WEBVTT 00:03.540 --> 00:06.030 thank you very much . And good 00:06.030 --> 00:09.690 afternoon . Today I want to provide an 00:09.810 --> 00:13.020 update on our response to the China 00:13.020 --> 00:16.180 virus . And what my administration is 00:16.180 --> 00:18.670 doing to get the outbreak in the Sun 00:18.670 --> 00:21.380 Belt under control seems largely and 00:21.380 --> 00:23.620 Sunbelt but could be spreading . My 00:23.620 --> 00:25.842 team is also working night and day with 00:25.842 --> 00:27.676 Capitol Hill to advance the next 00:27.676 --> 00:30.020 economic relief package . Working very 00:30.020 --> 00:31.964 hard on it . We're making a lot of 00:31.964 --> 00:35.380 progress . I also , uh , no that both 00:35.380 --> 00:37.830 sides want to get it done . We'll call 00:37.830 --> 00:40.052 the face for I think we're going to get 00:40.052 --> 00:42.108 it done . Will protect our workers , 00:42.108 --> 00:43.941 our schools and our families and 00:43.941 --> 00:47.270 protecting very strongly as one family , 00:47.280 --> 00:50.410 we mourn every precious life that's 00:50.410 --> 00:54.130 been lost . I pledge in their honor 00:54.130 --> 00:57.120 that we will develop a vaccine and we 00:57.120 --> 00:59.120 will defeat the virus . We're doing 00:59.120 --> 01:01.287 very well with vaccine development and 01:01.287 --> 01:04.280 therapeutic development , but I want to 01:04.280 --> 01:06.490 thank our brave doctors and nurses and 01:06.490 --> 01:09.130 frontline responders . The job they do 01:09.130 --> 01:11.408 is incredible and they are truly brave . 01:12.070 --> 01:15.470 My administration will stop at nothing 01:15.470 --> 01:18.230 to save lives shield a vulnerable which 01:18.230 --> 01:20.452 is so important . We've learned so much 01:20.452 --> 01:23.170 about this disease and we know who the 01:23.170 --> 01:25.660 vulnerable are . We are going to indeed 01:25.660 --> 01:28.480 shield them and again the vaccines air 01:28.480 --> 01:30.647 coming in the coming a lot sooner than 01:30.647 --> 01:33.280 anyone thought possible by years . You 01:33.280 --> 01:35.447 look at the old system and look at the 01:35.447 --> 01:37.890 new system . I think by years the China 01:37.890 --> 01:40.240 viruses a vicious and dangerous illness . 01:40.240 --> 01:42.573 But we've learned a great deal about it . 01:43.000 --> 01:46.650 And who would targets ? We are in the 01:46.650 --> 01:50.390 process of developing a strategy that's 01:50.390 --> 01:52.380 going to be very , very powerful . 01:52.390 --> 01:54.870 We've developed as we go along some 01:54.870 --> 01:57.037 areas of our country doing very well , 01:57.037 --> 01:59.680 others air doing less well . It will 01:59.680 --> 02:01.910 probably unfortunately get worse before 02:01.910 --> 02:04.150 it gets better . Something I don't like 02:04.150 --> 02:06.206 saying about things , but that's the 02:06.206 --> 02:08.428 way it is . It's the way that's what we 02:08.428 --> 02:10.539 have . You look over the world , it's 02:10.539 --> 02:12.650 all over the world and it tends to do 02:12.650 --> 02:14.928 that . The governor's air working very , 02:14.928 --> 02:16.983 very hard and we are supporting them 02:16.983 --> 02:20.140 100% everything they need , they get 02:20.490 --> 02:22.601 and we are taking good care . We have 02:22.601 --> 02:24.820 tremendous supplies and a great supply 02:24.820 --> 02:27.350 chain , whether it's ventilators or 02:27.360 --> 02:30.020 gowns or just about anything they need . 02:30.370 --> 02:32.890 So that's a big difference from 02:33.780 --> 02:36.250 inheriting very very empty cupboards , 02:36.890 --> 02:39.057 the median age of those who is to come 02:39.057 --> 02:41.650 to the China viruses 78 years old . 02:42.270 --> 02:44.326 Roughly half of all deaths have been 02:44.326 --> 02:46.440 individuals in nursing homes or long 02:46.450 --> 02:50.110 term care . In one study , 90% of those 02:50.110 --> 02:52.450 hospitalized had underlying medical 02:52.450 --> 02:55.540 conditions , whether it's hard or 02:55.540 --> 02:59.130 diabetes . But usually it's some kind 02:59.130 --> 03:01.241 of a condition , It seems that people 03:01.241 --> 03:03.241 have that , and if they do , it's a 03:03.241 --> 03:05.408 problem . No question about it . Young 03:05.408 --> 03:07.560 adults may often have mild or even no 03:07.560 --> 03:09.782 symptoms . They won't even know they're 03:09.782 --> 03:12.180 sick . They won't have any idea that 03:12.190 --> 03:14.301 they have a virus . It won't have any 03:14.301 --> 03:17.070 idea at all . America's youth will act 03:17.070 --> 03:18.792 responsibly , and we're asking 03:18.792 --> 03:21.950 everybody that when you are not able to 03:21.950 --> 03:24.300 socially distance where a mask get a 03:24.300 --> 03:27.610 mask , whether you like the mask or not , 03:28.080 --> 03:30.302 they have an impact . They will have an 03:30.302 --> 03:32.469 effect , and we need everything we can 03:32.469 --> 03:34.413 get . Data shows Children have the 03:34.413 --> 03:38.150 lowest fatality risk . 99.96% 03:38.670 --> 03:42.390 of all virus fatalities air in adults . 