Asked if he is still proud to own the shutdown, Trump says, "I'm very proud of doing what I'm doing. I don't call it a shutdown."
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Trump says he's not worried about Apple's stock decline because "they've gone up hundreds of percent since I'm president." That's not even close to true. It's been an increase of less than 30%.
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Trump repeats his wildly misleading claim that Mexico's VAT disadvantages the US on trade. This is one of the ones I don't call a lie because it's entirely unclear if Trump has any idea what he's talking about.
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Trump repeats his regular lie that the U.S. loses "close to $100 billion a year with trade with Mexico for many years." Ignoring his description of trade deficits as losses, the U.S. has never once had even close to a $100 billion deficit with Mexico.
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Asked if he'd ask landlords to go easy on federal workers not getting paid right now, Trump says, "I think they will...I think that happens. Hey, I've been a landlord for a long time...they work with people." Pressed, he eventually says he would indeed tell them to go easy.
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Trump in conclusion: "The people that won't get next week's pay or the following week's pay, I think if you ever really looked at those people, I think they'd say, 'Mr. President, keep going, this is far more important.'"
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Earlier, Trump said he'd been called by tech companies who complain that they can't keep highly educated foreign workers schooled in the US. He says this is a "ridiculous" policy. *His own policy* has been to make it harder for such people.https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/09/trumps-war-on-immigration-causing-silicon-valley-brain-drain.html …
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People want their pay checks. Security is irrelevant when they can’t afford to live and provide for their families
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Security falls apart very quickly when you can no longer afford the necessities. Right now Trump is the biggest threat to their success, not any foreigners.
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send this tweet to the mortgage company you'll be all set

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The administration already suggested doing "chores" to pay for your rent. Do they have to think of everything?

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Print out this tweet and take it to the supermarket. Sure they'll accept it as payment for food.
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But only if you take your ID.
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"And how will you be paying for the groceries? "A strong border sir"
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"Sorry, Mortgage_Company, I can't pay this month, but WE HAVE A WALL!" .... does he really think that will fly?
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Bonkers. Individual-1 is bonkers.
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So, I guess the federal workers can just march down to the border for their piece of the wall and use it to pay for utilities and groceries?
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He doesn't know what safety net means.
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They can pay rent with a wall?
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