THAT 5,000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR
THAT EVENT COMPARING IT TO THE
CROWD FROM THE "I HAVE A DREAM"
MARTIN LUTHER KING SPEECH, HE
EXPECTED A TURNOUT OF THAT SORT.
"THE WASHINGTON POST" HAS
PRODUCED A SERIES OF
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS ON THIS
MONEY THAT HE SAYS HE RAISED FOR
VETS AND TRUMP SAYS HE'S
CLEARING EVERYTHING UP.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT PERIOD OF
TIME. IT'S BEEN REALLY, AS GEORGE
SAID, AMAZING.
WE'VE GOTTEN THE NOMINATION,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE PERIOD IN CLEVELAND.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
WE'VE STARTED WORKING ALREADY ON
THE CONVENTION. AND LeBRON, GOOD LUCK IN THE
SERIES BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SERIES, WHICH OF COURSE
THE LONGER IT GOES, THE LESS
TIME WE HAVE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY
INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PLAYING
THE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
PARTIALLY IN THAT ARENA, SO I
THINK IT WILL BE VERY EXCITING.
IT WILL ADD TO THE EXCITEMENT IN
CLEVELAND AND THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT BECAUSE IT'S
GOING TO BE AN EXCITING PERIOD
OF TIME.
WE HAVE -- WE'VE DONE SOME
AWFULLY GOOD WORK.
I WAS JUST INFORMED THAT WE'VE
GOT MORE VOTES THAN ANYBODY IN
THE HISTORY OF THE REPUBLICAN
PRIMARIES AND WE STILL HAVE, I
GUESS, SIX OR SEVEN LOCATIONS TO
GO, STATES TO GO.
IN THE HISTORY, THINK OF IT, IN
THE HISTORY OF THIS GREAT PARTY,
WE'VE GOTTEN SUBSTANTIALLY MORE
VOTES THAN ANYBODY ELSE, BY
MILLIONS. BY MANY MILLIONS MORE THAN
ANYBODY WHO'S EVER RUN SO THAT'S
A GREAT -- YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
THINK DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND
RONALD REAGAN AND EVERYBODY, WE
HAVE THE MOST VOTES BY FAR.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO ME THAT'S
VERY EXCITING.
AND OVERALL IT'S JUST BEEN A
VERY EXCITING PROCESS.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO VERY
WELL. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE BUT
THEY'RE CERTAINLY HAVING
DIFFICULTY.
I DON'T LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE
HAVING DIFFICULTY, BUT ANYBODY
HAS TO HAVE IT, LET IT BE THEM.
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
VERY INTERESTING, BUT I'M VERY
PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'VE GOTTEN
THE MOST VOTES.
AND ALSO IF YOU LOOK AT THE
OVERALL PRIMARY, THE AMOUNT OF
VOTES CAST, THAT'S ALSO A
RECORD. SO WE'VE BROKEN A LOT OF RECORDS
IN TERMS OF THE VOTERS.
OUR POLLING HAS COME OUT AND THE
POLLS ARE DOING VERY WELL.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH
EVEN AND IN SOME CASES AHEAD OF
HILLARY AND I THINK WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE A VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL
NUMBER OF MONTHS AND I THINK IT
WILL ALL CULL MINIMMINATE IN NO.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> YOU'VE BEEN TAKING QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE $6 MILLION THAT YOU
SAY YOU RAISED FOR VETS.
YOU YOURSELF SAY YOU PLEDGED A
MILLION DOLLARS.
WHO GOT THAT MONEY, WHEN DID
THEY GET IT AND WHY DID IT TAKE
SO LONG TO GET IT TO THEM?
>> I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THE
QUESTION BECAUSE I HAVE TO TELL
YOU, I HAVE RAISED A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE VETS,
ALMOST $6 MILLION, AND MORE
MONEY IS GOING TO COME IN, I
BELIEVE, OVER THE NEXT LITTLE
WHILE TOO, BUT I'VE RAISED
ALMOST $6 MILLION.
ALL OF THE MONEY HAS BEEN PAID
OUT. I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU IN A
SECOND. IN FACT I BROUGHT A LIST JUST IN
CASE THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED.
BUT THE MONEY HAS BEEN PAID OUT.
I HAVE BEEN THANKED BY SO MANY
VETERANS GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE
UNITED STATES. ONE GENTLEMAN CALLED ME UP
RECENTLY CRYING THAT OUT OF THE
BLUE HE GOT A CHECK FOR
$100,000. BUT I HAVE BEEN THANKED BY SO
MANY GROUPS, GREAT VETERANS
GROUPS. OUTSIDE YOU HAVE A FEW PEOPLE,
THEY'RE PICKETING.
THEY'RE SENT THERE BY HILLARY
CLINTON AND THEY'RE PICKETING
THAT THE MONEY WASN'T SENT.
THE MONEY HAS ALL BEEN SENT.
I WANTED TO KEEP IT PRIVATE.
IF WE COULD, I WANTED TO KEEP IT
PRIVATE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK
IT'S ANYBODY'S BUSINESS IF I
WANT TO SEND MONEY TO THE VETS.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY THIS.
I RAISED CLOSE TO $6 MILLION.
IT WILL PROBABLY BE OVER THAT
AMOUNT WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND
DONE.
BUT AS OF THIS MOMENT IT'S $5.6
MILLION. WHEN IT STARTED, THIS STARTED
WITH A SPEECH IN IOWA WHEN I
SAID LET'S RAISE SOME MONEY FOR
THE VETS.
IT WENT UP FROM A MILLION
DOLLARS TO $2 MILLION TO $3
MILLION AND NOW IT ENDS UP
ALMOST $6 MILLION AND I THINK WE
CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE PRESS
SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES.
ON BEHALF OF THE VETS, THE PRESS
SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES.
THEY ARE CALLING ME AND THEY ARE
FURIOUS BECAUSE I SENT PEOPLE
CHECKS OF A LOT OF MONEY.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE
NAMES RIGHT NOW WHICH IS WHAT
YOU WANT.
INSTEAD OF BEING LIKE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, MR. TRUMP, OR TRUMP
DID A GOOD JOB, EVERYONE SAYS
WHO GOT IT, WHO GOT IT, WHO GOT
IT AND YOU MAKE ME LOOK VERY
BAD. I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED SUCH BAD
PUBLICITY FOR DOING A GOOD JOB
SO I WILL GIVE YOU THE SGLANAME
>> WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG? >> MUCH OF THIS MONEY WAS PAID
OUT VERY EARLY, BUT YOU HAVE TO
VET ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
GROUPS BECAUSE THESE ARE MANY
DIFFERENT GROUPS. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A
PROCESS. WHEN YOU SEND CHECKS FOR
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
TO PEOPLE AND TO COMPANIES AND
TO GROUPS THAT YOU'VE NEVER
HEARD OF, CHARITABLE
ORGANIZATIONS, YOU HAVE TO VET
IT. YOU SEND PEOPLE OUT, YOU DO A
LOT OF WORK.
NOW, MOST OF THE MONEY WENT OUT
QUITE A WHILE AGO, SOME OF IT
WENT OUT MORE RECENTLY, BUT ALL
OF THIS HAS GONE OUT AND I'LL
GIVE YOU THE NAMES.
ARE YOU READY?
