Episode 5083: Trump Live From Davos

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How do you see the U.S.-China relationship moving forward?

Steve Bannon 0:00
How do you see the U.S.-China relationship moving forward? Are you able to combine this tough competition with also collaboration?
Donald Trump 0:12
So I've always had a very good relationship with President Xi and with President Putin. Talk about, you know, the larger powers. But I've always had a very good relationship with President Xi of China. He's an incredible man.

What role does competition play in U.S.-China relations?

Donald Trump 0:26
What he's done is amazing. He's highly respected by everybody. And I do now. I mean, now I have good.

How did COVID impact international diplomacy?

Donald Trump 0:33
It was very severely interrupted by COVID. I used to call it the China virus, but he said, do you think you could use a different name? And I decided to do that, because why should we have a problem over that? But I would do that, and they would... You were a true diplomat, huh? I was. I became a diplomat for the first time. Well, you know who taught me that? Marco Rubio. Marco Rubio. He said, let me teach you about diplomacy. Hey, any guy that gets approved by 100% of the votes, think of it. He got Liberal Democrats and radical-right Republicans to approve him. He's the only one. The next one was, like, lost 45 votes, right? But he got all 100 votes voting for him. And at first, I wasn't happy about it. I said, wait a minute, I don't like that.
Donald Trump 1:22
And now it turns out that the Democrats probably wish they didn't do that. And Marco has been fantastic. Marco, stand up, please. You have done a great job as Secretary of State. He's going to go down as the best Secretary of State. And Scott. And we have Susie, who's the first female chief of staff. And she's the best chief of staff, too. And I see Howard Lutnick, who I know spoke. And Howard's fantastic. Some of the deals we're doing are great. And I want to pay particular attention because we have Chris. Chris, you got up and spoke, I think. He's the number one oil man in the world because I was going to put Doug Burgum, who's fantastic. I don't know if Doug's here. Is Doug here? Doug Burgum is fantastic.
Donald Trump 2:08
He said, sir, there's one man better than me. And he introduced me to Chris, and he turns out to be. So we're drilling more oil and gas now than we ever have by almost double. Is that right, Chris? And on top of it, we got a lot coming out of Venezuela. So, anyway, so we're doing great. The country is just doing great. We have great people. Thank you. And I see other people. We have Steve Witkoff. We have Jared. I got so many people. I'm in trouble because when I go back, They're going to be people with long faces. Sir, you didn't introduce me. I got so many people. And we have a lot of the greatest people anywhere in the world. I know them all. So I won't continue because we'd be here all day.
Steve Bannon 2:49
Thank you, Mr. President. We also know that you're a dealmaker, and then maybe coming back to Greenland and Ukraine. What kind of deal, in the end, do you see between the U.S. and Denmark? Because, you know, I guess you see it now as a negotiation going on, or...?
Donald Trump 3:13
Well, it's costing Denmark hundreds of millions a year to run it. And Denmark is a small country and wonderful people. But, you know, it's very expensive. It's a very big piece of ice. And it's very important. I mean, I don't want to repeat the speech, but it's very important that we use that for national and international security that can create a power that will make it impossible for the bad guys to do anything against the perceived good ones. And it's a great block for Europe, just like, you know, Denmark was supposed to spend hundreds of millions of dollars. They didn't spend the money. They didn't spend anything, almost. And we'll see what happens. I just say this. NATO has treated the United States of America very unfairly.
Donald Trump 4:03
We never asked for anything. We never got anything. We actually took care of the needs of NATO for years and years, which I felt was always unfair. So I got NATO to pay because they're rich countries. But I think it's time that NATO step up. We're helping them with Ukraine. Without us, I think Putin would have gone all the way. I think we have it. I think Putin... I think there could have been a World War III, if you want to know the truth.

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