15 posts from Monday, December 16, 2024

But now, we had -- we ordered an additional 200 miles of wall. It's very expensive. And now it's about double the price of what it would have been six years ago. And the administration is trying to sell it for five cents on the dollar, knowing that we're getting ready to put it up. And what they're doing is really an act -- it's almost -- it's almost a criminal act. They know we're going to use it. And if we don't have it, we're going to have to rebuild it. And it'll cost double what it cost years ago. And that's hundreds of millions of dollars, because you're talking about a lot of wall. I built much more than I said I was going to build. But then, after it was built, I said, you know, we can do some more, because it's sort of like water. People flow through. And that will pretty much really take care of it. And what happened is they just -- as you see, they're trying to sell it for five cents on the dollar. And that's really -- that has nothing to do with a smooth transition. That has to do with people really trying to stop our nation. And all it means, really, is that we're going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more -- not even talking about the time. Time would be pretty long. But we'll spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on building the same wall that we already have.

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>> Thank you so much. I'm very, very excited. I would really like to celebrate the great victory of President Trump. And my confidence level to the economy of the United States has tremendously increased with his victory. So because of that, I'm now excited to commit this $100 billion and 100,000 jobs into the United States. This is double of, last time, as President Trump said. Because I say, oh, President Trump is a double-down president. I'm going to have to double down, you know? $100 billion and 100,000 jobs. This is, you know, my confidence level because that has doubled down. So I am truly excited to make this happen. And of course, business is important. Technology is important. But one more thing I'm really hoping is that this President Trump would make the world, bring the world into peace again. That's my additional hope. And I think he will actually make it happen. So anyway, I'm excited to go -- and we were discussing. And President Trump said, "Masa, you know, double-down is not enough. Maybe, you know, go for more." Right? That's what I -- I'm going to ask him right now. Would you make it $200 billion in sales? (Laughter.) He can actually -- believe it or not, he can actually afford to do that. (Laughter.) Would you do that? Well, my promise is hundred, but, you know, he's now asking to do more. I think, you know, with your leadership, my partnership with you, with your support, I will -- I will try to make it happen. All right. 200 -- he'll make it happen. (Laughter.) 200 million investments. He is a great negotiator. (Laughter.) He's a brilliant guy, and an unbelievable job. And the people of Japan and all over the world are very proud of him and have tremendous respect for him. So what he does, what he just did -- and I would be surprised at what didn't go to do. When you say you'll try, I know you'll do it. I will really try. And I need your support, though. You'll have my support. All right. We have our country's support. Oh, fantastic. Thank you, Masa. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. You want to say hello to the people of Japan who are all watching? Well, I'm sure our people in Japan are proud to make the partnership of U.S. and Japan be stronger. And I'm very excited to make this happen. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you.

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-As I said, small business optimism took a 41-point jump. 41 points. It went up 41 points. That's unheard of, and that's the biggest. They think in recorded history, but they know at least a minimum of 39 years, so that's great, but on behalf of the American people, I want to thank Massa for his faith in what's happening with our country and what's happening with the world. There's a whole light over the entire world. Many people, some reporters, in speaking to them, they said, "You know, it actually is true." Couple of them are not necessarily friends of mine, but they said, "It is actually true that there's a light shining over the world. We're trying to help very strongly in getting the hostages back, as you know, with Israel and the Middle East. We're working very much on that. We're trying to get the war stopped, that horrible, horrible war that's going on in Ukraine, with Russia, Ukraine. We're going to -- we've got a little progress. It's a tough one. It's a nasty one. It's nasty. People are being killed at levels that nobody's ever seen. You know, it's very level fields, and the only thing that stops a bullet is a body, a human body, and the number of soldiers that are being killed on both sides is astronomical. I've never seen anything like it. And rapidly, I get reports every week, and it's not even -- you know, it's like just going down. Nobody's seen anything like it.

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I'm excited to go, and we were discussing, and President Trump said, "Masa, you know, double dollar is not enough, maybe, you know, go for more," right? That's right. I'm going to ask him right now, would you make it $200 billion in sales? He can actually, believe it or not, he can actually afford to do that. Would you do that? Well, my promise is 100, but, you know, he's now asking to do more. I think, you know, with your leadership, my partnership with you, with your support, I will try to make it happen. All right. 200, he'll make it happen. 200 million investment. He is a great negotiator. He's a brilliant guy, and an unbelievable job, and the people of Japan and all over the world are very proud of him. He had tremendous respect for himself, what he does, what he just did, and I would be surprised at what he didn't go to do. When you say you'll try, I know you'll do it. I will really try.

