Trump: We Have to Take Our Country Back, ‘It Was Artificially Closed’
BARTIROMO: “First up, my exclusive interview with President Donald Trump this morning. We begin with his thoughts on Coronavirus taking hold inside the White House.”
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BARTIROMO: “How are you doing? I know that Coronavirus has hit here as well. How are you doing, your team, your inside team?”
TRUMP: “Well, we are doing well. It’s very sad what’s happened to the world and to our country with all of the death. We are going to build our economy back bigger than ever, but with all of that death, you can never replace what’s taken. And it’s very sad for a a lot of families that are so horribly hit and so unnecessary. They could have stopped it. They could have stopped it in China, where it came from, but didn’t happen that way.”
BARTIROMO: “I want to ask you about China. I will get to that. But let’s talk about reopening of America right now. About half of the states have begun this process. Is it too soon? There are some calls out there that they’re talking about a relapse in the fall. Is it too soon?”
TRUMP: “I want them to open when they can, when they want. The governors are opening them. Most of them are either opened or opening or considering it. I think that we have to get back to work. We have to get our country back. We have to take it back. It was artificially closed. I think we are doing incredibly well considering the fact that we had the greatest economy, Maria, in history. You report it every morning. The greatest than anyone has ever seen. Best jobs numbers, best stock market numbers, best everything. We had the best everything. And in addition to military being strong, all of the things we’ve done and we had it just — one day, boom, close it. We did the right thing and now we have to get back. We have to bring our country back and it’s going to happen and it’s going to happen fast. I call it a transition to greatness. You will have the third quarter. People are starting to get into that right now, but it’s going to be a transition, that’s a transition quarter. We will do well in the fourth quarter and I think next year, with all of the stimulus, all of the things we have done, I think we will have one of the best economic years we’ve ever had.”
