VIDEO Nº: 52
TITLE:52. FNN  Donald Trump LIVE in Des Moines, Iowa
DATE OF EVENT:11/12/2015
RELEASE DATE:11/12/2015
DURATION:01.16.48 Hrs.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
Nº OF WORDS:11559
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Thank you! Thank you everybody!

Thank you Fred! What a nice job! Thank you!

Wow! It’s been so exciting! We’re gonna do questions…maybe I’ll say a few words: we’re doing really great. Iowa is doing amazing! It’s been amazing! But we’re doing so well…and…I love this place. And I am back here all the time. And I’m gonna be here a lot in January! Oh! Oh! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Oh! You’re gonna be so sick of me…you’ll probably say, ‘we can’t give him…the caucus, just forget it. We can’t stand the guy anymore!’. No, you’re gonna like me. And…we’re gonna be back and we’re gonna do a great job for you, most importantly. We’re gonna get to that office…and we’re gonna…do the right thing. We’re gonna do the right thing.

So…a few things. A lot…so much has happened. You know, when we first came out, we were all talking together and…we were talking border security, which…oh! We’re just doing so great with the border security. We’re gonna build a wall, Mexico is gonna play for the wall, we all know that…–CROW CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We’re gonna have security. And the drugs are gonna stop and people are gonna come into the country, but they’re gonna come into the country, they are gonna be legal. They’re coming in legally, and that’s the way. That’s the way…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

And it affects Iowa so much, but…so we were talking about that. We’re talking about repealing Obamacare, boom, it’s gonna be repealed, it’s gonna be replaced…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I don’t know if you’ve been seeing what’s happening but Obamacare is a…total disaster. It’s dying of its own way. And by ’17…meaning…he’ll be playing golf and I’ll be working…very hard. But by ’17 –MEANING THE YEAR 2017–…it’s dead! It’s dead. You’re not getting the people signed up…and there’s been a lot of talk about it, and…a lot of stories about it. Obamacare is dead, but we are terminating it quicker than that. And…we will…come up with something…that will be so good, so much better…

Premiums are going…through the roof. Deductibles are so high…that unless you’re close to death, you’re never gonna get to use it. And even then I don’t think you’re gonna get to use it, really! So…we’re gonna take care of that.

And by the way, we have a lot of good people! We have Ethanol, that…nobody is…really…and we have the Ethanol…where are the Ethanol people…–CROWD CHEERS–…right? I was here a month ago, I met with them all and they do a fantastic job. I toured the plants…and they do a fantastic job, and it’s so important. And it’s another form of…‘let’s stay away…from OPEC and let’s stay away from that Middle East stuff’. It’s so important, so…I just wanted to let…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

And actually, what I don’t understand, because the one guy that’s doing pretty good with me in Iowa is Ted Cruz. And he’s a nice guy! I mean, everything I say, he agrees with me! No matter what I say! I was gonna say one really wild…! But he agrees! But with Ethanol…really…it’s…ehm…he’s gotta come a long way, cause he’s right now for the oil. But I understand it, oil pays him a lot of money, so he’s gotta be for oil, right!? The oil companies give him a lot of money…so…but I’m with you. I’m with everybody! I’m with everybody!

Look: I’m self-funding. I have no oil company. I have no…special interest. I have no…ehm…lobbyists that want me and…you know, they’re representing countries that are ripping off the country. They’re representing companies that are ripping off our country…
All I do is…I am gonna be working for you folks. We’re gonna do this thing together. We’re gonna…make…America so great…again! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And maybe better than ever before! So…so important.

So when we first started, I talked about China…how they’re ripping us…and Japan, and Mexico…Mexico both at the border, and…in trade! They’ve taken so many of our countries. Nabisco is moving there, with their big plant. Ford is moving there…with their big plant. They took their big plant away from Tennessee, a great state. They took it away…at last moment. We’re not gonna let that stuff. We’re gonna do…we…we’re gonna get it. We’re gonna do what we have to do. Okay?
But I talk about that! ‘Thank you! Oh, look at that group there! Thank you’ …–MR. TRUMP REACTS TO A GROUP’S CALL PROBABLY. But I talk about that! And I talk about it a lot! The fact is…that…about…two and a half weeks ago, with Paris…I’m speaking a little bit different now. Believe me, I can take care of China…with my back pocket. That’s easy for me. That’s what I do…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And…we have all the cards. A lot of people don’t know. You know, all these politicians, they don’t understand.

You know, with China. Our people…pay tax. They pay…no tax! Not supposed to be that way. They call it ‘tariff’, because it sounds better. But…we will take care of that. We’ll take care of all that. What happens is…with Paris…there’s a different mindset. And when the polls came out, last week, my numbers went way up, because people felt more secure with me. Now, maybe it had to do…yeah, really…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Who knows…why!? Who knows! But my poll numbers went up! And…did you ever notice…whenever there’s something that I do that’s…proper…! …but controversial, they say, ‘oh! Now he’s gone! It’s it! That’s it! That’s the end…!’ …–CROWD LAUGHS. I won’t over all of the different things, cause…maybe you’ll change your minds, right? –CROWD LAUGHS. So I won’t…

But they say, ‘that’s it! It’s over!’. And then they come in, ‘Sir…? Your poll numbers went up nine points this week’. I said, ‘they did!?’…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Because…I have to do…what’s right. I have to do…what’s right…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And you know what? If I don’t make it…? I don’t make it! I have a good life! We all hopefully have a good…good life. I have a great family, nice people, wonderful people, they love me…I think…–CROWD LAUGHS–…I hope! I think!

But…I have a great family. And…I built a great business…In fact, we…–MEMBER IN THE CROWD INTERRUPTS THROUGH SOMETHING INAUDIBLE–… ‘thank you! Who is that person!? I love that person. Stand up! I love that person! Thank you. Thank you, darling! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…I appreciate it’.
 
There’s such spirit! You know, like this. There’s…such…spirit! No matter where I go…it’s…you know, we go to Dallas, we have 20,000 people; 35,000 people in Mobile, Alabama; 20,000 people in Oklahoma; Wherever we go to in Iowa we have these crowds; you know, this is supposed to be for in a round, this is supposed to be a record. It is big! And yet it feels intimate. It feels good! And we’re gonna start taking questions. But I just want to say…so…I changed a couple of weeks ago. When I saw Paris, I changed! And a…big, big part of what I’m doing now is…safety, and security, and smartness…and smartness! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

IT’S–…sort of interesting. You know, the slogan is Make America Great Again, and I mean it! Make America Great Again and safe again! Because we don’t feel safe anymore! –CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. And the problem we have…now…that…we never had to this extent…is the power of weaponry; is the power. It’s the tremendous power!

You know, a hundred of years ago, I would have said, ‘let’s not go…’, I said ‘don’t go there’, anyway! I said it strongly, ‘don’t go! You’re gonna destabilized the Middle East!’.

But the fact is…right now, we’re gonna have to do things. Because we have some really, really degenerates. And they’re degenerates. And the press…! Look at all those cameras going on live…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS–…all…you know…nobody else has…cameras like this. They can make a speech. A hundred times, they make a speech. Nobody cares. Look at this…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS. THE CROWD CHEERS.

And…and…don’t worry they never pan the crowd. You know, they never… they have me! That’s why I’m walking around. I figured I’ll walk around, maybe they’ll get the crowd. They never pan the crowd. I tell them, ‘pan the crowd!’, they never do…–CROWD LAUGHS.
I always come home…my wife, she comes home…I had a crowd…7,000 people…last week…more! 7,000 people…and…in a confined space, it was a…they had 3,000 people outside that couldn’t get in. My wife said, ‘darling, the speech was excellent. Did you…have many people there…? …–CROWD LAUGHS. I said, ‘what!?’. She said, ‘well they never leave your face. They keep it purposely!’.

