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Trump's Remarks Before Air Force One Departure; Morristown, NJ; August 10, 2020
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Remarks by President Trump Before Air Force One Departure | Morristown, NJ
Issued on: August 10, 2020
Morristown Municipal Airport
Morristown, New Jersey
August 9, 2020
7:43 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody.
{snip}
Q Mr. President, there is a lot of criticism today from Democrats about your executive orders. How do you see talks going forward? Do you think talks will start again?
THE PRESIDENT: So, the Democrats were just unwilling to do anything, and all they wanted to think about was how to steal an election. We discussed it yesterday, Jeff, where they wanted all sorts of things having to do with mail-in voting. They wanted no signature verification. They were asking for things that just had nothing to do with what were talking about. And weve been going through this routine for a long time a number of weeks and it was time to act.
And actually, weve been largely praised. We have to get money out to the people. It was Chinas fault. They did this horrific thing. It was Chinas fault. We have to get money out to the people.
So, I would say I mean, you may say that, you know, youve heard some negatives, but Ive heard mostly positives. Mostly positives, even from people that you would least think would be very positive.
Q Do you want the talks to start again?
THE PRESIDENT: I hear thats what the Democrats want to do now. They want look, they were not interested in doing what they had to do. Their big point of discussion was bailouts. They wanted to bail out poorly run, Democrat states, like you know, I could name them. I could give them to you right now. But why do it? Because you know the same states as I do and cities. And we dont were not going to do that. Well help, but were not going to do numbers. They talked about a number of a trillion dollars. We cant do that.
Jonathan.
Q On the issue of the unemployment insurance the $400: There was some criticism from Democrats saying that a lot of states cant afford to do their part, to do the $100. Would the federal government up would you up what youre willing to give?
THE PRESIDENT: (Inaudible.) We have a system where we can do 100 percent or we can do 75 percent. Theyd pay 25. And itll depend on the state. And theyll make an application, well look at it, and well make a decision. So it may be theyll pay nothing in some instances. It may be theyll a little bit like the National Guard. You know, the National Guard, as you know, sometimes will pay all of it depending on the tragedy or whatever it may be the disaster and sometimes the state will pay 40 percent, 25 percent, 10 percent, or nothing, depending on how its worked out. So this
Q What about the states that cant afford to chip in?
THE PRESIDENT: We can make a decision on that on individual states with an application.
Okay.
Q Mr. President, is it time for you to personally step in on the talks and maybe give Speaker Pelosi a call, invite her to the Oval Office?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, Ive been involved personally, and you know, through my representatives, who are wonderful. And we have additional people, too. But Im involved very you know, look, Ive been on the phone a lot over the last three or four days. And I think it actually works better if we do it the way were doing it.
Weve gotten much of what we wanted without having to give up anything, and thats very good. You cant beat that. You cant beat the deal weve made. Weve gotten much of what we wanted, and they didnt get what they wanted. And they would have and I guess they still could, in all fairness. I mean, I hear that Nancy Pelosi wants to call and she wants to see if she can do something. But theyre much more inclined to make a deal now than they wouldve been two days ago.
Q If she calls, would you speak to her?
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, Id talk to her.
Q Mr. President, you mentioned the Postal Service. Weve seen some cutbacks. Is now the right time to be doing that? And is it going to be prepared for November? Would you think about doing any sort of actions on your own?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I didnt speak to the Postmaster General in the Post Office. I know this: Hes a very good businessman. Hes very successful. And I know he wants to make the Post Office at least somewhat lose a lot less money than theyve lost so much money over the decade. Nobody has ever nothing loses money like the Post Office. And he wants to make it successful. He wants to make it so it can operate, so that you dont have to give it $25 billion a year to sustain itself.
So, youd really have to ask him those questions, but he wants to make it self-sustaining and successful. Hes a very, very smart guy. Hes a great businessman. So lets see what he can do.
Q Do you have confidence in the Postal Service for November?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I have confidence that theyre going to make it into something. But, as you know, its been losing massive amounts of money over the last number of decades. Massive amounts of money. This is not something new. This is something thats been taking place for a long time. It loses a tremendous amount of money.
Q But do you there is some criticism that the Postmasters policies is whats causing the mail delays. Do you think now is the time to be delaying the mail? And should there be some infusion of money for the election?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, in light of the stories that are coming out about all of the problems with mail-in voting, whether its the congressional race Carolyn Maloney, in New York, where they called it and they dont even have the ballots. The whole thing is crazy.
Theres one that just came across my desk, and Im going to look into it, but I hear its a catastrophe on mail-in voting. We just cant have that. Its a you got to have an honest election. And if its not going to be an honest election, you have to call them out.
