Through some work and some negotiation weve increased the budget of countries other than the u. S. A. , because were paying far more than anybody else and far more even as a percentage of g. D. P. , but weve increased the numbers that other countries have made by 130 billion. It was going down for close to 20 years. If you look at a roller coaster down. That was going on for a long time. You wouldnt have had a nato if you kept going that way. Now we really increased it. Incredible wealth. Happy to have helped. But the secretary has been looking to do that for a long time and i can tell you hes very happy about it. Just generally we are going to have a big couple days. I believe we are going to have a tremendous couple days but very big, very important. We have tremendous spirit as it pertains to nato. Except for perhaps one country. And well be talking to that one country. Well see how that works out. The one country has a couple of points but those points are very devastating to nato. Well find out about that during the next two days. And with that, id like to introduce the secretary general to say a few words. Secretary general thank you very much, mr. President. Good to see you again. We are making real progress. Most importantly on its had a real impact. Since 2016, canada and the european allies have added 130 billion to the defense. This number will increase to 400 billion u. S. Dollars by 2024. This is making nato very stronger. Its responding when the world is changing. Well focus a wide range of other issues including fighting against terrorism, arms control, our relationship with russia, the rise of china, and nato is the most successful alliance in history. Of course, we have been able to change when the role is changing. The fact we are doing more together now than we have done for many decades. So once again, thank you for your leadership and your strong commitment to nato. President trump i love your statement that were able to change when the world is changing. You do have to do that. Your original mission was somewhat different than it is now. Today the world is a lot different than it was back then. But thats a very profound statement. Its a statement that everybody has to understand. Ok. Thank you very much, everybody. [inaudible] President Trump i have no thoughts on it. I have no thoughts on it. I will be meeting with him, yes. Reporter when will that be . President trump i dont have the schedule up here. I have many meetings. I have meetings set up with many Different Countries. Reporter nato saying [inaudible] President Trump who said that . Reporter president macron. President trump and turkey responded by saying he is brain dead. Nato serves a greatest purpose. It got to be unfair for the United States because the United States was paying a disproportionate amount. I heard that president macron said that nato is brain dead. Its very insulting to a lot of different forces, including a man who does a very good job at running nato. It serves a purpose. Nato is becoming much more flexible in terms of what but i was very surprised. Id like to ask you, what do you think, saying nato is brain dead . Reporter thats not the case. Nato is active, nato is agile. Nato is advancing. [inaudible] mr. Stoltenberg for the first time in our history, we have troops in the eastern part of the alliance. You can see u. S. And canada are investing more. We are stepping up against the fight against terrorism. First time addressing the rise of china. These alliances have proven once again to be able to adapt to change. Were responding to a changing world. That is the reason why we are a success. President trump its a tough statement when you make a Statement Like that. Thats a very nasty statement to 28 countries. I think that you have a very high Unemployment Rate in france. France is not doing well economically at all. Theyre starting to tax other peoples products so therefore were going to tax them. Thats taking place right now in technology. Wines andng their everything else. Its a very tough statement to make when you have such difficulty in france. You look at whats happened with the yellow vests or you look at whats going on during certain parts. They had a very rough year. You cant go around making statements like that about nato. Its very disrespectful. Reporter the department of justice Inspector General report that the attorney general disagrees with that conclusion, do you agree with attorney general barr . President trump well, i just dont know. I havent seen it. I purposefully stay out of it. We have a great attorney general. He didnt need this job. He took this job because he wanted to do something great for the country. As you know hes a very , successful man. A Great Company to work when he left. He picked a Great Company to work for. A very successful man. Didnt need the job. Hes doing a great job. I have not seen the report. Perhaps hes read the report. I think he was quoted incorrectly. I do believe that because im hearing the report is very powerful. But im hearing that by reading lots of different things. Not from inside information but outside information. I think all we have to do is wait. Is it going to be released on monday, monday or so. I think we have to read it and we have to see it. But i hear theres a lot of devastating things in that report. But well see what happens. We have a few days to wait. We have been waiting a long time. I do think the big report to wait for is going to be the during ham report. Thats the Durham Report. Thats the one that people are waiting for. Hes highly respected. Hes worked very hard. Hes worked long hours, i can tell you, and gone all over the world. So well see. But the Durham Report is very important. People are really looking forward to. But this is a very important report. The i. G. Report is a very important report. If what i read is correct i read it in your newspaper. If what i read is correct, that would be a little disappointing, but it was just one asset one aspect of the report. Well see what happens. Its coming out in a few days. I hear its devastating. But well soon find out. Yes. Reporter \[inaudible] President Trump well, i think the secretary general has done a great job bringing nato together. Its unfair because the United States is paying 4 and some people could say 4. 