Trump: GOP’s never been this unified

US President Donald Trump has said that the Republican Party has never been this unified.

He was answering a question by CNBC’s Joe Kernen, who had asked the president how did he think his “team” performed in the Senate a day earlier, on “Squawk Box” on Wednesday.

“I think the team was really good,” replied President Trump, according to the unofficial transcript of the interview US and Global News received from NBCUniversal, whose television arm – NBCUniversal Broadcast, Cable, Sports and News – owns CNBC. “And– the facts are all on our side. The Republican party has never been this unified. You saw that. 195 to nothing. I guess twice. In fact we got three Democrats voting for us. That was with the House. I think—”

Kernen asked Trump if he thought there would be witnesses.

“I really don’t know,” replied the president. “I think that– if everybody tells the truth, it’s perfect. All you have to do is read the transcript. Read– if you take a look at the transcript– and it’s really two transcripts. It’s– you know, I had a first call which was perfect, and I had a second call which was perfect. You notice they don’t mention the calls, though. They never mention the calls. They talk about everything but the calls. All they have to do is read the transcripts. I put it out all the time. The other thing is speak to the president of Ukraine. He’s been great, I have to tell you. And his foreign minister’s been great.”

Trump continued, “They constantly–say there was no pressure. They don’t even know what we’re doing. They think it’s crazy. So they got the money. In fact they got it very early. President Obama gave them nothing. He gave them pillows and sheets and things like that, and I gave them tank busters. You know, it’s a disgraceful hoax.”

The full video of the interview can be watched on CNBC’s website, here.

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