Mar-a-Lago
West Palm Beach, Florida
March 7, 2020
7:28 P.M. EST
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Hello, everybody. Thank you very much. Thank you. He’s doing a fantastic job. A great job. Brazil loves him and the USA loves him. Great job. Thank you very much.
Q Mr. President, will you continue keeping tariffs off of Brazil on steel and aluminum?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: We have a very good relationship as to tariffs. And we helped Brazil and we want to always help Brazil. And the friendship is probably stronger now than it’s ever been.
Q So no new tariffs?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I don’t want to make any promises. No promises.
Q Sir, for the (inaudible) coronavirus impact, are you going to continue hold rallies and are you taking any precautions with the White House staff?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, we’ll have tremendous rallies. And we’re doing very well. And we’ve done a fantastic job with respect to that subject on the virus. Yeah.
Q How concerned are you that coronavirus —
PRESIDENT TRUMP: (Inaudible.) We’ve had tremendous cooperation with other countries and all over the world. And we’ve made it very, very tough. Very strong. Very stringent borders.
Q But are you concerned that it is getting closer to the White House in D.C.?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Say it. What?
Q On free trade —
Q Are you concerned that the virus is getting closer to the White House and D.C.?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, I’m not concerned at all. No, I’m not. No, we’ve done a great job.
Thank you very much.
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7:30 P.M. EST
