good evening and welcome to another
episode of David Michael Woods
unfiltered we're going to go live with
this Sunday morning with M president
Donald Trump with 275 days until the
presidential election and just days
ahead of the next go nomination contests
the Nevada Primary on February 6th and
the South Carolina primary on February
24th I met with the 45th president on
Thursday at his estate in Florida amidst
heightened tensions between the United
States and Iran Russia and China and
economic anxiety here at home the
backdrop all part of the reason
president Trump believes he will be
locking up the GOP nomination for
president very
soon I don't know what the timing is but
I know we're leading in every single
state we are going to win Nevada very
easily uh that'll be next week we have h
a situation where they forgot to apply I
guess for Indiana you don't you don't
run and not apply for Indiana great
state and so we won Indiana or will and
we've won just about everything we've
touched uh we had record numbers in as
you know big records in New Hampshire
and Iowa was the largest percentage
anyone's ever won by so we're having
tremendous victories and uh I would
think that it would be soon I would
certainly think so and we're leading
Biden in virtually every poll let's talk
about the general election um assuming
you get the nomination it's mid-march
and you've locked up that nomination how
are you going to to attract Independence
those anti-trumpers do you have a plan
so I don't know if they're really
anti-trumpers they want to they want
security they want safety they want a
great economy they want a strong border
the border is a disaster nobody's ever
seen a border like this look you talk
about it all the time nobody covers it
better but you uh you see what's going
on we're letting millions of people I
think the number is going to be 18
million people by the time he gets out
wow I think 18 million people that's
bigger than New York state I'm I'm going
to get to that but your critics who are
with Nikki Haley
uh said that they're not going to vote
for you regardless of you getting the
nomination do you have a plan to win
over those Independents or anti-trumpers
that are with Nikki Haley well I'm
winning every election by tremendous
numbers so uh she had a great chance in
New Hampshire because Democrats voted
for her and she still lost by 12 or 13
points uh she had a that was the one
place that she had a chance because
Democrats are stupidly allowed to vote
in the Republican primary and
Independence also so they voted and we
beat her by a lot again I got the most
votes in the history of that primary and
the same thing in uh Iowa she was really
fighting she spent far more money than I
spent they you know she's got all these
characters giving her a lot of money
just in the hope you made a comment
recently that you'd be a dictator for
day one and you said that you would
close the border and drill drill drill
What specifically did you mean by that
well I think you know it was with Sean
Hannity and we were having fun and I
said I'm going to be a dictator cuz he
asked me are you really going to be a
dictator I said absolutely I'm going to
be a dictator for one day I didn't say
from day one you mean executive orders
what did that mean is what I'm saying it
said very simple I'm going to close the
border and we're going to drill baby
drill that's all and then after that I'm
not going to be a dictator now that was
said in just and most people I'm
surprised you asked that question but
most people say it was said if you if
you run it along you'd say and after
that what I'm saying is that we're going
to immediately drill baby drill we're
going to get energy down and the other
thing is we're going to have a wrong
border we're going to close up the
Border because no country is sustainable
when you look at what's happening to our
country with people from jails and
prisons people from mental institutions
and insane asylums coming in uh it's uh
our country is being destroyed well I
mean Mr President the reason that I
asked the question is because your
critics say that that's the worry that
it's the end of democracy it's a
dictator and I wanted you to explain
what it meant in other words does it
mean executive orders are you planning
to use more executive orders this time
than than last time would you use an
executive order to close the border
there's nothing wrong with executive
orders Biden's using them all the time I
mean to me Biden is bad for democracy
because he's incompetent and frankly you
take a look at what's happening to our
country our country is being destroyed
before very eyes of course I'm not going
to be doing that I will say this four
years we had no Wars we defeated Isis I
knocked out the biggest terrorists in
the world we had the best economy ever I
cut taxes I cut regulations at a level I
had the biggest tax cut ever I had the
biggest regulation cut ever we had the
greatest economy in the history of our
country we never did better we never did
better and all of the people that say oh
never Trump they don't even know why
they're saying it we did a job that very
few people have ever done in fact we're
getting credit for it we rebuilt the
military we created space force which is
now turning out to be very essential I
said it's going to end up being maybe
our most important Force because it's
all going out to space now if you look
and we are now leading Russia and China
we will way behind when I came we had no
space for us people thought it was a
joke when I created it now they're
saying wow what a great job you did I
want to go back to immigration walk us
through your plan for immigration
because is it as easy as going back to
the security that you had in place like
the remain in Mexico and all these other
things that Joe Biden overturned there
are 8 to 10 million illegals in the
country right now on Joe Biden's watch
so what do you do with them are you
going to deport them all well you're
going to have to deport a lot of them
it's not sustainable and now you look
look these countries are very smart
I know every one of the leaders of the
countries for the most part uh the
presidents the dictators I know them all
I know the Kings the Queens I know them
all these are smart people these are
street-wise people.