DO YOU HAVE YOUR PAD?
AND AGAIN, I REALLY THINK THE
PRESS -- LOOK, THE MEDIA -- YOU
KNOW MY OPINION OF THE MEDIA,
IT'S VERY LOW.
I THINK THE MEDIA IS, FRANKLY,
MADE UP OF PEOPLE THAT IN MANY
CASES, NOT IN ALL CASES, ARE NOT
GOOD PEOPLE.
BUT I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE.
AND I JUST ON BEHALF OF ALL OF
THE FOLKS THAT HAVE WORKED HARD
ON THIS AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE MADE CONTRIBUTIONS,
INCLUDING MYSELF, I GAVE $1
MILLION, BUT I JUST WANT TO TELL
YOU THAT THERE ARE SO MANY
PEOPLE THAT ARE SO THANKFUL FOR
WHAT WE DID. ONE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT
TO KNOW, ZERO DOLLARS HAVE BEEN
TAKEN OUT FOR ADMINISTRATION.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO A LOT
OF THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS, IN
THIS CASE ZERO DOLLARS HAVE BEEN
TAKEN OUT FOR ADMINISTRATION.
SO A LOT OF THESE COMPANIES THAT
MAKE A LOT OF MONEY WITH DOING
THE ADMINISTRATION STUFF, SO NO
MONEY, IT COST ZERO DOLLARS TO
ACCUMULATE ALL OF THIS MONEY,
OKAY?
SO YOU HAVE 22 AND THAT'S
$200,000. YOU CAN CALL THESE PEOPLE.
THAT WAS ANOTHER THING.
A LOT OF THE MONEY WHEN IT WAS
SENT OUT, DIFFERENT PEOPLE CAN
CALL. I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION ANYBODY
SPECIFICALLY BUT THERE WERE A
COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WERE
REALLY DISGUSTING. THEY'D CALL AND THESE VET
GROUPS, THEY DON'T GET A LOT OF
CALLS FROM THE PRESS.
AND MAYBE SOME OF THEM WOULD
KEEP QUIET OR THEY DIDN'T KNOW
OR THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO
THE PRESS OR DIDN'T FEEL
COMFORTABLE, SO IF THEY DIDN'T
SAY THEY GOT THE MONEY, WHICH
THEY ALL DID, 100% GOT THE
MONEY, ALL CERTIFIED CHECKS.
IF ANYONE WANTS TO SEE THE
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
BUT RATHER THAN SAY COULD I SEE
A CERTIFIED CHECK, THEY SAID,
WELL, THEY DIDN'T SAY THEY GOT THE MONEY.
THEY GOT THE MONEY BUT THEY'RE
NOT PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS TALK TO
THE PRESS.
MANY OF THEM DO TALK TO THE
PRESS. I GUESS YOU FOUND $2 MILLION OR
$2.5.
WELL, THE NUMBER IS $5.6 MILLION
AND IT'S GOING TO POSSIBLY GO
ABOVE THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE SOME OTHER PEOPLE ARE COMING IN.
READY? 22 KILL GOT $200,000.
NOW, THESE ARE CHECKS THAT HAVE
BEEN DELIVERED, THAT HAVE BEEN
CASHED, THAT ARE NOW BEING USED
TO HELP THE VETS.
ACHILLES INTERNATIONAL, GREAT
ORGANIZATION, $200,000.
MUCH OF THIS MONEY WAS PAID A
LONG TIME AGO.
AMERICAN HERO ADVENTURES,
$100,000.
AMERICANS FOR EQUAL LIVING,
$100,000.
AMERICA'S VET DOGS, THE VETERAN
CANINE CORPS INC., $75,000.
AM VETS, $75,000.
JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, WHEN I
DIDN'T DO THE FOX DEBATE, THE
ONE FOX DEBATE BECAUSE I DIDN'T
THINK THEY TREATED ME RIGHT, BUT
ACTUALLY THEY HAVE BEEN
EXTREMELY FAIR OVER THE LAST
THREE OR FOUR MONTHS. I HAVE TO SAY THAT ABOUT FOX.
BUT WHEN I DIDN'T DO THAT ONE
EVENT, THE DEBATE, I GAVE A
SPEECH. I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS WITH
THE MONEY FOR THE VETS, BUT I
DECIDED TO BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA AND I HAD
SOME VERY GENEROUS PEOPLE.
CARL ICAHN GAVE A HALF A MILLION
DOLLARS, PHIL RUFFIN GAVE A
MILLION, IKE PEARL RUDDER GAVE A
MILLION. WE RAISED A LOT OF MONEY.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE PRESS, WHAT
THEY DO IS THEY CONVINCE PEOPLE
LIKE ME NOT TO DO IT, NOT TO
GIVE MONEY TO DIFFERENT THINGS
BECAUSE IT'S A LOT EASIER THAT
WAY.
ARMED SERVICES, YMCA OF THE
UNITED STATES, $75,000.
BOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION
INC., THEY DO A GOOD JOB,
$75,000. CENTRAL IOWA SHELTER AND
SERVICES, THESE ARE ALL
VET-RELATED.
$100,000. CONNECTED WARRIORS INC.,
$75,000. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
CHARITABLE SERVICE TRUST,
$115,000.
FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION, GREAT
PEOPLE, $115,000.
FOLES OF HONOR FOUNDATION,
$200,000.
FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN
VETERANS, $75,000.
FREEDOM ALLIANCE, $75,000.
GREEN BERET FOUNDATION,
$350,000.
HIGHER HEROES USA, $75,000.
HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS, $50,000.
AND JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, I'VE
GOT A LONG WAY TO GO, THIS MONEY
WAS RAISED DURING A LITTLE
SPEECH THAT I MADE RATHER THAN
DOING A DEBATE.
THE ONE DEBATE I MISSED.
IT WAS THE LOWEST RATED DEBATE,
BY THE WAY, BUT I WON'T SAY
THAT.
HONORING AMERICA'S WARRIORS,
$100,000.
HOPE FOR THE WARRIORS, $65,000.
INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND,
$175,000.
CANINES FOR WARRIORS, $50,000.
LIBERTY HOUSE, $100,000.
MARINE CORPS LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOUNDATION, $1,100,000.
I GAVE A MILLION DOLLARS TO
THEM. IT'S A GREAT GROUP.
NAVY S.E.A.L. FOUNDATION,
$465,000.
NAVY MARINE CORPS RELIEF
SOCIETY, $75,000.
NEW ENGLAND WOUNDED VETERANS,
INC., $75,000.
OPERATION HOME FRONT, $65,000.
PARTNERS FOR PATRIOTS, $100,000.
PROJECT FOR PATRIOTS, AND WE'RE
STILL VETTING THEM, BY THE WAY,
THE CHECK IS READY TO GO BUT
THEY DON'T HAVE ALL OF THEIR
APPROPRIATE -- IN FACT WE HAVE
DOWN HERE WILL BE RELEASED TO
THEM UPON THE RECEIPT OF THE IRS
DETERMINATION LETTER. THAT'S THE ONLY ONE, WHICH WE
HEAR THEY'RE FANTASTIC, BUT THEY
HAVE TO GIVE US THAT FINAL
DOCUMENT.