But I’ll tell you, I figured their cameras are maybe a little screwed up where you can’t move them…right? –CROWD LAUGHS. But every time there is a protester…‘well I’m protesting!’, and it can be in the back left-hand corner in the room, the cameras swooped over there! …–CROWD LAUGHS, CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It’s true! It’s true! It’s true! No, I used to think they couldn’t move! You know, there’s something…maybe there’s something with the crazy computers…

You know, in the old days…everything was better, right? The car seats. You sit in your car…and you wanna move forward or back…? You press a button, bing, bing! Now you have to open up things, press a computer, IT–…takes you…fifteen minutes! Well the same thing I figured with cameras! I didn’t…think…they moved. I…figured…they…were…fixed…for certain reasons…–CROWD LAUGHS. And then…I saw…a protester, and those cameras were bent in a positions…like…you wouldn’t even believe possible! –CROWD LAUGHS AND APPLAUDS. So…they’re very dishonest people, what can I say? Not all of them…! But…most of them…most of then…the press is dishonest.
I’ll tell you, you have one of the most dishonest, right here, in your backyard. The Des Moines Register is the worst. They’re the worst. The worst! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. No, they’re very dishonest. You have some reporter called Jacob, she is the worst! She…she goes in and she will write…so…it’s such…a misrepresentation!

And so…I don’t care! Who cares? I mean, who cares!? So I am saying it, right in the backyard. They’re failing anyway. They probably won’t be in business in two years. They’re losing…I think they’re losing a fortune. I think…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

You know, it’s funny. Everytime the Des Moines Register does a report…I always do badly! –CROWD LAUGHS. And I believe…! …now, of course I am sure…I’m only doing this so they don’t sue me, but I don’t mind if they do. I…I hope they sue me! Cause they don’t have enough money to sue me…–CROWD LAUGHS. And that’s the good thing.

But…but I believe, and I may be wrong…In fact, I’ll say it, I’m sure I’m wrong! But it is my opinion…! …that they don’t do it properly. Because, you know, they poll like three of four hundred people. I’ll explain it.

But I really believe if they…You know, if they lose 20 people…boom, in the pocket. ‘Oh, Trump? Oh, forget that one, forget that one…’…–MR. TRUMP TAKES HIS HAND TO HIS POCKET, REPRESENTING BRIBERY. Now, I don’t know that they do that. ‘Do you do that Des Moines Register?’ –MR. TRUMP LOOKS AT THE CAMERAS IN THE BACK. But every time I’d have a Des Moines Register I do poorly! I also do poorly with the Bloomberg polls, I don’t know why!
But we had a great poll come in, CNN, last…couple of days…where…we’re leading, I think by thirteen points in…in Iowa. In Iowa! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

And then we had another one coming where we’re doing well. But I think the Des Moines Register’s somebody…is…said it’s…coming out, sometime. I’ll just tell you, watch: ‘Trump disappears!’…–CROWD LAUGHS. I think we’re gonna do so well. I think we’re actually gonna even do better. You know, we’re leading in most of the polls. We’re leading in every poll! –CROWD CHEERS. In…no, every poll! Except Iowa, there was one poll…there was one poll…Monmouth? I never even heard of Monmouth. What the hell is Monmouth? What is Monmouth? Explain it! –CROWD LAUGHS.

I don’t like Monmouth. Do you know why I don’t like it? Cause they always treat me badly or so. But…I…I only like polls that treat me well, right? –CROWD LAUGHS.

But…but…we’re doing so well…nationwide we’re lading every poll by tremendous. We just had one in…Georgia. Forty-four…–PERCENT. Forty-four! That’s…! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Think of that! That’s…forty-four with fifteen people! I’d take forty-four if we had three people! I don’t think I’d take it if we had two people, but I think I’d take it if we had…but forty-four…

A CBS…–POLL–…came out, as you know, you probably saw that, New York Times, two days ago. And we’re thirty-five to…a small number. We’re killing everybody in every poll! I’m…just a little…outlier here! And I’m sure…again, when Des Moines comes out, I’m sure it’ll be a negative. Because I don’t believe…I don’t believe their poll.

Ehm…but…but…we are going to win….and…I’ll tell you what: honestly? Iowa is so important to me! I could say, ‘oh, let’s not do…!’. I am an Evangelical; I am a Christian. I am a Presbyterian. I am a Presbyterian…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

I love Billy Graham. Franklin Graham came out with the most beautiful statement. Franklin Graham. He was so incredible…he came out…I don’t know if you saw it, the statements he came out with, about Trump. Right? Stand up, please! –MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SOMEBODY SPECIFICALLY. Right!? Come on, stand up! You look great, don’t worry about it. Is that right!?’ He was so incredible! Franklin Graham was amazing. His son of Billy Graham, who was…you know, there is nobody…nobody that I’ve ever seen…Billy Graham was…unbelievable. If anybody’s gone through his Crusades, they were incredible.

But…so I…I think we’re gonna do…you know, we’re doing really great with the Evangelicals. And…and…by the way, I do like Ted Cruz, but not a lot of Evangelicals come out of Cuba! In all fairness…–CROWD LAUGHS. It’s true! Not a lot come out! But I like him nevertheless.
But I think we’re gonna do great, and we’re doing great, with the Evangelicals. We’re doing great with the Tea Party, leading with the Tea Party…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And we’re doing fantastic with all the young, and middle…and…we’re doing great with everybody.
 
And…so it’s very important for me…to win…Iowa. Now, I could…hey, put less pressure on myself. And I could say, ‘oh, I don’t care about Iowa’. I don’t care. But I do care! I do care! So much! That’s why I am here all the time!

And then lies happen! You know, I…wh…when I was using…Iowa, they lie so much! They said, ‘the people of Iowa…can’t be that stupid or dumb…’. ‘The people of the country can’t…’, I’m trying to make a point, right? So they said, ‘the people of the country can’t be that stupid’. Well, they cut the country out. So, it’s referring to Iowa! I love you people, remember that…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, remember.

I was talking about…something…and I won’t even mention what I’m talking about, cause the guy I’m talking about…and was talking…was, actually, a good guy. But…I will say this: we wanna win Iowa so bad. Cause if I win Iowa, I think we run the table. I really do! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. If…I think we’ll run the table. We go right through. Cause we’re leading big in New Hampshire, every poll, big. Big in New Hampshire. Christie got an endorsement from…this crazy newspaper up there…–MEANING THE DES MOINES REGISTER. THE CROWD LAUGHS–…it’s the weirdest…deal I’ve ever seen…–CROWD LAUGHS–…and…and…who’s…? and…even…you know, the paper that was in his state…called up, said, ‘are you sure about that? Nobody ever called us!’. They can’t believe it! And we could go into that, but it’s irrelevant.

But…we’re leading New Hampshire, big. We’re leading in South Carolina in…like…monster numbers. We’re leading the SCC…–MEANING THE STATE CORPORATE COMMISSION IN VIRGINIA–…Nevada…We’re leading in…Texas…we’re…we’re leading everywhere! We’re leading…big in Florida!

Now, you have Rubio…–MEANING MARCO RUBIO FROM FLORIDA–…nice guy, by the way. You have Rubio…and he is a nice guy! But…you gotta vote! You know, when the people…put you in the position…to…be the Senator…you gotta go and vote! You can’t be the number one person that doesn’t vote in the Senate! You gotta say, ‘hey! You know, I’m a young guy! I wanna go and vote!’. He should stay there a little longer. He’s a good guy. Stay there, go in, vote…create a nice record! But…I don’t know…how is he doing in Iowa? Not too good, right? He’s not doing well! How’s he…how’s Rubio doing? Not good!

