1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,000 SAVANNAH GUTHRIE AT THE WHITE 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,000 HOUSE THIS MORNING. 3 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,000 SAVANNAH THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 4 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,000 IT'S 7 AFTER THE HOUR. 5 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:09,000 MEREDITH? 6 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,000 >> THE NEW NBC WALL STREET NEWS 7 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,000 POLL SHOWS A SURPRISING SURGE 8 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,000 FOR ONE REPUBLICAN CANNED DATED, 9 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,000 AND IT IS A NAME YOU WILL 10 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,000 RECOGNIZE. 11 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,000 DONALD TRUMP IS IN A TIE FOR 12 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,000 SECOND ALONG WITH MIKE HUCKABEE 13 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:29,000 AND MITT ROMNEY. 14 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,000 MITT ROMNEY LEADS. 15 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,000 ON MONDAY WE SAT DOWN WITH HIM 16 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,000 FOR AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, AND 17 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,000 I BEGAN BY ASKING TRUMP ABOUT 18 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:38,000 HIS POTENTIAL RUN. 19 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,000 >> THIS IS VERY SERIOUS. 20 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,000 I ALWAYS TAKE THINGS SERIOUSLY 21 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,000 BUT I'VE NEVER TAKEN IT 22 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,000 SERIOUSLY LIKE THIS. 23 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,000 THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS TIME IN 24 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,000 MY LIFE. 25 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,000 I HATE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE 26 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,000 COUNTRY. I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT. 27 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,000 I WISH THIS COUNTRY WAS RUNNING 28 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,000 SO GREAT, AND I WISH OBAMA WAS 29 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,000 THE GREATEST PRESIDENT SINCE 30 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,000 ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND I WISH THIS 31 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,000 WAS THE GREATEST PLACE IN THE 32 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,000 WORLD. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS 33 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,000 UNBELIEVABLE. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON 34 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,000 WHERE OUR JOBS ARE DISAPPEARING 35 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,000 TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES WHERE THE 36 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,000 OIL -- YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING 37 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,000 7 OR $8 A GALLON FOR YOUR OIL 38 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000 VERY SOON. >> DO YOU BLAME ALL OF THIS ON 39 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,000 BARACK OBAMA? >> I BLAME ALL OF IT. 40 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000 IT'S BEEN A TERRIBLE PRESIDENCY. 41 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,000 LOOK AT LIBYA. 42 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,000 WE GO IN, WE DON'TMENT WANT TO 43 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,000 REMOVE GADHAFI, BUT WE WANT TO 44 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,000 FIGHT, WE WANT TO DO THIS. 45 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,000 NOW NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S 46 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,000 HAPPENING. GADHAFI IS GOING TO BEAT THE 47 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,000 UNITED STATES? >> WOULD YOU SAY LET'S GET 48 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,000 AGGRESSIVE. 49 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,000 LET'S PUT BOOTS ON THE GROUND IF 50 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 WE HAVE TO. >> I'M ONLY INTERESTED IN LIBYA 51 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:37,000 IF WE KEEP THE OIL. 52 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,000 IF WE DON'T KEEP THE OIL I'M 53 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,000 NOT INTERESTED. 54 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,000 THEY MAKE THE REBELS SOME 55 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,000 ROMANTIC NOVEL. 56 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,000 I HEAR THE REBELS ARE AL-QAEDA. 57 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,000 I HEAR THEY'RE IRAN-BACKED AND 58 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:48,000 IRAN INFLUENCED. 59 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,000 WHERE ARE THEY GETTING THOSE 60 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,000 WEAPONS? FROM IRAN? 61 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,000 GADHAFI WENT AROUND SAYING HE 62 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,000 WON THE WAR AGAINST THIS 63 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,000 COUNTRY. 64 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,000 I'M ONLY INTERESTED IN LIBYA IF 65 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,000 WE GET THE OIL. 66 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:02,000 >> SO EVERYBODY WORNDS WHAT THENDERS 67 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,000 WHAT THE 68 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,000 OBAMA DOCTRINE IS. >> HE DOESN'T HAVE A DOCTRINE. 