36 posts from Friday, October 13, 2023

Wow, so failing Forbes Magazine is controlled by communist China. No wonder they go after me and out of their way to write really badly about me, and work with the corrupt and incompetent racist attorney general of New York State, Peekaboo James, could never figure out why they just keep writing bad about Trump. No matter how good I'm doing, they write bad. It's a China propaganda machine exposed. It's been exposed now. We just found out about it, and it's been a horrible thing for our country. Who's been smarter and tougher in China than me, nobody? So no wonder they do that. They paid the United States under me billions and billions of dollars. No other president's gotten literally 10 cents. Despite it all, I don't think that President Xi will be very happy with them. They're really bad news. It's a terrible group of people, some horrible writers. They have really horrible and very untalented writers. But again, after me for years, and now finally I find out why, because it's owned and operated by China. That's not the same thing. That's not good. And remember what they practice, election interference. It's all about to them election interference. We will make America great again. Thank you.

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I kept Israel safe. Remember that. I kept Israel safe. Nobody else will. Nobody else can. And I know all of the players, they can't do it. But I kept Israel safe and I will keep Israel safe. Thank you very much.

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Hamas and Hezbollah launch rockets into Israeli communities where schoolchildren have to be trained to hear the sirens and to run to the bomb shelters with fear, but with speed. ISIS targets Jewish neighborhoods, synagogues, and storefronts. And Iran's leaders routinely call for Israel's destruction. Not with Donald J. Trump. Thank you.

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Joe Biden's catastrophic electric vehicle mandate isn't just putting our great autoworkers out of business, and it is doing that, it's making cars totally unaffordable for American families and consumers. If you've looked recently at buying a new car or even a used car, you know that under Crooked Joe prices have spiraled out of control like every single other product, whether it's food, whether it's fuel, anything you, they're all, the whole country is a mess with what's happened with inflation. Car prices are up nearly 30% since I left office with the average new car now costing an astonishing $50,000 and more. The typical car payment is now almost $750 a month. It's a war on American automobiles and it's a war on the American family and a war on American dream because it really is. We want the American dream back. You can't have it when you can't even buy a car. The cost is too much and the whole concept of only electric is ridiculous, but it's all because of Crooked Joe's socialist Green New Deal. Biden's electric vehicle mandate and his insane fuel economy standards, and there's no economy to it, are forcing car companies to drastically raise prices and even eliminate their affordable gas-powered models altogether, which people want. They really want those gas-powered. We have more gasoline than any country in the world. It's called oil. It's called gasoline. We have more than anybody and they're not letting us use it because they're sick people that are looking to destroy the auto workers and our country. To comply with Biden's mandate, automakers have no choice but to push consumers toward their ultra expensive electric models. And if they don't, they're punished with hundreds of millions of dollars in fines. Even buyers of gas-powered cars are being forced to cross-subsidize the massive losses carmakers are taking on electric vehicles, which is going to basically put these companies out of business. And all of the electric vehicles are going to be built in China anyway. As a result, under Biden, you practically have to be a rich person to buy a new car. And that's exactly the way the radical left communists want it. They hate the suburbs. They hate rural America. They hate the middle class and they hate the American way of life. The communists want a world where you're dependent on public transportation, which they control while the rich and powerful cruise around in luxury electric vehicles or other types of cars that are very expensive. They don't care. Looking down on the people, looking down on hard workers and looking down on the people that really built our country. With Biden's extreme mandate, the average age of a car on American roads is now over 12 years. We're becoming a Cuba, an impoverished third world nation. We have bad elections. We have bad open borders. As your president, I will stop the radical left's vindictive punishment of our middle class. I will repeal Joe Biden's electric vehicle mandate. And I will do everything in my power to achieve a drastic reduction in the cost of a new car. I will get the prices way down so that you can afford the lifestyle your family deserves. If you want a new car that you can afford, you have to vote for Trump. If you want jobs making new cars, you have to vote for Trump. If you're a United auto worker or an auto worker of any standard of any state, I don't care. They're going to destroy your business within two years. You're not going to have a job. I'm going to bring back jobs. I'm going to bring back the manufacture of automobiles in our country. Millions and millions of automobiles are brought into our country every year. And we're going to now make our own automobiles like we used to many years ago. For four years, I did a great job. And now we're going to finish that job. We're going to bring back auto manufacturing to the United States of America. Tell your union head, United auto workers, Sean Fain. Tell him to not endorse the Democrats. They're going to put you out of business. You're going to be out of a job. Doesn't matter what you get on an hourly basis. You'll be out of a job within two years. I'm going to make you rich. I'm going to get you a job. You're going to make a lot of money and you're going to make a lot of cars. We're going to bring back the car industry to America. Thank you very much. Vote for Trump.