I mean, he seems like a two person race right now. It seems like a two person…and…it’s an important race to me, I just wanna let you to know, it’s very important…

So…with all of that…if we…win…Iowa…a lot of people say, virtually a lot of people say: we just go through, I think we win, virtually every…State in the Union and it’s over quickly. Over quickly…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

Now, we’re gonna take questions and one of the questions will be: well, what about the Republican Establishment? The Establishment’s got a problem…you know? –CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. It’s sort of like the fighters. You know? The great champions. Sometimes they’ll go into a hometown, of the guy they’re fighting. And they’ll say, ‘you know, we never wanna get a decision, we go for the knockout. Because the knockout is the knockout’. Because you get a lot of bad decisions. I know a lot about…the world of sports, believe me. And they go into a…hometown…to fight. And it’s a decision…and they say, ‘oh, we’re in a problem’. And they lose the fight that they won! The only way they win the fight definitely? Knockout!

So…if…we…win…Iowa…I think we’re gonna win everything after that. So I think it’s gonna show…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…how important Iowa is. And…and…one thing, and I’ll…I’ll pledge this. And I’ll pledge to Iowa…even if I lose I’ll pledge it, okay? I don’t think I’ve ever said that in my life…–CROWD LAUGHS. But…if…we win, and we go and win, Iowa is staying right where it is in the chain. It’s not moving. You know, there’s a big move…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…there’s a big move on to move Iowa…into a…much further back position…by the…establishment! Folks…I win…it’s not happening. Okay? You’re staying right here. Cause it’s great…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It’s great!
 
 
You know, it’s great…and if I don’t do that Tana…–AN ASSISTANT TO MR. TRUMP–…is gonna be very angry at me, right Tana? How’s she done…? Is she incredible!? –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Thank you, I appreciate it. The whole stuff! I mean...ehm…Chuck, and Stephanie…and…where’s my big guy? Where the hell is he? Boy, how good is he on television! Right? Where the hell is he? Huh!? Where is he!? Sam! Big Sam. Come here Sam! Come here! Look at the size of this! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Come here Sam! Look at him! Big Sam! Come here! …–MR. TRUMP BRINGS MR. SAM CLOVEL, A REPUBLICAN CO-CHAIR TO THE TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN, ON STAGE.
‘Are we gonna win Iowa, Sam?’
 
MR. SAM CLOVEL INTERVENES.
MR. TRUMP TAKES BACK THE FLOOR. Minute 00.24.18:
 
‘Beautiful! Be careful! He did so well, I don’t want him falling when he is leaving, right!? Beautiful! Thank you, Sam. It’s a great people’.
 
And I’m gonna be here that night.  I won’t be here with…I’m gonna be here that week, and maybe a couple of weeks before, all the time. So…I’m gonna be here…cause I’m gonna watch you, I’m not gonna give you any chance that we lose it, okay? –CROWD LAUGHS.
 
So let’s take a few questions and we’ll have a little fun and…ehm…we just did a big interview, with CNN, just before this. And you know, Hillary! Was Hillary was missing today? What happened? She was two hours late…–CROWD BOOS–…no, did you hear…? I just read…now, maybe wrong, and if I’m one minute off, they’ll call me…–MR. TRUMP POINTS TO THE CAMERAS–…cause they love Hillary. But…they love her! You know why! I don’t know why! Why!? I’m trying to figure it out.
No, I hear she was a couple of hours late, everybody left. You know what happened? She was sleeping, I’m telling you, she couldn’t get out of bed. She was sleeping. She was sleeping is right! …–MR. TRUMP GIGGLES.

Okay! Let’s take some questions. Go Ahead.

MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 00.25.23:
 
Hi dude! Hi Sue! Thank you, thank you!
 
MEMBER IN THE CROWD CONTINUES WITH THEIR QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS. Minute 00.25.23:
 
Great. I’m…so glad that you asked me that question and…

So…you’ve been paying into Security…Social Security, and Medicare, by the way, let’s put into scene, cause Medicare does work! With both…you have tremendous waste, fraud and abuse, we’re gonna take care of that, okay? But we’re not gonna cut your Social Security and we’re not gonna get rid of Medicare. We’re gonna take jobs back from all these countries that are ripping us off…we’re gonna become a wealthy country again…–CROWD CHEERS–…and we’re gonna be able to save your Social Security.

We’re not taking…now! Now, think of it! Now, I can’t believe this number but I read…over…who’s the man that told me the number!? Over six…million…people…I can’t believe it! …are…aged…one hundred and twelve…and over! …are getting Social Security. Who’s the man that told me that? He was around here some place. He said, ‘oh, Mr. Trump…’, but I heard it, I read it! A tremendous…like 6 million people…are getting Social Security, they’re dead, meaning somebody else is picking up the…cause…we know…who’s that man!? He’s over there someplace…–MR. TRUMP LOOKING TO HIS LEFT SIDE. Okay!

Six million people…more! And I read that…he just came up to me tonight; he said, ‘you know, it’s an amazing statistic…’ …the press is gonna have to check, cause what do I know. But can you imagine…? You have six…

No, we know there’s not six million people, there are maybe one! But there’s not six million. Anybody in this room a hundred and twelve or over? –CROWD LAUGHS. Because if they are I wanna shake your hand…–CROWD LAUGHS.

But…so six million people…over a hundred and twelve years old, picking up Social Security. And that’s the beginning! So there’s tremendous waste, fraud and abuse. What we’re going to do is we’re gonna save Medicare, we’re gonna save Social Security, you’re gonna get your paid…we’re not gonna raise the age, we’re not gonna do all the things that everyone else is talking about doing! Everybody…they’re all talking about doing it! And…you don’t have to. We’re gonna bring our jobs back, we’re gonna make our economy incredible again…

My tax…my tax proposal…which is in, and in great detail…–CROWD CHEERS APPLAUDS TIMIDLY–…in terms of policy. And it’s gotten tremendous reviews from…a lot of people! A lot of great groups! But…but…we’re going to…cut...taxes…tremendously for the Middle Class and Businesses. Cause our Middle Class…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…our Middle Class is being decimated.

And Sue, when that happens, you’re gonna see an economy that takes off. We’re gonna get rid of a lot of that debt, if not all of it. But we’re gonna get rid of it as soon as…you know, we owe 19 trillion going to 21 trillion now. You know, if you go back eight or nine years, ‘trillion’ wasn’t even a word that anybody knew! And now it’s like…routine.

So…we…are…going to save your Social Security without cuts; we’re gonna bring the economy back; we’re gonna make ourselves rich again…

A woman said to me…in…New Hampshire, recently! She said, ‘Mr. Trump, I’m voting for you. I love you. But! It’s very crude when you say you’re gonna make our country rich again’. I said, ‘I know it’s crude, it sounds bad!’, but many things I said are crude…–CROWD LAUGHS. It sounds bad! But we can’t make our country great again, unless we make our country rich again! We can’t everybody in the world rip us off! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

Remember…remember…we…rebuilt China! The money they took out of our country…we rebuilt China! You go there, they have bridges all over there…they have bridges like…The George Washington Bridge, maybe I shouldn’t mention that to take…but…like The George…bigger! Like The George Washington Bridge. Only a few people got that one, but that’s okay…–CROWD LAUGHS.

But we have…they have bridges going up that…we have rebuilt China! They’ve taken our jobs, they’ve taken our base, they’ve taken our…manufacturing all over the place. They’ve taken our money! They’ve taken our money! Not gonna happen anymore, folks. Not gonna happen anymore, Not gonna happen! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

I know the great business people. We have the greatest business people in the world! Guys like Carl Icahn. HE–…calls me: ‘Donald, I wanna help. I wanna help’. The smartest people call me. We’re not gonna use a special interest guy; a donor…We use donors! To negotiate with China! Because he gave some guy…like…you know, whoever it might be…

Because, again, I’m the only one who’s self-funding my campaign. Everybody else isn’t! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And when these guys…when these guys get money…to politicians…to a large extent, they own those politicians. They will do whatever the hell…the special interest and the donors want. Not gonna happen with me.