It makes sense that
they're taking people out and sending
them up in Caravans to the United States.
And it's not just South America, it's
from Africa, from Asia, from all over the
world. I mean from all over the
world. From China they had 28,000 people
in the last few months. 28,000, that's
what's he doing? building an army? And
they were mostly men, almost all men from
the age of 18 to 25. so what's that all
about?
but are you talking about Mass
deportation what do you do with the 8 to
10 million people already here okay
Dwight Eisenhower believe it or not you
don't think of him as being a tough
president or a great president he was
actually a very good president he was
very strong on deportation because a lot
of people were coming into our country
illegally and he started a big Mass
deportation he dropped them very close
to the border and they came back then he
dropped them 2,000 Mi away and they
didn't come back we cannot allow scenes
like I saw in New York two days ago
where policemen are being beat up by
gangs of illegal immigrants in that case
from Venezuela Honduras we can't allow
that and these are kids that are
Fighters they were not you know babies
they were knocking the hell out of our
policemen we can't let this happen these
are tough people so the heads of these
countries are smart they're not sending
the people that are doing a great job
and that they love in the country
they're sending people for the most part
that they don't want and they're putting
them into car Caravans I know that
because they tried it with me but I
turned back to Caravans look I had the
safest Border in the history of our
country I built
561 miles of wall and that was good but
I also got Mexico to give us 28,000
soldiers free of charge now I told them
that we're not going to be happy if you
don't do it we're going to put tariffs
on your cars and everything else that
you sell us which is a lot if you don't
do it and they did it they gave us
28,000 soldiers and we had the best
border we ever had to this day I had the
best border we've ahead now we have the
worst border probably in the history of
the world I understand
Maria Bartiromo: I'm told that the
Chinese are paying $35,000 ahead. $50,000
ahead to come to the Southern border.
They're paying the drug cartels this
Money. the number of Chinese Nationals,
and they are military aged men, you're
right. Up 1100% year over a year. Are
they being directed by the Communist
Party to come here?
Trump: I believe so. I believe so. And I believe we're going to
have a terrorist attack 100%, 100%. You
know during my term I had no terrorist
attacks. You know that right.
I had all sorts of bans on people
from certain countries. I had bans all
over the place. we had no attack I had
nothing.
Maria Bartiromo: where are we with China? How
strong is China's influence on American
politics, American Business? Is it
possible to decouple or is it just
tariffs the way you dealt with it. You
used tariffs and sanctions against China.
Trump: I did and I did very well with it as you
Know. We took in hundreds of billions of
dollars in taxes through the tariffs
taxes and tariffs is that what
well you have to do it I mean look the
stock market almost crashed when it was
announced that I won the Iowa Primary in
a record and then when I won New
Hampshire the stock market went down
like crazy so you know obviously. I'm not
looking to hurt China. I want to get
along with China. I think it's great. But
they've really taken advantage of our
country and we turned it around we put
big tariffs on steel I saved the steel
companies and now Japan is buying us
steel us steel you know what a name that
is that's the most important name 50
years ago there was no company like us
steel now that Japan is buying it I
don't think I'd let that deal go through
by the way well your critics are saying
that you're going to start another trade
War it's not a trade War I did great
with China with with everything look
China came in they were going to destroy
our steel industry and I put tariffs big
tariffs 50% 100% but 50% for the most
part it stopped it. I have steel people
that every time they see me they start
to cry they hug me. They said you saved
our industry. but now we're letting it go.
