We are doing an important signing. An agreement between our countries. A Safe Third Country Agreement. It is an important event. We have been long working with guatemala. Now we can do the right way. It is going to be terrific for them and terrific for the United States. This landmark agreement will put the coyotes and the smugglers out of business. The bad people. These are very, very bad people, sick people are deranged people. To make money make a lot of money off of other peoples miseries. It will provide safety for legitimate asylumseekers. And stop asylum fraud and abuses of the system. There is also transformative in the step it will take, and the many, many, many steps it will take toward security, safety. For guatemala it signifies the incredible Bright Future for their country. This agreement will usher in a new air of investment and growth for their nation, and sets the stage for cooperation between our countries and expand access which is yoursa, Agricultural Workers and farmworkers. We are going to have them coming into our country in an easier fashion than even before. It is very important for our business or our farms or our ranches. And we are going to make that a very, very much easier, less cumbersome program. And further, bilateral investment will take place. But the h2 a is really going to be streamlined. And all of those workers that come in, we want them to continue to comment. As you know, we have a very low rate of unemployment continue to come in. As you know, we have a very low rate of unemployment. We are 3. 5 or 3. 6. I hear it is going down. And probably well because the country is doing a tremendous business. It had another record stock market. Today we are sending a clear message to human smugglers and traffickers that your day is over. And we are investing in the future of guatemala. The safety of migrants and their families. We will protect the rights of those with legitimate claims. And we will and the widespread abuse of the system. And the crippling crisis on our border. I want to think mexico. Enrique, the mexican government, the president of mexico, now has 20,000 troops and their border, our border. By you, they have about 6000. And on our southern border they have close to 20,000 by itself. It will probably be 26 thousand people totally, soldiers, and very good ones. That is had a tremendous impact. Really an incredible impact. So, kevin, if you look at what has happened over the last short of time, it has really been great. Now if the democrats would sign something, it would be a lot easier. What we have to do it around the democrats because they refuse to want to close up the borders. They want open borders. That means smugglers. That means hijackers. That means drugs. Them is crime. It is frankly a disgrace that means crime. It is frankly a disgrace. But with guatemala and mexico and other countries with whom we will be signing Safe Third Country Agreement shortly. We are doing well. I want to thank and ray k the president of guatemala. Enrique,t morales, the president of guatemala. President morales. We like each other and we Work Together very, very well. If you to would sit down together. If youll sign, i will sign right behind you. This way i will confirm it. Ok. That is a very big thing. That is a very important signature. Never been done before. Thank you very much. Thank you henrique. At your servicer. Say hello to the president. Luck, we have been dealing with for many years i would say. With guatemala. And with other countries. And we are now at a point where we are, we just get along. And theyd are doing what we have asked them to do. And i think it is going to be a great thing for guatemala. They do not want these problems either. So we were able to get this done. And we got it done fairly quickly. But this is after many, many years. Mexico also is working along with us very nicely. I mean tremendously actually. You will see a chart where the numbers are really through the floor. Because they are going down. Kevin, maybe you should speak to the numbers on how well we are doing on apprehensions. Absolutely mr. President. Since the agreement was signed with mexico that you energized and drove. We had 20 reduction in june and we are headed toward another 22 reduction in july in crossings. So 43 overall, thanks for the effort on the government of mexico and the implantation of our migrant protection protocols over all border wide. And they do have a slowdown coming in from guatemala by the border. Because we have 6000 make skin troops by the board of guatemala. This will mexican troops by the border of guatemala. The numbers are credible. We could really do this in a much easier fashion if we had cooperation from the democrats. We have absolutely no cooperation. Nobody can understand them. Most of these people five years ago they all wanted a wall. And we are building a lot of wallet now. A lot of it. We have with ripped out old wall. And we have ripped out wall that did not even exist. There used to be a while there come a there was not. It was gobbled up by the people crossed. And we are building new beautiful wall a lot of it. And it is getting billed rapidly. So a lot of things billed rapidly. A lot of things are happening. T rapidly. They are going to try to enforce the subpoena against don what do you say . I think it is a disgrace how they are impeding the good things we are doing. Like today. We are strengthening up our border with a great country. And we have other great countries that are going to be signing on also. And we are doing is all because the democrats wont give us what we need. So simple, get rid of the loopholes. Work on asylum. It would take a very short. Of time. All they want to do is impede. They want to investigate. They want to go fishing. And i watched bob mueller,. And they have nothing. We want to find out what happened with the last democrat president. Lets look into obama the way they looked into me. From day one, they looked into everything that we