Trump Bluntly Shuts Down Reporter's Question About Which Countries May Be Added To Travel Ban List

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During a press briefing on Wednesday, President Trump was asked about countries that may be placed under a travel ban.

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00:00Can you say which countries you might target in your next travel ban?

00:06Wouldn't that be a stupid thing for me to say?

00:14Which countries am I going to target for the next travel ban?

00:17Can you believe somebody would ask that question?

00:25Well we're going to talk.

00:26We're going to be talking really to the European Union.

00:29You know, I will tell you this, one little, we'll end it with this.

00:33So I have a property, a big property in Ireland that you know well, it's one of the most highly

00:37rated hotels in all of Europe.

00:39It's beautiful.

00:40Doonbeck.

00:41It's a beautiful 600 acres on the ocean and everybody knows it.

00:46And we have a beautiful hotel and I was going to do a project there, a big expansion of

00:51the place.

00:52This was when I was a civilian, before the presidency, before I even thought about the

00:56presidency, but I was going to do a really beautiful expansion of the, because it does

01:01very well.

01:02And I got the approvals from Ireland so quickly.

01:05They were so professional.

01:06They wanted it.

01:07You know, it's economic development, it's jobs, it's construction jobs, a big expansion,

01:12beautiful expansion.

01:14And but I was told something that bothered me.

01:16They said, sir, you also have to get approved by the European Union.

01:21I said, why do I have to go to the European Union to expand a hotel that's in Ireland?

01:25They said, well, that's the way it is.

01:27I say, well, shouldn't that go fast?

01:30They said, no, it'll take at least seven years.

01:33You gave me the approval in about four weeks.

01:37It was a beautiful professional.

01:39If you took four years, you wouldn't have done a better job.

01:41You know, everything was done environmentally.

01:43Everything.

01:44There's no reason to take very long.

01:45I had everything from Ireland in four weeks.

01:50And then I hired somebody who said the process will be from five to seven years.

01:56And I said, oh, really?

01:57And then I found out that they weren't playing games.

02:01Think about how bad that is for for your country.

02:04So that was my first experience with the European Union.

02:07And I dropped the project.

02:08I just said, I'm not going to do that.

02:09I'm not going to go seven years to expand something.

02:12But I have to.

02:13I'll hand it to Ireland.

02:14You were so professional, so good.

02:17I don't know why the European Union had to approve it.

02:21And with them, it was it was.

02:23And that's that's the European Union.

02:25So it was it was a very bad experience.

02:28I had to say, President, you have the distinction of being.

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