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Remarks by President Trump in a Fox News Town Hall
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Jet Air Hangar • Green Bay, WI • June 25
Q: Thank you, Mr. President. Thanks for joining us. We're going to take some audience questions throughout the hour. You're here in Wisconsin. One of the things everybody is looking for — and we'll get into more detail throughout the hour — is the economy. You are going to leave this town hall, and you're going to announce that you're building 20 new ships. You're rebuilding the military.
THE PRESIDENT: That's right.
Q: And how many jobs?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, it's going to be probably 6,000, 7,000 jobs; it could go up to 10 [thousand] in Wisconsin alone. And it's a great shipyard that was on hard times, and now it's a very good shipyard, and a lot of people are going to be working. And it's one of the most beautiful ships. It looks like a yacht with a lot of ammunition on it. I will tell you, it's really something. And we'll probably end up with 20 or 25. And these are big ones. Beautiful ships. And they do a beautiful job in Wisconsin.
So, I'm here. It's, sort of, like a launch. We're starting work, and the contract is all given. And you won it right here. So congratulations, folks. (Applause.)
Q: We as a nation, we've been watching. There was universal agreement that what happened to George Floyd should never happen, can never happen again.
THE PRESIDENT: Right.
Q: And you've been very outspoken about it as well, but — and there were peaceful protesters, but then there were people rioting. We see anarchy. We see rocks and bottles and bricks and Molotov cocktails thrown at police officers. Police precincts burned to the ground in Seattle, an autonomous zone that still remains — that's changing, apparently, today — but you know, taken over, including a police precinct.
And you're offering all of these states help: New York, Illinois, and Washington. What are they telling you when you offer them help?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, we have arrested, I think, almost — but it could be over the number — hundreds of people. We have arrested a lot of people for what they've done. They've created bedlam. They've destroyed very important things.
I mean, you're also talking about statues of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln. They'd like to get Jesus — you know that, right? They said, "We want to get Jesus."
Q: Yeah. It's Shaun King, the radical. Yeah.
THE PRESIDENT: These are nothing to do with any particular event, other than they're troublemakers or agitators, and they're anarchists. The big thing they want is they want to really destabilize our country, and we don't let them.
So I said to my people, "If you've arrested so many, how come we don't know about it?" They said, "We don't talk about it, sir. We do it." But I said, "I think the public should know it." And, you know, we have a statues act — a monument act, which puts you in jail for 10 years if you do what they've done.
So we've got that. We've got all the tapes — because the nice part is it's all on television. Like the character on the horse the other day, he's up there putting on the ropes — he's in trouble — on the Andrew Jackson. Beautiful. It's beautiful — right opposite the White House.
And you got to remember, Andrew Jackson — the battle of New Orleans and so much — he was a very good president. He was a great general. And you can't let that happen.
But they're after Abraham Lincoln. And tonight, I guess, they're looking at Abraham Lincoln. And that was the Emancipation Proclamation. So you have that. And you're signing Emancipation Proclamation. And you have somebody, I think, that wasn't freed, and he's getting up. It's the position of he's getting up; he's being freed by Abraham Lincoln.
And I can see controversy, but I can also see beauty in it. And it was paid for by slaves. I don't know if you know that. It was paid for because they were so grateful to the president. It was paid for that reason. And they want to take it down.
And, you know, we can take things down too. I can understand certain things being taken down, but they ought to go through a process legally. And then we take it down; in some cases, put them in museums or wherever they may go. But these are really rioters and there are a lot of bad people involved.
You know, they talk about protesters — and there are protesters, but there are beyond protesters, too. And we're not going to allow it.
So we have many, many people under arrest. And we have some just from the other night in Washington, but I'm talking about in other states also.
Q: You've offered help to New York. New York -
THE PRESIDENT: Excuse me. By the way, and Washington is not D.C. — not a state. Because if I say that — a little statement like that — sometimes I'll say, "Should I correct myself?" Because the fake news will say, "He thought D.C. was a state." So I just want to make that clear so they can't do it.
Q: Always predicting ahead.
THE PRESIDENT: They do that — oh, by the way, they do it all the time. You know what I mean.
Q: Let's talk about these states though. You see your old city — you're now a Florida resident. You're going to save a lot of money on taxes. There's no state income tax in Florida.
But you see New York City, 350 percent increase. You see in Chicago, last weekend, 102 of our fellow citizens were shot; 12 were children and 14 died.
The carnage existed all throughout these years that Joe Biden was Vice President, Barack was President. I don't know any reforms that they put in place after Ferguson or after Baltimore or many other incidents.
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah. They did virtually nothing, and I call him Corrupt Joe. He's corrupt. And you look at that administration. They've had more — and wait until you see what's happening. Because you saw the notes now from the Oval Office meeting, and all of the things -
Q: We're going to get to that.
THE PRESIDENT: What's happening is a disgrace. This is a corrupt situation. We caught them spying on my campaign. They were spying. I said that a long time ago, remember? But I said it without great knowledge. It turned out to be correct. They were spying on my campaign. And if that were the other way around, if it was switched with Democrat and Republican, the opposite way, you'd have people in jail for 50 years for what they did, because that's treason. That's a terrible thing what they did. And what they've done to people, like General Flynn and like others, is disgraceful. Is disgraceful.
Q: I want to get back to that. I want to stay on this issue, though. If we are to become a more perfect union, and if we really want to pursue happiness, we first have to have law and order.
THE PRESIDENT: Correct.
Q: Okay. These big cities — we've watched Chicago violence now for how long? All through the Obama, Joe Biden administration.
THE PRESIDENT: It's years ago.