03:42.390 --> 03:45.580 Sick of that . So that's much , much , 03:45.580 --> 03:49.160 much less than 1% for Children . Young 03:49.160 --> 03:51.530 people , by understanding these risk 03:51.540 --> 03:54.010 profiles and learning how to treat the 03:54.010 --> 03:56.960 disease . We've been able to greatly 03:56.960 --> 03:59.300 reduce mortality in the United States . 03:59.300 --> 04:02.600 In fact , what you so you it short and 04:02.610 --> 04:04.820 how well we do compared to the rest of 04:04.820 --> 04:06.630 the world . We've have several 04:06.630 --> 04:08.519 treatments already available that 04:08.519 --> 04:10.686 significantly reduced the severity and 04:10.860 --> 04:12.890 duration of the disease , including 04:12.890 --> 04:15.230 room to severe , which has been very 04:15.230 --> 04:18.150 successful , and a widely available 04:18.150 --> 04:20.600 steroid treatment . And we have many 04:20.600 --> 04:22.711 more happening and coming out . We've 04:22.711 --> 04:25.500 learned best practices for treatment of 04:25.500 --> 04:28.420 the virus at every stage and have 04:28.420 --> 04:30.520 shared these findings with medical 04:30.520 --> 04:32.631 providers , and we've shared them all 04:32.631 --> 04:34.798 over the world . The relationship with 04:34.798 --> 04:36.853 other countries has been very strong 04:36.853 --> 04:39.020 world working together . This includes 04:39.020 --> 04:41.242 ensuring all hospitals are aware of the 04:41.242 --> 04:43.710 importance of different approaches to 04:43.720 --> 04:46.710 oxygen treatment , including high flow 04:46.710 --> 04:48.680 oxygen , the importance of steroid 04:48.680 --> 04:52.400 treatment for those on ventilators and 04:52.410 --> 04:54.930 when you're on a ventilator . We've 04:54.930 --> 04:57.041 learned a tremendous about the use of 04:57.041 --> 04:59.750 the ventilator , and at the beginning 04:59.750 --> 05:01.980 people never had an experience like 05:01.980 --> 05:03.740 this where we needed so many 05:03.740 --> 05:05.962 ventilators so fast and even the use of 05:05.962 --> 05:08.184 the vent letters . But the doctors have 05:08.184 --> 05:10.129 become incredibly , and nurses and 05:10.129 --> 05:12.470 helpers have become incredibly good at 05:12.470 --> 05:14.414 the use of a ventilator , which is 05:14.414 --> 05:16.850 actually a very complicated procedure , 05:17.540 --> 05:19.710 and allocating room dis severe to 05:19.710 --> 05:22.150 hospitals based on new admission , 05:22.150 --> 05:23.817 since it works best early and 05:23.817 --> 05:26.580 hospitalization . And that's something 05:26.580 --> 05:28.802 that they've really started their using 05:28.802 --> 05:31.024 it much earlier . Fatalities nationwide 05:31.024 --> 05:34.690 have fallen 75% since mid April . It's 05:34.690 --> 05:37.500 a great number as cases and fatalities 05:37.500 --> 05:39.444 rise in certain hard head states , 05:39.444 --> 05:41.444 which you're looking at right now . 05:41.710 --> 05:43.940 We're surging personnel , supplies and 05:44.120 --> 05:46.530 therapeutics . We again have tremendous 05:46.530 --> 05:49.370 amounts of supplies . We are in very 05:49.370 --> 05:51.259 good shape , and we can move them 05:51.259 --> 05:54.280 quickly . Our case fatality rate has 05:54.280 --> 05:57.510 continued to decline and is lower than 05:57.510 --> 05:59.177 the European Union and almost 05:59.177 --> 06:01.290 everywhere else in the world . If you 06:01.290 --> 06:03.401 watch American television , you think 06:03.401 --> 06:05.401 that the United States was the only 06:05.401 --> 06:07.401 country involved with and suffering 06:07.401 --> 06:10.230 from the China virus ? Well , the world 06:10.230 --> 06:13.030 is suffering very badly , but the fact 06:13.030 --> 06:16.290 is that many countries are suffering 06:16.740 --> 06:19.260 very , very , very badly , and they've 06:19.260 --> 06:21.316 been suffering from this virus for a 06:21.316 --> 06:23.960 long time . We've done much better than 06:23.960 --> 06:26.350 most , and with the fatality rate at a 06:27.640 --> 06:29.751 lower rate than most , it's something 06:29.751 --> 06:31.696 that we can talk about , but we're 06:31.696 --> 06:33.807 working again with them because we're 06:33.807 --> 06:35.973 helping a lot of countries that people 06:35.973 --> 06:38.196 don't even know about . I get calls all 06:38.196 --> 06:40.307 the time asking for help , especially 06:40.307 --> 06:42.307 as it pertains to the ventilators . 06:42.307 --> 06:44.473 They need help with ventilators . They 06:44.473 --> 06:46.640 have to get him . They're very hard to 06:46.640 --> 06:48.807 get . We're making thousands now among 06:48.807 --> 06:51.029 thousands of ventilators a month . It's 06:51.029 --> 06:53.084 been quite amazing . We keep doing a 06:53.084 --> 06:55.770 good job and things will get Veteran 06:55.770 --> 06:58.150 better will be putting up charts behind 06:58.150 --> 07:00.940 me , showing different statistics and 07:00.940 --> 07:04.110 different rates of , uh , success . And 07:04.110 --> 07:06.630 I guess you could say also things that 07:06.630 --> 07:08.900 we can do better on . But you'll see 07:08.900 --> 07:11.510 them . They'll be put up as we go in 07:11.510 --> 07:14.000 April . The average age of individuals 07:14.000 --> 07:16.330 who tested positive for the virus was 07:16.520 --> 07:19.490 over 50 years old . Today , the average 07:19.490 --> 07:21.712 age is significantly younger . Hospital 07:21.712 --> 07:25.310 links of stay are almost half of what 07:25.310 --> 07:27.650 they were in April , so the stays air . 