Donald John Trump

“ But I watched Biden quickly as he discussed, without having — without knowing a thing about a distribution plan. And he said that we don't have a distribution plan, but we do indeed. Our military — we have military, we have everybody involved. It's — it's a great plan, and it's a plan like no other.
And we can start doing it, I believe, the day that we come up with the vaccine. When it's done, we'll start. That same day, or the day after. Our military is very much involved, and they deploy troops, they deploy — these are the generals that do logistics and all of those things. ”

“ And for people who have particularly an influence on minority communities to instill fear and doubt is a particularly, you know, outrageous abuse of public policy and of leadership. These are people that have higher risk.
And so I implore everyone who is in a high-risk category that when we get a safe, effective vaccine, they should take the vaccine. ”

“ To get the vaccine into the hands of American people, we're fully mobilizing the awesome power of American industry and also our military. This is the largest, fastest, and most advanced vaccine distribution effort in American history, by far. I was reading where Biden was saying that, oh, he's going to have a plan. They did so bad on swine flu, you wouldn't even believe it. ”

“ Why not wear it more often or have the White House staff wear it more often to set an example for the country?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I'm tested, and I'm sometimes surprised when I see somebody sitting and — like, with Joe. Joe feels very safe in a mask. I don't know, maybe he doesn't want to expose his face. I don't know what's going on. He'll be way away from people, nowhere near people — there will be nobody with him. He doesn't draw any crowds. He'll have circles. These big circles. They'll be way far away. There's no reason for him to have masks on. ”

“ We know the vaccine — we know the vaccines are coming, but we know the problem; we understand who the vulnerable are, which is primarily people with medical problems, but in particular, people with medical problems that are older. So open up your states.
To facilitate routine testing of the nursing home residents and staff, we've delivered rapid testing devices to all 1,000 or — excuse me, 13,850 certified nursing homes nationwide. So you have 13,850 certified nursing homes nationwide, and they are being facilitated in terms of testing and testing — testing apparatus. Everything is there. ”

“ We've been able to step it up very, very rapidly. I never thought we could have a vaccine as quickly as we did, but I freed it up. I freed up the FDA. Dr. Hahn has done a great job. And they're ready to approve something when they come in.
The other thing that's happening that's very different is — you look at a company like Pfizer, a great company — really, one of the great companies of the world. Johnson & Johnson. They're all great companies. They're doing a lot of testing at a very rapid rate that nobody has ever seen anything like it. ”

“ We are going to have a focus on certain groups that have problems — senior citizens, et cetera — but it's a very powerful — it's a — it's going to be very powerful distribution. It's going to cover everybody, and it's going to cover them rapidly.
I don't know whether or not the doctor knows that, how much he covers. But I called him because I said, "Why did you say that long?" He wasn't that aware of it. And the other one was the mask. The vaccine is going to have tremendous power. It's going to be extremely strong. It's going to be extremely successful. We're not going to have a problem. ”

“ So if you were to put a timeline on when every person in America will be able to get a vaccine, what would that date be?
THE PRESIDENT: I think it would be very soon. I think our distribution process is going to go very quickly. I told you, we've engaged the military. We have a general who's in charge of all logistics, who delivers soldiers. He's a fantastic guy. He's supposed to be fantastic at what he does. And we figure that's better than any company you're going to hire. You can't hire a company like that. ”

“ So that's a focus.
And I want to point out two other things. We're also prioritizing testing historically black colleges and universities and we're in the process of getting that finalized because we know that there's high — there's a higher morbidity with — in certain ethnic groups.
And last thing I would say is it's particularly heinous — an egregious abuse of the media to instill fear into people about taking a vaccine, because there is no shortcut here. Everything is safe. Everything is effective. ”

“ There will be — is it anticipated that no later than January all the top priority people will have received the vaccine or be able to receive the vaccine. And so that kind of prioritization, which is the general prioritization done for all vaccines that are developed, particularly in a pandemic setting, goes to the high-risk people, the people with other underlying conditions, as well as first responders and people working directly in healthcare. ”

“ He wasn't talking about high-risk or the healthcare (inaudible) workers —
THE PRESIDENT: Kaitlan, we're focused on high-risk, but we're going to focus also on general public very much. But we are — our immediate aim is elderly people, and especially elderly people with heart, diabetes problems. But we will have it — this is — we're not looking at a small distribution program; we're looking at distributing to the whole United States with an immediate focus of the elderly. ”

