VIDEO Nº: 85
TITLE:85. Full Speech  Donald Trump Campaign Event in Muscatine, IOWA Jan. 24th 2016
DATE OF EVENT:24/01/2016
RELEASE DATE:09/02/2016
DURATION:01.30.21 Hrs.
MR. TRUMP’s FRACTION:Full
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wow! Wow! What a day!
- CROWD CHEERS
What a day!
Just got back from church, and it was good. It was really good. I learned something. We talked about humility at church today. I don't know if that was aimed at me…perhaps!-CROWD LAUGHS. Now the the church...I don't think knew that I was coming, so maybe it was just by luck,…! …but we talked about humility. So this is crunch time. We’re…coming down to a point...we’re just about a week…a little bit more…and...I just hope you get out there and caucus.. .and do your thing, because…; if we do it, we're gonna have an unbelievable victory. We're gonna have an unbelievable…; we’re going to…just look at all these beautiful hats, “Make America Great Again” -MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE AUDIENCE. THE CROWD CHEERS. We're gonna follow one that says…; We're gonna make…look at that! -MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE AUDIENCE. We're gonna make America great. We're gonna do such America great. Again, we're gonna do such a great job...!

And…you know, when I…went onto this journey, June 16th, down the escalator. Remember the famous escalator ride. I will tell you: that takes guts. It took guts, and it took certain courage…and it's not something I've ever done…; and you know, politicians…they run for office…; they win, they lose…; they win, they office, they win, they lose, they win, they office, they win, they lose, they win, they lose…; they don't care. They're all talk, no action. That's what their business is…to run for office. With me…I’ve never done it before.

And...the receptivity has been it before and the receptivity has been it before and the receptivity has been incredible. The polls…have been…amazing. Just like this room is packed…and…every just is packed! No matter where we go. We have have the biggest crowds by far…! We have much bigger than Bernie Sanders has, who's second…! -CROWD CHEERS. No, we have the biggest crowds.

Umm…they never talk about my crowd…-MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS. You know, the press never talks about it. They always….ehm...but when somebody else has a crowd. So I was telling you, last week we had 12,000 people. Bernie Sanders had 3,000. That's good, 3,000. And he is second! Way, way down the line, but he's second! But we're having these incredible crowds…20,000; 35,000 people…; and Bernie Sanders has three….; we have twelve…! And talked about Bernie Sanders…and they said, “he had 3,000 people…it was a great…! 

Then they talked about ‘Trump’. I had 12,000…and we had to send 5,000 home! -THE AUDIENCE LAUGHS-…because we couldn't get them in! -THE CROWD CHEERS. But you know…they didn't mention that. They don't mention it. And I always say, the cameras…? they always are on my face. They never wanna show the crowd. It’s an incredible thing. But it's okay, cause the people get it! The people are really, really smart.

And somebody asked me the other day, ‘what was the thing you most learned?’. And I learned a lot!  But…cause this has been sort of a…an unbelievable journey… 'Hello darling! How are you?’, look at...-MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE. I love these people! We have the most loyal people too. We have the most loyal! -THE AUDIENCE CHEERS. We have…and that's the other thing I learned. The loyalty!

You know, the other day…; they do polls and everything. They do polls on the debate. We win all those polls on the debate. We win all those polls on the debate...-THE AUDIENCE LAUGHS. We have another debate coming up on Thursday, and I think that'll be fine. But we win the polls and the debate…but…you know, they have…I mean…I don't know if it's gonna be fair…! …but we'll handle it one way or the other, okay? -THE AUDIENCE CLAPS. It's what we gotta do.

But…you know, I learned…the level…of loyalty to our movement. That it’s…really to me…? ...but it’s really beyond me! This is a movement folks! This isn't like a normal situation.

We're in the cover of Time magazine this week. With a really fair story! A really…professional, beautiful….story. About…the fact that there's never been...anything like this. There's never been anything like this! It's been…an incredible journey! They…they’ve….it’s…it’s...they're gonna study it…! 

And I get calls all the time from reporters! One in particular, 'how does it feel to do what you've done?’

I said, 'I haven't done anything’, because…unless we win, we're just wasting our time folks. We're just wasting our time folks. That's why….on February 1st you gotta caucus; you gotta go out; you gotta do it…; I jokingly say, ‘no matter how you feel; if you're feeling sick, if you're having fights with your wife, or your husband…no matter what…!…-THE AUDIENCE LAUGHS-…no matter what's going on….; if you lost your job 15 minutes before…; if they said, ‘you're fired cause the economy stinks’, which it does…; if…no matter happens, you gotta get out and caucus, cause we're gonna change things…-THE AUDIENCE CHEERS. We’re gonna change it.

And…it's just been very exciting. And the…ehh...and the chairman just told me that so many calls are…are made. And I wanna thank Jeff…-MR. TRUMP POINTS TO HIS RIGHT SIDE—…he is fantastic by the way. He really is a dynamic guy and a great guy…-THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS. 
But…he jus...he just said, ‘so many calls are coming in, where people wanna change their party. And I've been saying this is gonna happen! Where they’re going from Democrat to Republican. And he said he's never seen anything like it. And he's been doing this for a long time. People are saying…whether it's Republican…honestly? …whether it's Republican, Democrat, Liberal, Conservative…; they're sick and tired of seeing our country ripped off by every single nation in the world…-THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS. They’re sick and tired of it; and we're gonna stop it! 

So yesterday, [a] couple of things happened; but during the last week, we…em...had a wonderful, a really wonderful woman, who the press does not treat fairly, but these are minor details….Sarah Palin came out and endorsed us…-THE AUDIENCE CHEERS. And…she is a wonder…; if you knew it personally, you'd understand even more so. I mean, I can see even from that, that…everybody likes Sarah. But…em…if you knew her, she's an amazing woman; her husband, Todd, is fantastic....and we got a call, 'we'd like to…work with you; we'd like to endorse you’.
And I said, 'how nice is that?’.

And I thought she'd go to Ted Cruz, cuz, you know, she endorsed him…for senator…; and he was at two-percent. And he'll tell the story. He was at two-percent, she came in, endorsed him, and he became the senator from Texas. Even though he was born in Canada and was a Canadian citizen! It's a fru…-THE AUDIENCE LAUGHS. I don't know! Maybe if she knew he was a Canadian citizen at the time, she wouldn't have done that. But it was sort of interesting done that, but it was sort of interesting done that. But…it was sort of interesting. But she…she’s amazing. And her level of success with endorsements is tremendous. And the press does not give her…her just due. But I will tell you: she’s a wonderful woman who loves this country. And I was so happy to have her endorsement, and a lot of the fans were. So, ‘I wanna thank you, Sarah’, who's probably watching, because you have all those cameras on…-MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS-…right now. We have a lot of cameras…-THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS-…right? We have…we have a lot of cameras!

A couple of things, you know…em…we’ll talk about individual…em…em...individual candidates for a little while, should we do that? I think so, right? …-THE AUDIENCE CHEERS. Right? We don’t have to go through the whole thing. I could…should…I go through a couple of polls now? Yes? Okay.

So Fox just came out. Big, big turn. Twelve or fourteen points. Trump is up. You heard about that, right? Trump is up, you heard about that, right?…-CROWD CHEERS. Trump is up. In Iowa! And now, the rest of the…you're still lagging behind everybody, folks, okay!? Because the rest of the nation…I mean, we are just…em...through the roof. We…em...we had a poll yesterday: 48 %; and we had another one, 42 %; and we have them at 36, 38 %. We're doing great. That's on a national basis. We're doing unbelievably! Also numbers came out from Fox and CBS this morning…for…em...New Hampshire, where we're through the roof. In...em...South Carolina…through…the roof; all of them! Nevada…! All of them. And…really, the…I’m so happy, cause I spent a lot of time here. And…I love the people of Iowa… And…I think we’re gonna win Iowa…-THE CROWD CHEERS.