3 of the largest g. D. P. There is in the world by far. Because we brought it to a level that nobody thought even possible. So were paying 4 to 4. 3 when germany is paying 1 to 1. 2 . At best 1. 2 of a much smaller g. D. P. Its not fair. Its europe. Its not fair also when you have the European Union im changing that and changing it fairly rapidly. Its not good to take fair of our nato and take advantage on trade. We cant let that happen. So were talking to the European Union and were talking to various countries about nato but were talking to the European Union about trade and they have to shape up. Otherwise, things will get tough. Mr. Stoltenberg we are not america and europe. Meet every day. We discuss actions together. Responding to a wide range of different security challenges. We do that more now than we have done for many, many years. And the reality is \[inaudible] we need fair burden sharing. We are also organizing as an alliance, responding to new challenges in cyber, in space. Space is a new domain for nato. Something that never has been before. There are differences because we are 29 Different Countries from both sides of the atlantic. Different geography. Despite differences, we have always been able to protect each other because we are stronger and safer together. That is the case now. President trump i would say nobody needs nato more than france. You just look back over the last long period of time. Nobody needs nato more than france. And frankly, the one that benefits really the least is the United States. We benefit the least. Were helping europe. Europe unites and they go against a common foe. That may or may not be a foe. Cant tell you that. But there are other foes out there, also, but i think nobody needs it more than france. Thats why i think that when france makes a statement they made about nato, thats a very dangerous statement for them to make. Reporter what will it take for you not to impose those taxes on french products . President trump i am not in love with facebook and twitter although i do well with twitter. I am not necessarily in love with those other companies. But there are companies there are American Companies, i want to tax those companies. They are not going to be taxed by france. So france will put a tax on it was totally out of the blue. He just had the idea. Emmanuel had an idea, lets tax the companies. I wont let people take advantage of American Companies because if people takes advantage of the American Companies its going to be us. Its not going to be france. So were taxing, as you know, were taxing their wines and everything else. We have a very, very big tax put on them. We have a tax going on airbus. And that will be a good thing for boeing. But we are only going to do that if its necessary. We won in the World Trade Organization, we won 7. 5 billion. We never used to win before me because before me the United States was a sucker for all of these different organizations and now they realize, the World Trade Organization realizes that my attitude on them, if they dont treat us fairly, well, ill tell you someday what will happen. And weve been winning a lot of cases at the World Trade Organizations. We virtually, very rarely did we ever win a case. They took advantage of the United States. So thats where it is. We won 7. 5 billion. If france puts a tax on our companies, again, these are companies that are against you know, they were against me, if i read the papers correctly. I dont know why they were against me but they were against me. Theyre supposed to be very powerful. I won. Maybe they are not so powerful. They are American Companies. I dont want france taxing American Companies. If theyre going to be taxed, its going to be the United States will tax them. Ok. Reporter why are you saying now \[inaudible] President Trump because i dont want to complicate it. I won a lot of elections for a lot of people. If you look just over the last few months, two elections in North Carolina i won. I helped the governor of kentucky. The press doesnt write it. They went up 17, 18, 19 points. I lifted him 19 points. In louisiana, i got them into a runoff. After getting them into a runoff, he picked up 14 points because they thought he was going to lose to a popular governor, john bell edwards, good guy, popular governor. He almost won. Lost by less than a point. With the exception of those two races where i had a huge impact because i raised them up almost to victory and they had no chance, with the exception of those two, i won virtually every race that i participated in. But this is a different country. I say often in germany me like obama. The germany, they like obama. The reason is because he gave the ship away. He gave them things i wouldnt do. And i love germany. I love this country. I love a lot of countries, but im representing the u. S. , so they may not like me because im representing us and i represent us strong. President obama did not represent us strong. He gave everything away. And he shouldnt have done that. And thats why were still paying a price for what he did. So ill stay out of the election. You know i was a fan of brexit. I called it the day before. I was opened up turnberry. Many of you were there. I recognize many of you were there. They asked me whether or not brexit would happen i said