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Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
Q That 2013 bill included amnesty. Does the administration support amnesty now, since McAleenan said that?
THE PRESIDENT: What we're going to do is we're going to sit down at some point with the Democrats; we're going to work it all out. It is a quick negotiation. And they know I'm right. They just don't want to do it politically. They want to have open borders. And open borders means crime. And really, it means crime; it means drugs.
So we get 90 percent of our drugs coming in through the southern border, which I think everyone pretty much agrees too. Hundreds of billions of dollars - we can close it up so easy.
Now, we took a big step with Mexico over the last three days. This is an even bigger step. But we took a big step with Mexico. The Democrats have to sit down with us and we have to work something out very easily on asylum and on loopholes.
Q Any plan, any thought, about another meeting with Kim Jong Un?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, it could happen, but I want to bring it further down the line.
Look, in the meantime, he's kept his word. There's no nuclear testing, there's no large, you know, long-range missiles going up. The only thing he sent up were very short-term, short-range. That was just a test of short range. It's a whole different deal.
But he's kept his word to me; that's very important. And again, the letter he sent was a beautiful letter. It was a very warm letter. That's a very nice thing. And I don't say that out of naiveté. I say that was a very nice letter.
Q The agreement in your pocket, when does that go into effect? Does it happen even if Mexico brings down the numbers?
THE PRESIDENT: This will go into effect, and it's my option. It's not Mexico's. But it will go into effect when Mexico tells me it's okay to release it.
Q What if they bring the numbers down in the next 90 days?
THE PRESIDENT: If they bring the numbers way down, we won't have to use it. Okay? If they bring the numbers way down, we won't have to. But this my option. It goes into effect when I want it to. But I have a lot of respect for the President of Mexico, I have a lot of respect for the people we dealt with, so I don't want to do that. And they have to go back to Congress to get that approved.
But it goes down - listen, it goes down - it goes into effect at my option. But I wouldn't do that. I want to deal with them, okay?
Q Why haven't you nominated a DHS and Defense Secretary?
THE PRESIDENT: Say it?
Q Why haven't you nominated a DHS and Defense Secretary?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I have - Defense Secretary.
Q When is that going to happen, though?
THE PRESIDENT: I have. It's done. I put it out.
Q When is DHS - it's done?
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah. It's done from the standpoint of the nomination.
Q Are you saying -
Q Why haven't you nominated DHS?
THE PRESIDENT: Wait, wait, wait. Pat Shanahan was nominated two weeks ago.
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, no, I put it out.
Q When are you sending it? When are you sending it?
THE PRESIDENT: I put it out officially. No, now he has to go through the process.
Q Okay, what about DHS?
THE PRESIDENT: He's now going through. That, we'll make a determination. I think Kevin is doing a very good job right now. But we'll make a determination in the not-too-distant - we have Acting. We'll make a determination. But I think Kevin is doing a very good job.
Q Have you spoken to the leadership in Iran? Are you hopeful about peaceful dialogue with Iran?
THE PRESIDENT: I hope that everything works out with Iran. Iran is a country that now, because of all of the sanctions and other things, is a much different country than when I came here.
When I came here, they were all over the place causing terror, causing problems. They're not doing that right now. And I think they respect the United States right now much more than they ever have.
So Iran has got a lot of problems, and I'd like to help them with those problems. We'll see what happens. But they have tremendous inflation. Their money is worthless. You can't buy a loaf of bread. It's a lot of problems in Iran. And it's a lot different than it was two and a half years ago. And big things were sanctioned, but I think the biggest thing was when I - and the most important was when I terminated the Iran nuclear deal, which was an incompetent deal.
Thank you all. I'll see you in Iowa.
END • 12:54 P.M. EDT
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THE PRESIDENT: What we're going to do is we're going to sit down at some point with the Democrats; we're going to work it all out. It is a quick negotiation. And they know I'm right. They just don't want to do it politically. They want to have open borders. And open borders means crime. And really, it means crime; it means drugs.
So we get 90 percent of our drugs coming in through the southern border, which I think everyone pretty much agrees too. Hundreds of billions of dollars - we can close it up so easy.
Now, we took a big step with Mexico over the last three days. This is an even bigger step. But we took a big step with Mexico. The Democrats have to sit down with us and we have to work something out very easily on asylum and on loopholes.
Q Any plan, any thought, about another meeting with Kim Jong Un?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, it could happen, but I want to bring it further down the line.
Look, in the meantime, he's kept his word. There's no nuclear testing, there's no large, you know, long-range missiles going up. The only thing he sent up were very short-term, short-range. That was just a test of short range. It's a whole different deal.
But he's kept his word to me; that's very important. And again, the letter he sent was a beautiful letter. It was a very warm letter. That's a very nice thing. And I don't say that out of naiveté. I say that was a very nice letter.
Q The agreement in your pocket, when does that go into effect? Does it happen even if Mexico brings down the numbers?
THE PRESIDENT: This will go into effect, and it's my option. It's not Mexico's. But it will go into effect when Mexico tells me it's okay to release it.
Q What if they bring the numbers down in the next 90 days?
THE PRESIDENT: If they bring the numbers way down, we won't have to use it. Okay? If they bring the numbers way down, we won't have to. But this my option. It goes into effect when I want it to. But I have a lot of respect for the President of Mexico, I have a lot of respect for the people we dealt with, so I don't want to do that. And they have to go back to Congress to get that approved.
But it goes down - listen, it goes down - it goes into effect at my option. But I wouldn't do that. I want to deal with them, okay?
Q Why haven't you nominated a DHS and Defense Secretary?
THE PRESIDENT: Say it?
Q Why haven't you nominated a DHS and Defense Secretary?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I have - Defense Secretary.
Q When is that going to happen, though?
THE PRESIDENT: I have. It's done. I put it out.
Q When is DHS - it's done?
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah. It's done from the standpoint of the nomination.
Q Are you saying -
Q Why haven't you nominated DHS?
THE PRESIDENT: Wait, wait, wait. Pat Shanahan was nominated two weeks ago.
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, no, I put it out.
Q When are you sending it? When are you sending it?
THE PRESIDENT: I put it out officially. No, now he has to go through the process.
Q Okay, what about DHS?
THE PRESIDENT: He's now going through. That, we'll make a determination. I think Kevin is doing a very good job right now. But we'll make a determination in the not-too-distant - we have Acting. We'll make a determination. But I think Kevin is doing a very good job.
Q Have you spoken to the leadership in Iran? Are you hopeful about peaceful dialogue with Iran?
THE PRESIDENT: I hope that everything works out with Iran. Iran is a country that now, because of all of the sanctions and other things, is a much different country than when I came here.
When I came here, they were all over the place causing terror, causing problems. They're not doing that right now. And I think they respect the United States right now much more than they ever have.
So Iran has got a lot of problems, and I'd like to help them with those problems. We'll see what happens. But they have tremendous inflation. Their money is worthless. You can't buy a loaf of bread. It's a lot of problems in Iran. And it's a lot different than it was two and a half years ago. And big things were sanctioned, but I think the biggest thing was when I - and the most important was when I terminated the Iran nuclear deal, which was an incompetent deal.
Thank you all. I'll see you in Iowa.
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