Maria Bartiromo: now the Washington Post is saying that
you're talking about 60% tariffs on
Chinese Goods is that in the cards?
Trump: no I would say maybe it's going to be more
than that, because we're going to have,
look, I want China to do great, I do. And I
like President Xi a lot. He was a very
good friend of mine during my term. Well
look
Maria Bartiromo: Cover-up, intellectual property
, the list is long from our
number one adversary. I don't know if he's
a friend.
Trump: No but I got along with
him great. I'm not sure he loved what
I was doing. Because I was, you know,
getting along with him.
Maria Bartiromo: I don't think he
wants you in the White House.
Trump: No, no, he doesn’t. Their market almost crashed when I
won Iowa and new Hampshire, the (Chinee stock) market
went down tremendously. Look, uh it's not
sustainable for this country to lose 500
billion dollar a year every year, like
like the sunrises. We lose $500
billion a year. No country can sustain
that. And we're not going to do it
because the people that ran our country
allowed it to happen. They would have
never sent a balloon over the United
States if I were president. And you
understand that.
Maria Bartiromo: are you saying there was
never a balloon on your watch?
Trump: well they tried to say there was one. Now they find out
that there wasn't. They would have never
done it. he would have never done it. They
respected our country 3 years ago. today
they think our country is a joke. And it
started I think more than anything else
with Afghanistan. That was the worst
display of military incompetence I've
ever seen.
Maria Bartiromo: do you believe China will
interfere or try to interfere in the
presidential election? that's what John
Ashcroft (former attorney general) said on this program.
Trump: I think they will and they won't be interfering on my behalf.
we should go s same day voting paper
ballots voter ID and no mail B would you
try to stop China from taking over
Taiwan what would you do if they I I
won't tell you now because that would
really jeopardize my uh negotiating
ability with China so I don't talk about
those things it's it's very hard to say
I would or I wouldn't I they know what I
do and they know where I stand and we
won't have a problem Trump in this
exclusive interview tells me the most
important criteria he's using to
determine who will be his running mate
and vice presidential hopeful but first
I asked the 45th president about America
leading today on the world
stage given all the conflicts developing
overseas if you are elected in November
what's the first thing you do to get
America's strength back on the
international stage first thing you have
to do is close up the Border you can't
have millions of people and then you're
going to have to do a massive
deportation you have to do it Mr
President I want to get back to Iran uh
we lost three service members uh last
week May they rest in peace in Jordan an
enemy drone from Iranian back proxies
launched that deadly drone strike killed
our heroes what should be the proper
response before you go too far what have
never happened with me I had a ran and
check do you know we hit them very hard
for something that they did and they had
to hit back they feel they have to do
that and I understand that do you know
they called me to tell me we're going to
hit a certain location but we're not
going to hit it it's going to be outside
of the perimeter who called you IR
called me Iran called me called for me
and they let us know and we had 16
missiles went off I believe it was 16 uh
six or seven failed in the air when was
this this was prior to the attack on a
fort that we had where they hit back do
you remember when they sent 18 missiles
or 16 missiles five fail they let us
know don't move we're going to have to
hit you back psychologically we have to
do that because we hit them on something
you remember they they sent 16 or 18
missiles and we knew they weren't going
to hit inside the fort and the media was
going and now I reveal it the media was
going wild because they say it's strange
they're very accurate missiles how come
they all missed nobody was killed if you
remember with all of those missiles
nobody was killed now they had to do it
because they have people and they have
to show strength so they aimed the
missiles but they said please don't
attack us we're not going to hit you
that was respect we had respect when we
took out Soloman you know Israel was
supposed to do it with us 2 days before
the takeout they said we can't do it we
can't do it I said what we can't do it
then I had a certain General who's great
I said so General do we do it ourselves
he said we can sir it's up to you I said
we'll do it but Israel was a part of it
you know BB was a big part of it and we
had everything planned everything
because what he has done is terrible
what he did to us was terrible killed so
many of our soldiers killed so many
people he's the the father of the
roadside bomb you know that right and
salaman we can't it just it was just
incredible and Al baghdaddy I wiped him