THIS IS WHAT I MEAN BY VETTING.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE
DOCUMENTS, OTHERWISE YOU CAN'T
GIVE THEM THE MONEY.
PROJECT FOR PATRIOTS, $100,000.
PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION, $100,000.
RACING FOR HEROES, INC.,
$200,000.
SUPPORT SULAND SOLDIERS,
$100,000. TASK FORCE DAGGER FOUNDATION,
$50,000. THE MISSION CONTINUES, $75,000.
THE NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY
ASSOCIATION, INC., $75,000.
VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND,
$100,000.
VETERANS COUNT, $25,000.
VETERANS IN COMMAND, INC.,
$150,000.
VIETNAM VETERANS WORKSHOP, INC.,
$75,000.
WARRIORS FOR FREEDOM FOUNDATION,
$50,000.
AND I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE SOME MORE COMING IN, SOME
FRIENDS OF MINE, SOME MORE
COMING IN.
AND THAT ADDS UP TO $6
MILLION -- WELL, LET'S SEE.
THAT ADDS UP TO $5,600,000 TOTAL
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME
MORE COMING IN, SO THAT'S IT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
NOW -- THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
EVERY ONE OF THOSE CHECKS HAS
BEEN PASSED OTHER THAN THE ONE
CHECK WHICH IS BEING HELD
SUBJECT TO THEIR GETTING A FINAL
APPROVAL FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
BUT EVERY ONE OF THOSE CHECKS
HAS BEEN PASSED.
THIS IS MY CHECK FOR A MILLION
DOLLARS.
WE HAVE MANY LETTERS FROM THE
DIFFERENT GROUPS THANKING US
VERY MUCH FOR THE MONEY AND THEY
DIDN'T ASK -- AND I DIDN'T ASK
PEOPLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
I COULD HAVE ASKED EVERY ONE OF
THE GROUPS, UNLIKE HILLARY WHO
ASKED PEOPLE TO STAND OUTSIDE.
I GAVE $5,600,000.
MORE IS COMING IN.
PROBABLY TOPS THE $6 MILLION
NUMBER.
I NEVER THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO
RAISE A MILLION DOLLARS WHEN WE
STARTED. AND WE END UP DOING ALMOST $6
MILLION. SO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THE PRESS
IS SO DISHONEST AND SO UNFAIR.
A LOT OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME
AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE OVER HERE
HELPED IN VETTING THE VARIOUS
REQUESTS FOR MONEY, AND I JUST
WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE
PEOPLE.
YES.
[ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
>> HOW DID YOU PRIORITIZE.
SOME OF THOSE YOU MENTIONED ARE
VERY WELL KNOWN. HOW DID YOU WORK THROUGH THAT?
>> I WASN'T TOO INVOLVED IN
PICKING THE ORGANIZATIONS OTHER
THAN I GAVE A MILLION DOLLARS TO
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT MARINE. THEY ARE FABULOUS PEOPLE.
THEY HONORED ME LAST YEAR AT THE
WALDORF ASTOASTORIA.
I KNEW THEM.
I WAS GOING TO GIVE THEM TO
THREE COMPANIES OR THREE GROUPS
AND WE COULDN'T VET THEM QUICKLY
AND SO WE GAVE THEM TO THE
MARINE. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, THE
MARINE CORPS LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOUNDATION IS A FABULOUS GROUP
AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH
A BIG VETTING PROCESS WITH THEM
BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SPLIT THE
MILLION DOLLAR CHECKUP AMONG
THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS.
IN THE END I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO
GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HAVING
TO VET ALL THOSE DIFFERENT
GROUPS. >> WHY DO YOU RESENT JUST THE
VERIFICATION PROCESS THAT IS
NATURAL? >> BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE THIS
OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF MY HEART.
I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THIS WITH
THE PRESS IS ALL INVOLVED.
THEN WE SAID WHO IT WENT TO.
HOW MUCH WAS IT.
WE GAVE -- LOOK, WHEN THIS
STARTED, I THINK YOU WERE THERE.
I SAID IF WE COULD RAISE A
MILLION DOLLARS, THAT WOULD BE
GOOD AND WE ENDED UP RAISING
ALMOST $6 MILLION. I'M GOING TO HAVE MORE COMING IN
OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
>> DON'T YOU BELIEVE YOU SHOULD
BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE?
>> I'M TOTALLY ACCOUNTABLE, BUT
I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE CREDIT FOR
IT.
ACTUALLY WHAT I GOT WAS WORSE
THAN CREDIT BECAUSE THEY WERE
QUESTIONING ME. AND THIS IS MONEY -- BY THE WAY,
MOST OF THAT MONEY WENT OUT VERY
EARLY, JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND.
BUT A LOT OF THESE GROUPS,
GETTING VETTED BY, YOU KNOW,
WHEN YOU PAY THE MONEY OUT, THEY
NEED GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTATION, THEY NEED A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS. PLUS WE WANT TO FIND OUT IS IT A
GOOD GROUP.
I HAD PEOPLE, TEAMS OF PEOPLE
REVIEWING STATISTICS, REVIEWING
NUMBERS, AND ALSO TALKING TO
PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY TO FIND
OUT WHETHER OR NOT THE GROUP WAS
DESERVING OF THE MONEY.
WE HAVE GIVEN TO GROUPS THAT ARE
UNBELIEVABLE GROUPS AND HONESTLY
I WISH YOU COULD HEAR THE PHONE
CALLS AND SEE THE LETTERS, THEY
ARE SO HAPPY.
AND I'M HAPPY TO DO IT.
I DIDN'T WANT THE CREDIT FOR IT,
BUT IT WAS VERY UNFAIR THAT THE
PRESS TREATED US SO BADLY.
GO AHEAD.
>> TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, YOU
KEEP CALLING US THE DISHONEST
PRESS.
>> GENERALLY SPEAKING THAT'S
100% TRUE, GO AHEAD.
>> I DISAGREE WITH THAT, SIR.
IF I CAN ASK YOU THIS QUESTION,
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH YOU'RE
RESISTANT TO SCRUTINY, THE KIND
OF SCRUTINY THAT COMES WITH RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
>> I LIKE SCRUTINY.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN I RAISE
MONEY -- EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME.
I'VE WATCHED YOU ON TELEVISION.
YOU'RE A REAL BEAUTY.
WHEN I RAISE MONEY FOR THE
VETERANS AND IT'S A MASSIVE
AMOUNT OF MONEY, FIND OUT HOW
MUCH HILLARY CLINTON HAS GIVEN
TO THE VETERANS, NOTHING.
THEN I SEE A FEW GUYS STANDING
OUT THERE.
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE THERE FOR.
THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE HILLARY
CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN SENT THEM.
I THINK IT WAS YOU OR ONE OF YOU
THAT FOUND OUT THEY WERE WITH
HILLARY CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN,
WHICH WAS INTERESTING, BUT I
WASN'T SURPRISED.
I DON'T WANT THE CREDIT FOR IT.
BUT I SHOULDN'T BE LAMBASTED.
AND REMEMBER THIS, SO OUT OF THE
ALMOST $6 MILLION THAT WAS
RAISED, NOT ONE PENNY DID I TAKE
FOR ADMINISTRATION COSTS.
THAT'S UNHEARD OF, OKAY.
>> WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO ATTACK
THE PRESS, THOUGH, MR. TRUMP?