07:27.650 --> 07:30.550 About half the rate of cases requiring 07:30.550 --> 07:32.610 hospitalization has been reduced in 07:32.970 --> 07:35.192 mortality . Among those admitted to the 07:35.192 --> 07:38.080 hospital is nearly 1/2 of what it was 07:38.080 --> 07:40.320 in April . We've learned a lot . We've 07:40.320 --> 07:42.487 learned a lot about this disease had a 07:42.487 --> 07:44.653 handle it . The doctors have learned a 07:44.653 --> 07:46.487 lot , not only in the use of the 07:46.487 --> 07:48.764 ventilators , but in many other things . 07:48.764 --> 07:50.987 And things were happening to , like the 07:50.987 --> 07:53.600 Rendez Severin and other elements 07:53.600 --> 07:55.767 steroids , etcetera . But these trends 07:55.767 --> 07:58.140 could change without our continued and 07:58.140 --> 08:00.251 relentless focus . And that's what we 08:00.251 --> 08:02.473 have . We have a relentless focus , and 08:02.473 --> 08:04.696 it's been that way from the beginning . 08:04.696 --> 08:06.751 But we have learned so much . As you 08:06.751 --> 08:08.751 know , in recent weeks we've seen a 08:08.751 --> 08:10.918 concerning rise in the cases . In many 08:10.918 --> 08:14.630 parts of our South , you look a South , 08:14.630 --> 08:17.040 Southwest and West . This growth in 08:17.040 --> 08:19.550 cases first began to appear in mid June , 08:20.040 --> 08:22.890 primarily among 18 to 35 year olds , 08:23.150 --> 08:26.320 many of whom were asymptomatic . We're 08:26.320 --> 08:28.042 also facing the challenge of a 08:28.042 --> 08:30.090 significant spice and virus cases 08:30.090 --> 08:32.330 across the rest of the Western 08:32.330 --> 08:34.108 Hemisphere , including Mexico . 08:34.108 --> 08:36.670 Mexico's been hit very , very , very 08:36.670 --> 08:38.670 hard . You know , the president , a 08:38.670 --> 08:41.270 great gentleman was here two weeks ago , 08:41.280 --> 08:43.224 and they have really been hit hard 08:43.440 --> 08:45.880 because we've achieved a nearly four 08:45.880 --> 08:48.020 fold increase in testing capacity in 08:48.020 --> 08:50.330 two months , were successfully 08:50.330 --> 08:53.250 identifying mawr , asymptomatic and 08:53.600 --> 08:56.480 mild cases , some cases so mild that 08:56.490 --> 08:58.601 you really don't even treat them some 08:58.601 --> 09:02.100 cases with Children where they don't 09:02.100 --> 09:04.880 even know that they're ill . And I 09:04.880 --> 09:07.102 guess they're not very ill because they 09:07.102 --> 09:09.324 recover almost immediately per capita . 09:09.324 --> 09:12.050 The U . S is conducting 50% more tests 09:12.050 --> 09:14.440 than Europe . We've conducted nearly 09:14.440 --> 09:16.551 three times as many tests . Is all of 09:16.551 --> 09:18.496 the other countries in the Western 09:18.496 --> 09:21.680 Hemisphere combined be over 50 million 09:21.680 --> 09:25.100 tests . This allows us isolate those 09:25.100 --> 09:27.570 who are infected , even those without 09:27.570 --> 09:29.960 symptoms , so we know exactly where 09:29.960 --> 09:32.060 it's going and what it's going to be 09:32.060 --> 09:34.500 there . We're also working to reduce 09:34.500 --> 09:36.722 turnaround time . My administration has 09:36.722 --> 09:38.778 been aggressively responding to case 09:38.778 --> 09:41.060 growth in the Sun Belt , and we 09:41.060 --> 09:43.120 continue to do so working very close 09:43.120 --> 09:45.400 with all governors . But right now in 09:45.400 --> 09:47.289 particular , those governors were 09:47.580 --> 09:49.950 coordinating closely with hospitals and 09:49.950 --> 09:52.061 governors . In the last three weeks , 09:52.061 --> 09:54.810 I've sent senior officials into nine 09:54.810 --> 09:57.060 states to meet with governors and 09:57.060 --> 10:00.180 provide recommendations to the various 10:00.180 --> 10:02.130 leaders of the state , including 10:02.260 --> 10:04.940 hospital administrators , etcetera . My 10:04.940 --> 10:07.230 administration currently has zero 10:07.250 --> 10:11.020 unfilled requests for unfulfilled 10:11.020 --> 10:14.830 requests for ah equipment or 10:14.830 --> 10:16.941 anything else that they need from the 10:16.941 --> 10:19.163 governor's . No governor needs anything 10:19.163 --> 10:21.330 right now , and we think we'll have it 10:21.330 --> 10:23.663 that way till the end because , frankly , 10:23.663 --> 10:25.590 we are stocked up and ready to go 10:25.590 --> 10:27.701 wherever we have to go . We've nearly 10:27.701 --> 10:30.000 7000 National Guard and military 10:30.000 --> 10:32.278 medical personal in Texas , California , 10:32.278 --> 10:34.900 Florida and Arizona . That's helping us 10:34.900 --> 10:37.067 greatly want to thank them very much . 