And…you know, it’s much easier! Even my people, they say, ‘please, don't say you're gonna win because if come in second, it's gonna be…’.

I said, 'that's okay. I wanna win! I wanna win it!’ …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. Iowa's very important. First of all, you haven't had a winner in 16 years, folks! It’s time! Okay? It's time! It's time! That's it! Look at that person...…-MR. TRUMP POINTS AT SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD-… 'Make America Great Again’.  You better believe it, man! Thank you …-THE CROW CHEERS.

Think of it! I'll put this…you have not picked a winner in 16 years. If you choose me, we're gonna finally have a winner. You know, they wanna move you. I hate to say it! They wanna move you to the back of the pack! You know that, right? There's a big move that Iowa's not gonna be…where you are now. First, with the caucus. And...they wanna move you. And I give you this pledge: ‘I win, they are never, ever moving you. You're staying there! Okay? …-THE CROWD CHEERS. You are staying there. Hundred percent. You are staying where you are.

And you know, honestly, regardless of me, and there's a great tradition here! It’s an amazing thing. It's an amazing…it’s an amazing place. It's a great place. And…you're gonna stay where you are, and I think we're gonna win.

So, I'm not saying, ‘oh, Gee, I'm gonna be thrilled iIf I come in second!’. I don't think we're gonna come in second anymore! You know, I'm looking at what's happening…-THE CROWD CHEERS.

So there's a theory that I'll do much…even though I'm leading all the polls, that I'll actually do better than the polls! And people said, ‘well, they might not poll. I mean, you know, these polls with Trump'...they were saying in…in one of the people…this morning was saying it...not even a fan! But he said, ‘you know, Trump is gonna win. You know, the whole thing. Trump’s gonna win. He's gonna be the nominee. And he’ll probably do very well against Hillary, cause look at what he did last week against Hillary’.

Look, I was the best thing that ever happened to Bernie Sanders…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. Because my attack on Hillary, all of a sudden she went down and Sanders’ got all the credit for it! Right!? …-THE CROWD CHEERS. This guy…I mean, you know, this guy, Bernie Sanders...give me a break! How does he figured this whole thing!? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. But he got all the credit! It's unbelievable! So I have to say that one time…-MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMER-…I assumed the press is listening to that. But I had to hit her because she said false things about me. So I hit her hard. But I haven't even focused.

You know, in the FOX poll, in another poll that just came out, that I'm beating Hillary…; and I'm beating Hillary. I'll beat Hillary, but I…and I haven't even focused…-THE CROWD CHEERS. We haven't even Focused on Hillary or Bernie Sanders yet. I mean, he's a guy…he’s a...well, they say socialist, but some people would say he's a communist, okay? …-THE CROWD BOOES. But…I shouldn't hit him too hard though, because if I hit him hard, he'll go down and then it'll be more of a fight with Hillary, and maybe we want them to fight for a while. So I'll say, ‘he’s…isn't he a wonderful guy? A wonderful…'…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. I don't wanna hit him too hard. It’s interesting! I was thinking…I never thought of…when I hit Hillary last weekend, and Bill…! But I did the right thing…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. But all of a sudden, they did this, and then they start ed saying, ‘Bernie Sanders is surging! An amazing thing happened…!’

I did it! I'm saying, ‘I did that!’…-THE CROWD LAUGHS.  So name…now, maybe, I should hit…oh, I could hit him…!; I have stuff in my mind…; …-THE CROWD LAUGHS.  I could hit him so hard…he would drop…-THE CROWD ENCOURAGES TRUMP TO DO IT. He would drop. No, he’s; he’s…no; he’s too easy. He's too easy. He's really too easy.

But…so…look at these candidates that we’re against. We have…you know…Jeb…-MR. TRUMP CHANGES HIS TONE TO MOCK MR. BUSH-…poor Jeb…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. We have…Jeb exclamation point…-MR. TRUMP ALLUDES TO MR BUSH’S CAMPAIGN LOGO. And I talk about him…; and the only reason I even bring him up, honestly…he’s spending millions of up, honestly, he's spending millions of up. Honestly, he's spending millions of dollars of negative ads! Nobody else is hitting me with negative ads! Jeb Bush!  Here's a guy, [who] spent close to a hundred million dollars! The polls coming out this morning…he went down! He’s down...at the bottom! It’s time to give up, Jeb. It's time to give up…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

Now, you know, in life…in life, sometimes you have to admit when you don't have it. He doesn't have it! …-THE CROWD LAUGHS. He doesn’t have it. And I don't like people…I…here’s a guy…take his ads! Vicious ads!

‘He is not a conservative. He is not a true conservative’…-MR. TRUMP REPRODUCES MR. BUSH'S ADS.  [What] the hell does this guy know about me!? …-THE CROWD LAUGHS.
He said, 'he will not win the race’.

Well, if he's so good, how come I'm beating him by 38 points? You know...? It’s like…-THE CROWD CHEERS. It’s unbelievable!
‘He will not win!’…-MR. TRUMP REPRODUCES MR. BUSH'S ADS AGAIN. He's at 3, and I'm at 42! When he's saying…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. Oh, these people that you have…; I don't know, we're gonna have to do something about it.

But I mentioned it. But…here’s this…guy…has it spent almost a hundred…million…dollars! I spent almost nothing. You know that. I’m guilty. I feel guilty! I was supposed to spend…now it's up to almost 40 millions…; yesterday, I was talking about 38; my people said…; I had a budget, at this point, to have spent 40 million else…; by the way, I’m spending my own money. I'm not using other people's money…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I'm the only one. I'm the only one. I'm the only…one…doing that. Everybody else…Hilary…; and…and…every single candidate…every single candidate…! …is…doing…what they're doing. Okay? So you have Cruz! I mean, Cruz is getting oil money…by the way, he is so against ethanol, you can forget it, okay? …-CROWD BOOES. All of those wonderful farmers, that produce what they have to produce…; Cruz's totally against. Then he changed! You know, they said, “well, he's very principled”. 

He's not so principled, cause a couple of weeks ago, he changed! And he got a little bit more! And he changed again! Got a little bit more! What’s that…about principle? If he’s against it, let him be against it, but he was against it strongly. Getting killed was against it strongly, getting killed was against it!  Be he was against it strongly…; getting killed…and then he changed! And he changed twice! So…but by the way…; and he'll change back so fast, because who's giving him money? Oil people are giving him money.

Nobody's giving me money. I turned down so much money…; I feel so foolish! I feel so…! You know, my whole life, I take. Right? Greedy! I take! I take! Greedy! Greedy! Now, I’m gonna be greedy for the United States. I'm gonna take…for the United States…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I'm gonna be so greedy!

We're not gonna have any more of these deals with…Iran, where…we give them a hundred and fifty billion dollars…; a hundred and fifty billion dollars…! We should have never given it! And we should have had our prisoners back years ago; before the…negotiation started. You don't start the negotiation unless they give us back our prisoners…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. You don't start it! You don't even think about it.

