Trump: Iran is ‘limping along’ and in ‘DEEP TROUBLE’

I. ASKED THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND BEFORE HE TAKES THE STAGE. TONIGHT TO CLOSE OUT THIS. HISTORIC MIDTERM CONVENTION, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAT DOWN WITH. ME, EXCLUSIVELY ABOUT THE FIGHT. FOR CONGRESS, THE FUTURE OF HIS. AGENDA, AND WHAT HE IS PREPARED. TO DO TO WIN IN NOVEMBER. >> Laura: SPOKE FOR NEARLY TWO. HOURS LAST NIGHT AT THE. CONVENTION. AND YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WERE. HAVING FUN. SOMETIMES SPEECHES, IT'S A THING. YOU HAVE TO CHECK THE BOX. BUT YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE. ENJOYING THE MOMENT, AND THE.

CROWD WAS WHOOPING IT UP. IT WAS CRAZY ON THE FLOOR THERE. ONE SENTENCE IF YOU COULD BOIL. DOWN WHY REPUBLICANS NEED TO. SHOW UP IN THE MIDTERMS? ONE SENTENCE? >> COMMUNISM THEY ARE TRYING TO. TURN OUR COUNTRY AROUND AND. DESTROY. I USED TO SAY THIS WILL NOT BE A. SOCIALIST COUNTRY. I WAS RIGHT. GOING FOR THE BIG ONE. THEY KEEP SOCIALISM. THESE PEOPLE ARE SICK WHEN YOU.

LOOK AT THE GUY FROM MICHIGAN. ABDUL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE. PEOPLE THAT HE HAS LISTENED TO. WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVEN MAYBE AT A. DIFFERENT KIND OF A LEVEL, LOOK. AT THIS GUY RUNNING FROM TEXAS. HE LOOKS LIKE. >> Laura: TALARICO. >> I CALL HIM TALIFREAKO. IS HE A FREAKY GUY. HE HAS GOT SOMETHING WRONG WITH. IT HIM. >> Laura: MISSPOKEN OR MISSED. THE MARK. >> NO, NO. HE HAS MISSPOKEN ON EVERYTHING. HE HAS KNOW RESPECT FOR JESUS. HE HAS NO RESPECT FOR RELIGION. ALL OF A SUDDEN HE IS A BIG.

RELIGIOUS FANATIC, YOU KNOW. HE LOST MEAT. HE THROWS UP AFTER EVERY TIME HE. EATS. HE GETS SICK AND THROWS UP ALL. OVER THE PLACE BECAUSE HE GOES. TO BARBECUES NOW WHEREAS BEFORE. YOU CAN'T BE AGAINST MATE IN. TEXAS. YOU CAN'T BE AGAINST OIL. HE WANTS TO GET RID OF ALL THE. OIL. NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN HE LOVES. OIL. ONE THING ABOUT POLITICIANS IS. AND I HAVE LEARNED IT MAYBE THE. HARD WAY IN A CERTAIN WAY. WHEN A POLITICIAN COMES OUT WITH. SOMETHING THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE, WHEN THEY CHANGE, THEY ALWAYS GO. BACK TO WHAT THEY ARE.

HE IS VERY. >> Laura: AUTHENTICITY. >> IS HE NOT AUTHENTIC. IS HE A VERY LIBERAL TO USE AN. OLD FASHIONED WORD. IS HE A VERY -- THE WORD. PROGRESSIVE IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL. WORD. THEY LOVE PROGRESSIVE. BUT IS HE A VERY LIBERAL GUY. >> Laura: BIG HEADLINE FROM THIS. SPEECH LAST NIGHT WAS THE $5,000. DIVIDEND TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THAT YOU PROMISED IF REPUBLICANS. ARE ABLE TO HOLD THE HOUSE AND. THE SENATE. >> RESPONSE TO THAT IS. $40 TRILLION HOW IS THAT.

FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE ARE. DOABLE? >> FIRST OF ALL, THE MONEY HAS. TO BE SPENT IN THE UNITED. STATES. WE CAN'T GO OUT AND BUY THINGS. FROM GERMANY OR, FRANKLY, CANADA. OR ANY OTHER PLACE. THEREFORE INTO THE SYSTEM. MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE. GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE. 40 TRILLION OVER A PERIOD OF. TIME THROUGH GROWTH. WE ARE GROWING AT FASTER RATE. THAN WE HAVE EVER GROWN BEFORE. YOU GET THAT MORE THAN MOST. OTHERS. >> THEY ARE SAYING YOU WANT TO. BUY THE ELECTION. WHY NOT GIVE THE MONEY NOW. IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY, GIVE IT. NOW.

>> I WILL TELL YOU WHAT, BECAUSE. THE DEMOCRATS CAN'T DO IT. BECAUSE WITH THEM IT'S NEGATIVE. GROWTH. WITH US IT'S SO POSITIVE. SO, WE'RE TAKING IN $21 TRILLION. NO COUNTRY TAKEN IN ANYWHERE. NEAR THAT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES. ALL BECAUSE OF THAT BEAUTIFUL. WORD YOU AND I LOVE MORE THAN. MOST OTHERS. TARIFFS. YOU GOT IT, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU. BUSINESS ISN'T YOUR BIGGEST. THING BUT YOU GOT IT BETTER THAN. MOST. >> Laura: THANKS A LOT. >> VERY GOOD AT OTHER THINGS AND. VERY GOOD AT BUSINESS, FRANKLY,

YOU UNDERSTOOD TARIFF BETTER. THAN MOST PEOPLE YOU GOT IT, YOU. DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANY TARIFF AT. ALL. DO YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOW 19. MEDICAL PLANTS, ELI LILLY, MERCK, PFIZER, THEY ARE ALL. BUILDING PLANTS IN THE UNITED. STATES. >> Laura: HAVE YOU TALKED TO. SPEAKER JOHNSON OR THUNE ABOUT. THIS $5,000 REBATE OR DIVIDEND, EXCUSE ME? >> I DO SPEAK TO THEM. WE CAN DO IT. INTEREST A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK I.

DON'T EVEN NEED CONGRESSIONAL. APPROVAL BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE SO. MUMUCH MONEY. WE ARE TAKING IN MONEY. EVEN LIKE TIKTOK. WE GOT A FEE, ME, I GOT A FEE. FOR OUR COUNTRY, $10 BILLION, IN. I OBJECT TELL, I MADE -- I. DIDN'T BUY. I SAID IF I'M GOING TO HELP YOU, MEANING IF THE COUNTRY IS GOING. TO HELP YOU, I WANT 10% OF THE. COMPANY. >> Laura: THEY ARE CALLING THAT. MAGA SOCIALISM IN THE "NEW YORK. TIMES.".

>> IT'S REAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, THAT'S REALLY WHAT IS. SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT'S. COMMUNISM. IT'S NOT COMMUNISM. IT'S ACTUALLY GOOD. ENTREPRENEURSHIP. >> Laura: ARE YOU GOING TO. CAMPAIGN HARDNER THIS CAMPAIGN. IN THIS MONTH. >> THE HARDEST I EVER CAMPAIGNED. BECAUSE I HAD TO WIN. I TOOK FOUR MONTHS NO EMPTY DAYS. AND HOURS. I MADE SPEECHES. I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE. FUNDRAISERS. I HAD THE MONEY. WHICH WAS A BIG ADVANTAGE. I WAS ABLE TO RAISE A LOT OF. MONEY. I SPENT MY OWN MONEY I TOOK FOUR.

MONTHS 120 DAYS. >> Laura: ISN'T THAT JUST AS. IMPORTANT. >> I'M CAMPAIGNING FOR OTHER. PEOPLE I WILL END UP BEING A. BLOCKER. BLOCK ALL THEIR BAD STUFF FOR. TWO YEARS. I WILL BE A BLOCKER, WHAT CAN I. TELL YOU AND PROBABLY BE ABLE TO. MAKE DEALS WITH THEM. THEY ARE GOING TO WANT SOME. STUFF. YOU MAKE DEALS. >> Laura: GOOD POINT. >> IT'S NOT AS DIRE, MAYBE IT IS.

