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Q What did the First Lady and Ivanka advise you about the chant? I know you guys talked about it and -
THE PRESIDENT: False information. It was fake news.
Q You never talked about it with her?
THE PRESIDENT: Nope. We - I talked about it, but they didn't advise me. They told me, but I didn't -
Q I'm sorry. What did they say? What did they tell you?
THE PRESIDENT: By the way, what you're saying - fake news.
Q What did they tell -
Q Rand Paul - what does Rand Paul want to do for you on Iran? Or what do you want him to do?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, Rand is a friend of mine, but I have, really, 53 very good friends, and they're in the Senate.
I also have a lot friends - you saw that the other day when they brought a ridiculous vote up, and only four Republicans out of hundreds voted against. So I have a lot of great friends. I'm 94 percent in the Republican Party approval rating.
Rand is a friend of mine. And Rand asked me if he could involved. The answer is yes. And if other senators ask me to get involved, I'd probably say yes depending on who they were.
We'll see what happens. But I have many people involved. And Iran is going to work out very nicely. Iran is showing their colors. It's going to work out very nicely.
Iran is in big trouble right now. Their economy is crashing. It's coming to a crash. They're trying to bring soldiers back home because they can't pay them. A lot of bad things are happening to them. And it's very easy to straighten out or it's very easy for us to make it a lot worse.
Q Mr. President, thank you. The chant, "Send her home," is it racist to you?
THE PRESIDENT: Say it?
Q The chant, "Send her home" -
THE PRESIDENT: No, you know what's racist to me? When somebody goes out and says the horrible things about our country - the people of our country - that are anti-Semitic, that hate everybody, that speak with scorn and hate. That, to me, is really a very dangerous thing.
I think these four congressmen - and I could say some worse than others - but if you look at the statements they've made, when they call the people of our country and our country "garbage," when they hit Israel the way they've hit Israel so hard, so horrible - I think, to me, that's a disgrace. And we should never forget it. We're dealing with people that hate our country.
Q Mr. President, are you going to watch - are you going to watch Mueller, Mr. President? Do you plan on watching the Mueller testimony?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I don't. I don't.
Q And are you concerned about - Democrats have said they're going to try to -
THE PRESIDENT: Let me tell you: They had an impeachment vote the other day. Just a big waste of time. It's a disgrace. No other President should ever have to go through it. And the vote was a totally lopsided vote with many Democrats voting in favor. As far as I'm concerned, they already took their impeachment vote. And the impeachment vote was so lopsided, it was a - it was a massive victory. And you know what? At some point, they have to stop playing games because they're just playing games.
No, I won't be watching Muller.
Q Mr. President, a follow-up. Your initiative called "Prosper Africa" was launched. And I have the opportunity to speak to with many African leaders.
THE PRESIDENT: Good.
Q They say that's a good opportunity for African countries to engage more -
THE PRESIDENT: Right.
Q - and work with the United States. But the President of Zimbabwe, he said that because of the sanctions that U.S. imposed on Zimbabwe, they cannot - it will be hard for them to work for you guys.
THE PRESIDENT: We're looking at Zimbabwe right now. Go ahead.
Q Mr. President, did the First Lady approve of your tweets about the congresswomen?
THE PRESIDENT: The First Lady feels very strongly about our country. The First Lady thinks that it's horrible what they've said about Israel and horrible what they've said about our country - these congresswomen.
They can't call our country and our people "garbage." They can't be anti-Semitic. They can't talk about "evil Jews," which is what they say: "evil Jews." That's what the First Lady (inaudible).
Thank you. Thank you.
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THE PRESIDENT: False information. It was fake news.
Q You never talked about it with her?
THE PRESIDENT: Nope. We - I talked about it, but they didn't advise me. They told me, but I didn't -
Q I'm sorry. What did they say? What did they tell you?
THE PRESIDENT: By the way, what you're saying - fake news.
Q What did they tell -
Q Rand Paul - what does Rand Paul want to do for you on Iran? Or what do you want him to do?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, Rand is a friend of mine, but I have, really, 53 very good friends, and they're in the Senate.
I also have a lot friends - you saw that the other day when they brought a ridiculous vote up, and only four Republicans out of hundreds voted against. So I have a lot of great friends. I'm 94 percent in the Republican Party approval rating.
Rand is a friend of mine. And Rand asked me if he could involved. The answer is yes. And if other senators ask me to get involved, I'd probably say yes depending on who they were.
We'll see what happens. But I have many people involved. And Iran is going to work out very nicely. Iran is showing their colors. It's going to work out very nicely.
Iran is in big trouble right now. Their economy is crashing. It's coming to a crash. They're trying to bring soldiers back home because they can't pay them. A lot of bad things are happening to them. And it's very easy to straighten out or it's very easy for us to make it a lot worse.
Q Mr. President, thank you. The chant, "Send her home," is it racist to you?
THE PRESIDENT: Say it?
Q The chant, "Send her home" -
THE PRESIDENT: No, you know what's racist to me? When somebody goes out and says the horrible things about our country - the people of our country - that are anti-Semitic, that hate everybody, that speak with scorn and hate. That, to me, is really a very dangerous thing.
I think these four congressmen - and I could say some worse than others - but if you look at the statements they've made, when they call the people of our country and our country "garbage," when they hit Israel the way they've hit Israel so hard, so horrible - I think, to me, that's a disgrace. And we should never forget it. We're dealing with people that hate our country.
Q Mr. President, are you going to watch - are you going to watch Mueller, Mr. President? Do you plan on watching the Mueller testimony?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I don't. I don't.
Q And are you concerned about - Democrats have said they're going to try to -
THE PRESIDENT: Let me tell you: They had an impeachment vote the other day. Just a big waste of time. It's a disgrace. No other President should ever have to go through it. And the vote was a totally lopsided vote with many Democrats voting in favor. As far as I'm concerned, they already took their impeachment vote. And the impeachment vote was so lopsided, it was a - it was a massive victory. And you know what? At some point, they have to stop playing games because they're just playing games.
No, I won't be watching Muller.
Q Mr. President, a follow-up. Your initiative called "Prosper Africa" was launched. And I have the opportunity to speak to with many African leaders.
THE PRESIDENT: Good.
Q They say that's a good opportunity for African countries to engage more -
THE PRESIDENT: Right.
Q - and work with the United States. But the President of Zimbabwe, he said that because of the sanctions that U.S. imposed on Zimbabwe, they cannot - it will be hard for them to work for you guys.
THE PRESIDENT: We're looking at Zimbabwe right now. Go ahead.
Q Mr. President, did the First Lady approve of your tweets about the congresswomen?
THE PRESIDENT: The First Lady feels very strongly about our country. The First Lady thinks that it's horrible what they've said about Israel and horrible what they've said about our country - these congresswomen.
They can't call our country and our people "garbage." They can't be anti-Semitic. They can't talk about "evil Jews," which is what they say: "evil Jews." That's what the First Lady (inaudible).
Thank you. Thank you.
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