have done. They could look into the book deal that is an obama made. Lets soup in all of his records. The subpoena all of his records. Lets subpoena all of the records having to do with hillary clinton. And Everything Else. Frankly, the republicans were gentlemen. And women. When we had the majority in house, in the house, they did not do subpoenas all day long. They didnt not do what these people have done. That is a disgrace. That is why were going to take back the house. That is why we are easily got a hold the presidency. And were going to continue to hold the senate. And people do not say, but weep step two seats in the senate. We went from 51 to 53 in the 18 election. That way when 18 election. Nobody says it right talk about the house. And i did not get to camp and very much for the house. I cannot. Because we were campaign for the senate. Campaign very much for the house. We were campaigning for the senate. They are doing it for political reasons. And most of them, many of them, are admitting that this politics. And frankly, it is a very sad thing for our country. Yes. Sanctions you took that meeting with republican senators. Where looking at the whole turkey situation. They ordered hundred 25 f 35 fighter jets. Billions of dollars, they played some of it. The planes are being made and they are easily sold to other nations because they are the best fighter jets in the world. We have a backlog of orders but it is a tough situation. They are getting as 400. And our statutes and Everything Else as you do that, you just cannot order this equipment. Generally speaking, you cannot order quit and. Turkey you cannot order equipment at all. I do not blame turkey because there are a lot of circumstances and a lot of problems that occur during the Obama Administration. The states back to the Obama Administration. Which was a disaster. Ok. Earlier this week it looked like things were not going in the right direction. You are even threatening tariffs against guatemala. What turnaround . I think i would ask maybe que to answer. I we stayed the table. Enrique has demonstrated perseverance. How we can take power away from the criminal organizations that are exploring these vulnerable migrants. We stayed with it and got of the hunt. Wouldister degenhart i say that guatemala is definitely clear on the response billy that it has paired we are clear that we have to make changes. And the way to do it is working together with our best ally. That is what we are showing here today. That we are definitely committed to continuing and improving what we have. Your courts said this is not possible to do. How did they get around that. They did not say that. It look like the courts were saying you cannot sign an Asylum Agreement with the United States. What the courts said which was a provisional injunction was to define the process that would have to be followed. Secretary mcaleenan set a little while ago, it defines that procedure and where going to have to implant it. Go to guatemala to the u. S. What happens . A lot of good things happen. Go ahead, kevin. Mcaleenan instead of paying a smuggler to come all the way to our border to seek asylum, when they arrive in guatemala there in a country that has a fair proceeding for accepting asylum claims. That is where they should make that claim. Not a return for understanding under International Law. They can make a protection claim if they like in guatemala. If they arrive in the u. S. Not having availed themselves of that opportunity, they will be returned to guatemala. It is a claim for protection under International Law for asylum. Pres. Trump which we have never had before. And which is so good. Is good for everybody. We have a great agreement with mexico. But we are probably going to do additional work on it. Because we cannot get anything from the democrats. Dealing with mexico is really what exit code was doing for us at the border is far greater than what mexico is doing for us at the border is far greater than what the democrats have done. The amazing thing about the democrats is that it was all fine, everything was great, for five years ago before i was president. Now they think we are going to win so they are doing everything they can with the impeach and noss months impeachment nonsense. Interviewed five hunter people. They have interviewed lawyers 500 people. They have interviewed lawyers. They have interviewed everybody that they wanted to interview. People that i could have kept back by using president ial privilege. I couldve cap back everybody. They did not have to interview anybody. Then they say obstruction. These people are clowns. They are being laughed at all of the world. I watch this morning nancy pelosi trying to get through that. With the performance that Robert Mueller put on. Where, i do not think he ever read the agreement or the documents. The document said no collusion. They do not even talk about that. So there is no crime. And it said there was no crime but he obstructed. It was worse because it was a phony crime. The crime was what they put on. Watched mueller for two and a half years. And that is the best they have. Unfortunately it is so bad for our country. It is bad in our relationships with other countries including russia. There is no reason we should not get along with russia. There is no reason we should knock along with other countries. One of the things that is nice guatemala is that we have never had a better relationship. Right now, they have agreed to do something that is good for the United States. And we are going to work for them with them also. Is going to be a partnership. And it is happening with mexico also. We never had any kind of cooperation with mexico, ever. Until this president , frankly. And my presidency. Maybe, 21,000, it could be 26,000 soldiers. And it is so good for mexico. Because they are killing, they are getting rid of the cartels. Which Everybody Knows they have been running big portions of mexico. And the coyotes, and all of these terrible