Transcript - Press Conference: Donald Trump in New York, New York - March 31, 2016 | Factba.se

Donald Trump

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Thank you very much. This has been a great period of time. It's been really, as George said, amazing. We -- We've got the nomination, we're going to have an -- we're gonna 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 gonna have a series, which of course the longer it goes the less time we have but that's OK, and it's going to be very interesting to see what happens.

Donald Trump

00:00:30 - 00:01:11 (41 sec)

But as you know their paying -- playing the basketball championships partially in that arena so I think it will be very excited, it'll 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, was certified out that we've got more votes than anybody in the history of the Republican primers and we still have I guess six or seven locations to go, states to go, and 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.

Donald Trump

00:01:11 - 00:01:32 (22 sec)

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 certainly having difficulty.

Donald Trump

00:01:32 - 00:02:10 (38 sec)

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 got the most votes and also if you look at the overall primary the amount of votes cast that's also a record. So we broke it a lot of records in terms of the voters are polling has come out in 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 gonna have a very, very successful number of months and I think it will all culminate in November and we're going to make America great again.

Donald Trump

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OK. So that's the way it is. Does anybody have any questions? Yes. Yes.

Question

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Donald Trump

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Yeah. OK. OK. 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 and I'm going to give it to you in a second.

Donald Trump

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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 a hundred thousand dollars. But I have been thanked by so many groups, great veterans groups, and by the way, outside you have a few people, they're picketing.

Donald Trump

00:03:10 - 00:03:30 (20 sec)

They are 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.

Donald Trump

00:03:30 - 00:03:53 (22 sec)

It'll 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. It started with a speech in Iowa when I said let's raise some money for the vets and it went up from a million dollars to $2 million to $3 million and it now ends up to be almost $6 million and again I think we can even do better than that.

Donald Trump

00:03:53 - 00:04:19 (26 sec)

But I will say that the press should be ashamed of themselves and 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 and we're going to give you the names right now which is what you want. And instead of being like "Thank you very much, Mr. Trump" or "Trump did a good job", everyone said: "Who got it? Who got it? Who got it?" and you make me look very bad.

Donald Trump

00:04:19 - 00:04:38 (19 sec)

I have never received such bad publicity for doing such a good job. So I will give you the names if that's what you want. Right? OK. Are you ready? I brought them here. It takes -- because you have to vet each cup. You know 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.

Donald Trump

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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.

Donald Trump

00:04:58 - 00:05:24 (26 sec)

Are you ready? Do you have your pen? And again, I -- I really think the press -- Look, the media you know, my opinion of the media is 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.

Donald Trump

00:05:24 - 00:05:45 (21 sec)

I gave a million dollars 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. It's zero $0 have been taken out for administration. You know when you go to a lot of these different groups in this case $0 have been taken out for administration.

Donald Trump

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So a lot of these companies that make a lot of money with doing the administration stuff. So no money. It costs zero dollars to accumulate all of these money. OK, so you have 22 kill and that's $200,000. Now you can call these people. That was another thing, a lot of the money when it was sent out to different people would call.

Donald Trump

00:06:10 - 00:06:26 (16 sec)

I could tell you I'm not going to mention anybody specifically but there are a couple of people that were really disgusting. They 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 where they didn't want to talk to the press or they didn't feel comfortable.

Donald Trump

00:06:26 - 00:06:39 (13 sec)

So if they didn't say they got the money, which they all did. A hundred percent got the money. Well, certified checks, if anyone wants to see the certified checks but rather than saying," Why don't you?" could I see a certified check. They said well they didn't say they got the money. They all got the money.

Donald Trump

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But there are people that always talk to the press. Many of them to talk to the press. Many of them have I guess you found $2 million or two and a half million dollars with it talk. 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?

Donald Trump

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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 K9 Corps Inc, $75,000. Am Vets, $75,000. Just yet so you understand.

Donald Trump

00:07:46 - 00:08:08 (23 sec)

When I didn't do the Fox debate the One Fox debate. 'Cause I didn't think that you'd be right but actually they've 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 add some very generous people.

