WIFE, HIS DAUGHTER AND SONS
LOOKING ON THE ENTIRE TIME.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE
DECIDED NOT TO GO TO THIS FOX
NEWS DEBATE TONIGHT.
HE WAS FIELDING PHONE CALLS ALL
DAY FROM FOX NEWS, INCLUDING
ROGER AILES.
HE GOT A PHONE CALL APOLOGIZING.
WOULDN'T SAY WHO APOLOGIZED.
HE MIGHT HAVE CONSIDERED GOING
TO THE DEBATE BUT AT THIS POINT
IT WAS TOO LATE AND HE ALREADY
HAD THIS EVENT SCHEDULED FOR
VETERANS IN DES MOINES AND HE
WAS UNABLE TO GO.
HERE'S THE INTERVIEW.
MR. TRUMP, I WANT TO CLEAR
SOMETHING UP RIGHT OFF THE BAT
BECAUSE I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE
OVER AT THE DEBATE SITE AND I
KNOW A LOT OF THEM ARE EXPECTING
AND HOPING YOU'LL MAKE SOME SORT
OF APPEARANCE TONIGHT, EVEN IF
IT'S IN THE SPIN ROOM.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S SOMETHING
YOU'LL DO?
>> WHAT'S HAPPENED IS WHEN I
SAID WE WON'T DO THE DEBATE
BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, I WAS
TREATED NOT SO NICELY AND AT
SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR
FOOT DOWN.
WHAT I SAID IS WE'LL DO
SOMETHING FOR OUR VETERANS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG
FUND-RAISER. IT'S ALREADY SET UP.
I JUST SAW ON CNN WE HAVE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STANDING IN
LINE. IT'S A BIG EVENT AND IT'S TAKEN
A WHOLE LIFE OF ITS OWN.
I'LL BE GOING THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO RAISE A LOT OF
MONEY. WE'VE ALREADY RAISED A LOT OF
MONEY FOR THE VETS.
>> PUT ASIDE THE FACT YOU'RE
UPSET WITH FOX NEWS, WE ARE JUST
A FEW DAYS FROM THE CAUCUSES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF IOWA
REPUBLICANS WHO ARE UNDECIDED.
DO THEY DESERVE TO HEAR YOU ON
THE DEBATE STAGE TONIGHT
ANSWERING TOUGH QUESTIONS?
>> WELL, I THINK THEY WILL HEAR
ME BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE UP
THERE FOR AN HOUR, HOUR AND A
HALF AT A BIGGER EVENT AND WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAN
THEY HAVE.
>> BUT GETTING QUESTIONED ASKED
BY A MODERATOR.
>> I'VE HAD SIX DEBATES AND
ACCORDING TO EVERY ONLINE POLL,
I'VE WON EVERY DEBATE.
THEY'VE ASKED ME EVERY QUESTION
THEY CAN PROBABLY ASK ME.
I GUESS WE HAVE FIVE OTHER
DEBATES SCHEDULED AFTER THIS,
WHICH IS A LOT OF DEBATES.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE ALREADY
FINISHED WUTHS THEIR DEBATES.
>> I THINK THEY ARE HAVING MORE
NOW -- >> I UNDERSTAND THEY WANT TO DO
SOME MORE. >> I HEAR YOU SAY THERE HAVE
BEEN SEVERAL DEBATES.
BACK IN 2011 WHEN REPUBLICANS
HAD GONE THROUGH SEVERAL DEBATES
YOU WERE HOPING TO DO A DEBATE
AND THEY STARTED BAILING ON THE
IDEA. YOU TOLD MEGYN KELLY AT THE TIME
THEY WEREN'T SHOWING COURAGE OR
BRAVERY. HERE YOU FIND YOURSELF BAILING
ON THE IDEA OF HAVING ANOTHER
ONE. >> THAT WAS AN INTERESTING
THING.
NEWSMAX CALLED ME OUT OF THE
PLAY SAYING WE'D LOVE TO HAVE
YOU HOST A DEBATE.
I SAID I'LL DO THAT IF YOU WANT
ME TO DO THAT. NOT SOMETHING I'VE EVER DONE
BEFORE BUT THINK I COULD DO IT
PRETTY WELL.
I COULD DO IT OKAY.
SO I WAS WILLING TO HOST THE
DEBATE. BUT I THINK THEY WERE A LITTLE
CONCERNED WITH ME AS A MODERATOR
BECAUSE THEY THINK I MIGHT HAVE
BEEN A FAIRLY TOUGH MODERATOR,
WHICH I WOULD HAVE BEEN FAIR.
>> YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF
THE MODERATORS OF THE DEBATE.
HOW IS IT ANY DIFFERENT?
>> WELL, I'M NOT A PERSON THAT
RESPECTS MEGYN KELLY VERY MUCH.
