President Trump's Full, Unedited Interview With Meet The Press | NBC News

mr. president welcome back to Meet the Press thank you let me start right in what happened last night well you had a situation that was very bad because the night before they shut down an unmanned drone and the unmanned is a very big factor the fact that there was not a person on it u.s. percent not heard or anybody and that had an impact on me I said well you know we got a little problem and I think they did it on purpose because they understand that they will be hit very hard if that were planed with the person in it and I think they knew that there was nobody there so we had a very you know modest but pretty pretty heavy attack schedule and this is a pre plan that you had something that if they did something you had something these are sort of ready-made plans I have so many targets you wouldn't believe right we have targets all over so did you greenlight something or had you said if we do it I'll do this what was what was the order you nothing is green-lighted until the very end because things change right so you never gave a final no no no no but we had something ready to go subject to my approval and they came in and they came in about a half an hour before they says so we're about ready to go I said I want a better definition we're playing on about ready to go no but they would have been pretty soon and things would have happened to a point where you wouldn't turn back who couldn't turn back so they came and they said sir we're ready to go we'd like a decision I said I want to know something before you go how many people will be killed in this case Iranians I said how many people are going to be killed sir I'd like to get back to you on that great people these generals they said came back said sir approximately 150 and I thought about it for a second I said you know what they shut down an unmanned drone plane whatever you want to call it and here we are sitting with 150 dead people that would have taken place probably within a half an hour after I said go ahead and I didn't like it I didn't think it was I didn't think it was proportionate that doesn't mean what should the response be I think the response should be well first of all as you know we've done very massive sanctions were increasing the sanctions now but the response is always going to be very strong I built up a lot of capital I've had a lot of people that aren't Trump fans saying I can't believe you know a lot of them said we're gonna be in World War 3 the first week didn't work out that way we're doing great in North Korea we're doing great in a lot of different places we knocked out the Caliphate in Syria we knocked out a hundred percent remember I was gonna leave 100 percent the Caliphate which is the land area is a hundred percent you never knock these people at these people is stone cold crazy and they'll walk into a store and they'll be wired up for bombs and they'll blow it's a horrible things I never say that I don't want to do what other presidents have done or other people have done saying we won because you don't win so conclusively I would love to have the day where we can win you know I remember when I was young I'd go on an airplane and I'd woke up I'd buy a ticket I'd go on a plane nobody thought about moms and nobody thought about security you walk in you'd give the ticket to the person at the gate and you'd walk into a plane today it's like a big deal so what happened is I said I'm not going to do it I'll save it if they do something else it'll be dope they were trying to provoke you no I don't think so and I think it was very important that they to them don't forget you don't think they intended to get you to respond militarily their economy is shattered shattered so what's the message reflation is through the roof they've never had the highest in the world right now worse than any place they're living knock well put yourself in their shoes what do you think message they're trying to send you with this I think they want to negotiate and I think they want to make a deal and my deal is nuclear look they're not gonna have a nuclear weapon this isn't about the Straits do you know that China gets 91 percent of itself from the Straits we don't even need the Straits we have we are now because of since I came in with the number-one energy producer in the world okay actually by far and if I get the pipelines approved through the environmental process which I will in Texas will go up by another 25% but we're way ahead of way ahead of Saudi Arabia and I think that they want to negotiate I don't think they're like the position they're in their economy is is absolutely broken so you sent a letter to the Ayatollah via prime minister Ave and I told it seemed to say I'm not talking to you I didn't send the letter what send a little message what did Prime Minister ABBA carry on mr. Abhi's a great guy he's a friend of mine and he obviously is close to them I think he was there their largest buyer of oil from the did he deliver a message from you to them no he wanted to do something okay according to Prime Minister avi they went to him it's according to the Prime Minister and they said what do we do with trump can we make a deal is there something that can be done so what Prime Minister Robbie told me I said you mind if I say that if I have to and he said not particularly