{ "error": "", "type": "text", "title": "Remarks by President Trump Before Air Force One Departure - China and India", "slug": "remarks-by-president-trump-before-air-force-one-departure-china-and-india", "text": "
\"Q You tweeted this morning about China and wanting U.S. companies to be able to \u2014<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah.<\/p>\n
Q \u2014 sell jet parts.<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah.<\/p>\n
Q Are you \u2014 are you not concerned about national security on that?<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: I\u2019m very concerned about national security. Number one, I\u2019m concerned about national security. Nobody has done a better job with national security than me. You take a look at what\u2019s going on: We\u2019ve done a great job on national security. A lot of countries are a lot different now than they were when I started.<\/p>\n
But I will say that we\u2019re not going to be sacrificing our companies, for all of the growth and everything else \u2014 they\u2019re ready, they\u2019re exploding; they\u2019re doing so well \u2014 by using a fake term of national security. It\u2019s got to be real national security. And I think people were getting carried away with it.<\/p>\n
So I want our companies to be treated \u2014 I want our companies to be allowed to do business. I mean, things are put on my desk that have nothing to do with national security, including with chipmakers and various others. So we\u2019re going to give it up. And what will happen: They\u2019ll make those chips in a different country or they\u2019ll make them in China or someplace else.<\/p>\n
So, national security is very important. I\u2019ve been very tough on Huawei, but that doesn\u2019t mean we have to be tough on everybody that does something. We want to be able to sell all of this incredible technology. We\u2019re number one in the world. We want to be able to sell to other countries. [...]<\/p>
Q Mr. President, are you still satisfied with how President Xi is handling the coronavirus?<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: I think President Xi is working very hard. As you know, I spoke with him recently. He\u2019s working really hard. It\u2019s a tough problem. I think he\u2019s going to do \u2014 look, I\u2019ve seen them build hospitals in a short period of time. I really believe he wants to get that done, and he wants to get it done fast. Yes, I think he\u2019s doing it very professionally.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re also working with him and helping him, as of the last few days, as you know.<\/p>\n
Q Some people don\u2019t seem to trust the data coming out of China. Are you worried about that?<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: Look, I know this: President Xi loves the people of China, he loves his country, and he\u2019s doing a very good job with a very, very tough situation. [...]<\/p>
Q Do you think you\u2019ll get a trade deal with India before your visit?<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we can have a trade deal with India, but I\u2019m really saving the big deal for later on. We\u2019re doing a very big trade deal with India. We\u2019ll have it. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019ll be done before the election, but we\u2019ll have a very big deal with India.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re not treated very well by India, but I happen to like Prime Minister Modi a lot. And he told me we\u2019ll have 7 million people between the airport and the event. And the stadium, I understand, is sort of semi under construction, but it\u2019s going to be the largest stadium in the world. So it\u2019s going to be very exciting. But he says between the stadium and the airport, we\u2019ll have about 7 million people. So it\u2019s going to be very exciting. I hope you all enjoy it.\"<\/p>", "quote": null, "citation": "