I THINK SHE'S HIGHLY OVERRATED.
OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T CARE.
WHEN FOX CALLED ME BECAUSE THEY
VERY MUCH WANT ME HERE.
THEY CALLED ME JUST BEFORE YOU
WALKED ON THE PLANE.
IN ALL FAIR, VERY NICELY.
BUT THEY WANT ME THERE NICELY.
I NEVER ONCE ASKED THAT SHE BE
REMOVED.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE IS THEIR
PUBLIC RELATIONS STATEMENT WHERE
THEY WERE SORT OF TAUNTING.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS
APPROPRIATE OR NICE.
>> DON'T YOU SOMETIMES PUT OUT
PRESS RELEASES THAT ARE SOMEWHAT
SIMILAR IN TONE TO THE ONE YOU
OBJECT TO. >> I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.
FOR ME, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS
APPROPRIATE RIGHT BEFORE THE
DEBATE. >> YOU DO HAVE THIS
WELL-DOCUMENTED BEEF WITH MEGYN
KELLY. WE'VE SEEN IT GO BACK AND FORTH
AT THIS POINT. >> AND I THINK SHE'S FINE.
I THINK SHE'S FINE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
SHE ASKED ME A QUESTION WHICH I
THOUGHT WAS INAPPROPRIATE.
I THINK IT WAS UNFAIR.
I GAVE HER A GOOD ANSWER.
I WAS MY -- IT WAS MY ROSIE
O'DONNELL ANSWER. AND TO BE HONEST, I WON THAT
DEBATE ACCORDING TO EVERY ONLINE
POLL AND MANY PUNDITS.
I REGRET ALSO ASKING A QUESTION
WHICH WAS THE RAISE YOUR HAND
QUESTION, WHICH WAS NOT EXACTLY
AN EASY THING TO DO.
BUT I LOVE THE DEBATES.
I'VE PROBABLY GIVEN MORE
INTERVIEWS THAN ANYBODY -- IN
FACT, I'M CREDITED WITH THAT,
WHETHER IT'S YOU OR ANYBODY
ELSE. I'VE GIVEN MORE INTERVIEWS THAN
ANYBODY. I'VE BEEN IN SIX DEBATES.
I'VE DONE WELL IN EVERY DEBATE.
EVERYBODY SAID I WON THE LAST
ONE.
I ENJOYED THE PROCESS.
I JUST DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS A
FAIR PROCESS.
BY THE TIME THEY APOLOGIZED I
SAID, LOOK. THE PROBLEM IS WE NOW HAVE A BIG
EVENT SCHEDULED.
>> ON THE PHONE THEY APOLOGIZED?
>> FOX COULD NOT HAVE BEEN
NICER. >> YOU GOT AN APOLOGY?
>> YES.
>> WHO APOLOGIZED?
>> I DON'T WANT TO SAY.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO MEGYN KELLY
AND YOU'VE HAD THIS BEEF, YOU
RAISED THE IDEA OF THE WORD BIM
L
BO. >> YOU SAID THE WORD AND
RETWEETED --
>> I SAID I DON'T WANT TO USE
IT. >> YOU'VE RETWEETED FOLLOWERS
WHO HAVE USED THE WORD.
WHY? >> THEY ARE FOLLOWERS.
THAT'S A RETWEET.
THAT'S DIFFERENT.
LOOK, I HAVEN'T HAD A VERY GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH HER.
I THINK SHE TREATS ME VERY
UNFAIRLY. SHE COVERS ME ALL THE TIME.
FOR SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T WANT
TO NECESSARILY LIKE DONALD
TRUMP, I'M ALWAYS COVERED.
I'M ON HER SHOW ALL THE TIME.
I JUST DON'T THINK SHE TREATS ME
FAIRLY. SHE'S GOT TO DO WHAT SHE'S GOT
TO DO.
I DON'T THINK SHE TREATS ME
FAIRLY. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
>> TED CRUZ, NOT JUST TED CRUZ
BUT THOSE WHO SUPPORT HIM, HAVE
BEEN HAMMERING YOU WHEN IT COMES
TO YOUR PREVIOUS --
>> I'M HAMMERING HIM ON HIS
VIEWS AND WHERE HE WAS BORN.
HE'S VERY WEAK ON --
>> BUT YOU SAYS TO MY COLLEAGUE
JUST RECENTLY, DANA BASH.
YOU SAID I DON'T WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THAT WHEN ASKED ABOUT YOUR
PREVIOUS SUPPORT FOR LATE-TERM
ABORTI
ABORTION. >> I AM PRO-LIFE.
EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M PRO-LIFE.
HE KNOWS I'M PRO-LIFE.
TED CRUZ ALSO TOOK A
COMMERCIAL -- WAIT A MINUTE.
TED CRUZ TOOK A COMMERCIAL THAT
I RIPPED DOWN AN OLD LADY'S
HOUSE.