Donald Trump

00:08:08 - 00:08:31 (22 sec)

Carl Icahn gave a half a million dollars; Phil Ruffin gave a million; Stewart Rahr gave a million; Ike Perlmutter gave a million. There is a lot of money and I didn't have to do that. It would have been easier just to give the speech and 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 actually that way.

Donald Trump

00:08:31 - 00:09:50 (79 sec)

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-relate, $100,000. Connected Warriors Inc., $75,000. Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust, $115,000. Fisher House Foundation, great people, $115,000. Folds of Honor Foundation, $200,000. Foundation for American Veterans, $75,000. Freedom Alliance, $75,000. Green Beret Foundation, $350,000. Hire Heroes USA, $75,000. Homes for Our Troops, $50,000. And just say understand got a long way to go. This money was raised during a little speech that I made rather than doing a debate.

Donald Trump

00:09:50 - 00:10:32 (43 sec)

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, a great group.

Donald Trump

00:10:32 - 00:11:10 (38 sec)

Navy SEAL Foundation, $465,000. Navy Marine Corps Relief Society, $75,000. New England Wounded Veterans Inc, $75,000. Operation Homefront, $65,000. Partners for Patriots $100,000. Project for Patriots, and we're still getting them by the way. The check is ready to go but they don't have all of their appropriations.

Donald Trump

00:11:10 - 00:11:26 (16 sec)

In fact, we have down here will be released to them upon the receipt of the IRS determination letter. It's the only one, which we hear they're fantastic but they have to give us that final document. It is what I mean by vetting, you have to have all the documents, otherwise you can't give them the money.

Donald Trump

00:11:26 - 00:12:32 (66 sec)

Project for Patriots, $100,000. Puppy Jake Foundation, $100,000. Racing for Heroes Inc., $200,000. Support Siouxland 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 Work Shopping, $75,000. Warriors for Freedom Foundation, $50,000. And I believe we're gonna have some more coming in some friends of mine, some more coming in, and that adds up to 6 million.

Donald Trump

00:12:32 - 00:13:00 (29 sec)

Well, let's see that is up to $5,600,000 total and we're gonna have some more coming in so that's it. 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.

Donald Trump

00:13:00 - 00:13:28 (27 sec)

This is my check, $4 million. We have many letters from the different groups, [Inaudible] very much for the money and they didn't ask and I didn't ask people to be here today. I could invest every one of the groups unlike Hillary who asked people to stand outside and say, "Oh, Donald Trump didn't give the money." Nobody gave this kind of money so I gave $5,600,000. More is coming in probably tops of six-million-dollar number.

Donald Trump

00:13:28 - 00:13:56 (29 sec)

I never thought we can raise a million dollars when we started and we end up doing a five -- 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 inventing the various requests for money and I just want to thank all of those people.

Donald Trump

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Question

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Donald Trump

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Yeah. I wasn't too involved in picking the organizations other than I gave a million dollars to the marine, to the law enforcement marine. They are fabulous people. They honored me last year at the Waldorf Astoria. I knew them. I was going to give it to three companies or three groups and we couldn't get them quickly and so I gave it to the marine and if you look at that number the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation has -- 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 check up among three or four different groups and in the end I just didn't want to go through the process of having to beg all those different groups.

Question

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Donald Trump

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Because I wanted to make this out of the goodness of my heart. I didn't want to do this with the presses all involved and all of a sudden everybody's going where to go who did it go - then we said who went to that we said how much was it. I -- we gave -- ah, fuck look when this started I think you were there.

Donald Trump

00:15:02 - 00:15:12 (9 sec)

I said we could raise a million dollars that would be good and we ended up raising on my six million and I'm going to have more coming in over a period of time.

Question

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Donald Trump

00:15:12 - 00:15:31 (19 sec)

Ah, I'm totally accountable but I didn't want to have credit for now. Actually though what I got was worse than credit because they were questioning me and this is money and 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.