>> YOU DID HOST A VERY PUBLIC
FUND-RAISER THAT WAS
TELEVISED -- >> HOW ELSE AM I GOING TO RAISE
THE MONEY.
>> SORRY?
>> HOW ELSE AM I GOING TO RAISE
THE MONEY.
>> WHEN YOU DID THIS
FUND-RAISER, INSTEAD OF DOING THE DEBATE, IT RECEIVED WIDE
ATTENTION.
SOME PEOPLE SAY IT WOULD HAVE
HELPED YOUR CAMPAIGN.
>> JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, UNTIL
I WAS CRITICIZED, SO I TOOK --
I'M THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD
THAT COULD RAISE ALMOST $6
MILLION FOR THE VETERANS, HAVE
UNIFORM APPLAUSE BY THE VETERANS
GROUPS AND END UP BEING
CRITICIZED BY THE PRESS.
YES, I MADE A SPEECH.
DURING MY SPEECH I SAID LET'S
RAISE A LITTLE MONEY FOR THE
VETS. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A LOT OF
MONEY, NOT A LITTLE MONEY.
I THOUGHT IF WE COULD GET TO A
MILLION DOLLARS IT WOULD BE
GREAT. >> SINCE THEN YOU TOUTED THE
FACT THAT YOU RAISED MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS FOR THE VETERANS.
IS THAT NOT TOUTING IT?
>> MR. TRUMP, WRITING A MILLION
DOLLAR CHECK IS VERY GENEROUS.
BUT THAT NIGHT YOU SAID YOU
RAISED $6 MILLION.
YOUR CRITICS SAY YOU TEND TO
EXAGGERATE, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH THE TRUTH.
IS THIS A PRIME EXAMPLE?
>> NO. I RAISED ALMOST $6 MILLION.
SOME OF IT DIDN'T COME THROUGH
BUT MORE IS COMING THROUGH THAN
DIDN'T COME THROUGH.
THE NUMBER IS PROBABLY GOING TO
BE OVER THE $6 MILLION.
>> WHY EXAGGERATE?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.
TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT JIM WAS
SAYING, YOU DO REALIZE THAT WHEN
THE DEMOCRATS ARE OUT THERE
RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS
MONEY, THE PRESS IS ALSO
REFLECTING WHAT YOUR OPPOSITION
IS SAYING ABOUT YOU.
IT'S NOT JUST US THROWING
QUESTIONS AT YOU BECAUSE IT'S
COMING FROM SOME OF THEM.
>> I DON'T MIND IT COMING FROM
THE OPPOSITION, THOUGH, CARL.
WHAT I DO MIND IS WHEN I RAISE
ALL OF THESE MILLIONS AND WHEN
WE STARTED OUT, NOBODY THOUGHT
IT WAS GOING TO BE OVER $5
MILLION. >> BUT YOU'RE ANSWERING THE
QUESTIONS NOW THAT WE HAD BACK
THEN.
IT WAS JUST A QUESTION.
IS A QUESTION AN ATTACK?
>> I THINK, AND I'VE BEEN
DEALING WITH THE PRESS A LONG
TIME.
I THINK THE POLITICAL PRESS IS
AMONG THE MOST DISHONEST PEOPLE
THAT I'VE EVER MET, I HAVE TO
TELL YOU THAT, OKAY.
OF COURSE YOU'RE EXCLUDED, CARL.
BUT I THINK THE POLITICAL
PRESS -- >> WAIT A FEW MINUTES.
>> I THINK THE POLITICAL
PRESS -- I SEE THE STORIES AND I
SEE THE WAY THEY'RE COUCHED.
FOR INSTANCE, I WENT DOWN THIS
WEEKEND TO DO ROLLING THUNDER.
I WAS INVITED, I DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.
WE HAD A TREMENDOUS GATHERING OF
PEOPLE.
THOUSANDS, I DON'T KNOW HOW
MANY -- BUT MANY THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE. I JOKED.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GO
FROM THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL TO
THE LINCOLN -- I WAS JOKING.
THEY SAID DONALD TRUMP WAS
DISAPPOINTED.
EVERYBODY KNEW I WAS BEING
SARCASTIC AND JOKING.
SOME OF THEM.
THEY SAID DONALD TRUMP WAS VERY
DISAPPOINTED THAT IT DIDN'T GO
FROM JEFFERSON TO LINCOLN.
YOU KNOW MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
I WAS JOKING.
I SAID, OH, I'M USED TO WATCHING
IT -- I WAS JOKING.
SO THEY PUT IT DOWN AS SERIOUS.
THEY KNOW I WAS JOKING.
I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
WE HAD A CERTAIN -- THE SAME
EVENT. IT WAS ROPED OFF WHERE YOU COULD
ONLY GET SO MANY PEOPLE THERE
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW, 10,000, 15, MAYBE
25,000, I DON'T KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
PLUS THERE WERE PEOPLE BREAKING
THE SEAMS ALL THE WAY ALONG.
GENE WASHINGTON WROTE AN ARTICLE
THAT THERE WAS 5,000 PEOPLE
THERE. THERE WERE MANY TIMES THAT AND
YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY
MORE PEOPLE.
THEY'RE WAVING TO ME AS I GO BY.
BUT WAIT A MINUTE, THE POINT IS
LAW ENFORCEMENT, THESE PEOPLE,
DIDN'T ALLOW YOU TO HAVE ANY
MORE PEOPLE.
I THINK THE PRESS KNEW THAT.
I HAD A TREMENDOUS CROWD, BUT IT
WAS THE BIGGEST CROWD YOU COULD
HAVE HAD BECAUSE IT WAS ALL
CORDON ED OFF.
THEY WESHTDREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVY
MORE THAN THEY HAD.
SO INSTEAD THEY SAID TRUMP WAS
DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE GOING
FROM JEFFERSON TO WASHINGTON.
I MEAN GIVE ME A BREAK.
IT'S JUST -- HONESTLY, IT'S
DISHONEST REPORTING.
YEAH, GO AHEAD.
>> HOW ARE VETERANS --
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> LET ME TELL YOU THE VETERANS
WHY THEY BELIEVE.
ONE GROUP WAS HERE.
IS AL BALDAZARO HERE?
THIS IS A GROUP I GAVE MONEY TO.
HE JUST SHOWED UP, I JUST SAW
HIM. BUT I COULD HAVE ASKED ALL THESE
GROUPS TO COME HERE AND I DIDN'T
WANT TO DO THAT.
I'M NOT LOOKING FOR CREDIT.
BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT IS WHEN I
RAISE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, HAVE
PEOPLE SAY, LIKE THIS SLEAZY GUY
RIGHT OVER HERE FROM ABC, HE'S A
SLEAZE IN MY BOOK.
YOU'RE A SLEAZE BECAUSE YOU KNOW
THE FACTS AND YOU KNOW THE FACTS
WELL.
GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, MR. TRUMP.
FIRST OF ALL, FOR THE RECORD,
I'M A STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM
NEW HAMPSHIRE, TEN YEAR ON THE
VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, 22
YEARS IN THE MARINE CORPS,
RETIRED FIRST SERGEANT.