so they came to Prime Minister Abbey he then called me I said send the following message you can't have nuclear weapons and other than that we can sit down and make a deal but you cannot have no other things other than that you cannot have nuclear weapons and they would have had them with President Obama gave 150 billion dollars what is my understanding to look like with them let me explain something number one you have to look at the sights some of the most important sites we weren't even allowed to look at or inspect okay number two the term was not long enough okay there's like a short number of years left after a very small number of years he's talking about a country after a very small number of years they have a free pass to nuclear weapons you can't do that so I want to be able to inspect all sites they cannot have ballistic missiles which under the agreement doesn't even covered and as you know that agreement wasn't even approved by Congress a lot of people don't know that that was an agreement that he couldn't get through Congress he was not authorized really to do that deal Congress did give him some authors also ratified by Congress as an S it wasn't a treaty it was very very short of what it should have been you know that don't you think though does it it all tell what does it tell you that the Iranians haven't violated the agreement yet that they are trying hard not to violate what you see I think they have violated the agreement because I think in the areas that we're not allowed to inspect they're doing things and I think they have been for years ants don't think they're violate well I don't care about the European see Europeans are going out and making a lot of money the Europeans are fine but they're going out and making a lot of money they're selling in France they're selling cars to Aranda doing other things and let me tell you you know we're very good to Europe we take care of them NATO we spend a tremendous amount of disproportionate amount on trade the European Union's they can does it really they have really taken advantage of us for a long time just to finish with great relationships with Europe I don't mind Europe getting in the middle Europe wants to make a deal to Europe would love to see a deal be made these guys you know that do you want to do a separate deal with Iran or do you want to get everybody involved in the same deal that the Russians get the China I don't care which what kind of a deal it can be separate or it could be total one-on-one talks you know one talks you in the ayatollah matter to me you know here's what i want anything to get you to the result they cannot have a nuclear weapon it's not about the straits and a lot of people covered it incorrectly they never mentioned they cannot have a nuclear weapon they'd use it and they're not gonna have a nuclear weapon did you know Reuters is reporting that you sent a message to the Iranians saying we want a want war it's not want to talk I did not send that message I did not send that message I don't know who okay I don't know who would have a message right out of you I mean it's fake you didn't send a message right now to the Ayatollah wouldn't be much different than that message which is I'm not looking for war and if there is it'll be obliteration like you've never seen before but I'm not looking to do that but you can't have a nuclear weapon you want to talk good otherwise you can have a bad economy for a missionary years not as far as I'm concerned no preconditions and you'll talk anyway there it is look you can't have nuclear weapons and if you want to talk about it good otherwise you can live they shattered economy for a long time to come if you are you do you feel like you were being pushed into military action against Iran by any of your advice I have two groups of people I have doves and have Hawks you have some Hawks oh yeah John Boehner is absolutely a hawk is up to him he'd take on the whole world at one time okay but that doesn't matter because I want both sides you know some people said why did you put your nose against going into Iraq for years and years and before it ever happened I was against going into Iraq and some people said oh I don't know I was totally against there was a private citizen it never made sense to me I was against going into the Middle East Chuck we spent seven trillion dollars in the Middle East right now why is this our problem what this is a proxy war Iran and Saudi Arabia are in a fight to the death and that's another candidate Trump for years would have said not our fight why involved because of nuclear weapons it has nothing to do with oil so the minute you get them to do nuclear weapons you want out of Lee I don't care about well we're gonna protect Israel but I have nothing to do absolutely nothing and we're gonna protect Saudi Arabia look Saudi Arabia is buying 400 billion dollars worth of things right that's a very good thing you used to say we we don't get anything in return well you are now Saudi red you know that you feel like they're now paying for a scenario rejection I spoke to the Crown Prince this morning and what a great conversation yeah I said it's a very expensive operation you and the other nations that were protecting have to pay attention and he said yes she talked to him about the UN report about Jamal Khashoggi I did not because it really didn't come up in that