I tell that story all the time because it's amazing. You go in, right? They have our prisoners. They actually had three, then they're four…; and by the way, it's gonna set a wave of kidnapping like you've never seen before. You watch…-THE CROWD CONSENTS. People see that deal…and putting that deal together, with the other, it's gonna set a way…; if they would have done it my way, you wouldn't have had… have done it my way, you wouldn't have had…;

You walk in, they're gonna say, “let’s start”.
We're gonna say, “we have to have our prisoners back”.
They're gonna say, “no". You walk out. Why didn't they walk out? You walk out; you double up the sanctions…; they will call you within 48 hours, as sure as you're standing here…sorry, [I] couldn’t get you seats, there are too many people…-MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CROWD. There are people outside still trying to get in.

They will call you…as sure as you're standing here, and they'll say, you've got your prisoners. Okay.  Now you've got your prisoners. Okay, now you get the prisoners. Now you go in and say, “listen, there’s one other minor item. We can't give you back the 150 billion”.

“What do you mean!? What do you mean!?”…-MR. TRUMP IMITATES THE IRANIAN NEGOTIATORS. You know, the persons are great negotiators. But we have…we have guys that are better.

"We can't give you back the hundred…;”. We wanna get the prisoners back first. This is what we should have done! Now we would have had our prisoners back; and we…didn’t make any deals…; we’ve got our prisoners back. You say….now…150 billion…can't give it. We’re a…we’re a debtor nation. We're bust. We've got 19 trillion in debt… “we can't give you the money back!”. 

You know, you wanna take the lumps out. My father always used to say, ’yeah, take the lumps out; take the lumps out; make it nice’.

So instead of saying, "no, we're not giving it to you!”, “we’ve got…a hundred and fifty billion….; we don't have the money!”.

We owe 19 trillion! Now with a stupid budget deal they just made…[would] you believe that deal that deal two weeks ago? Now we're at 21…billion, cause that's gonna cut…a trillion! So now we're at 21 trillion dollars…trillion! Trillion dollars! So we say to him, 'we can't do it…; we have...19 trillion’, we’re gonna be 21 trillion…and they're gonna be angry. And so what you do is you leave the room and that's the end of that. And they'll call you back! You double up the sanctions, and they'll call you back, and you start.

Now, you don't have to give them back the money! Because what they made in that deal is so...24-hour inspection periods…; what they did is so incredible…! We could have had…a great deal. I like the idea of deals! I think deals are good! I mean, one of the problems with Ted Cruz is everybody problems with Ted Cruz is everybody hates him. I mean, such a nasty guy! Everybody hates him, he can't talk! Think of it. Not one United States Senator has endorsed him. Not one! And Senator Grassley, yesterday, was with me…! ...and Grassley introduced us, I mean…what a wonderful he is by the way. Senator Grassley, you have a...PEOPLE CHEERS ANMD APPLAUDS. He's a great guy. 

But think of it. This is something wrong...when you deal with people in a daily basis, and not one person endorses you. There's something missing there. I mean, there's something bad. And with me, remember this: he hit me first…during the debate! No matter what I did…! No matter what…I could have done anything. He was backing me up, right? I said, ‘this guy seems like a nice guy’. More than anybody else!
Carson, actually, backed me up very nicely; and he was a good guy too, Carson. Ben Carson, nice guy. Nice guy. And a couple of them…I…I mean, honestly, I like a number of them...that are running.

But with Cruz, he was so positive…! Everything was great. I did the Muslim…great; ...because somebody has to do it! Somebody has to say what's going on! I mean, we have radical Islamic terror going on all over place! All over the world! And we have a president that won't say it! He won’t even talk about it!

So I did that, he was fine with that…; a lot of people weren’t. And now they are. [Have] you noticed the way? Now they say, ‘well, you know Trump does have a point’….TRUMP IMPERSONATES COMMENTORS. Well, I think so. I have a point. When planes fly into the World Trade; and into the Pentagon; and wherever the third plane was going…; when people are shooting their friends, in, California…; when they're shooting their friends…-A PROTESTER INTERRUPTS THE RALLY AND MR TRUMP ADRRESSES IT. THE CROWD CHANTS ‘TRUMP’ REPEATEDLY. ‘Bye! Bye! Goodbye! Goodbye!’ -THE CROWD STARTS CHANTING ‘U.S.A!’

Oh, he wasn't wearing one of those hats! Was he!? Was he was he wearing one of those? thats i't. And he never will! -CROWD LAUGHS. And he never will! And he never will: And that's okay but,  you know, we gotta do something folks, cause it’s not working. And all over world, they're talking about it. And people...frankly, I have friends that areMuslims and they call me up. Not all of Muslims and they call me up, not all of Muslims and they call me up, not all of them, but some of them! But some of them! And they say, " you're doing a great service, because there's tremendous hatred”. And we have to get to the bottom of what's going on! When you have people that go…these two that got married, these two young people that got married. They were radicalized. And they go in, to people that gave them wedding receptions! ...and gave them parties! ...when they were getting…; and then you shoot them. You kill them. You kill them! And then you have in Paris...where you...and then you have in Paris where you lose a hundred and thirty people that don't have guns! 

And by the way, we're gonna protect the Second Amendment if I'm president. That I can tell you….-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. That I can tell you.

You know, if in Paris, the toughest gun laws in the world, in Paris. The toughest they say in the world. Who knows? But the toughest. In France, the toughest gun laws in the world! ...as a country; you can't have a gun! And yet the bad guys can always have a gun, right? So if I had...and I'll pick out some people. “You, with a white hat, right?”…-MR. TRUMP POINTS AT PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY. “If I picked out...you, you! Right there, with the sign”. “You!”. “If I picked out you!”. If I picked out a few people out of this audience, and I could pick out almost anybody…; if you had a gun, and the bullets were firing the other way in Paris, or in California or...remember the military officers? …the five that were killed? the military? officers that were killed…? on a gun-free zone on a military base. That’s gonna end the first day. No more...-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No more.

But...if there were some people in there with guns, you wouldn't had 130 killed. There would have been a much, much smaller…; and you know what? They wouldn't have been looking for the guy dirty hat, believe me. They wouldn't have been looking for him for long. They wouldn't have been…; and you know, the other thing, the press. And they have been good about this, cause they're  [a] very dishonest group of people. The guy with the dirty hat. They called him “the mastermind”, right,? “The mastermind!”. And for two days, they're looking from him, they call him “the mastermind…!”.  “The mastermind," what did he do? He sent people into a different couple of places in Paris, right? He said, "shoot everybody that you can”. What do they get, what's going on? This is the "the mastermind”.

So the press said, “the mastermind, does…ehm…we think we have him under control. We think we found him, we don't know! He's a brilliant man…!”…-MR. TRUMP IMPERSONATES THE PRESS. They don’t even know who the hell he is! …-CROWD LAUGHS AND APPLAUDS. And then you see him, he’s…; and I called him…! …right from the beginning, “the guy with the dirty had”; probably got a very low IQ. He is a…he's a moron. He's a fricking, moron! Okay? And the press…-THE CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. No, the press is calling…; and then they wonder…; they call him "the mastermind”, and then they wonder why our youth is being radicalized. What’s happening with the youth? And they're wondering…; you know, they're using the internet better than we use it. And our guys invented it! Right? Because they're hearing, “oh, dad, “the mastermind”, he is a “mastermind”. He's a moron! He's a dirty rotten moron! And we killed him fortunately. And the cops in France, they did a great job; and the cops in California…they did an amazing job….; I mean our police…I’ll tell you what: the most mistreated people, practically, in this country…; two groups: our police and our veterans…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Remember that.

