[O'Reilly Factor] Bill O'Reilly's exclusive interview with President Trump

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O'REILLY: Caution, you are about to enter the No Spin Zone, THE
FACTOR begins right now.

Hi, I am Bill O'Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. As you may
know, my interview with President Trump making headlines all over
the world. And tonight, we will show you what you did not see in the
Super Bowl pregame show. Here is what happened. We interviewed the
President on Friday afternoon, at the White House. The interview ran
about 40 minutes. Ten of which were used by FOX Sports.

So, that leaves us with half an hour. To show you tonight and
tomorrow. The headlines out of the Super Bowl interview where Mr.
Trump comments on the Russian and Putin and the anti-ObamaCare
roll-up. It's interesting to watch our two competing cable news
stations, which hate, hate Mr. Trump to an unhealthy degree. Try to
analyze what the President told me. I thought Donald Trump was
straightforward and honest in that interview, whether you like his
answers or not.

But the Trump haters were trying desperately to find something with
which to hammer the President. Also apparently the Putin
administration in Moscow demanding that I, your humble
correspondent, apologized for saying old blood is a killer. So, I am
working on that apology, but it may take a little time. Might want
to check in with me around 2023. In a conference call with
reporters, Putin's press guy said this.


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DMITRI PESKOV, VLADIMIR PUTIN'S SPOKESMAN (through a translator): We
think words like that coming from the FOX correspondent are
unacceptable, offensive, and to be honest, we would prefer to get an
apology to the President coming from such a respected company.

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O'REILLY: One footnote, if you like to know more about the violent
history of Vladimir Putin, you might check out the book "I Ware" by
Bill Gertz, a Washington Times reporter.

Anyway, tonight, we have a number of subjects that we presented to
President Trump. Here they are.

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O'REILLY: Let's talk about Iran, your assessment, do you think we
are on a collision course we being the United States with that
country?

TRUMP: I think it was the worst deal I've ever seen negotiated. I
think it was deal that should have never been negotiated.

O'REILLY: The nuclear deal?

TRUMP: Absolutely. The deal that was made by the Obama
administration, I think it's a shame that we've had a deal like that
and that we had to sign a deal like that and there was no reason to
do it. And if you're going to do it have a good deal. Secretary
Kerry who was negotiating it never once left the table. We have the
worst of everything. We've already given them billions and billions,
probably hundred $50 billion. We gave them $1.7 billion in cash,
which is unheard of. And we put the money out. And we have really
nothing to show for it.

O'REILLY: Possibly you'll tear it up?

TRUMP: We will see what happens. And we'll going to see what
happens. I can say this, they had total disregard for our country.
They are the number one terrorist state, they're sending money all
over the place and weapons, and can't do that.

O'REILLY: Sanctions, that's how you're going to start with them?

TRUMP: Just started.

O'REILLY: But you're going to move in a carrier, right?

TRUMP: Well, we're just started with sanctions. I never talked about
military moves. I always criticize President Obama with having an
announcement that they're going into Mosul, they're going to some
place. And they give the name, the date, the time. I don't believe
in that. We will -- let's see what happens. But I don't like to talk
about what we do militarily.

O'REILLY: So, you're not real bullish on Iran at this point.

TRUMP: No, I'm not bullish. It's like they're emboldened. They
follow our planes, they circle our ships with their little boats,
and they scream things at us. It is what happened -- it's not good.
You would thought what the deal they made, which was a great deal
for them and a horrible deal for us, that they would have had a
warmth toward our country, and it's exactly the opposite. They lost
respect because they can't believe anybody could be so stupid as to
make a deal like that.

O'REILLY: Let's talk about Mexico. There was a report that you talk
to President Nieto, and you told him that this was the report. I
want to know if it's true or not. That if his arm he couldn't handle
the drug cartels, that U.S. army soldiers would. Did you say that?

TRUMP: We have to do something about the cartels, I did talk to him
about it. I want to help him with it. I think he is a very good man.
We have a very good relationship, as you probably know. We will
going to have a wall, we will going to have a border. We have to
stop drugs from coming into our country, and if he can handle it,
and maybe they can and maybe they can't or maybe he needs help, he
seemed very willing to get help from us because he has got a problem
and it's a real problem for us.

