Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2019 REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON OF THE UNITED KINGSDOM BEFORE WORKING BREAKFAST Hotel du Palais Biarritz, France   8:16 A.M. CEST      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Hello, folks.  How are you?  (Inaudible.)      PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON:  (Inaudible).      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Thank you, folks.  Do you know who this is?  Does everybody know?  He's going to be a fantastic Prime Minister.  And we’re having very, very good meetings.  So far, so good.      PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON:  We're having terrific meetings.  And we're going to do a fantastic deal once we clear up some of the obstacles in our path.      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  And that’s a fantastic thing for us.  We're talking about many different deals, but we're having a good time.  As far as UK and the United States, we're working on a very big trade deal and I think it's going to work out very well.      So thank you very much.  See you later.  Thank you.                                    END            8:17 A.M. CEST

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN WORKING BREAKFAST Hotel du Palais Biarritz, France

Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2019

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN WORKING BREAKFAST Hotel du Palais Biarritz, France   8:21 A.M. CEST      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Thank you very much, everybody.  We're having a very good meeting -- a very good series of meetings.  Last night, we had dinner.  It worked out.  I think it was fantastic.      PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON:  It was fantastic.  We covered -- well, we covered three subjects, actually.  We were going to cover 10 subjects, but in the end, we did three.      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Three that we'll talk about.      PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON:  We do three in detail.      Q    Mr. President, do you have any advice for Boris Johnson on Brexit?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  He needs no advice.  He's the right man for the job.  I've been saying that for a long time.  It didn’t make your predecessor very happy.  But I've been saying it for a long time: He's the right man for the job.      PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON:  You're on message there.  (Laughter.)  I'm grateful -- I'm very grateful for that.  And we're looking forward to having some pretty comprehensive talks about how to take forward the relationship in all sorts of ways, particularly on trade.  And we're very excited about that.      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  We're having very good trade talks between the UK and ourselves.  We're going to do a very big trade deal -- bigger than we've ever had with the UK.      And now, they won't have it.  At some point, they won't have the obstacle of -- they won't have the anchor around their ankle, because that's what they had.  So, we're going to have some very good trade talks and big numbers.      PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON:  Talking of the anchor -- talking of the anchor, Donald, what we want is for our ships to be able to take freight, say, from New York to Boston, which at the moment they can't do.  So, we want cabotage.  How about that?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Many things -- many things we’re talking about.      PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON:  That would be a good thing.      Q    How fast do you think you'll be able to make a trade deal?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Pretty quickly.  We don't anticipate any problems.  Before, we were sort of stymied.  Well, I was stymied by the other side because nothing went -- nothing got done on the other side, as you've seen from Brexit. This is a different person, and this is a person that's going to be a great prime minister, in my opinion.  Boris, it's only my opinion.      PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON:  No, look, I'm not going to -- I'm not going to dissent.  I'm not going to discourage you from that, Donald.      But obviously, I have memories of American trade negotiations in the past, and I have a formidable respect for U.S. trade negotiations.  And I know that there will be some tough talks ahead, because, at the moment, you know, we still don't -- I don’t think we sell a single joint of British lamb to the United States.  We don't sell any beef.  We don't sell any pork pies.  And there are clearly huge opportunities for the UK to penetrate the American market in the way that we currently don't.  And we're very interested to talk about that with you.      Q    Mr. President, do you think that you will invite Putin to next year's G7, sir?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  That, I don't know.  We did discuss it.  We had a very good discussion on Russia and President Putin, and a lively discussion, but, really, a good one.  And it's certainly --      PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON:  It was lively.      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  It's certainly possible.  It's certainly possible.  We'll see.      Q    Mr. President, are your allies pressuring you to give up the trade war with China?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  No.  Not at all.  I haven’t heard that at all, no.  I think they respect the trade war.  It has to happen.  China has been -- I can only speak for the United States.  I can't say what they've been doing to the UK and to other places.  But from the standpoint of the United States, what they've done is outrageous that Presidents and administrations allowed them to get away with taking hundreds of billions of dollars out every year, putting it into China.  