yes and everybody smiled and they laughed and i said, yes, its going to happen, in my opinion. It was just my opinion. The next day they had the election and i was right. But i stay out of it. I think boris is very capable and i think hell do a good job. Reporter \[inaudible] President Trump i always had a Good Relationship with emmanuel. Sometimes he says things he shouldnt say. I disagree with some of his policies with respect to france but hes got to do what hes got to do. Sometimes i think he does things that are counterproductive for his own country. Reporter would you work with Prime Minister corbin . President trump i am a very easy person to work with. Look at this gentleman. When i came in i was angry at nato, and now i raised 130 billion. And by the way, you are talking annually. You are talking about a tremendous amount of money. Talking about you are talking about numbers that are astronomical. And yet, you still have many delinquent i call them delinquent when they are not paid up in full and then i ask the other question. When they dont pay up in full, what happens to the past year . So lets say germany is at 1 and they stay at 1 and another well, does that mean it disappears for the last five years . Nobody ever asked that question. Not a bad question for you to be asking. Its not like, oh, gee, lets start a brand new year. A lot of countries havent paid and you could make the case they havent paid. Theyre really delinquent for 25, 30 years. And then you add all that up and nato is a very rich system. You know that, right . So, you know, they havent chosen to go that way. When germany is at 1 to 1. 2 and when they dont pay up to the let me tell you, the two is a very low number. It really should be four. It shouldnt be two. It should be four. But thats the way it is. Yeah. Reporter are you concerned with the impeachment inquiry back home . Congress is preparing to impeach you, that it weakens your position as president . President trump i dont think so. I know most of the leaders. Its a hoax. Its a hoax. Its turned out to be a hoax. In its done for purely political gain to see whether or not they can do something in 2020 because otherwise they are going to lose. Its turning out and you see it in your papers that its having an adverse effect. I can tell you districts where i won and then they had an election in between mine, they had an election and other people got in, democrats got in, those districts are leaning very big toward me. Now, i wasnt in the race in 2018, so its not really the same thing. A lot of my voters said they are not going to vote unless trump is actually in the race. Its really having a tremendous impact on and a lot of democrats i hear are very upset. They just got from their district and i hear theyre very upset. The impeachment witchhunt, its just a continuation of the hoax thats been taking place for the last three years and i think you know that. Reporter \[inaudible] President Trump well, i would say this. I think its very unpatriotic for the democrats to put on a performance where they do that. I do. I think its a bad thing for our country. Impeachment wasnt supposed to be used that way. All you have to do is read the transcripts. You will see theres absolutely done wrong. They have legal they had legal scholars looking at the transcripts the other day and they said trump was right. Two calls that were made, two of them, were absolutely perfect calls. I think its bad for our country. Does it cast a cloud . I think it does. The democrats have wasted a lot of time. Were trying to get prescription drugs reduced very substantially. We can do it easily. They dont have any time to do anything. I call them the donothing democrats. They are hurting our country very badly. Reporter are you meeting president erdogan here . President trump very Good Relationship. I met him. I dont know if its on the schedule but if it isnt i would. Reporter \[inaudible] President Trump well, i have to ask the other countries. I have my own views but i wouldnt say it here. Good relationship with turkey. We left their border. We have been on their border long enough. Theyre doing just fine on their border. We kept the oil up. The only people we have over there, we have a few, a small group that are fighting the remnants of isis because they popped up again and we put them down. We defeated the isis caliphate. Nobody thought we could do that. I did it very quickly. I came in and it was virtually 100 . I knocked it down to zero. I knocked it down to zero. But it pops up every once in a while so we have a very small group there. And were were doing it with others, in all fairness. But importantly, we kept the oil. And the oil is what fueled isis. Thats what fueled them. Thats what gave them the strength to do what they did. Of course, we killed albaghdadi and we also killed his second and that was important because he was trying to reform isis. Reporter should the National Health service be on the talks . President trump i never thought about it, honestly. We have enough look, we are going to have a Great Health Care system. Were doing Great Health Care work. We got things really running well. If we get elected, if we take the house, keep the senate, keep the white house, well have phenomenal health care. But right now we made it very good. We have 180 Million People on plans that they absolutely love. Private plans they absolutely love. But in this country, no, they have to work that out for themselves. We have absolutely i dont know where that rumor started. We have absolutely nothing to do with it. We wouldnt want to. If you handed it to us on a silver platter, we want nothing to do with it. Reporter there is talk among lawmakers censuring you instead of impeachment, what do you think about that . President trump unacceptable. I did