O'REILLY: So, President Nieto of Mexico was open to the possibility
of U.S. forces, all right? Helping him combat the drug cartels.

TRUMP: I would rather, as a very nice man that he is and somebody I
respect, I would rather have him respond to that. But I will tell
you, I certainly offered him help on knocking out the drug cartels
because we have got a problem. Don't forget those cartels are
operating in our country, and they are poisoning the youth of our
country. And by the way, countries all over the work, just so you
understand, this is a cartel all over the world, the cartels. But I
certainly would help him if he needed the help here

O'REILLY: At this point, do you consider Mexico a corrupt country?
Because this stuff has been going on for decades. His Mexico
corrupt.

TRUMP: Well, it's a country that has got difficulty. It's certainly
has done well with us. We have a trade deficit with Mexico of $60
billion a year. That doesn't include drugs, and it doesn't include
the border and all the things that are happening on the border. But
it is a country that I have great respect for the people. I love the
people. I really like this administration. I think he is a good man.
We get along very well. But they have problems controlling aspects
of their country. There is no question about it. And I would say
that drugs and the drug cartels number one.

O'REILLY: Have you figured out what kind of a tariff you're going to
levy on Mexico to pay for the wall?

TRUMP: Well, we might not have to do that. They want to negotiate a
deal. I want to negotiate a deal. We will see what happens. But we
can always do a tariff or a tax if necessary, and we will do that if
necessary. But if we can make a deal, we assignment of NAFTA, but I
am going to put another F in the name NAFTA because right now it's
free trade, and I'm going to have it fair trade also because it's
not fair.

O'REILLY: All right. So --

TRUMP: We are losing, Bill. We are losing $60 billion a year in
trade deficits with Mexico. We can't do that.

O'REILLY: You talked to Putin last week. You had a busy week last
week.

TRUMP: I had a busy week. Yes. Busy week and a half.

O'REILLY: But within 24 hours of you on the phone with the Russian
leader, the pro-Russian forces step up the violence in Ukraine.

TRUMP: Yes.

O'REILLY: Did you take that as an insult?

TRUMP: No I didn't because we don't really know exactly what that
is. They're pro-forces. We don't know if they're uncontrollable? Are
they uncontrollable? That happens also. We're going to find out. I
will be surprised, but we will see.

O'REILLY: Do you respect Putin?

TRUMP: I do respect him.

O'REILLY: Do you? Why?

TRUMP: Well, I respect a lot of people. But that doesn't mean I am
going to get along with him. He's a leader of his country. I say
it's better to get along with Russia than not. Will I get along with
them? I have no idea.

O'REILLY: He is a killer though. Put is a killer.

TRUMP: There are a lot of killers. Do you think our country is so
innocent? Do you think our country is so innocent?

O'REILLY: I don't know of any government leaders that are killers in
America.

TRUMP: Take a look at what we have done too. We've made a lot of
mistakes. I've been against the war in Iraq from the beginning.

O'REILLY: Yes. Mistakes are different then --

TRUMP: A lot of mistakes, okay? But a lot of people were killed. So,
a lot of killers around, believe me.

O'REILLY: All right. You mentioned ISIS. Can we expect, we the
American people, more U.S. military action against ISIS?

TRUMP: You know, I hate to be evasive but --

O'REILLY: You know, tell me specifically.

TRUMP: I don't like talking openly about it. I don't like talking
openly about it. I can say this, ISIS is bad. They are evil. They
cut off heads of Christians and Muslims and anybody else that gets
in their way. They drown people in steel cages. This is like not
since the medieval times has anything happened like this. And the
previous administration allowed it to happen because we shouldn't
have been in Iraq, but we shouldn't have gotten out the way we got
out. It created a vacuum, ISIS was formed. I was to take the oil. If
they would've taken the oil, there would be no ISIS because they
used that to --

O'REILLY: If you took the oil, the Iraqi oil, you would have to put
in U.S. troops to do that, and then that would have started another
round of it.