discussion I called about one reason I understand I called it all one word I didn't call about that I called about one reason there's a very expensive operation unlike President Obama and unlike everybody else I'll say others to it not just President Obama you got to pay for it we cannot we just don't want to go and protect the Middle East and protect Saudi Arabia and everyone else and not get reimbursed so this is why you're overruling Congress and and letting all these weapons sales happen in Saudi Arabia economic development and that but economic developer mind that humanitarian disaster place in Yemen a million Jeff know it's gonna end it's going to end by the way who's causing it though if you look at it Iran goes into Yemen they start firing rockets at Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has to protect themselves Chuck but it's it's a million jobs and probably more they buy massive amounts 150 billion dollars worth of military equipment that by the way you we use we use their military equipment and unlike other countries that don't have money and we have to subsidize everything so Saudi Arabia is a big buyer of America product that means something to me it's a big producer of jobs it makes you overlook some of their bad behavior no like I don't like anybody's bad behavior you know are you the United Nations said they'd like the United States to order the FBI to investigate Jamal Cody's death and possibly MBA element in it I think it will you allow the FBI to do that I think it's been heavily investigated I hope by everybody I mean I've seen so many different reporters but the FBI is where I am you're ready hmm Iran's killed many many people a day other countries in the Middle East this is a hostile place is a vicious hostile place if you're gonna look at Saudi Arabia looking I ran look at other countries I won't mention names and take a look at what's happening and then you were outside of the Middle East and you take a look at what's happening with countries okay and I only say they spend 400 to 450 billion over a period of time all money all jobs buying the price as long as they keep lying all over long some of this behavior but I'm not like a fool that says we don't want to do business with them and by the way if they don't do business with us you know what they do they'll buy it do business with the Russians or with the Chinese they will buy we make the best equipment in the world but they will buy great equipment from Russia and from China Chuck yeah take their money take their money Chuck what would a candidate Trump have said about a president who on his watch had a ranch shooting down a drum event is when a dictator thumbing his nose at you Obamacare still on the books and no results yet on the board of the board any let's let's take that I do Canada trumpet said let's take a look the border is doing great Mexico has been fantastic they've been trying to get a deal with Mexico for 45 years right so for 45 years they couldn't get a deal I got one in one day I said we're gonna put tariffs on and we're gonna have a deal or not we agree to one day Mexico just moved 6,000 people to their southern border 6,000 troops to their southern border the border is working out well and the wall is being built I mean a lot of people don't like to talk about it we're building or we will have 400 miles of wall built by the end of next year and that's hard because the Democrats don't want to approve it we just beat them in a big lawsuit as you know in Washington and DC we just beat them in a very big losses of the judges you that your border numbers are worse than Obama no because the people are coming up because our economy is so good they're pouring up because the economy is so good Obama had a lousy economy it was a dead economy our economy do you see that Chuck yeah it's the unemployment rate from the peak of the recession right your economy is great I'm not saying it's not great but this recovery started and in the 28 months that you've been president and the last twenty eight months of Obama's presidency he averaged more new jobs than your because he started off with a with such a bad base okay I mean he hits it not if you have this in nobody who's working the whole place was a disaster and I don't I never take that away okay but it's very easy all right because when that turned or are they pumped a tremendous amount of money into the economy he also had a federal reserve person who kept the interest rates low I don't do you feel like you owe no you feel like you have sent racism far too fast the phrasing Fortunes your threat to the modem do you think that's had an impact I didn't ever threaten didn't murder there's been some talk that you might demote them to the number two slide I'd be able to do that if I wanted but I haven't suggested that it's not a threat that's just a reminder that you know I have the right to do that but I haven't said that what he's done is 50 billion a month in quantitative tightening that's ridiculous what he's done is he raised interest rates too fast every election I think the economy's so strong we're gonna Bowl through it but I'm not happy with his actions no I don't think he's done a good job I think this if he didn't raise rates Obama had very little race so Obama was playing with funny money I wasn't I'm playing with the real stunts I ask you this wait wait Obama had