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