1 00:00:00,0 --> 00:00:11,442 WELCOME BACK TO OUR EXCLUSIVE TOWN HALL MEETING WITH 2 00:00:11,444 --> 00:00:08,323 REPUBLICAN FRONT-RUNNER DONALD TRUMP. 3 00:00:08,325 --> 00:00:10,597 GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. CONGRATULATIONS ON A WIN IN NEW 4 00:00:10,599 --> 00:00:13,479 YORK THIS WEEK. WITH THAT WIN, IN THIS STAGE OF 5 00:00:13,481 --> 00:00:16,736 THE RACE, YOU WOULD BASICALLY HAVE THE NOMINATION IN YOUR 6 00:00:16,738 --> 00:00:19,310 HANDS THIS SAY DIFFERENT KIND OF YEAR, THOUGH. 7 00:00:19,312 --> 00:00:21,673 LET'S SAY YOU DO HAVE THE NOMINATION. 8 00:00:21,675 --> 00:00:24,65 LET'S SAY YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE GUY IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. 9 00:00:24,67 --> 00:00:29,391 YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE POLLING RIGHT NOW. 10 00:00:29,393 --> 00:00:31,104 YOU HAVE AN ENORMOUS NEGATIVE NUMBER, 68% OF PEOPLE SAY THEY 11 00:00:31,106 --> 00:00:32,568 CAN'T SUPPORT YOU. WOULD YOU ADMIT YOU HAVE A LOT 12 00:00:32,570 --> 00:00:35,802 OF WORK TO DO? WELL, I THINK IT'S GOING TO 13 00:00:35,804 --> 00:00:40,13 GO VERY QUICKLY, FRANKLY. I'VE BEEN HIT BY 55,000 -- ON 14 00:00:40,15 --> 00:00:43,536 YOUR SHOW, 55,000 NEGATIVE ADS, AND NOBODY ELSE HAS. 15 00:00:43,538 --> 00:00:46,987 YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT A GUY LIKE KASICH. 16 00:00:46,989 --> 00:00:50,402 HE HAS NEVER BEEN HIT BY AN AD BECAUSE NOBODY CARES, FRANKLY. 17 00:00:50,404 --> 00:00:52,544 NO, IT'S TRUE. IT'S TRUE. 18 00:00:52,546 --> 00:00:53,540 AND CRUZ ISN'T HIT WITH NEGATIVE ADS. 19 00:00:53,542 --> 00:00:57,363 THEY WENT AFTER ME, BOTH SIDES, THE OTHER SIDE AND MY SIDE. 20 00:00:57,365 --> 00:01:00,898 DESPITE THAT I WON FLORIDA BY ALMOST 21 POINTS, IN A 21 00:01:00,900 --> 00:01:04,89 LANDSLIDE. I'VE WON MOSTLY LANDSLIDES, 22 22 00:01:04,91 --> 00:01:07,349 OR 24 STATES AND NOBODY ELSE IS EVEN CLOSE. 23 00:01:07,351 --> 00:01:13,113 THE MAIN THING, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF VOTES, MORE THAN 24 00:01:13,115 --> 00:01:14,129 ANYBODY ELSE HAS. YOU KNOW -- 25 00:01:14,131 --> 00:01:15,623 THAT'S THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, 31 MILLION PEOPLE VOTE 26 00:01:15,625 --> 00:01:18,569 IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, 130 MILLION VOTE IN THE GENERAL 27 00:01:18,571 --> 00:01:19,416 ELECTION. RIGHT. 28 00:01:19,418 --> 00:01:22,582 IF YOU LOOK AT THESE POLLS AND THE SPECIFICS AND THE SWING 29 00:01:22,584 --> 00:01:25,623 VOTERS WHO DECIDE ELECTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY, IN POLL AFTER 30 00:01:25,625 --> 00:01:30,472 POLL, 69% OF WOMEN DISAPPROVE. 67% OF INDEPENDENTS. 31 00:01:30,474 --> 00:01:34,592 YOUNG PEOPLE, 70% UNFAVORABLE. THAT'S NOT JUST ONE POLL. 32 00:01:34,594 --> 00:01:37,301 IT'S SEVERAL. SO, WHAT WORK DO YOU HAVE TO DO? 33 00:01:37,303 --> 00:01:39,595 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CONVINCE THEM THAT YOU ARE THEIR 34 00:01:39,597 --> 00:01:41,310 CANDIDATE? WHEN PEOPLE SEE THAT I'M 35 00:01:41,312 --> 00:01:44,469 GOING TO BRING JOBS BACK TO THIS COUNTRY, WHEN THEY SEE THAT I'M 36 00:01:44,471 --> 00:01:46,885 GOING TO STRENGTHEN UP THE MILITARY, WHEN THEY SEE THAT I'M 37 00:01:46,887 --> 00:01:51,44 GOING TO HAVE STRONG BORDERS LIKE NOBODY ELSE CAN HAVE, WE 38 00:01:51,46 --> 00:01:56,385 WILL BUILD A WALL AND MEXICO WILL PAY FOR THE WALL, BY THE 39 00:01:56,387 --> 00:01:52,677 WAY. BUT WHEN THEY SEE WE'RE GETTING 40 00:01:52,679 --> 00:01:54,285 RID OF OBAMACARE, A TOTAL DISASTER AND WE'RE GOING TO BE 41 00:01:54,287 --> 00:01:57,28 REPLACING IT WITH SOMETHING GOOD. 42 00:01:57,30 --> 00:01:58,748 WHEN THEY SEE WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF COMMON CORE, WHICH IS 43 00:01:58,750 --> 00:02:01,660 ALSO, LIKEWISE, A TOTAL CATASTROPHE, AND WE'LL BRING IN 44 00:02:01,662 --> 00:02:03,506 EDUCATION LOCALLY SO IT CAN BE RUN BY LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND THE 45 00:02:03,508 --> 00:02:02,967 PARENTS OF THE CHILDREN, IT'S GOING TO BE WONDERFUL AND 46 00:02:02,969 --> 00:02:05,347 BEAUTIFUL AND MUCH BETTER. WHEN THEY SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING 47 00:02:05,349 --> 00:02:08,826 TO DO -- MAYBE ABOVE ALL, WHEN THEY SEE WE ARE GOING TO MAKE 48 00:02:08,828 --> 00:02:12,278 SOME OF THE GREAT TRADE DEALS -- EVERY DEAL WE HAVE A TOTAL 49 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,408 DISASTER. OUR COUNTRY IS LOSING A FORTUNE. 