people. Next ago is done a great job for their people. The president has done a great chopper his people. And president mott alice has done a great job by doing this. Because more alice president president morales now he has a friend instead of an enemy in the United States. I might. Ump france put on a tax on our companies. You know that. Wrong. Wrong thing to do. They should not have done it. So i may do that. I boys liked american i boys liked american wines even more than french wine. I just like the way they look. American wines are great. American wines are great. Even i do not drink wine. Thingid not do the right when they started taxing our companies. We tax our companies. They do not tax our companies. So france did that. I told them, do not do that because if you do im going to tax your wine. Whatever you want. So we are working on that right now. You are critical of the decision to use the relationship i justn. Pres. Trump talked to him. Ive a Good Relationship with president macron. They used to take advantage, but not with me as president. I look at deals that were done with other president s of this country. And is the just trace disgrace that our country has allow this to happen. Or china for years was making from 300 billion to 500 billion a year. Now we are taking in billions of dollars from china. And it is all turning around. Whether deal is made. You know they are going next week or they have more meetings. Meeting after meeting. I do not think personally china would sign a deal. It might have a 2 chance of losing it the election, i think china would say lets wait. Maybe trump alludes and i we can deal with another dope. The people that allowed these delta happen, this horrible thing to happen these deals to happen, this horrible thing to happen. The money that china has taken out of the United States has rebuilt china. And i do not blame china. I blame the United States for allowing that to happen. President presidency or if im iran, im going to say that if i can hold out im going to wait firstly Sleepy Joe Biden instead of trump. Because sleepy joey can make any deal we want with him. He does not know what is happening. We will bep announcing a something fairly soon. On, and we said do not do it. We tax our companies, you do not tax our companies. It is called reciprocal. It is a reciprocal tax. We will be announcing that fairly soon. Makes sense, john. Do you agree with that . You are a man that enjoys wine . You just will not enjoy french wine anymore. I agree that american wines are very good. [indiscernible] china will i think probably say lets wait. It is 14 or 15 months till the election. Lets see if one of these people that gives the United States away, lets see if one of them can possibly get elected. Win, tell you what, when i like almost immediately, there are going to sign deals. And they are going to be phenomenal deals for the country. So i dont know that theyre going to make a deal. Maybe they will, maybe they wont. I do not care. Because we are taking intensive billions of dollars worth of terrace. And the farmers tens of billions of dollars worth of tariffs. And the farmers are happy because i gave them 50 billion out of the tariffs. They have much more than that left over. A tremendous amount of money left over. Like by three times. And we have not even taxed china yet, compared to what i could do. So we have tens of billions of dollars rolling in from china. We never had . 10 coming in. Again, i do not blame president xi. I blame our past leaders for allowing it to happen for so many years with the wto. China was totally flatlined. And when the wto came about, and china joined, they became a rocketship. Know, is a very unfair situation that took place at the wto, as are many of them. Theyre going to go. We will talk. We will see. I personally do not care that much. Because we are getting billions of billions. Member everyone says people pay for it. China has devalued their currency. ,nd they are putting money in they are pumping money into their country into their society, like you would not believe. Its called quantitative easing. With us, we have a fed that does quantitative tightening, and they raise interest rates. So we have a normalized rate. One obama had no rates and no tightening. And we still have a much better economy than in his wildest dreams. And there is something ok about that, but if the fed acted too soon i turned out to be right. And they talk acted too soon and too violently. Have had nine increases. I believe youll check that. I believe it is nine increases. And a lotder under powell. Im not a fan. Ok what else . The u. S. Dollar. The dollars very strong. The country is very strong. It is a beautiful thing one way but it makes it harder to compete. Despite that we have a very powerful dollar. That is the good news. Despite that we are doing really well. The country is doing well. It has really become more than ever before the currency of choice. You have a euro that tried to cut in. The euro is now not doing so well. Europe is not doing so well. China is not doing very well. You look at other countries, we are the hottest economic country in the world. Theres nobody close. Even guatemala wants to do business with us. So we are happy. [indiscernible] did you not consider the bozo that was flooded on tuesday. Pres. Trump i could do that in two seconds i wanted to. I did not say im not going to do something. Having a strong dollar. Theres a reason it sound so good. Having the strong dollar is having a strong dollar. We have an amazing country. We have an amazing country. That is why our country has a strong currency. Other country has a currency down the tubes. As a currency that is weak. Chinas currency is very low. You look at other countries, look at the euro. The euro solo. Germany is paying almost no interest. We are paying 2. 