AT THE SOAPBOX AT THE IOWA STATE
FAIR.
NOW AS WE WAIT FOR BERNIE
SANDERS AT 3:00 EASTERN TIME, WE
ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF
DONALD TRUMP AS HE ARRIVED IN
HIS HELICOPTER AND THEN SPOKE TO
REPORTERS FOR A BIT BEFORE
OFFERING FREE RIDES TO SOME OF
THE CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
DONALD TRUMP: NOW IT IS ON.
>> WELCOME TO THE IOWA STATE
FAIR.
THANK YOU.P:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
IS JUST GOINGIT
TO BE EXCITING FOR THE KIDS, SO
I KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE QUITE A FEW KIDS TAKING RIGHTS
TODAY.
WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN?
GET THEM OVER HERE.
THIS IS GREAT.
I LOVE CHILDREN AND I LOVE IOWA
AND THIS IS GREAT.
IT IS AN AMAZING PLACE.
YES, MARK?
MARK: [INDISCERNIBLE]
I HAVE BEEN: WELL
DOING IT AND I HAVE BEEN HERE
MANY TIMES, AS YOU KNOW.
WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF WITH THE
WHOLE PLACE, YOU KNOW, CHUCK AND
EVERYBODY.
ACTUALLY, THE VENUES HAVE GOTTEN
LARGER AND LARGER BECAUSE WE
HAVE GOT SOME TREMENDOUS CROWDS.
WE ARE DOING IT RECORD-BREAKING
CROWDS, AND I AM SO HONORED WHEN
I SAW THE RECENT POLLS WITH
IOWA, LEADING BY A LOT.
WE ACTUALLYLLY, AND
STARTED WITH THE SMALLER VENUES,
AND IT HAS GOTTEN TO BE IN OR
MISS ACTUALLY -- ENORMOUS,
ACTUALLY.
MARK: [INDISCERNIBLE] DONALD TRUMP: I WOULD DO THAT,
ACTUALLY.
HERE THEY ARE. I LOVE MY KIDS.
DOES ANYONE WANT TO TAKE A RIDE?
[CHEERING]
DONALD TRUMP: WHO WANTS TO TAKE
A RIDE?
YOU CAN GO UP, YOU CAN GO DOWN,
WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST?
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME FUN.
ARE YOUR PARENTS OUT THERE?
WAVE TO YOUR PARENTS.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT
TIME. IT IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?
I LOOK FORWARD TO IT, ACTUALLY.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
DONALD TRUMP: I HAVE NO
EXPECTATIONS.
I JUST HOPE THEY'RE INNOCENT,
WHOEVER IT IS. I DID HOPE THEY ARE INNOCENT.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
SHE'S GOT A LOT OF
PROBLEMS WITH THE E-MAIL
SITUATION. IF YOU LOOK AT GENERAL
PERJURIOUS, HE -- GENERAL
JUST A TINY HAS
FRACTION OF WHAT SHE IS GOING
THROUGH, AND THEY MADE HIS LIFE
HELL. WELL, HOW ARE YOU?
NICE SEEING YOU, MARTHA.
YOU ARE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN
GUILTY, BUT CERTAINLY IT WOULD
LOOK THAT WAY. IT LOOKS VERY SERIOUS AS FAR AS
HILLARY IS CONCERNED.
I HOPE THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENS
TO HER, BUT CERTAINLY, THE FACTS
AREN'T LOOKING GOOD RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU LOOK AT GENERAL
PETRONIUS, WHAT HE WENT THROUGH
ON A MUCH SMALLER LEVEL, I THINK
IT IS GOING TO BE VERY TOUGH FOR
HER. YES?
>> CAN YOU TELL US UNDER WHAT
CIRCUMSTANCES YOU WOULD USE
NUCLEAR WEAPONS? DONALD TRUMP: I DON'T EVEN WANT
TO TALK ABOUT THAT QUESTION.
THAT IS A VERY SERIOUS QUESTION.
