Starting now: @POTUS news conference from Bedminster, New Jersey...called less than an hour ago 
* Correction - it was called shortly after 6pm ET and set to start at 7pm
.@POTUS starts with economic data, hailing job creation - "the single greatest 3-month period of job creation in American history"
.@POTUS says administration still working to reach #coronavirus relief deal with Democrats but blasts @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer
"You have ppl in Congress who don't want to help our ppl" he says
"You have ppl in Congress who don't want to help our ppl" he says
.@POTUS says he spoke today w/@EmmanuelMacron of #France about "the catastrophic even which took place in #Beirut...horrible, horrible, event"
Says he also told #Lebanon President Aoun that US supplies and that medical personnel on their way, too
Says he also told #Lebanon President Aoun that US supplies and that medical personnel on their way, too
"In this administration we live by 2 rules: buy American and hire American" per @POTUS, switching to Tennessee valley Authority "You can't fire all our workers and hire ppl back from other faraway parts of the world for lower prices
#COVID19 "Every nation on earth continues to combat the virus. A number of countries are seeing a surge in new cases..." per @POTUS, calling #LatAm "...the most infected place anywhere in the world"
"We're doing very well" @POTUS says of the US vs #COVID19 "More than 80% of jurisdictions report declining cases..."
#COVID19 vaccines - "3 vaccines candidates have now moved into phase 3 trials. This would be years ahead of schedule" says @POTUS "We have done wonders w/the @US_FDA"
"In the not too distant future we'll have so many [#COVID19] tests where it's a quick test... 5 minute to 15 minutes" @POTUS says
"Over the next 2 weeks I'll be pursuing a major executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover all preexisting conditions for all customers. That's a big thing" per @POTUS "It's time the ppl of our country are properly represented & properly taken care of"
"It's had a very very big impact" @POTUS says, switching to the #BorderWall
"#Portland, finally, I'd like to address that situation" per @POTUS "Portland is a disaster. it's been a disaster for many many years"
Says federal officers "single-handedly saved the federal courthouse from lawless rioters & agitators & anarchists, & that's what they are"
Says federal officers "single-handedly saved the federal courthouse from lawless rioters & agitators & anarchists, & that's what they are"
"But if the radical left gets in, they look at #Portland as a thing that they want...why? Who knows" says @POTUS
"No city, no town & no suburb would be safe" he claims
"No city, no town & no suburb would be safe" he claims
"A vast majority of ppl agree with me" says @POTUS "They don't speak up as much as they could, but we know they're there"
Answering questions, @POTUS says executive orders on #COVID19 relief could be ready by end of next week
"People feel that we can do it" he adds, saying lawsuit might be likely
"People feel that we can do it" he adds, saying lawsuit might be likely
NEW: @POTUS reacts to US intel #Election2020 Threat warning
"The last person #Russia wants to see in office is Donald Trump bcs nobody's been tougher on Russia than I have, ever" he says
"The last person #Russia wants to see in office is Donald Trump bcs nobody's been tougher on Russia than I have, ever" he says
"I don't care what anybody says" says @POTUS when told assessment claimed #Moscow looking to hurt @JoeBiden
"Nobody with any common sense would say..."
"Nobody with any common sense would say..."
"#China would love us to have an election where Donald Trump lost to sleepy Joe Biden. They would dream. They would own our country" says @POTUS
"I'll make this statement, if and when we win, we will make deal w/ #Iran very quickly" per @POTUS "We'll make deals with #NorthKorea very quickly"
"If I didn't win the election in 2016, our country would now be, maybe it would be over by now, in war w/#NorthKorea" @POTUS claims
"We actually have a relationship w/North Korea"
"We actually have a relationship w/North Korea"
"Every one of them will make a deal with us very quickly" says @POTUS "#Iran is dying to make a deal but they're waiting to see bcs they would much rather make a deal with Biden"
"The last thing that #Russia wants, and #China wants and #Iran wants would be for Donald Trump to win" says @POTUS
Asked what he plans to do re election interference, @POTUS says, "Well, we're going to look at it very closely. You're telling me that this came out a little while ago? And I've heard that it came out, it came out just a little while ago &we're going to look at that very closely"
"But you started off w/ #Russia, why don't you start off with #China?" @POTUS asks reporter "Do you think China is maybe a bigger threat? I mean, I think maybe it is. I mean, you'll have to figure it out. But we're going to watch all of them"
"The biggest risk that we have is mail-in ballots" says @POTUS "It is a much easier thin for a foreign power, whether it's #Russia or #China, #Iran, #NorthKorea, many others...it's much easier for them to forge ballots & send them in. It's much easier for them to cheat"
"One of the things we'll have to look at is exactly that. That's a big problem" says @POTUS
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