AS DIRE. >> Laura: I'M TALKING ABOUT. IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATIONS THAT. WHOLE ROUTINE. >> THEY WILL TRY AND IMPEACH. THE GUY ON THE OTHER DAY WE WILL. TRY AND IMPEACH TRUMP. WHAT WILL YOU DO IT ON? I DON'T KNOW. HE HAD NO IDEA. HERE'S THE ONE THING THEY HAVE. GOING AGAINST THEM. REALLY BAD POLICY. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT SOME. REAL DUMMIES IN THERE BUT THEY. HAVE SOME REAL SMART PEOPLE. BUT THEY'RE RADICAL LEFT, THEY. ARE COMMUNISTS. BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY. SOCIALISTS BUT THEY ARE. COMMUNISTS. BUT WHAT THEY REALLY HAVE IS PAD.

POLICY. >> THE IRAN WAR MILITARY. CONFLICT A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH. LATELY OBVIOUSLY FIRING ON OUR. SHIPS, OUR NAVY SHIPS,OR EPA. ATTEMPTING TO. >> WE KNOCKED OUT NINE OF THEIR. TANKERS. >> Laura: SO, IT'S CONFUSION OUT. THERE ABOUT HOW LONG THIS WILL. GO ON. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY. >> END RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION. >> Laura: I THINK IT WAS THE. "WALL STREET JOURNAL" THAT SAID. THAT RUBIO AND VANCE BELIEVE THE. CONFLICT COULD GO ON AFTER THE.

NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. JANUARY 2029. >> I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHEN IT. WILL END BUT I THINK AFTER THE. ELECTION. LIMPING ALONG, DEEP TROUBLE. >>. >> Laura: HOW DID GET OFF. MISSILES. >> ALWAYS GET OFF MISSILES, SOME. LARGELY WIPED OUT. HARD TO MANUFACTURE. MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN KNOCKED. OUT. THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE SOME. MISSILES, WE KNOCK THEM DOWN. YOU KNOW, THEY SENT 11 MISSILES. AT US, AND WE KNOCKED EVERY ONE. OF THEM DOWN. TWO OF THEM WE LET GO. WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE IT IF.

THEY'RE NOT -- THESE GUYS ARE. AMAZING BY THE WAY. THEY LOOK AT A MISSILE COMING AT. THEM AT # THOUSAND MILES PER. HOUR. THINK OF IT. AND THEY SAY LET IT GO. THAT ONE IS NOT GOING TO HIT US. >> Laura: IF WE HAD NOT IRAN YOU. WOULD BE CRUISING 2.25 GAS. >> YOU DON'T KNOW THAT. >> Laura: ANY ROW CIGARETTES? >> I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE WORD. REGRET YOU CAN ALWAYS QUESTION. YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT. AND A FEW PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME.

THAT IF I HAD TO DO-TO-GO DOO. AGAIN I WOULD DO EXACTLY AS I. DID. I TOOK OUT THEIR NUCLEAR. CAPABILITY. SUPPOSING WE WERE CRUISING AND. IRAN HAS A NUCLEAR W WEAPON. THEY WOULD USE IT THEY ARE. CRAZY. I DEAL WITH THEM. THEY ARE CRAZY. THEY WOULD USE IT THEY HAVE. WIPED OUT ISRAEL, THEY WOULD. HAVE WIND OUT THE MIDDLE EAST. AND STARTED HITTING A COUPLE OF. OUR CITIES. YOU WANT TO SEE A BAD STOCK. MARKET? REMEMBER THIS: THE STOCK MARKET. RIGHT NOW IS AT THE ALL-TIME. HIGH, 81 TIMES DURING THIS TERM. IT'S BEEN -- DURING THIS WHOLE.

