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Trump's Remarks in Press Conference Davos, Switzerland; Issued on: January 22, 2020
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Remarks by President Trump in Press Conference | Davos, Switzerland
Issued on: January 22, 2020
Davos Congress Centre
Davos, Switzerland
12:33 P.M. CET
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Please come on up, Roberto and Larry. Robert, Steve, come on up.
Good afternoon. We’ve had a tremendous two days here. We’ll be heading back right after this conference, and I’ve just concluded some additional meetings. We’ve had a lot of them. I think Davos has treated us really beautifully. It’s been a tremendous success. Everyone is talking about America’s unprecedented economic success. It’s really the talk of the town, so to speak.
{snip}
Q Yes, Mr. President. You were the keynote speaker here, but you shared some of the spotlight with a Scandinavian teenager: Greta Thunberg —
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, that’s very nice.
Q — who you had said needs to work on her anger. She had some very harsh words about —
THE PRESIDENT: I didn’t say “anger.” I said “anger management.”
Q “Anger management.” Yes, sir.
She had some very strong words here that the United States and other industrialized countries need to do more. Do you still feel that you’re doing enough? You talk about clean air —
THE PRESIDENT: How old — how old is she?
Q She’s —
Q Seventeen.
Q Seventeen now. Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Oh. That’s good.
Q But what is your response to her —
THE PRESIDENT: She beat me out on TIME Magazine.
{snip}
Yeah, go ahead.
Q Mr. President, a question on Iran: Initially, you said repeatedly to Americans that after Iran retaliated for the Soleimani strike, no Americans were injured. We now know at least 11 U.S. service men were airlifted from Iraq. Can you explain the discrepancy?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I heard that they had headaches, and a couple of other things. But I would say, and I can report it is not very serious. Not very serious.
Q So you don’t consider a potential traumatic brain injury serious?
THE PRESIDENT: They told me about it numerous days later. You’d have to ask Department of Defense. No, I don’t consider them very serious injuries, relative to other injuries that I’ve seen.
I’ve seen what Iran has done with their roadside bombs to our troops. I’ve seen people with no legs and with no arms. I’ve seen people that were horribly, horribly injured in that area, that war — in fact, many cases put — those bombs put there by Soleimani, who is no longer with us. I consider them to be really bad injuries.
No, I do not consider that to be bad injuries. No.
{snip}
Q Thank you, Mr. President. In regards to the proceedings going on in the Senate, would you like to see this over quickly? Would you like to see a thorough examination of the facts? What did you make of the dustup between the White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and Jerrold Nadler last night? And are you absolutely against John Bolton testifying?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, you’re asking a lot of questions.
Q Three. That’s not a lot.
THE PRESIDENT: First of all, Jerrold Nadler — I’ve known him a long time. He’s a sleazebag; everybody knows that.
Pat Cipollone is a high-quality human being. I was very impressed with Pat. He had great emotion yesterday. Pat is a brilliant guy, but I’ve never seen that emotion. And that’s real emotion. That’s because he knows this is a hoax. And I was very proud of the job he did.
I’ve known — I’ve known Jerry Nadler for a long time. He’s opposed many of my jobs. I got them all built — very successfully built in New York. But — so we have yet another fight. Isn’t it — isn’t it amazing? Isn’t it surprising? Isn’t it amazing?
{snip}
Q I —
THE PRESIDENT: Wait. Wait, John.
It’s hard to believe. We’ve been fighting this. I would rather have — personally, I’d rather go the long route. It’s horrible for our country. Our country has to get back to business.
We have people that are corrupt, like Adam Schiff, who misquotes — I don’t mean “misquotes” — makes up a statement. He had no idea that I was going to release the transcript. He never thought I’d do that. And for that, I thank the President of Ukraine, because we got their approval. He had no idea I was going to do that.
But these are corrupt people, some of them. And some of them are just playing the political game. But if you look at the poll numbers, my poll numbers are the highest they’ve ever been. If you look at the funding numbers, if you look at what — the money raised by the Republican Party has just set a record. Nobody has ever done this before. It’s because of the impeachment hoax.
