in her district that could possibly vote for her. But what omar has said what talib has said. And i noticed yesterday for the first time, talib with the tears. All of a sudden she starts with tears. Tears. I dont buy it i dont buy it i dont buy it for a second. Because ive seen her in a vicious mood and Campaign Rallies. My Campaign Rallies before she was a congresswoman. I said who is that and i saw a woman that was violent and vicious and out of control. And all of a sudden i see this person who is crying because she cant see her grandmot