Well! I am neither a business man nor a politician. But I came through this by chance. It was interesting for me to listen to a business man talking about "political business" If we may say that. I was impressed by things like:
- Well, our leverage with China is that China makes hundreds of billions of dollars a year with us on trade. And I want to renegotiate trade deals. But I would certainly be a lot easier in a trade deal if they were going to help us with North Korea than if they weren't. So we're going to see. The relationship is very good with China. It's very good with the president of China, who's a terrific person. We will find out whether or not they want to help. And maybe they do. And maybe they don't.
- We went to Saudi Arabia. We had one of the great meetings ever -- 54 Muslim countries. And I got up, made a speech, got nice reviews. It's almost like you making a speech. But I said, we've got to stop the funding of terrorism. Tremendous money, and they're funding terrorism. So we've got to stop it. So they are working very hard on that. And I believe they're going to do it. It was one of the most incredible two days. As an example, Saudi Arabia put up hundreds of billions of dollars of money going into buying our planes and our military equipment and investing in our country. And I said, you have to do that. Otherwise I'm not going. So they spent hundreds of billions of dollars right in front of us. They were signing and big people from the biggest countries in companies -- General Electric, and all of the big companies. Many of them were there getting contracts. All good work for our workers. That was one of the things. But the other thing is that -- and very important to me -- was the funding of terrorism has to stop. And they fund terrorism -- some of those countries, many of those countries. So we had a tremendous summit. And I think things are going to work out. I think it was a very, very important and very impressive two days. And now, as you know, Qatar -- which a lot of people call it Qatar -- but Qatar is now a little bit on the outs. But I think they are being brought back in. Because they were known as a funder of terrorism. And we said you can't do that. You can't do that. We have to starve the beast, right. And the beast is terrorism. So we can't have wealthy countries funding that beast.
Here is some other highlights of the interview:
Pat Robertson: Let me ask you. You have just gotten back from the G-20. You were traveling around the world. What do you see as the major problem facing the world today? What's the major issue?
Donald Trump: Well we have many problems. And I was left a very, very tough meal. I will say that. It was a mess. And I think we're doing very well. But North Korea certainly is a big problem. The; Middle East is a total mess. Other than in five months we have done more against ISIS than anybody has done since the beginning. And we're having tremendous success with that. But I would have to say, Middle East is a tough situation. But we're getting it straightened out. And ultimately, we want to start investing money back in the United States at our home. Yeah. But we have to get rid of ISIS. We have to get rid of the terrorists, as you know better than anybody. And the other is North Korea. We have somebody that is -- we will find out what he is. We're going to find out.
Pat Robertson: He has launched intercontinental missiles. Is there a possibility that we might want to knock some of those down on the launch pad or right after launch?
Donald Trump: Well, we wouldn't want to be speaking about anything. But we're looking at lots of different ways. We're working with other countries, including China. I think China would like to see this problem go away. It's a big problem for them. And, you know, the advantage we have is trade. We have big trade with China. And I have a very good relationship with President Xi, who I like a lot. And I think he likes me. We were just spending a lot of time together. And they are very strong with regard to, as you know, with regard to North Korea.
Pat Robertson: Will they get tough with North Korea? I know that you were so close when he was there visiting Mar-a-Lago.
Donald Trump: Well, we're going to see. We're going to see. I would say that we had a good chance. They had an election where President Moon got elected to South Korea. He has a much different attitude -- or a much different take -- on how to handle this situation than his predecessor in South Korea. He's perhaps softer on the issue, but maybe not, because I like him a lot. I think he's going to be a strong person. I think he's got strong views -- stronger than people would understand. So we'll see how it all works out. I think China wants to help us. We're going to find out whether or not they do. But China would, in my opinion, like to be able to help us.
Pat Robertson: What's our leverage with them?
Donald Trump: Well, our leverage with China is that China makes hundreds of billions of dollars a year with us on trade. And I want to renegotiate trade deals. But I would certainly be a lot easier in a trade deal if they were going to help us with North Korea than if they weren't. So we're going to see. The relationship is very good with China. It's very good with the president of China, who's a terrific person. We will find out whether or not they want to help. And maybe they do. And maybe they don't.
Pat Robertson: What about that consortium of Arab nations that went against Qatar. Your secretary of state was not too favorable to what was being done. How are we going to handle that one?
Donald Trump: Well, Rex is doing a terrific job. But he and I had a little bit of a difference, only in terms of tone. So we went to Saudi Arabia. We had one of the great meetings ever -- 54 Muslim countries. And I got up, made a speech, got nice reviews. It's almost like you making a speech. But I said, we've got to stop the funding of terrorism. Tremendous money, and they're funding terrorism. So we've got to stop it. So they are working very hard on that. And I believe they're going to do it. It was one of the most incredible two days. As an example, Saudi Arabia put up hundreds of billions of dollars of money going into buying our planes and our military equipment and investing in our country. And I said, you have to do that. Otherwise I'm not going. So they spent hundreds of billions of dollars right in front of us. They were signing and big people from the biggest countries in companies -- General Electric, and all of the big companies. Many of them were there getting contracts. All good work for our workers. That was one of the things. But the other thing is that -- and very important to me -- was the funding of terrorism has to stop. And they fund terrorism -- some of those countries, many of those countries. So we had a tremendous summit. And I think things are going to work out. I think it was a very, very important and very impressive two days. And now, as you know, Qatar -- which a lot of people call it Qatar -- but Qatar is now a little bit on the outs. But I think they are being brought back in. Because they were known as a funder of terrorism. And we said you can't do that. You can't do that. We have to starve the beast, right. And the beast is terrorism. So we can't have wealthy countries funding that beast.
Pat Robertson: How do we handle that big military installation we built in Qatar? What do we do with that?
Donald Trump: Well, we'll be all right. Look, if we ever had to leave, we would have 10 countries willing to build us another one. Believe me. And they'll pay for it. The days of us paying for things are going to be largely over. They'll start paying. We go out. We build. We this. We that. But you're right. Qatar -- we're going to have a good relationship with Qatar. And we're not going have a problem with the military base. But if we ever needed another military base, you have other countries that would gladly build it. Believe me.
Pat Robertson: You went to the G-20. And you met for the first time, front face to face, with Vladimir Putin. And George Bush had once said he stared into his soul and came away satisfied. What do you think? Can we trust him?
Donald Trump: Well, look, we had a good meeting. I think we had an excellent meeting. One thing we did is we have a ceasefire in a major part of Syria where there was tremendous bedlam and tremendous killing. And by the way, this is now four days. The ceasefire has held for four days. Those cease fires haven't held at all. That's because President Putin and President Trump made the deal and it's held. Now, I don't know what's going to happen. Maybe as we're speaking they start shooting again. But this has held, unlike all of the other cease fires that didn't mean anything. So that was a great thing that came out of that meeting. I think a lot of things came out of that meeting. But I do believe it's important to have a dialogue. And if you don't have a dialogue, it's a lot of problems for our country and for their country. I think we need dialogue. We need dialogue with everybody. Sure. It was a great G-20. We had 20 countries. I get along, I think, really fantastically with the head of every country.
Pat Robertson: Well back to Putin. What do you think he wants? I know he's said what he wants. But what do you think his game is?
Donald Trump: Well he wants what's good for Russia. Yeah. And I want what's good for the United States. And I think, like in a case like Syria, where we can get together, do a cease fire -- and there are other cases or many other cases where getting along can be a very positive thing. But always, Putin is going to want Russia. And Trump is going to want United States. And that's the way it is. And sometimes, you're not going to get along on things. And sometimes you will. But we had a good meeting. It was a face to face meeting. It was a long meeting. It was two hours and 15 minutes. Everyone were surprised by the amount of time. But that was a good thing, not a bad thing.
Pat Robertson: We used to have that thing called mutually assured destruction -- MAD. And it's still there. Because he can hurt us. He can decimate our country. And we can do the same thing to him.
Donald Trump: It's something you don't even like talking about. But again, we're the most powerful country in the world. And we are getting more and more powerful. Because I'm a big military person. As an example, if Hillary had won, our military would be decimated. Our energy would be much more expensive. That's what Putin doesn't like about me. And that's why I say, why would he want me? Because from day one, I wanted a strong military. He doesn't want to see that. And from day one, I want fracking and everything else to get energy prices low and to create tremendous energy. We're going to be self-supporting. We just about are now. We're going to be exporting energy. He doesn't want that. He would like Hillary, where she wants to have windmills. He would much rather have that, because energy prices will go up. And Russia, as you know, relies very much on energy. There are many things that I do that are the exact opposite of what he would want. So when I keep hearing about that he would have rather had Trump, I think probably not. Because when I want a strong military, you know she wouldn't have spent the money on the military. But when I want a strong military, and when I want tremendous energy, we're opening up coal. We're opening up natural gas. We're opening up fracking -- all the things that he would hate. But nobody ever mentions it.
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Donald Trump: You know, we will have, in another few months, have spent $7 trillion dollars in the Middle East. $7 trillion. And then if you want to spend $2 on building a school in Iowa or in Pennsylvania or in Florida, they don't want to give you the money. But we've spent -- in a very short period of time -- we will be up to $7 trillion dollars. How ridiculous is this? And here's what we got for it. Nothing. Nothing. The Middle East is a mess. Now, I'm there for one reason. We've got to get rid of the terrorists. That's the reason. And we're almost there. We have really made headway. We've made, as I said, we've made more headway in the last short period of time than they have ever before, by far, during this long period of time. But when you think that we've spent -- we will have spent $7 trillion. Think of it. We've spent, as of a few months ago, we actually have spent $6 trillion in the Middle East. But we have nothing for it. Nothing. I want to rebuild our bridges and our roads. I have a friend who's a trucker. And he loves -- he's very proud of his equipment. He buys it very big. And he buys the best trucks. He's very proud of it. He said in the past, when we went from Los Angeles to New York, it was fine. Now by the time he gets to New York, with all the problems on the roads and potholes, he said I've got to fix my equipment all the time. He wants to go to a different level of truck, meaning downward.
Pat Robertson: Somebody suggested the Federal Reserve has a big slush fund that maybe they could pass over for infrastructure without actually having to raise taxes. How do you get the money for that?
Donald Trump: Oh, we'll get the money. We're going to get the money. And we're going to grow. And I say it. We're going to grow. We're going to have tremendous growth. We're being held back by all these regulations, which I'm knocking out left and right.
Pat Robertson: I'd like to make a prediction. If you get health care and tax reform, you're guaranteed another four years of office if you want it.
Donald Trump: Well then I'll see you at the inauguration.
Pat Robertson: I am counting on it. [Laughter] Anyhow, well, I appreciate so much what you're doing. By the way, the evangelicals of America voted 83% in the last election for you. And I want you to know there are thousands and thousands of people praying for you all the time.
Donald Trump:Thank you Pat, that's so nice.
Pat Robertson: Holding you up.
Donald Trump: The evangelicals were so great to me. And they did. They came out in massive numbers. And on top of that, I got 83%. But they came out in record numbers. They never came out like that. And we've really helped. Because I've gotten rid of the Johnson Amendment. Now we're going to go try and get rid of it permanently in Congress. But I signed an executive order so that now, people like you -- that I want to hear from -- ministers and preachers and rabbis and whoever it may be, they can speak.
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