{snip}
Q Do you plan to show up in any way, shape, or form at your trial?
Number two, you called Kenneth Starr “a disaster” in the past. Do you still feel that way about him now?
And three, Lev Parnas has come forward and said that you knew everything that he was doing in Ukraine.
THE PRESIDENT: No, he’s a conman. Okay, you ready? Let me answer that one first.
Q Okay, so would you say that’s not true?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t know him —
Q Okay, you don’t know him.
THE PRESIDENT: — other than he’s sort of like a groupie. He shows up at fundraisers. Okay? So I don’t know anything about him.
{snip}
Q So what do you think? Will you show up at your trial any day, in any way, shape, or form?
THE PRESIDENT: I’d love to go. Wouldn’t that be great? Wouldn’t that be beautiful?
Q So why don’t you go?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t know. I’d sort of love — sit right in the front row and stare at their corrupt faces. I’d love to do it.
Q So why not commit to going?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t know. Don’t — don’t keep talking, because I may — you may convince me to do it.
{snip}
Q Mr. President, but would you consider delaying the State of the Union if the impeachment trial has not ended by February 4th?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t see it. No, I don’t see it. No, I’m — you know, a very excellent writer, Bob Woodward — I guess he’s doing another book on Trump, but, this time, I’ll actually give him an interview. He said, “You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?” I said, “No, I’m not enjoying it.” He said, “No, you act like you’re winning and you won. You’re actually enjoying it.” I said, “I’m not enjoying it. I’m doing it because it’s very important, what I’m doing.”
I consider what I’ve done here, with this whole witch hunt, from day one — with the insurance policy; with the horrible statements made between Strzok and Page; and McCabe; and Comey, who lied to Congress and did so many other bad things. He lied and he leaked.
When I finish, I think that this is going to go down as one of the greatest things I’ve done for our country. These are bad, corrupt people. These are bad people, and very bad for our country.
Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. Thank you very much.
END
1:17 P.M. CET
Remarks by President Trump in Press Conference | Davos, Switzerland
Issued on: January 22, 2020
Davos Congress Centre
Davos, Switzerland
12:33 P.M. CET
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Please come on up, Roberto and Larry. Robert, Steve, come on up.
Good afternoon. We’ve had a tremendous two days here. We’ll be heading back right after this conference, and I’ve just concluded some additional meetings. We’ve had a lot of them. I think Davos has treated us really beautifully. It’s been a tremendous success. Everyone is talking about America’s unprecedented economic success. It’s really the talk of the town, so to speak.
{snip}
Q Yes, Mr. President. You were the keynote speaker here, but you shared some of the spotlight with a Scandinavian teenager: Greta Thunberg —
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, that’s very nice.
Q — who you had said needs to work on her anger. She had some very harsh words about —
THE PRESIDENT: I didn’t say “anger.” I said “anger management.”
Q “Anger management.” Yes, sir.
She had some very strong words here that the United States and other industrialized countries need to do more. Do you still feel that you’re doing enough? You talk about clean air —
THE PRESIDENT: How old — how old is she?
Q She’s —
Q Seventeen.
Q Seventeen now. Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Oh. That’s good.
Q But what is your response to her —
THE PRESIDENT: She beat me out on TIME Magazine.
{snip}
Yeah, go ahead.
Q Mr. President, a question on Iran: Initially, you said repeatedly to Americans that after Iran retaliated for the Soleimani strike, no Americans were injured. We now know at least 11 U.S. service men were airlifted from Iraq. Can you explain the discrepancy?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I heard that they had headaches, and a couple of other things. But I would say, and I can report it is not very serious. Not very serious.
Q So you don’t consider a potential traumatic brain injury serious?
THE PRESIDENT: They told me about it numerous days later. You’d have to ask Department of Defense. No, I don’t consider them very serious injuries, relative to other injuries that I’ve seen.