10:37.067 --> 10:39.520 The military has been fantastic . We're 10:39.520 --> 10:42.060 closely monitoring hospital capacity in 10:42.060 --> 10:44.250 these states . Hospitals air open for 10:44.250 --> 10:46.820 elective surgeries and other procedures , 10:46.820 --> 10:49.080 so hospitals are open for elective 10:49.080 --> 10:51.610 surgeries . We want Americans to get 10:51.610 --> 10:53.777 the medical treatments they need . All 10:53.777 --> 10:55.943 of the governors we've spoken with say 10:55.943 --> 10:58.640 they have enough bed capacity . That's 10:58.640 --> 11:01.780 a great thing . Our initial shutdown 11:01.780 --> 11:04.700 was to prevent the overflow of our 11:04.700 --> 11:06.811 hospitals and to allow us to meet the 11:06.811 --> 11:09.230 demands caused by this global pandemic , 11:09.580 --> 11:11.680 including the ventilators and a 11:11.680 --> 11:14.300 permanent shutdown was really never an 11:14.300 --> 11:16.300 option in terms of what we're doing 11:16.300 --> 11:18.520 right now . This would be completely 11:18.520 --> 11:21.890 unsustainable , produce debilitating 11:21.890 --> 11:23.730 economic , fall back and lead to 11:23.730 --> 11:26.100 catastrophic public health consequences . 11:26.100 --> 11:28.450 There are consequences to shutdowns and 11:28.940 --> 11:31.780 we've saved potentially millions of 11:31.780 --> 11:33.947 lives by doing the initial shut down . 11:33.947 --> 11:36.430 But now where very aware of this 11:36.430 --> 11:38.597 disease , we understand the disease to 11:38.597 --> 11:40.708 a large extent . Nobody's gonna maybe 11:40.708 --> 11:42.763 ever fully understand it , but we'll 11:42.763 --> 11:44.874 end up with a cure . Will end up with 11:44.874 --> 11:46.874 Therapeutics , will end up with the 11:46.874 --> 11:49.410 vaccine very soon . All three . We're 11:49.410 --> 11:52.100 instead asking Americans to use masks 11:52.110 --> 11:53.999 socially distance and employees . 11:53.999 --> 11:56.160 Vigorous hygiene . Wash your hands 11:56.160 --> 11:58.216 every chance you get well sheltering 11:58.340 --> 12:01.450 high risk populations . We are 12:01.450 --> 12:03.400 imploring young Americans to avoid 12:03.400 --> 12:05.920 packed bars and other crowded indoor 12:05.920 --> 12:08.550 gatherings . Be safe and be smart . 12:09.290 --> 12:11.350 We're surging testing capacity to 12:11.350 --> 12:13.360 identify and isolate cases . This 12:13.360 --> 12:15.250 includes a newly approved testing 12:15.250 --> 12:17.860 platform to nursing homes across the 12:17.860 --> 12:19.971 South were being very , very vigilant 12:19.971 --> 12:22.082 with respect to nursing homes because 12:22.082 --> 12:24.304 you know all of the problems that we've 12:24.304 --> 12:26.610 had with so many people . So sadly , 12:26.910 --> 12:29.250 they were infected so that all of the 12:29.250 --> 12:31.306 staff and residents can be routinely 12:31.306 --> 12:33.690 tested and isolated to ensure our 12:33.690 --> 12:36.020 elderly or even more strongly protected 12:36.020 --> 12:38.131 than anybody else . That's really the 12:38.310 --> 12:40.650 high risk people , the high risk , 12:41.340 --> 12:43.510 wonderful people . Once this current 12:43.510 --> 12:45.920 surgeon cases declines the same testing 12:45.920 --> 12:47.920 platform with label people to visit 12:48.220 --> 12:50.840 their loved ones after taking a test , 12:50.840 --> 12:53.118 which is a big difference . Ultimately , 12:53.118 --> 12:56.590 our goal is not merely to manage the 12:56.590 --> 12:58.701 pandemic , but to end it . We want to 12:58.701 --> 13:00.868 get rid of it as soon as we can . That 13:00.868 --> 13:03.480 is why getting a vaccine remains a top 13:03.890 --> 13:06.930 priority . Two vaccine candidates are 13:06.940 --> 13:08.996 entering the final stage of clinical 13:08.996 --> 13:11.560 trials this month . This was achieved 13:11.560 --> 13:14.330 in record time . It used to be years 13:14.330 --> 13:16.640 before you were in a position like we 13:16.640 --> 13:18.970 are right now for other vaccines will 13:18.970 --> 13:21.890 enter final trials and the following 13:21.890 --> 13:24.112 weeks . And we're mass producing all of 13:24.112 --> 13:26.168 the top candidates so that the first 13:26.168 --> 13:28.112 approved vaccine will be available 13:28.112 --> 13:30.112 immediately . And logistically , we 13:30.112 --> 13:32.334 have the military ready to go . We have 13:32.334 --> 13:35.660 great people , logistic military people , 13:35.670 --> 13:38.030 wonderful general who's waiting for the 13:38.030 --> 13:40.086 vaccine so they could distributed in 13:40.086 --> 13:42.141 record time . That's what's going to 13:42.141 --> 13:44.474 happen So our military is all set to go . 13:45.240 --> 13:48.150 We will deliver a vaccine therapeutics , 13:48.320 --> 13:50.660 whatever it is , is necessary and 13:50.660 --> 13:53.210 defeat the virus once and for all . And 13:53.210 --> 13:55.543 I'll take a few questions if you'd like . 13:55.543 --> 13:57.710 Uh , I will say this . I want to thank 13:57.710 --> 13:59.654 all of the staff , the White House 13:59.654 --> 14:01.766 staff , all of the doctors that we've 14:01.766 --> 14:03.790 been working with so closely and it 14:04.000 --> 14:06.530 just a lot of very positive things were 14:06.530 --> 14:09.350 happening . It's a nasty , horrible 14:09.940 --> 14:11.940 disease that should have never been 14:11.940 --> 14:14.107 allowed to escape China . But it did , 14:14.240 --> 14:16.280 and it infected the world . And the 14:16.280 --> 14:18.336 world is suffering . But we're gonna 14:18.336 --> 14:20.169 get it taken care of . And we're 14:20.169 --> 14:22.830 helping lots of other countries . Mr . 