So, the answer is, nobody has told me that, and nobody would tell me that.      Q    Mr. President, any second thoughts on escalating the trade war with China?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Yeah, sure.  Why not?      Q    Second thoughts?  Yes?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Might as well.  Might as well.      Q    You have second thoughts about escalating the war with China?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I have second thoughts about everything.      Q    Are you going to declare a national emergency on China?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, I have the right to, if I want.  I could declare a national emergency.  I think when they steal and take out, and -- intellectual property theft, anywhere from $300 billion to $500 billion a year, and where we have a total loss of almost a trillion dollars a year -- for many years, this has been going on -- in many ways, that's an emergency.      I have no plan right now.  Actually, we're getting along very well with China right now.  We're talking.  I think they want to make a deal much more than I do.  We're getting a lot of money in tariffs.  It's coming in by the billions.  We never got 10 cents from China.  So we'll see what happens.  But we are talking to China very seriously.      Q    Are you concerned about how the market is reacting to the tariffs?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  No.  The market is doing great.  Our country is doing great.  Everybody was telling me, yesterday, people are trying to copy the formula.  We've cut taxes way down.  We got rid of regulations -- large numbers -- more than any President has gotten rid of.  And we're doing very well.  Our country is doing fantastically well.      I mean, you people want a recession because you think maybe that's the way to get Trump out.  Maybe that's the way we get him out.      But I don’t even think that would even work, because, look, if there's anything, it's -- you know, we've got to go into trade negotiations to get it right.  But, ultimately, it'll be many times what it was before.  Our country is doing really well.  We have horrible trade deals, and I'm straightening them out.  The biggest one, by far, is China.      PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON:  Yeah.  Look, I just want to say I congratulate the President on everything that the American economy is achieving.  It's fantastic to see that.      But just to register the faint, sheep-like note of our view on the trade war, we're in favor of trade peace on the whole, and dialing it down if we can.      Q    Are you in favor of trade peace with China?      PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON:  Well, we think that, on the whole, we're -- the UK has profited massively in the last 200 years from free trade, and that's what we want to see.  And so we're keen to see -- we don't like tariffs on the whole.      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  How about the last three years?  (Laughs.)  Don't talk about the last three.  Two-hundred, I agree with you.      Q    Prime Minister, have you made clear that, in any trade talks with the U.S., the NHS will be off the table and (inaudible)?      PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON:  Not only -- not only have I made clear that, but Donald, the President, has made that very, very clear as well.  And so there's complete unanimity on that point.      Q    Mr. President, do you have plans today to announce a trade deal with Japan?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  We're very close to a major deal with Japan.  As you know, Prime Minister Abe and I are very good friends and -- really good friends.  We've been working on it for five months.  Bob Lighthizer is here someplace.  Bob?  Do you want to say something about the deal with Japan?      AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  I'm going to say that, presumably, something will be announced after you meet with the Prime Minister of Japan.  That's all I'm going to say.      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  We're working on a very big deal with Japan, and we're very close to getting it.  And, frankly, I think what's happening in China helps with respect to Japan.  But it's a very big deal.  It'll be one of the biggest deals we've ever made with Japan.      Okay?  Thank you all very much.                              END                8:28 A.M. 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REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRIME MINISTER ABE OF JAPAN BEFORE BILATERAL MEETING Centre de Congrès Bellevue Biarritz, France

Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2019 REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRIME MINISTER ABE OF JAPAN BEFORE BILATERAL MEETING Centre de Congrès Bellevue Biarritz, France   11:32 A.M. CEST      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Thank you very much.  It's a great honor to be here.  We're having some very good discussions, maybe even great discussions.  And I will say that our relationship with Prime Minister Abe and Japan has been, I think, the best it's ever been.  I don't know, I'll let you speak to that.  But I think it's the best it's ever been.      Go ahead.      We're discussing trade.  We're doing a lot of trade together; a lot of military trade, actually, which is a big component.  We're also talking, obviously, about North Korea.  And those discussions are going very well.  And we're discussing lots of other things.  And the relationship between us, but also the relationship with us and the other countries, has really been -- of the G7 -- has really been outstanding.      From the moment we got here, we've been treated beautifully.  I think I speak for Shinzo and myself.  We've been treated beautifully.  And I want to congratulate -- and I have to say "thus far," because we're probably halfway through.  