“ And one thing I will say — and I respect the press for this one, which was interesting — almost universally, we've been praised for the deal that we made yesterday with Israel and with, you know, the two very important countries in the Middle East. And UAE, in particular, where it's a very powerful group. It's a warrior country. It's led by a great warrior and a man who's highly respected. And if you take a look at that and Bahrain and Israel making a deal — and I will tell you, we have at least four or five others that want to come in. ”

“ Other countries, they don't test; they don't have cases. And then they say, "Oh, the United States..." Well — but we're proud of it because it shows where there may be a problem, and it helps people. But we're doing tremendous testing at the historically black colleges and universities. ”

“ In 2019, 4.2 million Americans were lifted out of poverty. That's the largest poverty reduction under any President in history: 4.2 million Americans were lifted out of poverty.
The Hispanic American poverty rate reached the lowest level ever — history of our country. Hispanic American poverty rate — lowest level ever. ”

“ They're looking all over. There trying to find him. We're going to find out. We're going to get him.
But in LA this weekend, two sheriff's deputies were ambushed and viciously shot, and they can never be the same. They're getting better, but they can never be the same.
I'll always stand by our heroes of law enforcement, and we want to stop this horrible rhetoric and stop it fast.
I want to ask Scott Atlas to say a couple of words, because I heard Biden talking today about, "He wants to come up with a distribution plan." A distribution — for the vaccine that we came up with. ”

“ We get tested — I'm tested; I have people tested. When people come into the Oval Office, it's like a big deal. No matter who they are — if they're heads of countries, they all get tested. So I'm in sort of a different position. ”

“ It's a public-private partnership to get everything done in terms of logistics.
The IT that's necessary to trace the first dose — because some of these vaccines are anticipated to be two doses — there is tailoring, of course, by the states, and there are specifics. And there's an administration of the vaccine plan that will be done in over 51,000 outlets, including for — particular attention to minority areas, over 14,000 Federally Qualified Health Centers. ”

“ Trump comment on 2020 election ballot problems Play on mobile device [25:50] THE PRESIDENT: No, just to finish — look, if there's any kind of demonstration or violence, there will be nothing that interferes with this project — product — this — this vote. There's going to be nothing.
The biggest problem we have right now are the ballots. Millions of ballots going out; that's the biggest problem. ”

“ As you know, Pfizer is making this. They're taking a tremendous financial risk, and they're spending billions of dollars on actually making this vaccine. They're at a stage where they're actually making it because they feel very confident as to the results. ”

“ Questions about the Oracle and TikTok deal Play on mobile device [23:05] Q: Thank you, Mr. President. Are you prepared to sign off on the Oracle and TikTok deal, even though the Treasury isn't getting paid? And also, does the deal meet your requirements in terms of national security concerns?
THE PRESIDENT: Okay, they're giving me studies on the deal. It has to be 100 percent as far as national security is concerned. And, no, I'm not prepared to sign off on anything. I have to see the deal.
We need security, especially after what we've seen with respect to China and what's going on. ”

“ But that would be if we did the good job. If the not-so-good job was done, you'd be between 1.5 million — I remember these numbers so well — and 2.2 million. That's quite a difference.
So we're down in this territory. And that's despite the fact that the blue states had tremendous death rates. If you take the blue states out, we're at a level that I don't think anybody in the world would be at. We're really at a very low level. ”

“ We have the best people that you can have. So I want to thank everybody. I want to thank everybody for working so hard in Florida. And they're very good at this. The people in Florida handle it; they know how to handle it. And the people working there know how to handle it. ”

“ I think it's very important that they open up their states, because if you look at certain of them — North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and a couple of others — we have to get those states open. It's hurting people. It's hurting people far more than the disease itself. ”

“ When you talk about other countries, whether it's China, Russia, or many others that get mentioned, they're in a much better position with these paper ballots to do something than they would ever be under the old system. ”

“ The biggest threat to this election is these unsolicited ballots sent out by the millions, controlled by governors like in Nevada, who is a political person — very political, far beyond being governor — where they tried to stop you from making a speech, unsuccessfully, but we had to move around a lot, had to move quickly. ”

“ And they wanted it very badly — the players and coaches, in particular; the parents also. And Big 10 football just announced, as you know, that their schedule — they announced a schedule, and it's going to be great; important to have.
I want to recommend that the Pac-12 also get going, because there's no reason why Pac-12 shouldn't be playing now. And perhaps they'll start with — at least partially — I had recommended today to Kevin and others that maybe you want to start off with 25 percent of the stadium or you maybe want to start off with empty. ”

“ If it's — I think they could have fans go, frankly. But they want to be careful, they want to be safe, and they will be safe. They've got a very good testing process for the players, coaches, families, et cetera. ”