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Louisiana, there is a big election, really big, on Saturday, and I need you to get out and vote for my friend Jeff Landry. Jeff has done a fantastic job as your attorney general. He's really done truly one of the great jobs in the country at any level. As your governor, Jeff will grow the economy, uphold the rule of law, unleash American energy, and protect and defend the Second Amendment like nobody else. The election is on Saturday, so please get out and vote for Jeff. He has my complete and total endorsement. He will do a fantastic job for you. Thank you very much.

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with us. You know, I was a little surprised. I know you were on with Tucker, and I'm open to anybody's opinion, but you kind of, what you're doing here is saying about Nikki Haley, is you're saying that her concern for Israel is driven by financial and a corrupting influence, and your explanation that this disproportionate focus on rape, kidnapping, and murder of the Jewish people in this attack, and that there, and your quote, that there are frankly financial and corrupting influences that lead them exactly to speak the way they do. Sean, that is, Sean, that is a shameful characterization. Wait a minute, stop right now. I'll read the exact, you do this in every single interview. You say stop and then you deny it. You deny your own words. So, you know, why don't you just own what you say and stand by it and stop playing these games? I am owning what I say, Sean. Well, I'm just telling you what you say. I am owning what I say. Well, I'm telling you, you're a smart guy. I want to assume you remember what you say. Anytime they want. Yeah, I absolutely do. And so Sean, maybe we have a debate that we need to have in our party. What's happening in Azerbaijan and Armenia was a separate discussion that I had. And I do believe that it is shameful that Azerbaijan is getting away with what they are because they have a powerful lobby in the US. But it is shameful to extrapolate that to the comments in Israel, where to be honest, I have been crystal clear that what's happened is barbaric. It is medieval. It is wrong. And Israel absolutely said this since day one, say it now has the right to defend itself to the fullest extent. Where I differ from other candidates in this field is that I also believe that this is Israel's decision to make the US should stand with Israel. But we need to be very careful not to enter a broader regional war in the Middle East. I have not heard a single Vivek. I've not heard a single Republican call for that. But I really want an explanation here. Actually, I don't know. I want an explanation to the truth. Can I finish? I want an exact explanation for your exact comments that there are frankly, financial and corrupting influences that lead them exactly to speak the way that they do. Now, why would you say what are the financial corrupting influences that Nikki Haley is taking your position on? We've got pictures of dead babies decapitated, burned babies bodies. We've got the equivalent of what would be population wise in the US over 37,000 dead Americans. So how much more evidence do you, what are you talking about? Sean, what I'm talking about is what's happening in Israel is an atrocity and the US absolutely should stand with Israel. Answer the question which is the corrupting influence on our politicians. Well, the fact of the matter is I think anybody who has been a military contractor, anybody who has made eight million dollars, including on serving on the board of Boeing, collecting stock options while running for US president on corporate boards, has money made money from military contracting through a family business, is disqualified from being the US president in a time of war. I think we cannot see our march to World War III in this country. My top priority from a foreign policy perspective is avoid World War III. Let me be straight. Let me come and let me, because what are you accused her of? Secure the US homeland. Why use your words if you want me to answer the question. No, I've given you plenty of time to answer the question. I'm going to now restate your words. Frankly, financial corrupting influences that lead them exactly to speak the way that they do when they talk about