So…Social Security we’re saving it! Medicare, we’re saving it! We’re gonna make our contry great again. Okay? Thank you sweetheart, thank you.

Okay! Tana, go ahead.

MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 00.30.56:
 
Hi, Jeff. Hi! I love the Veterans! Am I good with the Veterans, Jeff?

I love the Veterans! I love them.

That’s the other group! We’re leading with the Veterans by like…forget it!

Go ahead.

MEMBER IN THE CONTINUES WITH THEIR QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS. Minute 00.32.25:

Tough guy! Yes! It’s called…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. See, what I like about Jeff? He did what I like about Jeff he started off weak, but he finished strong! –CROWD LAUGHS AND APPLAUDS.

That was a long route, hey Jeff? That was a long route…to get to a good question. Yeah! It's called The Statute of Limitations, right? And you know, it's a six-year Statute. Maybe five, but it's probably six. But it's a six-year Statute. Yeah, you have to look at it!

Look: Hillary Clinton…you know the story. It's a crime! She committed a crime! Now, perhaps…perhaps…somebody, you know, we have to have a fair Justice Department. And perhaps…Jeff…will have…some…really good…Attorney General…that's gonna say, ‘well, you know…’, and look. We wanna be fair with everybody, okay? Including Hillary Clinton. But she committed a crime, in my opinion.

Now, she shouldn't be allowed to run. She's being protected, absolutely…–CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY. I have little doubt that…they're gonna find anything…but they've already found it!

I mean, you watch television, you have all these big scholars coming, these lawyers…, ‘yes, she…ehm…violated section…so and so…’, just one after another! I mean, actually, violated many many laws! Not just like a little bit here…many laws!

You mentioned General Petraeus. His life was destroyed…over five percent of what Hillary Clinton did. Over nothing! So I think…she's gonna be the nominee, definitely. The only question is whether or not she'll be allowed to run. She's being protected…by the Democrats. She's being protected…by the President. And that's why…why do you think she's going along with these insane policies of his? Okay? I mean, she goes along with everything! I don't even, honestly, in all fairness to her…I don't think she…believes it. But I think she's afraid that he's gonna say, ‘listen, I don't like her anymore. Go take care of her. I'm gonna get somebody else’. I'm telling you! –CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.

So…the question of The Statute of Limitations…it's a five-year Statute of Limitations. She's got a problem! She's got a problem! In one way, she's running for her life! Because I know one thing: if she wins, that's the end of that, right? But if she loses, she could have a very serious problem.
Okay! Another question, please.

MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 00.34.58:

Hi Eric.

MEMBER IN THE CROWD CONTINUES WITH THEIR QUESTION.
THE CROWD STARTS CHANTING ‘TRUMP!’ REPEATEDLY ALL OF A SUDDEN –APPARENTLY AS A RESPONSE TO A PROTESTER’S INTERVENTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS. Minute 00.35.25:
 
It’s always exciting.

MR. TRUMP RESPONDS. Minute 00.35.54:
 
Out! Get him out! –THE CROWD BOOS. Get him out! Get him out!

AS THE SECURITY STAFF TAKES THE PROTESTER OUT, THE CROWD CHEERS AND CHANTS ‘U.S.A!’ REPEATEDLY. MR. TRUMP JOINS ALONG.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS. Minute 00.36.46:
 
That’s a Hillary supporter. You know, I always say, here's the sad thing: so a guy like that, who…a single person, always wants to be right in the line of the camera…right? Stands up. He's gone in a couple of minutes. Tomorrow the headlines…–IN THE PRESS, ‘protest in…!’. It's really sad. We have like two thousand people here, and the…the headline…will…be…this…! –CROWD CHEERS–…‘wait, I gotta see’…this…person! –CROWD LAUGHS AS THEY EXPECTED TRUMP TO DENIGRATE THE PERSON. Sorry! True!

You know, it…it's sort of…interesting, cause I've learned so much doing this. I never did this before! I…I've been doing it for five months! I've never been a politician! I hate being a politician! I mean, I…I…know politicians so much…if you can't make money with politicians, there's something wrong, okay? I know them so well! But…I'm a politician, can you believe it? But…it's…it's amazing! I see these…people. And…sometimes…you know, I'll go through…I…I've had 20,000 people. No…single…not even a…murmur. Just love. But every once in a while you have somebody stand up. Every…single…time….! …it turns out to be a big story, and it's a shame! It's really a shame! It's really unfair! And that, to a certain extent, is the press also.

Okay. Go ahead Tana.

MS. TANA MAKES A COMMENT ON THE PROTESTER.
MR. TRUMP AS WELL NUANCES THAT. Minute 00.38.13:
 
Rudely! You’ll…you’ll probably have another one stand at some point. They’re lurking! They’re lurking!

MEMBER IN THE CROWD CONTINUES THEIR QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS. Minute 00.38.28:

All right. Well, I said it right at the beginning. We're gonna build the Wall. It's gonna be a real Wall! It’s gonna be a real wall! It's not gonna be…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
You see that ceiling? That ceiling is nothing compared to the wall! And we could build it. And we can build it right. And…it'll be…strong, and powerful…and as beautiful as a wall is gonna look…–CROWD CHEERS. It's gotta be beautiful cause someday they're going to name it the ‘Trump wall’. I know that. It's gonna happen. It’s gonna happen! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
And it's going to work. And…you know, walls do work. You know, they wanted to build a wall here, 20 years ago. Do you know they couldn't get environmental impact statements? That just shows you. China! …is building…in the South…China Sea…massive…military bases! Right!? Why!? They're not supposed to! They have no respect for Obama…or our country. They're not supposed to be doing that: And you can get them to stop, just by saying, ‘we're not doing business with you anymore’. Their whole…their whole economy would…you don’t have to go to war! It's economics! Their whole country would collapse in two seconds. Believe me…we have such power, and we don't know it. But they're building massive…

Now, they had little islands. They put the biggest excavators…not Caterpillars, they use…I think they're using Komatsu, from Japan, which is pretty tough…–CROWD LAUGHS.

They have these massive excavators…they put…and I said to a friend of mine, who's Chinese, from China. Very rich guy, very successful guy…paid me a fortune for an apartment, so I happen to like him, okay? –CROWD LAUGHS. I said, jokingly, ‘how long did it take them to do these massive islands…?’. They’re building right out of the sea, boom! Those…shovels go in, and take out everything! ‘How long did it take you to get the environmental impacts statements?’. He laughed, he said, ‘what…? …are you kidding me? Nothing! They say, ‘we will build there!’. About two seconds later, you have excavators digging…–CROWD LAUGHS.

So we had…a problem…with environment, cuz the environmental…look, I've worn many environmental awards, I'm a big believer, especially in clean air and clean water. I'm a big believer, just so you know…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Big! And I've gotten so many awards…for the environment! So I understand the environment, I've won many, many awards.

But when you look at…how we're…impinged and…hurt…but the wall was stopped, because they couldn't get…an environmental impact statement. Among other things! They couldn't get an environmental impact statement. Now, there was probably a snail, or a turtle, or a snake, or something! You were ruining the habitat of a rattlesnake…I don't know! …–CROWD LAUGHS. But they actually had people…a lot of people…people that now would be against it; but they wanted to build a wall, years ago, they couldn't get it done!

I heard…you know, I said, ‘bomb the oil’, right? I’ve been saying that for three years. Now, finally they started bombing…after Paris, they started bombing the oil. I've been saying it for years! You know, one of the reasons that we didn't bomb the oil? They didn't…Obama didn't wanna hurt the environment!

