Not the onion, actual quote
">> I think we have a lot of leverage. We have tremendous leverage. I do believe that China, despite my relationship with President Xi, a man I said I have great respect for and like a lot, we’re having tough talks on trade. I think that affects China. I have to do what I have to do. I think over the last two months, the border is more open than it was when we first started. That is what it is. We have to do it. We have a tremendous, tremendous deficit in trade. Commonly known as a trade deficit. We have a tremendous deficit with China. We have to do something about it."
Also
"We are being taken advantage of by virtually every one of the countries. Now the United States because of bad management at the top and presidents that did not care about trade or did not understand it or whatever reason, for many years with China being obviously the most successful at it and the European Union is second. $151 billion we lost. They were represented at the meeting. We are taken advantage of on trade. Canada does have very big advantages over us in terms of trade deficits. We have a big trade deficit with Canada. It is a surplus. It is not a surplus. It is either 17 or it could be 100. I don’t know if you saw it. We found it. Perhaps they were trying to show $151 billion we lost. They were represented at the meeting."
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/6/12/17452624/trump-kim-summit-transcript-press-conference-full-text
">> I think we have a lot of leverage. We have tremendous leverage. I do believe that China, despite my relationship with President Xi, a man I said I have great respect for and like a lot, we’re having tough talks on trade. I think that affects China. I have to do what I have to do. I think over the last two months, the border is more open than it was when we first started. That is what it is. We have to do it. We have a tremendous, tremendous deficit in trade. Commonly known as a trade deficit. We have a tremendous deficit with China. We have to do something about it."
Also
"We are being taken advantage of by virtually every one of the countries. Now the United States because of bad management at the top and presidents that did not care about trade or did not understand it or whatever reason, for many years with China being obviously the most successful at it and the European Union is second. $151 billion we lost. They were represented at the meeting. We are taken advantage of on trade. Canada does have very big advantages over us in terms of trade deficits. We have a big trade deficit with Canada. It is a surplus. It is not a surplus. It is either 17 or it could be 100. I don’t know if you saw it. We found it. Perhaps they were trying to show $151 billion we lost. They were represented at the meeting."
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/6/12/17452624/trump-kim-summit-transcript-press-conference-full-text
