Subject: FW: TrackerBASE Report: Donald Trump- NC GOP Convention Banquet Keynote 6/1/2012
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Subject: TrackerBASE Report: Donald Trump- NC GOP Convention Banquet Keynote 6/1/2012

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FROM: Colin J Smith

Location: Greensboro, NC

Date: 6/1/12

RE: [OLD] Donald Trump- NC GOP Convention Banquet Keynote- 2012-06-01
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Event Details:  http://www.c-span.org/video/?306368-1/north-carolina-republican-party-convention-banquet

Attendees/Audience: Trump and presumably many attendees.

Press: C-Span

Summary of Event: Trump talked to a bunch of Republicans in NC during the Romney campaign cycle. He praised Romney, hit Obama for the birth certificate, did his usual spiel about the economy, trade, negotiations, etc. He hit the Obama administration for NOT negotiating with the Iranians. He said the whole birth certificate thing couldn’t be racist because he let Arsenio Hall win the Apprentice.

Key Points: Clip A:

0:00 This is great, I’ve turned down many of these over the last few months, but I love NC. I’m different than the average speaker, I backup my words, I bought a huge job in NC. It’s a beautiful job on Lake Norman, it will be something special. I was told that you broke your records tonight and that makes me feel good, you’re going to raise more money than you anticipated and you will defeat Obama. I saw the market had a terrible day today, jobs numbers were terrible 13 million people out of work, unemployment went up. It’s good news for the GOP in terms of an election, but bad news for America. We have difficulty in this country. You’d think that the Bay Bridge project would be American run, but it’s being built by the Chinese. It’s slow and there are cost overruns, American labor would have been cheaper. America has become a laughing stock and whipping post for the world. On numerous occasions I’ve warned that China, India and OPEC nations are laughing at us. We used to be great negotiators, we used to be kings, but not anymore and I don’t like it. We lose hundreds of billions a year. China will make $350B on us, call it profit and probably it’s going up. They’ve devalued their currency, which is good for them, bad for us. That makes it hard for us to compete

5:00 What do we do? We hold beautiful receptions for the president of China. If he came over when I was around, I’d talk with him first and depending on his response no banquet, no McDonald’s, that’s all folks. We have all the cards, we are rebuilding China. I used to ask when was the last time you saw a bridge being built here, now I see the Bay Bridge being done by China. The OPEC nations have beautiful airports, we’re like a third world country. I have a lot of friends who are leaders of their countries. I’m given this tour of the most beautiful airport, with a spa in it. And he tells me this is just the temporary airport, look at the horizon, tons of cranes building the new airport. When I look at countries like Columbia, good people, they made $4B on us, we don’t make money on anyone. And the entitlements are suffering, we need to stop fraud and abuse, but if we just got the country roaring again it solves the problems. You can’t do that with China taking our jobs. We’re a bunch of patsies, China is the worst abuser, but then it’s a competition for who’s second, OPEC wouldn’t be there without us. What’s Obama’s foreign policy? He doesn’t defend Egypt, I don’t know what Egypt says behind our back, but they said they supported Israel and liked us, now that regime is taken over by people who make them look like babies, totally anti-everything. The rest of the world can’t count on us

10:00 I got in trouble for comments on Iraq, but I’m not a politician so it’s fine. Look at Iraq, the smart people said we went there for oil, they didn’t have the WMDs, we ended up in a quagmire. Thousands of lives, wounded vets, billions of dollars. I said, they have the 2nd largest oil reserves in the world, why aren’t we paying ourselves back out of that oil? The stupid politicians and media can you believe the horrible statement I made? They’re not going to have democracy, the biggest hater of America will take power and what will we have done. Take the oil, give them back plenty. To the victor go the spoils. So we leave Iraq and get nothing. Now take Libya, the rebels are being routed by Gaddafi, and the rebels talk to Obama. The rebels were gone, and the rebels we don’t even know who they are, it’s a very romantic term rebels, like “Gone with the Wind.” They ask for help and we give hundreds of millions in aid with air power. The rebels take over and sell their oil to China. China didn’t spend anything in the fight. I love making money, I just like the system. I would have told the rebels, we’re going to help you but we want 50% of your oil.

15:00 Libya is a big oil producing state, we would have gotten their oil, they’d have ahd enough for themselves. They would have signed over half their oil, but now it’s too late they claim to be a sovereign state. One of the guys in Iraq said he wants retribution for the damage we did to their country, can you believe it? Iraq was relatively powerful and it took us three days to knock out the military, but we didn't anticipate the explosives on the road and stuff. For decades Iran and Iraq checked each other’s power. We decapitated Iraq, so now Iran is just waiting to take over. They are sitting on hot timber if they're not negotiating yet, that could lead to war. I love this twittering and tweeting, it’s like I own the NYT. I predicted we’ll end up in a war with Iran, it would even be a political positive for Iran. I’m the most militaristic person in the room, but you have to know where and when to go. We can do anything we want with Iran, but we don’t talk to them. The leader of Iran comes to NY and we don’t talk with him. Iran will take over Iraq like nothing. We’ll have made it possible through all our sacrifice and it’s sad because our leaders don’t understand.

