My administration inherited many problems across government and across the economy. To be honest, I inherited a mess.

So Bush certainly wasn't the greatest, and Obama has not done the job. And he's created a lot of disincentive. He's created a lot of great dissatisfaction. Regulations and regulatory is going through the roof. It's almost impossible to get anything done in the country.

I came out very strongly that we want a border, and the Mexican government probably convinced him that Donald Trump was saying not nice things about the border. And I think it worked out well. I don't think it was a positive, though. I think it was probably a neutral. I don't think it was negative, but it could have been a tremendous negative.

The Chinese view us as an enemy, very, very militant toward the United States, and I don't even think the United States knows it.

We will be fair, just, and compassionate to all, but our greatest compassion must be for our American citizens.

I do have a relationship with Putin, and I can tell you that he's very interested in what we're doing here today.

I wish we had the $4 trillion or $5 trillion. I wish it were spent right here in the United States, on our schools, hospitals, roads, airports, and everything else that are all falling apart.