But thus far, this has been really a great G7, and I want to congratulate France and your President because they have really done a great job.      Thank you.      PRIME MINISTER ABE:  (As interpreted.)  I would like to congratulate you on the birth of your 10th grandchild.      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Thank you.      PRIME MINISTER ABE:  (As interpreted.)  And speaking of our intensive diplomatic engagement, as shown by my own visit to Washington, D.C. back in April, followed by you and Madam First Lady's state visit to Japan in the month of May as a very first state guest under the new era called Reiwa, and also followed by our meeting on the margins of G20 Osaka Summit.      So, as shown by these meetings, we have been conducting very frequent exchange of opinions, as well as visits.  And looking back at the history of Japan-U.S. relations, we've never seen this frequent level of visits between the two leaders as we have seen at this moment.      So I think it is fair to say that, we as the leaders of Japan and the United States, now enjoy a robust relationship of trust more so than ever, and same can be said vis-à-vis the status of the Japan-U.S. relations in general.      And thanks to your tremendous support for me as a chair of the G20 Osaka Summit, we could send out a really powerful message toward addressing various global challenges.  And just as importantly, I am ready to work very closely with you, Donald, so as to bring this year's G7 Summit to a successful conclusion.      So, on this occasion, I certainly look forward to discuss with you specific ways to deepen our alliance between the two countries and also the regional situations, including North Korea as well as Iran.  And, of course, we look forward to discussing bilateral trade as well as the economic relationship.  And I certainly hope to have a very productive discussion with you.      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, thank you.  And I want to also congratulate the great Matsuyama.  You know who Matsuyama is?  He's a great golfer that we played with and we had a lot of fun.      And Shinzo is a very good golfer, and we have a lot of fun playing golf together.  And we played with Ernie Els here, and Shinzo reciprocated with a great player, Matsuyama.  And last week, in a big tournament -- which is a one of the very biggest tournaments -- he came in third, and he shot a 62 or 63 in the final round, which is not bad.  Right?  Which is not bad.  So, he's a great young man and he's a great golfer.  And please congratulate him for me.  Thank you.      Okay.      Q    Mr. President, do you have a trade deal with Japan?  Have you agreed on a trade deal?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  We're working on one, and we're fairly close.  And I don't know as to, Bob Lighthizer, what's happening.  Can you give us a status report?      AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER:  Well, we're very close and we've been working intensively.  And hopefully, as a result of this meeting, we'll be able to come to an agreement on core principles.      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  A very big deal.  It's a major deal with Japan.  If it gets done, we'll possibly know by the end of this meeting.      Q    Mr. President, did you sign off on a statement to Iran -- a message to Iran that President Macron says he's going to deliver on behalf of all the G7 countries?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  No, I haven’t discussed that.  No.      Q    It's --      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  No, I haven’t.      Q    Do you support President Macron's outreach to Iranian authorities?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Sure.  And I also support Prime Minister Abe's outreach because he's also speaking to Iran, and they have a very good relationship, from what I understand.  But Iran is no longer the same country it was -- as it was two and a half years ago.  But we'll do our own outreach.  But, you know, I can't stop people from talking.  If they want to talk, they can talk.      Q    What are some of the issues you all talked about at dinner last night?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Why don’t you tell me what we spoke about last night?  (Laughter.)      Q    I'm asking you, sir.      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Because there was a lot of inaccurate reporting.  We had a really good dinner last night.      And I had a fantastic lunch with the President of France yesterday.  The best -- frankly -- and I told him, and I was totally honest -- probably an hour and a half.  Many of you saw it.  I think it was the best hour and a half I've ever spent with him, President Macron.      It was a perfect period of time.  And yet, I picked up stories, and I read like it was the opposite.  It was really was.  I mean, it doesn’t matter; you can write whatever you want to write.  But it was false reporting.      We had a very, very good lunch, and we had a very, very good dinner last night.  Everybody was at the dinner.  And I think it was really good.  We discussed Iran.  We discussed trade.  We discussed China.  And we discussed many things.  But it was a very, very good -- a very good dinner.          Q    Mr. President, you said you discussed Russia, and you said earlier it was a "lively" discussion.  Do you feel that the other members of the G7 would encourage Russia to join again, the way you are?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I think that's a work in progress.  We have a number of people that would like to see Russia back.  I think it would be -- I think it would be advantageous to many things in the world.  I think it would be a positive.  Other people agree with me.  And it's something that we're discussing.      I don't know that we'll make a decision one way or the other, but we did have a discussion about Russia last night, as to whether or not we want to invite them back.  