With the senate in its august break, we will feature book tv programming in prime time on cspan 2. At the end of the summer, look for two special programs on saturday, september 5, live for the 15th annual National Book festival, followed on sunday with our live in Depth Program with former second lady and senior fellow at the American Enterprise institute lynne cheney. Cspan 2, television for serious readers. Republican president ial candidate donald trump spoke to the press before his remarks at a lincoln day dinner in michigan. Topics included campaign polls, Womens Health issues, and immigration policy. This is 15 minutes. Mr. Trump good evening. How are you . Yes maam . [indiscernible] mr. Trump i think the Republican Party is going to do well. You have another party that has problems. I just saw it coming over, the email situation for hillary is a big problem. If they judge it fairly, she has a big problem. No, not at all. I have been proven right. I have absolutely been proven right. [indiscernible] mr. Trump i dont think so at all. I can only go by the polls, 32 . That is the highest for anybody yet. I can only go by the polls. The people we are dealing with, it is what it is. You look at the results. Iowa came out a little while ago. Leading in iowa and new hampshire, north carolina, south carolina. Nevada. Leading everywhere. That is all i can go by. Excuse me . That is the best question. China. China. I think you have to do something to rein in china. The d value to their currency and are making it impossible for the u. S. To compete. China has no respect for president obama whatsoever. You have to take strong actions. How can we compete . They continuously devalue their currency. They have been doing this for years. This was the largest devaluation they have had in two decades. They are making it impossible for our businesses to compete. They think we are run by a bunch of idiots. What is going on with china is unbelievable. The largest devaluation in two decades. A great question. It is a disgrace. Major, fantastic. I watched you with president obama two weeks ago. He was not thrilled. Im sure i will be more thrilled. [indiscernible] how would you grade his leadership mr. Trump very fair question. You could have let it rebuild itself, go bankrupt. A lot of people think that is the way it should have gone. I could have done it either way. I think you would have ended up ultimately in the same place. Yes maam . Race relations are at an alltime high or low . That, certainly. [indiscernible] jobs, spirit. Theres no spirit. Certainly, i would. In terms of how to address they are doing poorly, you look at what is going on in every place. You have powder cakes. You need spirit and you need jobs. We need to take jobs back from china and other countries that have taken our jobs. That is why when the question was asked about china, it is terrible. More jobs are going to go. Yes, maam . [indiscernible] mr. Trump i think we are going to do well with a lot of voters. The hispanic vote. The women vote. If you look in nevada, they did the poll. I am leading the hispanic vote because i create jobs. I will be creating tremendous numbers of jobs. Womens health issues, i am for that. I watched jeb bush give the worst answer the other day. That is going to be his 47 . Romney possibly lost the elections for many reasons, but one reason was 47 . I think jebs answer on Womens Health issues the other day was a disaster for him. He said he misspoke. How do you misspoke . I will be great on Womens Health issues. I cherish women. I will be great on Womens Health issues, believe me. Oh, hello, david. You have said you are going to be great on women, china, isis. Mr. Trump hopefully everything. We have not heard a lot of particulars. When are you going to tell us what you will replace obamacare with, how you will fix china . Mr. Trump you did not bring up isis. Where is the plan . Mr. Trump when you are coming up with a plan, you have to be flexible. I recently got something in miami, everybody wanted it. If i had said, here is a 12 point plan, i did not do that. I went in and punched in beat the hell out of people and i ended up getting it. All the smart money wanted it. The Old Post Office. Everybody wanted it. I got it. In the obama administration, i got it which is shocking. I got it. I got it because i know how to get things done. You cannot sit down and say, well, im going to come up with a 19 point plan to get the Old Post Office and turn it into a great hotel. The most sought after property in the history of the General Services administration. Trump got it. I am not an obama person. You have to have flex ability. You are asking people to trust you. Mr. Trump there has to be a trust. If you do not trust, you will not do well. [indiscernible] mr. Trump jeb bush does not have he will not be able to negotiate against china. He will not be able to negotiate against mexico. Jeb bush with mexico said people come in, it is an act of love. It is not an act of love. We need a wall. You see what is happening with illegal immigration. If it were not for me, they would not even be talking about illegal immigration. You see what happened in san francisco, yesterday in california, which was horrible. The whole situation with jeb bush, his act of love, it is not working. I took a lot of heat and then people realized i was right and apologized to me. We are going to be announcing numbers and specifics, knowing that what i just said is right. You have to be flexible on jobs and everything else. I will be speaking about it later. We will be taking jobs away from china, away from all these countries stealing from us. They are stealing our base, money, manufacturing. We will bring them back to the u. S. Forward, as an example, is building a 2. 5 billion plant in mexico. How does that help us . I went to the Wharton School of finance. If they are spending 2. 