Transcripts For WTXF Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace 2016

Transcripts For WTXF Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace 20161204

Conway. Then, green Party President ial nominee jill stein, whos pushing for recounts in three States Donald trump won narrowly. Its a Fox News Sunday exclusive. Plus, well ask our sunday panel what democrats should do now after their members in the house reelect nancy pelosi as their leader. And our power play of the week. Veterans Training Service dogs and healing themselves. A human animal bond has worked better than any other intervention that im aware of. All right now on Fox News Sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. This week donald trump demonstrated for any doubters still out there just how unconventional a president he will be. Intervening directly to keep a thousand jobs from going to mexico, holding a campaignstyle rally, where he continued to bash the media, and holding conversations with foreign leaders that break with decades of u. S. Diplomacy. Joining me now from trump transition headquarters in new york, Kellyanne Conway, one of mr. Trumps top advisers. Kellyanne, welcome back to Fox News Sunday. Thanks for having me, chris. Lets start with the controversy over the call that mr. Trump took this week from taiwans president. The first time leaders of our two countries have, to the best of our knowledge, spoken since the u. S. Broke off relations in 1979. Now, you say that mr. Trump was fully briefed, knew what he was doing before this call, which raises the question, does he intend to change a onechina policy, which recognizes only beijing . President elect trump is well aware of our onechina policy. He accepted a congratulatory call from the president. Theyve talked to the Prime Ministers or president s of israel, singapore, japan, china. But this ones different. The question, i guess, is, does this signal a change in policy, or was it just a phone call . It was just a phone call at this point. It signals the fact that he accepted a congratulatory call. I know china has a perspective on it. The white house and state department probably have a perspective on it. Certainly taiwan has a perspective on it. The president elects perspective is he accepted a congratulatory call. When hes sworn in as commander in chief, hell make clear the fullness of his plans. But people shouldnt read too much into it. Some of the press coverage, not here necessarily, is really astonishing when you think about how it was covered when barack obama was going to try to reach out to iran and come up with an iran nuclear deal. This man received the president elect received a phone call from a world leader in another country. We know about onechina. He knows about onechina. Hes routinely briefed on these matters. That just is what it is. I think one of the reasons such a big deal was made of it is because of the fact that the president elect has had a number of controversial phone calls with foreign leaders. He reportedly told pakistani Prime Minister sharif he would, quote, play any role you want me to play to address and find solutions to the countrys problems, despite pakistans relationship with terrorists. He also spoke with philippine president duterte, whos been accused of ordering the murder of thousands of suspected drug dealers, which raises the question, kellyanne, why is mr. Trump refusing the state departments offer to brief him before these calls, and why is he skipping the daily briefings, intelligence briefings, that president obama gets every day . Hes not always skipping those briefings. Hes briefed by any number of credible sources on these issues. I think people, chris, frankly, are cherry picking about these World Leaders. Theyre accusing the president elect of somehow countenancing some of these behaviors in these other places. Look, thats really unfair when you think about we just had an election and the opponent, Hillary Clinton, who was the secretary of state, was using the state department to get money from foreign governments like saudi arabia, which doesnt even respect girls and women. So i think people just have their hair on fire, particularly those who are still entrenched in the campaign, trying to reverse the Election Results. Lets give this man time to form his cabinet. Hes also showing respect to the current president , president obama, whos still the president for about 6 1 2 more weeks and the commander in chief, certainly. Hes not out there president elect trump is not out there making policy or announcing new policy prescriptions worldwide. Hes merely taking phone calls. He will, im sure, reengage with many of these World Leaders once he takes the oath of office. Speaking of people with hair on fire, last week you went on several of the other sunday talk shows to express the concern of Trump Supporters about the consideration of mitt romney as secretary of state. Heres a clip. Im hearing from people saying, hey, my parents died penniless, but i gave 216 to Donald Trumps campaign, and i would feel betrayed. I know that you say mr. Trump gave you permission, but theres a bigger question, which is, is that a proper way to treat somebody who is talking about accepting a role in Public Service . Well, first, the president elect has said he gave me permission. Hes quoted in the New York Times and elsewhere saying that, and thats actually true. I would not Say Something publicly that i hadnt expressed privately. I would never purposely embarrass him. He has my respect and my duty, frankly, my service. Im not talking about mr. Trump. Im talking about mr. Romney. Is that an appropriate way to treat a guy who is just discussing Public Service, to say people are