50 00:02:15,410 --> 00:02:19,111 NOW, WOMEN -- IF YOU SAW MY BIG WIN IN NEW YORK, IT WAS A 51 00:02:19,113 --> 00:02:24,339 LANDSLIDE, LIKE UNPRECEDENTED. WOMEN WERE ONE OF THE HIGHEST 52 00:02:24,341 --> 00:02:26,26 DEMOGRAPHICS. TO SAVANNAH'S POINT, IT'S A 53 00:02:26,27 --> 00:02:30,496 VALID ONE, THOUGH. IT'S DIFFERENT IN A REPUBLICAN 54 00:02:30,498 --> 00:02:32,132 PARTY THAN IN A GENERAL ELECTION. 55 00:02:32,134 --> 00:02:33,833 I AGREE. I DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO ALL 56 00:02:33,835 --> 00:02:36,802 THE WORDS, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO, ABOUT THE INSULTS OF 57 00:02:36,804 --> 00:02:40,7 WOMEN, MEXICANS AND MUSLIMS. YOU CAN'T UNSAY THOSE THINGS. 58 00:02:40,9 --> 00:02:42,141 HOW DO YOU CONVINCE THEM -- BY THE WAY, THEY'VE BEEN LISTENING 59 00:02:42,143 --> 00:02:45,445 TO ALL THE THINGS YOU JUST SAID ABOUT JOBS AND THE WALL. 60 00:02:45,447 --> 00:02:49,16 I THINK IT'S ABOUT -- LOOK. I DID SOME THINGS AND I'VE SAID 61 00:02:49,18 --> 00:02:51,817 SOME THINGS IN FUN. I'VE SAID IT AS AN ENTERTAINER, 62 00:02:51,819 --> 00:02:55,222 DOING "THE APPRENTICE." YOU KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL -- I 63 00:02:55,223 --> 00:02:57,723 JUST SAW THEY WANTED TO RENEW ME FOR TWO YEARS. 64 00:02:57,725 --> 00:02:59,326 AND I DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE OF THIS. 65 00:02:59,328 --> 00:03:01,328 BUT A LOT OF THAT WAS ENTERTAINMENT. 66 00:03:01,330 --> 00:03:03,796 THERE'S NOBODY THAT RESPECTS WOMEN MORE THAN I DO. 67 00:03:03,798 --> 00:03:07,501 THERE'S NOBODY THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES 68 00:03:07,503 --> 00:03:10,136 BETTER THAN I WILL. HILLARY CANNOT DO IT. 69 00:03:10,138 --> 00:03:12,39 BELIEVE ME. SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE STRENGTH, 70 00:03:12,41 --> 00:03:14,274 THE ENERGY. SHE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT. 71 00:03:14,276 --> 00:03:17,843 AND I THINK THAT WOMEN WILL BE BIG FANS. 72 00:03:17,845 --> 00:03:20,479 LOOK, THEY WANT TO SEE SECURITY FOR OUR COUNTRY. 73 00:03:20,481 --> 00:03:22,848 IRATE NUMBER ONE IN EVERY POLL IN SECURITY WITH THE MILITARY. 74 00:03:22,850 --> 00:03:26,352 THE MILITARY IS ENDORSING ME. I JUST GOTTEN ADORESED BY THE 75 00:03:26,354 --> 00:03:29,555 BORDER PATROL, 16,000 AGENTS. THEY'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. 76 00:03:29,557 --> 00:03:32,240 LET'S GET TO SOME OF OUR TOWN HALL QUESTIONERS. 77 00:03:32,242 --> 00:03:41,485 OKAY. WILLIE HAS ONE RIGHT HERE. 78 00:03:41,487 --> 00:03:43,126 MR. TRUMP, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. 79 00:03:43,128 --> 00:03:46,211 ANDREW SULLIVAN, BROOKLYN NEW YORK, REGISTERED REPUBLICAN AND 80 00:03:46,213 --> 00:03:48,433 A SUPPORTER OF YOURS. THANK YOU. 81 00:03:48,435 --> 00:03:54,117 HELLO, MR. TRUMP. FULL DISCLOSURE, I DID WORK FOR 82 00:03:54,119 --> 00:03:54,878 YOU. I APPRECIATE THE TEN YEARS OF 83 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,607 GOOD UNION CONSTRUCTION WORK YOU PROVIDED FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. 