Q Mr. President, you established great cooperation with President Andrzej Duda. Can you comment about the program of First Ladies? They've been a great part of -
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, the First Ladies know each other. They get along with each other. They're going out to lunch right after this. Would you like to say something?
MRS. TRUMP: It is great to have them here again in the Oval Office and in the White House. And I'm looking forward to talking with Mrs. Duda about the children - what they're facing in our country, what they're facing in Poland - as we did the first time, and we will continue to do so.
Q Mr. President, when do you fulfill your promise to remove visa requirement for the Poles?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: We're looking at that, actually. We're looking at that. That's the kind of a relationship we have with Poland. We are looking very strongly at visa requirements, with respect to Poland.
Q When?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: We'll know pretty soon. Something could happen.
PRESIDENT DUDA: We'll talk about it during the press conference, but today a very important agreement between our government was signed - very important for the - for this -
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Step.
Q - visa regime.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Big step.
Q Mr. President, can you say what your measurement for the success of your deal with Mexico would be? How will you know if the deal is working?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, because our country has been so successful over the last two and half years, it's been incredible - our GDP numbers, our production numbers, our manufacturing employment numbers. We have the most people working in our country that we've ever had. We're almost up to 160 million people. We've never been close.
And because the United States has become so successful, in terms of its economic and what it means - the economy of the United States - tremendous numbers of people are trying to come into our country. And I'm saying you can't do that. You have to come in legally, and you have to come in through merit.
Now, a lot of things are happening, but Mexico stepped up to the plate. Perhaps it was because of the tariffs. I would say "perhaps" being defined as 99 percent. But that doesn't matter because the President of Mexico and I have a very, very excellent relationship. We spoke. His people were here for two and half, three days, working intensively on the agreement. And I think it's going to mean a lot of - a lot fewer people coming up.
You just can't crash our borders like this. Mexico has very, very strong immigration laws. We have incompetent - we have the worst immigration laws, the dumbest laws anywhere in the world - anywhere in the world. There's nothing close. But Mexico's laws are as strong as they can be.
Now, Mexico is moving 6,000 troops to their southern border. That's a lot of troops. That's a lot more - we never even heard of a number like that. That's a lot of troops. But that's what they want to do because they want to produce. I think Mexico really wants to produce. If Mexico does a great job, then you're not going to have very many people coming up. If they don't, then we have phase two. Phase two is very tough. But I think they're going to do a good job.
Now, with all of that being said, if the Democrats got together with me for 15 minutes, we could wipe out the loopholes and we wouldn't need anything from anybody. But, right now, Mexico is helping us much more on immigration than the Democrats in the U.S.
Q What's phase two, Mr. President? What's phase two?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Phase two is a much tougher phase. Much tougher.
Q What's it look like? Safe third country?
Q Mr. President, we know you have a special surprise for President Duda: F-35 flyover over the White House.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Yeah. I do.
Q Can you elaborate a little bit more about that?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, at 1:55, we're going to have the world's greatest fighter jet - most advanced plane, probably, anywhere in the world beyond fighter jet; most advanced plane.
And at 1:55 to 2:00 - we have to hurry because we have to make it, so we'll end with this question - we're going to have two Super F-35s flying at a great rate of speed, and then they're doing a second flyback. And I think they're going to go straight up. So they're going to put on a very small show for us, but it's going to be something.
And we're doing that because Poland has ordered 32 or 35 brand new F-35s at the highest level and the latest model. And I congratulate you on that. That means you have good taste.
Q Mr. President, where does your respect for Poland come from, other than your visit to Poland?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, because the United States has a tremendous Polish population. They were very much in favor. They liked me and I like them, and a lot of them voted for Trump. And I've always loved the Polish people, and I've always respected the Polish people. They're very, very hardworking and they're smart. And they love their country and they love our country, too. So I'm always in favor of Poland.
Thank you, sir.
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