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Remarks by President Trump in Meeting on Opioids
In FY18 alone, we made over 2,000 arrests in narcotics, removed over 96,000 pounds of illegal drugs, and seized over $17 million in illegal currency.
So we're still (inaudible) source is clearly China, even though we're starting to see a trend; it may be routed through other countries. And then later this year, in September, I plan to travel to China to address this with China with Director Carroll.
THE PRESIDENT: Great. Good job.
DIRECTOR BARKSDALE: Thank you, sir.
MS. CONWAY: Mr. President, that concludes our presentation. So if you have any questions or comments -
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I would like to ask my wife, the First Lady, to say a few words because she has been so much into the whole situation with the drugs and opioids, in particular - but drugs.
And she has a son that she loves and she wants to make sure that Barron doesn't have problems. And she wants to make sure that a lot of people in this country - they see suffering, the horrible suffering. And I just want to thank you for the great job. You see the numbers? We're down 17, 18, 20 percent - in one case, 21 percent.
And, Alex, the numbers you gave were incredible. Nobody has ever even thought of that - 51 and 60 percent.
So I want to thank you all. But I really think we owe a lot to the First Lady, and maybe you could say a few words.
THE FIRST LADY: Thank you. Thank you for all of your support, first of all, Kellyanne. Through my initiative, BE BEST, working with the families and our youth to get rid of stigma and talk about if you have a problem - addiction problem. And it's very important that you open up and ask for help. So I always say: Love yourself more than you love drugs.
And I will continue to do so, to bring the awareness - how dangerous drugs are, and talking with the families and young mothers and youth of United States.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, you've had a great impact, and we appreciate it. We all appreciate it. Thank you, honey. Thank you.
Thank you all very much. Appreciate it. Thank you very much. Thank you.
END • 4:03 P.M. EDT
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So we're still (inaudible) source is clearly China, even though we're starting to see a trend; it may be routed through other countries. And then later this year, in September, I plan to travel to China to address this with China with Director Carroll.
THE PRESIDENT: Great. Good job.
DIRECTOR BARKSDALE: Thank you, sir.
MS. CONWAY: Mr. President, that concludes our presentation. So if you have any questions or comments -
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I would like to ask my wife, the First Lady, to say a few words because she has been so much into the whole situation with the drugs and opioids, in particular - but drugs.
And she has a son that she loves and she wants to make sure that Barron doesn't have problems. And she wants to make sure that a lot of people in this country - they see suffering, the horrible suffering. And I just want to thank you for the great job. You see the numbers? We're down 17, 18, 20 percent - in one case, 21 percent.
And, Alex, the numbers you gave were incredible. Nobody has ever even thought of that - 51 and 60 percent.
So I want to thank you all. But I really think we owe a lot to the First Lady, and maybe you could say a few words.
THE FIRST LADY: Thank you. Thank you for all of your support, first of all, Kellyanne. Through my initiative, BE BEST, working with the families and our youth to get rid of stigma and talk about if you have a problem - addiction problem. And it's very important that you open up and ask for help. So I always say: Love yourself more than you love drugs.
And I will continue to do so, to bring the awareness - how dangerous drugs are, and talking with the families and young mothers and youth of United States.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, you've had a great impact, and we appreciate it. We all appreciate it. Thank you, honey. Thank you.
Thank you all very much. Appreciate it. Thank you very much. Thank you.
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