84 00:03:58,609 --> 00:04:00,12 GOD BLESS YOU. GOOD. 85 00:04:00,14 --> 00:04:00,874 GOOD. THANK YOU. 86 00:04:00,876 --> 00:04:01,988 THANK YOU. WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION, SIR? 87 00:04:01,990 --> 00:04:06,22 THE QUESTION IS THIS. IN REGARDS TO ISIS, I SINCERELY 88 00:04:06,24 --> 00:04:07,659 APPRECIATE THE AGGRESSIVE STANCE YOU WANT TO TAKE WITH THEM. 89 00:04:07,661 --> 00:04:11,173 AND MY QUESTION, HOW DO YOU AVOID THE PITFALLS OF THE PAST, 90 00:04:11,175 --> 00:04:12,798 IN PART, BY GETTING INVOLVED YET AGAIN IN THIS PERPETUAL STATE OF 91 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,467 WAR WITH NO END IN SIGHT? THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT 92 00:04:14,469 --> 00:04:16,335 QUESTION. YOU KNOW, I WAS AGAINST THE WAR 93 00:04:16,338 --> 00:04:18,537 IN IRAQ. I SAID YOU DON'T GO IN. 94 00:04:18,540 --> 00:04:20,373 YOU'RE GOING TO DESTABILIZE THE MIDDLE EAST. 95 00:04:20,376 --> 00:04:22,541 I WAS SO STRONG AGAINST IRAQ. WE WENT IN. 96 00:04:22,544 --> 00:04:25,545 WE MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE IN GOING IN. 97 00:04:25,547 --> 00:04:29,216 THEN WE GOT OUT THE WRONG WAY. ISIS WAS CREATED BECAUSE OF THE 98 00:04:29,218 --> 00:04:32,252 WAY WE GOT OUT AND BECAUSE OF THE BAD MOVES WE MADE EVEN WHILE 99 00:04:32,254 --> 00:04:35,289 WE WERE THERE. BUT WE NOW HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. 100 00:04:35,291 --> 00:04:37,591 WE HAVE TO KNOCK THE HELL OUT OF THEM. 101 00:04:37,593 --> 00:04:40,127 WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM OUT. WE'RE GOING TO HELP. 102 00:04:40,129 --> 00:04:44,930 WE'RE GOING TO GET THE COUNTRIES IN THAT REGION TO PUT UP THEIR 103 00:04:44,933 --> 00:04:46,933 MANPOWER OR THEY'VE GOT BIG PROBLEMS. 104 00:04:46,935 --> 00:04:49,101 AND A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE LEADERSHIP. 105 00:04:49,104 --> 00:04:52,906 WE DO HAVE TO GET RID OF ISIS. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT 106 00:04:52,908 --> 00:04:56,143 IMPOSSIBLE FOR ISIS TO SURVIVE. THEY'RE CUTTING OFF HEADS. 107 00:04:56,145 --> 00:04:58,578 THEY'RE DROWNING PEOPLE IN STEEL CAGES. 108 00:04:58,580 --> 00:05:01,648 IT'S LIKE MEDIEVAL TIMES. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE 109 00:05:01,650 --> 00:05:03,83 IT. NOBODY HAS EVER SEEN ANYTHING 110 00:05:03,85 --> 00:05:05,618 LIKE IT. WE ARE GOING TO GET RID OF ISIS. 111 00:05:05,621 --> 00:05:09,790 BY THE WAY, SPEAKING OF THAT, OUR MILITARY HAS BEEN DECIMATED 112 00:05:09,792 --> 00:05:12,425 WITH CUTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WE'RE GOING TO REBUILD OUR 113 00:05:12,428 --> 00:05:14,528 MILITARY. IT WILL BE BIGGER, BETTER, 114 00:05:14,530 --> 00:05:17,432 STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE. HOPEFULLY, WE DON'T HAVE TO USE 115 00:05:17,434 --> 00:05:19,23 IT. THE ONE PLACE WE WILL BE USING 116 00:05:19,26 --> 00:05:21,496 IT IS TO GET RID OF ISIS. GREAT QUESTION. 117 00:05:21,498 --> 00:05:22,89 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 118 00:05:22,92 --> 00:05:25,29 JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO BOMB THE 119 00:05:25,31 --> 00:05:27,791 YOU KNOW WHAT OUT OF ISIS. BUT YOU HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE 120 00:05:27,793 --> 00:05:28,751 PLAN? I DO. 121 00:05:28,753 --> 00:05:31,202 FOR WHAT TO DO IN THAT REGION AFTERWARDS? 122 00:05:31,204 --> 00:05:37,517 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT -- RUNNING FOR OFFICE IS 123 00:05:37,519 --> 00:05:37,917 INTERESTING. THEY'LL ASK YOU QUESTIONS LIKE 124 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:39,585 THAT. I SAID THAT FROM THE BEGINNING. 125 00:05:39,588 --> 00:05:42,355 THEY NEVER DID IT. THEN THEY STARTED IT ON A 126 00:05:42,358 --> 00:05:47,127 LIMITED BASIS. LIBYA, RIGHT NOW, AS YOU KNOW, 127 00:05:47,129 --> 00:05:49,196 HAS FANTASTIC OIL, SOME OF THE FINEST OIL IN THE WORLD. 128 00:05:49,198 --> 00:05:49,996 WHO HAS THE OIL? ISIS. 129 00:05:49,998 --> 00:05:52,265 DO WE BLOCKADE IT, BOMB IT, DO ANYTHING? 130 00:05:52,267 --> 00:05:55,201 NO. ISIS IS MAKING A FORTUNE NOW IN 131 00:05:55,204 --> 00:05:56,303 LIBYA. THAT WAS A HILLARY CLINTON DEAL. 132 00:05:56,305 --> 00:05:59,705 SHE WANTED TO GO IN, GET RID OF GADHAFI. 133 00:05:59,708 --> 00:06:01,967 FOR WHAT REASON? LOOK, HE WAS A BAD GUY. 134 00:06:01,969 --> 00:06:05,116 SADDAM HUSSEIN WAS A BAD GUY. THEY HAD ONE THING IN COMMON. 