I mean, I looked at what they went through in California, with all the shooting going on, and all this stuff, and I’ll tell you what, they did a hell of a job. Same thing honestly, in France. The…the police are...tremendous people and you - the police are tremendous people and you the police are tremendous people. And you know what, if you have that 1/100 of 1%, where…a horrible thing happens or where a mistake happens, or where a guy chokes and he does something he does something he shouldn’t; or where he's a bad…policeman! That can happen too! That’s...huge story all over the world. All over! They play it up...; but they don't talk about all the good things. We wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for the police. So I…I…tell you…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Yeah, give them a hand. Give them a hand.

I've had so many endorsements from police all over the country. The police and I. I just respect them a lot. I mean, they go through a lot. And I mean, they're - they go through a lot. And I mean, they're - they go through a lot. And I mean, they're afraid, every time…; nowadays, every time,…they're afraid to talk to anybody! They'll talk to somebody…if they're a little bit rough…they end up losing their pension, their job…! I mean, it’s terrible what's going on with our police. People are afraid to call them! People call the police! I mean, literally, I’ve had policemen that are tough, tough cookies, where they're literally afraid to be a little bit rough with people that are really bad people, because they're afraid they're gonna end up getting…brought before commissions and…lose their So we gotta…we gotta cherish our police officers. It's very important. Very important…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

So...so the one guy, Bush, spends a hundred million dollars. He's down here…-MR. TRUMP SHOWS WITH HIS HAND. And…I said to myself, “why do I talk [about him]”…and the only reason I mention him is because…you get angry at it. But here's the story: if we could do what we've done…; I’ve spent nothing, practically. I mean, the biggest expense is my airplane and I own it! I have to pay myself! Do you believe it!? …-CROWD LAUGHS. It's true! I have to pay myself because I own my airplane! So I paid myself. So at least I have an expense. But, you know, you find the market value of the plane, you pay yourself…; the whole thing is ridiculous…-CROWD CHEERS. But…but I spent very little money. But I'm going to. For two reasons. Number one, I feel guilty. It’s gonna be up to about 40 million. I spent…peanuts. Ehm…I feel guilty. And number two, I don't wanna take a chance. I don't wanna be a wise guy. Because, "oh, I'm gonna win without spending”…I'm willing to spend whatever the hell it takes! I'm gonna spend! I don't wanna be a wise man! …-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

But…but one…line…that I hate getting rid of. It's so cool to say that you've spent the least...I've spent less than anybody…just about; you've spent the least, and you’re…by far, number one, right? It’s so cool…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. It's so cool.

And I don't really have to spend. A lot of people say, “why [are] you doing it? You don't have to”. You know, I get so much of the…they call earned media. Earned; meaning they’ll have you on…stage…television. Because I get good ratings; it's very simple, right?

You know, Face the Nation, the show, very good show. John Dickerson. Face the Nation, last night, announced…; and by the way, I gotta be straight; look at all those cameras…-MR. TRUMP POINTS TO THE CAMERAS AT THE BACK. [Do] you think if I was wrong on this, do you think I'd be… headlines, “Trump said this time…”; okay. Face the Nation put out a release last week. You know Face the Nation, right? Big show. Big show! CBS. They put out a release last week. I did a…show [a] couple of weeks ago…ehm…from…Florida, where I'm leading 48 to very low numbers, okay? I'm very…I love Florida. We're gonna win Florida. We're gonna win a lot of states that nobody ever thought about winning for the Republicans. I'll tell you what…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

But...Face the Nation put out a release last week that they had…their interview with Donald Trump, long interview, from Florida; that it was the highest-rated show they've had in...15 or 16 years since the...fall of the World Trade Center. Highest rated show! That gives you power! That gives you power! …-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

And…when you look at the debates, I mean…ehm…FOX said 24 million. CNN had 23. CNN said it’s the largest show they've ever had. In the history of CNN! Now they cover wars…; and they cover big events….The biggest ratings they've ever had was the debate! Now, I know they're not watching Jeb! And I know, you know, he's a low energy person…-CROWD LAUGHS. I know they’re…not watching Ted [Cruz]. He's a wonderful guy. But…they're not watching Ted! I know…I don't wanna insult the rest of them. I mean, I get along with people. I wanna be nice. I don't want them call me, “why did you say that about me!?”. So I'm not gonna say all the other people that are up on the stage. But if you look at four years ago, and eight years ago, and sixteen, that used to be like a throwaway. Nobody even wanted to broadcast the debates. They had to do it as part of their licensing! They didn't even wanted to put them on!

Now it's like they can't get enough! The debates are coming up! The big debates! I meant, it is crazy! I won't take credit for it, but every magazine, they call them “The Trump debates”. Variety, all these…they do it; “The Trump debate last night”. It’s sort of crazy, right!? …-CROWD APPLAUDS. But it gives us ,not me, it gives us some power!; because we are...the silent majority that's turned to be the noisy majority. We’re the noisy majority…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And it gives us power.

And by the way, the same thing with Meet the Press! Chuck Todd, he's the nice guy. They were down in toilet, with the ratings! And then I…agreed to do a show, finally; cuz he started treating me with respect. And I agreed to do a show. He went through the roof! They had millions of people watching! They all said, "what happened!?”. And he's gonna go in and get a raise now, probably…-CROWD LAUGHS. And George Stephanopoulos! We do his show, he...it goes through the roof. So it…gives us…; and CNN, by the way; good guy there! And it went…; you know, when they get good ratings…it gives…us…power.

Now, they don't actually care about the poll numbers. I care more about the poll numbers. But I have to tell you. When…I see those ratings, it makes me feel good, because that means that people are listening…to our…point of view. That's what it means…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. That’s what it means.

So...so what's happened is…an ad was put out by Ted Cruz. And it was so false. And it's about eminent domain. And they make eminent domain…; most people don't even know what eminent domain is. You know, eminent domain. That's where…government takes property...for a full payment! They pay you! They don't just take it! They call it a “taking”. It's called “a taking”. But, it's a taking, but you got paid a fortune. Frankly, more than you'd ever get, because you're dealing with politicians. And…politicians…as we have learned over the last 25 years, they pay too much, right?

So…if you're building a road; if you're building a highway; because let's say you have a community...like this. And look at all the people. And you need roads; and you need highways; and you need schools; and you need hospitals. And you may have somebody that has a little farm…and the corner of their farm makes it impossible to build…let’s say a school; or let's say…a hospital; or let's say you can't build a highway because…the farmer says, “I do not wanna sell under any circumstance”. You have a highway coming, except you have a problem: you can't get the land, right? It's called eminent domain. So what they do is they'll take that sliver, and they'll pay you...a fortune. They say it's fair market value, but it's really more than that if you're smart, okay?

So they have this thing about Donald Trump and eminent domain. And that I had something to do with it. You know, there's an economic development project, where I would have loved to have used the eminent domain. Ultimately, I didn't use it; they said in the end that I did. They said I ripped down this house from an old woman. [It] never happened! I didn't go forward with it. If I did, we would have had thousands of jobs; it would have been a big hotel and all that stuff. But I didn't go forward. It never happened. But they show me ripping down…; they have some scene of bulldozers ripping down a house. It's just all false stuff! 

