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When I heard about this, I stopped it. We had a room loaded up with people and nobody could even believe it, but I stopped it. We would have lost hundreds of thousands of people more, maybe more, much more, maybe over the millions, but hundreds of thousands of people more had I not stopped people coming in from China.
Well, I've always said the origin was, you know, where it came from, where it originally came from was the Wuhan lab. I happen to think it escaped from the Wuhan lab. I mean, I don't believe it came from the bats in 2,000 miles away caves. I don't believe it came from other countries as China tried to convince people it did.
Well, I've always said the origin was, you know, where it came from, where it originally came from was the Wuhan lab. I happen to think it escaped from the Wuhan lab. I mean, I don't believe it came from the bats in 2,000 miles away caves. I don't believe it came from other countries as China tried to convince people it did.
I thought it should have been called the China virus because it was a very much more accurate term than COVID. Nobody knows what COVID even means. Why is it COVID? But no, I was always.
I thought it should have been called the China virus because it was a very much more accurate term than COVID. Nobody knows what COVID even means. Why is it COVID? But no, I was always.
I don't think I dealt. You have to understand, Fauci was a much bigger factor in the Biden administration than he was in the Trump administration. I didn't rely on him that much because I didn't trust him. I would say, got along with him, fine, not really, but I didn't trust him. And again, I was the one that stopped the money going to China. I didn't like it. I didn't stop it because of COVID.
I don't think I dealt. You have to understand, Fauci was a much bigger factor in the Biden administration than he was in the Trump administration. I didn't rely on him that much because I didn't trust him. I would say, got along with him, fine, not really, but I didn't trust him. And again, I was the one that stopped the money going to China. I didn't like it. I didn't stop it because of COVID.
I didn't stop it because of anything other than why are we paying money to China? It was strange. They should pay us money. We shouldn't pay them money. One of the things I can tell you, the World Health Organization, so we pay them almost $500 million. And China pays them $39 million. And so I got out of the World Health Organization. They did absolutely nothing. They called it totally wrong.
I didn't stop it because of anything other than why are we paying money to China? It was strange. They should pay us money. We shouldn't pay them money. One of the things I can tell you, the World Health Organization, so we pay them almost $500 million. And China pays them $39 million. And so I got out of the World Health Organization. They did absolutely nothing. They called it totally wrong.
I got out. They called me and they said, we'll do anything to keep you in, anything, anything. I said, well, why are they paying 39 million? We're paying almost 500 million. And they said, well, we'll work out a deal where you can pay much less. I said, well, now you're starting to talk. But even that, it was very popular when I got out.
I got out. They called me and they said, we'll do anything to keep you in, anything, anything. I said, well, why are they paying 39 million? We're paying almost 500 million. And they said, well, we'll work out a deal where you can pay much less. I said, well, now you're starting to talk. But even that, it was very popular when I got out.
It was a very politically, it would have been very hard to go back in. People were thrilled that I got out. I could have made a deal to go in for 39 million. They offered me a deal to go in for 39 million, and I actually turned it down. I said, you know, it should be, if you look at, we're at 350 million, and they're at 1.4 billion people, right? So it should have been 25% or less than that.
It was a very politically, it would have been very hard to go back in. People were thrilled that I got out. I could have made a deal to go in for 39 million. They offered me a deal to go in for 39 million, and I actually turned it down. I said, you know, it should be, if you look at, we're at 350 million, and they're at 1.4 billion people, right? So it should have been 25% or less than that.
But I didn't want to quibble. But I could have gone back in immediately for $39 million as opposed to 500. Then a horrible, horrible election which helped destroy our country took place in 2020. And they went back in and they're paying more than $500 million. And they knew I could have made a deal. Now, it's a lot of money, not when you talk about the world, but it's still a lot of money.
But I didn't want to quibble. But I could have gone back in immediately for $39 million as opposed to 500. Then a horrible, horrible election which helped destroy our country took place in 2020. And they went back in and they're paying more than $500 million. And they knew I could have made a deal. Now, it's a lot of money, not when you talk about the world, but it's still a lot of money.
But it shows you the stupidity of the whole thing. They could have made a deal for 39 million. Instead, they're paying much more than they paid even before. And that's the way the mindset of our country is. And here's the big part. China totally controls the WHO. China totally controls them. We have very little control over them. And now they want to give control over our whole country to them.
But it shows you the stupidity of the whole thing. They could have made a deal for 39 million. Instead, they're paying much more than they paid even before. And that's the way the mindset of our country is. And here's the big part. China totally controls the WHO. China totally controls them. We have very little control over them. And now they want to give control over our whole country to them.
which would be a terrible mistake.
which would be a terrible mistake.
Well, I have a lot of things. I mean, I did a lot of things in the FBI. I fired a lot of their top people, including Comey, who was terrible at what he did, a terrible person and terrible at what he did. I fired McCabe. And, you know, I don't have to go through Lisa and Strzok and all of the lovers. And I fired a whole group of people. I got rid of them.