If we don't take our country back we're Not going to have a country it's Literally we're not going to have its Total chaos it's a mess every single Thing you see in the news Ukraine Russia should have never Happened inflation should have never Happened every single thing the the way We pulled out of Afghanistan where we Gave him 85 billion dollars a billion 85 Billion dollars worth of equipment the Best you know this they're the second Largest arms dealer in the world right Now we gave it to a brand new trucks Brand new planes brand new A guns rifle 700 000 rifles and guns think of that seven Hundred thousand they only need 40 000. Probably not even that so they're Selling the rest making a fortune we Left it there and I was the one that was Getting out I got them down you know it Was enough 21 years it was enough And we didn't have anybody killed in the Last 18 months I spoke to Abdul the Leader we had nobody killed we had Everybody understood and we were going To get out with dignity and strength Instead I think it was the most Embarrassing I think it was the most embarrassing Period the way we withdrew not the fact That we were through the way we were Through from Afghanistan and I think
Putin actually saw that and he probably Got a little more ambition frankly Let me ask you a question about that you Have really fascinating letters in here From Putin From G From UN in North Korea and I can go on And when I notice there's a Common Thread You had a personal relationship with Every one of these leaders whether They're genocidal Maniacs whether They're elected like Abe of Japan who Was a close friend of yours and was Assassinated I want to get into some of This Why would you say your foreign policy is Because I think people keep projecting Onto your foreign policy what it is that They think they want people to think Your foreign policy is What would you say it is so I think more Than anything else and it was a very Personal relationship and you know sort Of a weird situation the tougher they Were the better I got along with them And that's probably a good thing because It was the tough ones that had the the Big powerful countries the ones that can Do destruction and when you look at What's going on now with the word Nuclear it's being thrown about every Day every hour you hear nuclear nuclear You didn't hear that at all for four
Years when I was there you don't discuss That word that word is a bad word A bad word mark because the power is so Unbelievable this isn't a world where This is the end of the world I don't Call it world war three I call it the End of the world and we have people that Have no idea what they're talking about Or what they're doing I look at now What's happening with Russia and the United States they just grabbed a Reporter which is unheard of they just They're holding now a reporter I guess That hasn't happened in many decades uh What's going on we are at in my opinion Because of the power of Weaponry mostly Nuclear but other things also we are in The most dangerous position we've ever Been in as a nation right now and we Have a leader that just doesn't know What's going on we have he just doesn't Know what's going on And we want to be nice about it Everybody wants to be nice about it but The world is at balance and this country What might not exist I mean we may not Exist anymore Because we're talking about power of Weapons that is so unbelievable I know Better than anybody because I got to see It and we have people that don't Understand that and they they talk tough When they should be nice and they talk Nice when they should be tough I mean
It's the opposite everything you see They say is just wrong And it's a very scary time for this Country and it's scary primarily because Of the leadership I had I get great Relationships with all of them uh President XI was very close to me he was Right here he was right in this room we Spent a whole weekend together at Mar-A-Lago and we had tremendous talks I Made an incredible trade deal that covet Came along I don't even talk about it it Was one of the greatest trade deals ever Made gave off farmers and manufacturers 50 billion dollars I got 28 billion Dollars cash for our Farmers where they Literally wrote out checks to my China Did nobody wants to talk about it I got 28 billion dollars for our farmer that's Why the farmers like me that's why I'm Not losing Nebraska and I'm not losing Iowa because they got I mean nobody ever Even thought it was possible 28 billion I got because they were taken advantage Of and hurt by China and I got it back In the form of taxes tariffs and other Things and with hundreds of billions Left over and no other president got 10 Cents and yet I got along with Prince Residency incredibly well but I was Stopping the Rampage it was the rape of America that's what it was it was the Rape of America what China was doing to Us and we had people leading that had no
Clue they had no clue I'm telling you Not 10 cents did we get from China I got Hundreds of billions of dollars and I Gave 28 billion of it to the farmers Because they were really taken advantage Of and hurt by China and many other Things I mean just usmca that's Mexico Canada got rid of NAFTA one of the worst Probably the worst trade deal Ever made it was so one-sided now Canada And Mexico want to renegotiate the deal Because it's a great deal we shouldn't Do it by the way because you know for Many years they they took advantage of Us and now we have a very good deal I Called a fair deal but they want to Renegotiate it meaning they're not happy And nobody thought that was possible but I would say it was peace through Strength I would say that they viewed us As a strong country I think they Probably didn't really figure me out Because you know they were concerned About things zero chance that would have Gone into Ukraine I used to talk about It but he knew not to go in and he Wouldn't have gone in they don't respect Our country anymore they don't respect Our leadership anymore