135 00:06:05,118 --> 00:06:09,293 THEY KILLED TERRORISTS, OKAY? WE WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF IF 136 00:06:09,295 --> 00:06:14,113 WE NEVER LOOKED AT THE MIDDLE EAST FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. 137 00:06:14,115 --> 00:06:17,396 LET'S GET TO ANOTHER QUESTION. 138 00:06:17,398 --> 00:06:23,496 MR. TRUMP, I HAVE JAMIE ECKMAN, REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, 139 00:06:23,498 --> 00:06:25,662 MARRIED, THREE KIDS. STILL UNDECIDED. 140 00:06:25,664 --> 00:06:31,276 MY RELATIVE IS A NATURAL-BORN AMERICAN IN THE MILITARY, 141 00:06:31,278 --> 00:06:32,91 DEPLOYED. HIS FATHER AND STEPMOTHER ARE 142 00:06:32,93 --> 00:06:33,707 UNDOCUMENTED CITIZENS HERE IN THE -- UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE HERE 143 00:06:33,709 --> 00:06:37,309 IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS WITHOUT ANY WAY OF 144 00:06:37,312 --> 00:06:44,906 ADJUSTING THEIR STATUS. IF YOU'RE PRESIDENT, WHAT WILL 145 00:06:44,908 --> 00:06:49,929 YOU DO FOR THOSE MEMBERS THAT ARE THE FABRIC OF OUR COUNTRY 146 00:06:49,931 --> 00:06:53,752 THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 25 YEARS UNDOCUMENTED? 147 00:06:53,755 --> 00:06:56,759 WON'T THEY BE DEPORTED? WHEN YOU SAY NATURAL-BORN 148 00:06:56,761 --> 00:06:56,163 CITIZENS, THAT'S INTERESTING. I ASSUME YOU WERE BORN HERE. 149 00:06:56,165 --> 00:06:58,247 WHY DO YOU MENTION THAT? BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHO ALWAYS SAYS 150 00:06:58,250 --> 00:06:57,865 THAT? TED CRUZ. 151 00:06:57,868 --> 00:07:01,700 HE WAS BORN IN CANADA AND LIVED THERE FOR FOUR YEARS. 152 00:07:01,703 --> 00:07:04,104 I'M A NATURAL-BORN CITIZEN WHEN, ACTUALLY -- 153 00:07:04,106 --> 00:07:06,406 I'M NOT FOR CRUZ. BORN IN CANADA. 154 00:07:06,408 --> 00:07:08,842 BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT? HE HAS NO PATH RIGHT NOW -- 155 00:07:08,844 --> 00:07:11,210 WHAT'S YOUR PLAN FOR HER RELATIVES? 156 00:07:11,213 --> 00:07:12,946 THEY'VE BEEN HERE HOW MANY YEARS? 157 00:07:12,948 --> 00:07:15,214 25 YEARS. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING 158 00:07:15,217 --> 00:07:17,984 FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN -- LOOK, WE'RE EITHER GOING TO HAVE 159 00:07:17,986 --> 00:07:28,841 A COUNTRY OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A COUNTRY. 160 00:07:28,843 --> 00:07:30,780 BUT MANY PEOPLE ARE VERY FINE PEOPLE. 161 00:07:30,782 --> 00:07:33,673 AND I'M SURE THESE ARE VERY, VERY FINE PEOPLE. 162 00:07:33,675 --> 00:07:37,731 THEY'RE GOING TO GO, AND WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A PATH WHERE WE 163 00:07:37,733 --> 00:07:40,95 CAN GET THEM INTO THIS COUNTRY LEGALLY, OKAY? 164 00:07:40,97 --> 00:07:45,68 BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE LEGALLY. YOU WILL DEPORT THEM FIRST, 165 00:07:45,70 --> 00:07:42,103 RIGHT? THEY'RE GOING TO GO, AND THEN 166 00:07:42,105 --> 00:07:44,953 COME BACK AND COME BACK LEGALLY. WE HAVE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. 167 00:07:44,955 --> 00:07:46,851 IT'S TOO TOUGH TO SAY YOU'LL NEVER COME BACK AGAIN. 168 00:07:46,853 --> 00:07:49,692 THEY'RE COMING BACK BUT THEY'RE COMING BACK INTO OUR COUNTRY 169 00:07:49,695 --> 00:07:50,843 LEGALLY. SO IMPORTANT. 170 00:07:50,845 --> 00:07:52,332 NOW THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE PERFECT ANSWER FOR YOU. 171 00:07:52,334 --> 00:07:55,259 AM I GOING TO GET YOUR VOTE? BY THE WAY, THEY ARE FROM 172 00:07:55,261 --> 00:07:58,757 ECUADOR AND I'M ORGANIZING THE RELIEF EFFORT FOR ECUADOR AND 173 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:00,894 NEED TRANSPORTATION FOR VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPLIES. 174 00:08:00,896 --> 00:08:03,562 VERY GOOD. YOU HAVE A TWITTER QUESTION? 175 00:08:03,565 --> 00:08:06,333 WE'RE GETTING THOUSANDS OF QUESTIONS ON TWITTER, MR. TRUMP. 176 00:08:06,335 --> 00:08:12,639 I PICKED ONE HERE FROM JESSICA HERSHEY, TOMS RIVER, NEW JERSEY. 