DONALD TRUMP

Public, real time response to the very specific question, "If you win in November, can to commit to prioritizing legislation to make childcare affordable, and if so what specific piece of legislation would you advance?" (September 24, 2024)

Well, I would do that. And we're sitting down – you know – I was – somebody – we had – Senator Marco – Rubio and my daughter Ivanka was so – uh – impactful on that issue. It's a very important issue, but I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I'm talking about that – because – look, childcare is childcare. It's – it couldn't – you know it's something – you have to have it. In this country you have to have it – uh – but when you talk about those numbers compared to the kind of numbers that I'm talking about by taxing foreign nations at levels that they're not used to but they'll get used to it very quickly and it's not gonna stop them from doing business with us but they'll have a very substantial tax when they send product into our country – uh – those numbers are so much bigger than any numbers that we're talking about including childcare that it's gonna take care - we're gonna have – I – I look forward to having no deficits within a fairly short period of time coupled with – uh – the reductions that I told you about on waste and fraud and all of the other things that are going on in our country because I have to stay with childcare – I – I wanna stay with childcare but those numbers are small relative to the kind of economic numbers that I'm talking about including growth but growth also headed up by what the plan is that I just – uh – that I just told you about. We're gonna be taking in trillions of dollars and as much as much as childcare – uh – is talked about as being expensive it's relatively speaking not very expensive compared to the kind of numbers we'll be taking in – we're gonna make this into an incredible country that can take afford to take care of its people and then we'll worry about the rest of the world. Let's help other people but we're gonna take care of our country first. This is about America First. This is about Make America Great Again. We have to do it because right now we're a failing nation – so we'll take care of it. Thank you.