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"They've really stepped up to the plate," says @POTUS of #Mexico, announcing he met at #G20OsakaSummit with Mexican officials about border security issue.
"That's disgraceful. We'll appeal it right away," says @POTUS of 9th Circuit judge's decision to halt funding for part of border wall.
"At least the time being we won't be lifting tariffs on China" or adding any more, says @POTUS. "China is going to start spending money...for our farmers."
"I spoke with Nancy Pelosi last night about the USMCA," says @POTUS.
"Japan sends us millions of cars and we send them wheat, which doesn't work," says @POTUS at news conference in Osaka.
Talking first question from @johnrobertsFox, @POTUS says "I fell comfortable doing that" in regards to stepping across the border into the #DPRK.
"We're going to have to change it," says @POTUS in response to my question about whether he still wants to withdraw from the US-Japan Security Treaty after his talks here with @AbeShinzo. "It's unfair."
"He was a nice man who was a terrible president," says of Jimmy Carter's statement that @realDonaldTrump victory was illegitimate because of help from #Russia. "This had nothing to do with anybody except for the fact I worked harder and worked smarter than Hillary Clinton did."
"What Iran did to him. They tied him up in knots," continues @POTUS on Jimmy Carter.
"I don't really care about offending people," replies @POTUS to laughter after @Acosta asks him if he didn't raise @JKhashoggi killing with Saudi crown prince because he didn't want to offend him.
"You have a lot of very nice leaders of countries," replies @POTUS when asked if he's cozying up to dictators.
"I think it's horrible," says @POTUS about the killing of @JKhashoggi. "I'm very unhappy about that whole event...they're prosecuting additional people (in Saudi Arabia).
Saudi Arabia ordering more than $400 billion of military equipment from the US, explains @POTUS.
During #DemocraticDebate @KamalaHarris given too much credit but acknowledges @JoeBiden was hit hard by her, according to @POTUS.
"You never know who is going to be tough" among his potential opponents.
"You never know who is going to be tough" among his potential opponents.
"I think she was given far too much credit," adds @POTUS of @KamalaHarris in the debate.
"US can sell their equipment to Huawei," responds @POTUS to a requested clarification from @JenniferJJacobs.
"He has a big problem with the Kurds...He was going to wipe out the Kurds," says @POTUS of @RTErdogan. "I called him and asked him not to do it...and he didn't do it."
We're working on Idlib province together," says @POTUS.
"Please take it easy with Idlib," he says he told @RTErdogan.
You don't kill one to three million people to get the terrorists, he adds.
"Please take it easy with Idlib," he says he told @RTErdogan.
You don't kill one to three million people to get the terrorists, he adds.
"He's paid a tremendous amount of money upfront to Lockheed," says @POTUS of @RTErdogan. "He got treated very unfairly...It's a mess."
"Donald Trump loves Turkey," says @POTUS, noting @RTErdogan "a tough guy" quickly releasing unfairly imprisoned US pastor.
Busing for integration of schools "is certainly a primary method of getting people to schools," replies @POTUS on another question related to the @KamalaHarris-@JoeBiden exchange in the #DemocratsDebate.
"I think Mexico is looking to swamp the cartels," says @POTUS. "So far a lot of good things have happened."
"We have a flight that leaves pretty much when I want it to," says @POTUS asking journalists whether he should continue this news conference.
Willing to continue with news conference if reporters won't write: "He went on too long," says @POTUS.
"I think talking is great" with #Iran, but @JohnKerry talked to Iranian officials too much, asserts @POTUS.
"How horrible and ridiculous is that?" questions @POTUS about not being able to ask on #Census2020 if people are US citizens.
"I know they want to make a deal but they want to be a little bit cute," says @POTUS of Palestinians in Middle East peace negotiations.
"It's probably about the toughest deal to make," says @POTUS of Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. 
"We're talking about that," replies @POTUS on whether he's taking @Huawei off the @CommerceGov Entity List.
"I don't like it," says @POTUS of subsidizing wind power.
"We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon," repeats @POTUS.
"I have five different strategies (on #Venezuela) I could change any moment," replies @POTUS to @CELIAMENDOZA25 of @VOANoticias.
"He's very angry about it. He's very unhappy about it," says @POTUS of Saudi crown prince and the killing of @JKhashoggi. "A lot of people are being prosecuted and they're taking it very seriously over there."
(In response to question from @anitakumar01).
(In response to question from @anitakumar01).
"He did invite me to Russia for the (75th anniversary of the) defeat of Nazis," says @POTUS of Putin.
"He (Putin) does see things that are happening in the United States that would probably be preclude him from saying how wonderful it is," says @POTUS, noting political leadership of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
And with that we're done.