TRUMP: And you would have made a lot of money with the oil and you
would have had assets and to the -- and all of that. But forget
that.

O'REILLY: Okay. Let's turn to domestic policy. When can Americans
expect the tax cuts? This year?

TRUMP: Yes. We are working very much right now on the health care
package. Which I think would be -- it is moving along very well. We
are trying to get our person Dr. Tom price approved, as you know,
the Democrats are being purely political reasons.

O'REILLY: Yes.

TRUMP: That is terrible.

O'REILLY: But let me get you on the record here. 2017, can Americans
expect a tax cut?

TRUMP: I think so, yes. And I think before the end of the year, I
would like to say yes.

O'REILLY: Okay. Can Americans in 2017 expect a new health care plan
ruled out by the Trump administration? This year.

TRUMP: Well, in the process, and maybe it will take until sometime
into next year, but we are certainly going to be in the process.
Very complicated. ObamaCare is a disaster. You have to remember,
ObamaCare doesn't work. You look at Arizona, 160 percent increase.
You look at Minnesota, all of these places it's going through the
roof.

O'REILLY: It's done.

TRUMP: It doesn't work.

O'REILLY: But when are you going to have something ready?

TRUMP: We're going to be putting it in very soon. I think that yes,
I would like to say by the end of the year. At least the rudiments,
but we should have something within a year into the following year.
And by the way, we will have something that is good. Less expensive
and really great health care.

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O'REILLY: Next on the rundown, part two of the Trump interview, we
focus on immigration, Kate's Law, and Mr. Trump's relationship with
President Obama. Coming right back.

O'REILLY: Continuing now with our lead story, an interview with
President Trump at the White House last Friday. As stated the talk
is making headlines all over the world. Here is part two.

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O'REILLY: Now, this is a fascinating story. I just spent the week in
California, as you know. They are now voting on whether they should
become a sanctuary state. So, the state of California, led by
Governor Jerry Brown is defying you, absolutely defying the
President of the United States. So, California and the USA are on a
collision course. How do you see it?

TRUMP: Well, I think it is a ridiculous sanctuary cities as you
know. I am very much opposed to sanctuary cities. They break crime,
there are lots of problems. You do it very well with Kate and all of
the other people you talk about on the show that I watch. I will
tell you that sanctuary cities are -- they got a lot of problems,
and if there is tremendous crime. A lot of people agree with me.
This was a campaign issue. This isn't just brought up now.
California in many ways is out of control, as you know. And from an
economic standpoint, people are leaving California and going to
Texas and other places that run in a different manner, but we will
see what happens. We will certainly not stand for sanctuary even
cities, let alone states.


O'REILLY: You mentioned Kate's Law. Why do you think the Democratic
Party opposes Kate's Law? It seems so logical.

TRUMP: Yes. It's so logical. There are many things that are very
logical, the tax cuts are logical but the Democrats who want to
raise taxes --

O'REILLY: But you didn't answer my question. Why do the Democrats
oppose, oppose, protecting Americans from violent foreign criminals?
Why?

TRUMP: Because they think that is their voter.

O'REILLY: You know what is fascinating, to watch you at the
inauguration with Barack Obama. You guys seem to get along. All
right? Would that be accurate?

TRUMP: It's a very strange phenomenon. We get along. I don't know if
he will admit this, but he likes me.

O'REILLY: How do you know he likes you?

TRUMP: I like him because I can feel it. You know, that is what I do
in life, it's called like, I understand. Now, we had a rough
campaign. He was fighting better for Hillary than she did. He was
vicious during the campaign toward me, and I was vicious toward him.
We said horrible things about each other. And then we hopped into
the car and we drive down Pennsylvania Avenue together. We don't
even talk about it. Politics is amazing.

O'REILLY: What did you talk about?

TRUMP: We talked about the country. We talked about the future of
the country. I asked him about what you think our biggest problem
is, and he told me that I can't tell you, but it's a problem. It's a
military problem.

O'REILLY: China?

TRUMP: No, it's not China.