But let me tell you about eminent domain. All of these conservative people…the National Review as you know is a dying magazine. Does anybody here read it? Nobody! …-CROWD DENIES. So they do this…I mean, it's dying.The thing’s dead. It’s a doornail. It's gonna be close…; I bet it's closed in...a fairly short period of time. And it's a shame…!; …but what they did is they have a couple of guys at the lead; and they took people in, and they wrote, and they got some publicity; and it's probably the best thing that's happened to me, cause my poll numbers just went through the roof. Cause nobody respects these people! These were the people…-CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY-…these were the people...that said, very strongly, "Trump will never run”.
“If he does run…it’s not gonna happen. Don't even talk about it”.
So that I ran. Then they said, "he'll never sign Form A”, which is a form where you basically sign your life away. You know, it takes guts to run for president! I wanna…I never did this stuff before!  …-CROWD CHEERS. So they…I signed Form A.
Then they said, “well, he'll never put in his financials; because his financials…maybe he's not as Rich, as everyone thinks and he doesn't wanna his image. Well, it turned out my…I'm much richer than anybody ever knew! …-CROWD LAUGHS. I mean, I put in these financials...almost a hundred pages…; ...almost a hundred pages of financials, right? And...they were great! A big...great jobs; Doral in Miami, and…Turnberry in Scotland, where they play the British Open. And...so many different…; so many different things. All the stuff in Manhattan….And it turned out to be great. Low debt, tremendous cash flow, some of the best assets in the world. And the only reason I tell you that, is because…and it's not…as a braggadocious; …although if I didn't run, I probably would have put it too, because I wanted people to see it.

But these guys went down, they said, “oh, this is bad news”. I mean, not only…; and I put them in where I didn't ask for extensions. When I put it in, they all said, “well, he'll ask for an extension”, cause you're entitled to many, many extensions. And some of the politicians…who filed like one or two page report…they asked for extensions! Okay!? So I didn't ask for extensions...and people couldn't believe it!

The only reason I tell you is that's the kind of thinking our country needs…to make us great again, and rich again, and strong again, and solvent…and all of these things! …-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

I mean…we have...as an example, with China…we have political hacks! They’re political hacks…that are negotiating; and we have a trade deficit with China of 305…well, actually, it used to be. It’s now actually, I heard just this morning, it’s...more accurate number: five…; listen to this: five…hundred…and five...billion dollars, we have a trade and five billion dollars. We have a trade and five billion dollars. We have a trade deficit! Five hundred and five million.

And then Obama says, "our partner, China”. I love China! I know everybody! These…people come to me; they buy my apartments.... The biggest bank in the world is from China. They are a tenant in one of my buildings in Manhattan. I mean, I do great with China! I own a big building in San Francisco, along with a group, that’s a great group. And...we own the Bank of America building in San Francisco. Nobody even knows that. I own another one, 1290 Avenue of the Americas…through China…where I win! I mean, I had wins…! That’s how I got them. I beat them! I beat China! But…I have wins! ...-CROWD CHEERS. We’re gonna have wins! We don't win! Our country does it win anymore!

So…I tell you that only because that's the kind of thinking we have, because we have people that are real stiffs. We have people that should never be doing what they're doing. [They] should never!

So I look at this stuff, and I see what's happening...and I look at Ted, and I say, “wait a minute”. I put in this report…. And…all of these people, that for The National Review, they were all saying I wasn't gonna run…; I wasn’t gonna file…; I’d never file financials…; you know. And by the way, when I filed my financials? It looked like Grand Central Terminal…in front of the…Federal Elections Commission…with reporters. Oh, they were gonna get me! They were gonna get…;

So what did they get instead!? Ted Cruz with a couple of pages…! ...he forgot to say that…Goldman Sachs gave him money! He forgot to say that Citibank gave him money! Okay? Because he's a man of the people. He's Robin Hood, right? He's this great man of the people! Even though  nobody likes him. Even though no senators endorsed him. Even though all of this…; and he's a nasty guy. He's a man of the people. He's gonna help...people. Well, he doesn't wanna know that he borrowed from Goldman Sachs, because let me tell you: Goldman Sachs has him! Citibank has him ! Okay? He's gonna come out with rulings that are negative for Goldman Sachs? And he's got personal guarantees with Goldman Sachs? I don't think so. So he said, “oh”, he didn't know. “I didn’t know”. [The] guy’s two banks. He gots two loans. Now, he may have more than that, but let's assume he has two banks, two loans…; how do you not put that on your personal disclosure form? How do you not put it? It's impossible! Smart guy…! So you know that you've got banks and you didn't put them. He didn't put them…because he didn't want you people to know...that Goldman Sachs, that he owes money to them, and that he’s got guarantees to Goldman Sachs. And then he’s got loans at...way below interest. He’s got very low interest rate loans! [They are] called favorite nation loans. They're very favorable rates, in other words, they're like…peanuts words.

So when Goldman Sachs goes to your Senator, in Texas, in the case of the te…people from Texas…, and they say, ‘we gotta have this, we gotta have that”…he’s gonna do it! The nice part about me, I'm not taking anybody's money! I'm not taking anybody's name…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

The other problem…with Ted is that…as you know, and has come out very strongly, Lawrence Tribe, great lawyer, great constitutional lawyer from Harvard…said this is an unsettled matter. He's  [a] great constitutional lawyer. Other lawyers have since come out saying he can't run for president. He can’t! I don't know…! What...maybe he can, maybe he…can't? I don’t know! He should go into court and seek a declaratory judgment. Because the people voting…for Ted…; for Ted Cruz, those people, I think there's a real chance people he's not allowed to run for president. I know this: he can run for Prime Minister of Canada. He was born on Canadian land…-THE CROWD LAUGHS-… it's true! People actually laugh. It's actually true! He qualifies. Cause he was born on Canadian soil, right? He was born in Canada...and then he said another beauty.

So…he was a citizen of Canada…until fifteen months ago. Did you know that? Does anyone know that? He's a citizen of Canada. So…he's adjoint with the United States. So he's a citizen of Canada, and...they said, "you know, you're a Nice State Senator; you're citizen of Canada…somebody found out. These reporters, they ultimately find out everything, whether we like him or not, right?  Much of its false stuff, but this happens to be true. He's a citizen of Canada. And they said, “you're a citizen of Canada”
“Oh, I didn't know!”

So he just said, the other day, they said, “how could it be that you were citizen of Canada?”.
He said…he didn't know about it. Okay. So he didn't know he was a citizen of Canada…; and there are advantages to being a citizen of different places…you understand that! So he didn't know he was a citizen of Canada…; and he didn't know he had loans out to Goldman Sachs…; and he didn't know out it wasn't known that…; I mean come on, folks. Look, are we babies? Are we babies? …-CROWD YELLS ‘NO’!

So we're gonna find out what happens. We're gonna find out…; and then he makes a false statement about me, that I'm ripping down some woman's house, that I ultimately said, "forget about it, it’s not working…”. And by the way, I saved a fortune! Because it was in Atlantic City. I left Atlantic like eight, nine years ago. Atlantic City like eight, nine years ago, Atlantic City like eight, nine years ago, Atlantic City's totally collapsed! I made a great deal. The smart people give me an A vision. I left! I mean, think of it, I would have built this tower…and Atlantic city…; I mean, so the woman did me a big favor by…you know, not wanting to sell. But I never ripped down her house! And she was perfectly fine! I never ripped down our house! They showed tractors ripping down a house . That's really…you know, it's false stuff…okay? It's not nice. He should actually give me an apology. Do you think he'll apologize? I don’t know…-CROWD YELLS ‘NO’! But he should! He should give me an apology! He said I ripped down her house. They showed a tractor ripping down something. It's not her house, because I didn't rip it down!

But they show this big…beautiful...could be a John Deere, but I think it was a Caterpillar. That was…-CROWD LAUGHS-...that was before, right? That was before Komatsu started doing all the business because Japan has so devalued the Yen that it's very hard for Caterpillar and John Deere. And by the way, speaking of  John Deere, we love John Deere. I buy millions and millions of dollars worth of probably…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Millions!