WHAT I WANT TO CLARIFY HERE,
FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD NEVER,
EVER IN A MILLION YEARS PUT MY
NAME ON A CANDIDATE THAT DID NOT
FROM HIS HEART LOOK ME IN THE
EYE AND TELL ME HE'S CONCERNED
ABOUT VETERANS.
THAT'S DONALD TRUMP.
I MET HIM OVER A YEAR AGO.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH MANY
FUND-RAISERS.
THERE ARE MANY SCAM ARTISTS OUT
THERE. HE DID THE RIGHT THING BY
VETTING THESE GROUPS THERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE
GROUPS GIVING 20 CENTS, 40 CENTS
ON THE DOLLAR AND SPENDING THE
REST FOR THEIR NICE LAVISH
TRIPS. HE GAVE 100%.
THE LIBERAL MEDIA IS THE ONLY
ONES THAT HAVE BEEN CALLING ME
ON THE FOUNDATION.
I'M THE FORMER CHAIRMAN.
I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS
STUFF FOR YEARS AS A VETERANS
ACTIVIST. STOP USING VETERANS AS POLITICAL
PAWNS.
YOU GOT A GUY OUTSIDE, McCOY, GO
DO A GOOGLE SEARCH ON HIS
FACEBOOK. HE'S OUT THERE, HIS PICTURE IS
WITH CLINTON.
THEY ARE USING VETERANS AS
POLITICAL PAWNS, IT MUST STOP.
DONALD TRUMP IS DOING THIS FROM
THE HEART.
YOU'RE ALL FOCUSED ON THE WAY
HE'S RAISING MONEY AND YOU'RE
NOT LOOKING AT THE 22 VETERANS
THAT ARE KILLING EACH OTHER
EVERY DAY. YOU'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE
THOUSANDS OF VETERANS THAT ARE
ON WAIT LISTS.
LOOK AT HIS PLAN ON THIS TRUMP
WEBSITE. HE TALKS ABOUT MEDICAL CARDS, HE
TALKS ABOUT FIXING THE VA, HE
TALKS ABOUT COMPETITION.
I THINK THE LIBERAL MEDIA, AND
I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH YOU A
LONG TIME, NEED TO GET YOUR HEAD
OUT OF YOUR BUTT, FOCUS ON THE
REAL ISSUES.
THANK YOU.
>> WHAT I DID IS -- I DIDN'T ASK
AL, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW AL A
LITTLE BIT PRIMARILY THROUGH NEW
HAMPSHIRE WHERE WE HAD GREAT
VICTORIES, BUT HE SHOWED UP THIS
MORNING BECAUSE HE WAS UPSET.
MANY OF THE OTHER GROUPS ARE
VERY UPSET.
THEY RECEIVED $100,000 IN THE
MAIL. THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT
WAS FOR. IT WAS FROM ME.
OTHER GROUPS RECEIVED $200,
$250,000.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS
FOR.
I HAVE AGAIN UPSTAIRS, I HAVE
RECEIVED PHONE CALLS WITH PEOPLE
CRYING.
I HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS,
HEARTFELT LETTERS, AND IT'S --
IT REALLY -- THE BAD PART ABOUT
THE DISHONESTY OF THE MEDIA IS
THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME WILL BE
INCLINED NOT TO DO IT ANYMORE.
WHY SHOULD YOU RAISE $5.6
MILLION, AND I THINK I'LL GO
OVER $6 MILLION PRETTY EASILY,
NOBODY SAID THAT WE STARTED THIS
OUT AS A SMALL LITTLE PROJECT
WHERE IT WAS LESS THAN A MILLION
DOLLARS BECAUSE IT JUST KEPT
MUSHROOMING AND BUILDING AND
BUILDING. NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THAT.
SO WE RAISED $5.6 MILLION.
WE HAVE SO MANY HAPPY GROUPS, SO
MANY HAPPY VETERANS, AND THEN I
SEE THESE GUYS, THESE HILLARY
CLINTON PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
NOW, OF COURSE THEY DON'T KNOW
THE EXTENT.
THEY PROBABLY FIGURED BASED ON
READING THE PRESS THAT TRUMP
DIDN'T MAKE -- YOU KNOW, DIDN'T
RAISE THIS KIND OF MONEY.
BUT WE RAISED A LOT AND I'LL BE
RAISING MORE AND WE'LL BE
SENDING IT TO OTHER PEOPLE.
>> MR. TRUMP --
>> THE VERIFICATION PROCESS AND
HOW YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THESE
GROUPS ARE WHAT THEY SAY THEY
ARE. >> IT'S A COMPLICATED PROCESS,
YEAH. >> DOES THAT PROCESS INVOLVE
REVIEWING THOSE GROUPS' TAX
RETURNS? >> NO, IT DOESN'T.
IT REALLY -- YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT SORT OF APPROVES
DIFFERENT GROUPS FOR A LOT OF
REASONS AND SO IT REALLY DOES.
AND MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE,
IT'S ALSO SPEAKING TO OTHER
VETERANS. WE HAVE A CIRCLE OF VETERANS AND
WHO'S GOOD -- I DON'T WANT TO
SEND A $250,000 CHECK TO A GROUP
THAT DOESN'T DO GOOD WORK.
SO WE VET THE VETS.
>> MR. TRUMP, YOU SEEM
PARTICULARLY BOTHERED BY
CRITICISM ON THIS.
WHY?
DO YOU NEED A THICKER SKIN TO
RUN FOR THIS OFFICE?
>> I THINK IT'S BOTHERSOME
BECAUSE I LOVE THE VETS AND I'VE
WORKED HARD FOR THE VETS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I'VE GIVEN A LOT
OF MONEY AND RAISED A LOT OF
MONEY FOR THE VETS AND I THINK
WHEN THE PRESS PORTRAYS IT
DIFFERENTLY, THE PRESS IS BEING
VERY DISHONEST, SO I DON'T LIKE
THAT.
I DON'T LIKE DISHONESTY.
NOT YOU.
GO AHEAD. >> MR. TRUMP, LET'S CHANGE GEARS
HERE.
JEFF SESSIONS HAS --
>> JEFF SESSIONS.
>> HE'S EXPRESSED AN OPENNESS TO
BE YOUR RUNNING MATE.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS
WITH HIM? >> JEFF SESSIONS IS A FANTASTIC
MAN. JEFF SESSIONS IS ONE OF THE MOST
HIGHLY RESPECTED PEOPLE IN THE
UNITED STATES SENATE.
JEFF SESSIONS IS A PERSON THAT I
BELIEVE THAT TED CRUZ JUST HAS
THE MOST RESPECT FOR AND I THINK
TED THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD GET AN
ENDORSEMENT. YOU KNOW, JEFF SESSIONS HAS
NEVER ENDORSED A PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE BEFORE.
AS MANY YEARS AS HE'S BEEN IN
THE SENATE. SO JEFF SESSIONS CERTAINLY IS
SOMEBODY THAT I WOULD CONSIDER,
ABSOLUTELY.
HE'S A FANTASTIC PERSON.
YEAH, GO AHEAD.
>> MR. TRUMP, ONE OF THE THINGS
FROM THIS WEEKEND WAS THE
SITUATION FROM THE CINCINNATI
SOOVMT ANIMAL ACTIVISTS ARE
ROU
OUTRAGED THAT THEY KILLED THIS
GORILLA. >> THERE WERE MOMENTS WITH THE
GORILLA THE WAY HE HELD THAT
CHILD ALMOST LIKE A MOTHER
HOLDING A BABY.
