*Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2019 *

**Remarks Honoring NCAA Championship Teams and an Exchange With Reporters **

*November 22, 2019 *

*The President.* Thank you very much, everybody. We're having a great year. This has been an amazing year for our economy. And meeting these athletes, they're real athletes, I can tell you. It's a tremendous achievement. And we're bringing many of them over to the Oval Office. I guess all of them. So far, nobody has turned that one down—[*laughter*]—because it is a special place. They want to be there within 25 years, somebody out of here. [*Laughter*]

So—but we had a—we've had a great time. This has been the best economy we've ever had. We're up again today. We have a lot of things going. The China deal is coming along very well. It's a question of whether or not I want to make it. And tremendous things are happening.

I think we had a tremendous week with the hoax. You know, the great hoax. The—they call it the "impeachment hoax." And that's really worked out incredibly well. And we have tremendous support.

I think Roger is around here someplace. I don't think I've ever seen support in the Republican Party like we do right now. We've never had this kind of support.

*Representative J. Roger Williams.* We're with you all the way, Mr. President.

*The President.* Yes, thank you very much, Roger.

*Q. *Should the whistleblower be fired, Mr. President?

*The President. *I'll see you over at the—we'll see you over at the Oval Office.

*Q.* Sir, sir——

*Intelligence Community Whistleblower/The President's July 25 Telephone Conversation With President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine *

*Q. *Should the whistleblower be fired, Mr. President?

*The President.* What whistleblower? I don't think there is. I consider it to be a fake whistleblower, because what he wrote didn't correspond to what I said in any way, shape, or form.

*Q. *Why don't you fire this person then? They're still in your administration, Mr. President.

*The President. *Thank you very much, everybody.

NOTE: The President spoke at 11:52 a.m. in the State Dining Room at the White House.

*Categories:* Addresses and Remarks : NCAA championship teams; Interviews With the News Media : Exchanges with reporters :: White House*.*

*Locations: *Washington, DC.

*Names:* Williams, J. Roger*.*

*Subjects:* China : Trade with U.S.; Congress : House of Representatives :: Impeachment inquiry; Economy, national : Improvement; Sports : NCAA championship teams.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201900815.