So…so Ted has a problem. And…I, you know, I don't know what the problem is, but I can say that the polls that came out this morning, there's been a tremendous…uhm…turn: 12 points, 14 points…of…a…swing. And…we’re way up, and he…went way down. So we'll see what he went way down. So we'll see what he went way down. So we'll see what happens! Look, ultimately, you gotta go out, you gotta caucus. Who knows what's gonna happen? If you don't go out…we're not gonna make this…country great, that I can tell you. If you don't go out and do it….

Then you have these people at National Review, okay? I’ll talk about that for a second. Cause it's gotten a lot of publicity. It's a failing magazine…; got no influence whatsoever….; and you have one guy, Brent Bozell, he's up in my office! I don't even know the guy! He's up in my office asking for money. [For] something to do with advertising or something…;
“Money! I want money”. A while ago. "I want money”.
I said, “what is this guy?”. He’s asking for money.“Who is this guy?”. So he's up asking me for money, right? So…I think I might have given him a check for his charitable contribution, something…this is a long time before I was thinking about doing this. And I gave him…money. Then he calls again and wants more money!
And I said, “hey look, you know, you could be rich, but what the hell do we have to give money to people…?”; I'd rather keep it, or give it to charity or do something with it, right? So Brent Bozell. The...next time I hear his name, “I'm writing a piece about Donald Trump and what a bad…”. I guarantee you, folks. If I gave him more money…I’d…you know, you end up giving it for the rest of your life. But if I gave him more money, he would have been…fine. He wouldn't have written the piece.

But…then you have...what’s his name? Glenn Beck. Glenn Beck…-CROWD BOOS. He’s…how about Glenn Beck!? Always crying. Every time I see him, tears.You know why he's crying? Cause FOX fired him, okay? …-CROWD LAUGHS-...and now he's got a loser going him, okay? And now he's got a loser going on; the things that…a total loser. But in all fairness, I don't blame him. He asked for an interview. A lot of times. I've been really busy…; and don't forget! Until I did this I was really…sort of…not thinking about this…; and maybe I was gonna do it, maybe…; so I didn't give him an interview, only because I was busy. Not because of any other reason. I didn't give him an interview, and I probably would have acted the same way as him. He called my people...and then all of a sudden I go to the first place…cause, you know, I've to the first place almost since the day I announced can you believe that I announced? Can you believe that? Almost since…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And probably my people. You know, when you go to first place, your people all of a sudden become geniuses, right though well sudden become geniuses, right though well sudden become geniuses, right?
“Oh, wow, well, we wouldn't give him an interview”. They're probably giving him on our time. 

Anyway, I never gave him an interview. I should have given him an interview, and I didn't do it. So I didn't give Glenn Beck an interview, that he has for many, many, many times. [He] called me up. [He] said his father is in the hospital; his father…he was sick and not well; and…in the hospital…and…I don't know how that worked out, I hope it worked out okay, but he's telling me about that.
I said, “I'll do your show; I’ll do your show, I promise. I'll do your show…”.

Bottom line is, probably [he] called up and we didn't do his show. He comes out against me! That’s all it is! If I did interviews with him, he wouldn't have done it. That's the way life is folks! I mean, you know, this isn't something…you don’t learn this at the Wharton School of Finance, okay? But  that's the way life is. And I don't blame him! If I called somebody, and I had a…a network, a failing Network, especially; if I had a network, and I called somebody, and they wouldn't do the interview...I wouldn’t…and…there was just no reason other than “Ugh, I got enough things to do right?”. Cause I would have done it! tIf I called somebody and they wouldn’t do it…probably, I'd be swayed to…knock the hell out of them. Why wouldn't I, right? You know….

So they came out with a stupid cover about, you know, they got 22 guys…I mean these are just two examples; I could go over others too. And some of them are…very nice people! I was actually surprised. And…I…a…a lot of them weren't even very vicious. Some of them, I actually thought they were positive articles about me. But they did this...and they're trying to sell some magazines. And…I…I don't know. He...he might sell this one. But basically, the National Review is finished. It's a dead magazine. And...they came out and they tried to do something that was good. They got some something that was good, they got some something that was good. They got some publicity. I think it probably helps me. I mean, probably it helps me.

So…here's the story. We have a very, very major...election coming up. I think it's gonna be the most important election that we've had in modern times. Our country is going to hell. We have people that are incompetent leading our country. We have people that are…frankly, you know, they’d like to say…“Trump likes to speak…”…you know, I'm an Ivy Trump likes to speak, you know, I'm an Ivy Trump likes to speak. You know, I'm an Ivy League. I went to an Ivy League college. I went to the Wharton School of Finance, which is the best business school in the world. I'm like a smart person!…-THE CROWD LAUGHS. I always say…; I always say…my uncle…; my uncle, you know, cause I do believe in the race horse theory, right? You know, the race horse theory.

But my uncle was a professor for years up at the…the…Dr. John Trump, at MIT; like…one of the most brilliant people. And…you know, like we're smart! The people in this room is smart! My people, people in this room is smart. My people are the smartest people, in my opinion. Because they get it! My people, my followers…these are the smartest people!…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. The most loyal and the smartest! The most loyal and the smartest.

But...you look at what goes on, and...we know, and we see...and they always like to say…he's plain-spoken. I don't know, is that a positive or not? You don't have to…you don't need a plain spoken person.but, think of it. When you have a word to describe your leadership in this country….what’s a better word than the word “stupid”? …-CROWD LAUGHS. There’s no better word! Now, I can come up and I can go to…to Saurus…I can go to different things…and come up with other words…; but there's just no better word! Am I right!? I used to say “incompetent”. And that's pretty good, but…stupid is better. I mean, it's better…-CROWD LAUGHS.

When you look at these deals that we make; when you look at what we do with China; when you look at what we do with Mexico…! Mexico. They're friends of mine. I employ…I employ…thousands of people over the - I employ thousands of people over the years without tens of thousands of people over the years! Thousands…! Tens of thousands of Hispanics! And in Nevada, I'm leading! The poll just came…I'm leading in Nevada with Hispanics. And I said I'm gonna win with Hispanics! …-CROWD CHEERS. And I'm gonna win with African-americans too. I'm getting great numbers with African-americans because…I'm gonna get jobs for people! I'm taking our jobs back! What has Obama done for African Americans? They're in, relatively speaking, the worst shape they've ever been in! You look at kids, they…they have 58 percent unemployment. You look at people that are 35, 45, 50…in their prime, their unemployment's through the roof!

So Obama's done nothing! I mean, with him it’s all talk! He's like your typical politician! All talk, no action. I mean…just a bad guy. I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what. I thought Obama would be a ta great cheerleader at a minimum for this country. I thought at least he'd be a cheerleader. Guess what: he’s been a horrible cheerleader for our country. He's been a divider! He's been a divider! Our country is divided! And it’s divided very, very badly…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

And we have to bring it back. And if we don't bring it back, we're gonna have a problem. But we’re gonna bring it back. I’m gonna bring it back! People don't know this about me. I'm a cheerleader too. And I'm somebody that does unify. Everyone thinks, “oh, he's very divisive; he's very divisive!”.

A woman came up to me yesterday, we had…I did two speeches yesterday. Packed houses. Different parts of Iow. And a woman...beautiful, wonderful…woman walks up to me. She goes, “Mr. Trump, all my friends wanna vote for you, but they’re a little bit concerned that…if you're president, will you still speak so tough?”. 
I say, “no, it's different!”.