O'REILLY: No?

TRUMP: No, it is, he did mention -- because I did ask him, I said,
what would you say one, two, three problems are? And the number one
problem that he felt I was a little bit surprised but I fully
understand --

O'REILLY: But you can't tell us?

TRUMP: I can't do that. I can't do that. Not for any other reason
other than I don't think he would mind if I said it. I don't want to
let that particular place know that that's the way he or I feel. But
we had a great -- it was a great inauguration. I loved every minute
of it, and I got along with him. In fact, people were sort of
surprised. I finished, I turned around, he was smiling, I was
smiling.

O'REILLY: It was fascinating. But here's what was more fascinating.
Right after you guys embraced, shook hands, all of that, you gave a
speech. But your speech excoriated him. You basically took his
administration apart, and he is sitting five feet away from you. In
your mind, did you say, how is he reacting to this speech?

TRUMP: See, I am an honest person, the country has a very, very
deep- seated problems. We have to do something about it. And if you
noticed, when I finish my speech, I turned around, shook his hand --

O'REILLY: Yes. Absolutely.

TRUMP: And he was very gracious. And smiling.

O'REILLY: I don't know if he was happy with that.

TRUMP: I don't know, but he seemed to be. But this isn't just a
knock on him. We have been going down the wrong path for many years
beyond him.

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O'REILLY: Now, tomorrow, I asked the President some personal
questions about his White House experience so far. I think you will
find it interesting.

Hi, I am Bill O'Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. We are
alive, waiting for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to decide
whether or not President Trump's executive order constraining some
refugees abroad will be allowed to go forward. Deliberations are
going on right now. The moment anything happens, you will know it.

Also, the Talking Points memo on President Trump breaking big news
in his interview with me will be in our second block this evening.
But first, the final part of our interview with Mr. Trump. This time
around, we focus on the personal.

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O'REILLY: What is the most surprising thing for you about this job
you have? You come from the private sector, no political office,
now, you are the President of United States. What surprised you?


PRES. DONALD TRUMP (R), UNITED STATES: I think the size, the
magnitude of everything. So, I was a very big real estate person. I
build a building for 500 million or $900 million. And here, you look
at an airplane contract where you can save $600 million on 90 plans.
I saved more than $600 million. I got involved in negotiation on a
fighter jet, the F-35. And by the way, Lockheed Martin, a great
company. But they weren't bringing their price up. I got involved, I
saved more than $600 million as their (INAUDIBLE). But the magnitude
of -- you can do that at every level of government. My new thing is
going to be Pharma because we pay too much with the largest drug
purchaser in the world. And they don't negotiate.

O'REILLY: How many hours a day you're working?

TRUMP: I'm working long hours. Long hours. Right up until 12:00,
1:00 in the morning.

O'REILLY: What time do you get up?

TRUMP: Five o'clock.

O'REILLY: All right. And you are working after you have breakfast?

TRUMP: I read the papers, I see what is going on, I take a look. I
see the lies, you know, the lies -- that is another thing. I always
got good press. You know, I was a business guy, I got good press.

O'REILLY: (LAUGHS) I know.

TRUMP: I have never -- I collect, you know, fake news. Some of the
networks and some of the papers -- the level of dishonesty, when
they take a story that should be good, I know good from bad.

O'REILLY: Sure.

TRUMP: They take something that should be a good story, in fact,
sometimes, I say, oh, this is going to be nice to read and say,
whoa. And they will purposely totally change it. It is fake news.

O'REILLY: Why are they doing that?

TRUMP: Well, because I am on the other side of the equation. They
did it to Reagan but not as much.

O'REILLY: Why? I don't understand.

TRUMP: I just think that it is just the other side of the coin. You
know, they called themselves progressive, which is a beautiful word.
But it's not true.

O'REILLY: Do you think they don't like you?

TRUMP: When you look at what happens -- I don't know. I think they
don't like my -- I don't think they like anybody on our side.

O'REILLY: I know you for a long time and I know that, you know, when
people attack you personally, that bothers you. So, they are saying
that you are anti-Muslim. They are saying you are anti-Black. They
are saying you are anti-poor. Do you respond, because you do come
back?