HOPEFULLY YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE
TO USE A NUCLEAR QUESTION.
HOPEFULLY.
BUT LOOK, WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED
PERMIT THE WORLD HATES US LIKE
THEY HAVE NEVER HATED US BEFORE,
AND WE HAVE TO BUILD UP OUR
MILITARY AND TAKE CARE OF OUR
VETS AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE
FINEST ARMAMENTS AND THE FINEST
MILITARY THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD BY YOU ACTOR --
WORLD BY A FACTOR OF 10.
WE HAVE TO BE SO STRONG AND SO
SMART THAT NOBODY WOULD EVER
MESS WITH US.
>> MR. TRUMP, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
TO HILLARY CLINTON IF YOU RAN
INTO HER AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR? DONALD TRUMP: I WOULD SAY HELLO.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
DONALD TRUMP: SAY AGAIN?
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
BEING TRUMP: WELL, WE ARE
RIPPED OFF BY ANYBODY IN THE
WORLD, CHINA, MEXICO, AND MEXICO
IS SORT OF BECOMING THE NEW
CHINA IN TERMS OF TRADE.
, NABISCO IS MOVING TO
MEXICO. I MEAN, GIVE ME A BREAK.
SO WE HAVE TO REVERSE THAT.
WE NEED JOBS IN OUR COUNTRY.
WE ARE BETTER THAN OTHER
COUNTRIES AND WE ARE GOING TO
TAKE JOBS BACK FROM CHINA AND
JAPAN AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE
OUR COUNTRY GREAT AGAIN AND THAT TO ME, THAT IS THE CHALLENGE.
IT IS NOT GOING TO BE THAT
DIFFICULT. I SPOKE TO CARL ICON, HE IS A
GREAT NEGOTIATOR -- CARL
GREAT HE IS A
NEGOTIATOR, AND HE WILL WORK
WITH ME. WE ARE A GREAT COUNTRY AND WE
WILL COME OUT ON TOP EVERY
SINGLE TIME.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEED. THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] >> YOU TALKED ABOUT JEB BUSH
BEING A PUPPET --
DONALD TRUMP: WELL, JEB BUSH IS
A PUPPET TO HIS DONORS.
I KNOW THIS.
HE'S GOT LOBBYISTS.
HE'D TRY TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT
THE OTHER DAY AND HE SAID, SKIN
IN THE GAME.
HE SAID, THE UNITED STATES HAS TO PROVE TO IRAQ THAT WE HAVE
SKIN IN THE GAME.
WE SPENT $2 TRILLION, THOUSANDS
, WOUNDED WARRIORS
WHOM I LOVE ALL OVER THE PLACE,
AND HE SAID WE HAVE TO PROVE
THAT WE HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME.
I THINK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ONE
OF THE DUMBEST THINGS OF THAT I
HAVE EVER HEARD. SKIN IN THE GAME?
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PROVE.
IRAQIS ARE A BUNCH OF CROOKS.
IRAN IS TAKING OVER IRAQ.
AND I UNDERSTAND PSYCHOLOGY, I
THINK HIS BROTHER PROBABLY SAID,
HEY, I THINK YOU ARE KILLING ME,
THAT WAS HIS WAR AND HE LOOKS VERY BAD.
SO JEB BUSH TRIED TO PUSH BACK,
AND WHEN HE SAID, WE HAVE TO
PROVE TO IRAQ THAT WE HAVE SKIN
IN THE GAME, AND WE HAVE LOST
ALL OF THOSE LIVES AND ALL OF
THAT MONEY, I THINK HE SHOULD
APOLOGIZE TO THE FAMILIES OF THE
PEOPLE. >> THE SECOND PART OF THE
QUESTION IS, IS YOUR CRITIQUE OF
HIM BEING A PUPPET, DO YOU ADMIT
THAT YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY A
PUPPETEER CONTROLLING -- NOW I AM AP: BUT
DIFFERENT SIDE. I KNOW HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS
BETTER THAN EVERYBODY.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE] DONALD TRUMP: MANY OF THE PEOPLE
ARE PART OF THE GAME, TO
HILLARY, TO JEB, TO EVERYBODY
ELSE, PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THEM
BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE COLOR OF
HIS HAIR, BELIEVE ME.