IT LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL AND CALM.
AND THERE WERE MOMENTS WHERE IT
LOOKED PRETTY DANGEROUS.
I DON'T THINK THEY HAD A CHOICE.
I MEAN PROBABLY THEY DIDN'T HAVE
A CHOICE. YOU HAVE A CHILD, A YOUNG CHILD
IS AT STAKE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S TOO BAD THAT
THERE WASN'T ANOTHER WAY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL TO
WATCH THAT POWERFUL, ALMOST
500-POUND GORILLA, THE WAY HE
DEALT WITH THAT LITTLE BOY, BUT
IT JUST TAKES ONE SECOND.
ONE SECOND, IT'S NOT LIKE IT
TAKES PLACE OVER -- WELL, HE'S
GOING TO DO IT IN 30 SECONDS
FROM NOW.
IT JUST TAKES ONE LITTLE FLICK
OF HIS FINGER AND I WILL TELL
YOU, THEY PROBABLY HAD NO
CHOICE.
>> A POLICY QUESTION, A POLICY
QUESTION ON VETERANS. >> GO AHEAD.
>> DO YOU FAVOR PRIVATIZING VA
HEALTH CARE? >> I'M IN FAVOR OF FIXING THE VA
HEALTH CARE.
THE VA IS ONE OF THE GREAT
CATASTROPHES IN THIS COUNTRY.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
PHOENIX AND DIFFERENT PLACES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, WHERE
THEY'RE CATCHING PEOPLE STEALING
AND THEY DON'T FIRE THEM.
PEOPLE ARE WAITING FIVE DAYS,
SIX DAYS, SEVEN DAYS IN LINE.
THEY'RE DYING WHILE THEY'RE IN
LINE. I AM IN FAVOR OF IF THEY CAN'T
GET TO A DOCTOR WITHIN A
REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME,
THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A DOCTOR
AND THE COUNTRY WILL PAY FOR IT.
THEY'LL GO TO A PRIVATE DOCTOR
OR A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OR PUBLIC
DOCTOR BUT SOMEPLACE THAT CAN
TAKE CARE OF THEM IMMEDIATELY.
WE'RE LOSING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WAITING IN LINE.
AND THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
IS RUN BY OBAMA JUST AS
INCOMPETENTLY AS HE'S RUNNING
OUR COUNTRY.
YOU LOOK AT THE TSA, YOU LOOK AT
WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE AIRPORTS.
AND YOU LOOK AT THAT.
JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S LIKE THE VETERANS
ADMINISTRATION.
NOTHING IN OUR COUNTRY WORKS
ANYMORE. IT'S A MESS.
AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY I'M DOING
SO WELL IN THE POLLS.
YES.
>> IS PRIVATIZATION THE ANSWER?
THE VETERANS CAN USE A CARD NOW
AND GET PRIVATE CARE.
>> WHAT IT HAS TO BE IS WHEN
SOMEBODY IS ONLINE AND THEY SAY
IT'S A SEVEN-DAY WAIT, THAT
PERSON WILL WALK ACROSS THE
STREET, BOW TAKEN CARE OF AND
WE'LL PAY THE BILL. AND WE'LL CHECK IT OUT AND BE
CAREFUL, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE
A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE THAN WHAT'S
GOING ON.
THESE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN HELL.
AND HILLARY CLINTON SAID THE
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION IS
WORKING JUST FINE.
AND THE HEAD OF IT, McDONNELL,
SAID LAST WEEK THAT WAITING IN
LINE IS NOT BAD.
LOOK AT DISNEY WORLD, OKAY?
THESE ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WE
HAVE RUNNING THINGS.
IT'S RIDICULOUS.
DAVE. >> THERE'S A RASMUSSEN POLL OUT
TODAY THAT SAYS THAT HALF OF
AMERICANS THINK HILLARY CLINTON
SHOULD STAY IN THE RACE EVEN IF
SHE'S CHARGED WITH A FELONY.
DOES THAT SUGGEST THAT YOU'RE
CONTINUING TO POUND HER, GEE, I
DON'T KNOW IF SHE SHOULD EVEN
RUN, ARE YOU A LITTLE OUT OF
SYNC?
>> THAT'S THEIR CHOICE.
YOU HAVE A PARTY CALLED THE
DEMOCRATS AND THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE.
IT'S -- YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S
PROBABLY GOING TO BE HER BECAUSE
IT'S RIGGED. AND I THINK IF YOU PEOPLE WILL
SAY I'M THE ONE THAT CAME UP
WITH THE TERM RIGGED, I USED IT
FOR MYSELF BUT I WON BY SUCH BIG
MARGINS -- THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS
RIGGED ON BOTH SIDES.
SAME WITH THE REPUBLICANS, JUST
LESS OBVIOUS.
THE DEMOCRATS WITH THE SUPER --
YOU KNOW, WITH THE WHOLE
SUPERDELEGATE THING, IT'S
RIDICULOUS.
SO -- SO I THINK THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT
DETERMINATION. IF YOU'RE ASKING ME WHO I PREFER
RUNNING AGAINST?
>> NO, NO, NO.
DO YOU THINK SHE COMMITTED A
FELONY?
>> I THINK WHAT SHE DID WAS VERY
BAD AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE DONE A LOT LESS THAN HER
AND THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED. >> ON THE POSSIBILITY OF AN --
>> THE PRESS EXPOSED THE VA
ISSUES SO SHOULDN'T THE PRESS
GET SOME CREDIT FOR THAT.
>> I THINK THAT'S FINE.
GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.
>> CAN I ASK YOU ABOUT TRUMP
UNIVERSITY, SIR, BECAUSE THERE
HAVE BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT AND YOU ALSO
CHALLENGED THE CREDIBILITY OF
THE JUDGE HANDLING THAT CASE.
>> THE JUDGE HAS BEEN VERY
UNFAIR, HAS NOT DONE A GOOD JOB.
HE'S BEEN A BAD JUDGE.
AND I WILL WIN THE TRUMP
UNIVERSITY CASE. I ALREADY HAVE --
>> WHY ANTAGONIZE THE JUDGE IN
THAT CASE?
>> BECAUSE I DON'T CARE.
BECAUSE I DON'T CARE.
I HAVE A JUDGE WHO'S VERY, VERY
UNFAIR. >> WHY? WHY IS THAT?
>> YOU'LL SEE IT IN COURT
DOCUMENTS. BUT I HAVE A JUDGE WHO'S VERY,
VERY UNFAIR.
HE KNOWS HE'S UNFAIR.
AND I'LL WIN THE TRUMP
UNIVERSITY CASE. I COULD SETTLE THAT CASE.
I COULD HAVE SETTLED IT.
I JUST CHOOSE NOT TO.
IN FACT WHEN I RAN THEY SAID WHY
DIDN'T YOU SETTLE THAT CASE.
>> WHY MENTION THAT THE JUDGE IS MEXICAN?
>> BECAUSE I'M A MAN OF
PRINCIPLE. MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK
THOSE COURSES HAVE LETTERS
SAYING THEY THOUGHT IT WAS
GREAT, ESSENTIALLY.