Donald Trump

00:15:31 - 00:15:51 (20 sec)

They need a lot of different things plus we want to find out if is that 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 two groups that are unbelievable groups and honestly, I wish you could hear the phone calls and see the letters.

Donald Trump

00:15:51 - 00:16:00 (9 sec)

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 her so badly. I -- go ahead.

Question

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Donald Trump

00:16:00 - 00:16:11 (11 sec)

Well, generally speaking that's a hundred percent true. Go ahead.

Question

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Donald Trump

00:16:11 - 00:16:32 (21 sec)

I like scrutiny but you know what, when I raised money -- excuse me, excuse me. I've watched you on television, you're a real beauty. When I raised money for the veterans and it's a massive amount of money, find out how much Hillary Clinton has given to the veterans. Nothing. And then I see a few guys standing out there.

Donald Trump

00:16:32 - 00:16:49 (17 sec)

They don't even know what they're there for. They don't -- they have no idea they're there because Hillary Clinton's campaign sent them and actually I think was you or one of you that found out that they actually were with Hillary Clinton's campaign, which was interesting but I wasn't surprised I don't -- I don't want the credit for word but I shouldn't be lambasted.

Donald Trump

00:16:49 - 00:17:06 (17 sec)

And remember this, so out of the almost $6 million that was raised not one penny did I take for administration course that's unheard of. OK.

Question

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Donald Trump

00:17:06 - 00:17:14 (8 sec)

How else am I gonna raise the money? How else are we going to raise the money?

Question

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Donald Trump

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Question

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Donald Trump

00:17:15 - 00:17:42 (27 sec)

Sure. I would have given -- I would have given this, just so you understand, until I was criticized. So I took -- I'm the only one in the world who 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 the speech and during my speech I said let's raise a little money for the vets.

Donald Trump

00:17:42 - 00:18:03 (21 sec)

It turned out to be a lot of money, not a little money. I thought if we could get to a million dollars that would be great. Which it would have been.

Question

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Donald Trump

00:18:03 - 00:18:14 (11 sec)

That's right. That's right. I do raise millions. No, I don't think so. I don't think so. Yeah.

Question

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Donald Trump

00:18:14 - 00:18:37 (23 sec)

No, I raised almost $6 million some of it didn't come through but more money is coming through that didn't come through. The number probably is going to be when we finish it probably going to be over the $6 million. Yup. Yeah go ahead.

Question

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Donald Trump

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I don't mind in coming from the opposition [Inaudible]. What I do mind is when I raised all of these millions and when we started out nobody ever thought is going to be over five million or close to six.

Question

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Donald Trump

00:18:47 - 00:19:08 (21 sec)

All right. So look. Here's the story, here's the story. 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, OK. Of course you're excluded, Carl. But I think the political press -- Huh? You're in the middle.

Donald Trump

00:19:08 - 00:19:31 (23 sec)

I think the political press, I see the stories and I see the way they are 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 thou- but many thousands of people and I joked, "Oh, I thought we're gonna go from the Jefferson Memorial to the Linc -- " I was joking.

Donald Trump

00:19:31 - 00:19:51 (20 sec)

They said, " Donald Trump was disappointed" everybody knew I was being sarcastic and joking. They said, some of them 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." We have -- I was joking so they put it down as serious.

Donald Trump

00:19:51 - 00:20:07 (16 sec)

They know I was joking. I'll give 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. Ten thousand, 15 maybe 25 thou- I don't know, there's lot of people. Plus there were people breaking the seams.

Donald Trump

00:20:07 - 00:20:24 (17 sec)

All the way along. Jean Washington, a man I like, actually. He wrote an article that there was 5,000 people there. There was many times that and you weren't allowed to have any more people and all of these people with their motorcycles in parking lots all the way there waving to me as I'm going by. But wait a minute.