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This historic investment is a monumental demonstration of confidence in America's future, and it will help ensure that artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and other industries of tomorrow are built, created, and grown right here in the USA. One of the beautiful things about Massa is he's very much involved with emerging technology, probably knows it maybe better than almost anybody. So it's a great honor, and some of you remember after the 2016 election, also SoftBank committed to invest $50 billion in our country, and they did, and a very place to say that they kept that promise in every way, shape, and form, and now they're looking to do 100. And I've looked at their books, they do have the possibility of doing more, I'm going to ask them to do a little bit more.

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Should I take the call from the 45th and 47th president of the United States? President Trump, I'm here at the New York Young Republicans Club in New York City. Hello, everybody here is you. Very good Dan, thank you very much and I know that Alex is gonna be fine. Hello everybody. I know Alex is gonna be fine because he's a tough son of a gun. There's no doubt about that. So I want to say hello to Alex because he's a very special guy and I want to congratulate Dan Scavino and Steve Bannon, Corey Lewandowski and Nigel Farage. These are great people. I don't know you must have some terrific crowd to get those people to speak and in particular I want to congratulate Gavin Wax who's been a friend of mine from the beginning and I just want to thank everybody for being there. We had a tremendous election. We won the popular vote by millions and we won the states, the swing states. We won everything and it was a it was a great day and it's going to be a great four years and you can all be a part of it. Thank you everybody and I'll tell you what what Alex has done or what all of you have done with that party is just incredible. You know we almost won New York without spending too much time there. We almost won. We're just a little bit short and I'm sure in four years perhaps somebody else is going to have to be worrying about that but we'll help you out in four years. You'll see what happens. It's turning Republican. New York is turning Republican. So I just want to say thank you very much everybody for the support. The election was the biggest. They say in 129 years the most consequential election. That's what even the fake news media is saying. So I just want to thank everybody for being so supportive. You will not regret it. We're going to make America great again. Thank you everybody. Thank you. President Trump have a great evening. We love you on behalf of everybody here. We love you and have a great night. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. I'll talk to you in a bit. I mean how do you how do I even top that?

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Wait, I have to take this, hang on. I always have to be on standby. Hey, sir. Hello? Hey, sir. Should I take the call from the 45th and 47th President of the United States? (audience cheers) President Trump, I'm here at the New York Young Republicans Club in New York City. Hello, everybody here is you. Very good, Dan, thank you very much. And I know that Alex is gonna be fine. Hello, everybody. I know Alex is gonna be fine because he's a tough son of a gun. There's no doubt about that. So I wanna say hello to Alex 'cause he's a very special guy. And I wanna congratulate Dan Scavino and Steve Bannon, Corey Lewandowski and Nigel Farage. These are great people. I don't know, you must have some terrific crowd to get those people to speak. And in particular, I wanna congratulate Gavin Wax, who's been a friend of mine from the beginning. And I just wanna thank everybody for being there. We had a tremendous election. We won the popular vote by millions and we won the states, the swing states. We won everything and it was a great day and it's gonna be a great four years and you can all be a part of it. (audience cheering) - I just wanna thank everybody and I'll tell you what, what Alex has done and what all of you have done with that party is just incredible. You know, we almost won New York without spending too much time there. We almost won, we're just a little bit short and I'm sure in four years, perhaps somebody else is gonna have to be worrying about that but we'll help you out. In four years, you'll see what happens. It's turning Republican. New York is turning Republican. (audience cheering) So I just wanna say thank you very much everybody for the support. The election was the biggest. They say in 129 years, the most consequential election. That's what even the fake news media is saying. So I just wanna thank everybody for being so supportive. You will not regret it. We're gonna make America great again. Thank you everybody, thank you. - President Trump, have a great evening. We love you on behalf of everybody here. We love you and have a great night, thank you. - Thank you, Dan, thank you. - All right, I'll talk to you in a bit. I mean, how do I even talk?

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