14:22.830 --> 14:24.719 President , First , I just wanted 14:24.719 --> 14:26.774 clarification . Your press secretary 14:26.774 --> 14:28.997 said today that you sometimes take more 14:28.997 --> 14:31.219 than one test today . Why is that ? How 14:31.290 --> 14:33.512 What I didn't know about more than when 14:33.512 --> 14:35.734 I do Ted . Probably on average , a test 14:35.734 --> 14:37.820 every two days . Three days , and I 14:37.820 --> 14:40.042 don't know of any time . I've taken two 14:40.042 --> 14:42.264 tests in one day , but I could see that 14:42.264 --> 14:43.987 happening . So Republicans and 14:43.987 --> 14:46.153 Democrats count kilovolts if they want 14:46.153 --> 14:48.209 to see more money for testing . They 14:48.209 --> 14:50.264 were send billions of dollars to the 14:50.264 --> 14:52.376 state so they could do more testing . 14:52.376 --> 14:54.542 And you probably saw Mick Mulvaney the 14:54.542 --> 14:56.598 other day said that his kids it took 14:56.598 --> 14:58.709 him a week to get test results back . 14:58.709 --> 15:00.820 Just simply inexcusable , given where 15:00.820 --> 15:02.931 we are in the pandemic . Do you think 15:02.931 --> 15:05.042 we have a problem with testing things 15:05.042 --> 15:04.960 country right now ? Are you in favor of 15:04.970 --> 15:06.970 more money for testing ? We've done 15:06.970 --> 15:09.192 more testing by far than anybody . Some 15:09.192 --> 15:11.081 of the test because it is massive 15:11.081 --> 15:13.137 volume , it takes longer . Others of 15:13.137 --> 15:15.137 the test is , you know , very quick 15:15.137 --> 15:17.303 there five minutes and 15 minute tests 15:17.303 --> 15:19.526 and those are , frankly , the ones that 15:19.526 --> 15:21.470 I prefer . But we're doing massive 15:21.470 --> 15:23.803 numbers and the numbers are coming down . 15:23.803 --> 15:25.970 And as we go as an example , there are 15:25.970 --> 15:28.081 thousands and thousands of kids being 15:28.081 --> 15:30.137 made right now , which give you a 15 15:30.137 --> 15:32.303 minute and a five minute test so we'll 15:32.303 --> 15:34.303 be able to get those numbers down . 15:34.303 --> 15:36.248 Those numbers are similar in other 15:36.248 --> 15:38.970 places . They're also doing massive 15:38.980 --> 15:40.980 numbers numbers like nobody thought 15:40.980 --> 15:43.036 possible . But those numbers will be 15:43.036 --> 15:45.202 coming down . I agree . I think it's a 15:45.202 --> 15:47.202 good thing if we could do it . More 15:47.202 --> 15:49.202 money . Well , they're gonna make a 15:49.202 --> 15:51.424 presentation to me tonight and tomorrow 15:51.424 --> 15:53.536 on that and again , we're leading the 15:53.536 --> 15:55.758 world . I think the second country a 12 15:55.758 --> 15:57.980 minute . Where would be over 50 million 15:57.980 --> 16:00.091 tests ? Second countries , India with 16:00.091 --> 16:02.330 12 million , Then you have seven 16:02.330 --> 16:04.608 million , six million and four million . 16:04.820 --> 16:07.260 I think that , uh , we're doing 16:07.260 --> 16:09.371 tremendous amount of testing . But if 16:09.371 --> 16:11.593 if if the doctors and the professionals 16:11.593 --> 16:14.630 feel that even though we're the level 16:14.630 --> 16:16.741 that nobody ever dreamt possible that 16:16.770 --> 16:18.770 they would like to doom or I'm okay 16:18.770 --> 16:22.760 with Dr Berks . Dr . Burke's is 16:22.760 --> 16:24.482 right outside . Yes , please . 16:27.520 --> 16:29.631 Number one . I just wanted to know in 16:29.631 --> 16:31.742 November you want the American people 16:31.742 --> 16:34.060 to judge you . Do you want the American 16:34.070 --> 16:36.126 people to judge you on the ballot in 16:36.126 --> 16:38.530 November by how you've handled this so 16:38.540 --> 16:41.240 far ? This among other things . I think 16:41.250 --> 16:44.150 the American people will judge us on 16:44.150 --> 16:46.094 this , but they'll judge us on the 16:46.094 --> 16:48.317 economy that I created and that already 16:48.317 --> 16:50.428 we're creating was setting record job 16:50.428 --> 16:52.539 numbers . As you know , I think we're 16:52.539 --> 16:54.872 gonna have a very strong year next year . 