Donald Trump

00:20:24 - 00:20:50 (26 sec)

The point is law enforcement. These people didn't allow you to have any more people. I think the president -- I had a tremendous crowd but it was the biggest crowd you could have had because it was all cordon off. You weren't allowed to have any more. They weren't allowed to have any more people mad so instead of saying Trump made his speech in front of a packed crowd, they said: "Trump was disappointed because I didn't have millions of people going from Jefferson to Washington." I mean, give me a break.

Donald Trump

00:20:50 - 00:20:57 (7 sec)

It's just honestly it's dishonest reporting. Yeah. go ahead. No, no. Go.

Question

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Donald Trump

00:20:57 - 00:21:19 (22 sec)

Well, the veterans believe me. Let me tell you the veterans why they believe. And I have one group was here that I gave -- Is Al [Inaudible] here earlier? Maybe you want to say it. This is a group I gave money to. Now I could have asked all these groups. He just showed up I just saw. But I could have asked all these groups to come here and they could admit I didn't want to do that.

Donald Trump

00:21:19 - 00:21:39 (20 sec)

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 don't -- you know the facts and you know the facts well. Go ahead. You might want to say something.

Question

00:21:39 - 00:22:01 (22 sec)

Thank you, Mr. Trump. For the record, I'm a state representative from New Hampshire, 10 years in the Veterans Affairs Committee, 22 years in the Marine Corps, Retired first side. 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.

Question

00:22:01 - 00:22:18 (17 sec)

I met him over a year ago. I've been involved with many fundraises. There are many scammers out there, he did the right thing by vetting these groups there. If you look at some of the groups are given twenty cents, forty cents on the dollar and they're spending the rest of our -- you know their, you know, nice lavish trips.

Question

00:22:18 - 00:22:38 (20 sec)

He gave a hundred percent. The liberal media is the only ones that have been calling me on the foundation. All right, I'm the former chairman. I've been dealing with this stuff for years as a veteran [Inaudible. Stop using veterans as liberal, as political pawns. You got a guy outside, McCoy. Go do a Google search on its on Facebook.

Question

00:22:38 - 00:22:57 (19 sec)

He's out there, his pictures with Clinton. They're using veterans as political pawn and must stop. Donald Trump is doing this for the heart. You're all focused on the way he's wasting money and you're not looking at the 22 veterans end up killing each other every day. You're not concerned about the thousands of veterans that are weightless.

Question

00:22:57 - 00:23:12 (16 sec)

Look at his plan on his Trump's 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 a long time. You need to get your head out of your butt. Focus on the real issues. Thank you.

Donald Trump

00:23:12 - 00:23:38 (26 sec)

Wow. Yeah. What I did is I didn't ask out. I've gotten to know a little bit primarily through New Hampshire where we had great victories but he showed up this morning because he was upset and many of the other groups are very upset. They received a hundred thousand in the mail. They didn't even know what it was for.

Donald Trump

00:23:38 - 00:24:09 (31 sec)

It was from me. Other groups received 200, 250, 250,000 they didn't know what it was for and I have again upstairs I have received phone calls with people crying. I have received letters, heartfelt letters and you know 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 because why should you raise 5.6 million and I think I'll go over 6 million pretty easily.

Donald Trump

00:24:09 - 00:24:39 (30 sec)

Nobody said that we started this out as a small, little project where was less than a million dollars. That's because it just kept mushroom and building and building it. But nobody talks about that. So we raised a 5.6 million. We have so many happy groups, so many happy veterans and then I see these guys, these Hillary Clinton people outside and 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.

Donald Trump

00:24:39 - 00:24:43 (4 sec)

And I'll be raising more and we'll be sending it to other people as we get along.

Question

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Donald Trump

00:24:43 - 00:24:47 (5 sec)

It's complicated process, yeah.

Question

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Donald Trump

00:24:47 - 00:25:16 (29 sec)

No, it doesn't. It just -- it really -- 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 veterans and who is good for -- I don't want to send $250,000 on a check to a group that doesn't do good work.

