Trump's Remarks Before Marine One Departure; June 23, 2020
Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
Issued on: June 23, 2020
South Lawn
9:23 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. So were going to Arizona. Were celebrating. We have over 200 miles of wall built. Its been incredible. Our numbers on the border, as you know, are at just about a record-breaking low. People are not being able to cross the border. The wall is up, because we have more than 200 we have about 212 miles up of wall. So thats good.
And were going to be doing a number of other things. Were going to be making a speech to young people in Arizona, and well be meeting with some of the Arizona officials to talk about their border and how strong its become. Its become very strong.
Last night, we stopped an attack on a great monument the monument of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park. And I just want to thank law enforcement. They did a great job. We were working very closely with the White House Secret Service and some of our executives. It was really they did a great job. They stopped it cold.
Numerous people are in jail and going to jail today. People are already there, but were looking at long-term sentences under the act. We have a very specific monuments act. And we are looking at long-term jail sentences for these vandals and these hoodlums and these anarchists and agitators, and call them whatever you want. Some people dont like that language, but thats what they are. Theyre bad people. They dont love our country, and theyre not taking down our monuments. I just want to make that clear.
And other than that, go ahead.
Q Mr. President, do you have executive order coming regarding the monuments? What will it accomplish?
THE PRESIDENT: I will have an executive order very shortly. And all its really going to do is reinforce whats already there, but in a more uniform way. Okay?
I want to also say this: If the state governments because you see them all over in Seattle, theyre very weak, and in Minnesota, they might need help. If they need help, the federal government is willing to help them. If these hoodlums come around these are not protestors, by the way; these are these are anarchists and other things. If these hoodlums come around, and if the states cant handle it, we are ready, willing, and able to help as we did in Minnesota, where we stopped after four days, they finally called, and we did a great job with the National Guard.
Q Mr. President, are you planning to make any are you planning to make any changes at your campaign after the Oklahoma rally?
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, Hogan Gidley not for that reason, because as you probably have heard, Fox had the highest ratings on a Saturday night in the history of Fox. So thats the ultimate poll, I guess. But the ratings on Saturday night, for Fox, were the highest ratings in the history of Fox News, which is, I guess, its a long history. So that was the number one Saturday night in history.
We actually had a nice crowd, and despite all of the warnings and everything else that other networks were trying to do; despite the fact that we had some pretty bad people waiting there, waiting they shouldnt have been. Maybe some of the same people I just talked about.
We had a nice crowd. But we had the highest ratings in the history of Fox on Saturday night. And online, I heard the record was unbelievable. I heard the numbers were unbelievable. I think you probably know that. What were the numbers online? Do you know?
Q I dont know, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Well you should know because you should report it.
Q Mr. President, at that rally, when you said you asked your people to slow down testing, were you just kidding or do you have a plan to slow down testing?
THE PRESIDENT: I dont kid. Let me just tell you let me make it clear: We have got the greatest testing program anywhere in the world. We test better than anybody in the world. Our tests are the best in the world, and we have the most of them.
By having more tests, we find more cases. We did 25-plus 25 million tests. Think of that: 25 million. If you look at other countries, they did 1 million, 2 million, 3 million. Big countries. We did 25 million. Way more by double, triple, quadruple any other country. Therefore, with tests, were going to have more cases. By having more cases, it sounds bad, but actually what it is, is were finding people. Many of those people arent sick or very little. You know, they may be young people.
But whats happened is, because of all of the cases that we find, we have a very low mortality rate, just about the best in the world. So thats the advantage to the testing, along with other things. But just remember this: The reason we have more cases than other countries is because our testing is so much. Other countries
Q So do you want to slow it down?
THE PRESIDENT: Other countries listen: Other countries do very little testing by comparison. So were going to do, this year, right now up until yesterday, I think they told me, were over 25 million tests. Other countries are at 2 million, 3 million.
Heres what I say: Testing is a double-edged sword. In one way, it tells you you have cases. In another way, you find out where the cases are and you do a good job. We are doing a great job. We have never been credited for it. Were doing the best testing job anywhere in the world. Were doing the best ventilator job anywhere in the world. Were now supplying ventilators to the entire world. Nobody else has done that. Nobody else people dont countries dont have ventilators. They call the United States. Weve done a great job. We have not been given credit for it.
The other thing: The Tulsa rally was incredible. Despite all of the horrible, ominous warnings that you people put out over a period of two weeks, the crowd was wonderful. It was a great they were warriors. It was a great crowd. But many of them stayed home and watched television, and what happened is Fox, on Saturday night, had the biggest ratings in the history of Fox television.
Thank you very much, everyone.
END
9:30 A.M. EDT
leftieNanner
(15,100 posts)But am I a bad person that I pictured Sarah Cooper delivering the lines in Idiot Face's voice??
Mme. Defarge
(8,030 posts)Shes the ONLY reason I have started watching him since he assumed office. Perhaps I should say, since he presumed office.
leftieNanner
(15,100 posts)But her face I like!
Especially the one recently where she falls off the chair at the end!
Mme. Defarge
(8,030 posts)May have startled my neighbors in the adjacent backyard.
ZZenith
(4,122 posts)John Fante
(3,479 posts)The United States is also (by far) the least densely populated country in the top 10. Thanks to Trump, we're the joke of the world.
42bambi
(1,753 posts)eggs that were boiling, and during that time, I decided that the God in Trumps head must be leading him on a path of self destruction. Everyday he exists his world is crashing around him. He is at his limit, and whatever he does, or doesn't do, it won't be pretty.