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donald trump is still with us. tiger woods, a friend of yours. e sponsor, accenture, has dropped him. and nike endorsed him today, staying with him. what do you make of this, donald? >> he's going through a very tough period of time. who would have ever thought? his career was so perfectly manicured and managed it was amazing. he really is a good guy. i know him and i like him and i respect him. and i wish to see him play golf. i mean, he is rembrandt on canvas. you can't take that canvas away. you know, it's something he should be doing. i can't imagine him, larry, sitting home with his wife, holding hands, watching hundreds of thousands of people walking down the fairways and watching phil mickleson or somebody else winning the masters. he's going to be sitting there holding his wife's hand? i don't get it. i don't see it. >> larry: hasn't your respect for him diminished at all? >> i know him and like him and really respected him the most as a great athlete, great golfer. i know him as a golfer. i never knew anything about his private life. i ca

go see donald trump.o to the hamptons. >> larry: he would be hounded, though. >> it doesn't matter. sooner or later you have to come out and let people see you. i mean, the more you stay hidden, the more people are going to come out and say things about you. so what's going to happen? he'll go on oprah and "60 minutes" and do this, and he has to say the truth. i've learned a big lesson of being a billionaire, a great golfer, a great icon. a famous person. now i have to put all those things together and be a great father and a great husband. >> larry: donald, do handlers play a part in this, people around him and yes men? people who must have known the kind of life he was living and not say anything about it. >> sure. the handlers are there. a lot of blood suckers. when you're famous like that, a lot of athletes have handlers all over the place. they have a big role in somebody's life. obviously tiger had some handlers and maybe they didn't do him justice. >> did you think about your public image? didn't y

i really love to thank donald trump for taking the opportunity to come back on the show and show face>> larry: what do you want to say about dennis, donald? >> well, it was great having him on the apprentice. he's a great character, and he really is a character. he's a unique person. but he really is -- you know, underneath all of that bluser there's a good guy, a nice guy. i respect dennis a lot. >> larry: donald, it should be pointsed out while he was wild, on the court there wasn't a more -- there wasn't a better team player. you know, he didn't need any -- he didn't shoot a lot. >> one of the greatest rebounders of all time. if you ask michael jordan or any great players on the team, dennis was a very important part of all the championship teams. >> larry: dennis, you're eligible for the basketball hall of fame next year. think you might make it? >> highway patrol so. you have carl malone and mike sdaish scottie pippen and you have me that's eligible. hopefully we all three get in. if i don't get in, i will be there to support scottie pippen. one of the greatest players on

. >> larry: the other night, donald trump says the banks have the money and they are not loaning it. barney? >> i'm frustrated by that. there are governmental obstacles in policy. the bank examiners. they work for the insurance commission, the corporation or control the currency. they go out and examine each bank. i'm afraid the culture has been to be too tough. they have not been rebuked because of a loan that should be made and shouldn't have been made. i have tried hard, we talked to the chiefs of the agencies to urge them to get them to lend. it be a part of the accounting rules there. because of the vaul, as the assets deteriorates, we try to fix that. but i think it's fundamentally probably a problem with the culture we are a trying to change. >> larry: do you agree, ron? >> yes, to a large degree. after there is a bubble burst, even borrows get skittish. they are worried. bankers get skittish because they lost money. i think barney makes a very good point that the regulators get overzealous. that is the reason i don't like regulators. he mentioned and talked to the regulators,

>> larry: when can we get -- last night, the other night, rather, donald trump says the banks have the money but they're not loaning it, barney. >> i'm frustrated by that. i think here's the problem. there were certainly no governmental obstacles in policy. but have you this problem. the bank examiners, they're the people who work for the federal deposit insurance commission, corporation or control the currency. they go out and examine each bank. i'm afraid their culture has been to be too tough. no bank examiner has ever been rebuked because of a loan that should have been made and wasn't made. they're more often rebuked for loans that were made that shouldn't have been made. i have tried hard, we talked to the chiefs of the agencies to urge them to get people to lend. the accounting rules can be a problem there. because as the value of the assets deteriorates and the amount they can lend deteriorates, we've tried to fix that. but i think it's fundamentally probably a problem with the bank examiners that we're try to change. >> larry: do you agree, ron? >> yes, to a large degree. afte

while it is fun to hear them talk about bill gates and donald trump and george sorros, the people mosturt by this tax are bill the farmer, donna the florist, or george the funeral director. real people building wealth in our communities who oppose this death tax. these are not the aristocracies that are being referred to in this debate. . this does create a permanently high tax rate and permanently destructive tax rate. 45% is too high. because like the a.m.t. it's not indexed for inflation, it is certain to ensnare more and more family farms and small businesses in future generations. we've seen this play before. alternative minimum tax was created to tackle and address only 100-plus of the wealthy americans -- wealthiest americans in the united states. but because it wasn't indexed to inflation, today it would impact 24 million middle class americans. we are going to see that same creep, those same small businesses and middle americans -- middle american families affected by this death tax in future generations. we are told, and i think sincerely, that this is the best we can do as a

now to another classy guy joining us, donald trump on the phone. what do you make of these powwows? do they do anything? >> i do not think so. the economy is the economy. banks have to lend money. to discuss jobs by an of itself will not do much, neail. neil: i think one thing the president might add to it is dealing with the job situation, so bear with me. >> i and he is trying hard, but things have come into place. we load banks billions and billions in terms of the dollars. if the banks do not put it out, there will be very little happening. i think he is trying hard on the waterfront. everyone i speak to says it. every once in awhile, you have a banker talking about their money, but it is not true. neil: when they say we should have standards for those we are not learning money to, what do you say? >> if you have standards where they are not producing jobs, those banks will not be participating. i'm not just talking about real estate. i'm talking about other businesses, also. i have friends cannot borrow money from banks and have have lines of credit terminated. it is a problem.