Donald Trump

00:25:16 - 00:25:19 (3 sec)

So it's called vetting. We've vet the vets but it's called vetting.

Question

00:25:19 - 00:25:21 (2 sec)

Donald Trump

00:25:21 - 00:25:43 (21 sec)

No, I think that it's bothersome because I love the vets and I've worked hard for the vets and 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.

Donald Trump

00:25:43 - 00:25:46 (3 sec)

Not you, go ahead.

Question

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Donald Trump

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Question

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Donald Trump

00:25:50 - 00:26:15 (25 sec)

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 says the most respect for and I think Ted thought that he would get an endorsement. You know Jeff Sessions has never endorsed the presidential candidate before as many years as he's been in the Senate.

Donald Trump

00:26:15 - 00:26:29 (13 sec)

So you know I -- Jeff Sessions certainly is somebody that I would consider, absolutely. He's a fantastic person. Yeah, go ahead.

Question

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Donald Trump

00:26:29 - 00:26:54 (26 sec)

I think it's a very tough call. It was amazing because there were moments with the gorilla the way he held that child. It was almost like a mother holding a baby. Looks so beautiful and calm and there were moments where it look pretty dangerous. I don't think they had a choice, I mean, probably they didn't have a choice.

Donald Trump

00:26:54 - 00:27:17 (23 sec)

You have a child, a young child is at stake and you know it's too bad there wasn't another way. I thought it was so beautiful to watch that, you know, powerful almost 500-pound gorilla the way he dealt with that little boy but it just takes one second, just one second it's not like it takes place over. Well he's going to do it in 30 seconds from now.

Donald Trump

00:27:17 - 00:27:23 (6 sec)

It just takes one little flick of his finger and I will tell you they probably had no choice.

Question

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Donald Trump

00:27:23 - 00:27:47 (24 sec)

Go ahead. I'm entirely favor of fixing the VA healthcare. VA is one of the great catastrophes in this country. What's going on. You look at what's happening in Phoenix and different places throughout the country where they are catching people stealing and they don't even have firearms. Where people are waiting five days, six days, seven days on line.

Donald Trump

00:27:47 - 00:28:03 (16 sec)

They're dying while they were on line and I am in favor of if they can't get to a doctor within a reasonable period of time they're gonna go see a doctor and the country is going to pay for it. They're going to go to a private doctor or a public hospital or public doctor but some place that can take them immediately.

Donald Trump

00:28:03 - 00:28:24 (21 sec)

We're losing thousands of people waiting on 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. OK, just take a look at that. That's like the Veterans Administration.

Donald Trump

00:28:24 - 00:28:33 (8 sec)

Nothing in our country works anymore. It's a mess and maybe that's why I'm doing so well in the polls. Yes.

Question

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Donald Trump

00:28:33 - 00:29:17 (44 sec)

No, it doesn't have to be privatization now it doesn't have to be privatization. What it has to be is when somebody's on line and they say it's a seven-day way that person is going to walk over to across the street to a private doctor be taken cared of. We're going to pay the bill and by the way, that's going to be a lot less expensive 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. McDonald said last week that: "Waiting in line is not bad, look at Disney World." OK. These are the kind of people we have running things.

Donald Trump

00:29:17 - 00:29:20 (3 sec)

It's ridiculous. Dave?

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00:29:20 - 00:29:20 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:29:20 - 00:29:51 (31 sec)

Yeah. No, David, I tell you what. That's their choice that you have a party called the Democrats and they're gonna have to make that choice. It's, you know, I think it's probably going to be here -- her because it's rigged. And I think if you people will say I'm the one that came up the term rig I used it for myself except I won by such big margins that the fact that is if the whole system is rigged on both sides, same with the Republicans, just less obvious.

Donald Trump

00:29:51 - 00:30:07 (15 sec)

The Democrats with the -- with the super you know, with the whole superdelegate thing. It's ridiculous so I think that they're gonna have to make that determination. If you're asking me who I prefer running against?

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00:30:07 - 00:30:07 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:30:07 - 00:30:14 (8 sec)

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.

