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Remarks by President Trump in Christmas Video Teleconference with Members of the Military
Now, there may be the case of an Olympic champion who can get over the wall. But, for the most part, it's a - you're not able to do it. Very high. It's going to be 30 feet, and much of it is 30-feet high. Some of it is lower. But in some areas, we have it as high as 30 feet. That's not - that's like a three-story building.
So we're making great progress on renovation, on fixing. And we're making great progress on building new wall. And, most excitingly, we gave out our largest section yesterday, and that work is starting next week. And we'll have it completed fairly quickly.
Q What's your message to federal workers, sir, who have been impacted by the shutdown in some way - either they're not getting paid or not working?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think they understand what's happening. They want border security. The people of this country want border security, you know. It's not a question of me; I'd rather not be doing shutdowns. I've been at the White House, and I love the White House, but I wasn't able to be with my family. I thought it would be wrong for me to be with my family; my family is in Florida - Palm Beach. And I just didn't want to go down and be there when other people are hurting.
But it's going to all work out. But many of those workers have said to me and communicated, "Stay out until you get the funding for the wall." These federal workers want the wall.
The only one that doesn't want the wall are the Democrats because they don't mind open borders. But open borders mean massive amounts of crime. I mean, the Democrats don't want it because they don't want open borders. And yet every one of those Democrats approve the wall, or a fence, or very, very substantial barriers. Every single one. I don't think there's one.
But let's assume, let's use the word, "almost everyone" approved a wall or a fence or exactly what we're talking about as little as three years ago. But over the years, every one of them - the only time they went against it - the only time they went against it - there was only one time: when Donald Trump said, "We want to build the wall." As soon as I said, "I want to build the wall," they were all against it.
It's like - take another example. Take Comey. Everybody hated Comey. They thought he did a horrible job. The Democrats hated him. They were calling for his resignation. They were calling for his firing - including Schumer, including Nancy Pelosi - until I fired him. And once I fired him, everybody said, "Oh, why did you fire him? Why did you fire him?" Take a look at some of these people. This is what we're doing now.
Take a look at some of these people. Literally, the day before I fired him, they were saying he should be fired. As soon as I fired him, they said, "Oh, what did you fire him for? That was a terrible thing to do." It's a disgrace what's happening in our country.
But other than that, I wish everybody a very merry Christmas. Thank you very much. Thank you.
Q Are you planning to have a meeting with congressional leaders again?
THE PRESIDENT: I'll meet with them. Sure. I'll always meet with them. And hopefully, we're making progress on the funding of the wall or barrier or whatever you want to call it.
Q So what happens in January, when the Democrats take the House? They say they're going to pass the (inaudible) without wall funding.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, then there's probably presidential harassment, and we know how to handle that. I think I handle that better than anybody.
There's been no collusion. After two years, no collusion. There has been collusion, but it's been by the Democrats. But there's been no collusion. And you're talking about millions and millions and millions of dollars of wasted money. There's been absolutely no collusion, but there has been a lot of collusion by the Democrats with Russia and with a lot of other people that maybe they shouldn't have been dealing with, including very dishonest people.
Thank you very much everybody.
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So we're making great progress on renovation, on fixing. And we're making great progress on building new wall. And, most excitingly, we gave out our largest section yesterday, and that work is starting next week. And we'll have it completed fairly quickly.
Q What's your message to federal workers, sir, who have been impacted by the shutdown in some way - either they're not getting paid or not working?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think they understand what's happening. They want border security. The people of this country want border security, you know. It's not a question of me; I'd rather not be doing shutdowns. I've been at the White House, and I love the White House, but I wasn't able to be with my family. I thought it would be wrong for me to be with my family; my family is in Florida - Palm Beach. And I just didn't want to go down and be there when other people are hurting.
But it's going to all work out. But many of those workers have said to me and communicated, "Stay out until you get the funding for the wall." These federal workers want the wall.
The only one that doesn't want the wall are the Democrats because they don't mind open borders. But open borders mean massive amounts of crime. I mean, the Democrats don't want it because they don't want open borders. And yet every one of those Democrats approve the wall, or a fence, or very, very substantial barriers. Every single one. I don't think there's one.
But let's assume, let's use the word, "almost everyone" approved a wall or a fence or exactly what we're talking about as little as three years ago. But over the years, every one of them - the only time they went against it - the only time they went against it - there was only one time: when Donald Trump said, "We want to build the wall." As soon as I said, "I want to build the wall," they were all against it.
It's like - take another example. Take Comey. Everybody hated Comey. They thought he did a horrible job. The Democrats hated him. They were calling for his resignation. They were calling for his firing - including Schumer, including Nancy Pelosi - until I fired him. And once I fired him, everybody said, "Oh, why did you fire him? Why did you fire him?" Take a look at some of these people. This is what we're doing now.
Take a look at some of these people. Literally, the day before I fired him, they were saying he should be fired. As soon as I fired him, they said, "Oh, what did you fire him for? That was a terrible thing to do." It's a disgrace what's happening in our country.
But other than that, I wish everybody a very merry Christmas. Thank you very much. Thank you.
Q Are you planning to have a meeting with congressional leaders again?
THE PRESIDENT: I'll meet with them. Sure. I'll always meet with them. And hopefully, we're making progress on the funding of the wall or barrier or whatever you want to call it.
Q So what happens in January, when the Democrats take the House? They say they're going to pass the (inaudible) without wall funding.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, then there's probably presidential harassment, and we know how to handle that. I think I handle that better than anybody.
There's been no collusion. After two years, no collusion. There has been collusion, but it's been by the Democrats. But there's been no collusion. And you're talking about millions and millions and millions of dollars of wasted money. There's been absolutely no collusion, but there has been a lot of collusion by the Democrats with Russia and with a lot of other people that maybe they shouldn't have been dealing with, including very dishonest people.
Thank you very much everybody.
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