5 billion to build a car plant in mexico. Cars and parts are going all over the u. S. , but they are coming into the u. S. , no tax. How does that help us except they are closing plants in michigan. We are talking about bringing back jobs to the u. S. Yes, sir . [indiscernible] mr. Trump 10 years ago, everybody wanted the wall. They could not get it. You know one of the reasons . Environmental impact statements. There were toads. We are going to get the wall built. It is going to be built right. Mexico is going to pay for the wall. In mexico is making a fortune off the u. S. Mexico is going to pay for the wall and they are going to be happy about it. The cost of the wall is peanuts compared to the kind of money they are making. Mexico is becoming the new china. I have a great love for mexico. I have a love for the mexican people. I have thousands of mexican people over the years that have worked for me. Thousands. They are fantastic people. But there politicians and leaders are smarter and sharper and more cunning. They are more cunning than our leaders. They will pay for the wall, they will be happy about it, they will continue to do well but not as well as they are doing right now. They are taking too many of our jobs. [indiscernible] mr. Trump thirdparty. That could happen. You know, that could happen. In the debate, it came out on one of the networks today. There should have been 2 Million People watching. That has been sort of standard. There are 24 Million People. It is going to go to 2829 or 30. Who do you think they are watching, jeb bush . I dont think so. Youi dont think so. I hope not. I want to run as a republican to read that is what i am doing and i am leading in every poll. The local and National Polls and by substantial margins. I hope i will be the republican nominee because that is the best way to win. I will keep the door open if im not treated fairly. The word is fairly, not well. If im not treated fairly, we will see what happens. I was part of the establishment. Let me explain. I was the establishment two months ago. I was the fairhaired boy, a big giver. Once i decided to run, i am a semiantiestablishment. Now leading in the polls, they are treating me well. Me and there are people have been terrific. And they are dealing with my people. We have a great relationship. You i want to run as a republican, i dont want to run as a third party or independent. As long as i am treated fairly, that is going to be the case. You are fairly is an instinct. You i want fair. You know what fair is. Youyou know what fair is. I know what fair is. I think that is happening. Are win, lose, or draw, im not saying i have win. You might if i win the nomination, i guarantee you i will not run a thirdparty you will not run a thirdparty candidate. One more question . Yes. You i would never give up my microphone. I thought that was disgusting. That showed such a weakness. The way he was taken away by two young women, they just took the whole place over. The audience, which liked him, they are saying, how could that happen . That will never happen with me. I felt badly for him. It showed he is weak. You know what . He is getting the biggest crowds and im getting the biggest crowds. But believe me, that is not going to happen to trump. Yes . You could win it. You are way out in front. I agree. [indiscernible] mr. Trump you want to be Vice President . He had great credibility until he said that. One more. [indiscernible] trump 100 , mark it down. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you. We will go make a speech and then you go home. Have a good time. Thank you very much. This sunday night, institute for policy studies fellow and aunt there were activist on u. S. Foreignpolicy since 9 11. Who is isis . What are their origins . All of those questions are important. Is whatmore important is the u. S. Policy regarding isis . Can we really go to war are we doingrism . War wrong or is it wrong to say there should he a war against terrorism at all . I think those questions will be the most useful. Next, republican president ial candidate jeb bush outlines his foreignpolicy agenda. He challenged Hillary Clintons tenure as secretary of state calling for decision by the administration to withdraw from iraq a fatal error. This is 40 minutes. [applause] bush thank you all. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. What an honor to be here it is great seeing you. I have fond memories of campaigning not so much campaigning against the reagan family. Campaigning with was an honor. It is an honor for me to be here and it is good to be with you. I appreciate the hospitality of the Ronald Reagan president ial library. I bring greetings from the person who is proud to have when his Vice President. [applause] mr. Bush that competition turned into friendship. The better he got to know reagan, the more he admired and loved him. I made a call to mr. Reagan mrs. Reagan to let her know that many love her very much. [applause] bush it is amazing. Seven elections have come and gone since the reagan name was last on the ballot. In many ways, the name and the qualities of brings to mind is still the standard. A leader of clarity and resolve. Not given to idle words. It was president reagan who took command of events and moved the world toward peace. Strategically and morally, he believed that the cold war could be won, not just endlessly managed. They dont always give up piece prices for that, but peace is what ron reagan left behind and that was the legacy of a good man. [applause] mr. Bush in our time, it is strength, will, and clarity of purpose when america engages with friends and allies and resolves to deal with threats. We see how critical this is to security. When it counts the most, they are missing. To grasp what the next president will face, we have to look at the policies that have gone wrong in the war on terror. Despite the elaborate efforts, a threat we faced today comes from islamic terrorists who are assessed possessed by the same violent ideology that gave us 9 11. They