somebody they kept the rates very low I had somebody that raised the rates very rapidly too much he made a mistake that's been proven and yet my economy is phenomenal we have now the best economy maybe in the history of our country one just to finish off when I took over this country the economy was ready to collapse you take a look at the numbers who was ready to collapse and if I didn't win I just showed you the numbers you showed me unemployment to clap scuse me take a look at your GDP take a look at your jobs take a look at your optimism take a look at all of the charts when I took over from election day on I mean you show me one chart right there well in that tool but I'm not talking about that take a look at some of the optimism charts and everything else it went from 57 to 92 nobody's ever saying that right now ISM your optimism is a big part of success in business you were always hard on Obama you thought he wasn't enough of a cheerleader he was not a cheerleader if you could have one do-over as president what would it be well it would be personnel I would say if I had one do-over it would be I would not have appointed Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General that would be my one that in your mind that was the barrio Roy Cohn he should have never I think he's a very talented version I mean mother you've always said I was I really column your boy ko you have to said Rick hunt but I had many many lawyers I mean a lot of ways Roy was one of them he was a tough guy bill bars Oh first of all on the same cloth they thanked bill bars of very keys equally tough he's a fine man he's a fine man the job he's done is incredible he's brought sanity back I think he's real I don't think I know he's respected you know he loves the Department of Justice he saw what was happening he has done a spectacular job now he's in the process of doing something and I stay away from it I really I stay away from it but I think he feels that's what's happened in this country was a very bad thing and very bad for a country when asked what's going down with the these the children in these migrant camps the stories are horrible mr. president you have children without their parents you have kids taking care of kids yeah you've you've read these reports I know people are coming to you I know you think this is the Democrats problem well and forget it why aren't you doing some of it are you ready are you they are in terrible shape down there mr. president down in Homestead Florida that's where I grew up it's the the conditions are dairy and it's been that way for a long time or something and President Obama built the cages remember when they said that I built them and then it was 1914 duty Long's maker right there was 2014 Chuck just listen for one a second separation President Obama I took over separation I'm the one that put it together what's happened though are the cartels and all of these bad two people they're using the kids they're they're it's almost like slavery it's not punish the kids no more this is happening the kids are getting punishment you're right and this has been happening long before I got there what we've done is we've created said we've we've ended separation you know under President Obama he led separation I was the one that ended it now I said one thing when I ended it I said here's what's going to happen more families are going to come up and that's what's happened but they're really coming up for the economics but once you ended the separation but I ended separation I inherited separation from President Obama President Obama built they call him jail cells they would be let's talk about what's happening now your administration you're not doing the recreation not even schooling these kids anymore you've gotten rid of all we're doing a fantastic job under the circumstances the Democrats aren't even approving giving us money where is the money you know what the Democrats are holding up the humanitarian aid it looks like these kids are being used as is some sort of or is it hostages they are being used very bad people on the other side actually get paid with that money is being made using them because our laws are so bad because if you have a child you have an advantage you know that better than anybody now what should happen till at the political debate hurt these children they could be infected they've been impacted for you if the Democrats would change the asylum laws and the loopholes which they refused to do because they think it's good politics everything would be solved immediately but they refused to do it they refused to do you know what if they change those I say I used to say 45 minutes it's 15 minutes and they changed Asylum and if they changed loopholes everything on the border would be perfect I ask you this why do you think Nancy Pelosi has held off her impeachment caucus because I think she feels that I will win much easier I mean I've been told that by the impeachment some good politics for you I think I win the election easier but you know I'm not sure that I like having it look I did nothing wrong I was spied on what they did to me was illegal it was illegal on the other side I did nothing wrong so I'm Pietra it's a very unfair thing because nothing that I did was wrong and if you look at the Muller report there was no collusion this was all about collusion no we're no closer there is