Now, I heard that…and I thought it was…I thought somebody was kidding. I thought a comedian was saying it…–CROWD LAUGHS. It turned out to be true! He didn't want the flames, and everything…going into the atmosphere. This is the way we fight today. I'm telling you folks, we're being led…by stupid…people…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We’re being led by stupid people. And…and…you know, I said…I've been saying…not really bomb the oil…I've been saying, ‘take the oil!’. I didn't wanna go into Iraq, but once we were there, I said… ‘well, we left, you…’, look! We shouldn't have been there. But then when we left, we left the wrong way.

First of all, we have a president…who told them a date: ‘we're gonna leave on…such and such…’, a day! What was it? …like 18 months later? So the enemy all of a sudden said, ‘wow!’. Cause don't believe it! They don't wanna be killed. Okay? They don't wanna be killed. So the enemy said, ‘they're going to leave it a certain date!?’. So they pulled back, the day comes, and now you see what happened. It's a disaster! And Iran is taking over Iraq.

So anyway! I couldn't believe it…when they said that. When we sent our 50 soldiers two weeks ago. And our president gets up and announces, ‘we are sending 50 soldiers…!’. Okay. First of all, he thinks it's a good press announcement, it’s not! 50 soldiers! It's not a lot! Even though they're the elite! But those…50 soldiers…because of that announcement…have a target…on their heart. They have a target on their heart. Why does he have to say that for!? Why can't he let 50 soldiers go there quietly…? Stealth! Stealth! Why can't he just do that!? …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Why can't he do that?

Those…50 soldiers…are in grave danger today because of that. And…they probably don't even know that. But everybody's looking for them. And that's the way it is. We have people that don't know what they're doing. We used to have General MacArthur, Douglas MacArthur; General George Patton; I mean, these were real people! These were real people! –CROWD APPLAUDS.

Today we have generals that go on talk shows! And they say, ‘oh!’. I mean, I saw a general the other day…on a talk show. He said, ‘our…’…and this was serious! And he was…he’s a good man! They're good men! But you gotta leave these men! Even the generals, you have to have…some power over them! He said, ‘we are…in the worst…shape…in terms of preparedness…that we've been in…in decades!’. And this is a time where we have to be in the best shape, because the world wants to kill us. And he said, ‘we are in the worst shape that we've been in in many, many decades’.

Now, number one, he shouldn't be saying that. Because you're telling the enemy that. And the enemy feels emboldened…when they hear that, right? We shouldn't be saying it! We shouldn't be saying it! –CROWD APPLAUDS. I mean, even if it's true, you don't say it. You get it fixed, and you…put…you do the opposite. One thing I’m gonna do…I’ll tell you: I'm gonna build our military so big, and so strong, and so powerful…! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. That…so powerful…! …that nobody is going to mess with us! Nobody's gonna mess with us! You know, in many ways it's the cheapest thing you can do! Everyone's toying with us right now. It's the cheapest thing you can do! The absolute cheapest thing you can do.

Okay! Come on Tana.

MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 00.45.18:

Hi Roger.

MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS. Minute 00.45.52:
 
Yeah, you're right. I mean, it's…your Second Amendment…I'm a big Second Amendment person, by the way…your…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. RIGHT AFTERWARDS MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES THE PERSON WHO HAS MADE THE QUESTION–…‘come here! Get up here! Come here! Get over here! My gun men! Get over here! Come here! This guy…he has one of the great places…might as well give him some free publicity, why the hell he's out here! My sons…! …buys weapons from him! My sons are…in…members of the NRA, so am I…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. THE PERSON MR. TRUMP ADDRESSED BEFORE IS ALREADY ON STAGE–… ‘Come here! Come here!’. Look like somebody was aiming at him up here…–MR. TRUMP LAUGHS AND THE CROWD DOES TOO.

MR. TRUMP NOW ADDRESSES THE PERSON AND TALKS TO HIM–… ‘so… you know my son's, right? They’re serious…believers in the guns, right? What's the name of your company?’.

THE PERSON INTERVENES AND THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

And he have a great company. And my sons love their equipment. And this is long before I was even even thinking about doing this, right?

THE PERSON INTERVENES.

‘Ehm…they paid you a lot of money? Huh?’ It's…’–CROWD LAUGHS. ‘I guarantee. I hope they negotiated a little bit. Thank you very much. It's a great company. Thank you, man. Be careful. Thank you…’–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

No, my sons are really great marksman. They’re big believers: And…and…I'm a member of the…ehm…I’m a member of the NRA, but I’m not such a good shot. But they're great shot. So it's one of those things.

But, if you think about that question…so…you know, if…there’s tremendous pressure to get rid of the guns, get rid of the magazines, ‘no bullets’. How about the one where they have three bullets in every magazine? It holds 12, and has 23.

So the people with a low… ‘I will put three bullets in…’. I don't think the bad guys are gonna say, ‘well, I don't wanna to break the law. I'm gonna go kill people tonight. But I’m gonna put three bullets in’, right? –CROWD LAUGHS. These people! And you know, I have arguments…with them, all the time. And I'm a practical guy! Honestly? If I didn't believe this, I couldn't say it.

So in…France, or in California. If you had…I have a…a permission to carry, which is a big thing in New York, it's very hard to get. I have a license to carry. Okay.  But…–CROWD APPLAUDS–…but…in France, or in California…or in all these places where you see the shooters, right? If…instead of having hundreds like in France, hundreds of people…in that room. Paris has the…toughest…gun laws….in the world. France has…the toughest…gun was in the world. Nobody has guns, except the bad guys. So they walk in with…–CROWD APPLAUDS–…but…they walk in with the…the worst…the toughest…the best weaponry you can have. And they said, ‘over here, boom; over here, boom’. So they killed a hundred and twenty-eight, but many more dying right now. They're in terrible shape in the hospitals: They just wiped the place out. And they could have stayed there for longer: They wiped it out.

Then you had those two sleaze bags from…California. The married couple! I saw the press, ‘the young married couple that did the shooting’. They're not a young married couple. They’re the worst: They’re sleaze! You know…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…‘the young married…’. They say, ‘the young married couple’. It's no young married couple!

So they walk into a place…and they kill…14 people; and others are going to be dying, probably, cause there are a lot of other wounded people. But…if somebody had guns in there, nobody had a gun. If somebody had…if these guys…–MR. TRUMP POINTS AND TALKS TO SOMEBODY TO HIS RIGHT–… ‘look at this guy! Right here, stand up! How would you have done if you had a gun…? Would you have been firing back a little bit? Huh? They'd be in trouble, right? They would have been in trouble, believe me; that guy…’–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

So…you know, I went to like the Ivy League College, and I have a lot of friends…that are against guns…and again…and I said…I argue with them…I talk to them. I said, ‘okay! We're in…Paris, you have all these places, and there's hundreds of people. Guys walk in with guns, and you have…no gun! Don't you think they would have been better if that a gun…’. NOW MR. TRUMP REPRESENTS HIS FRIENDS SPEAKING–… ‘Well, Don…’. They can't…they…they lose the argument! …but they never changed their mind!

So we have to fight for the Second Amendment! It's…so…simple! It's…so…simple! And believe me…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…believe me: they wanna take…those guns away. And…you always know…that the bad ones are gonna have the guns. And they’re gonna have them more so…than ever before. So we're gonna protect…the Second Amendment if I'm president, that I can tell you…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

And by the way, we're also gonna be saying ‘Merry Christmas’ again. Did you ever notice…did you ever notice…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. That’s right Brad! ‘Merry Christmas!’. And by the way, Merry Christmas everybody! Merry Christmas! And happy holiday!

I have a lot of friends that, frankly…! I have a lot of friends that aren't Christian! They like Christmas! Everybody likes Christmas! It's politically incorrect to say ‘Merry Christmas’ anymore. When I'm president, ‘Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!’, enjoy yourselves! …don't eat too much turkey! Right? Okay. So we're gonna say ‘Merry Christmas’ again folks. We're gonna bring our country…we're gonna bring that spirit back.