are on the offensive and gaining ground. It is not true. It was Wishful Thinking to think that though war is receding. It has been spreading like a pandemic. Across the middle east, throughout africa, and through parts of asia. Even in the nations of the west, they find recruits in europe and the United States. Here is another stark reality. Seven years ago, the long awaited caliphate exists in the theory. Today, the radical caliphate place thatn actual occupies a stretch of land bigger than indiana. Isis controls parts of two countries and is gaining influence in others. And yet, Obamas Administration has no who strategy has no strategy to stop it. In place of one, they are pursuing a minimalist approach of incremental escalation. The results of been a creeping u. S. Involvement without any strategic results. Of both worlds. A year of limited strikes another half measures have made little difference. A halting, ineffective effort has only embolden the terrorists s, leaving the pandemic unchecked. , falluja, ramadi, and cities american troops died to liberate are now under the black flag of isis. Inside the caliphate, nonbelievers are forced to convert and those who do not are met with a terrible fate. In the middle east, we are witnessing a mass persecution and exodus of followers of jesus christ. There is no allowance for the adherents of islam who filled the mass graves with innocent muslims. The potential recruits can even follow it on social media. It is a time when the mass murderers have twitter handles and facebook and instagram. We need to work with the owners of these companies to give careful thought on how we address this problem. Isis is called a strong horse that is the glorious cleanser of islam. That word is getting out on westernbased social media. This explains the pandemic and the thousands from europe and from america. Giving us isis terrorists with western passports. The Islamic State and its followers are an asymmetric threat, needing just one big strike to inflict devastation. It is the focus of evil in the modern world. Civilized nations everywhere have a duty to oppose and defeat this enemy. Or policymaker involved will claim to have gotten everything right in the region, iraq especially. In a long experience of military setbacks, one moment stands out as the turning point we were waiting for, the diplomatic operations that turned the events towards victory. It was a success, brilliant, heroic, and costly. This nation will never forget the courage and sacrifice that made it all possible. [applause] why was the success of the surge followed by a withdrawal of iraq . Leaving not even a residual force that was necessary . Error,s the fatal creating the void that isis moved in to fill and that you exploited, ass well. Isis grew while the united disconnected. Where was secretary of state Hillary Clinton . She stopped by iraq exactly can argue that america and her friends are safer today than in 2009. So eager to be the history makers, they failed to be the peacemakers. [applause] it was a case of blind haste to get out and called a tragic consequences somebody elses problem. Danger can berom every bit as unwise as rushing into danger. All of that is in the past. It cannot be undone. Another terrible miscalculation is a different story. That would be the obamaclintonkerry policy. Of treating the mullahs in iran as a stabilizing force in the region, when they are deceitful to [applause] tatars causing nothing but instability. Dictators causing nothing but instability. [applause] whenever bad things happen in the middle east, the influence of the mullahs is rarely far from the scene. That supportsme terrorism, threatens to destroy israel, has been trying to develop Nuclear Weapons routinely committing human rights violations, was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of u. S. Troops in iraq and is unlawfully detaining american citizens. Iran, its terrorist proxy hezbollah has fueled the conflict in iraq. The president s deal with iran confronts none of these problems and it does not prevent iran from acquiring Nuclear Weapons capabilities. In fact, this prepares the way for that with lifting the of sanctions to free up 100 billion for the Security Services to use as they wish. In effect, the primary investors in a radical middle east have just received a new round of funding from the United States of america and United Nations. This is a obamas idea of a diplomatic triumph. Wow. It is a deal unwise in the extreme with a regime that is untrustworthy in the extreme. It should be rejected by the congress of the United States of america. [applause] if congress does not reject the deal, the damage must be undone by the next president. It will be my intention to begin that process immediately. [applause] knowing what has gone wrong, however, is not the same as knowing how to set it right. The threat of global jihad and Islamic State in particular requires all the strength, unity, and confidence that only American Leadership can provide. Radical islam is a threat we are entirely capable of overcoming, and i will be unyielding should i be elected the president of United States of america. [applause] we should pursue the clear and unequivocal objective of throwing back the barbarians of isis and helping the millions in the region who want to live in peace. Instead of simply reacting to each new move the terrorists choose to make, we will use every advantage that we have to take the offensive, to keep it, and to prevail in all of this, the United States must engage with friends and allies and lead again in this vital region. [applause] egypt and saudi arabia, the most populist and wealthiest countries in the middle east, are important partners of the United States. Those relationships have been badly mishandled by the savannahs racial and. Both countries are the key to a better coordinated effort against terrorism. We need to restore trust and work more closely with them against comm