THESE ARE HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED
KILLERS.
IF THEY GET $5 MILLION OR $2
MILLION OR $1 MILLION TO JEB,
THEY WILL ACT JUST LIKE A
PUPPET.
WHAT EVER THEY WANT, HE IS THERE PUPPET.
BELIEVE ME.
YESTERDAY, I HAD A LOBBYIST,
HIP, HE IS A FRIEND OF MINE,
GOOD GUY, SMART AS HELL.
HE WORKS FOR HIS CLIENTS.
I DON'T BLAME HIM.
HE SAID, DONALD, I WANT TO PUT
$590 INTO YOUR CAMPAIGN.
I SAID I DON'T NEED IT.
AND HE SAID, NO, I WANT TO GIVE
IT. WANT IT.O, I DON'T
BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK
IN TWO YEARS AND YOU WANT ME TO
HELP A COUNTRY OR A COMPANY THAT
YOU REPRESENT, I WANT TO DO THE
RIGHT THING FOR THE PEOPLE OF
THE UNITED STATES AND I DON'T
WANT TO INSULT YOU. I APPRECIATE IT, BUT I DON'T
WHAT YOUR MONEY. I AM TURNING DOWN SO MUCH MONEY.
I DON'T WANT TO FEEL OBLIGATED.
ALL OF THEM, I AM
NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT JEB BUSH,
BUT HILLARY, TOO.
BUT BELIEVE ME, I HAVE PLAYED THE GAME, NOBODY HAS PLAYED THE
GAME BETTER THAN I DID.
I HAVE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES AND I KNOW HOW THE GAME WORKS.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE] WILL BERUMP: NOBODY
ABLE TO DO THE JOB THE WAY THAT
I CAN DO IT.
I WILL STRENGTHEN OUR MILITARY
AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR VETS
AND I WILL GET RID OF OBAMACARE,
BY THE WAY, WHICH IS A CATASTROPHE.
[APPLAUSE] DONALD TRUMP: LOOK AT WHAT IS
HAPPENING, THE COST OF YOUR
INSURANCE IS GOING THROUGH THE
ROOF.
LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING.
IT IS TERRIBLE. I WILL TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE.
AND I WILL BE BETTER TO WOMEN.
AND THAT IS ANOTHER THING, I
HEARD FROM JEB, WOMEN'S HEALTH
ISSUES.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO FUND IT.
THEN HE WENT BACK TO WERE THREE
HOURS LATER AND HE SAID HE MISSPOKE.
HE MISSPOKE.
GOOD TO WOMEN.
I WILL CHERISH WOMEN.
WOMEN HAVEN'T BEEN TAKING CARE OF PROPERTY -- CARE OF PROPERLY.
SAYS, HECOMES BACK AND
CHANGES HIS MIND, BECAUSE HIS
POLLSTERS SAID THAT HE MISSPOKE.
ANOTHER QUESTION? >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
NEXT FEW WEEKS?
WILL COMEMP: WELL, IT
OUT TOMORROW, I JUST PUT IT OUT
AND IT WILL COME OUT TOMORROW ON AEET THE PRESS" THAT I HAVE
NEW POLICY, AND IT WILL COME UP
TOMORROW, BUT I HAVE A NEW TAX
SYSTEM AND WHO KNOWS TAXES BETTER THAN ME?
SO WE'RE PUTTING THEM OUT ONE BY
ONE.
AND I THINK THAT YOU WILL SEE
THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. YES?
AND THEY YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR NICE WORDS, BY THE WAY -- THANKS
YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR NICE WORDS, BY THE WAY.