Q Mr. President, you were at the home of your friend, Stanley Chera, for the fundraiser.
THE PRESIDENT: Who passed away due to COVID.
Q Right.
THE PRESIDENT: And hes a great man. He was a great person. He was a very early supporter. He just thought he was a very successful real estate man. I knew him in New York. One of the most successful. And he was really one of my early supporters. He said, Trump is going to win. He was so he said, You dont understand Right from the day I came down the escalator with our First Lady our future First Lady he said, You dont understand: Trump is going to win.
And he said that to the smartest people in New York, and he said it to richest people, and he said it the poorest people. He said, You dont understand Trump. Hes going to win. And he was right. And he was very much involved. But he was diagnosed, you know, a number of weeks ago. He went to the hospital. And unfortunately, he didnt make it.
And he was just a fantastic person. One of the most charitable people youll ever meet. He helped a lot of people.
Okay?
Q Mr. President, did you say that you want to permanently cut the payroll tax? Or is it just a temporary cut?
THE PRESIDENT: It may be permanent. Were looking into it. Right now, we have it cut. Its going to a certain time, as you know. And well take it out until the end of the year, and then Im going to make a decision as to, number one, an extension; and, number two, making it permanent and no reimbursement.
Q What about Social Security? That funds the Social Security trust fund.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, what were doing is we reimburse through the general fund, not through Social Security. This will have no impact on Social Security. Were going to impact were going to, through the general funds, reimburse. This will have zero impact on Social Security.
Q Mr. President
THE PRESIDENT: And Ive been (inaudible) at Social Sec- we protect Social Security.
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: Because, you know, its a beautiful thing whats happening. You look at our markets, how well theyre doing that, in a pandemic, were going to hit were very close to hitting new stock market highs. And, in some instances as an example, NASDAQ weve hit the highest its ever been. I think 14 or 15 days have set records. So, thats a great achievement.
Were going to have tremendous growth, and a lot of good things are happening. But thats going to come out of the general fund, not out of Social Security.
Please.
Q Mr. President, how long do you think you can pay uninsurance? It looks like only four or five weeks.
THE PRESIDENT: Well be able to do it as long as we deem it necessary. And I will say this: The Democrats have called. Theyd like to get together. And we say: If its not a waste of time, well do it. But if it is a waste of time, it doesnt make sense.
Thank you all very much. Have a good flight. Thank you.
END
7:54 P.M. EDT
Remarks by President Trump Before Air Force One Departure | Morristown, NJ
Issued on: August 10, 2020
Morristown Municipal Airport
Morristown, New Jersey
August 9, 2020
7:43 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody.
{snip}
Q Mr. President, there is a lot of criticism today from Democrats about your executive orders. How do you see talks going forward? Do you think talks will start again?
THE PRESIDENT: So, the Democrats were just unwilling to do anything, and all they wanted to think about was how to steal an election. We discussed it yesterday, Jeff, where they wanted all sorts of things having to do with mail-in voting. They wanted no signature verification. They were asking for things that just had nothing to do with what were talking about. And weve been going through this routine for a long time a number of weeks and it was time to act.
And actually, weve been largely praised. We have to get money out to the people. It was Chinas fault. They did this horrific thing. It was Chinas fault. We have to get money out to the people.
So, I would say I mean, you may say that, you know, youve heard some negatives, but Ive heard mostly positives. Mostly positives, even from people that you would least think would be very positive.
Q Do you want the talks to start again?
THE PRESIDENT: I hear thats what the Democrats want to do now. They want look, they were not interested in doing what they had to do. Their big point of discussion was bailouts. They wanted to bail out poorly run, Democrat states, like you know, I could name them. I could give them to you right now. But why do it? Because you know the same states as I do and cities. And we dont were not going to do that. Well help, but were not going to do numbers. They talked about a number of a trillion dollars. We cant do that.
Jonathan.
Q On the issue of the unemployment insurance the $400: There was some criticism from Democrats saying that a lot of states cant afford to do their part, to do the $100. Would the federal government up would you up what youre willing to give?
THE PRESIDENT: (Inaudible.) We have a system where we can do 100 percent or we can do 75 percent. Theyd pay 25. And itll depend on the state. And theyll make an application, well look at it, and well make a decision. So it may be theyll pay nothing in some instances. It may be theyll a little bit like the National Guard. You know, the National Guard, as you know, sometimes will pay all of it depending on the tragedy or whatever it may be the disaster and sometimes the state will pay 40 percent, 25 percent, 10 percent, or nothing, depending on how its worked out. So this
Q What about the states that cant afford to chip in?
THE PRESIDENT: We can make a decision on that on individual states with an application.
Okay.