177 00:08:12,641 --> 00:08:16,141 PLEASE BE SPECIFIC. TELL US YOUR VIEWS ON LGBT, HOW 178 00:08:16,144 --> 00:08:18,478 YOU PLAN TO BE INCLUSIVE AS PRESIDENT. 179 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,13 SPEAK ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA BATHROOM LAW, IN PARTICULAR. 180 00:08:21,15 --> 00:08:24,317 OH, I HAD A FEELING THAT QUESTION WAS GOING TO COME UP, I 181 00:08:24,319 --> 00:08:26,719 WILL TELL YOU. NORTH CAROLINA DID SOMETHING 182 00:08:26,721 --> 00:08:29,88 THAT WAS VERY STRONG. AND THEY'RE PAYING A BIG PRICE. 183 00:08:29,91 --> 00:08:31,892 THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS. I HEARD ONE OF THE BEST ANSWERS 184 00:08:31,894 --> 00:08:36,896 I HEARD WAS FROM A COMMENTATOR YESTERDAY SAYING LEAVE IT THE 185 00:08:36,898 --> 00:08:39,533 WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW. THERE HAVE BEEN VERY FEW 186 00:08:39,535 --> 00:08:41,401 PROBLEMS. LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS. 187 00:08:41,403 --> 00:08:47,37 NORTH CAROLINA, WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH WITH ALL THE 188 00:08:47,39 --> 00:08:51,312 BUSINESS THAT'S LEAVING, ALL OF THE STRIFE -- AND THIS IS ON 189 00:08:51,314 --> 00:08:52,612 BOTH SIDES. LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS. 190 00:08:52,614 --> 00:08:55,433 THERE HAVE BEEN VERY FEW COMPLAINTS THE WAY IT IS. 191 00:08:55,435 --> 00:09:00,567 PEOPLE GO. THEY USE THE BATHROOM THAT THEY 192 00:09:00,569 --> 00:09:12,481 FEEL IS APPROPRIATE. THERE HAS BEEN SO LITTLE 193 00:09:12,483 --> 00:09:14,818 TROUBLE. AND THE PROBLEM WITH WHAT 194 00:09:14,820 --> 00:09:18,489 HAPPENED IN NORTH CAROLINA IS THE STRIFE AND THE ECONOMIC -- I 195 00:09:18,492 --> 00:09:21,130 MEAN, THE ECONOMIC PUNISHMENT THAT THEY'RE TAKING. 196 00:09:21,132 --> 00:09:21,407 DO YOU HAVE ANY TRANSGENDER PEOPLE WORKING IN YOUR 197 00:09:21,409 --> 00:09:21,159 ORGANIZATION? I DON'T KNOW. 198 00:09:21,161 --> 00:09:23,923 NO? I REALLY DON'T KNOW. 199 00:09:23,925 --> 00:09:26,953 IF CAITLYN JENNER WERE TO WALK INTO TRUMP TOWER AND WANTED 200 00:09:26,955 --> 00:09:28,197 TO USE THE BATHROOM, YOU WOULD BE FINE WITH HER USING ANY 201 00:09:28,199 --> 00:09:27,887 BATHROOM SHE CHOOSES? THAT IS CORRECT. 202 00:09:27,889 --> 00:09:28,783 DIFFERENT ISSUE -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BIG MOVE 203 00:09:28,785 --> 00:09:32,444 TO CREATE NEW BATHROOMS. PROBLEM WITH THAT IS FOR 204 00:09:32,446 --> 00:09:32,786 TRANSGENDER, THAT WOULD BE -- FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THAT WOULD 205 00:09:32,788 --> 00:09:36,789 BE DISCRIMINATORY IN A CERTAIN WAY. 206 00:09:36,791 --> 00:09:39,859 THAT WOULD BE UNBELIEVABLY EXPENSIVE FOR BUSINESSES IN THE 207 00:09:39,861 --> 00:09:42,629 COUNTRY. LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS. 208 00:09:42,631 --> 00:09:47,441 LET'S TALK ABOUT ABORTION, ANOTHER POTENT ISSUE. 209 00:09:47,443 --> 00:09:52,70 THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, EVERY FOUR YEARS, HAS A PROVISION THAT 210 00:09:52,72 --> 00:09:54,421 STATES THAT THE RIGHT OF THE UNBORN CHILD SHALL NOT BE 211 00:09:54,423 --> 00:10:00,345 INFRINGED. IT MAKES NO EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE, 212 00:10:00,347 --> 00:09:59,986 INCEST, FOR THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER. 213 00:09:59,988 --> 00:10:03,19 WOULD YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM TO INCLUDE 214 00:10:03,21 --> 00:10:06,377 THE EXCEPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE? YES, I WOULD. 215 00:10:06,379 --> 00:10:08,451 YES, I WOULD. ABSOLUTELY. 216 00:10:08,453 --> 00:10:08,703 FOR THE THREE EXCEPTIONS. I WOULD. 217 00:10:08,705 --> 00:10:10,776 DO YOU HAVE AN EXCEPTION FOR THE HEALTH OF THE MOTHER? 218 00:10:10,778 --> 00:10:11,844 I WOULD LEAVE IT TO THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER BUT WOULD 219 00:10:11,846 --> 00:10:14,161 ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE THREE EXCEPTIONS. 