'We're Going To Save Our Country': Donald Trump Discusses Lending Rates And The Economy

6 months ago

At a community roundtable in Detroit, Michigan over the weekend, former President Donald Trump spoke about the economy.

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00:00I want to say thank you to all of you for your hard work.

00:07They are not going woke.

00:09Those guys did a good job.

00:11Thank you so much.

00:13Thank you, Carlos.

00:15Thank you so much, Carlos.

00:17Mr. President, we have a couple of people who have been doing

00:19their work in business.

00:21Restaurants.

00:23We have an executive chef.

00:25He says his steak is excellent.

00:27He says his steak is excellent.

00:29They all come back with great reviews.

00:31Omar, tell us about all the work you've done here in Detroit.

00:35How you came up in Detroit.

00:37And then whatever question you have for the President, please.

00:40Absolutely.

00:41Thank you for having me.

00:43And thank you, Detroit, for supporting us.

00:45President Trump, welcome to Detroit.

00:51Thank you very much.

00:53Thank you, Omar.

00:55I'm excited to be here with you today, President Trump.

00:58I'm a restauranteur and executive chef at table number two restaurant

01:02downtown Detroit.

01:04We are on our way of being a Michelin star restaurant, with the help of

01:08God and yourself.

01:11I'm successful now, but I started out born and raised on the east side

01:15of Detroit, in an urban community.

01:18I give credit to the urban community, because without them, it would

01:21never be me.

01:23I grew up teaching young kids to push, dream big, work hard.

01:28I want our kids today to be dreamers, bigger, so they can achieve more

01:33like I did, and even more.

01:36What will your administration do to ensure our young children are given

01:39the opportunities and challenges to keep growing?

01:42That's my question, but I also want to point out publicly on record that

01:47when you were in office, Mr. President Trump, the African American

01:50community, the Latino community, the Arabic community, we all soared.

01:57The money was pumping when you were in office.

02:00As a restaurant operator, I'm telling you that the money was pumping.

02:10And the money is not pumping now, and we need to get back to that,

02:14because it's ruining our economy.

02:17Right.

02:18Well, as you know better than anybody, Omar, the money was not a problem

02:21four years ago.

02:22The banks were lending, and they were lending at very low rates, and now

02:25you can't get money at 10 and 11 and 12 percent.

02:28You can't get any money, especially for a small business.

02:31It's almost impossible.

02:33We're going to save our country.

02:35The most important thing we have to save.

02:37When you see Russian ships floating essentially off the coast of

02:40Miami, if you think, off the coast of Florida, how did that happen?

02:44And the fake news, look at all of them back there.

02:46The fake news doesn't even want to talk about it, because it makes my

02:49life.

02:50Putin would not be doing that if I were president.

02:53And I had a very good relationship, but I had a tough relationship.

02:56You know, I ended the pipeline going all over Europe, the Russian

02:59pipeline, called Nord Stream 2.

03:01He wouldn't be doing it.

03:03And I will tell you, the most important thing we have to do, we have to

03:06save our country, because our country is in trouble.

03:09We have a chance, a real chance, at World War III.

03:12And, you know, we have less than five months now.

03:15Actual voting starts in North Carolina, if you take a look.

03:19That's going to be on the 6th of September.

03:2222nd of September is Pennsylvania.

03:24So it's not even November 5th, which will go down as the most important

03:28day, most important election, but the most important day in the history

03:31of our country.

03:32It's going to have two things.

03:34I'm going to stop at your restaurant the next time, and you're going to

03:36give me the greatest lunch you've ever served, because I heard you do

03:39great steak.

03:40So we'll do that.

03:42Okay?

03:43And the other thing, tell your waiters and waitresses and anybody else

03:49getting tips, because a lot of people get tips, car attendants and

03:54tatties and a lot of different people get tips, we are not going to tax

03:59tips.

04:00The tax immediately is coming off, because, as you know, the government

04:08under Biden just passed new regulations to really go after these people,

04:12and they're at a level like nobody's ever seen.

04:15It's like jail time stuff.

04:17So to go after your waiters and your waitresses and other people getting

04:21tips.

04:22So anybody getting tips, because there are certain tip industries, the

04:25car business has a lot of tipping going on.

04:28We are not going to be taxing tips.

04:30It's going to end immediately.

04:31So thank you, Omar.

04:33Great job.

04:34We'll see you at your restaurant.

04:36We'll see you at the restaurant.

04:37Absolutely.

04:38I'll be there waiting.

04:39Thank you, Omar.

04:40Pleasure.

04:41I'm not going to tell you a little more about the comfort of dinner.

04:43I just, let's listen to you get the meal.

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