out too we took out Al baghdaddy the
founder of Isis that nobody could find
except me and salaman father of the
roadside bomb now and beyond that killed
many people he was going to attack five
of our military bases and we took him
out and we took him out without Israel
because Israel two days before the
attack they he said we cannot
participate so again what should be the
response from the United States and what
do you think about Biden's response well
if you're going to not want to widening
War then you're going to have to be a
lot tougher initially he showed his
because right now number one he
shouldn't even be talking about what
he's going to do he shouldn't say he's
going to do anything he's going to do
much or very little but he's incompetent
everybody knows it he doesn't even know
somebody's making decisions in there
it's not him uh he is very look when it
comes to a lot of countries I think he's
a Manchurian Candidate because he
receives money from China he gets a lot
of money from China people say I wonder
why he's so weak on China he gets a lot
of money from China any thoughts on a
response to Iran or you don't want to
discuss it I can't tell you what I do I
know exactly what I do subject to change
of course but I know exactly what I do
you know there were a lot of stories you
covered it a long time ago that Iran had
no money to give to Hamas or Hezbollah
they had no money and they were all
going out of business all these Terror
out were going out of business I said
anybody that does business buys oil
because that's the big deal essentially
business but oil in particular anybody
that buys from a will will do no
business with the United States
everybody stopped they were selling
almost nothing they were almost out of
business they would have had a deal with
me within two weeks after the election
now the deal is a very simple deal no
nuclear weapon they can to have a
nuclear weapon in the next 60 days
and once they have a nuclear weapon it's
a whole different story it's a whole
different negotiation whole different
deal and Biden allowed them to do this
he's allowed them and now they're a very
wealthy country uh they are a country
with over $200 billion and they control
Iraq another stupid thing that we did
going into Iraq was a stupid thing
remember I used to say don't do it but
if you do it keep the oil would you
still send Aid to Israel right now look
we've always got to protect Israel in my
opinion they've been you know they're
they're amazing people what they've done
is it's an amazing thing and they've
been loyal to us Mr President when will
you announce who your VP is not for a
while I mean I have we have so many
great people in the Republican party but
not for a while what criteria are you
using to identify who your running mid
is always it's got to be one thing it's
got to be who would be a good president
I mean you always have to think that
because you know in cases of emergency
things happen right no matter who you
are things happen it's got to be number
one who is your running mate well I have
a lot of good people we have a lot of
really good people so you haven't
decided who it is I have a lot of good
ideas but I haven't and there's no
reason to you haven't told that person
you're my person I speak to everybody I
speak to everybody you know I called Tim
Scott this because a lot of people like
Tim Scott I called him and I said you're
a much better candidate that for me than
you are for yourself when I watched him
he was fine he was good but he was very
low-key etc etc I watched him in the
last week defending me and sticking up
for me and fighting for me I said man I
said you're a much better person for me
than you are for yourself CU for himself
he was low-key for me he's been he's
been a real tiger he's been incredible
and others have too uh so maybe it's Tim
Scott well could be it could be a lot of
people but it was interesting I was
watching Tim I've been watching you know
for while I watched him campaign as a
candidate but I watched him over the
last two weeks uh as you know he
endorsed me fully endorsed me gave me a
beautiful endorsement and he has been
really strong in terms of that no but
that has nothing to do I don't want
anybody to take even any inference but
it's incredible uh Christy Nome has been
incredible fighting for me she said I'd
never run against him because I can't
beat him that was a very nice thing to
say what was the story that your team
reached out to RFK Jr it's a false story
now it's a false you never reached out I
like him a lot nope never never happened
is it fair to believe that you would
have a number of your former officials
in your new cabinet I will put some back
I'll tell you I came to Washington
having spent almost no time in my life
in Washington I know you said and all of
a sudden I'm president and I wasn't into
Washington Society so I was not a
washingt I was a New York person I was a
New York Builder you were an outsider
and that's why I was totally but the one
problem with that and I love the
outsider thing but you don't know people
so you're relying on other people to