atrocities with Israel. Now you're telling me that if somebody in some capacity, when they talk about atrocities from Israel, Sean, don't mislead your audience. You are saying that there are frankly corrupting influences that lead them exactly to speak the way that they do. Now, if you're saying in with those exact words of yours, you're not denying them again, are you? Those are your exact words. If that's what you're saying, my question is simple to you. You're saying that if somebody works for a defense contractor, that that is a financial corrupting position when, when national security and defense is critical to the cause of freedom and has been throughout human history. I want to, why would you accuse me of being corrupt? I don't believe. Well, I don't believe that somebody should be able to be the next commander in chief if they have monetized their time in government, going from being in debt to making eight million dollars through military contracting businesses, through service on the board of Boeing. Frankly, it is shameful for somebody to be collecting stock options from corporate boards while they're running for US president. We already have one family in the White House, okay, who I believe has sold off our foreign policy to advance their private interests. The Republican party needs to be better than that. Needs to be a party where, if your campaign is principally being run by super PACs, people who can give unlimited amounts of money to your campaign, I don't think that befits the Republican party. I think we need to be better than that. So Sean, you and I may have a different view on that. But my view is, if you're making money off your time in government, then I don't think you're fit to be president of the United States. More importantly though, what's our policy? Stand with our allies while avoiding World War III, and that's where I'm at. A lot of people don't think you're qualified because you weren't even a Republican or voting Republican until what, 2020? Well, Sean, I think it depends on what your objectives with this interview are. I voted libertarian in my first election. I voted Republican in 2020. You're right. I'm not a partisan hack. I come in from the outside. I'm an independent-minded patriot who speaks to truth. It sounds to me like you just want to jump from the private sector yourself where you made a lot of money. By the way, I applaud capitalism. I applaud successful people. Sean, I applaud you for being so transparent about your objectives. I actually think that people working in the defense of our country and the defense industry are playing a vital role for the cause of freedom. So I don't really call it a corrupting influence. It suggests that somehow that's a corrupting influence. I actually like the experience that goes along with working for defense contractors. But I've got to listen. One of the things I loved about that interview with Tucker, one of the things I loved about the interview with Tucker was we were actually able to have a thoughtful conversation and go deep into issues rather than this kind of political gotcha. The point is this, you go on these interviews. Yeah, I have nothing but nice things to say, but here's your problem. People still watch it on these shows. People quote your exact words and you deny your own words. And I'm saying if you're going to be a presidential candidate and you're going to spend, I'm going to give you your exact words, either on Sean, you have been sitting here for years talking about the fake news media that you played this all the time. I'm enjoying this. You have been laughing about the fake news media how many times for the last several years and now you're buying the mainstream media narrative when you know how corrupt it is. I am following you. I am quoting your exact words are a problem. Did I not quote your exact words? Did I not quote your exact words? Did I call your exact media? Absolutely. Thank you. I'm not trying to go about a different topic, where people should actually get their own information rather than filter through centralized. I think it's asinine to think somebody that worked in the defense industry should not be qualified to be present. I think people that never held public office like you maybe shoot. They're not qualified to be president. Anyway, we'll come back.