I think it's advantageous.  I think it's a positive.  Other people agree with me, and some people don’t necessarily agree.      Q    How do you expect to overcome those differences?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Well, I don’t think we're going to -- maybe we won't.  Maybe we'll just leave it the way it is.      Q    Can you say who were some of those who agreed with you on inviting Russia back?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I could, but I don’t think it's necessary.  Some of the people that I was surprised -- I was actually surprised at a couple of them because I didn’t think they had a good relationship, and it was good enough that they said, "Yes, we'd like to have them back."      It's -- it's ongoing discussion.  No decision -- no decision was made.  We didn’t do a vote or anything.  Just discussion.      Q    Are you concerned at all about North Korea conducting more tests?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I'm not happy about it.  But, again, he's not in violation of an agreement.  We speak.  I received a very nice letter from him last week.  We speak.  He was upset that South Korea was doing the "war games," as you call them.  I don’t think they were necessary either, if you want to know the truth.      And I said to my people, “You can have them or not.  I would recommend against them, but I’m going to let you do exactly what you want to do.”  I said that to all of my people.  I said, “I don’t want to interfere because I think if you want to do them, you can do them, if you think it’s necessary.  But I think it’s a total waste of money.”  And they did a modified version of them.      John Bolton, would you say that’s correct?  It’s a very much      --      AMBASSADOR BOLTON:  Yes, very much modified.      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  -- modified version.  But I think it was unnecessary to do, frankly.      Q    Any update on another meeting with North Korea?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Probably have one.  Yeah.  Probably.  But -- so I’m not -- I’m not liking short range because short range is Shinzo's -- you know, it’s really his territory.  I mean, I’d like to ask, Shinzo, how do you feel about North Korea and the testing of short-range missiles?  He’s not thrilled.          PRIME MINISTER ABE:  (As interpreted.)  So, our position is very clear: That the launch of short-range ballistic missiles by North Korea clearly violates the relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions.  So, in that sense, it was extremely regrettable for us to experience another round of the launch of the short-range ballistic missiles by North Korea in recent days.      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  And I can understand how the Prime Minister of Japan feels.  I mean, I can.  It’s different.  But, I mean, I can understand that fully.      Q    Mr. Prime Minister, would you like President Trump to come further to your position on this?      PRIME MINISTER ABE:  (As interpreted.)  As we have done before, I would like to make sure that we -- meaning, myself and President Trump -- will always stay on the same page when it comes to North Korea.      And also, I would like to underscore that I fully support the U.S.-North Korea process 100 percent.      Q    But are you on the same page, if you see these things so differently?  I mean --      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I think, ultimately, we’re always on the same page.  As long as he’s Prime Minister and as long as I’m President, I think we’re always on the same page.      Q    Sorry, but, Mr. President, you don’t think that the short-term -- or the short missile launches are --      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  No, because I never --      Q    -- are a violation of U.N. resolutions?      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  -- because I never discussed that with him personally.  I mean, you’re talking about personally; I never discussed that with him.  I discussed long-range ballistic, and, that, he cannot do.  And he hasn’t been doing it.  And he hasn’t been doing nuclear testing.  He has done short range, much more standard missiles.  A lot of people are testing those missiles, not just him.  A lot of people are testing those missiles.  We’re in the world of missiles, folks, whether you like it or not.       I have confidence that, in the end, Kim Jong Un -- who I’ve gotten to know very well -- will do the right thing.  I feel that he will do the right thing.  I think it’s to his advantage to do the right thing.  I think North Korea has tremendous potential as a country, economically.  I think it’s got -- I think, maybe, there’s no country that you could talk of in terms of emerging that has the potential that North Korea has.  I think he understands that better than anybody.  And I think, in the end, he will do the right thing.      We’ll see.  Maybe not, but maybe.  But I think he’ll do the right thing.  We'll see what happens.      Thank you all very much.                                END            11:47 A.M. CEST

PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP WILL WORK WITH G7 ALLIES TO BUILD A FUTURE OF OPPORTUNITY AND PROMISE FOR ALL OUR NATIONS

Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2019 PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP WILL WORK WITH G7 ALLIES TO BUILD A FUTURE OF OPPORTUNITY AND PROMISE FOR ALL OUR NATIONS “Each of our nations is totally unique with our people and our own sovereign obligations. But we can coordinate together and achieve a common good.” – President Donald J. Trump  WORKING WITH G7 PARTNERS: President Donald J. Trump will meet with leaders of G7 nations to further our cooperation and relations with several of the world’s largest economies.   President Trump will work with our partners during this year’s G7 to chart a course for growth and prosperity around the world. President Trump will use the G7 as an opportunity to work with our fellow G7 nations to: Promote economic prosperity based on President Trump’s pro-growth model. Tackle the rise of unfair trade practices to achieve free, fair, and reciprocal trade. Encourage the economic empowerment of women around the world. Lead sustainable development and security efforts.  Incentivize innovation in the global economy.   Support economic growth, energy security, and responsible environmental protection. PROMOTING GROWTH AND PROSPERITY: America’s economic revival under President Trump is an example for other nations to follow.   President Trump has led the way in enacting pro-jobs, pro-growth policies that generate prosperity for all citizens. President Trump’s policies are adding millions of new jobs to our economy and bringing American industries back to life. More than 6 million jobs have been added since President Trump’s election. More than $800 billion has been brought back to the United States since the President’s historic tax cuts. The President wants other nations to share in our success and urges leaders around the world to implement policies like tax reform and deregulation that promote strong economic growth. Growth and prosperity in other nations is good for the United States – we benefit when strong, stable markets for American goods exist worldwide. ACHIEVING FREE, FAIR, AND RECIPROCAL TRADE: President Trump is committed to promoting free, fair, and reciprocal trade for both the United States and the world. The President is committed to working with our G7 partners to tackle the rise of unfair trade practices. It is vital that we work together to combat unfair practices like industrial subsidies, state-directed economic activity, forced technology transfer, and more. The United States is committed to achieving reforms to the World Trade Organization (WTO) that ensure the organization functions as originally agreed by its members. Wealthy countries should not be able to take advantage of WTO rules by claiming to be “developing” in order to gain an unfair advantage. PRIORITIZING WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT: President Trump wants to ensure that all women are empowered to fully and freely participate in the global economy. At the G7, the United States will reaffirm our strong commitment to the economic empowerment of women around the globe and urge other nations to do the same. The Trump Administration has launched a number of initiatives – like the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative spearheaded by Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump – that seek to empower women. Nations that empower women to participate fully in civic and economic life are more prosperous and peaceful – benefiting us all. The United States seeks to eliminate barriers that hinder women from fully and freely participating in their local economies. LEADING ON DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY: The United States is committed to supporting responsible development and security assistance.  President Trump is committed to implementing sustainable, private-sector-led economic development programs that will help grow the developing world. President Trump signed the BUILD Act to reform, expand, and modernize our country’s development finance tools to spur private-sector-led development. Through programs like Prosper Africa initiative, we are working with the private sector to produce sustainable and transparent development. State-led economic development models – as opposed to private-sector-led – often saddle countries with unsustainable debt. The United States applauds the efforts of our partners and the international community to promote peace and stability in Africa. In recent years, the United States has provided billions to help provide security assistance in the Sahel region. ENCOURAGING INNOVATION: America has the most innovative economy in the world, led by President Trump’s policies aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship and ingenuity. President Trump believes that countries should adopt policies that enhance, not stifle, innovation and embrace digitization, data, and competitive technologies. Emerging technologies, like artificial intelligence, will have a positive, meaningful impact on the American people. We should promote positive development through new technologies, while also ensuring these technologies are not misused to repress the rights of citizens. President Trump is committed to working with other countries to find solutions to the challenges presented by the increasing digitalization of the global economy. The United States condemns the actions of countries who unfairly and unilaterally punish American digital companies. TAKING A BALANCED APPROACH: President Trump is advancing an all-of-the-above energy policy that balances economic growth, energy security, and environmental stewardship. The United States energy and environmental record is one of the strongest in the world, generating strong economic growth and energy production, while lowering emissions. Through our approach, we are providing access to the affordable, reliable energy that has fueled our economic resurgence. We will continue this approach by supporting investment in innovative technologies and high-quality infrastructure that reduce emissions and promote economic growth. Last year President Trump signed the Save Our Seas Act, which promotes international action to reduce marine debris and authorizes action to address severe marine debris events. ###

Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2019 REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT MACRON OF FRANCE IN WORKING LUNCHEON Hotel du Palais Biarritz, France     2:16 P.M. CEST      PRESIDENT MACRON:  In a few words, in order to (inaudible) -- Mr. President, first of all, I do welcome Mr. President and his wife, and we are very proud and happy to have you here in Biarritz, in this place, for the G7 and once again very happy to (inaudible).  You are a very special guest for us, and now, at this occasion, (inaudible) are very important.      On this occasion, obviously for us, (inaudible) a lot of crisis.  We will discuss Libya, Syria, Ukraine, North Korea, and Iran.  A lot of these crises that we need a strong coordination of and partners on the table.  And especially on Iran, we have to fix the situation, and we had a lot of (inaudible), and we have to work very hard because I see we do share the same objectives.  First, being sure that Iran don’t get access to nuclear weapon.  And second, stability of the region.      We will discuss, as well, about the economic global situation, how to decrease tensions and fix the situation in terms of trade (inaudible), because I think if we manage to fix the situation, seven of us -- we fix a great part of the world.  And this is a very important (inaudible) of our discussion as well, and obviously how to find new ways to relaunch our economic (inaudible).      When I look at Europe, especially, we need some new tools to relaunch our economy.  We decided, and (inaudible) probably decide to have new tax cuts, which is one of the ways to relaunch.  We have strong coordination with (inaudible).      And, third, obviously, we will discuss a lot of things at the G7: gender equality, digital, and how to (inaudible) this new world with common initiative together.  And, obviously, climate and bio (inaudible), and a lot of these hot topics.  And with this (inaudible), we know the (inaudible) we can have on climate, on the various agenda.      But our cooperation (inaudible) our investors will (inaudible).  And I think, during the sessions, we will actually see in order to have some solutions to (inaudible), and implementation of this (inaudible) and all these climate protections for this global agenda.      But thanks again, Mr. President, for taking the time being here and being a partner.  So this discussion will be very important between the allies, friends, and very importantly, we are always very proud to have the (inaudible) the U.S. (inaudible).      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Thank you, Emmanuel.  Very nice.  And we look forward to it.  And we actually have a lot in common, Emmanuel and I.  We've been friends for a long time.  And every once in a while, we go at it just a little bit -- not very much. But we get along very well.  We have a very good relationship.  Sort of, I think I can say, a special relationship.      We all remember the Eiffel Tower dinner, and that was a very good beginning.  And we have some really great things to talk about.  And we couldn’t have asked for better weather or a more beautiful location.  And next year, we'll be hosting in the United States, so that will be very -- very good.  That'll be great.  We'll do a good job.      But so far, so good.  The weather is perfect.  The guest is fantastic.  Everybody is getting along.  And I think we'll accomplish a lot this weekend, and I look forward to it.  And thank you for having us.      PRESIDENT MACRON:  Thank you.  Thank you, Donald.      PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Thank you very much.                              END            2:20 P.M. CEST

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP BEFORE MARINE ONE DEPARTURE

Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2019 REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP BEFORE MARINE ONE DEPARTURE South Lawn August 23, 2019   11:03 P.M. EDT      THE PRESIDENT:  We're going to France.  We're going to have a good few days.  I think it will be very productive seeing a lot of the leaders, who are friends of mine, for the most part.  I wouldn’t say in a hundred percent of the cases, but for the most part. And I think we're doing very well.  Our economy is doing great. We're having a little spat with China, and we'll win it.  We put a lot of tariffs on China today, as you know.  They put some on us; we put a lot on them.  We're up to about $550 billion.  They've been hitting us for many, many years -- for over $500 billion a year -- taking out of our country much more than $500 billion a year.  So, we want that stopped.  Okay?      Q    Do you still want to (inaudible) China next month?      THE PRESIDENT:  Well, we'll see what happens.  At this moment, they want to do that.  So we'll see what happens.  If they want to have talks, we cert- -- I'm always open to talk.      Q    What authority (inaudible) tariffing companies (inaudible)?      THE PRESIDENT:  Well, in 1977, we had an act passed -- a National Emergency Act.  I have the absolute right to do that.  We'll see how that goes.  But I have the absolute right.  1977 -- check it out.      Q    (Inaudible.)      THE PRESIDENT:  No, I think our tariffs are very good for us.  We're taking in tens of billions of dollars.  China is paying for it.  They're, as you know, manipulating their currency.  I think that our tariffs are working out very well for us.  People don’t understand that yet.      At the same time, China has had the worst -- the worst year probably in anywhere from 30 to 50 years.  Their worst year.  And they want to make a deal.      Q    (Inaudible) Jay Powell?      THE PRESIDENT:  No, I'm not happy with Jay Powell.  I don’t think he's doing a good job at all.  I don’t think he's much of a chess player.  But, I've got him, so, you know, that’s what I have.  That’s what I have.  What can I tell you?  He's not much of a chess player. Q    In the summit, sir -- (inaudible) Japan (inaudible)? THE PRESIDENT:  I'm going to see Prime Minster Abe.  I look forward to it.  He's a great gentleman.  He's a great friend of mine.      Q    South Korea ended military intelligence agreement with Japan.  Are you worried about that?      THE PRESIDENT:  Well, we're going to -- we’re going to see what happens.  President Moon also a very good friend of mine.  