220 00:10:14,164 --> 00:10:18,155 WILLIE? LET'S GO BACK TO THE CROWD 221 00:10:18,157 --> 00:10:19,598 HERE. FROM SCARSDALE, NEW YORK, 222 00:10:19,601 --> 00:10:23,135 MARRIED WITH ONE SON, REGISTERED REPUBLICAN AND A SUPPORTER OF 223 00:10:23,138 --> 00:10:25,88 YOURS. THANK YOU. 224 00:10:25,91 --> 00:10:30,16 MR. TRUMP, YOUR WIFE, MELANIA, SUGGESTED THAT YOU BE 225 00:10:30,18 --> 00:10:32,511 PRESIDENTIAL. CAN YOU TELL US SOME OF THE 226 00:10:32,513 --> 00:10:36,416 THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO BE MORE PRESIDENTIAL? 227 00:10:36,418 --> 00:10:42,622 WELL, I'M SURE MEL ANIA WOUL LIKE ME TO NOT HIT AS HARD 228 00:10:42,624 --> 00:10:44,156 SOMETIMES AND YET, YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED, WE HAD 17 PEOPLE 229 00:10:44,158 --> 00:10:48,828 AND I WAS BEING HIT FROM EVERY ANGLE BY GOVERNORS AND SENATORS 230 00:10:48,830 --> 00:10:51,697 AND REALLY SMART AND WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO ENDORSED ME, BEN 231 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:53,833 CARSON AND OTHERS, CHRIS CHRISTIE. 232 00:10:53,835 --> 00:10:56,869 YOU'RE BEING HIT PRETTY HARD. I FELT I HAD TO HIT BACK VERY 233 00:10:56,872 --> 00:10:59,138 HARD. I THINK IF I DIDN'T, IF I ACTED 234 00:10:59,140 --> 00:11:04,978 VERY PRESIDENTIAL, I WOULDN'T BE SIT ITING UP HERE TODAY, SOMEBO 235 00:11:04,980 --> 00:11:05,911 ELSE WOULD BE. IT WOULDN'T BE ME. 236 00:11:05,914 --> 00:11:08,348 I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO BE PRESIDENTIAL THAN FOR 237 00:11:08,350 --> 00:11:12,252 ME TO BE DOING WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST, REALLY, NINE 238 00:11:12,254 --> 00:11:14,187 MONTHS. BUT AT THE RIGHT TIME, I WILL BE 239 00:11:14,189 --> 00:11:19,91 SO PRESIDENTIAL, YOU WILL BE SO BORED, YOU WILL SAY, CAN'T HE 240 00:11:19,93 --> 00:11:22,796 HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ENERGY? BUT I KNOW WHEN TO BE 241 00:11:22,798 --> 00:11:25,98 PRESIDENTIAL. WE HAVE TWO MORE LEFT. 242 00:11:25,100 --> 00:11:28,0 THEY ARE REALLY -- THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PATH TO VICTORY. 243 00:11:28,2 --> 00:11:30,969 IT WAS ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING, THEY HAVE NO PATH TO VICTORY. 244 00:11:30,971 --> 00:11:33,773 AND WE HAVE A VERY EASY PATH TO VICTORY. 245 00:11:33,775 --> 00:11:35,408 I THINK THEY'LL BE GONE VERY SOON. 246 00:11:35,410 --> 00:11:38,310 ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE -- TWO GOOD PEOPLE BUT I THINK 247 00:11:38,312 --> 00:11:41,314 THEY'LL BE GONE VERY SOON. ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE OF 248 00:11:41,316 --> 00:11:43,116 THINGS, HUGE ISSUE IS WALL STREET BANKS. 249 00:11:43,118 --> 00:11:45,351 THEY'RE FIRING AT EACH OTHER ON THAT SUBJECT. 250 00:11:45,353 --> 00:11:48,221 YOU SAID YOU KNOW THE WALL STREET BANKERS BETTER THAN 251 00:11:48,223 --> 00:11:49,255 ANYONE. BETTER THAN ANYONE. 252 00:11:49,257 --> 00:11:52,357 ALL RIGHT. AFTER THE 2008 FINANCIAL 253 00:11:52,359 --> 00:11:55,260 MELTDOWN, DO YOU THINK ANY OF THE GUYS YOU KNOW BETTER THAN 254 00:11:55,263 --> 00:11:58,263 ANYONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN JAIL? SO IT'S A QUESTION I'VE HEARD 255 00:11:58,265 --> 00:12:00,567 SO OFTEN. I'VE BEEN ASKED SO OFTEN. 256 00:12:00,569 --> 00:12:06,806 THE ANSWER IS, IF THEY DID SOMETHING PURPOSELY, PURPOSELY, 257 00:12:06,808 --> 00:12:09,642 ILLEGAL, THE ANSWER IS YES. WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, I 258 00:12:09,644 --> 00:12:12,377 DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY HAS REALLY BEEN INDICTED AND GONE TO JAIL, 259 00:12:12,380 --> 00:12:15,181 WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING. I'M SURE THERE WAS SOME PRETTY 260 00:12:15,183 --> 00:12:16,849 BAD MOVES MADE. I WILL SAY THIS. 261 00:12:16,851 --> 00:12:20,719 A LOT OF MISTAKES WERE MADE. YOU CAN'T PUT A BUSINESSMAN IN 262 00:12:20,721 --> 00:12:22,822 JAIL BECAUSE HE MADE A BAD BUSINESS DECISION. 