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I really do appreciate your position on the border. I really, you and I are in agreement. You know, it's interesting 'cause everybody's now trying to analyze, you know, whether if there's a three-way race with you, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, you know, who would you more likely draw from? So I hope you don't mind, but I did a little research on you. You're pretty liberal. You know, you've called for curbing, logging, oil drilling, fracking, you wanted to eliminate it. You called it a victory for democracy. You wanna curb US fossil fuel extraction. Keep it in the ground you once tweeted. You wanna ban on fossil fuel extraction, ban on fracking. You called the NRA once a terror group. You've supported over the years Democrats, Gore, Kerry, Obama, Hillary. You've praised Bernie Sanders multiple times. You support affirmative action. So why is this party of yours? Why didn't they even want to allow you to compete? 'Cause that's as pretty liberal of a record as anybody I know. - You have litany of talking points from statements I've made over 40 years. Some of them are stale. Some of them I never said. But, you know, what is your question? Why the Democratic Party, why I'm not running at the Democratic Party? - You know, why did they kick you out? I mean, by the way, I'm giving you comments that you've made in 2016, '17, '19. Endorsements, we know the years, Gore, Kerry, Obama, Hillary, Bernie Sanders. They're all recent quotes. The NRA quote you made about calling them a terror group was 2018. So these are recent positions you've had. I'm not sure why the Democratic Party wouldn't allow you to compete. - Do you wanna talk about my position, Sean? - Yes, sir. - Do you wanna read talking points from the Trump campaign? - Excuse me, these are not talking points. These are called Hannity points. I do my own research. - No, but I saw that same list published this morning by the Trump campaign. It was the exact same list. And again, if you wanna know what my position is on any issue, I'm happy to talk to you about it. - On those positions, you come off, and this is not an insulting thing. You are historically very left of center, very liberal, and I agree with you. Your party treated you horribly. I think you deserve better. I don't like the way your own family even treated you. I thought, you know, if they don't agree with you, they can disagree, but I didn't like what they said about you. To be honest, I think you're being honest in your positions, but I don't think you can convince any conservative that you have any conservative leanings except for a couple of issues. Maybe some conservatives would agree on the border. Maybe some would agree on your vaccine policy, especially with COVID. Where else would you say you're conservative? - Well, I wouldn't describe myself at this point as part of the conservative ideology or the democratic ideology. I would describe myself as part of that common sense ideology. If you ask me, Sean, about any particular issue, I'm happy to tell you what I feel about it, and I also am happy to listen to other people's opinions about it. - All right, I'll ask you. Do you still believe the NRA is a terror group? - I support the Second Amendment like I do all the amendments to the Constitution, and I'm not gonna-- - I can ask you if you support the Second Amendment. You called in 2018. You said Parkland students are right. The NRA is a terror group. Do you believe that? - I don't consider the NRA a terror group. - Do you regret tweeting that in 2018? - Well, I don't recall tweeting it in 2018, but if I did, as I said, Sean, I don't consider them a terror group, and I support the Second Amendment. - Do you regret endorsing Al Gore, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders over the years? - I don't recall endorsing Bernie Sanders. I like Bernie Sanders. I voted for Barack Obama. I don't regret that. I don't. There's a lot of things about those candidates, the candidates who won, that I was disappointed in. I think that we need to wind down the war machine abroad, and I don't think, and I supported Hillary, and I don't think that as Secretary of State, that she lived up to those expectations. So, but I'm not gonna say that I supported the men, I supported what they believe in. I think I have a common sense approach to politics, and I'm happy, as I said, to talk to you about any of the issues. - No, listen, I'd love to do another town hall with you. I actually enjoyed our time together. Do you stand by your position that you've held, at least since 2012, and through 2019, that I have quotes for, banning fracking, and banning oil and fossil fuel extraction? - I don't, I don't, I've never believed in banning oil, or banning fossil fuel extraction. What I've said is that those industries need to internalize their cause. In other words, it's that, carbon is the most heavily subsidized energy source. There's $5.2 trillion of subsidies that go to big carbon every year, and that doesn't include even the oil wars, that in a real free market economy, the cost of those wars would be reflected in the price of gasoline when you got to the tank. The reason that I've opposed fracking is because it is, it's poisoning water supplies. I've watched the water supply in Dimock, Pennsylvania, where people turned on their faucets on, and they could light a match there. We don't want to poison people, and if fracking's doing that, then, you know, they need to be a push for those people for the cause of it. - And we don't have any real alternatives that are efficient and cost-effective as of now. We'd love to have you back. - Well, that absolutely is not true. That just is not true. - Of course it's true. - That's not true, and I'm happy, I'm happy to talk to you about it, if you can get a chance to talk, please. - All right, well, I'll tell you what, we'll bring it back, and we'll, I'd love to, Maybe we'll do another hour together if you're up for it. I'd be up for to doing that. That'd be great.

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