Well, yeah, probably…
He says, “you bet, you [do]”…-MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD,
“I hope so”…-CROWD LAUGHS. But there is a little truth…; hey, there's a little truth to that too! Do we wanna ease up!? …-CROWD YELLS ‘NO’!

But…I say, “it’s different!”. I'm running, originally, against 17 people. So four or five are down. Now we have a big group that’s gonna be down the tubes. Despite all the money….; can you imagine all the money they spent and they’re down the tubes…

But, you know, it’s…it’s sort of interesting. I said to her, "well, what do you mean?”.
She said, “the only thing they have against you, is they think your rhetoric is very tough”
I said, “well, I have to be tough”. I have these guys coming…; they’re lying! They come in all sides! You saw that debate? Boom! Trump! Trump! Hit Trump! But we came out. Did Trump win the debate, by the way? Did Trump win? We did…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We did! Okay.

I said, so “I have to be, because I'm dealing with all these people and then I'm gonna have to deal against Hillary, if she doesn't go to jail…-CROWD LAUGHS-…or I'm gonna have to deal against Bernie. Or somebody. Or if Bloomberg, if [he] comes in, which would be great. I'd love to have him come in cause I love the competition, frankly. I mean, it would be great if Bloomberg…; I'd love Bloomberg to come in.

So, I’m dealing with all these people…and, I have to be a little bit tough, and have to be quick, because I don't have enough time to be so nice! Right? But if I'm president I would have a little bit of a different demeanor. But…don't worry, the demeanor would be a little bit...different, but...don't worry, it'll be the same attitude! You understand that! Okay? We're not gonna change. Okay?…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

No, he was worried…-MR. TRUMP POITS AT THE PREVIOUS PERSON IN THE CROWD WHO PARTICIPATED. He said, “please, don't change”. Don't worry, but I'll be a little bit softer. I…maybe…the attitude will be tougher, but the words will be softer. You know, I tell people! I’m like…you know, it's real easy. I can be so politically correct…I've been! I go to Palm Beach! I own the great place in Palm Beach. We have the Great Society people in Palm Beach. They always want me sitting next to them, for a lot of reasons, right? And I sit next to ladies…“hey, Donald, it's so beautiful to have you with us. It’s so beautiful…”…-CROWD LAUGHS.
And I talk to them, “you look so lovely tonight”.

See, now in modern day society, you're not allowed to say that about a woman, right? You can't say that. But I've never had anybody complain! But...they are...very up in the air, and they're very nice people! And there is a lot of money for charity…; and I'm so politically correct! In fact, they leave,  they say, “I can't believe it, how sophisticated Donald is!”…-CROWD LAUGHS. I can do it any different way!

The problem we have is…our country has a problem! I don't have time to be politically correct. Does that make sense? We don't have time! …-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. We don’t have time! It takes a lot of time! It takes…a lot…; it takes a lot of time.

So what I began this journey, coming down the escalator, I look down at the HM; it looked like the Academy Awards. There were so many…I mean, even look today. Look…look back there. Look at all these guys look!  Look at them! Who has that? On a Sunday morning…; here we are in Iowa…Sunday morning…no, look at…look…-CROWD CHEERS-…look…unbelievable.

Now, I'll tell you what's gonna happen. Watch. There's one section that for structural reasons, they couldn't have people up there, right? Okay? Watch. Every…look, every single seat is packed; people are outside standing…all…; but for structural reasons, it’s under repair. So there's one section where they couldn't have it. They’ll probably have one wise guy show that one section…-CROWD LAUGHS. MR TRUMP GOES ON TO IMPERSONATE REPORTERS-… “well, not that many people attended…”. What sleazes! Sleazes! They are disgusting! 

Well, that's why I liked our protestor! You know, our protestor. Because they have to show up there. They’ll say, “wow, that's a lot of people”.
I tell the story, my wife always says, "were there many people there?”.
I say, “didn't you watch?”. Yeah, because it's on all live; it's on CNN, it's on all of them, right? “Didn't you watch?”.
And…she said, "Donald, they never leave your face”…-CROWD LAUGHS.
“They never leave you…it's like a tight shot. They never leave your face!”
I said, "I don't like that! Did they show…?”. We were in Lowell, Massachusetts, a stadium. We were in Oral Roberts University; Great, beautiful basketball stadium. The place had 12, 13 thousand people in it; we had to send their way five or seven thousand people! Right? They never once showed the stadium!

My wife says, "were there many people there?”.
I said, "didn't they show it?”
“No”
I said, “really?”.
She said, “I could tell by the sound. There had to be a lot…”. You know cause it sounds like a ‘prrrr !’. It's not like, you know, when you have 200 people…; it’s like this… ‘prrrr!’.
She said, “I could tell there were a lot of people, but they never showed…”. It’s...it's terrible…-CROWD STARTS CHANTING “TRUMP!” REPEATEDLY.

So if you see the section that's being under repair, and you see these sleaze-bags over there showing a...-CROWD LAUGHS-…remember what I said; they are the worst. They are so dishonest. But you people get it.

I wanted just…by the way, I wanted…backtrack, cause there's one thing I wanna say about…conservatives. You know, like…like I watch some of these guys go: “Donald Trump is not a true conservative. Jeb Bush. Here’s Jeb Bush: “Donald Trump is not a true conservative”…-MR. TRUMP IMPERSONATES AND MOCKS MR. JEB BUSH. THE CROWD LAUGHS. You know, he’s a low energy person. This guy's gonna get you nothing done. But…he spent a hundred million dollars!

But...here's what happens: one of the things they say is eminent domain. And I talked about eminent domain. All conservatives want the Keystone pipeline, is that right? All. I want it! ...-CROWD CHEERS. I wanna make it better deal! By the way, here's my deal: they all want it. They want it.  So…it’s...so Obama either approves it, doesn’t…he didn’t. Hillary said, “no good”. You know why Hillary is with Obama on so many things? Why? Why? …-CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. Because she doesn't wanna go to jail! …-CROWD LAUGHS. The man in the front row, he gets it! “And you haven't been at one of my…deals…were you? were you here?”…-MR TRUMP ADDRESSES A MAN IN THE CROWD. he gets it! Huh? Oh, he was at number six.

But you know what? She doesn't wanna take him on! So she's saying things...and she will for…til the end! She's saying things that we...she would never see! So she's against the Keystone pipeline,. So everyone, all the Conservatives are for it. But here's the difference…; I’m for it too, by the way,  I'm totally for it, all right? Because what the hell difference does it make?…-CROWD APPLAUDS. It’s a lot of jobs…I don't like…frankly, I'm not in love with the idea of taking  Canadian oil and so…you know, what the hell? I like…I love Canada by the way. Look, you know who's gonna approve that deal fast? Ted Cruz, he’s from Canada! He's from Canada! Oh, I never thought of that! It’s the first! Ted Cruz would approve the Keystone pipeline because it benefits Canada! Great! He could be the only guy; he’ll run for president, then he'll run for Prime Minister of Canada…-CROWD LAUGHS. So anyway…

But here's with the Keystone pipeline. Without…eminent domain…; you know, these guys are all saying, you know, I take it… “Donald Trump is against eminent domain…”. Yeah, I wanna have a highway built. I wanna have a road built. I wanna have a hospital. But you know what can’t be built? The Keystone pipeline. No pipeline could be built. Because it goes thousands of miles…; it goes from Canada down to Texas, right? And…it goes through farmland, and it goes through a person's house…; but, without this…; and you know, when you look under the Keystone pipeline, they have a whole section dedicated…to…eminent domain. What it means; how we're gonna use it…judiciously and all…. Now they take it, they say I'm not a conservative because of eminent domain. I'm not in love with eminent domain, but you need it if…or you’re not gonna have roads, and you're not gonna a country! Okay!?