HE SAID RIPPED DOWN.
HE SAID HE DESTROYED -- BECAUSE
OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ROADS OR
SCHOOLS. THE HOUSE WAS NEVER RIPPED DOWN.
I NEVER RIPPED DOWN THE HOUSE.
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT.
ULTIMATELY, I SAID LET'S NOT DO
IT. >> THIS IS MY QUESTION,
THOUGH --
>> BRIANNA, HE DID A BIG
COMMERCIAL AND SAID I RIPPED
DOWN A PERSON'S HOUSE.
>> WHAT ABOUT NOT TALKING ABOUT
THIS ISSUE OF LATE-TERM
ABORTION. >> IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT
BECAUSE HE'S VERY DISHONEST.
HE SAID I RIPPED DOWN A HOUSE OF
AN ELDERLY LADY AND I DIDN'T RIP
IT DOWN.
>> AND YOU'VE SAID THAT,
CERTAINLY, AND THAT'S IN THE
INTERVIEW. >> BUT HE NEVER APOLOGIZED.
>> WAS THIS YOU BAILING ON THIS
DEBATE SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO
TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS
ISSUE THAT'S YOU CLEARLY DON'T
WANT TO ADDRESS.
>> NOT AT ALL.
I'M DOONG INTERVIEW WITH YOU AND
WITH BILL O'REILLY.
>> I'M ANSWERING EVERY QUESTION.
YOU'RE HEAR A LONG TIME.
A LOT LONGER THAN YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE.
I'M DOING INTERVIEWS LAST NIGHT
WITH BILL O'REILLY.
HE EVENED SO, I'M SO SURPRISED
YOU DID THE INTERVIEW.
I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE.
I'VE DONE MORE INTERVIEWS THAN
ANYBODY. I'VE DONE THE DEBATES.
I WAS INSULTED BY FOX AND I SAID
IT'S NOT TIME TO DO IT.
I THINK YOU'LL FIND A LOT OF
VOTERS AND CAUCUSGOERS WILL SAY
HE'S THE ONE PERSON THAT WILL
STAND UP FOR HIMSELF.
WHEN IT COMES TO THIS COUNTRY WE
HAVE NOBODY THAT STANDS UP.
WITH THE IRAN DEAL, INSTEAD OF
WALKING OUT OF THE ROOM, WE TOOK
EVERYTHING THEY GAVE US AND GAVE
THEM $150 BILLION, AND IT'S A
DISASTER.
WE DIDN'T GET OUR PRISONERS BACK
UNTIL EVERYTHING WAS DONE.
THEN THEY PUT GUNS TO OUR
SAILORS' HEADS.
WE NEED PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO
STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES AND THE
COUNTRY. >> FOCUSSING ON TONIGHT.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT IOWA
VOTER WHO MAY SAY, I LIKE DONALD
TRUMP.
NOW MAYBE THEY ARE BACKING AWAY,
THEY ARE TURNED OFF BECAUSE THEY
FEEL THIS IS JUST A BUNCH OF
DRAMA? >> BRIANNA, I WANTED TO FIGHT
FOR MYSELF, JUST LIKE I'LL FIGHT
FOR THE COUNTRY.
I WAS TREATED FOR BADLY AND
UNFAIRLY BY FOX.
FOX WAS VERY NICE --
>> FOX ASIDE.
WHAT ABOUT THE VOTERS?
>> I WAS TREATED VERY UNFAIRLY
BY FOX. SINCE THEN, THEY'VE BEEN
EXCELLENT, VERY NICE. BUT IT'S TOO LATE.
WE HAVE AN EVENT AND WE'RE GOING
TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.
OVER $5 MILLION FOR THE
VETERANS.
PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT.
BUT I WAS TREATED VERY UNFAIRLY
SINCE THEN.
FINE. WHAT I SAY IS THIS.
YOU HAVE TO STICK UP FOR
YOURSELF. YOU HAVE FIGHT FOR YOURSELF AND
FIGHT FOR YOUR COUNTRY.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING,
I REALLY RESPECT TRUMP BECAUSE
HE TOOK ON THE ESTABLISHMENT,
WHICH IN THIS CASE IS FOX.
HE TOOK ON THE ESTABLISHMENT.
AND YOU KNOW WHO ELSE RESPECTS
HIM? FOX RESPECTS HIM.
AND THEY TOLD ME THAT.
>> YOU'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND
FORTH, CERTAINLY THERE'S BEEN
SOME CRITICISM OF YOU FROM TED
CRUZ WHEN IT COMES TO
IMMIGRATION.
YOU TALKED ABOUT SENDING
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BACK TO
THEIR HOME COUNTRIES AND THEN
ALLOWING THE, QUOTE, GOOD ONES
BACK IN.