16:54.872 --> 16:57.039 I think we're gonna have a very strong 16:57.039 --> 16:58.983 third quarter . A very good fourth 16:58.983 --> 16:58.810 quarter . But I think next year is 16:58.810 --> 17:00.866 gonna be a record year . And I think 17:00.866 --> 17:02.921 they're going to judge me and that I 17:02.921 --> 17:05.088 think they're going to judge me on the 17:05.088 --> 17:07.366 tax cutting and the regulation cutting , 17:07.366 --> 17:09.366 which nobody has ever done . To the 17:09.366 --> 17:11.588 extent that we've been able to do it on 17:11.588 --> 17:11.580 rebuilding the military , on how we've 17:11.580 --> 17:13.930 handled the VA on the the we got 17:13.930 --> 17:16.041 veterans choice , nobody thought that 17:16.041 --> 17:18.097 would be possible . That's been many 17:18.097 --> 17:20.041 decades they've been trying to get 17:20.041 --> 17:22.097 veterans choice . It's cooled choice 17:22.097 --> 17:24.097 where they could go get a doctor if 17:24.097 --> 17:26.319 they have to wait on line for two weeks 17:26.319 --> 17:28.652 or five weeks or two days . And frankly , 17:28.652 --> 17:30.708 that's been a great thing . Veterans 17:30.708 --> 17:30.540 accountability . I think they'll judge 17:30.540 --> 17:32.651 me on that . They'll judge me and all 17:32.651 --> 17:34.596 of the things we've done , I don't 17:34.596 --> 17:36.818 think . And I think we can say this was 17:36.818 --> 17:38.707 surely and that's never been even 17:38.707 --> 17:40.818 challenging . 3.5 years , the 1st 3.5 17:40.818 --> 17:43.151 years , the first years of a presidency . 17:43.151 --> 17:45.207 I don't think any administration any 17:45.207 --> 17:47.320 president has accomplished so much as 17:47.320 --> 17:49.440 we've accomplished from energy to 17:49.440 --> 17:51.680 health to so many other things . And 17:51.680 --> 17:54.580 then this came in and the plague . I 17:54.580 --> 17:56.913 call it the Plague . The plague came in . 17:56.913 --> 17:58.802 Terrible thing . Should have been 17:58.802 --> 18:01.024 stopped , wasn't stopped . It came in . 18:01.024 --> 18:02.969 We had to shut things down to save 18:02.969 --> 18:05.136 potentially millions of lives . We did 18:05.136 --> 18:07.247 that . And now we've started him up . 18:07.247 --> 18:09.469 And , uh , I think we've really started 18:09.469 --> 18:11.670 it up very successfully . Thank you , 18:11.670 --> 18:13.740 Miss . You've been saying for months 18:13.750 --> 18:16.260 the virus would simply disappear . Now 18:16.260 --> 18:18.371 you're saying that it's likely to get 18:18.371 --> 18:20.371 worse before it gets better . If it 18:20.371 --> 18:22.427 does getting worse , Americans dying 18:22.460 --> 18:25.180 are responsible . Love . The virus will 18:25.180 --> 18:27.900 disappear . It will disappear . I think 18:27.900 --> 18:30.233 that I always like to say , as you know , 18:30.330 --> 18:32.497 either way , when you look at it , the 18:32.497 --> 18:34.663 governor's air , working with me , I'm 18:34.663 --> 18:36.552 working with the governor . We're 18:36.552 --> 18:38.608 working hand in hand . I think we're 18:38.608 --> 18:40.830 all responsible . I view it as a team , 18:40.830 --> 18:42.663 very good relationships with the 18:42.663 --> 18:42.390 governor's very , very good 18:42.390 --> 18:45.250 relationships . I could say I'm fully 18:45.250 --> 18:47.417 responsible , but , you know , one day 18:47.417 --> 18:49.528 we had a virus come in and I closed . 18:49.528 --> 18:51.583 The borders did a lot of things that 18:51.583 --> 18:53.583 were very good . In fact , Dr Fauci 18:53.583 --> 18:55.639 said , We saved tens of thousands of 18:55.639 --> 18:57.528 lives when I close the border and 18:57.528 --> 18:59.750 nobody wanted to do it . I wanted to do 18:59.750 --> 19:01.972 it . We closed the border to China . We 19:01.972 --> 19:04.139 put on the ban . We didn't want people 19:04.139 --> 19:06.250 coming in from heavily infected China 19:06.250 --> 19:08.417 fairly . Shortly thereafter , I closed 19:08.417 --> 19:10.583 the borders from Europe coming in from 19:10.583 --> 19:12.750 Europe . Those were tremendous moves . 19:12.750 --> 19:14.972 We would have . It is one person , it's 19:14.972 --> 19:17.760 too much , but where let's say 140,000 19:18.010 --> 19:20.121 we could have double triple quadruple 19:20.121 --> 19:22.600 that number if we didn't . So we did a 19:22.600 --> 19:24.600 lot of things right within a lot of 19:24.600 --> 19:26.378 things , right ? Including with 19:26.378 --> 19:28.890 equipment . So , uh , it's a shame that 19:28.890 --> 19:30.668 it happened . It shouldn't have 19:30.668 --> 19:33.001 happened . China should have stopped it . 19:33.001 --> 19:36.850 Thank you , President Trump Question 19:37.040 --> 19:39.870 questions . My first question is we 19:39.880 --> 19:42.430 have a very quick testing platform here 19:42.430 --> 19:44.652 at the White House . Yes , it's great . 19:44.652 --> 19:46.486 You get tested , you know , very 19:46.486 --> 19:48.708 quickly . Do you think that it would be 19:48.708 --> 19:50.374 easier to reopen and we start 19:50.374 --> 19:52.541 businesses and we could produce more ? 19:52.541 --> 19:54.597 You know that Great question . We're 19:54.597 --> 19:56.541 trying very much to hear that . So 19:56.541 --> 19:58.652 rather than sending your tests in and 19:58.652 --> 20:00.763 you know it goes through the mail one 20:00.763 --> 20:02.930 day comes back another day , no matter 20:02.930 --> 20:05.263 how they send him , it's a day in a day , 20:05.263 --> 20:07.486 so that's two days already wasted . And 20:07.486 --> 20:09.597 then if it spends by the time you get 20:09.597 --> 20:09.150 it back , it's three or four days . If 20:09.150 --> 20:11.372 they do an efficient job , we're trying 20:11.372 --> 20:13.539 to get the testing on site . I like it 20:13.539 --> 20:15.872 the best . My follow my second question . 