going to feel betrayed . First of all, im reflecting the news, not trying to make the news. I was astonished, chris, that in a week when president elect trump told the New York Times on the record he would relook at water boarding, relook at the paris accords on climate change, he was not particularly interested in focusing on prosecuting Hillary Clinton any further because he was focused on health care and immigration. He understands other agencies and individuals are charged with that responsibility. But in a week when he said that, the breathtaking backlash was really about this particular prospective cabinet member. I would turn the question around and ask, was it appropriate for governor romney to stick his neck out so far in attacking donald trump . Never walking it back, never encouraging people to support the nominee once mr. Trump had won the nomination fairly and squarely. Ive spoken my piece on that. Certainly the president elect knows and i said publicly and will say here again, whatever he chooses and whomever he chooses has my full support and backing. He knows that. Let me just quickly follow up on that. Clearly romney is under consideration. We just showed a picture of them having dinner on tuesday night. If mr. Trump picks romney, what are you going to say to those Trump Supporters who areobetray . Im going to say to those Trump Supporters what i say to those who did not vote for the new president elect, chris, some of whom seem to have a hard time accepting the fact hes their president. Im going to say you have to work together. You have to accept his judgment. The man is brilliant. The man is the best negotiator. Hes the best connector and communicator. Obviously, he just pulled off the upset of the century, perhaps. You have to trust his instincts and judgment. Its certainly what inspires me daily to work with him. Everyone, i hope, will accept that. The president elect and the president elect alone will make the decision as to whom he should have serving him at the highest levels of government. Lest talk about mr. Trumps instincts. He went to to celebrate after his intervention the fact that carrier is going to keep a thousand jobs in the state. Here he is. Companies are not going to without consequences. Not going to happen. Its not going to happen. But in an editorial friday with the headline trumps carrier shakedown, the wall street journal said america wont become more prosperous by forcing companies to make noneconomic investments. A nation gets rich when individuals and businesses are allowed to take risks as they see fit in a competitive economy. How a have to tell you thats free market works and that politicians shouldnt be picking winners and losers. Sarah palin calls this an example of crony capitalism. Well, the president elect just simply disagrees. If you look at what happened, this is what leaders do. Certainly what people who have been wildly successful in building businesses across the globe as the president elect has been. You produce. You deliver. You achieve results. Everybody looks at the result here, which is about 1100 workers are going to stay in indiana. His running mate, the Vice President elect, is the governor of indiana. I think together they worked with carrier. Everybody is looking at it as a schtick. There are incentives here. They worked with carrier to find a way to save those jobs. Its astonishing to see this happen. The current president could have done it. He never did it. The president elect did it before hes sworn in. 7 million in incentives carry over ten years. About 700,000 per year in incentives is part of this deal. Thats about 785, maybe 800 per worker. People have to put this in perspective before they act like its some type of bigfooted intervention. This guy ran from day one on bringing back jobs. Hes already delivered. I want to get into two more subjects with you. One, harvards stuinstitute of politic where is the winning and losing sides of the campaignis s get together and have an academic review. It twhaubt way this year. It got pretty ugly. Here are some of the exchanges between you and Clinton Communications director jennifer palmieri. Here they are. Do you think i ran a campaign where White Supremacists had a platform . It did. It really did. Its providing a platform for White Supremacists. If it makes me a brilliant tactician, im glad to have lost. I would rather lose than win the way you did. No, you wouldnt. Yes, yes. Thats very. No, you wouldnt, respectfully. What did you take away from that . Well, the rest of the exchange was me telling her and her team as politely as i could you missed america. A lot of voters had a hard time accepting Hillary Clinton as this outsider disrupter who was ethically clean and would treat all americans fairly. We had an economic message for a lot of working america. The idea that they can say what they want about me and my team. Weve got very broad shoulders over here, as you can imagine. But to besmerch over 60 million hard working men and women in this country who became part of the trump movement, to pretend donald trump was not out there every single day, sometimes four, five, seven stops in a single day, bringing his case directly to the American People and saying what to them. That were going to reform the veterans administration, which leaves veterans to die. That were going to stand by Law Enforcement and the thin blue line. That hes going to create 25 million jobs over five years, have an infrastructure program, repeal and replace obamacare, which has really reduced the quality, choirce, and access. Hes going to defeat radical islamic terrorism in the face of Hillary Clinton referring to them as our determined enemies and president obama saying