69 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,000 >> WHAT WOULD YOUR DOCTRINE BE? 70 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,000 >> WITH RESPECT TO WHAT? 71 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,000 >> FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 72 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,000 >> FOREIGN AFFAIRS IS WE TAKE 73 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,000 CARE OF OURSELVES FIRST. 74 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,000 WE DON'T BUILD SCHOOLS IN 75 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,000 AFGHANISTAN. WE GO TO AFGHANISTAN, WE BUILD A 76 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,000 ROAD WE BUILD A SCHOOL. 77 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,000 TWO DAYS LATER THEY BLOW UP THE 78 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 ROAD, THEY BLOW UP THE SCHOOL 79 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,000 WE START BUILDING THE ROAD AND 80 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,000 THE SCHOOL AGAIN. 81 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,000 IN THE MEANTIME WE CAN'T BUILD 82 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 SCHOOLS IN ALABAMA, IN NEW 83 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,000 ORLEANS, IN TEXAS, IN NEW 84 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,000 YORK -- IN MY PLACE WE'RE ALWAYS 85 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 FIGHTING TO GET SCHOOL MONEY -- 86 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,000 WE'RE SPENDING TRILLIONS AND 87 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS. MY THING AND MY DOCTRINE WOULD 88 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,000 BE BUILD, BUILD BUILD. 89 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,000 >> SOME POSITIVE NEWS FOR YOU, 90 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,000 THIS NEW POLL -- NBC NEWS WALL 91 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,000 STREET JOURNAL POLL SHOWS YOU 92 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,000 SURGING TO SECOND PLACE FOR 93 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,000 POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR 2012. 94 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,000 WHY DO YOU THINK YOU'RE 95 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,000 CONNECTING WITH VOTERS? 96 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,000 >> I THINK I CONNECT WITH PEOPLE 97 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,000 BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO BE SMART I 98 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,000 HAPPEN TO HAVE A LOT OF COMMON 99 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,000 SENSE I HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT I'M 100 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,000 DOING, I BUILT A GREAT COMPANY, 101 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,000 AND BY THE WAY IF I RUN, I LOOK 102 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,000 SO FORWARD TO FILING A 103 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,000 DECLARATION 104 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,000 DECLARATION, BECAUSE IT'S A 105 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,000 GREAT COMPANY. 106 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,000 I BUILT A GREAT COMPANY. AND I'LL MAKE THAT DECISION 107 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,000 SOMETIME PRIOR TO JUNE. 108 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 >> WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 109 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 110 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,000 >> WELL, I HATE TO SAY IT I 111 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:25,000 HAVE THE NUMBER ONE SHOW IN NBC. 112 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,000 "THE APPRENTICE" IS DOING GREAT 113 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000 "THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE." 114 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 >> WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO 115 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,000 WITH IT? >> IT SOUNDS SO TRIVIAL, AND I 116 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,000 HATE TO BRING IT UP BUT YOU'RE 117 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,000 NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A SHOW ON 118 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,000 AND BE A DECLARED CANDIDATE. 119 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,000 IT'S A GREAT SHOW, AND IT'S GOT 120 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,000 PHENOMENAL RATINGS, AND UNTIL 121 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,000 THAT SHOW IS OVER, I CAN'T 122 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,000 DECLARE, BECAUSE OTHERWISE NBC 123 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,000 WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE SHOW OFF 124 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000 THE AIR, AND I THINK THAT WOULD 125 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 BE VERY UNFAIR TO NBC. 126 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:53,000 >> RECENTLY YOU SPENT A LOT OF 127 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,000 TIME TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT 128 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,000 OBAMA'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR 129 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:01,000 LACK THEREOFF.. 