Donald Trump (00:00):
You all set? Thank you very much. I just want to announce the stock market just hit another all-time high. That's the 81st time during a brief one and a half years. And 401(k)s, likewise, they're at an all-time high. So millions and millions of people are benefiting from this incredible economy that we're creating. We're building right now a record number of plants, factories. Car companies are moving back, as you know. Honda announced and Toyota announced they're moving in from Mexico. They're coming here. And numerous plants are coming in from Canada, they'll be announced shortly, but numerous plants are coming in to the United States from Canada. Also, Japan, South Korea, and Germany. So we're doing things that nobody's ever done before. But the stock market just hit, 81 times in a short year-and-a-half period, it just hit its all-time high again.
(01:12)
I want to congratulate Darlene Graham on her tremendous victory on Tuesday night, and she's sailing now. She's really doing great. She's still got to run against a radical left lunatic, and the South Carolina people are not going to stand for that. I know South Carolina very well. I won it every time by record numbers, have the all-time record by millions of votes. But I just want to congratulate Darlene for having run really a great race, and she's going to be a great senator, and the people love her. There's something about her that's very special. She's got a little Lindsey in there somewhere, got good genetics. So Lindsey is looking down very, very happy and very proud of his sister. So congratulations, Darlene.
(01:59)
And finally, I guess the purpose of this more than anything else is we're going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario, effective immediately, to Lake America. That's going to take place right now as I sign the order. Do you have anything to say about it, Matt?
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Yes, sir. So this is a straightforward, but important executive order. It directs Secretary Burgum and the Department of the Interior to update the Geographic Names Information Service to reflect that the lake once known as Lake Ontario will from this day forward be known as Lake America. This is a lake that has most of its volume in the United States, the deepest parts of the lake sit in United States territory, so this will reflect that this is an American lake.
Donald Trump (02:44):
Thank you. Okay. Okay. Thank you very much. And we've filed all the necessary papers, documents, everything else. We've notified all of the various people that we have to notify. So we've done everything that you have to do, and this is official, effective immediately. Do you have any questions, anybody?
Crowd (03:29):
Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President.
Donald Trump (03:32):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (03:32):
That video yesterday crossing out Lake Ontario and writing Lake America, it's been seen by about 30 million people, maybe more, across all the social media platforms. What message are you sending to Canada with this move today, and why was this such an important thing for you to do?
Donald Trump (03:46):
Well, it's an interesting question. No message. As you know, Canada's been ripping us off for a long time on trade, very sadly. Even the military, we defend Canada for nothing. We don't get anything. They don't pay us to defend Canada, but we defend Canada, and they understand that. As an example, we bought icebreakers. They'd like to use them. We have 11 brand new icebreakers coming in. They'd like to use the icebreakers. They don't pay for anything. And they want to be treated like a state, but they're not a state, but they want to be treated like they're a state. And so we just can't do that anymore. We lose, on average, over the last 15 years, $60 billion a year carrying Canada, so we just can't do it anymore. We love the people of Canada. I don't think their representatives do an appropriate job. Maybe they'll change. I really don't know. It doesn't make much difference.
(04:36)
But we can't let the whole Canadian thing... It's been going on for decades, and it has to come to a stop. So we're going to be doing tariffs on their cars that are coming in at a substantial level, because we want to make the cars here. We don't want Canada... They can make their own cars if they want, and they can continue to make their cars for Canada, but we don't want them to make cars for the United States of America. It's very simple. Likewise, many other products. So the lake change, Lake of America was something I've been thinking about for a long time, actually. As you know, we took something called the Gulf of Mexico, we changed it, and now it's very routinely the Gulf of America. So if you think about it, we have a gulf and we have a lake. Now, all we need is an ocean. So maybe we'll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific. Maybe we'll change them.
Crowd (05:36):
Mr. President. Mr. President. Mr. President.
Speaker 5 (05:37):
Why are you so focused on doing things like this towards America's allies instead of doing things that target adversaries?
Donald Trump (05:46):
Well, they haven't treated us well. the Canadian officials have treated us very badly. They're nasty people. They charge our farmers 400% tariffs. They've been doing it for a long time. And I had them figured out in my first term, and I did some pretty strong things and had it getting pretty good. And then, the election was rigged, and now I'm coming back and doing it the way it... And finishing the job. But they treat us very badly. Canada treats us very badly. I would say that of all countries... As you know, we have President Xi coming in a couple of weeks. We deal with a lot of people. People oftentimes, they'll ask me, "Who's the worst to deal with on trade?" And I said, "That's easy. Canada. They are the worst to trade." And they feel entitled, and just we can't have that.
(06:31)
Mr. President. Mr. President.
Speaker 6 (06:33):
Ted Cruz keeps teasing a 2020 presidential run. You've run against him for president. Do you think he could be president? What's your reaction to that?
Donald Trump (06:41):
You say he's going to run or...
Speaker 6 (06:43):
He's teasing. He's talking about it.
Donald Trump (06:45):
You don't mean 2020, but you mean-
Speaker 6 (06:46):
2028.
Donald Trump (06:48):
Yeah. I would say that he's very talented. He's a very good friend of mine. I think he might do that, yeah.
Crowd (06:57):
Mr. President. Mr. President.
Donald Trump (06:58):
He's a talented guy.
Crowd (06:59):
Mr. President. Mr. President.