TRUMP: I always respond.

O'REILLY: I mean, but does it hurt your feelings that they are
making you into a hater?

TRUMP: No because they always do it. The first thing they do with
the Republicans or conservatives is the racist card. They pull out
the racist card. They always do. Not just me. I mean, they do it
with everybody. And I see that and once you know that, you feel a
lot better about it.

O'REILLY: Is there any validity to the criticism of you that you say
things you can't back up factually? And as the President -- you can
do that as a candidate or businessman. But if you say for example
that there are three million illegal aliens who voted and then, you
don't have the data to back it up, some people is going to say, that
is irresponsible for a president to say that. Is there any validity?

TRUMP: Well, many people have come out and said I am right. You know
that.

O'REILLY: I know but you have to have the data to back that up.

TRUMP: And doesn't have to do with a vote, although, that is the end
result, it has to do with the registration. And when you look at the
registration, and you see dead people that have voted, that are on
many, many dead people are on that have voted, when you see people
that are registered in two states that voted in two states, when you
see other things, when you see illegals, people that are not
citizens, and they are on the registration rolls. See? What they do
is they load up the registration rolls. There is a lot of bad things
happening. Look, Bill, we can be babies but you take a look at the
registration, you have illegals, you have dead people, you have
this, it is really a bad situation. It is really bad.

O'REILLY: So, you think you're going to be proven correct in that
statement?

TRUMP: Well, I think I already have. A lot of people have come out
and said that I am right.

O'REILLY: Yes. But the data has to show that three million illegals
voted.

TRUMP: Look, we have a lot of different -- you go to the voting
booths and you see what was going on. But to get that -- forget all
of that. Just take a look at the registration as we're going to do
it. I'm going to set up a commission to be headed by Vice President
Mike Pence and we are going to look at it very, very carefully.

O'REILLY: Well, that is good.

TRUMP: Yes.

O'REILLY: Let's get to the bottom of it. Do you ever think you were
going to convince the media, the American media, to give -- and I
know that you don't feel you are getting a fair shot, okay?

TRUMP: So, you don't, either. Because I watch and you say --

O'REILLY: In many cases --

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O'REILLY: You say you're not getting a fair shot because you said,
ideology drives the news coverage and it shouldn't. News coverage
should be news coverage, not ideological. What I do, I am an
analyst, I can do whatever I want. And I have criticized you and you
know what and you come right back at me and that is good. That is a
good thing. But there are entities in this country that despise you
and your administration. Can you, do you think you can ever convince
them to take it down a bit?

TRUMP: Yes, I do. I think so. I think success will do that. I think
jobs will do that. I think companies coming back into our country
will do that. Yes, I think I can. Not all the way, I'll never get
all the way back. Hey, look, I was named, I used to be man of the
year, now it's president of the year by "Time" magazine. But even on
the cover, when they named it, they talked about the divided nation.
I don't think it is fair. Maybe other people do think it is fair.
But I think I can bring it back. Yes. I think success, jobs, lots of
other things can bring it back.

O'REILLY: All right. Last question. You get four hours of sleep or
some crazy thing like that. When your head hits the pillow, do you
ever say to yourself, I can't believe I am here? I cannot believe
that I'm the President of the United States, when I wasn't a
politician, I didn't start out this way, that wasn't my life goal?
Does that ever come into your mind?

TRUMP: Well, I must tell you, the other day, I walked into the main
entrance of the White House. And I said to myself, "this is sort of
amazing." Then, I walked into the Oval Office, and I have had to the
head of Ford and General Motors and all of these people now as they
come to see me, because I want to hear from them, and they walk into
the Oval Office, and they have beautiful offices, and you know, they
feel the same way. Or you walk into Air Force One. It is like a
surreal experience in a certain way. But you have to get over it
because there is so much work to be done, whether it is jobs or
other nations that truly hate us, truly, truly hate us, and are
looking to do damage. You have to get over it.

O'REILLY: Mr. President, thanks very much for taking the time.


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