let's talk to donald trump. he joins us every monday at this time. good morning to you, donald. >> good morning. >> steve: what do you think they should do with the money? >> i think they're all good ideas. the obvious one is reduce the budget. but they all sound like good ideas. >> brian: what did you think of the president on "60 minutes" yesterday? >> he did good. he's riding high, he did well. i thought he did a good job. >> brian: made the right decision? >> made the right decision, yes. >> gretchen: let's talk about what you would do as president moving forward with pakistan. how would you handle them? >> we spent billions of dollars a year with pakistan and obviously they knew. in fact, i was on bill o'reilly and kneel cavuto and i was saying, he's in pakistan. interestingly, he's in pakistan and what are we giving all this money for? turned out he was in pakistan. but a lot of people felt that. they obviously knew he was there and pakistan is a real problem because they have nuclear weapons. i would say something that i haven't heard, i would say we don't give them any money unless

they get rid of their nuclear weapons. >> gretchen: interesting. >> steve: what do you think -- later today, the prime minister of pakistan will say if the united states tries another raid like they did last week, we are going to defend ourselves? >> it's very much like china. these are not friends of ours. these are people that are totally in for themselves and probably pretty bad people and some enemies. they are not friends of ours and we're going to probably have to deal with them a lot differently than we thought. these are not our friends. >> steve: when you say we'll have to deal with them differently, what do you mean? >> look, we're going to have to go get the terrorists and we'll have to do what's necessary and we certainly, because there are plenty of other terrorists in pakistan, we all know that, we certainly shouldn't be giving them $3.2 billion a year. >> gretchen: but here is the thing. they claim on the other side of the coin, that they've helped capture 100 members of al-qaeda, including khalid shaikh mohammed. so i know that you tell it like it is, but is there any

diplomacy in how we have to relate to pakistan. so we land there so we can go to afghanistan. >> i've also heard that every time, in many cases where we had somebody that we wanted to get, when we informed them and when we went in to get that terrorist, they weren't there. so somebody gave them some clues. so this is not a good situation in pakistan. they have nuclear weapons. we're giving them $3.2 billion a year and they do not love us. >> brian: now that the president has had this huge international success and a great day for our country, while crediting president bush and the run up to that, do you believe now that he's going to coast to reelection? >> well, it certainly helped him. there is no question about it. it certainly helped and whether you give bush credit or him credit, it certainly helped. there is no doubt about it. but ultimately, it's going to be about the economy. if the economy is good in a year and a half from now, it's going to be very, very tough. if the economy is not good, i think it's very easy for a republican to get in. >> gretchen: what does that mean for you, donald?

>> i'm making my decision over the next short period of time and you'll be hearing about it. >> brian: how do you handle all the attacks you've been getting from the washington correspondent's dinner to different so-called pundits making -- targeting you? >> sort of interesting, i was invited to the washington correspondent's dinner and the entire evening was knocking me. i didn't know, was i insulted or complimented, because his speech was about me. the comedians' speech was about me. and i said, what am i doing here? this is sort of ridiculous. but the truth is, there were plenty of people that came up and said, that's a great compliment. it was a comedy dinner. he was reasonable and fair and frankly, you know, i was getting into the lion's den. i had no idea the entire evening would be about donald trump. >> steve: it's a comedy thing. let's talk about this, van jones' political group called color of change, apparently they're targeting your program "celebrity apprentice." they launched a twitter persuade

and persuade star jones and lil john to denounce you for race baiting. >> that's sort of interesting because star jones was fired last night and the show has gotten tremendous ratings and getting tremendous ratings. it's the top show on nbc. and i don't know too much about van jones. i think he was the person who was recently thrown out of government. isn't that correct? >> he was the green czar. >> he was thrown out of government and now criticizing me. that's sort of interesting. but i really don't care too much about a van jones. i don't know anything about him. we've been great and i will say, star did a good job and lil john has done an absolutely fantastic job on the show. >> gretchen: the reason this is different, donald, i think, is because at the white house correspondent's dinner, those are jokes and you went with the levity of it. but this accusation is racism and i know that you face that before, but it seems to me to be quite more serious than just a few jokes at the correspondent's dinner. >> you know, if it comes to racism and racists, i am the least racist person there is.

and i think most people that know me would tell you that. i am the least racist. i've had great relationships. in fact, randle pinkett won on, as you know, the apprentice a little while ago, a couple years ago and he's been outstanding in every way. i am the least racist person. but this is a guy trying to get some publicity for himself by attacking donald trump and that's okay because a lot of people do that. >> steve: that group has said it was connected to the fact that you wanted to see the president's birth certificate and we have it. now that's put to rest. but also a popular web site, groupon pulled some ads from "celebrity apprentice" web site after some lefty blog think progress complained about you. >> you know, it's one of the hottest shows on television for advertising and probably the easiest sale nbc has for getting advertisers. so if somebody wants to pull an ad ad, i guarantee you, they have 30 others that want to replace it. >> brian: with all the criticism coming your direction, does this

make you want to run less or more? >> i don't think of it that way. i have said and every time i speak, i say, i have always been told that a very successful person cannot run for high office. and i sort of see it because i get -- i always got great press. lately i've just been hammered. anything i do, if i go on your show, if a word is slightly out of order, it's like hammer time. okay? and so it's really amazing, but it has no impact on me whatsoever. that has absolutely no impact. it's sort of interesting, when you do many, many deals, you get criticized. obama did one deal and it was a deal to buy a house in chicago and he hardly got criticized. so it really is very tough for a person that's successful that does a lot in life to run for political office. but it has no impact on me. >> steve: you are very successful and you've done a lot and it's great you would join us every monday morning. >> i love joining you.