give you names to be the head of this
head of that and by the way we had
unbelievable people we had to look I
rebuil the mil say you had plenty of
personnel mistakes no of course but
everybody does Obama had what about
Biden look at the people running this
Biden thing the difference is I fire
people I fired Comey I got rid of him
you didn't fire Christopher Ray well I I
you know what at the time I don't know
let's see how let's see what what the
final judgment is but I didn't fire
Christopher R I didn't fire people I
would have but I fired a lot of people
you know I had turnover they have no
turnover right now how do you know if
you get back in you don't have a network
of people around you working against you
I will and so will anybody else that
gets in as a republican these people are
sick these are sick people but do you
feel better this time around because you
know what to expect well I also know
people that I didn't know before I know
now the Smart Ones I know the dumb ones
I know the weak ones and the strong ones
I have I know I know tremendous amounts
of people that I know will do a great
job but I was different when I didn't
like a job that somebody was done I
fired them just like The Apprentice I
said you fired you have to go what about
some of your former officials do you see
them being in this next cabinet Mike
Pompeo for example uh I don't know John
radliff uh he's he's fantastic I mean
he's a great guy John radliff has done a
great job Dr Ben Carson he's done a
fantastic job so you're expecting them
to be in your cabinet some of some of
them yeah I mean if somebody did a good
job I would do that
yeah welcome back president Trump is
about to take a larger role within the
Republican National Committee as he
pursues the GE nomination for president
in this exclusive interview I asked the
45th commander-in-chief about some of
his former officials and whether they'll
be part of the new
cabinet you've spoken about the
weaponization of law enforcement
agencies two-tiered system of Jus we
watch it uh who do you want to see in
those roles the AG the FBI I want tough
people much tougher than Bill bar when
they said to Bill bar that we're going
to impeach you for no reason he went he
he got scared you know what they do they
it's called playing The Ref once they
said to him we're going to impeach you
he became like a Wallflower he was he
was sort of finished mentally and I got
him out I said even though it was late I
got him
out the Republicans have to be tougher
you talk about this optimism uh ahead
that that we could see some relief but
the RNC doesn't seem to be so strong I
mean the Democrats have all the money
look at what we see we got the Democrats
actually uh with the money and and uh
spending it the r seeking credit lines
the RNC reported its lowest bank balance
at the point in any year in 2016 coer
says Michigan GOP defaulted on a loan of
half a million dollars so I have a lot
of money and the money that they get
people are not looking at the Ury they
want they want changes I you have to say
I have nothing to do with the RNC I
don't I'm separate how's Ron McDaniel
doing uh I think she did great when she
ran Michigan for me I think she did okay
initially in the RNC I would say right
now uh there'll probably be some changes
made you've said many policy ideas and
lots of Hope ahead but you're going to
need a willing partner in the senate
senate leadership is against you Mitch
McConnell he's massively anti-trump how
are you going to work with him I think
Mitch McConnell wants to endorse me
that's what I hear uh John Corin just
endorsed me I don't know if you know
that or not but John Corin just endorsed
me uh Steve D is a fantastic guy
endorsement I have uh so you think Mitch
McConnell know like Nikki doesn't have
any endorsements from the Senate I have
more than half of the Republicans have
already endorsed me and the rest of them
are coming in I don't know if he's going
to endorse me I just heard he wants to
endorse me uh but these are all people
that are they're everybody's getting in
line they're all getting aboard and they
also see the fact that we've changed a
Republican party the Republican Party
under Trump has become a tremendous
success are you going to be able to flip
blue States like in New York and in New
Jersey there's a room you're going to do
a rally in the South Bronx I think so I
think I will do that I I think I'll do
one maybe at Madison Square Garden too I
think we have a chance New York has
changed a lot in the last two years we
have migrants all over the street
they're living on Madison Avenue I mean
they it's nobody can believe what's
happened to New York the people of New
York are angry people that would have
never voted for me because I'm a
republican I mean they're Democrats
their parents would they vote for
Democrats I think they're going to vote
for me so I think we're going to give
New York a heavy shot they're very
unhappy in New York what's happening and
they're unhappy with the crime you take
a look at the crime in New York it's at
record levels the other thing is and and
very importantly New Jersey I think New
Jersey can be flipped I think that
Virginia can be flipped I think that New
Mexico could be flipped and I think
Minnesota could be flipped and I'm not
even sure that everything can't be
flipped and you're focused on
Pennsylvania too I did great in
Pennsylvania twice will you pursue an
investigation into the Biden family and
the influence pedaling that the
oversight committee has told us about I
don't want to really say that I don't
think it's appropriate to say it right
now but I can tell you uh they have done
things that are so bad in terms of
weaponization the bottom line remains
you've got 91 counts felony counts
against you you've got four indictments
you could be in trial this year and you
could get convicted do you think about
that no because it's all about courage
you have to have courage for the country
I would have if I didn't run or if I was
in fifth place I wouldn't have any
indictments I wouldn't have any problem
they went after me from before I even
announced because they said we have to
do it so all these aren't indictments
these are Biden indictments how you
going to get through Washington DC I
just get through things whatever it is
I'm doing this for the country I didn't
need this I could have had the greatest
life look at this I could have had a
nice time instead of doing a nice fair
but tough interview with you I could
have had a very nice time in my life I
could have enjoyed it but I enjoy it
anyway cuz we're going to make America
great again this country is failing this
nation is failing and it's incompetent
people like Biden who wants open borders
who wants High interest rates who wants
bad education who wants all of this
stuff who wants a woke military our
country is going to hell and it's an
honor for me I really say anytime I get
indicted it's an honor because I'm doing
it for you and the people agree with it
now you've said you don't even think
that's who you're going to face off in
November is he going to be the Nomine I
personally I don't think so with all
that I'm saying I I don't know I mean I
really don't know right out of central
how you going to do up against I'll tell
you what uh because he's he's so much he
wants to say how wonderful it it's doing
horribly his state is doing horribly you
look at the homeless problem you look at
the people that are leaving you have
companies that are leaving they're all
leaving for other locations I think
Gavin's easy because California Obama
how are you going to do against Michelle
Obama you have to see look I've seen
polls where she doesn't do well she may
do well but I've seen polls where I beat
her easily I beat her by a lot I had
four great years is your answer to
getting inflation down drill drill drill
independent oil well among other things
it's drill drill drill yeah it's drill
drill drill what's your answer there no
else you have to get the oil look I did
I did something in Alaska that nobody
could believe I got rights to drill in
Alaska on the largest oil possibly the
size of Saudi Arabia and the first thing
they did is they voided that they knock
out their oil leases and now they're
letting some things happen because if
oil goes up then he's finished but they
have been so bad and so disrespectful to
that industry it's incredible I think
this um our country is a mess our
borders are open and insecure you know 9
months is a long time you have a very
good chance in that period of time of
having World War III because we have
somebody that is not doing his job
proper properly he's not respected he's
laughed at all over the world he's not
doing a good
job president Trump also told me that he
believes inflation is likely to spike
given the hostilities in the Red Sea and
that if Obama how are you going to do
against Michelle Obama you have to see
look I've seen polls where she doesn't
do well she may do well but I've seen
polls where I beat her easily I beat her
by a lot I had four great years is your
answer to getting inflation down drill
drill drill independent oil well among
other things it's drill drill drill yeah
it's drill drill drill what's your
answer there oil you have to get the oil
look I did I did something in Alaska
that nobody could believe I got rights
to drill in Alaska on the largest oil
possibly the size of Saudi Arabia and
the first thing they did is they voided
that they knock out their oil leases and
now they're letting some things happen
because if oil go goes up then he's
finished but they have been so bad and
so disrespectful to that industry it's
incredible I think this um our country
is a mess our borders are open and
insecure you know 9 months is a long
time you have a very good chance in that
period of time of having World War III
because we have somebody that is not
doing his job properly he's not
respected he's laugh at all over the
world he's not doing a good job thank
you for watching another episode of
David Michael Woods unfiltered as that
was the Donald Trump interview on Fox
this morning with Maria
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