>> i was with willie robertson last week. willie came out and endorsed us. >> reporter: i asked donald and eric trump how well their dad could handle defeat. >> there's an impression out there that your dad might be a sore loser. if he loses iowa, things might come apart at the seams a little bit. do you think that's fair? >> i think we're going to win iowa, i think we're going to win by a lot. he wants to be a guy who wins. is it hard if you ultimately lose? sure, anybody would take a knock. i think there's going to be a lot of candidates who are going to be very upset coming out of iowa. but i think we win, i think we win by a lot, i think we win nationwide, ultimately i think we take the nomination. >> reporter: ever since narrowly losing there, trump has transformed. first he was gracious -- >> i want to congratulate ted and i want to congratulate all the incredible candidates. >> reporter: ever since he arrived here it's a new ball game. first spinning defeat as victory. >> i think we did really well. we did really well.

and sarah palin and this gentleman, one of the greats and we got willie robertson too, who is a friendf my boys and a great shooter, they go hunting together. willie is great too i think sarah is coming tomorrow, she'll be here, she'll be on "the today show" actually. that's going to be exciting. that will be very exciting. jerry: willie robertson are great friends. back in the late 1970's, my father was criticized because he saw a candidate who was able to pull voters from across the aisle, across the -- from the other political party he saw a candidate who was able to draw people who had never voted before. across all demographic lines. it was ronald reagan. and he was criticized because ronald reagan was a hollywood actor. he'd been divorce and remarried. my father was a pastor. and jimmy carter was a sunday schoolteacher and he said, a lot of folks said highway can you support him? all youed -- all you had to do is look at, he said, render unto caesar's that which is caesar's. so when you walk in the voting booth, choose the candidate most qualifies to run the country. when you hav

willie robertson endorsed me. i'm getting endorsements from everybody. so many people are going to be announcing endorsements over the next short period of time because they see what's happening. it's a movement. people want to take our country back. they want to -- look, my theme is make america great again, and that's what they want to do, matt. they want to make america great again and it's what we're going to do. we're not going to make deals like the iran deal. it's a foolish deal and could have been better, if it was made at all. so many other deals. and trade with china, china is eating our lunch. we want to bring it back. we want to take our country back. >> well, donald trump, this is your first election day, so we'll be watching it with you, of course. thank you for your time this morning, sir. we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> let's bring in nicolle wallace. good morning to you. the question about a loss tonight for donald trump and how it damages his political brand, what do you think? >> listen, i think that he sai

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