not a single I've read the small report both years the word collusion I use one place it says no the word collusion use the word conservative I'll be honest with you nobody ever mentions Russia anymore since the mellah report they don't mention in all fairness nobody mentions Russia anymore and it was about Russia it was a hoax masculine during the campaign wait wait I will give you the time you need what hoax it was a hoax the Russian hoax with me you don't believe how nothing to do you don't believe the Russians in respect to the election is different we're not talking about that we're talking about working isn't a hoax okay but going back to on WikiLeaks knowing now that that was stolen foreign material do you regret using it well I will I wouldn't have but this was well known I think it was in papers and again I'm going back now a long ways but this Russian stolen property and so edgy I said how would I even know that I made a speech it was in there about WikiLeaks I'm not a wonderful knowing now knowing that there are Russian intelligence asset okay do you regret it WikiLeaks etc that's not my deal in life you know in other words I don't know about WikiLeaks it was a strange name but there were stories about something WikiLeaks that they had information and I say it in a joking manner at his speech joking everybody laughing everybody have a good and they made it like it was seriously no I don't want anything bad to happen to our country anything bad happens to this country I will end it and I'll end it fast I don't want any of that to happen there's one part in the mellah report your your son Donald Trump jr. did cooperate and appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Muller report it says that he did not voluntarily sit for an interview with Muller's team and then there's a redaction a grand jury redaction did he involuntarily sit I don't know I can only tell you this my subpoenaed you don't know if you tell you not read them all for let me tell you I read much of it under on redacted version I read they know I didn't okay didn't but let me just tell you I read that if he was supplying wouldn't know I read the conclusion okay well he was subpoenaed ultimately he was subpoenaed to sit before the Senate Intel was he said he did that is he subpoenaed by mister I don't know but I don't think so if he was subpoenaed was he going to appear before the grand jury or was he I believe if I really don't know but you can certainly ask him to shut up it was it was he said my son he's been treated so unfairly he said for many many hours before these committees I think my impression is that Muller took all of the information from the committee's and he used that information how many how much can you talk about something remember the phone calls the three phone calls it was such a big deal three phone calls that were made to a special tech number okay and everybody said oh he called his father record that went on for a year in other words before this so-called meeting and after the meeting he called his father that the biggest story of headlines all over the place and then it turned out and I give mother credit because mother was the one that found out through I guess the phone companies or whatever somebody found out maybe through the FBI big investigation on who the calls were made that were made to me it would have sounded like you wait a minute they turned out that it wasn't to me it was to a real estate person and a nascar person two great people have nothing to do with Russia have nothing to do and you know what people hardly even put the story and my son was treated unfairly my son he spent 20-some odd hours and then he went back again he was a very innocent young man and he was treated very very gonna see Vladimir Putin and weak yes you know to him directly about interference in 2020 mannitol I may have to do it I may if you'd like me to do so do that well some that your answer last week invited him to do it again oh that's not - that's matter you know tell him not to I saw last week was both I said both I do both except they didn't put it on and when they did put it on people understood but they didn't put it on because they put a different segment on so they asked me a question but when I said yeah do both people saw that in the last version of it because the thing played like all weekend and on Friday so it's just more fake news Chuck there's so much fake news it would be so good well it's fine that's why I like let me ask you this that's why I like to keep it I like live interviews better you know why because you can't cut the answer Gessler I'm not you're gonna enjoy the fact that I'm not gonna over edit this interview that I promised you do you think you've been more successful in business or the presidency I think well I can't be more successful in politics I mean I ran once and I'm president right so you have to say that's about there's no it's never happened before right so I'm one for one and I hope to be two for two but my business has been a tremendous success I actually said to the lawyers I'd like to show my financial state my financial statements great I built it really don't worry you don't learn from tax returns I'm underwater Chuck I've been saying it I'm under audit but you don't learn from tax returns but I was under audit but you had learn from the financial statement and I would like