MSNBC "The Ed Show"- Transcript: Trans Pacific Partnership and Immigration

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SCHULTZ: Mr. Trump welcome to the Ed Show corporate boardroom. We`re
certainly excited to have you here. I know that you talk about applying
for this job in past and you haven`t done it. This time you have and I
think it is going to be a great addition to the field. So, here we go with
a few questions that we have. But first I do want to tell you that I
thought your daughter Ivanka was very impressive and gave a fabulous
introduction. You have got to be proud and I know that you are. We`ve had
a big discussion about jobs in this country. And your party the
Republicans have not done much, if anything, at all to create jobs in
working with this administration. So, you have also said that you think
the unemployment rate is much higher than what is being published as high
as 18-21 percent. So, how do I know that you are going to be able to
create jobs?

TRUMP: I will be the greatest jobs president that god ever created. I
tell you that. I`ll bring back you are jobs and China, from Mexico, from
Japan, from so many places. I`ll bring back our jobs. And I`ll bring back
our money.

SCHULTZ: Interesting. You are that confident. No other candidate is.
And no other candidate has spoken like that. Now let`s talk about trade.
This is something that has really cost our economy a tremendous amount of
jobs. We have lost 60,000 manufacturing jobs in this country over the last
20 years. Can you handle trade? What would you do?

TRUMP: I totally against the trade bill. For a number of reasons. Number
one, the people negotiating it don`t have a clue. Our president doesn`t
have a clue. He`s a bad negotiator. I`m a free trader. But the problem
with free trade is you need really talented people to negotiate for you.
If you don`t have talented people, if you don`t have great leadership, if
you don`t have people that know business, free trade is terrible. Free
trade can be wonderful if you have smart people. But we have people that
are stupid.

SCHUTLZ: China, you do a lot of business with China. In fact the Chinese
ought to love you. You just sold them a $15 million hotel. I can
understand how you might like somebody that has a deal like that. But it`s
been unfair trade. It`s been a serious imbalance. So, how would you deal
with the Chinese as opposed to past presidents?

TRUMP: I like China. I sell apartment -- I just sold an apartment for $15
million to somebody from China. Am I supposed to dislike them? I own a
big chunk of the bank of America building in 1290, avenue of the Americas.
That I got from China in a war. Very valuable. I love China. The biggest
bank in the world is from China. Do you know where their United States
headquarters is located? In this building. In Trump tower. I love China.
People say "Oh you don`t like China. No I love them. But their leaders
are much smarter than our leaders. It is like take the New England
Patriots and Tom Brady and have them play your high school football team.
That is the difference between China`s leaders and our leaders.

SCHULTZ: There is one thing Mr. Trump that crosses political lines as far
as Republican, Democrat, independent. Unlike your brothers in the field
who are seeking the same position that you are, you have a very different
view on social security. And I want to hear it. What would you do with
social security?

TRUMP: We got social security that is going to be destroyed if somebody
like me doesn`t bring money into the country. All these other people want
to cut the hell out of it. I`m not going to cut it at all. I`m going to
bring money in and we`re going save it.

SCHULTZ: Very interesting. You are going to have a hard time to get
Republicans to go along with you on that. Because I know they want to
privatize it but you don`t very solid. That`s going to grab. I think a
lot middle of road votes and Democrats as well. Now let`s talk about the
Middle East for a moment. You have -- this for years. What would you do
with Iraq?

TRUMP: I will tell you this. And I said it very strongly. Years ago. I
said and I love the military and I want to have the strongest military that
we`ve had and we needed more now than ever. But I said don`t hit Iraq
because you`re going to totally destabilize the Middle East. We spent 2
trillion dollars in Iraq. 2 trillion. We lost thousands of lives.
Thousands, in Iraq. We have wounded soldier, who I love. I love. They
are great. And we have nothing. We can`t even go there.

SCHULTZ: What do you think about your competition? Your competition`s out
there. You are one of the last guys to jump into this thing. And you
certainly sound a lot different. What do you think of your competition?

TRUMP: I can tell you some of the candidates, they went in. They didn`t
know the air conditioner didn`t work. They sweated like dogs. They didn`t
know the room was too big because they didn`t have anybody there. How are
they going to be beat ISIS? I don`t think it is going to happen.

SCHULTZ: Mr. Trump, there are a lot of Americans out there who are
concerned about who is financing our elections. The billionaires. You are
in that club. What are you going to do? How are you going to fund your
campaign? Are you looking for donations?

TRUMP: I don`t need anybody`s money. That`s nice. I don`t need anybody`s
money. I`m using my own money. I`m not using the lobbyist. I`m not using
donors. I don`t care. I`m really rich. I`ll show you that next time.
And by the way, I`m not even saying that in a brag -- that`s the kind of
mind set. That is the kind of thinking you need for this country.

SCHULTZ: Interesting. You can`t be bought. Now, what about Obamacare?
The rest of the field has said they are going to gut Obamacare. But you`re
the only one that has come out and said you are going to offer something
better for all Americans and the other thing I want to point to you Mr.
Trump is that your resume is clearly is head and shoulders above the rest
of the field. You have negotiated deals that are far beyond and
unparalleled to anything the other candidates have ever done. Your resume
is more than impressive. Your business experience is impressive. Your
aggressiveness is impressive. And so, we`ll see where it goes. As a
Republican as it stands right now, as a Republican I would say you`re
hired.

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SCHULTZ: Mr. Trump there is one other question that we need to ask you
about immigration and board security. How would deal Mexico and how do you
view that situation as it stands today?

TRUMP: When Mexico sends its people, they`re not sending their best.
They`re not sending you. They`re not sending you. They`re sending people
that have lots of problems, and they`re bringing those problems with us.
They`re bringing drugs. They`re bringing crime. They`re rapists. And
some, I assume, are good people.

It`s coming from more than Mexico. It`s coming from all over South and
Latin America, and it`s coming probably -- probably from the Middle East.
But we don`t know. Because we have no protection and we have no
competence, we don`t know what`s happening. And it`s got to stop and it`s
got to stop fast. I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls
better than me, believe me, and I`ll build them very inexpensively, I will
build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico
pay for that wall. Mark my words. I will immediately terminate President
Obama`s illegal executive order on immigration. Immediately.

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