IT WAS GOOD, IT WAS GREAT.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN THEY'RE
ON THE STAND AND YOU SAY HOW
COME YOU SIGNED A LETTER SAYING
THAT TRUMP UNIVERSITY WAS SO
GOOD, HOW COME YOU SIGNED A
LETTER, THE WOMAN THAT WAS THE
ORIGINAL PLAINTIFF IN THE CASE,
THEY WENT TO THE COURT AND THE
JUDGE ALLOWED HER TO GET OUT OF
THE CASE.
THE CASE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
DROPPED. THE WHOLE CASE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
DROPPED.
THEY WANTED HER DISMISSED FROM
THE CASE.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE SHE WAS DEPOSED.
SHE WAS SUCH A BAD WITNESS THAT
WE WIN THE CASE EASILY.
SHE SIGNED A LETTER AND SHE'S ON
FILM, SHE'S ON TAPE LIKE THESE
CAMERAS SAYING UNBELIEVABLY GOOD
THINGS ABOUT TRUMP UNIVERSITY.
SO THEY DIDN'T WANT HER ANYMORE
BECAUSE SHE'S A DISASTER FOR
THEM. SO THEY WENT TO THE JUDGE AND
THEY SAID, YOUR HONOR, WE'D LIKE
TO HAVE HER NOT BE A
PARTICIPANT, NOT BE THE
PLAINTIFF IN THE CASE.
AND HE SAID, OH, THAT'S OKAY.
SHE'S THE ONE THAT STARTED THE
CASE.
NOW THEY DON'T EVEN WANT HER TO
TESTIFY.
THEY DON'T WANT HER TO TESTIFY
BECAUSE SHE'S A DISASTER.
SHE HAS ALL SORTS OF BEAUTIFUL
STATEMENTS ABOUT IT AND
IMPORTANTLY, SHE'S ON TAPE
SAYING HOW GREAT IT IS.
THEY DON'T WANT HER.
I WOULDN'T WANT HER EITHER.
NOW, I COULD HAVE SETTLED THAT
CASE. I COULD SETTLE THAT CASE, I CAN
SETTLE THAT CASE.
I DON'T WANT TO.
I'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
>> YOU YOURSELF RECENTLY REACTED
AGAINST WHAT YOU CALL A SPOILER
INDIE CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE,
YET EARL IN THE PRIMARIES YOU
DIDN'T RULE OUT AN INDEPENDENT
RUN. SO WHY ARE YOU SO WORRIED NOW
ABOUT A CONSERVATIVE CHALLENGER?
>> BECAUSE WE'RE DOWN THE LINE.
WE'RE DOWN THE LINE AND THE FACT
THAT YOU CAN'T WIN AS AN
INDEPENDENT.
FOR THE MOST PART YOU CAN'T EVEN
GET ON TEXAS AND VARIOUS OTHER
STATES NOW, IT'S TOO LATE.
>> COULD SPOIL THE RACE FOR YOU.
>> HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS.
WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU WILL NOT
HAVE -- AND VERY IMPORTANTLY,
YOU WILL NOT HAVE SUPREME COURT
JUSTICES.
YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE.
YOU COULD HAVE AS MANY AS FOUR
OR FIVE.
THAT'S OVER.
NOW, KRISTOL IS THE LAST ONE.
DON'T FORGET. HE SAID TRUMP WILL NEVER RUN.
THE GUY IS NOT A SMART PERSON.
HE SAID DONALD TRUMP WILL NEVER
RUN.
REMEMBER?
DO YOU REMEMBER? I ACTUALLY BLAME YOU.
WHY DO YOU PUT THIS GUY ON
TELEVISION? I SEE HIM ON THE DIFFERENT
SHOWS.
HE'S GOT NO CREDIBILITY.
HE SAID I WON'T RUN.
IF I RUN, I WON'T DO WELL.
HE LOOKS LIKE SUCH A FOOL.
I SAW HIM ON ONE SHOW AND HE'S
PRACTICALLY CRYING BECAUSE HE
CAN'T JUSTIFY IT.
NOW HE COMES OUT WITH A TWEET
OVER THE WEEKEND, OVER MEMORIAL
DAY WEEKEND.
IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S GOING TO PUT
SOMEBODY UP.
EVEN I THOUGHT IT.
I THOUGHT THEY'RE GOING TO FIND
IN T INDIE.
NOW HE COMES OUT WITH SOMETHING
SAYING HE WAS ALMOST KIDDING.
OKAY?
LET ME TELL YOU, THESE PEOPLE
ARE LOSERS.
HE'S TRYING TO -- TRYING TO MAKE
YOU -- HE'S TRYING TO DRIVE YOU
GUYS A LITTLE BIT NUTS.
IF THEY DO AN INDIE, ASSUMING
IT'S DECENT, WHICH I DON'T THINK
ANYBODY WITH A REPUTATION WOULD
DO IT BECAUSE THEY'D LOOK LIKE
FOOLS. BUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS
YOU LOSE THE ELECTION FOR THE
REPUBLICANS AND, THEREFORE, YOU
LOSE THE SUPREME COURT.
THEREFORE, YOU WILL HAVE A GROUP
OF PEOPLE PUT ON THE SUPREME
COURT WHERE THIS COUNTRY WILL
NEVER, EVER RECOVER.
IT WILL NEVER, EVER BE THE SAME.
>> MR. TRUMP, WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT CONSERVATIVES --
>> A FOLLOW-UP HERE.
>> WHEN YOU REFER TO SOME
REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVES AS
LOSERS --
>> NO, NO, I DIDN'T SAY THAT.
I SAID BILL KRISTOL IS A LOSER.
I'LL TELL YOU WHY, CARL.
HE HAS CALLED EVERY SINGLE --
TAKE A LOOK, ON ME.
HE'S GOING TO LOSE THIS STATE.
I WIN IN A LAND SLIDE.
WAIT A MINUTE, CARL, I DIDN'T SAY EVERYBODY.
MANY, BUT I DIDN'T SAY
EVERYBODY. BILL KRISTOL IS A LOSER.
HIS MAGAZINE IS FAILING, AS YOU
KNOW.
IT'S GOING TO BE DOWN -- I DON'T
THINK IT EVEN SURVIVES.
HE'S GETTING SOME FREE
PUBLICITY.
BUT BILL KRISTOL, I'VE BEEN
WATCHING THIS FOR TWO YEARS.
TRUMP ISN'T GOING TO RUN. OH, HE'S NOT GOING TO WIN IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE. WIN IN A LANDSLIDE.
EVERY PLACE HE'S NOT GOING TO
WIN BUT I WIN IN A LANDSLIDE.
DO YOU THINK MAYBE HE DOESN'T
LIKE ME?
OKAY, MAYBE ONE OR TWO MORE.
>> THERE'S A QUESTION DIRECTLY
RELATED TO THIS, SIR.
TODAY FRED MALLICK, NIXON
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL,
LONG-TIME FINANCIER IN
REPUBLICAN POLITICS ESSENTIALLY
SAID TODAY THAT YOU HAVE TO STOP
BEATING UP ON REPUBLICANS.
AND HE GOES ON TO SAY THAT YOU
ESSENTIALLY GOT SOME 30% OF THE
REPUBLICAN VOTE THAT --
>> IT'S WRONG. IT'S WRONG.