263 00:12:22,824 --> 00:12:26,125 THEY WANT TO DO WELL. FOR THE MOST PART, WALL STREET 264 00:12:26,127 --> 00:12:28,460 BANKERS WANT TO DO WELL. I KNOW SO MANY OF THEM. 265 00:12:28,463 --> 00:12:34,567 YOU KNOW SO MANY OF THEM. THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE LIKE 266 00:12:34,569 --> 00:12:35,734 EVERYBODY ELSE. I THINK THEY'RE PAID TOO MUCH 267 00:12:35,736 --> 00:12:36,736 MONEY BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? 268 00:12:36,738 --> 00:12:38,304 IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. DID THEY MAKE A BUSINESS 269 00:12:38,306 --> 00:12:40,106 MISTAKE? YOU CAN'T PUT PEOPLE IN JAIL. 270 00:12:40,108 --> 00:12:42,541 IF THEY DID SOMETHING THEY KNOW IS ILLEGAL AND WRONG, YOU HAVE 271 00:12:42,544 --> 00:12:44,677 TO PUT THEM IN JAIL. DOES IT EVER SURPRISE YOU 272 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:48,281 THAT SO MANY OF YOUR SUPPORTERS ARE SO ANGRY AT THOSE BANKS 273 00:12:48,283 --> 00:12:51,950 BECAUSE THEY FEEL THE DECKS ARE STACKED AGAINST THEM, YET YOU'RE 274 00:12:51,953 --> 00:12:54,987 THE GUY THEY'RE SUPPORTING AND YOU'RE A GUY WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN 275 00:12:54,989 --> 00:12:59,125 EVERY SINGLE ADVANTAGE THOSE BANKS CAN GIVE TO THE WEALTHIEST 276 00:12:59,127 --> 00:13:03,62 AMERICANS. I HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE 277 00:13:03,64 --> 00:13:05,531 BANKS PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY HUMAN BEING ON EARTH. 278 00:13:05,533 --> 00:13:06,265 I LOVE BANKS. RIGHT? 279 00:13:06,268 --> 00:13:07,400 I LOVE FIGHTING WITH BANKS IF I HAVE TO. 280 00:13:07,402 --> 00:13:10,68 IT DEPENDS ON WHAT HAPPENS, THE ECONOMY GOES UP, IT GOES DOWN. 281 00:13:10,70 --> 00:13:12,539 I'VE FOUND BANKERS TO BE VERY GOOD PEOPLE. 282 00:13:12,541 --> 00:13:15,541 I'VE FOUND THEM TO BE VERY HONORABLE PEOPLE. 283 00:13:15,544 --> 00:13:18,244 GENERALLY SPEAKING, THEY WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE COUNTRY. 284 00:13:18,246 --> 00:13:20,445 BUT AGAIN, I'VE KNOWN SOME BAD DUDES. 285 00:13:20,447 --> 00:13:22,182 YOU'VE KNOWN SOME BAD DUDES, MATT. 286 00:13:22,184 --> 00:13:24,283 I'VE BEEN AT PARTIES. I'VE SEEN YOU AND SEEN THESE 287 00:13:24,286 --> 00:13:27,854 PEOPLE IN THE SAME ROOM AS US. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE 288 00:13:27,856 --> 00:13:30,789 THAT ARE NOT GOOD PEOPLE. FOR THE MOST PART, I HAVE TO 289 00:13:30,791 --> 00:13:33,625 SAY, THOUGH, WALL STREET PEOPLE, THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE. 290 00:13:33,627 --> 00:13:34,726 THEY'RE TOUGH. THEY'RE SMART. 291 00:13:34,729 --> 00:13:38,31 AND THEY BRING A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF JOBS INTO THIS 292 00:13:38,33 --> 00:13:39,698 COUNTRY. DO YOU BELIEVE IN RAISING 293 00:13:39,700 --> 00:13:41,401 TAXES ON THE WEALTHY? I DO. 294 00:13:41,403 --> 00:13:43,68 I DO. INCLUDING MYSELF. 295 00:13:43,70 --> 00:13:44,671 I DO. WILLIE? 296 00:13:44,673 --> 00:13:49,508 I'M WITH ELLA WALDERS HERE IN NEW YORK CITY, REGISTERED 297 00:13:49,510 --> 00:13:52,111 REPUBLICAN, UNDECIDED BUT LEANING YOUR WAY. 298 00:13:52,113 --> 00:13:54,981 GOOD MORNING, MR. TRUMP. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BIG WIN 299 00:13:54,983 --> 00:13:56,348 IN NEW YORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 300 00:13:56,351 --> 00:13:59,818 MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH US A 301 00:13:59,820 --> 00:14:03,755 SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON THAT YOU'VE LEARNED GROWING UP? 302 00:14:03,757 --> 00:14:08,60 AND WHO DO YOU CONSIDER A MENTOR NOW, AND WHY? 303 00:14:08,62 --> 00:14:12,31 THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I'M NOT ASKED IT VERY OFTEN. 304 00:14:12,33 --> 00:14:15,968 I WILL TELL YOU A REAL LESSON. MY FATHER WAS A BUILDER IN 305 00:14:15,971 --> 00:14:17,804 BROOKLYN AND QUEENS. HE BUILD HOUSING. 306 00:14:17,806 --> 00:14:20,273 HE LOVED TO WORK. HE DIDN'T SAY, YOU HAVE TO WORK 307 00:14:20,275 --> 00:14:23,877 AND YOU HAVE TO THIS, BUT I WOULD LEARN SITTING AT HIS KNEE, 308 00:14:23,879 --> 00:14:26,111 PLAYING WITH BLOCKS. AND IT WOULD BE A SUNDAY OR 309 00:14:26,114 --> 00:14:28,181 SATURDAY NIGHT OR ANY TIME. HE WAS ALWAYS WORKING. 