theyre the jv team thats been brushed back. Nobody believes that. So to besmirch those voters is beyond the pale. That was a 2 1 2 hour forum. I had already credited them as brilliant strategists, people i respected as professionals. That was all done. There was no grace, no congratulations for them. Frankly, theres no selfawareness that they lost the election because they missed america. They blamed Bernie Sanders. They blamed jim comey. Its typical of Hillary Clinton. In Hillary Clintons world, its always somebody elses fault. All right. One last thing. Im glad to see this was such an academic discussion. Finally, were going to, in a couple moments, have jill sign it on the program, the green Party President ial nominee who is pushing recounts in wisconsin, gaeylvania. What do you say to her about those efforts . I say to herri inher, give i. Even your friends in the Clinton Campaign have admitted that these recounts will not change any results. Hillary clinton gained avote, c. I read one article that said at this pace, Hillary Clinton could change the Election Results in wisconsin in 74 1 2 years. I dont think america is going to sit around and wait for that to happen. The people have spoken. I was asked on this program and many others that will you accept the Election Results. The question for jill stein and Hillary Clinton and those still in the grief, anger, and denial stages, will you start moving over to acceptance and let this president elect and Vice President elect get on with the business of government, have a peaceful transfer of power . The other thing is, im just astonished how jill stein is now the favorite flavor of the left. They ignored her and ridiculed her. A lot of their friends made sure she had no coverage and no oxygen. Well, i have to cut you off so we can get her on the show. Go ahead. Wish her well for me. Its good to be gracious and to admit what you see in front of you. In this case, donald trump won 306 electoral votes, 30 of 250 states. It wasnt even close. Fblgts ke anne, thank you. Thanks for your time today. Thanks, chris. Up next, well bring in our sunday group to discuss donald trump not waiting until hes sworn in to start acting like the president. Plus, what would you like it ask the panel about trumps deal with carrier to keep a thousand jobs here . Go to facebook or twitter foxnewssunday. We may use your question on the air. I think its very president ial. And if its not president ial, thats okay. Thats okay. Because i actually like doing it. Donald trump speaking at carrier plant it indianapolis this week after working out a deal to keep a thousand jobs there from moving to mc. Its time now for our sunday group. Monica crowley, editor and columnist for the washington times. Fox news political analyst, juan williams. Lisa lerer, who covers politics for the associated press. And from the wall street journal, kimberly strassel. Kimberly, youre part of the group that wrote that editorial we just spoke to Kellyanne Conway about. What about the argument that, look, this was a powerful, symbolic message that President Trump is going to have American Workers backs, and when he gets into office in a month, that then he can begin Macro Economic changes like cutting tax and rolling back regulations. I agree with all of that. Politically, this was very, very smart. It was a Campaign Promise he made, and he fulfilled it. Im saying economically, this is not really the way you want to run an economy. We just had a president who for eight years decided they were going to politically allocate capital in the country, pick winners and losers. We were very critical of him for doing that. This is a similar version of this. These companies are not leaving the United States because theyre antiamerican or want to stick it to indiana. Theyre following the laws of economics. Its too expensive to do business here. So mr. Trump has a choice. He can go from company to company, thousands of them, and sort of beat all of them into submission and threaten them with tariffs, or focus and i think this is what hes going to do on mac kroeconomic policy, like cutting tax. But hes also talking about tariffs and punitive tax. In fact, we should say hes on a twitter storm this morning. Hes talking about that. If youre going to talk about the longterm economy and how you keep businesses here, i think theres a real risk that if you start doing that and saying that people arent going to build their businesses in the United States in the first place because theyll be too worried what about they have to do if they want to leave. So this is just this is something governors do. The president of the United States has got more resources to do bigger policies. I want to play another clip from mr. Trumps speech at that cincinnati rally on thursday night. Here it is. The era of economic surrender is over. Were going to fight for every last american job. Its time to remove the rust from the rust belt and usher in a new industrial revolution. Were going to do it. We ask you for questions for the panel. We got this on twitter from someone named steelers slob. For taxpayers, is it better for the government to assist businesses, or is it better for the free market to weed out the weak . Lisa, we should point out all this happened on the same week that the Unemployment Rate hit a nineyear low of 4. 6 . But how do you answer steelers slob . Well, i think a lot of people and i want you to use his name in answering. Well, steelers slob, i think a lot of people in washington would pick the latter, would say the free market. You see that in the reaction to this carrier deal. It wasnt just the wall street Journal Editorial Board

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