to release it I've built a great company I think they like to Princeton's banks banks I could have borrow from banks but I didn't need to because I had money I did things affect a lot of people over the last couple years were really surprised he paid all cash he didn't use banks I think I've been tremendously successful in business I think I've been tremendously successful in show business with The Apprentice I mean I did one show and it was a great hit as you know from NBC and I guess you have to say I've been really successful in politics the Republican Party has changed in your image do you think you caused that change or do you think the party was changing and you were the leader they saw I think common sense caused it you know I'm about common sense people say are you conservative you I guess I'm conservative but I'm about common sense I'm about we need borders we're gonna have borders and we have strong borders and by the way Mexico has done a great job it slowed down so much but we have an amazing economy and people want to come up but it's slowed down so much but I'm about borders I'm about great healthcare Obamacare is a disaster I got rid of the the economy doing so well if Obamacare still law of the land you had said in 20 or managing wama cares gonna destroy the economy Obamacare students and I said great I had a choice I could have let it implode and killed it or I could manage it kill it why is the real killer what they're getting rid of prison if you this lawsuit that the Department of Justice joined you could get rid of Ireland and I am in favor of pre-existing conditions for anxiety so we will so drop your aspect of Awesome it has nothing to do with it the lawsuit is one thing we are going to put in a bill total pre-existing conditions and the Republicans are in favor of pre-existing condition or Republican control and they couldn't pass anything Chuck are you gonna get it done this we had a negative vote from John McCain it was a surprising vote but I got rid of the worst part of Obamacare which was the individual mandate that we will always protect pre-existing conditions and the reason Obamacare continues is my decision waiver I made a big decision fact we have a man named a czar our secretary whose fantastic man Alex a total Pro I could have managed Obamacare so it would have failed or I could have managed it the way we did so it's as good as it can be not great but it's as good it's too expensive the premiums are too high I had a decision to make I could have politically killed Obamacare I decided not to do it but still it's not good we're gonna come up with great health care if we win the House the Senate and the presidency you prepared to lose better it would be much better if I say yeah you're be much easier for me to say well yes no I'm probably not too prepared to lose I don't like to lose it I haven't lost very much like the fact that you lost the popular vote that bothered you didn't it well I think it was a I mean I'll say something that again is controversial there were a lot of votes cast that I don't believe I look at California mr. president excuse me but that says take a look at Judicial Watch take a look at their settlement well California admitted to a million votes they were admitted to a million vote vote to what take a look at judicial judicial watch it made a settlement what there was my what there was much illegal order but let me tell you about popular road do you have a second yes because your popular vote yeah I think I do better with the popular vote but I didn't campaign for the Dracula vote you didn't see me campaigning in California or New York if I if the it was up to the popular vote I would have done I think even better I won 306 to 223 which was a lot in the electoral college but it's like you're training for the 100-yard dash versus the Maya you're you're totally totally it's a popular vote my gosh II forgot I went to Michigan she didn't go to Michigan enough I won Michigan Wisconsin Pennsylvania I won places that she didn't do the jump what can I tell you no maybe I did a great job you know I never get credit for that they would say she was a lousy candidate I actually think that Hillary Clinton was a great candidate she was very smart she was very tough she was ruthless and vicious rather run against her again to win you you'll only talked about her in your announcement speech spent a lot of time talking about no I would actually rather run against Biden I think that would be my preference why sleepy Joe he's sleepy she was not sleepy let me just do something the Electoral College is tougher for a Republican to win than the popular vote in my at least me I feel that I go to three places I went to 19 or 21 states I went to Maine four times because I wanted to get one and I did get it and that's the beauty of the electoral college you know I've been a proponent of the other sometimes and I changed but I will tell you the electric college brings you to many of the states in this country you um you have joked about a third term you've joked about the only joke okay I joke and I say I will drive me crazy okay you will yes we will exert the result ever happens in 2020 you'll be like you're not gonna like it but you walk out in fact I said in a speech recently I said watch will drive the media crazy let's go for a third term and then a fourth and some of the media