130 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,000 YOU DON'T SEEM CONVINCED THAT HE 131 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,000 HAS ONE. 132 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 >> NO, I'M NOT CONVINCED HE HAS 133 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 ONE. I'VE HAD SMART PEOPLE SAY, 134 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:13,000 DONALD, STAY ON THE CHINA ISSUE 135 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,000 STAY ON THE OTHER ISSUES, GET 136 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 OFF THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE ISSUE. 137 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:19,000 >> WHY DON'T YOU? 138 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,000 >> BECAUSE THREE WEEKS AGO WHEN 139 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,000 I STARTED I THOUGHT HE WAS 140 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,000 PROBABLY BORN IN THIS COUNTRY 141 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,000 AND NOW I HAVE A MUCH BIGGER 142 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,000 DOUBT THAN I HAD BEFORE. 143 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 HIS GRANDMOTHER IN KENYA SAID HE 144 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 WAS BORN IN KENYA AND SHE WAS 145 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 THERE AND WITNESSED THE BIRTH, 146 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000 OKAY? HE DOESN'T HAVE A BIRTH AS THE 147 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 RESULT OR HE HASN'T SHOWN IT. 148 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,000 HE HAS WHAT'S CALLED A 149 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,000 CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH. 150 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S EASY TO 151 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,000 GET. WHEN YOU WANT A BIRTH 152 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,000 CERTIFICATE, IT VERY HARD TO 153 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,000 GET. >> BUT IN THE STATE OF HAWAII, 154 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,000 THEY SAID THEY HAVE SEEN THIS 155 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,000 DOCUMENT, IT'S EVIDENT HE WAS BORN IN THE UNITED STATES, 156 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM. 157 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,000 >> A BIRTH CERTIFICATE IS NOT 158 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,000 EVEN CLOSE. 159 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,000 A CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH IS 160 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,000 NOT EVEN SIGNED BY ANYBODY. 161 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,000 I READ IT VERY CAREFULLY. 162 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,000 IT DOESN'T HAVE A SERIAL NUMBER 163 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,000 IT DOESN'T HAVE A SIGNATURE. 164 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,000 >> YOU BELIEVE HE'S LYING? 165 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,000 DO YOU BELIEVE HE'S LYING 166 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,000 DONALD? 167 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,000 JUST ANSWER. 168 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,000 >> MEREDITH, HE SPENT $2 MILLION 169 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,000 IN LEGAL FEES TRYING TO GET AWAY 170 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,000 FROM THIS ISSUE, AND IF HE 171 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 WEREN'T LYING, WHY WOULDN'T HE 172 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,000 JUST SOLVE IT? 173 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:24,000 I WISH HE WOULD BECAUSE IF HE 174 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,000 DOESN'T 175 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,000 DOESN'T, IT'S ONE OF THE 176 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,000 GREATEST SCAMS IN HISTORY 177 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,000 PERIOD. 178 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,000 YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE 179 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,000 PRESIDENT IF YOU'RE NOT BORN IN 180 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 THIS COUNTRY. THREE WEEKS AGO, I THOUGHT HE 181 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 WAS BORN IN THIS COUNTRY. 182 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 I HAVE SOME REAL DOUBTS. 183 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,000 I HAVE PEOPLE STUDYING IT, AND 184 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,000 THEY CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY'RE 185 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,000 FINDING. >> YOU HAVE PEOPLE SEARCHING IN 186 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,000 HAWAII? >> ABSOLUTELY, AND THEYI CAN'T 187 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000 BELIEVE WHAT THEY'RE FINDING. 188 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,000 I WOULD LIKE HIM TO SHOW HIS 189 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 BIRTH CERTIFICATE. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I HOPE HE 190 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 CAN. IF HE CAN'T, AND HE WASN'T BORN 191 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 IN THIS COUNTRY -- WHICH IS A 192 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000 REAL POSSIBILITY. 193 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 I'M SAYING IT'S A REAL 194 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 POSSIBILITY, MUCH GREATER THAN I 195 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 THOUGHT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO, 196 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,000 THEN HE HAS PULLED ONE OF THE 197 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 GREATEST CONS IN THE HISTORY OF 198 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 POLITICS. AND BEYOND POLITICS. 