TED CRUZ HAS CALLED THAT
TOUCHBACK AMNESTY.
>> I WAS JUST ENDORSED BY
SHERIFF JOE OF ARIZONA.
NOBODY TOUGHER ON IMMIGRATION.
HE CHOSE ME BECAUSE HE
UNDERSTANDS ME AND MY PLAN.
TED WAS TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF
AMNESTY.
TED DIDN'T WANT TO BUILD A WALL.
NOW HE'S SAYING HE WANTS TO
BUILD A WALL.
TED WAS SAYING -- TED WAS VERY
WEAK ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
AND JUST TO GO A STEP FURTHER.
IF I DIDN'T BRING UP ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION IT NEVER EVEN WOULD
HAVE BEEN A SUBJECT.
YOU WOULDN'T BE ASKING ME THAT
QUESTION. YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ASKING
ME THAT QUESTION.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE BORDERS.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WALL.
MEXICO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THAT
WALL. EVERYONE SORT OF SMILES WHEN I
SAY THAT.
THEY THINK IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
THE REASON THEY'RE GOING TO PAY
IS BECAUSE THEY MAKE A FORTUNE
WITH OUR COUNTRY.
WITH TRADE AND OTHER THINGS
COMING ACROSS THAT BORDER.
THAT VERY POROUS BORDER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BORDER
AND A COUNTRY AGAIN.
>> I'VE HEARD -- YOU JOKED
ABOUT, YOU CAN SHOOT PEOPLE AND
WOULDN'T LOSE SUPPORTERS.
I'VE HEARD SOME SAY, THAT'S KIND
OF MAYBE TAKING SUPPORTERS FOR
GRANTED.
ARE YOU TAKING YOUR SUPPORTERS
FOR GRANTED.
>> NOT AT ALL.
AND THAT WAS DONE, OBVIOUSLY, IN
A VERY JOKING MANNER AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE LAUGHED. I WAS SMILING.
THEY WERE SMILING.
EVERYBODY WAS SMILING.
AND THE TRUTH IS YOUR OWN
REPORT, YOUR OWN POLLING SAID
THAT, BY FAR, TRUMP HAS
SUPPORTERS THAT WILL NEVER LEAVE
HIM.
I WAS UP TO 68% OR 69% AND THEN
GOT EVEN INTO THE 90%.
WE HAVE GREAT PEOPLE.
I HAVE GREAT SUPPORTERS.
JUST AMAZING PEOPLE.
I AM IN LOVE WITH THE PEOPLE.
I CHERISH THESE PEOPLE.
THEY ARE REALLY GREAT.
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.
TO ME, THAT MAKES ME VERY PROUD
THAT I HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE SO
STRONG IN FAVOR OF ME.
BY THE WAY, FAR STRONGER THAN
ANY OTHER CANDIDATE BY A LONG
SHOT.
>> BEFORE I DO LEAVE, I WANT TO
ASK YOU MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT
TONIGHT. WHO IS GOING TO BE WITH YOU ON
STAGE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE
VETERANS GROUPS YOU PLAN ON
DONATING MONEY TO? >> IT'S A TREMENDOUS EVENING.
IT'S BECOME A TREMENDOUS EVENING
WHICH IS REALLY ONE OF THE
REASONS I JUST CAN'T GO TO THE
DEBATE NOW. >> WOULD YOU IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE
THE EVENT PLANNED?
>> I MIGHT HAVE BECAUSE FOX WAS
VERY NICE TO ME.
THEY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN NICER.
I SPOKE TO THE TOP PEOPLE.
THEY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN NICER.
I MIGHT HAVE.
THIS TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN.
YOU COVERED IT BETTERED THAN
ANYBODY.
YOU'VE SEEN THE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE STANDING IN LINE.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE EVENT.
IT WAS DONE OVER ABOUT A 24-HOUR
PERIOD, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING.
WE ARE GOING TO RAISE A LOT OF
MONEY FOR VETERANS TODAY.
THE VETERANS HAVE BEEN TREATED
HORRIBLY IN OUR COUNTRY.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR
VETERANS. AND ONE THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THE
DEBATES. WITH ALL OF THE TIME I'VE
DEBATED. I'VE GONE THROUGH SIX DEBATES
AND DONE WELL.
I DON'T THINK ANY QUESTION HAS
BEEN ASKED OF ME OR ANYBODY ELSE
OF THE VETERANS.
THEY FORGET ABOUT THE VETERANS.
THE VETERANS ARE LIKE FORGOTTEN
ABOUT. EVEN IN THE DEBATES, THE
VETERANS AREN'T DISCUSSED OR
TALKED ABOUT. AND WHAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING
IS WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT THEM AND DOING MORE THAN
TALKING. WE'RE GOING TO BE RAISING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TONIGHT FOR
THE VETERANS. >> MR. TRUMP, THANK YOU.