310 00:14:28,183 --> 00:14:33,453 AND HE WAS A HAPPY MAN. AND I LEARNED THAT WORK IS A 311 00:14:33,455 --> 00:14:35,255 GREAT THING. I LOOKED AT MY FATHER. 312 00:14:35,257 --> 00:14:40,260 HE HAD A WONDERFUL WIFE. THEY HAD A FANTASTIC MARRIAGE. 313 00:14:40,262 --> 00:14:42,762 IT WAS 63 YEARS. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE 314 00:14:42,764 --> 00:14:44,697 RELATIONSHIP. BUT MY FATHER WAS A VERY HAPPY 315 00:14:44,699 --> 00:14:46,265 PERSON. AND ALL HE DID IS WORK. 316 00:14:46,268 --> 00:14:49,2 HE COULDN'T TAKE A -- I DON'T THINK HE HAS EVER TAKEN A 317 00:14:49,4 --> 00:14:51,870 VACATION. ONE TIME HE TOLD ME HE TOOK A 318 00:14:51,872 --> 00:14:54,106 VACATION AND CAME BACK EARLY. HE WAS HAPPY. 319 00:14:54,109 --> 00:14:55,974 HE WAS CONTENT. HE HAD A GREAT FAMILY. 320 00:14:55,976 --> 00:14:59,479 HE HAD A GREAT WIFE. AND WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT WHEN 321 00:14:59,481 --> 00:15:02,547 YOU WORK, AND IF YOU ENJOY WHAT YOU'RE DOING -- IF YOU REALLY 322 00:15:02,549 --> 00:15:05,784 LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, IT'S A GREAT THING AND YOU'LL BE HAPPY. 323 00:15:05,786 --> 00:15:09,88 I KNOW SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE -- MANY OF THEM WERE AT THE BIG 324 00:15:09,90 --> 00:15:14,427 CELEBRATION THE OTHER NIGHT. THEY'RE ALL FRIENDS OF MINE, BIG 325 00:15:14,429 --> 00:15:16,695 BUSINESS PEOPLE. I WON'T SPECIFY WHICH ONES. 326 00:15:16,697 --> 00:15:20,599 SOME OF THESE PEOPLE UNBELIEVABLY WEALTHY BUT 327 00:15:20,601 --> 00:15:23,302 UNBELIEVABLY UNHAPPY. AS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE NEWS 328 00:15:23,304 --> 00:15:30,343 THIS MORNING, HARRIET TUBMAN WILL REPLACE ANDREW JACKSON ON 329 00:15:30,345 --> 00:15:33,12 THE $20 BILL. DO YOU SEE THIS AS A MOVE THAT 330 00:15:33,14 --> 00:15:36,416 IS ALL ABOUT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS OR IS THIS A MOVE 331 00:15:36,418 --> 00:15:39,685 THAT'S SIMPLY WAY OVERDUE? ANDREW JACKSON HAD A GREAT 332 00:15:39,687 --> 00:15:41,387 HISTORY. I THINK IT'S VERY ROUGH WHEN YOU 333 00:15:41,389 --> 00:15:45,658 TAKE SOMEBODY OFF THE BILL. ANDREW JACKSON HAD A HISTORY OF 334 00:15:45,660 --> 00:15:47,794 TREMENDOUS SUCCESS FOR THE COUNTRY. 335 00:15:47,796 --> 00:15:55,601 AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE $10 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE 336 00:15:55,603 --> 00:15:58,203 BROADWAY PLAY, "HAMILTON" SORT OF SAVED THAT ONE. 337 00:15:58,205 --> 00:16:01,940 I READ IT JUST THIS MORNING. ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF HARRIET 338 00:16:01,942 --> 00:16:05,544 TUBMAN ON THE $20 BILL? I THINK HARRIET TUBMAN IS 339 00:16:05,546 --> 00:16:07,380 FANTASTIC. I WOULD LOVE TO LEAVE ANDREW 340 00:16:07,382 --> 00:16:13,85 JACKSON AND SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH ANOTHER DENOMINATION. 341 00:16:13,88 --> 00:16:15,54 MAYBE WE DO THE $2 BILL OR ANOTHER BILL. 342 00:16:15,56 --> 00:16:17,390 I DON'T LIKE SEEING IT. YES, I THINK IT'S PURE POLITICAL 343 00:16:17,392 --> 00:16:21,294 CORRECTNESS. BEEN ON THE BILL FOR MANY, MANY 344 00:16:21,296 --> 00:16:24,763 YEARS AND REALLY REPRESENTED -- SOMEBODY THAT WAS REALLY VERY 345 00:16:24,765 --> 00:16:28,633 IMPORTANT TO THIS COUNTRY. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ANOTHER 346 00:16:28,635 --> 00:16:29,968 DENOMINATION, AND THAT COULD TAKE PLACE. 347 00:16:29,971 --> 00:16:32,572 I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE. 348 00:16:32,574 --> 00:16:34,307 MR. TRUMP, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. 349 00:16:34,309 --> 00:16:36,8 THANK YOU. WE THANK EVERYBODY HERE FOR 350 00:16:36,10 --> 00:16:38,10 THEIR QUESTIONS. WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE ON A 351 00:16:38,13 --> 00:16:39,945 THURSDAY MORNING. FIRST, LET'S GET A CHECK OF YOUR