Okay, go ahead Tana.

MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 00.51.16:

She’s great, by the way, Phyllis Schlafly……–AN AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTIVIST AND LAWYER.

MEMBER IN THE CROWD CONTINUES WITH THEIR QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 00.51.30:

No, he's a good guy! He is a good guy! And so is Phyllis, a great person, by the way.

MEMBER IN THE CROWD CONTINUES WITH THEIR QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS. Minute 00.51.30:
 
Okay. It’s interesting. That second is interesting, because…he is…I really do. I'd like Ted Cruz a lot. And…he's doing well, I'm doing well…I…I mean…there's not a contest between the two of us, just so we understand! We have to make that…

But I do like him. And I would say that we would certainly have things in mind for Ted, to be honest with you. I mean, he's somebody that…I could certainly say that……–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…cuz I like him, he likes me…

He actually put out a tweet tonight, he said, ‘Donald Trump is…’, I think he used the word ‘terrific’. That's a nice word! You know, who ever hears it? I can tell you other candidates are not exactly saying that about me…–CROWD LAUGHS. Right? Will you say hello to Phyllis…–PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY–…for me? She's an amazing woman! Amazing woman!

Okay. Go ahead Tana!

MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 00.52.36:
 
That’s true!

MEMBER IN THE CROWD CONTINUES WITH THEIR QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 00.52.36:

Okay. Great question…–CROWD LAUGHS.
 
So…the Super alright PACs are horrible. And I had many set up for me…by people I didn't…know. I mean, I'd see them on television, talking about…somebody named, one, The Art Of The Deal Pack. Two young guys, they look good! I mean, I don't know. But then I got to be…you know? I’m starting…going around. And I see the corruption with these Super PACs. Where they're stuffed with money. People that put the money in…are…dealing with candidates, and the whole thing is wrong! And I see it! I mean, Bush is a hundred and twenty-five million dollars, think of it. A 125 million…by the way, if he had two billion, it wouldn't make any difference, okay? …–CROWD LAUGHS.
 
But…Bush has a hundred and twenty-five men, and honestly, he is a nice person, he is, I don't wanna su…do that. But he's a very nice person. But it's 125 million dollars! And you say yourself: ‘people give two million, five million, 7 million…you know what's happening! But some of the Super PACs are running campaigns! They're actually running the campaign! Another thing, and it’s sort of interesting…one of the Super PACs…I believe has…six million dollars. Of the six million dollars…this was reported on the front page of the Los Angeles Times. Of the six million…and one of the candidates, who is a nice person, so I'm not gonna mention the name. You know, when I like people, I like them. I'm a very loyal person, right?
 
Of the six million dollars…after all of the bloodsuckers took their cuts…the…fundraisers…can you believe this? They had a hundred and forty thousand dollars left for the campaign. That's better than being a real estate broker! …–CROWD MUTTERS. I'd rather do that than sell houses! They had a hundred and forty thousand dollars left. It was in the newspaper! I don't know, I think I believe it!
 
But I’ve seen it! I saw it with a Romney campaign! Guys made…tens of millions of dollars raising money for Romney! I said… ‘what the hell is this?’. I mean, you give money, they get a cut! Look: our laws are so corrupt. Our campaign finance laws are so totally corrupt. It's so horrible! So horrible! …–CROWD APPLAUDS. And…I don't necessarily want to stop people from giving, cause I think that's a good thing. But you gotta get away from these Packs. What you have to have is people have to know who it is. So you have to open up the process, let people know. If somebody wants to give a million dollars, you give a million dollars…but everybody has to know that it's ‘so and so’ that gave a million dollars! Because that puts a little pressure on guys like Brad…–MR. TRUMP POINTS TO HIS RIGHT SIDE, PRESUMABLY TO BRAD PARSCALE, ONE OF HIS POLITICAL AIDES AND FUNDRAISERS–…who raises…hundreds of millions! Right Brad? …–CROWD APPLAUDS–…puts a little pressure!
 
But the concept of the Pack! …it’s…just no good. It's no good. It's…it's…it's…it’s a very…dangerous…terrible…thing. So we will change our comp…our laws, because…you really…have no choice. It's so out of control! It's so terrible! But…the papers that are in this room tonight, they should look at this. There's so little money left over for the candidates…! …that's one of the reasons I'm so happy I'm doing my own! This…we actually sent legal letters to either nine…or eleven…Packs! ‘The Trump Pack’, ‘The Trump Pack’, ‘The this Pack’! First of all, I'm sure that out of some of them, they saw the money. Some guy has no money; he sets up a ‘Trump something…Pack’, nothing to do with me! Sets it up! All of a sudden he's got two million dollars sitting there! Right? People send in…money. And the guys got no money! How much of that money do you think he's gonna use to do what he's supposed to be doing?’. That's common sense! So maybe…all of it, but I doubt it!
 
So we sent legal notices to everyone that we could find…! …having to do with ‘Trump’. We don't want their money! We said it, ‘don't do it! We don't want it! And we want…’, you know, ‘ideally, give the money back, to the people that gave it to you!’. But the Super PAC concept is corrupt, and it's terrible, and it should be ended. And we're gonna go to new campaign finance laws that are gonna be…terrific. Okay? Thank you! …–CROWD APPLAUDS.
 
Okay! Go ahead!
 
Hi Kevin!

MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 00.57.06:
 
Beautiful! Great place! Thank you! Thank you.
 
MEMBER IN THE CROWD CONTINUES WITH THEIR QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS. Minute 00.57.25:
 
Yes, it is…–CROWD LAUGHS. It is! Well, look: he's from Texas…to the best of my knowledge there's a lot of oil in Texas, right? So you know…he gets a lot of money from the oil companies, and he's…totally against…ethanol, and…everything else you're talking about. And…I'm not. I'm totally in favor. And you know, it's a big industry here. It's a big industry…–CROWD APPLAUDS.
 
You know, if that industry is upset. I always got problems, cause you employ…I was amazed! I was here three weeks ago, with the…with the group. Any of those…any of the people here…that were at that meeting…there was such amazing people, right? Stand up! …–APPARENTLY MR. TRUMP HAS SEEN SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD WHO WAS IN THE MEETING. It was…it was such… ‘we had a good meeting, right?’. And…I learned so much about it. I was in favor of it, even before! ‘That's correct. I remember you very well. That's correct. How could you forget’’…–CROWD laughs.
 
But…it was amazing. And looking at the plans. But…you know, also beyond even the fuel capacities, which we wanna create as much as we can tremendous numbers of…of jobs! In Iowa! And I said to myself, ‘if Ted Cruz…is against ethanol…how does he win in Iowa?’. Because that's very anti-Iowa. I don't know how he wins in Iowa…–CROWD APPLAUDS. I don't know. But, no, I'm totally for it, okay? Thank you. Thanks!
 
Okay. Question? Yes!
 
MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 00.58.57:
 
Beautiful! Okay!
 
MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION, HERE NEXT TRANSCRIBED GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE IT MAY GAIN IMPORTANCE IN OUR CORPUS/ANALYSIS.
 
I tell you as the State Central Committee, we're neutral. So this is not to hurt you, or harm you, it's for clarification. When we see you…make a statement, and sometimes its controversial, as we've noted. But after the firestorms…
 
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 00.59.16:
 
…Sometimes purposely, though…–CROWD LAUGHS AND MR. TRUMP LAUGHS.
 
MEMBER IN THE CROWD CONTINUES WITH THEIR QUESTION.
 
…after the firestorm, the fact checters…checkers come through, and your constitutionally sound. You agree with the party platform, I've not found anything…where…I see you in contradiction unlike…
 
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 00.59.30:
 
…it’s true.
 