1 . A lot of interest. That is because we have a strong currency. It is very complicated formula for some people. It is not, katie for me. Raised iteserve is not complicated for me. They raise to the rates too fast and they should not have done, quantitative tightening. If they did not do that we would be at 4. 5 instead of 2. 1. Everybody is so thrilled the 2. 1. We couldve had it much more except for the federal reserve. And we could have been five to 10,000 points higher in the dow. I do not a sound too upset by it. Because we just broke the alltime record in the history of our country of the dow. But we couldve been higher. Right . Couldve been a contender. Could have been a contender as Marlon Brando would say. The great Marlon Brando. [indiscernible] pres. Trump what you said it. They are short range missiles. And my relationship is very good what chairman kim. They are short range missiles. And many people have those missiles. Not at all people. [indiscernible] did not say well he a warning to the United States. I can tell you that. He did not see a warning to United States. But, they have their disputes the two of them. They have their disputes and they have had them for long time. But he did not say that. They are short range missiles. And very standard missiles. [indiscernible] question. P very good the best question youve ever asked. You know why your timing is good. As ive spoken to a bit about, how long if you been here, 16 minutes. I spoke to them 17 minutes ago. I hung up the phone as youre coming in. He is a good guy, a friend of mine. I think well have a Good Relationship. Greatris is going to be a prime minister. I predict he will be a great prime minister. He has what it takes. They needed him for a long time. The u. K. Needed him for a long time. And lets see what happens. He and i will spend a lot of we just spent a lot of when i was with the queen, and one of the great, most beautiful couple of days that i have ever experienced. She is a term meant his woman. Incredible woman. We get along very well a tremendous woman. Incredible woman. We get along very well. Boris and i just spoke. I congratulated him. He is all set to go. He is going to do i think a great job. Where working already on a trade agreement. I think it will be a very substantial trade agreement. With the u. K. We can do three were actually impeded by their relationship with the european union. We were very much impeded on trade. Three timesan do four times five times we dont do the kind of trade we could do with what some people say is great britain. And some people remember a word you not hear too much is the word england. Which the piece of it. What with the u. K. , we can do much, much more trade. And we expect to do that ok . [indiscernible] pres. Trump apple. To build theirle plants in the United States. I do not want them to build them in china. So when i heard theyre going to build and china paired. I said that is ok, you can build in china. But when you send your product into the United States, we are going to tariff you. A man i have a lot of respect for is tim cook. I think they are going to announce their way to build a plant in texas. And if they do that, i am starting to get very happy. Ok . Do expect to get similar agreements with hundreds and el salvador . Pres. Trump i do indeed. Will get them soon . Pres. Trump pretty soon. If we get cracking agreements. If we get quick agreements. Guatemala has been really a pleasure to deal with, and we are going to have a great relationship for many years to come. And i would like you pleased to extend my warmest regards the people of guatemala. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. [indiscernible] way. Trump by the bedminster is not a vacation. I do not go to manhattan. Because when i go to manhattan, a state trump tower. And i have to close up the whole city of manhattan. So i go to bedminster which is bit of a place, but it is never a vacation. It is working. An extended. Of time. Pres. Trump i hope not because i like working. I would rather be right here. You know,. Probably over a sharpie of time. Short. Times, you go a of time. A lot of times you go and they do work at the white house. The Obama Administration worked at a brandnew administration airconditioning conditioning system for the west wing. And it was so good. Now that they did the system it is freezing or hot in here. Extended pair of time working in bedminster . Pres. Trump a short. Of time, meaning less than a week. I do that just officially to put on the record i do that because when i go into trump tower, they close up 10 blocks around the building. And it is manhattan. New york city. I do not inconvenience people. I do not get any credit for that. But thats ok. Where as in bedminster, it works out very easily. It is much easier thing. Is a great place. But i would love to go to manhattan. I just do not like seeing the city close up. I have had to suffer living in manhattan, i bet to suffer greatly as president s would come in and come out. And the entire city would be shut down. So i guess i understand better than most. [indiscernible] pres. Trump we have the g7 coming up. We look forward to it. It will be in france. I do not know. This is the stop that we did not have planned, right here, in the oval office. With guatemala. Again, thank you very much e nricky. [indiscernible] pres. Trump maybe before. Good night. Thank you john. Announcer cspans washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. Coming up saturday morning, Washington Examiner immigration reporter discusses progress on the u. S. Border wall. Topics. R immigration then, look at Boris Johnsons agenda as the new british prime minister. And the potential impact on u. S. U. K. Relations. With Heather Connolly from the center for strategic and international studies. An Rolling StoneSenior WriterStephen Roderick talks about his peace, allamerican despair, looking at the suicide epidemic, particularly in the western United States. Be sure to watch cspans washington journal, live at 7 00 eastern, saturday morning. Join the discussion. 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