199 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:10,000 >> DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A 200 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,000 TEA PARTIER? 201 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,000 >> I THINK SO. 202 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,000 I'M VERY PROUD OF SOME OF THE 203 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,000 IDEAS THEY PUT FORTH, AND THE 204 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 BIG IDEA IS THEY WANT TO STOP 205 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 THIS RIDICULOUS ABSOLUTELY 206 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 KILLER SPENDING GOING ON. 207 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,000 WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY 208 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,000 THE WAY WE'RE SPENDING MONEY 209 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,000 LIKE DRUNKEN SAILORS, WE ARE 210 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,000 ABSOLUTELY JUST -- ULTIMATELY 211 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 BEER GOING TO DESTROY OUR OWN 212 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,000 FREEDOM. 213 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,000 >> BUT THEY WANT TO STOP IT EVEN 214 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,000 AT THE COST OF SHUTTING DOWN THE 215 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,000 GOVERNMENT. THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. 216 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THAT? 217 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,000 >> EXCUSE ME, IT'S NOT REALLY 218 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,000 SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT 219 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,000 IT'S CUTTING COSTS. THE KIND OF MONEY YOU'RE TALKING 220 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:48,000 ABOUT IS PEANUTS. 221 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 AND I THINK THE TEA PARTY HAS 222 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,000 DONE AN AMAZING SERVICE TO THIS 223 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,000 COUNTRY BECAUSE PEOPLE NOW EVEN 224 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,000 VERY LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, ARE 225 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 STARTING TO THINK FOR THE FIRST 226 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,000 TIME, WELL, MAYBE WE CAN'T JUST 227 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,000 KEEP GIVING EVERYTHING AWAY. 228 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,000 SO I THINK THEY PERFORMED A 229 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,000 GREAT SERVICE. >> SO IF THERE WAS A PARTIAL 230 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,000 SHUTDOWN OF THE GOVERNMENT COME 231 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,000 FRIDAY THAT WOULD BE OKAY WITH 232 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,000 YOU? 233 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,000 >> I HEAR THE DEMOCRATS ARE 234 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,000 GOING TO BE BLAMED AND THE 235 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,000 REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO BE 236 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 BLAMED. I ACTUALLY THINK THE PRESIDENT 237 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,000 WOULD BE BLAMED. IF THERE IS A SHUTDOWN, AND IT'S 238 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,000 NOT GOING TO BE A HORRIBLE 239 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,000 SHUTDOWN, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, 240 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,000 THINGS WILL KEEP GOING. 241 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,000 >> A PARTIAL SHUTDOWN, FINE. 242 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,000 >> IF THERE IS A SHUTDOWN I 243 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,000 THINK IT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUSLY 244 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,000 NEGATIVE MARK ON THE PRESIDENT 245 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,000 OF THE UNITED STATES. 246 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,000 HE'S THE ONE THAT HAS TO GET 247 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,000 PEOPLE TOGETHER. I'VE DONE HUNDREDS OF DEALS AND 248 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,000 TRANSACTIONS. 249 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 HE'S NEVER DONE DEALS BEFORE. 250 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,000 HOW DO YOU EXPECT A MAN WHO IS 251 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 NOT A DEAL MAN, NEVER DID A 252 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,000 DEAL -- OTHER THAN BECOMING 253 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,000 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES -- HOW IS HE GOING TO 254 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,000 CORRAL ALL THESE PEOPLE? 255 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,000 >> HOW WOULD YOU DO IT? 256 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 >> I WOULD GET ALL THE PEOPLE 257 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,000 TOGETHER AND -- 258 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,000 >> THEY ALREADY HAVE ALL THE 259 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,000 PEOPLE TOGETHER. 260 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,000 >> BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A LEADER. 