Q Mr. President, is it time for you to personally step in on the talks and maybe give Speaker Pelosi a call, invite her to the Oval Office?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, Ive been involved personally, and you know, through my representatives, who are wonderful. And we have additional people, too. But Im involved very you know, look, Ive been on the phone a lot over the last three or four days. And I think it actually works better if we do it the way were doing it.
Weve gotten much of what we wanted without having to give up anything, and thats very good. You cant beat that. You cant beat the deal weve made. Weve gotten much of what we wanted, and they didnt get what they wanted. And they would have and I guess they still could, in all fairness. I mean, I hear that Nancy Pelosi wants to call and she wants to see if she can do something. But theyre much more inclined to make a deal now than they wouldve been two days ago.
Q If she calls, would you speak to her?
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, Id talk to her.
Q Mr. President, you mentioned the Postal Service. Weve seen some cutbacks. Is now the right time to be doing that? And is it going to be prepared for November? Would you think about doing any sort of actions on your own?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I didnt speak to the Postmaster General in the Post Office. I know this: Hes a very good businessman. Hes very successful. And I know he wants to make the Post Office at least somewhat lose a lot less money than theyve lost so much money over the decade. Nobody has ever nothing loses money like the Post Office. And he wants to make it successful. He wants to make it so it can operate, so that you dont have to give it $25 billion a year to sustain itself.
So, youd really have to ask him those questions, but he wants to make it self-sustaining and successful. Hes a very, very smart guy. Hes a great businessman. So lets see what he can do.
Q Do you have confidence in the Postal Service for November?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I have confidence that theyre going to make it into something. But, as you know, its been losing massive amounts of money over the last number of decades. Massive amounts of money. This is not something new. This is something thats been taking place for a long time. It loses a tremendous amount of money.
Q But do you there is some criticism that the Postmasters policies is whats causing the mail delays. Do you think now is the time to be delaying the mail? And should there be some infusion of money for the election?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, in light of the stories that are coming out about all of the problems with mail-in voting, whether its the congressional race Carolyn Maloney, in New York, where they called it and they dont even have the ballots. The whole thing is crazy.
Theres one that just came across my desk, and Im going to look into it, but I hear its a catastrophe on mail-in voting. We just cant have that. Its a you got to have an honest election. And if its not going to be an honest election, you have to call them out.
Q Mr. President, you were at the home of your friend, Stanley Chera, for the fundraiser.
THE PRESIDENT: Who passed away due to COVID.
Q Right.
THE PRESIDENT: And hes a great man. He was a great person. He was a very early supporter. He just thought he was a very successful real estate man. I knew him in New York. One of the most successful. And he was really one of my early supporters. He said, Trump is going to win. He was so he said, You dont understand Right from the day I came down the escalator with our First Lady our future First Lady he said, You dont understand: Trump is going to win.
And he said that to the smartest people in New York, and he said it to richest people, and he said it the poorest people. He said, You dont understand Trump. Hes going to win. And he was right. And he was very much involved. But he was diagnosed, you know, a number of weeks ago. He went to the hospital. And unfortunately, he didnt make it.
And he was just a fantastic person. One of the most charitable people youll ever meet. He helped a lot of people.
Okay?
Q Mr. President, did you say that you want to permanently cut the payroll tax? Or is it just a temporary cut?
THE PRESIDENT: It may be permanent. Were looking into it. Right now, we have it cut. Its going to a certain time, as you know. And well take it out until the end of the year, and then Im going to make a decision as to, number one, an extension; and, number two, making it permanent and no reimbursement.
Q What about Social Security? That funds the Social Security trust fund.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, what were doing is we reimburse through the general fund, not through Social Security. This will have no impact on Social Security. Were going to impact were going to, through the general funds, reimburse. This will have zero impact on Social Security.
Q Mr. President
THE PRESIDENT: And Ive been (inaudible) at Social Sec- we protect Social Security.
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: Because, you know, its a beautiful thing whats happening. You look at our markets, how well theyre doing that, in a pandemic, were going to hit were very close to hitting new stock market highs. And, in some instances as an example, NASDAQ weve hit the highest its ever been. I think 14 or 15 days have set records. So, thats a great achievement.
Were going to have tremendous growth, and a lot of good things are happening. But thats going to come out of the general fund, not out of Social Security.
Please.
Q Mr. President, how long do you think you can pay uninsurance? It looks like only four or five weeks.
THE PRESIDENT: Well be able to do it as long as we deem it necessary. And I will say this: The Democrats have called. Theyd like to get together. And we say: If its not a waste of time, well do it. But if it is a waste of time, it doesnt make sense.
Thank you all very much. Have a good flight. Thank you.
END
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