MEMBER IN THE CROWD CONTINUES WITH THEIR QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 00.59.30:
 
…there are other candidates that are in contradiction to the platform. You resonate with the public you have unleashed America from the bondage of political correctness –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
MEMBER IN THE CROWD CONTINUES WITH THEIR QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 00.59.40:
 
…oh, thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
 
MEMBER IN THE CROWD CONTINUES WITH THEIR QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 00.59.30:
 
So here's my question: why wouldn't a GOP –GRAND OLD PARTY–…and RNC– REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE–…be thrilled, with a candidate that has the numbers you do, that is resonating with the public, and is saying the things that…that is obviously…
 
MEMBER IN THE CROWD CONTINUES WITH THEIR QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 01.00.03:
 
Come here on up here! Come here! Tana bring her up, please! So nice! …–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. You know, when she first started that question, I said, ‘oh, oh, here it comes!’……–CROWD LAUGHS–…and after midway through, I started…I…I really appreciated it… ‘come on over here! Come on! Get under there! You can get under! See!? That's great. That's such a nice question. Thank you, darling. Come here. Thank you. Here. Don't fall!’…–MR. TRUMP TALKS TO THE INVERNER, A WOMAN THAT GETS ON STAGE. THE CROWD APPLAUDS. ‘Thank you. Thank you very much. That’s so nice! So nice! What's your name?
 
THE PARTICIPANT POSES HER QUESTION:
 
I appreciate you’re running. I know there are a lot of the things you could be doing, and we do appreciate you’re running. So…I'm not gonna fight you for the microphone, ever…–CROWD LAUGHS.
 
So what…? Why is it…? Why would they not be…thrilled that you are…? The numbers you have, the crowds you have, the message that you're bringing…you are reviving the heart of America. This is what we should want. Why!?
 
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS. Minute 01.01.05:
 
Well, you know……–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. THE PARTICIPANT LEAVES THE STAGE. ‘Good. Thank you darling, be careful’.
 
I was a member of the establishment six months ago. I gave three hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the RGA that's the Republican Governors Association. I gave…tremendous amounts of money away. I was like the fair-haired boy. Once I said I'm running they said, ‘What!? You're not supposed to run!’. And then what happened, I ran…against all these Senators and Governors…and everyone said, ‘well, I don't know!’. My wife said, ‘if you run, you're gonna win’. Because she understands that…I like people. I love people! And people love me! And she said, ‘you will run! But you have to actually go, and run! You have to announce you're running. Because nobody is gonna believe you're running!’
 
And so I didn't announce. I didn't wanna announce, cause I didn't wanna like…announced…and then…things didn't work out, and I'm like some of these guys with a zero! Many of them have zero!
 
And…so finally, I said, ‘look, let's…we're gonna do it. We have to’. With…just too many…things that I watched on television, with our president. And the…the decisions that are made…Bergdahl! Where we get Bergdahl, and they get five killers. We get this…horrible…dirty…rotten…spa…it's a horrible traitor…–CROWD APPLAUDS. We got this horrible, terrible traitor. And they get five killers that they've wanted for nine years! The worst killers! And they're all back on the battlefield!
 
You know, so many decisions! The Iran deal! The Iran deal! How bad is that!? They self-inspect, ‘oh, okay! Good’. MR. TRUMP PLAYS OUT HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS–…‘we're not building. we promise we're not building nuclear weapons’. ‘Oh okay. That's okay’…–CROWD LAUGHS. And we give them a hundred and fifty billion dollars, and we don't even get our prisoners back! The whole thing is crazy. So I saw this…and I said to my wife, ‘hey, I don't know if I'll do well or not. Who the hell knows!?’. And it's a risky thing!
 
You know, I've always heard, if you're a very successful person, you can't run for office, especially for president. And I see it all the time! And the people go after me…I don't even care…at this point! I said we have to do it. Now we're gonna have to do it! And I looked at it last time with…Romney, and I didn't do it. And I probably should have, because he let us down! I mean, look! He let us down!
 
That was an election…we had a failed President. Four years ago! He was a failed president, just as bad as he is now! And Romney…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It’s true! And Romney let us down! And that last month, it was like he wasn't even campaigning! I said, ‘…wh…why aren't you on Jay Leno? Why aren't you and David Letterman? Why aren't you doing it!? And he just didn't do it! And…okay, so he lost the election.
 
So I backed McCain, he lost. I back Romney, he lost. This time I said, I'm doing it myself! Okay? We're gonna win! We're gonna win! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. But…but…there is an establishment out there! It's a real establishment! Real people! And they’re people that are used to having their little puppets, all over the place. And they're people that are used to giving donations…and having control. And they're people that…you know…look, when they call me, I'll treat them with respect. But I'm not gonna be doing bad things if it's bad for the country. I'm not gonna let Ford build a plant in Mexico, if I can keep it…in Michigan…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
And…and I'm not gonna let…the car companies, and Nabisco, and all these…people, and all these companies…I'm all for free trade. I think it's great! And I'm for it! But it’s gotta to be smart trade! I'm not gonna let it move to Mexico, and then sell stuff over the border with no tax, no nothing. So we lose our jobs, we lose our factories…–CROWD APPLAUDS–…they go over here! They make it! We…let them come through…what it…how does that help us, folks!? I went to the best business school in the world. Believe me, it doesn't help us, okay? Trust me. And we're not gonna make deals like that anymore. We can't! We owe 19 trillion dollars. We can't!
 
So the establishment is…not…ever…probably…I…look! You know what in the end? If this…country starts humming…even the establishment, they'll be…saying…, ‘okay, it's a good thing’, because there'll be beneficiaries also. But we do have a real establishment! And they've never seen this happen before. A writer called up. And he said…recently, I told the story! I mean, one of the top…journalists…to my way, of thinking, certainly in the country, and beyond! And he said, ‘Mr. Trump, how does it feel?’.
I said, ‘how does what feel?’.
‘How does it feel!? What you've done…has never, ever…been done before!’.
I said, ‘what have I done?’.
‘You've dominated the summer…’…they call it the summer of Trump. Now they call it the autumn of Trump. Hopefully they're gonna call it the spring of Trump. And you know, I want the next autumn of Trump. But I said…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS–…I said to the writer, ‘I've…I don't know what you're talking about. I haven't done anything. Cause frankly, if I don't win…I consider this to be a total waste of time’. I'll be honest with you. As much as I like being with you tonight. Cuz we won't be able to do anything!
 
He said, ‘no, no, you've won even if you don't win. You've won already’.
I said, ‘no, you're wrong. I don't win…’–MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE–…‘if I don't win…I have not…I have wasted my time!’.
 
So…you know…the…the point is…that…the establishment can't believe it, cause they've never seen it happen before.
 
So Time Magazine. I was on the cover of Time magazine four or five weeks ago. And…Time magazine was gonna pick the person of the year. Everybody, even my enemy said, ‘Trump is gonna win’. I said, ‘I won't win’. They said, ‘why?’. ‘I won't win!’. Just like I should have gotten the Emmy, for The Apprentice the first three years. I was nominated! –CROWD LAUGHS. I should have! And I said, ‘I'll never win!’. I told everybody: ‘I'll never win because I'm not…Hollywood…establishment’. And with Time magazine I said, I won’t win’.
 
Bill O'Reilly, who's a great guy, did an editorial at the end of his show, two days ago. Saying… ‘nobody has done more than Trump. He should have won!’. Now, I'm not saying I should have won, yeah I probably should have, in all fairness…–CROWD LAUGHS. But…but he said, ‘nobody's done more!’. You know, taking over…what…what we've done has been amazing. All of us, together! Not just me…it’s not just me! It’s all of us! It's all of us! From Dallas, and Mobile, and…and Oklahoma…all of us! –CROWD APPLAUDS. Because the spirit! But Bill O'Reilly had a whole big thing! And…other…shows…where they said, ‘Trump’, ‘Trump’, ‘who do you think?’. ‘Trump’.
 