>> --
DONALD TRUMP: WHEN YOU PUT A
POLICY LIKE A 14 POINT PLAN, A
LOT OF TIMES, IN THE FIRST HOUR
OF NEGOTIATIONS, THAT 14 POINT
PLAN GOES ASTRAY, BUT YOU MIGHT
END UP WITH A BETTER DEAL, SO
THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
WHEN I DO A DEAL, I DON'T SAY
HERE IS 14 POINTS.
I GO OUT AND DO IT.
I DON'T SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT
40 POINTS.
THAT I KNOW THE PRESS WANTS IT.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE CARE.
TRUST ME.
THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
DONALD TRUMP: I HAVE BEEN
GETTING POLITICIANS TO PASS
EVERYTHING THAT I WANT.
ALL OF MY LIFE.
NOBODY HAS MORE EXPERIENCE
DEALING WITH POLICY ISSUES THAN ME.
I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THEM
ALL MY LIFE, WHETHER IT IS A NEW
YORK CITY ZONING DEALS -- AND BY
THE WAY, THESE ARE PROBABLY
TOUGHER THAN THE THINGS THAT I
WOULD BE DEALING WITH IN DEALING
WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES -- I HAVE WORKED ON GETTING THINGS OUT ON
THE WEST SIDE OF MANHATTAN,
ANYTHING SOLD FOR THE TRUMP TOWER.
BEENE TELL YOU, I HAVE
DEALING WITH POLITICIANS ALL MY
LIFE. THEY ARE FINE, THERE ARE
WONDERFUL, THEY ARE ALL TALK AND
NO ACTION, THEY ARE SELLING THIS
COUNTRY DOWN THE TUBE.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK VOTERS DON'T
CARE ABOUT POLICY?
>> WHY ARE YOU SPEAKING AT THE
IOWA CAUCUS?
ARE YOU AFRAID --
DONALD TRUMP: NO, BECAUSE THAT
PAPER IN MY OPINION WAS NOT RELEVANT TO ME.
JUST NOT RELEVANT.
AND I NOTICE A NUMBER OF OTHER
PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING.
NO, THE PAPER IS NOT RELEVANT. >> FOUR YEARS AGO --
DONALD TRUMP: YES, I AM TAKING
QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.
SHE JUST ASKED, IF I AM GOING TO
TAKE QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS.
WHAT AM I DOING?
AM I TAKING QUESTIONS FROM
REPORTERS?
THIS SHOWS I AM TAKING QUESTIONS
FROM REPORTERS. [APPLAUSE] DONALD TRUMP: BY THE WAY, UNLIKE
HILLARY, UNLIKE HILLARY, DO WE
AGREE?
YES? >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
DONALD TRUMP: I HADN'T HEARD
THAT. WELL, I GUESS THAT IS A
COMPLIMENT IN MANY WAYS.
YES, GO AHEAD. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
PROTECTING THE
BORDER AND ENFORCING THE LAWS
THAT WE ARE A HAVE.
-- THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
DONALD TRUMP: YOU ARE GOING TO
LOVE ME. WE ARE BUILDING A WALL.
NOBODY IS GOING THROUGH MY WALL.
TRUCK BUILT WALLS.
-- TRUMP BUILDS WALLS.
IT IS GOING TO BE STRONG AND IT
IS GOING TO BE LONG AND IS GOING TO BE POLICED.
TO FLY A DRONEE
OVER IT AND NOBODY CAN GO UNDER,
NOBODY IS GOING OVER IT, AND YOU
KNOW WHAT?
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BIG DOOR
FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND LEGALLY.
WE ARE GOOD HAVE A BIG,
BEAUTIFUL DOOR FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN LEGALLY.
I WILL WANT PEOPLE TO COME AND
LEGALLY, BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO
LEGALLY, BUTME IN
THEY WILL HAVE TO DO IT LEGALLY.