20:15.872 --> 20:17.983 That's a little bit different topic , 20:17.983 --> 20:20.094 but it's one that a lot of people are 20:20.094 --> 20:22.317 talking about . Just Lane Maxwell is in 20:22.317 --> 20:24.539 prison and a lot of people want to know 20:24.539 --> 20:26.817 she's going to turn in powerful people . 20:26.817 --> 20:29.039 And I know you talked in the past about 20:29.039 --> 20:31.261 Prince Andrew , and you criticized Bill 20:31.261 --> 20:33.483 Clinton's behavior . I'm wondering , Do 20:33.483 --> 20:35.594 you feel that he's going to turn into 20:35.594 --> 20:37.483 powerful men ? Have you seen that 20:37.483 --> 20:39.650 working out ? I don't know . I haven't 20:39.650 --> 20:39.110 really been following it too much . I 20:39.110 --> 20:41.690 just wish her well . Frankly , I've met 20:41.690 --> 20:43.690 her numerous times over the years , 20:43.690 --> 20:45.968 especially since I lived in Palm Beach . 20:45.968 --> 20:48.134 And I guess they lived in Palm Beach . 20:48.134 --> 20:50.301 But I wish her well , whatever it is , 20:50.301 --> 20:52.468 I don't know the situation with Prince 20:52.468 --> 20:54.690 Andrew . Just don't know , not aware of 20:54.690 --> 20:58.560 it . Unemployment insurance . How much 20:58.570 --> 21:01.870 blood ? $600 . Are you willing to go on ? 21:02.050 --> 21:04.161 You said that the economy is bouncing 21:04.161 --> 21:06.383 back strong , So why do we need to be ? 21:07.240 --> 21:09.518 Well , the economy is getting stronger , 21:09.518 --> 21:11.684 and I think we have a chance to have a 21:11.684 --> 21:13.684 very strong economy , especially if 21:13.684 --> 21:15.740 some of the things that I just spoke 21:15.740 --> 21:17.907 about work , uh , we wanna have people 21:17.907 --> 21:20.073 go back and want to go back to work as 21:20.073 --> 21:22.073 opposed to be sort of forced into a 21:22.073 --> 21:24.018 position where they're making more 21:24.018 --> 21:26.184 money than they expected to make . And 21:26.184 --> 21:28.240 the employees are having a hard time 21:28.240 --> 21:30.462 getting them back to work . So that was 21:30.462 --> 21:32.350 a decision that was made . I was 21:32.350 --> 21:34.406 against that original decision , but 21:34.406 --> 21:36.406 they did that . It still worked out 21:36.406 --> 21:38.683 well because it gave people a lifeline , 21:38.683 --> 21:40.739 a real lifeline . Now we're doing it 21:40.739 --> 21:42.850 again , that thinking about doing 70% 21:42.850 --> 21:44.961 of the amount the amount would be the 21:44.961 --> 21:44.420 same . But doing it in a little bit 21:44.420 --> 21:47.860 smaller initial amounts so that people 21:47.860 --> 21:50.027 are gonna want to go back to work , as 21:50.027 --> 21:52.082 opposed to making so much money that 21:52.082 --> 21:54.304 they really don't have to . But we were 21:54.304 --> 21:56.416 very generous with him . I think that 21:56.416 --> 21:58.416 it's been a tremendously successful 21:58.416 --> 22:00.360 program . The whole thing has been 22:00.360 --> 22:02.416 successful . If you look , we have , 22:02.416 --> 22:04.416 we're in a pandemic , and yet we're 22:04.416 --> 22:06.527 producing tremendous number of jobs . 22:06.527 --> 22:08.693 That was something that nobody thought 22:08.693 --> 22:10.416 possible . Thank you very much 22:10.416 --> 22:12.693 yesterday said that wearing a mask was , 22:14.170 --> 22:16.870 that is , why don't you do it ? Well , 22:16.870 --> 22:18.870 I do actually do it when I need . I 22:18.870 --> 22:21.037 mean , I carry the mask when I have to 22:21.037 --> 22:23.148 go . I went into Walter Reed Hospital 22:23.148 --> 22:25.259 the other day . I have the mask right 22:25.259 --> 22:27.092 here , carried and I will use it 22:27.092 --> 22:29.314 blandly . No problem with it . And I've 22:29.314 --> 22:32.410 said that . And I say if you can use 22:32.410 --> 22:35.080 the mask when you can use the mask if 22:35.080 --> 22:37.270 you're close to each other . If you're 22:37.270 --> 22:39.492 in a group , I would put it on when I'm 22:39.492 --> 22:41.659 in a group . If I'm in an elevator and 22:41.659 --> 22:43.492 there are other people with me , 22:43.492 --> 22:45.714 including , like security people , it's 22:45.714 --> 22:47.881 not . Therefore they have to be in the 22:47.881 --> 22:47.190 elevator . I want to protect them . 22:47.190 --> 22:50.180 Also . I put on a mask . I will have . 22:50.190 --> 22:52.420 I have no problem with the masks . I 22:52.420 --> 22:54.460 view it this way . Anything that 22:54.460 --> 22:56.238 potentially can help . And that 22:56.238 --> 22:58.380 certainly can potentially help is a 22:58.380 --> 23:00.324 good thing . I have no problem . I 23:00.324 --> 23:02.220 carry it . I wear it . You saw me 23:02.220 --> 23:04.331 wearing it a number of times and I'll 23:04.331 --> 23:08.050 continue , Please . Sending messages 23:08.180 --> 23:10.513 yesterday tweeted out of wearing a mask . 23:10.560 --> 23:12.616 And then last evening we saw you not 23:12.616 --> 23:14.782 wearing mascot . Your hotel ? Well , I 23:14.782 --> 23:16.671 don't know , uh , the hotel I was 23:16.671 --> 23:18.671 pretty far away from people , but I 23:18.671 --> 23:21.004 would say this , uh , I've explained it . 