Speaker 7 (07:00):
What's your reaction-
Speaker 8 (07:01):
What would you say to those who are concerned a trade dispute with Canada could affect American affordability ahead of midterms?
Donald Trump (07:07):
Well, ultimately, it's going to be very good for us, because when you talk about affordability, we're losing 62 billion a year on average with Canada, and if you really look at it, we're losing more than that. It's too much. It's too much. We can't lose that. We don't want to lose that. We don't want to lose it anymore.
Crowd (07:23):
Mr. President.
Speaker 9 (07:24):
Mr. President, has Vladimir Putin agreed or committed to not attacking a NATO territory?
Donald Trump (07:30):
I've had good talks with him. He's not going to be attacking a NATO territory.
Speaker 7 (07:34):
Mr. President, what's your reaction to the latest on the-
Speaker 10 (07:37):
Mr. President. Mr. President, the Supreme Court earlier this week ruled on mail-in ballots, and there are states like North Carolina that have ballots that go out next week. How are states supposed to implement this in time?
Donald Trump (07:48):
[inaudible 00:07:48] North Carolina's great. It's a great place. I won it all three times. They do some mail-in ballots. But basically, they ruled on the legitimacy and the way we want to make them legitimate, and it was a great ruling for the Republican Party.
Crowd (08:06):
[inaudible 00:08:07]
Speaker 11 (08:09):
... deliver a warning to Russia not to attack NATO territory during his-
Donald Trump (08:13):
Well, I don't want to comment on that, but they're not going to attack.
Crowd (08:14):
[inaudible 00:08:16]
Speaker 12 (08:20):
What's your reaction to the Americans missing in Nepal?
Donald Trump (08:27):
Oh, it's terrible. No, and we've called Nepal and we've offered any help that they need. We have a very good relationship with Nepal, and that was a brutal... That was mud and water as a mixture. Nobody's ever seen anything quite like that, where very powerful, strong, well-built buildings were wiped out like they were toothpicks. That's a terrible thing. No, we are sending aid, and we've spoken to the leadership, and we let them know anything they want, we'll have. And there were 50, maybe 60 Americans over there. We haven't gotten the full list yet. But hopefully, they're okay. But that looked like something that people will not be... Somebody will be lost, unfortunately.
Crowd (09:07):
[inaudible 00:09:10]
Speaker 13 (09:10):
There is reports that Vladimir Putin is meeting with the President of Iran to talk about a nuclear agreement next week. Is there concern in the administration, in the White House-
Donald Trump (09:21):
No.
Speaker 13 (09:21):
... that these countries aren't taking economic D-Day seriously, that they're going to continue doing business-
Donald Trump (09:25):
Oh, they're doing business, yeah.
Speaker 13 (09:26):
... with Iran despite the warnings?
Donald Trump (09:29):
Iranians right now, they're not paying their troops. They're in deep trouble. They have very little capacity. Last night, we took 24 boats through the Strait. We're taking them through all the time. I say it very openly. It doesn't mean we're finished with the military, but the Strait is open, as you know. The Strait of Hormuz is open. We have control and we have the blockade. Iran's not getting anything. Nothing is going through. Not one ship has gotten through.
Speaker 13 (09:59):
But will you punish Putin or Russia if they continue to do business with Iran?
Donald Trump (10:01):
Well, it depends, it depends. So far, I think Russia's behaved quite well having to do with the Strait of Hormuz. And you have to understand, for everything they do, we do also. Somebody was saying about China, what about China, we hear they're spying. We spy on them too. It's the way it goes.
Speaker 10 (10:18):
Why not sanction Chinese banks though who are doing business with Iran?
Donald Trump (10:22):
Well, who said I'm not? You said why not? I mean, who said I'm not?
Speaker 10 (10:25):
[inaudible 00:10:26]
Donald Trump (10:27):
You don't know if I'm doing it. Well, I don't have to announce everything, do I?
Crowd (10:29):
[inaudible 00:10:31]
Speaker 14 (10:33):
What other leaders have you spoken to about this pressure campaign to get them to cut off ties with Iran?
Donald Trump (10:38):
About Iran?
Speaker 14 (10:41):
Mm-hmm.
Donald Trump (10:42):
There's not a lot to speak to. We don't want to speak to them. We're not looking to meet or anything. The Strait is open. We're taking a lot of boats... Millions and millions of barrels of oil are coming out of the Strait every day. Other countries recognize that. Every once in a while, they put some shots out. We totally cleared the Strait of... We have the best minesweepers in the world, they're underwater minesweepers, and we've totally cleared the Strait of mines. And we're watching very closely through Space Force, which is one of my things, one of my many things, but we're watching. We see every inch of the Strait, and any boat that goes in with a mine, we see it and we take it out. We've taken out two of them.
Crowd (11:22):
[inaudible 00:11:24]
Donald Trump (11:24):
Thank you. So I'll be going to Texas, and we're working very hard. We want to win that race. He's running against a man who should not never be... We have a very good candidate, Ken Paxton, and he's running against Tala-freako, they call him, because he is a little freaky, and that's not a man that represents the value of Texas. So I'm going to help Ken Paxton and I'm going to spend a lot of time in Texas. I have the all-time highest vote in the history of Texas also, and I'm going to spend some time there. We're going tonight. Some of you are going with me. Thank you very much, everyone.
Crowd (11:59):
[inaudible 00:12:00]
Speaker 15 (12:09):
Thank you, guys. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, guys. Thank you, guys.