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Over the last 48 hours. we ve had many calls, not just one. these are high-level calls. they want to make a deal. and by the way, i think a deal is going to be made. but they want to make a deal. reporter: so the chinese are saying that there weren t any the chinese are not saying that. excuse me. let me explain something. the vice chairman of china you don t get higher than that other continue president xi. it s like the vice president. the vice chairman made the statement that he wants to make a deal, that he wants to see a calm atmosphere. he wants it all to happen. that says it there. you know, you folks were reporting before, well, we can t find any phone call. he released a statement. i didn t release it. he released a statement. reporter: but there were phone calls, sir? numerous calls. and not only with steve. there were calls with other people, too. ....
reporter: but just a few hours ago people feel very much like me. many people. reporter: but the russian foreign minister is saying that it s not their foreign policy pursuit to return to goods8. what s your reaction to that? we ll see. i know one thing. if they were invited back, i think they would be there. if they weren t, that s okay, too. i just think they would be better inside than outside. as i said before, i really do. i think they would be an asset. i think it would be a good thing. yesterday in particular we were discussing four or five matters and russia was literally involved in all of those four or five matters. and a few of the people looked up and said why aren t they here talking to us about it? what are we going to do now, go home, take it easy for a day although i m not doing that. but we re going to go home and start calling them at the end of the week? they could have been in the room. we had numerous things that we were sduftindiscussing. ....
And they were unng to do that. and we ll never have a deal if that happens. but it s going to happen, because they have to have a deal. and as far as phone calls are concerned, secretary of the treasury and other people have been receiving many calls. not receiving, back and forth, many calls. china wants to make a deal and if we can, we will make a deal. we ll see. go ahead. reporter: mr. president, if i could ask you a little bit about your china strategy. president macron talked a little bit about instability and the worry in the markets and around the globe about instability. one of the things that that comes from, as you you re talking about global economic instability? i don t consider it instability. reporter: where it comes from is the back and forth and changing statements from yourself. sorry, it s the way i negotiate. reporter: so my question is, is that a strategy? is it a strategy to call president xi an enemy one day and say that relationships are good the nex ....
They took tours and went to different places. i won t mention places, but you ll have a list because they re going to give a presentation. they went to places all over the country and they came back and said this is where we would like it to be. we had military people doing it and secret service people. it s not about me. it s about getting the right location. i think it s very important. jonathan. reporter: you re not trying to boost your own brand? no, not at all. go ahead, jonathan. reporter: thank you, mr. president. president macron said he would like to see talks between you and president rouhani within weeks. does that sound realistic to you. it does. i don t know the gentleman. i think that i know him a little bit just by watching him over the last number of years, what s happened. i ll tell you one thing, he s a great negotiator. but i think he s going to want to meet. i think iran wants to get this situation straightened out. is that based on fact or based on gut? tha ....
African-american, asian, for hispanic are the best they ve ever been. historic numbers. we re in a very strong position. our consumers are strong, walmart just announced numbers that were mind-boggling numbers. it s a great poll right there. that s the ultimate poll, how the retailer is doing and how certain companies are doing. so we re doing very well and i think that i think we re going to make a deal with china and i think probably eventually we re going to make a deal with iran, too. reporter: why are you optimistic they ll change their behavior? it s not a question of behavior. i think they ll make a deal and i think they should make a deal and i think if they don t make a deal it s going to be bad for china. and i very much appreciate the fact that they came out very late last night and they said they want to make a deal. they want it to be under calm circumstances. i thought it was a beautiful statement. i thought it indicated a lot. go ahead. here we go. reporter: i ac ....