LITTLE CONFLICT. WE CALL IT A CONFLICT. THE STOCK MARKET IS AT AN. ALL-TIME HIGH, THE HIGHEST IT'S. EVER BEEN MUCH HIGHER THAN WHEN. I STARTED. YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED IT WAS. AT 49,000. NOW IT'S AT 53. IT'S GOING TO BE 54 PRETTY SOON. IT'S GOING UP. CONTINUES TO GO UP. OIL WENT UP. WHEN IT ENDS, WHICH I BELIEVE IT. WILL END RIGHT AFTER THE --. MAYBE IT ENDS BEFORE. BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO END. RIGHT AFTER -- THEY ARE TRYING. TO DO ANYTHING POSSIBLE TO GET.

ME OUT. BECAUSE. >> Laura: THEY THINK THE. DEMOCRATS WILL LET THEM OFF THE. HOOK. >> BECAUSE THEY THINK THE. DEMOCRATS WILL LET THEM. ESSENTIALLY HAVE A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. SO WHEN YOU -- I KNOW YOU ARE. AGAINST THE WAR AND ALL THAT I. KNOW YOU VERY WELL AND I THINK. IT'S FINE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD BE. BECAUSE IRAN CANNOT HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. AND IF I DIDN'T DO WHAT I DID. IRAN WOULD HAVE A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. DID I TWO THINGS B-2 BOMBERS. BEFORE THAT FIRST TIME I. TERMINATED THE WORST AGREEMENT I. HAVE EVER SEEN THE OBAMA NUCLEAR.

DEAL JCPOA. >> Laura: IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO. IN GO, IN FULL. JUST GO IN AND TAKE THEM OUT. >> WELL, MAYBEY DO THAT BECAUSE. OF THE ELECTION. YOU KNOW LOOK, WE ARE TAKING A. LOT OF OIL. LAST NIGHT WE TOOK 22 BOATS OUT. OF THE STRAIT WE CONTROL THE. STRAIT THEY DON'T CONTROL THE. STATE. THEY HAVE 300 PERCENT INFLATION. THEY ARE NOT PAYING THEIR.

MILITARY THEY ARE NOT PAYING. THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT. AT SOME POINT THE MILITARY AND. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO. STOP SHOOTING THE PROTESTERS. IT'S A LITTLE -- IT'S AMAZING. HOW THEY CAN DO THAT YOU KNOW, CHINA DID IT SUCCESSFULLY AND. WITH THE ARMY TANK, YOU REMEMBER. OTHER COUNTRIES COULDN'T --. TURKEY COULDN'T DO IT. >> Laura: CHINA DOESN'T SEEM TO. GET IN MANY MYRTLE CONFLICTS. THEY DECIDED THEY ARE GOING TO. TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN INDUSTRY. AND OWN INDUSTRIALIZATION. >> THEY DO IT WITH TRADE.

CHINA GITS TRADE. DID YOU EVER HEAR THE EXPRESSION. CHINA FITS WITH TRADE AND RUSSIA. FIGHTS WITH MILITARY. BUT RUSSIA IS HAVING HARD TIME. RIGHT NOW. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO ALL THE. YOUNG MEN OUT THERE AND THESE. ARE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED YOU IN. 2024 AND 2020 I THINK A LOT OF. THEM STILL DO. SOME OF THEM ARE DEMORALIZED. >> I DON'T THINK THEY'RE. DEMORALIZED. PROUD OF THE FACT NUCLEAR. WEAPON. I DISAGREE WITH YOU. YOU ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF IT.

IF IRAN HAD A NUCLEAR WEAPON, WE. WOULD BE CALLING UP AND SAYING, SIR REQUEST WE GET TOGETHER. POSSIBLY. >> IF IT TURNS OUT IN THE END. REPUBLICANS -- I THINK. REPUBLICANS HAVE A HUGE CHANCE. AT WINNING. I HAVE REJECTED IN NARRATIVE ALL. ALONG. IF REPUBLICANS DON'T WIN, YOU. KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS. BEFORE. IMPEACHMENT, INVESTIGATIONS THEY. HAVE TOLD EVERYONE. THEY ARE GOING TO LOCK THIS. COUNTRY DOWN WITH GRIDLOCK. IT'S GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE. >> CROOKED. >> Laura: STILL WORTH IT IF THAT.