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00:30:14 - 00:30:14 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:30:14 - 00:30:24 (10 sec)

Oh, I think that's fine. I think that's fine. [Inaudible, go ahead, go ahead. Wait

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00:30:24 - 00:30:24 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:30:24 - 00:30:45 (21 sec)

The judge has been very unfair. He has not done a good job. He's been a very bad judge. He has been very unfair and I will win the Trump University case. I already am, as far as I'm concerned. But I will win the Trump University case. This is because I don't care. Because you know what? Why I antagonize?

Donald Trump

00:30:45 - 00:30:49 (4 sec)

Because I don't care, I have a judge who is very, very unfair and I that's --

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00:30:49 - 00:30:49 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:30:49 - 00:31:05 (16 sec)

Well you'll see it in court documents. But I have a judge who is 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 this, so what did you settle up that case? I don't want to settle it again because you know what?

Donald Trump

00:31:05 - 00:31:33 (27 sec)

Because I'm a man of principle and most of the people that 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 the 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 should have been dropped.

Donald Trump

00:31:33 - 00:31:54 (21 sec)

All 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.

Donald Trump

00:31:54 - 00:32:19 (25 sec)

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 OK. She's the one that started the case." Now they don't even want to testify. They don't want to testify because she's a disaster. She is also -- it's a beautiful statement about it. And importantly she's on tape saying how great it is. They don't want her.

Donald Trump

00:32:19 - 00:32:27 (9 sec)

I wouldn't want her either. Now I could have settled that case. I could settle the case. I can settle it. I don't want to. I'll go through the process. Yeah, go ahead.

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00:32:27 - 00:32:27 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:32:27 - 00:32:30 (3 sec)

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Donald Trump

00:32:30 - 00:32:55 (25 sec)

Because we're down the line. Because we're down the line and the fact that is you can't win as an independent. You -- for the most part you can't even get on Texas and various other states now it's too late. But Texas is out, so ex- But here's what happens. What happens is he will not have, and very importantly, he will not have Supreme Court justices.

Donald Trump

00:32:55 - 00:33:12 (18 sec)

You're going to lose. You could have as many as four or five. That's over. Now, Crystal's the one that's being -- he's the last one. Don't forget, he said, "Trump will never run." the guy's 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 in television?

Donald Trump

00:33:12 - 00:33:31 (18 sec)

I see him in the different shows. He's got no credibility. He said I won't run, if I run I want do well. If I do well, it's this and that. He looks like such a fool. I saw someone once. He is practically crying because you can't justify. Now he comes out with a tweet over the weekend, over Memorial Day Weekend.

Donald Trump

00:33:31 - 00:33:50 (19 sec)

It sounds like he's going to put somebody up, even I thought it. I though,: "Oh they're going to find some indie." Now, he comes out with something saying, "He was almost, almost kidding." OK. 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.

Donald Trump

00:33:50 - 00:34:11 (21 sec)

If they do in indie assuming it's decent which I don't think anybody with a reputation would do it because they 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.

Donald Trump

00:34:11 - 00:34:13 (2 sec)

It will never ever be the same.

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00:34:13 - 00:34:13 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:34:13 - 00:34:37 (24 sec)

No, no. I'm saying I know I didn't say that. I said Bill Crystal is a loser and I'll be -- I'll tell you why, Carl. He is called every single month. Take a look on me. He's going to lose this state. I went in Atlanta -- Wait a minute, Carl. I didn't say everybody, many, but I didn't say everybody. OK. Wait.

Donald Trump

00:34:37 - 00:34:58 (21 sec)

Wait. Wait. Bill Crystal is a loser. His magazine is failing as you know. It's gonna be down to -- I don't think it even survives. He's getting some free publicity. But Bill Crystal, I've been watching this for two years. "Trump is not gonna run." Then I go into a race. We go into New Hampshire. "Oh, he's not gonna win New Hampshire." I win in a landslide.