Q: They barely mentioned it in eight years.
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah.
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Q: Thank you, Mr. President. Thanks for joining us. We're going to take some audience questions throughout the hour. You're here in Wisconsin. One of the things everybody is looking for — and we'll get into more detail throughout the hour — is the economy. You are going to leave this town hall, and you're going to announce that you're building 20 new ships. You're rebuilding the military.
THE PRESIDENT: That's right.
Q: And how many jobs?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, it's going to be probably 6,000, 7,000 jobs; it could go up to 10 [thousand] in Wisconsin alone. And it's a great shipyard that was on hard times, and now it's a very good shipyard, and a lot of people are going to be working. And it's one of the most beautiful ships. It looks like a yacht with a lot of ammunition on it. I will tell you, it's really something. And we'll probably end up with 20 or 25. And these are big ones. Beautiful ships. And they do a beautiful job in Wisconsin.
So, I'm here. It's, sort of, like a launch. We're starting work, and the contract is all given. And you won it right here. So congratulations, folks. (Applause.)
Q: We as a nation, we've been watching. There was universal agreement that what happened to George Floyd should never happen, can never happen again.
THE PRESIDENT: Right.
Q: And you've been very outspoken about it as well, but — and there were peaceful protesters, but then there were people rioting. We see anarchy. We see rocks and bottles and bricks and Molotov cocktails thrown at police officers. Police precincts burned to the ground in Seattle, an autonomous zone that still remains — that's changing, apparently, today — but you know, taken over, including a police precinct.
And you're offering all of these states help: New York, Illinois, and Washington. What are they telling you when you offer them help?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, we have arrested, I think, almost — but it could be over the number — hundreds of people. We have arrested a lot of people for what they've done. They've created bedlam. They've destroyed very important things.
I mean, you're also talking about statues of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln. They'd like to get Jesus — you know that, right? They said, "We want to get Jesus."
Q: Yeah. It's Shaun King, the radical. Yeah.
THE PRESIDENT: These are nothing to do with any particular event, other than they're troublemakers or agitators, and they're anarchists. The big thing they want is they want to really destabilize our country, and we don't let them.
So I said to my people, "If you've arrested so many, how come we don't know about it?" They said, "We don't talk about it, sir. We do it." But I said, "I think the public should know it." And, you know, we have a statues act — a monument act, which puts you in jail for 10 years if you do what they've done.
So we've got that. We've got all the tapes — because the nice part is it's all on television. Like the character on the horse the other day, he's up there putting on the ropes — he's in trouble — on the Andrew Jackson. Beautiful. It's beautiful — right opposite the White House.
And you got to remember, Andrew Jackson — the battle of New Orleans and so much — he was a very good president. He was a great general. And you can't let that happen.
But they're after Abraham Lincoln. And tonight, I guess, they're looking at Abraham Lincoln. And that was the Emancipation Proclamation. So you have that. And you're signing Emancipation Proclamation. And you have somebody, I think, that wasn't freed, and he's getting up. It's the position of he's getting up; he's being freed by Abraham Lincoln.
And I can see controversy, but I can also see beauty in it. And it was paid for by slaves. I don't know if you know that. It was paid for because they were so grateful to the president. It was paid for that reason. And they want to take it down.
And, you know, we can take things down too. I can understand certain things being taken down, but they ought to go through a process legally. And then we take it down; in some cases, put them in museums or wherever they may go. But these are really rioters and there are a lot of bad people involved.
You know, they talk about protesters — and there are protesters, but there are beyond protesters, too. And we're not going to allow it.
So we have many, many people under arrest. And we have some just from the other night in Washington, but I'm talking about in other states also.
Q: You've offered help to New York. New York -
THE PRESIDENT: Excuse me. By the way, and Washington is not D.C. — not a state. Because if I say that — a little statement like that — sometimes I'll say, "Should I correct myself?" Because the fake news will say, "He thought D.C. was a state." So I just want to make that clear so they can't do it.
Q: Always predicting ahead.
THE PRESIDENT: They do that — oh, by the way, they do it all the time. You know what I mean.
Q: Let's talk about these states though. You see your old city — you're now a Florida resident. You're going to save a lot of money on taxes. There's no state income tax in Florida.
But you see New York City, 350 percent increase. You see in Chicago, last weekend, 102 of our fellow citizens were shot; 12 were children and 14 died.
The carnage existed all throughout these years that Joe Biden was Vice President, Barack was President. I don't know any reforms that they put in place after Ferguson or after Baltimore or many other incidents.
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah. They did virtually nothing, and I call him Corrupt Joe. He's corrupt. And you look at that administration. They've had more — and wait until you see what's happening. Because you saw the notes now from the Oval Office meeting, and all of the things -
Q: We're going to get to that.
THE PRESIDENT: What's happening is a disgrace. This is a corrupt situation. We caught them spying on my campaign. They were spying. I said that a long time ago, remember? But I said it without great knowledge. It turned out to be correct. They were spying on my campaign. And if that were the other way around, if it was switched with Democrat and Republican, the opposite way, you'd have people in jail for 50 years for what they did, because that's treason. That's a terrible thing what they did. And what they've done to people, like General Flynn and like others, is disgraceful. Is disgraceful.
Q: I want to get back to that. I want to stay on this issue, though. If we are to become a more perfect union, and if we really want to pursue happiness, we first have to have law and order.
THE PRESIDENT: Correct.
Q: Okay. These big cities — we've watched Chicago violence now for how long? All through the Obama, Joe Biden administration.
THE PRESIDENT: It's years ago.
Q: They barely mentioned it in eight years.
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah.
...
Read the full transcript HERE.
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