Would not let other countries take advantage of the US: Trump

May 04, 2016 21:13

The United States is the policeman for the world and "protects" other countries, but it does not get the respect it deserves and is treated unfairly, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump rued on Wednesday.

He said that countries need to respect the US and treat it fairly. Trump said that he would not let other countries take advantage of America.

The US is the policemen for the world and "we protect" other countries, Trump said.

But "they don't respect us and they don't take care of us and they don't treat us right in many cases," he said in his victory speech after winning the Indiana primary, following which he was declared the presumptive nominee by the party.

"That's not going to happen," Trump said amidst applause from the audience.

"Now, we can keep things going and we're going to keep things going very nicely. But we owe, soon, $21 trillion. It's $19, but with the budget that was recently done, soon it will be $21 trillion. We are just not in the position that we were in 30 years ago, 40 years ago, 50 years ago when a lot of these things took place and began taking place," he said.

"We are going to have unbelievably good relationships with other countries. But likewise, they have to treat us fairly and they have to understand that what we've been doing over the years has been so wrong and so unfair to the US and to its people and to its taxpayers. So that will change," Trump said.

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