Well Merkel got it! Now Merkel…what did she do? She's destroyed…I mean, she's in the process of destroying Germany…with a migration! –CROWD MUTTERS. We have to help the people with the migration. We have to create a safe zone, someplace in Syria! But I don't want them coming into this country! I don't want ‘em! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS VIVIDLY. Cause we don't know who they are! We don't know who they are! Them…with their printing presses, that now do…the forged…the forged passports, okay? You heard about that.
 
So…we don't know. So…the bottom line on that…it's...it’s such an interesting question! You'll know in about a month or two whether or not the establishment has treated me fairly. But the only thing I can say is this: if I win Iowa…I think it's over! I said before. Because…I think…if I win Iowa, we're gonna have…New Hampshire's amazing. People are amazing. You would love the people! They would love you! You’d love everybody! The whole country is in love! They want some…it's called like…I call it the ‘noisy majority’. It's no longer a silent majority. It's the ‘noisy majority’…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
But…if we win like I think we're going to win…cause we have such a big lead, honestly? …it's not gonna matter, they can't do anything. I don't care about the establishment. They can't do anything. You know, the only way they can do is…if I am a little bit short…if I'm two votes short, I have a problem! Cause I’ll have to go into that convention…I'm dealing with all these bloodsucker politicians…and they'll make their deals. And they'll have all their money guys around. And they'll be in the back room making deals…
But if I get the number of delegates, there is not a thing they can do. And I’ll end up doing fine with the establishment! Again, I was a member of the establishment six months ago. So…but it's a very nice question, I appreciate it, thank you…–CROWD APPLAUDS.
 
Okay. Tana…?
 
MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 01.09.22:
 
Absolutely! That was an easy one, I’ll tell you! –CROWD APPLAUDS.
 
MEMBER IN THE CROWD CONTINUES WITH THEIR QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 01.09.53:
 
 
So…Common Core. I'm…I’m such a believer in education. You know, I had an uncle who was a professor at MIT, who…which…who was a brilliant guy. They –EITHER THE PRESS OR THE UNIVERSITY–…just wrote an article…in fact I just retweeted an article about him today. You gotta read it, okay? @DonaldTrump…–MR. TRUMP’S TWITTER ACCOUNT. You have to read it. after
 
When I see somebody like Jeb, strong…now I…I tell you one thing I respect. He didn't change his views. He knew he was getting killed on this issue, and he didn't change. And I respect that to a certain extent. But it's so wrong. Common Core…is…a…total…disaster! We have people…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We have people…bureaucrats in Washington, telling you…how your child should be educated in Iowa, and New Hampshire, and all of the different places that we go to. It's ridiculous. And I go around and I see the principles…I've seen so many…students, and teachers, and professors, and principals…and I've seen…some of the…people…and the love, even in Iowa…at a school! I've seen…some of the love…that these parents give to those…schools. This is real love! These are smart people! And these are people they're not working for paycheck! These are incredible people. And I've seen what can happen. Remember this: our educational system is a mess! We spend more money per pupil, as a government, than any other country in the world. And we're in twenty eighth place. And I mean like double what anybody else plays!
 
So I wanna bring education back to the local areas. You're gonna have parents, and you're gonna have unbelievably talented people! And they love their kids! And they want their kids to be well educated…because it's so important…and you're gonna be very happy with it. Okay? Thank you. Thank you…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP INTERRUPTS. Minute 01.11.50:
 
He is tough-looking cookie, right? Go ahead! …–CROWD LAUGHS.
 
MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS. Minute 01.11.50:
 
That’s right. And you people do it. And I've gotten to know you. I've gotten to know you really well. You people do it…we're backing you a hundred percent. The job, and the spirit you all have! It's always…you're always perfectly attired…with your green…but…we are backing you a hundred percent. You do a phenomenal job! There should be more people like you in this country. You know, the whole grid is a disaster, right? I mean the whole…the whole country! The infrastructure of our country is falling apart. And nobody can build like me. That's what I do! I build! I build! I'm building on…as you know, on Pennsylvania Avenue, a big, tremendous hotel. That I got from the government to the United States. Can you believe!? During the Obama administration! A–…couple of years ago!
 
But we had the best plan. The best is…the GSA is terrific. They're very good, very…actually they’re very talented people. We're under budget and ahead of schedule! That's what we do! When you see these things…where they're building a bridge and it's gonna cost…a…you know, a billion dollars. And it cost 12 billion dollars! How about where they built a hospital…it cost three billion dollars! And I look at it and I'm very good. I can look at a building and tell you how much it's gonna cost. I say, ‘250 million’. ‘No, Sir. Three billion’. ‘Three billion!’ MR. TRUMP PRETENDS TO GET STARTLED. I–…think…think somebody got rich on that one!? –CROWD LAUGHS.
 
So we're gonna stop all this stuff. We're gonna make our country so strong, and so wonderful. And…we all love it anyway. We love it! But it's so sad…to see what's happening. It's so sad! And we're gonna change it around.
 
Where's Tana? We all finish with those questions? Huh?
 
Last question!
 
You know, Tana doesn’t let up! She’s brutal! Cory, she's brutal! Well she had a…she did a good job in The Apprentice, right? –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
You know? I'll tell you. And there's another special person, who did a great job in The Apprentice: Shawn Johnson…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. She's another champ. She…is another one! And…she's an incredible young woman. And she's getting married or whatever. But I tell you what: Shawn Johnson. Right Tana?
 
She’s…she’s fantastic. And so, say…wherever…wherever Shawn may be…say hello to Shawn, she's great.
 
Go ahead.
 
MEMBER IN THE CROWD MAKES A QUESTION.
MR. TRUMP RESPONDS. Minute 01.11.50:
 
True. That's true. We have such a problem. And the biggest…the biggest problem I have…! …you know, it relates to education. And the hardest thing you get is…when you go around, and you see students. And so many students come out to hear us. And they always wanna talk about the loans. Where they have student loans…and they go through…nice colleges, they’re good students, they work hard, they can be really top in their class…and they get out and they say, ‘Mr. Trump, we have no jobs. We can't get jobs’. So they borrowed up to the hilt, and they can't get jobs.
 
We're gonna bring our jobs back from China! We're gonna bring our…jobs back from all these places overseas that have stolen our…jobs…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS CONTINUOUSLY. We're gonna bring our jobs back from South America! We're bringing them back from Mexico! We're gonna have jobs again, believe me. We're gonna be manufacturers again. We're gonna start making Apple computers in this country. What the hell good does it do to make them in China!? I wanna make them in this country. And we have the ability to do it! –CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
So we're gonna bring our jobs back. Okay?
 
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I just…this –HAS– been a lot of fun. It's the first time I've done this kind of a thing. But it's been…amazing. And I guess…–MEMBER IN THE CROWD YELLS VERY LOUDLY, ONLY INAUDIBLE. MR. TRUMP ALLOWS THE PERSON TO SAY THAT AGAIN–…yes? Oh, thank you! Thank you!’…–CROWD APPLAUDS. I thought you were a protester at first…–CROWD LAUGHS. I said ‘aw!’. Isn't that a terrible way to end? A protester, in your final four words…–CROWD LAUGHS. No, that was very nice, and thank you. And we love the military, right? We love it. Thank you…–CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
 
So…I…I just wanna thank you all for being here. We love you all. It's so important. Iowa is so important to me. And…and…ehm…the relationships that I've developed here have been amazing.
 
So…we're gonna make our country great again! We're gonna make our country safe again! Thank you all for being here! Thank you!
 
Thank you!
 
Thank you!