20:00 In my life I’ve always been told a successful person can’t enter politics, I see that. I have great respect for Mitt Romney, he has had great respect. Bill Clinton who I also respect and he’s an honest guy in his own way, he is. He was very positive about the business career of Mitt Romney. Piers Morgan, My Piers, he won Celebrity Apprentice. Piers interviewed Clinton and it was great, they talk about the business career of Romney and he said it was sterling. I can imagine the White House must have gone nuts about it. I’ve always heard if you’ve done something terrific, this country needs a great businessman. We don’t know what we’re doing. When Clinton said that, the White House is livid. The initial salvo from the Obama campaign was an attack on Romney’s business acumen. Now Corey Booker comes out and says you shouldn’t attack Baine. Clinton did that because it was the right thing to do now it will be hard to hit him on business. It’s telling that a man can be hit so viciously, it’s tough being a politician. One of the reasons I decided against running, I had to decide, I have so many things going, I have the Apprentice. People say I’m a racist because of the birth certificate, but I picked Arsenio Hall.

25:00 I just want to see the line “place of birth” what’s there? Perhaps it will say Hawaii, perhaps Kenya. And they say racist, what does this have to do with racism? All other presidents have given their records, this is the reverse. (pulls paper from his pocket) This is from Barack’s publisher, this is a printed book, it says he was born in Kenya, raised in Indonesia and Hawaii. Now he’s in trouble, but the media doesn’t want to hear about it. Clinton said it’s pretty well determined, just says pretty, that he was born in Hawaii, I’m not a believer. I’m about jobs, I don’t like talking about birth. We don’t need these other countries, we don’t need Canadian oil, we should have done it anyway, I love Canada, but we don’t need it. In terms of getting what’s under our feet, they don’t let us use coal. We ship a ton of coal to China, but we can’t use it. They have clean coal, so let’s assume it’s pretty clean. We’re the Saudi Arabia of natural gas and it goes to China. China talks about carbon content, it’s all bull, they spew carbon in the air like no one before. I know more about green tech than Obama will ever know, it’s fine but expensive. Windmills are terrible, when you want the energy it’s not working, when there’s too much wind they explode. Environmentalists want the windmills in someone else’s backyard.

30:00 Windmills are a disaster for the environment. Put them in industrial areas fine, but you’ve heard of Solyndra? These guys are talking with the White House. Deals can go bad, but not immediately after they get a ton of money right? This country has enormous potential, but we have horrible leadership. If we had the right people negotiating I would, I know all the horrible and vicious business people, they’re good at business they have no life. They win a lot, I win a lot. If I take these people, I don’t even call them friends, because they’re not good friends. Diplomats only know how to be nice, why aren’t we using our best and brightest. China does it. I’m not saying we should have a system, but we do have a system in our own way, why aren’t we using our businessmen. My friend is buying an airplane from Brazil because he gets a great tax credit in the US if it’s built in Brazil. That’s crazy, it’s what’s happened to our country. I was having a great time running, I broke the record in NAshua, NH. I went to the White House Correspondents Dinner, the president spent a lot of time talking Trump. He told very respectfully Trump jokes, the media asks me all sorts of questions, the president started with joke after joke, it was nice and I had a great time.

35:00 I tapped my wife on her kne, I was trying to stay a little stone faced, trying to stay neutral like Switzerland. The president is devoting most of his speech to me. I’m a Presbyterian, I swear to god that happened. And my wife doesn’t believe it. I had a great time, and I wake up the press sad I felt humiliated. The press is really dishonest, that’s what Romney should fear most, it’s a great profession but it’s a really dishonest profession. They tell me they get the facts wrong but it’s a better story. The biggest fear for the GOP is the press because the level of protection for Obama. Romney has done many deals, usually great, Obama only has his one house deal. He got away with that one, but it’s a very bad situation, if he were a conservative Republican he’d be in deep trouble. So we have someone who had no experience, they talk about Osama. Pakistan is funded by us, and they’re protecting Osama in what they call a mansion, right next to the military academy. They’re good militarily, they knew who was there. He’s living there with his wives, and a call gets made to the president, they think they have Osama. I love the military, anyone would have made the same decision.

40:10 People didn’t like him grandstanding with Osama. I see the press back there salivating, who cares? We have to do something soon. NC is one of the most important states, if not the most important,  to determine who will be president. We need a smart, tough president with business acumen. Romney has a lot of heart, I decided not to run because I got to know him, because he called out China on currency manipulation. They will have a depression in China the likes of which you’ve never seen, Europe is doing badly, but China is getting the better of them too. They got together and made the Euro to compete better with the US. I like Europe, I come from Europe a long time ago because of my Mommy and Daddy. Boy did they get screwed by Greece and Italy. Every economist disagrees with me, but I went to Wharton. The Euro was created to beat the US at business, it’s working well for Germany. Germany is doing well and we may end up with only Germany. I’m the only one who said that and the market is going down because Europe is weak. I’m here because I love this country, I wouldn’t mind being home with Baron Trump. I’ve heard by numerous people by people I do and don’t respect that whoever wins NC wins the election. This is a very important position, you’re the people who can bring it home. Whether you like Obama as a president or not, he’s a great campaigner, give him credit for that. You need to fight like hell. You might add FL, OH, a couple, but every time I listen to people they talk the importance of NC. Good luck, I loved being here, you’re great people, I’m honored to be here.

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