I’ve seen what Iran has done with their roadside bombs to our troops. I’ve seen people with no legs and with no arms. I’ve seen people that were horribly, horribly injured in that area, that war — in fact, many cases put — those bombs put there by Soleimani, who is no longer with us. I consider them to be really bad injuries.
No, I do not consider that to be bad injuries. No.
{snip}
Q Thank you, Mr. President. In regards to the proceedings going on in the Senate, would you like to see this over quickly? Would you like to see a thorough examination of the facts? What did you make of the dustup between the White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and Jerrold Nadler last night? And are you absolutely against John Bolton testifying?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, you’re asking a lot of questions.
Q Three. That’s not a lot.
THE PRESIDENT: First of all, Jerrold Nadler — I’ve known him a long time. He’s a sleazebag; everybody knows that.
Pat Cipollone is a high-quality human being. I was very impressed with Pat. He had great emotion yesterday. Pat is a brilliant guy, but I’ve never seen that emotion. And that’s real emotion. That’s because he knows this is a hoax. And I was very proud of the job he did.
I’ve known — I’ve known Jerry Nadler for a long time. He’s opposed many of my jobs. I got them all built — very successfully built in New York. But — so we have yet another fight. Isn’t it — isn’t it amazing? Isn’t it surprising? Isn’t it amazing?
{snip}
Q I —
THE PRESIDENT: Wait. Wait, John.
It’s hard to believe. We’ve been fighting this. I would rather have — personally, I’d rather go the long route. It’s horrible for our country. Our country has to get back to business.
We have people that are corrupt, like Adam Schiff, who misquotes — I don’t mean “misquotes” — makes up a statement. He had no idea that I was going to release the transcript. He never thought I’d do that. And for that, I thank the President of Ukraine, because we got their approval. He had no idea I was going to do that.
But these are corrupt people, some of them. And some of them are just playing the political game. But if you look at the poll numbers, my poll numbers are the highest they’ve ever been. If you look at the funding numbers, if you look at what — the money raised by the Republican Party has just set a record. Nobody has ever done this before. It’s because of the impeachment hoax.
{snip}
Q Do you plan to show up in any way, shape, or form at your trial?
Number two, you called Kenneth Starr “a disaster” in the past. Do you still feel that way about him now?
And three, Lev Parnas has come forward and said that you knew everything that he was doing in Ukraine.
THE PRESIDENT: No, he’s a conman. Okay, you ready? Let me answer that one first.
Q Okay, so would you say that’s not true?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t know him —
Q Okay, you don’t know him.
THE PRESIDENT: — other than he’s sort of like a groupie. He shows up at fundraisers. Okay? So I don’t know anything about him.
{snip}
Q So what do you think? Will you show up at your trial any day, in any way, shape, or form?
THE PRESIDENT: I’d love to go. Wouldn’t that be great? Wouldn’t that be beautiful?
Q So why don’t you go?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t know. I’d sort of love — sit right in the front row and stare at their corrupt faces. I’d love to do it.
Q So why not commit to going?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t know. Don’t — don’t keep talking, because I may — you may convince me to do it.
{snip}
Q Mr. President, but would you consider delaying the State of the Union if the impeachment trial has not ended by February 4th?
THE PRESIDENT: I don’t see it. No, I don’t see it. No, I’m — you know, a very excellent writer, Bob Woodward — I guess he’s doing another book on Trump, but, this time, I’ll actually give him an interview. He said, “You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?” I said, “No, I’m not enjoying it.” He said, “No, you act like you’re winning and you won. You’re actually enjoying it.” I said, “I’m not enjoying it. I’m doing it because it’s very important, what I’m doing.”
I consider what I’ve done here, with this whole witch hunt, from day one — with the insurance policy; with the horrible statements made between Strzok and Page; and McCabe; and Comey, who lied to Congress and did so many other bad things. He lied and he leaked.
When I finish, I think that this is going to go down as one of the greatest things I’ve done for our country. These are bad, corrupt people. These are bad people, and very bad for our country.
Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. Thank you very much.
END
1:17 P.M. CET
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