And we'll see what happens with South Korea.      Q    Did Kim Jong Un break a promise to you by doing further missile testing?      THE PRESIDENT:  No, I don’t think so.  I think that we have a very good relationship.  We’ll see what happens.  That could always change, but we'll see what happens. Kim Jong Un has been, you know, pretty straight with me, I think.  And we're going to see what's going on.  We're going to see what’s happening.  He likes testing missiles.  But we never restricted short-range missiles.  We'll see what happens.  Many nations test those missiles.  We tested a very big one the other day, as you probably noticed.      Q    Six hundred and twenty-three points -- that’s what the Dow was down today because of what you tweeted.  Do you have a responsibility for that?      THE PRESIDENT:  Not at all.  Not at all.  Because if you look at from November 9th -- the day after the election -- we're up 50 percent or more.  We're up many, many points.  We were at about sixteen or seventeen thousand.  We're at 25,000, so don’t tell me about 600 points.      Q    Do you have a message for Justice Ginsburg?      THE PRESIDENT:  Say it?      Q    Do you have a message for Justice Ginsburg?      THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I hope she does really well.  And our thoughts and prayers are with her.  And it's a very serious situation.  I'm hoping she's going to be fine.  She's pulled through a lot.  She's strong, very tough.  But we wish her well -- very well.      Q    Mr. President, are you going to talk to President Macron about the technology tax (inaudible)?      THE PRESIDENT:  Yeah, I am.  I don’t like what France did.  They put a technology tax on our tech company.  And it's not that I'm the biggest fan of the techs companies -- the tech companies, because, as you know, they were very much opposed to the Republicans, and they are very much opposed. Somebody came in the other day and said the election that we had in '16 with Hillary Clinton, that it could’ve cost me anywhere from 2,600 -- from 2,600,000 votes to, I think, it went up to close to either ten or maybe fifteen million votes. So I'm not a big fan of the tech companies, but I don't want foreign companies and foreign countries -- I don’t want them doing anything having to do with taxing unfairly our companies.  Those are great American companies.  And, frankly, I don’t want France going out and taxing our companies.  Very unfair. And if they do that, we'll be taxing their wine or doing something else.  We'll be taxing their wine like they've never seen before.  I don’t like it.  That’s for us to tax them.  It's not for France to tax them. Other than that, I have a very good relationship with, as you know, with Macron -- as you say.  And I think we're going to have a very good couple of days.  I look forward to being in France. Q    What did you mean yesterday when you said you were the "chosen one"?  Did you mean it in a biblical sense? THE PRESIDENT:  Let me tell you, you know exactly what I meant.  It was sarcasm.  It was joking.  We were all smiling.  And a question like that is just fake news.  You're just a faker. Q    Are you interested in changing your ideas about giving reparations to African Americans in this country? THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I never stated my idea, so you tell me what my ideas were.  I never stated them.  They're your ideas. Q    Okay well -- THE PRESIDENT:  So don’t -- no, no, no, no.  Don’t put a question like that.  I've never stated my ideas, so don’t put the question like that. Q    Do you want Powell to resign? THE PRESIDENT:  Say it? Q    Do you want Powell to resign?  Do you want Powell to resign, sir? THE PRESIDENT:  Do I want him to resign?  Let me put it this way: If he did, I wouldn’t stop him. Q    President Xi -- you referred to him as Chairman Xi today.  You get along well with him, you do business with him.  I think you maybe even called him a friend at one point.  Today you implied that he's an enemy, along with Jay Powell.  Is he an enemy or a friend? THE PRESIDENT:  He's a very good competitor, but we're going to win. Q    Mr. President, why did you decide not to pursue your foreign aid cuts?  Your decision package for the foreign aid cuts -- why did you decide not to cut? THE PRESIDENT:  We’re going to be spending that money in different ways than you think.  But rather than renegotiating everything again, I'm going to do it the way I just said.  We'll be distributing that money differently. Q    (Inaudible) Danish Prime Minister? THE PRESIDENT:  Called me.  A wonderful woman.  We had a great conversation.  We have a very good relationship with Denmark.  And we agreed to speak later.  But she was very nice.  She put a call in, and I appreciated it very much. Q    (Inaudible) with China? THE PRESIDENT:  Look, China has been hurting our country for 30 years with the money they've been taking out.  Other Presidents should've done something about it, and they should’ve done it a long time ago, whether it was Clinton or Bush or Obama -- any of them.  They should've done something about it.  And they didn’t.  I'm doing it.  And I have no choice, because we're not going to lose close to a trillion dollars a year to China.  And China understands that. I hope that with President Xi -- I have a good relationship, but they understand we're not going to do it.  And this is more important than anything else right now -- just about -- that we're working on. We have to make sure that our taxpayer -- look, we have helped rebuild China like nobody else.  And they've done a great job.  And I don’t blame China.  I blame our Presidents, our representatives, past administrations, for allowing that to happen.  It's a disgrace.                                END               11:12 P.M. EDT

The White House Photos of the Week August 18 - 23, 2019

Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2019 Photos of the Week Sunday, August 18, 2019 President Donald J. Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and Barron Trump walk across the South Lawn of the White House after disembarking Marine One Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, following their trip to Bedminster, N.J. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)       Monday, August 19, 2019 Vice President Mike Pence, joined by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson, surprises Candy Carson with birthday cupcakes Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, aboard Air Force Two en route to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Mich. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)       Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson, and John James talk with residents from Secretary Carson’s childhood neighborhood Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, in Detroit, Mich. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)       Tuesday, August 20, 2019 President Donald J. Trump walks with President Klaus Iohannis of Romania Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, along the Colonnade of the White House.  (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)       President Donald J. Trump speaks with reporters during a bilateral meeting with President Klaus Iohannis of Romania Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)       President Donald J. Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, participates in an expanded bilateral meeting with President Klaus Iohannis of Romania Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, in the Cabinet Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)       Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks at the 6th meeting of the National Space Council Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Va.  (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)       Vice President Mike Pence participates in the 6th meeting of the National Space Council Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Va.  (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)       Wednesday, August 21, 2019 President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at the American Veterans (AMVETS) 75th National Convention prior to signing a Presidential Memorandum “Discharging the Federal Student Loan Debt of Totally and Permanently Disabled Veterans” Wednesday, Aug, 21, 2019, at The Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Ky. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)       Veterans listen as President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at the American Veterans (AMVETS) 75th National Convention prior to signing a Presidential Memorandum “Discharging the Federal Student Loan Debt of Totally and Permanently Disabled Veterans” Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, at The Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Ky. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)       President Donald J. Trump is joined by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin, and members of the American Veterans (AMVETS) leadership as he signs a Presidential Memorandum “Discharging the Federal Student Loan Debt of Totally and Permanently Disabled Veterans” Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, during the AMVETS 75th National Convention at The Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Ky. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)       Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks at the “USMCA: A Better Deal for American Workers” event Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, at Elite Well Services LLC in Artesia, N.M. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)       Vice President Mike Pence poses for a photo with Border Patrol Agent Julie Gallagher and Mike Gallagher, the sister and father of fallen Border Patrol Agent Michael Gallagher Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, N.M. Gallagher, a United States Army veteran, was killed in the line of duty by a drunk driver in 2010. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)       Thursday, August 22, 2019 President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks during the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony for legendary Hall of Fame Boston Celtics basketball player Robert “Bob” Cousy Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)       President Donald J. Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to legendary Hall of Fame Boston Celtics basketball player Robert “Bob” Cousy Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)       Vice President Mike Pence meets with leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, at The Grand American Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)       Vice President Mike Pence greets employees during a tour of Merit Medical Systems Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in South Jordan, Utah. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)       Vice President Mike Pence meets with Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross aboard Air Force Two Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)

President Donald J. Trump Amends Florida Disaster Declaration

Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2019 President Donald J. Trump Amends Florida Disaster Declaration   Today, President Donald J. Trump made additional disaster assistance available to the State of Florida by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for Public Assistance projects undertaken in the State of Florida as a result of Hurricane Irma during the period of September 4 to October 18, 2017. Under the President's order today, the Federal share for Public Assistance has been increased to 90 percent of the total eligible costs, except assistance previously approved at 100 percent. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION MEDIA SHOULD CONTACT:  FEMA NEWS DESK AT (202) 646-3272 OR FEMA-NEWS-DESK@FEMA.DHS.GOV