>> SIR, LET ME FINISH THE
QUESTION. LET ME FINISH THE QUESTION.
>> MY LAST ONE WAS 78%.
>> IS IT GOING TO MAKE IT MORE
DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO UNITE THE
PARTY WHEN YOU ARE CRITICIZING
YOUR CRITICS FROM WITHIN IT?
>> HERE'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT.
WHEN I HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT
ON MY SIDE, OKAY, YOU KNOW -- BY
THE WAY, I'VE GOTTEN GREAT
APPLAUSE FROM THE PRESS IN TERMS
OF AS AN ACHIEVEMENT BECAUSE THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS REALLY WELL
UNIFIED.
WE HAVE COME UP -- PEOPLE THAT
YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT
POSSIBLE ARE NOW SAYING I
SUPPORT TRUMP.
SO REMEMBER THAT.
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT TOO
MUCH, BUT ACTUALLY LAST WEEK THE
BIG STORY IS HOW FAST THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS HEALING,
BECAUSE IT IS A HEALING PROCESS.
IT WAS A ROUGH -- THAT WAS A
ROUGH CAMPAIGN.
I DON'T KNOW FRED MALLICK.
I CAN SAY THIS.
THE REAL STORY IS HOW FAST WE'RE
GETTING TOGETHER.
NOW, IF I HAVE A REPUBLICAN
THAT'S NOT ON MY SIDE, I'M NOT
GOING TO -- WHY SHOULD I BE
PARTICULARLY NICE TO THAT
PERSON. I'M NOT GOING TO GO AFTER THEM
LIKE I WOULD HILLARY OR CRAZY
BERNIE.
BUT WHY SHOULD I BE NICE TO THAT
PERSON.
IF I HAVE A PERSON THAT'S NOT
GOING TO SUPPORT ME, I HAVE NO
OBLIGATION. NOW, POLITICALLY I MAY BE RIGHT,
I MAY BE WRONG, BUT THAT'S WHO I
AM.
I'M A VERY HONEST PERSON, CARL.
IF SOMEBODY IS GOING TO SAY A
LITTLE BIT NEGATIVE OR A LOT
NEGATIVE ABOUT ME, AND IF THEY
HAPPEN TO BE REPUBLICAN, I MAY
CHOOSE TO HIT THEM BACK.
NOT ALWAYS.
NOT ALWAYS, BUT I MAY CHOOSE TO
HIT THEM BACK.
>> IN THE LAST WEEK YOU'VE SAID
THAT THE FORMER REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE WALKS LIKE A PENGUIN,
YOU'VE CRITICIZED SUSANA
MARTINEZ -- >> MITT ROMNEY LOST AN ELECTION
THAT HE SHOULD HAVE WON.
HAVE YOU READ THE FRONT PAGE OF
THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" ABOUT
MITT ROMNEY, HE LOOKS LIKE A
FOOL. >> WHY SHOULD PEOPLE BELIEVE YOU
WHEN YOU SAY YOU'LL BRING THE
PARTY TOGETHER.
>> I MADE MONEY FOR MITT ROMNEY.
HE LET US DOWN.
IF YOU READ THE FRONT PAGE OF
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" THIS
WEEKEND, MITT ROMNEY LOOKS LIKE
A FOOL.
NOW, WHY WOULD I SAY GOOD ABOUT
MITT ROMNEY?
>> YOU SAID YOU'RE COMMITTED TO
PARTY UNITY?
>> WHAT ABOUT SUSANA MARTINEZ IN
NEW MEXICO. WHY TAKE THAT FIGHT ON?
>> SHE WAS NOT NICE AND I WAS
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A JAB.
SHE WASN'T NICE.
YOU THINK I'M GOING TO CHANGE?
>> GO AHEAD, ONE MORE.
>> HOW DO YOU UNIFY THE PARTY.
>> BOB DOLE --
>> BOB DOLE ENDORSED ME SO DON'T
TELL ME ABOUT BOB DOLE.
>> WHAT ABOUT GARY JOHNSON?
>> WELL, LOOK, GARY JOHNSON, HE
GOT 1% OF THE VOTE LAST TIME.
I WATCHED THAT WHOLE SITUATION,
IT WAS REALLY PRETTY
DISGRACEFUL.
I THINK IT'S A TOTAL FRINGE
DEAL. I THINK HE'S A FRINGE CANDIDATE,
YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH. I LOOK AT HIM AND WATCH HIM AND
WATCH HIS MOTIONS AND WATCH WHAT
HE SAYS.
I THINK THAT HE IS A FRINGE
CANDIDATE.
AND YOUR SECOND, WELD, IS WHEN
YOU DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON
THAT, I THINK IT'S NOT GOING TO
BE A FACTOR, OKAY?
>> ONE LAST THING.
I THINK YOU'VE SET A NEW BAR
TODAY FOR BEING CONTENTIOUS WITH
THE PRESS CORPS, CALLING US
LOSERS TO OUR FACES AND ALL
THAT.
>> NOT ALL OF YOU, JUST MANY OF
YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, FINE.
ENOUGH OF US.
>> NOT YOU, DAVID.
>> IF THIS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE
LIKE IF YOU'RE PRESIDENT? >> YEAH, IT IS.
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS IN
THE PRESSROOM? >> YEAH, IT IS GOING TO BE LIKE
THIS, DAVID.
IF THE PRESS WRITES FALSE
STORIES LIKE THEY DID WITH THIS,
BECAUSE HALF OF YOU ARE AMAZED
THAT I RAISED ALL OF THIS MONEY.
IF THE PRESS WRITES FALSE
STORIES LIKE THEY DID WHERE I
WANTED TO KEEP A LOW PROFILE, I
DIDN'T WANT THE CREDIT FOR
RAISING ALL THIS MONEY FOR THE
VETS.
I WASN'T LOOKING FOR THE CREDIT.
BY THE WAY, MORE MONEY IS COMING
IN.
I WASN'T LOOKING FOR THE CREDIT.
BUT I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO DO
THIS BECAUSE THE PRESS WAS
SAYING I DIDN'T RAISE ANY MONEY
FOR THEM.
NOT ONLY DID I RAISE IT, MUCH OF
IT WAS GIVEN A LONG TIME AGO AND
THERE IS A VETTING PROCESS AND I
THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT WHEN I RAISE ALMOST $6
MILLION AND PROBABLY IN THE END
WILL RAISE MORE THAN 6, BECAUSE
MORE IS GOING TO COME IN AND IS
COMING IN, BUT WHEN I RAISE $5.6
MILLION AS OF TODAY, MORE IS
COMING IN, AND I -- AND THIS IS
GOING TO PHENOMENAL GROUPS.
I HAVE MANY OF THESE PEOPLE
VETTING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
GETTING THE MONEY AND WORKING
HARD. THEN WE HAVE TO READ PROBABLY
LIBELOUS STORIES OR CERTAINLY
CLOSE IN THE NEWSPAPERS.
AND THE PEOPLE KNOW THE STORIES
ARE FALSE.
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ATTACK
THE PRESS.
LOOK, I FIND THE PRESS TO BE
EXTREMELY DISHONEST.
I FIND THE POLITICAL PRESS TO BE
UNBELIEVABLY DISHONEST, I WILL
SAY THAT. OKAY?
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>