said he is going to do it speaking of driving people crazy when you were asked about Mike Pence and 2024 and you and you in you paused a minute about endorsing him as your successor that got a lot of people going if Mike Pence a hundred percent on your ticket in 2020 well a hundred percent you hundred percent oh yeah there is no way he's been a terrific vice president he's my friend and a lot of things no zero zero so why'd you hesitate in endorsing and it was a surprise question I mean yeah I don't think of it so far out I mean it's so far out that would be the only reason now what happens in 2024 I don't know that Mike is gonna run I don't know who's running or anything else I will say this I think it's a tremendous embarrassment to Joe Budden that Obama has not that President Obama I like to say that because it's respect for the office and respect to him did you speak to any of the former president yes who's the last one you did well I speak to Bush I spoke to Jimmy Carter do you do know that President Obama I have not spoken to him George W Bush you know on the big end and Jimmy Carter I have spoken to Bush I have spoken to Jimmy koteas yeah you get I like Jimmy Carter you know Jimmy Carter's oftentimes come to my defense yeah I don't necessarily agree with the way he ran things and that's okay and he understands that and so do i but he came to my defense on numerous occasions and he thinks that I was treated to the worst of anybody who's ever seen by the press during I don't every new season of The Apprentice you had something new to roll out what's your big new idea for your reel and I think that the economy has tremendous upward potential despite the fact that we're doing really well I think when we really unleash somebody like is the new big idea I also think that health care is going to be very important for me I will tell you if we win the House the Senate and the presidency I will get tremendous health care on carries it is a Democrats won the house because of health care I think they won because of pre-existing condition nothing to do with me because if you know almost every race that I campaign for somebody they want but I couldn't devote too much time to the houses too many people but if you look at some of the congressmen that I did go for and what forth they won like in Kentucky at cetera one new Ohio governor he was behind great guy Mike won Georgia President Obama was there Oprah was there Michelle Obama was there it was going to be a big celebration she was the star of the party I went there for Brian Brian Kemp Brian Kemp won Florida Ron DeSantis he was going to lose he was low in the polls I endorsed him he went up 60 points after aunt Doris time Ronde won and he's been a great governor of Florida you know I've always heard that an endorsement is nice to have but it doesn't mean anything I'm driving people up 30 40 50 60 percent now when you show up you bring a lot of people we bring something very good I am curious did you see John Stewart's pretty passionate plea on behalf of 9/11 response I was very impressed yes are you gonna he's frustrated with Mitch McConnell he feels like Mitch McConnell's the guy standing in the way of this bill you're a New Yorker first I know that in you I got to think Jon Stewart got to you well are you gonna tell Mitch McConnell that I liked what Jon Stewart did I actually did and I actually have a meeting on that subject next week so we'll see what happens you know it's a very complicated subject is what but I think that Jon Stewart had a point that Congress hadn't done enough I have a with that on that subject with well when you say Congress billions of dollars has been paid I understand that ok billions right but the funders memorials have been have been built tremendous amounts of money but there are still people that are sick I have a meeting on it next week all right mr. president thank you I appreciate the time thank you very much thank you sir hey NBC news fans thanks for checking out our YouTube channel subscribe by clicking on that button down here and then click on any of the videos over here to watch the latest interviews show highlights and digital exclusives thanks for watching

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Reddit Comments

[u/kr0kodil]

The unemployment infographic looked off to me, so I checked it; where they show February 2017 is actually Feb 2018:

https://i.imgur.com/QvM5l82.jpg

Not saying it's a conspiracy or anything, but it's pretty a bad mistake for Chuck Todd & Meet the Press to flash that incorrect infographic at Trump and the audience.

[u/paulbrook]

Todd was tolerable, though he should stop cutting off the President.

I hope Todd learned something about Trump's candor and accuracy.

Also, despite his promise to cut nothing, I did see cuts. Maybe they were inconsequential, but I think there were cuts.

[u/thorax007]

Trump seems angry with Fed chairmen Powell for raising interest rates during his time in office.

Do you think this is justified? Should the Fed be acting based on what the President wants or what they think is best for the economy?

Trump seems to thinks the Mueller report completely exhonerated him and his campaign. He claims the report says "No Collusion" when it does not say that.

Will this disconnect between what the actual report says and what Trump claims it says impact his reelection chances?