>> CAN YOU IMAGINE YOURSELF --
DONALD TRUMP: I THINK EVEN
BETTER, I THINK IT EVEN BETTER.
I THINK FOREIGN LEADERS -- I
HAVE HAD GREAT RELATIONSHIPS
WITH FOREIGN LEADERS OVER THE YEARS.
I THINK EVEN BETTER.
I AM DOING WELL, I AM LEADING IN
THE POLLS, THE BIG ONES, THE
LITTLE ONES, I AM LEADING IN
IOWA, BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE LOOK
AT SCOTT WALKER, HIS STATE HAS A
$2.2 BILLION DEFICIT.
HE WAS TELLING PEOPLE THAT HIS
GROWTH IS TERRIBLE IN TERMS OF THE STATE, AND THERE IS
TREMENDOUS DISSENSION ALL OVER
THE STATE, BUT THEY SAID THEY
WERE GOING TO HAVE A BIG SURPLUS
OVER $1 BILLION, BUT THERE IS A
2.2 BILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT, AND
NOBODY WAS WILLING TO SAY IT BUT
ME.
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER HAVE SAID IT
I WOULD HE DID --
HAVE NEVER SAID IT UNTIL HE
ATTACKED ME.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE] DONALD TRUMP: I AM DOING WELL, I
AM BUILDING IT ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
I AM BUILDING IT ALL OVER THE
WORLD, IN CHINA. I AM DOING GREAT.
PUTIN CAN'T STAND OBAMA.
NOBODY.
WHO LIKES OBAMA?
I AM TALKING WORLDWIDE.
HE DOESN'T GET ALONG WITH ANYBODY.
I SAID IT.
HILLARY CLINTON WAS THE SINGLE WORST SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE
HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
THE WORLD COLLAPSED AROUND US
WHILE SHE WAS SECRETARY OF
STATE. MIGHTN MY OPINION, KERRY
BE WORSE, BECAUSE HE IS MAKING A
DEAL WITH IRAN THAT IS SO BAD
AND SO DANGEROUS AND SO INCOMPETENT AND STUPID THAT IT
WILL HAVE GRAVE CONSEQUENCES.
GRAVE CONSEQUENCES.
>> DAY ONE, HOW WOULD YOU STOP
THE IRANIANS FROM GETTING
NUCLEAR WEAPONS? DONALD TRUMP: YOU WILL HAVE TO
USE FORCEFUL ACTIONS.
VERY FORCEFUL ACTIONS.
LET ME JUST TELL YOU THAT
ISRAEL WAS SOLD OUT BY KERRY
AND OBAMA.
YOU CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR IRAN.
YOU CAN'T HAVE IT.
WHEN THEY ARE MARCHING DOWN THE
STREET SAYING, "DEATH TO
ISRAEL," YOU CAN'T HAVE IT.
>> HAVE YOU SET A BUDGET FOR
THIS ENDEAVOR?
DONALD TRUMP: IRRELEVANT.
YOU SEE THAT I MAKE $400 MILLION
A YEAR, SO WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES
IT MAKE?
WHAT I DO IS I WANT TO MAKE THE COUNTRY GET -- GREAT.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.
MY CHILDREN AND MY EXECUTIVES WILL RUN MY COMPANY.
I WON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
I WON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT IT.
I HAVE SOME OF THE GREAT ASSETS
IN THE WORLD.
I HAVE THE GREATEST ASSETS IN
THE WORLD. BEST LOCATIONS IN MANHATTAN.
TRUMP TOWER, 57TH AND.
FIFTH.
IT WILL BE USED TO MAKE OUR
THEN MAKECH AGAIN AND
IT GREAT. WE CAN'T MAKE IT GREAT UNLESS WE
MAKE IT RICH.
WE OWED $19 TRILLION.
MY WHOLE FOCUS WILL BE THIS
COUNTRY AND MAKING IT GREAT.
>> DONALD TRUMP FROM EARLIER
TODAY. WE GO LIVE