261 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,000 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 262 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,000 STATES NEEDS TO GET THIS DONE. 263 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,000 AND I THINK HE PROBABLY WILL. 264 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,000 I DON'T SAY HE BUT I THINK HE 265 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,000 AND THE GROUP PROBABLY WILL GET IT DONE, BUT IT'S PRETTY SAD 266 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,000 BECAUSE THE WHOLE WORLD IS 267 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,000 LOOKING AT US AND LAUGHING AT 268 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,000 US. 269 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,000 >> YOU'VE CRITICIZED OBAMA QUITE 270 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,000 A BIT IN THIS INTERVIEW AND IN 271 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,000 THE PAST. 272 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,000 WHAT DO YOU THINK HE HAS DONE 273 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 WELL? 274 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,000 >> GET ELECTED. 275 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000 I THINK 276 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,000 I THINK OBAMA CARE IS A 277 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,000 TOTAL DISASTER. 278 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,000 I THINK THE THING THAT HE DID 279 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,000 BEST, BEST OF ALL IS GET 280 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,000 ELECTED. 281 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000 HE GOT ELECTED. HE RAN AN UNBELIEVABLE CAMPAIGN. 282 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,000 I WANT HIM TO DO WELL. 283 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,000 IF I HAD MY CHOICE OF HAVING 284 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 OBAMA DO GREAT AS A PRESIDENT 285 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,000 AND DO A REALLY GREAT JOB FOR 286 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,000 THIS COUNTRY AND NOT RUNNING AS 287 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,000 OPPOSED TO RUNNING, I'D PREFER 288 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,000 THAT HE DID A GREAT JOB. 289 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,000 I LOVE THIS COUNTRY. 290 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,000 BUT THIS COUNTRY IS GOING TO 291 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,000 HELL. I WOULD RUN A GREAT, GREAT 292 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,000 COUNTRY. THIS COUNTRY WILL BE GREAT 293 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,000 AGAIN. IT IS NOT GREAT RIGHT NOW. 294 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000 WE HAVE HUGE DEFICITS HUGE 295 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000 UNEMPLOYMENT, HUGE PROBLEM, AND 296 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,000 WE'RE NOT RESPECTED. 297 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 WE'RE NOT RESPECTED IN THE 298 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,000 WORLD. THE WORLD LAUGHS AT US. 299 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,000 THEY WON'T BE LAUGHING IF I'M 300 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:14,000 PRESIDENT. 301 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,000 >> HE'S CERTAINLY NOT A 302 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,000 SHRINKING VIOLET. 303 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,000 >> HOW MUCH TAPE DID YOU HAVE 304 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,000 BECAUSE THERE'S MORE. 305 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE. 306 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,000 AND THAT'S COMING UP LATER, 307 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,000 RIGHT? 308 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,000 >> THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, 309 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 YEAH. HE'S -- YOU KNOW I THINK HE IS 310 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,000 SERIOUS. NOW, HE'S GOT A COUPLE OF MONTHS 311 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,000 TO THINK ABOUT THIS PONDER THIS 312 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,000 A LITTLE MORE BUT I THINK HE'S 313 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,000 TAKING IT VERY SERIOUSLY. 314 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,000 >> AND HE'S SERIOUS ABOUT HAVING 315 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,000 PEOPLE DOWN IN HAWAII RIGHT NOW. 316 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,000 >> THAT'S WHAT HE CLAIMS. 317 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,000 HE CLAIMS THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE 318 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,000 THAT ARE INVESTIGATING IT, AND 319 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,000 IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 320 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,000 WHAT THEY COME UP WITH. 321 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:50,000 I USED THE WORD DETECTIVE. 322 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,000 HE DIDN'T DISCOUNT THE WORD SO I 323 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,000 WOULD ASSUME THAT'S WHO THEY 324 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,000 ARE. 325 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,000 WHAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS 326 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,000 DONALD COME BACK AND SHOW THE 327 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,000 EVIDENCE. 328 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,000 >> EXACTLY RIGHT. I WONDER IF HE'S GOING TO 329 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,000 DECLARE FOR PRESIDENT. 330 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,000 >> HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO