In remarks to the National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner, President Trump touted his tariff policy.
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00:00We're making a fortune with tariffs.
00:02$2 billion a day.
00:04Do you believe it?
00:05I was told $2 billion a day.
00:06You know, I get hit by the press about tariffs.
00:10We're making $2 billion billion.
00:14This isn't $35 million.
00:15That's peanuts.
00:17$2 billion a day.
00:20And then they say, gee, they don't know.
00:21You know, this is only the enemy can be talking this way.
00:24In addition, we have a lot of countries coming to see us.
00:27They want to make a deal.
00:28And we're doing things that nobody's ever even thought about doing.
00:33And we're going to defeat the radical-left Democrats,
00:37who are out there complaining about everything.
00:39All they do is complain.
00:40And then they want to put men in women's sports and things like that.
00:44They want men in women's sports.
00:46They're still fighting for that.
00:47I saw this poor guy.
00:48You all know him.
00:49I won't mention his name.
00:50He's sort of a nice guy.
00:51He's a loser.
00:52He's a Democrat, but he's a loser.
00:55And he was fighting on a big show this morning.
00:57We've got to have that.
00:58It's not fair that, essentially, that men aren't allowed to compete against women.
01:03Can you believe this guy?
01:05But let them do it.
01:07I say we shouldn't be fighting a lot of these things.
01:09Just let them go.
01:09And then just before the next election, we'll unleash on them.
01:13Because it would be very sad if they actually changed their policies.
01:16We don't want that to happen.
01:18But we're going to win the midterm elections.
01:20And we're going to have a tremendous, thundering landslide.
01:24I really believe that.
01:25And it's so important that we pass the big, beautiful bill, because that's going to be — and
01:30I really think — and I really think we're helped a lot by the tariff situation that's
01:36going on, which is a good situation, not a bad.
01:38It's great.
01:39It's going to be legendary.
01:40You watch — legendary in a positive way, I have to say.
01:43It's going to be legendary, but I really think it actually puts pressure on those few
01:49Republicans that just can't get there.
01:54You know what the alternative is?
01:55A Democrat bill or a chapter for the — you know, we have the debt continuation.
02:02And they have to do — they have to do this.
02:04They have to get there.
02:05And I think we are there.
02:06We had a great meeting today.
02:08I think we are there.
02:09But just in case there are a couple of Republicans out there, you just got to get there.
02:13Close your eyes and get there.
02:15It's a phenomenal bill.
02:16Stop grandstanding.
02:18Just stop grandstanding.
02:20Boy, oh boy, oh boy.
02:25You know, their policy, the Democrats, is horrible.
02:28It's horrible.
02:29Think of it.
02:30Open borders.
02:31Just all of the horrible, stupid things they have.
02:36You don't have energy.
02:37You don't have anything.
02:38They've lost their confidence.
02:39Everything is bad.
02:41But the one thing — they always vote in unison.
02:43You don't see somebody that's holding up.
02:45I'm going to hold up.
02:47And the alternative is hell.
02:49You know, the alternative is hell.
02:51So the Republicans — just that one little thing the Republican Party has to do is get
02:56together and damn vote.
02:58If you're a single guy or a second guy — and you fight like hell for what you get.
03:03And then, in the end, you have to vote because the policy is phenomenal.
03:06You know, they don't get every little ounce.
03:08It doesn't work that way.
03:10And this bill that we're working on now is the best I think we've ever passed.
03:17Mike, wherever you may be, it's the best — I think it's the best thing we've — we'll
03:22get it passed.
03:23But I think it's going to be the most important thing we've ever passed.
03:25It's the best thing we've ever passed.
03:27And I do think that the war with the world — which is not a war at all, because they're
03:31all coming here.
03:32Japan is coming here as we speak.
03:34They're in a plane flying — lots of them.
03:36All tough negotiators.
03:38But things that people wouldn't have given us two years ago — wouldn't have even thought
03:41of it two years ago, three years ago, five years ago, seven — they're giving us everything.
03:47They don't want tariffs on themselves.
03:50And it's very simple.
03:52We're making deals, and people are paying tariffs.
03:56Countries are paying tariffs.
03:57Right now, China is paying a 104 percent tariff.
04:02Think of it — 104 percent.
04:07Now, it sounds ridiculous, but they charged us for many items — 100 percent, 125 percent.
04:12Many countries have.
04:13They've ripped us off left and right.
04:16But now it's our turn to do the ripping.
04:20That's okay.
04:21We're going to make our country even stronger, stronger than it ever was.
04:25And 20, 26 Republicans will fight for every state, every seat, and every single vote.
04:31We're going to fight like hell.
04:33I intend to personally campaign for candidates all across the country.
04:37And we just won't — you're right about that — we won't just keep our majorities.
04:46We want to expand our majorities by a lot.
04:48You know, there's this thing about midterm elections that you have a president and the — they never seem to win.
04:54I don't understand.
04:55They never seem to win the midterm elections.
04:58And I have no idea why.
05:00You know, we're not going to let that be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
05:04I have no idea why.
05:06We're setting records right now.
05:07We're getting more things approved than any president has ever done in the first 100 days.
05:12It's not even close.
05:12I had somebody say the most successful month — first month in the history.
05:19Now they said the most successful 100 days in the history of our country.
05:23And I believe —