Donald Trump
43:30 - 43:47
"what we're signing today has been amazing, but they tried to extort us. And eventually— and they were losing tremendous support because they're extorting on law and order, and they can't win on law and order."
“what we're signing today has been amazing, but they tried to extort us. And eventually— and they were losing tremendous support because they're extorting on law and order, and they can't win on law and order.”
- Speaker
- Donald Trump
- Timestamp
- 43:30 – 43:47
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- June 10, 2026
From the transcript
They did. They've done it on numerous occasions. I said, we can't. This— what we're signing today has been amazing, but they tried to extort us. And eventually— and they were losing tremendous support because they're extorting on law and order, and they can't win on law and order.
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