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Please see below for the full transcript of FOX Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo. The interview with President Donald Trump today that will be airing across FOX Business Network’s (FBN) Mornings with Maria (6-9AM/ET) and FOX News Channel’s (FNC) Sunday Morning Futures 10AM/ET).
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When:
Part 1 – Sunday, October 22nd on FOX News Channel’s Sunday Morning Futures (10-11AM/ET)
Part 2 – Monday, October 23rd on FOX Business Network’s Mornings with Maria (6-9AM/ET)
MARIA BARTIROMO, FBN HOST: Mr. President, thanks so much for sitting down with me today.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Thank you.
BARTIROMO: Here we are on the week that the Dow Jones Industrial Average just hit 23,000, $5 and 1/3 trillion of market value created since your election. And largely, because of this anticipation and hope that your policies will get implemented. Tell us where we stand on the tax plan right now.
TRUMP: We’re doing very well. We will — we had a fantastic vote, as you know, and was — budget is indirectly passed. Now it’s going to go through a little bit of an iteration but it’s going to end up, I think, again doing very well. And I think we’re going to get our taxes.
I think it’s going to be — well, hopefully before the end of the year, but maybe much sooner than that. So there’s a great spirit for it, people want to see it, and I call it tax cuts. It is tax reform also, but I call it tax cuts. It’ll be the biggest cuts ever in the history of this country.
And I think that there’s tremendous appetite. There’s tremendous spirit for it, not only by the people we’re dealing with in Congress, but for the people out there that want to see something — $5,000, almost. It can be $5,000 average per individual, — per group. And so, I’m really looking forward to it. Let’s see what happens.
BARTIROMO: It — it could be quite historic.
BARTIROMO: that’s a big deal, that — on Sunday, exactly. Do you think you have the votes?
TRUMP: I think we have the votes. I think that Rand Paul actually is going to vote for the tax cuts. I think that other people — you know, we had tremendous enthusiasm this time. Health care, I was told was tougher but it was close. I mean, so far, I would say it’s not even a contest.
And I will tell you — speaking of health care, I believe we’re going to get that also. It’ll be in the form of block grants to the different states. And it’ll be a wonderful health care. It’ll be a tremendous health care, managed properly in smaller doses where you can really do it much more individually.
So I think we’re going to get that also. And a little bit later, probably in three or four months from now, but I do believe we’ll have that long before the election in ’18. As far as taxes are concerned, you see what’s happening. It’s really doing well, great enthusiasm.
BARTIROMO: Yes. You soured on the health care bipartisan plan a bit — right — from Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray?
TRUMP: Well I’ve — I have looked at it very, very strongly. And pretty much, we can do almost what they’re getting. I — I think he is a tremendous person. I don’t know Senator Murray. I hear very, very good things.
I know that Lamar Alexander’s a fine man and he is really in there to do good for the people. We can do pretty much what we have to do without, you know, the Secretary has tremendous leeway in the — under the Obama plans. One of the things that they did, because they were so messed up, they had no choice but to give the Secretary leeway because they knew he’d have to be — he or she would have to be changing all the time.
And we can pretty much do whatever we have to do just the way it is. So this was going to be temporary, prior to repeal and replace. We’re going to repeal and replace Obamacare.
And I think we actually have the votes. People are criticizing me for saying that. I think we actually have the votes for that. You know, we were basically one short and I think we’re going to have the votes for that also, Maria.
BARTIROMO: Yes, I’m interested about that because even your supporters say, you know, he’s got fantastic policies. We want to see this through. But the bickering and the feuding actually gets in the way. So obviously the feuding with Senator Corker — I think there’s a personal thing going on between you and Senator McCain. Do you worry that this bickering and feuding gets in the way of your agenda?
TRUMP: No, and sometimes it helps, to be honest with you. So we’ll see what happens in the end. But I think, actually sometimes it helps. Sometimes it gets people to do what they’re supposed to be doing. And you know, that’s the way it is.
I just want what’s right. And I think, for the most part, they want what’s right too. So we’ll see what happens but I do believe we have the votes for health care at the appropriate time. And I think we’re going to have the votes for taxes and I will say the fact that healthcare is so difficult, I think, makes the taxes easier. The republicans want to get it done and it’s a tremendous tax cut. I mean, especially for the middle class and especially for business.
We have — we’re loosing our companies. We have companies leaving and I have to say since I’ve been elected, that’s really stopped, it’s really slowed down. There’s a tremendous enthusiasm for business in this country. So, a lot of things have changed.
BARTIROMO: And, you see the job creation, as well this year.
TRUMP: It’s been fantastic.
BARTIROMO: If they can’t get this tax bill done this year, should they forego Thanksgiving and Christmas? Should they be here if they don’t have a bill on your desk by Thanksgiving?
TRUMP: Well I think they should and I think they will. I think a lot of things are happening unless, you know, it’s going to be right after that. But I don’t even like them leaving. But I will say this, I want to get it by the end of the year but I’d be very disappointed if it took that long.
It could be substantially less than that depending on what happens when we send the bill back to the House. You know, they’ll send it back and people are going to go and make 200 suggestions as opposed to maybe no suggestions because it’s a great bill. It’s going to be a great bill. And we’re adjusting.
We’re adjusting so that there’s no way that the middle class doesn’t greatly benefit. Every once in a while there’s a method under which, you know, it could be that some people in
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