23:21.004 --> 23:23.370 I think very well if you're close 23:23.370 --> 23:25.426 together , I would put on the mask . 23:25.426 --> 23:27.648 And if you're not , I would say that if 23:27.648 --> 23:29.759 you're for instance , I'll see . Like 23:29.759 --> 23:31.981 here you've been all tested . I've been 23:31.981 --> 23:33.870 tested often times . I'll be with 23:33.870 --> 23:35.870 people that are fully tested . I've 23:35.870 --> 23:37.870 been tested . In theory , you don't 23:37.870 --> 23:39.981 need them . Ask . I'm getting used to 23:39.981 --> 23:42.037 the mask . And the reason is , think 23:42.037 --> 23:44.037 about patriotism . Maybe it is . It 23:44.037 --> 23:46.400 helps . It helps . Now we have experts 23:46.400 --> 23:48.567 that have said in the recent past that 23:48.567 --> 23:50.780 masks aren't necessarily good to where 23:50.780 --> 23:53.110 you know that . But now they've changed 23:53.110 --> 23:55.388 their mind . If they change their mind , 23:55.388 --> 23:57.499 that's good enough for me . So I wear 23:57.499 --> 23:59.554 it when appropriate place . Thanks , 24:00.520 --> 24:02.687 Americans . That may be surprised that 24:02.687 --> 24:05.550 your change of tone over all of this , 24:05.550 --> 24:07.690 um or perhaps realistic tone someone 24:07.700 --> 24:10.090 look at it that way . Sudden embrace of 24:10.090 --> 24:13.400 masks , social distancing . The 24:13.980 --> 24:16.202 always agreed with that . I mean , I've 24:16.202 --> 24:18.424 never fought either one , but certainly 24:18.424 --> 24:20.750 social distancing . I want toe . That's 24:20.750 --> 24:23.500 common sense . 60 Me is common sense , 24:23.500 --> 24:25.611 I'd like to say maybe making a little 24:25.611 --> 24:27.722 bit further the idea that things will 24:27.722 --> 24:29.611 get worse perhaps before they get 24:29.611 --> 24:32.010 better here and perhaps the realization 24:32.360 --> 24:35.130 that this resurgence , if you will , is 24:35.130 --> 24:37.297 for Riel . When you used to talk about 24:37.297 --> 24:39.408 it in terms of little fires being put 24:39.408 --> 24:42.450 out here in their way have embers and 24:42.450 --> 24:44.339 fires and we have big fires . And 24:44.550 --> 24:46.661 unfortunately , now Florida is , uh , 24:47.010 --> 24:49.430 in a little tough or in a big , tough 24:49.430 --> 24:51.740 position . You have a great governor 24:51.740 --> 24:53.796 there . You have a great governor in 24:53.796 --> 24:56.018 Texas , you have people that are very , 24:56.018 --> 24:57.907 very skilled people , and I think 24:57.907 --> 25:00.073 they're going to handle it very well . 25:00.073 --> 25:02.296 They're hospital capacities are holding 25:02.296 --> 25:04.296 up , but Texas is a big state , and 25:04.296 --> 25:06.573 it's very well run , and so is Florida , 25:06.573 --> 25:08.851 and I think they'll do a very good job . 25:08.851 --> 25:10.962 Changing your tone does ask you about 25:10.962 --> 25:13.184 the issue of vaccines already mentioned 25:13.184 --> 25:15.490 yesterday . Study by a Chinese company 25:15.500 --> 25:17.700 shows promising results for its Corona 25:17.700 --> 25:20.260 virus vaccine candidates if China were 25:20.270 --> 25:22.492 first in developing the vaccine or even 25:22.492 --> 25:24.603 if it weren't with the administration 25:24.603 --> 25:26.603 being willing to work with China to 25:26.603 --> 25:28.714 bring a successful Chinese vaccine to 25:28.714 --> 25:30.826 the U . S . Were willing to work with 25:30.826 --> 25:32.937 anybody that's going to get us a good 25:32.937 --> 25:35.159 result were very close to the vaccine . 25:35.159 --> 25:37.381 I think we're gonna have some very good 25:37.381 --> 25:39.270 results were already in testing . 25:39.270 --> 25:41.381 Nobody thought that would be possible 25:41.381 --> 25:41.350 under the old system would be a year to 25:41.360 --> 25:43.471 two years before you could even think 25:43.471 --> 25:45.471 about using the word testing . So I 25:45.471 --> 25:47.693 think we've had a lot of and the reason 25:47.693 --> 25:49.971 we're testing they've had good results . 25:49.971 --> 25:52.027 So now we have to see in the testing 25:52.027 --> 25:54.027 also for safety . Have to make sure 25:54.027 --> 25:56.249 it's safe . And I think you're going to 25:56.249 --> 25:58.193 see something over the next fairly 25:58.193 --> 26:00.138 short period of time . May be very 26:00.138 --> 26:02.304 short period of time having to do with 26:02.304 --> 26:04.527 therapeutics and vaccines that are very 26:04.527 --> 26:06.582 good . So we'll be doing these quite 26:06.582 --> 26:08.804 often . We're gonna keep you abreast of 26:08.804 --> 26:08.430 this . And we'll also talk about some 26:08.430 --> 26:10.708 of the other topics , like our economy , 26:10.708 --> 26:12.874 which is doing well . The stock market 26:12.874 --> 26:14.874 had another good day . I think they 26:14.874 --> 26:17.041 have a good day because they see a lot 26:17.041 --> 26:19.097 of positive things happening on this 26:19.097 --> 26:21.152 front to thank you very much . Thank 26:21.152 --> 26:19.940 you .