MEDIA: “Hey, look, Savannah Guthrie [at the October 15, 2020 NBC Town Hall], I knew what I was getting into. I’ve been with her for a long time in terms of interviews. That was crazy. I mean, she was jumping out of her seat. But it was a good interview. We got very high marks […]
Tag: NBC Town Hall
10/16/2020
DEBATES: “Joe Biden’s town hall on ABC averaged 14.1 million viewers on Thursday night [Oct. 15, 2020], easily surpassing the Nielsen ratings for President Trump’s town hall on NBC. That alone was a result virtually no one in the TV business expected… The Trump town hall averaged 10.9 million viewers on the NBC broadcast network. […]
10/15/2020
IMMIGRATION: “Well, what happens is because of the pandemic, much changed on the immigration front. Mexico is heavily infected, as you know. And we’ve made it very, very difficult to come in because of the pandemic, and other reasons, and crime. But we have a very strong border right now, and we have to keep […]
10/15/2020
TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP TAXES: Donald Trump: “And just so you understand, when you have a lot of real estate, I have real estate, you know a lot of it. Okay? Right down the road, Doral, big stuff, great stuff. When I decided to run, I’m very underlevered, fortunately, but I’m very underlevered. I have a very, […]
10/15/2020
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA): “The problem with Obamacare, it’s not good. We’d like to terminate it, and we want a much less expensive healthcare that’s a much better healthcare, and that’s where we’re aiming. And if we can do that, and we have a very good chance of doing it, but we’ve also brought down the price […]
10/15/2020
CORONAVIRUS: [Savannah Guthrie: “Do you support herd immunity as a strategy [on coronavirus]? Essentially, just let people get sick?”] “The cure can not be worse than the problem itself. We did the right thing. We were expected to lose 2,200,000 people, and maybe more than that. We’re at 210,000 people. One person is too much, […]
10/15/2020
CORONAVIRUS/DEBATES/TRUMP’S HEALTH: Savannah Guthrie: “Your first positive [coronavirus] test was Thursday, October 1st, okay? When was your last negative test? When did you last remember having a negative test?” Donald Trump: “Well, I test quite a bit, and I can tell you that before the debate, which I thought it was a very good debate, […]
10/15/2020
2020 ELECTION/AMY CONEY BARRETT/SUPREME COURT: Savannah Guthrie: “You’ve mentioned that you would like to see Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to the Supreme Court in case any challenges come up in connection with the election. Do you expect her to rule for you?” Donald Trump: “Well, I think she’ll have to make that decision. I don’t […]
10/15/2020
TRUMP TAXES: [Savannah Guthrie: “It [New York Times reporting] also says that you’ve paid $750 in taxes in the year you were elected. Is that true or not?”] “No, I don’t know. I can tell you this. If they have my tax returns, as you know, they have to go to jail. It’s illegal, but […]
10/15/2020
IRS/TRUMP TAXES: “I am under audit. No person in their right mind would release [their taxes], prior to working out the deal with the IRS. And I’ll go a step further. I’m treated very badly by the IRS. They treat me very, very badly. You have people in there from previous administrations that treat me […]
10/15/2020
JOBS/TAXES: “We were just hitting 160 million jobs, companies are pouring into our nation because of the tax rate, and if Biden comes in and raises taxes on everybody, including middle income taxes, which he wants to do, you will blow this thing, and you’ll end up with a depression, the likes of which you’ve […]
10/15/2020
2020 ELECTION: “But let me just tell you, they talk about the peaceful transfer, right? They spied on my campaign and they got caught. And they spied heavily, on my campaign. And they tried to take down a duly elected sitting president. And then, they talk about, ‘Will you accept a peaceful transfer?’ And the […]
10/15/2020
ANTIFA: “Antifa exists. They’re vicious, they’re violent. They kill people, and they’re burning down our cities. And they happen to be radical left.” -Donald Trump via CNBC Television, “NBC News hosts town hall with President Trump — 10/15/2020,” YouTube.com, Oct. 15, 2020 […]
10/15/2020
ANTIFA/RACISM: “I denounce white supremacy. Okay?… I’ve denounced white supremacy, for years, but you always do it. You always start off with the question. You didn’t ask Joe Biden, whether or not he denounces Antifa… So, are you ready? Are you… Wait. Are you listening? I denounce white supremacy… And frankly, you want to know […]
10/15/2020
CORONAVIRUS: “Excess mortality, we’re a winner on the excess mortality. And what we’ve done has been amazing. And we have done an amazing job. And it’s [coronavirus] rounding the corner and we have the vaccines coming, and we have the therapies coming. And I’ll tell you what, one thing. When I got it, I had […]