Donald Trump

00:34:58 - 00:35:16 (18 sec)

I go -- Every place I went I was not going to win but I win in a landslide. Do you think maybe he doesn't like me? OK. How about one or two more? Yeah, go ahead. Go ahead.

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00:35:16 - 00:35:16 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

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Donald Trump

00:35:18 - 00:35:26 (8 sec)

It's wrong. It's wrong. Carl, I didn't get 30%.

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00:35:26 - 00:35:26 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:35:26 - 00:35:53 (28 sec)

My last one was 78%. I didn't get 30%. I don't know. No, no, no. Here's the way I look at it. When I have somebody that's not on my side. OK. When [Inaudible] by the way, I've gotten great applause from the press and, you know, in terms of as an achievement because the Republican Party is really well-unified.

Donald Trump

00:35:53 - 00:36:09 (16 sec)

We have come up with 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 -- It was a rough campaign.

Donald Trump

00:36:09 - 00:36:31 (22 sec)

I don't know Fred Malek. 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 gonna -- why should I be particularly nice to that person I'm not going to go after like I would Hillary or crazy Bernie. But you know what, why should I be nice to that person if I have a person that's not going to support me? I have no obligation.

Donald Trump

00:36:31 - 00:36:55 (23 sec)

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 a Republican I may choose to hit them back. Not always, not always but I may choose to hit them back.

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00:36:55 - 00:36:55 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:36:55 - 00:36:57 (2 sec)

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00:36:57 - 00:36:57 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:36:57 - 00:37:16 (18 sec)

I'm not a fan of Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney lost an election that he should have won and if you read the front page of The Wall Street Journal about what Mitt Romney, he looks like a fool. Look. I'm not a fan of Mitt Romney just so you understand. I raised a lot of money for Mitt Romney. I made robo calls for made speeches for him.

Donald Trump

00:37:16 - 00:37:27 (11 sec)

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?

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00:37:27 - 00:37:27 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:37:27 - 00:37:42 (15 sec)

She was not nice and I was fine. Just a little bit of a jab but she wasn't nice. And you think I'm gonna change? I'm not changing including with her. Go ahead. One more. One more quick.

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00:37:42 - 00:37:42 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:37:42 - 00:37:45 (4 sec)

Bob Dole is a fan of mine. Bob Dole endorsed me so don't tell me about Bob Dole.

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00:37:45 - 00:37:46 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:37:46 - 00:38:13 (27 sec)

Well, look Gary Johnson got 1% of the vote last time. I watched that whole situation. It was really pretty disgraceful. I think it's safe total fringe deal. I think he's a fringe candidate. You want to know the truth? I look at him and I watched him and I watched his motions and I watched what he says. I think that he is a fringe candidate and your second, you know, well is when you do a little research on that.

Donald Trump

00:38:13 - 00:38:20 (8 sec)

I think it's not going to be a factor. OK. Yeah.

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00:38:20 - 00:38:20 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:38:20 - 00:38:25 (5 sec)

No, no, not all of you. Just many of you.

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00:38:25 - 00:38:25 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:38:25 - 00:38:29 (3 sec)

Not you, David, actually.

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00:38:29 - 00:38:29 (0 sec)

Donald Trump

00:38:29 - 00:38:47 (19 sec)

Yeah, it is. Yeah it is. Let me tell you something. I'm not -- I'm a person OK. Yeah it is going to be like this David. If the press writes false stories like they did with this because you know probably half of you were amazed that I raised all of this money .If the press writes false stories like they did.

Donald Trump

00:38:47 - 00:39:02 (14 sec)

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 and 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 is saying that I didn't raise any money for them.

Donald Trump

00:39:02 - 00:39:31 (30 sec)

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 raised almost $6 million and probably in the end will raise more than six 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 -- this is going to phenomenal groups and have many of these people vetting the people that are getting the money and working hard and then we have to read, start probably libelous stories.

Donald Trump

00:39:31 - 00:40:03 (32 sec)

We're 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. OK. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you very much.