So I say, the Keystone pipeline could not be done…could not be done…without eminent domain. [It] probably could go 20 feet! You gotta use it! And here's what happens: they condemn…; they take the property…; they pay you a fortune. There are people that make a living…of buying eminent domain rights. Because they're supposed to pay you fair market value. But you're negotiating with the government, so unless you're stupid, you get much more than it's worth, right? …-CROWD LAUGHS. So you make a fortune with eminent domain!

So if you listen to them, they talked about it the other day: "Donald Trump believes in the taking of property!”. Well, they forgot to say you get a fortune for it. Okay? This [is] a minor thing.

So these are dishonest...these are really dishonest people. So…eminent domain, Keystone pipeline. But here's the difference in business…while we're on Keystone pipeline. Here's the difference: the conservatives…and all the Republicans, they want…the…it approved. So you have the Democrats that say “No!”.

Well, a lot of the Democrats think it should be approved, by the way. You know that. But you have a group that says “No!”; or you have a group that says “Yes!”. Here’s what I say: “yes”. But I also say…-CROWD APPLAUDS…no, but I'm not finished. I also say this for the country: I wanna take for the United States some of the profits. Why should we let them build this massive pipeline…using our power of eminent domain, go through all these farms, and through farmland, and through cities…or wherever the hell they're going…? …[they/you] have to use eminent domain…; I want 25 percent of the deal for the United States. They are gonna make a fortune…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. They are gonna make a fortune. 

So when they do this pipeline, it’s gonna be a very profitable thing. And it’s really Canada oil coming down, so you know, it’s not…I wanna…I like Canada, I want these people to be happy. But…I want the developers of the pipeline to give the United States a big, big chunk of the profits, or even ownership rights. Like…I do in business! That's what I do! That's what I do! 

So you won't hear that. Now, here's what's gonna happen tomorrow…. So simple, right? But these people never think, and you've never heard of it. It's like when I say, “take the oil”. Nobody else said, “take the oil”. Now everyone says, “take the oil”. Right? I said in Iraq, "take the oil!”. Nobody else said it. Now they're all saying it.

So with the Keystone pipeline…I want a big piece of the deal. Otherwise we’re not gonna approve it. They will give us a lot! I don't wanna be…you know, I don't wanna be too greedy! But if I'm greedy, I'm greedy for the country! I wanna be greedy for the country! So when they do the Keystone pipeline, I wanted it approved, I want all those jobs. I like…a lot of oil flow; cause right now we're low. But you know, I remember what OPEC would do for us for years. We don't wanna ever be in that position again. But I want a piece of the deal. Doesn't that make sense? And you're not gonna hear that from anyone else! …-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.
So tomorrow you're gonna have all these bloodsuckers saying, "I have an idea! I want a piece of the deal for the United [States]!”. They wouldn't know where to begin! They wouldn't know.

You know,  Carl Icahn, the great businessman, endorsed me. Many, many businessman wanna endorse…; even the ones that don't like me wanna endorse me, cause they say, "he's the one…that gets it”. We have corporate inversions going on right now, where companies are leaving the United States. You know, they used to leave Iowa and they go…some other place. Some of them went to Mexico, in all fairness. A lot of them. Newton. Newton, Iowa. But they used to leave Iowa, they'd leave New Hampshire, they'd leave different places, they’d leave New York, and they’d go to Florida.

Now they leave our place, and they leave New Jersey and they’re going to Ireland. Pfizer…is gonna move to Ireland! Thousands and thousands of jobs…because they can't bring their money back into the country, and because the taxes are too high. My tax plan is an amazing plan. Uhm…it’s…it's just…like an amazing…it’s gonna make us so dynamic…-CROWD APPLAUDS. Larry Kudlow dynamic. Larry Kudlow dynamic. Larry Kudlow said it's a phenomenal plan. So many other people said it's a phenomenal plan. So many other people said it’s a phenomenal plan. But, it’s gonna lower taxes for corporations; it’s gonna lower taxes for business; it's gonna get rid of a lot of rules…; …regulations; which is...coming out soon…; because we’re being…; I know it's farmers! People that have farms…are telling me stories that are disaster! They can't even take care of their farms anymore…; it’s so bad with the environmental impact stuff! …-CROWD APPLAUDS TIMIDLY.

So…we're gonna get it back; and we’re gonna bring it back; and we're gonna go back to sanity. And we're gonna do things that are incredible. We're gonna do things are incredible. We're gonna do things that are incredible in this country. Okay? But my tax plan…; you know, we're now the highest…taxed…nation…in the world. And we're gonna bring it, so that we're one of the lowest. It's gonna be, actually, one of the lowest and we’re gonna become a dynamic force again…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

Now, all of that money, it's at least two and a half trillion dollars, that's sitting offshore. And this is interesting. The Democrats want it brought back in. It's good. It's money that was made outside of the country. They can't get it back in. And if they got it back in, they'd spend it here! But they can’t! Because it's so restrictive.

First of all, they can't do it bureaucratically. They can’t get it back in! So all of that money, two and a half trillion, but I think it's much more than that…; the government has no idea. They have no idea  what it is. Just like they have no idea how many illegals are in this country. They have no clue. Just like they have no idea what was on the Obamacare website that cost five billion dollars. These people have no idea…; that still doesn't work, by the way. So all of that money that's offshore, the Democrats want it, and the Republicans want it. This has been going on for three and a half years. They can't get together and they all agree! Because they have no leader. Every Democrat wants it, every Republican…; what’s not to want? We want money brought back into the country. They can't get it done! The reason they can't get it done? No leadership.

You know, it's one thing if they're opposed. Somebody wants Obamacare; somebody doesn’t…; they have a long jam…that's different. Here's something…here's something…where…they want…the money to come in…for years…! …and they can't get it done. There's total…gridlock…total gridlock in Washington. And a guy like Ted Cruz can never get it done! Because he's like…; I mean, it's never gonna happen. It's never gonna happen! You need somebody that can wheel and deal and  get things done! …and we go back to a system where we don't need executive…the executive orders! All Obama does now…is sign executive orders! …-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. “We want this…?”, he can’t get it: boom, executive order. And he'll be out on a golf course, in two, three, four, five years, and the court will start getting these executive orders. And he'll say…what he’s saying is, “look, I don't it if works or not. Here's an executive order. In five years, don’t wory, I'll be playing golf, what the hell difference does it make?”.

We want people…remember Ronald Regan and Tip O’Neill? …-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS-…the country was running good…; they got along…; and you got Congress…; I mean, he's doing an executive Congress. I mean, he's doing an executive Congress. I mean, he's doing an executive order on the Second Amendment, essentially. How terrible is that!? We can't do that stuff!

So here's the story: I started…I was talking about trade. I was talking about China. I was talking about Japan! …millions of cars pouring in; we give them practically nothing; so unfair. I was talking about Mexico. They beat us in trade, they beat us at the border; people are flowing through…;drugs are coming across…; pouring across…; anchor babies, which I was right about…; the fact that somebody has a baby who's an illegal on our land doesn’t mean we have to take care of that baby for the next 90, by the way, I'm right. I'm right…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And we don't need a constitutional amendment. I was right. The greatest lawyers, some of the greatest lawyers in the world, actually said, “Trump was right”.

But all of these things I talked about. Then you had Paris. And you had Los Angeles. And you had…various other things happen. And…you had…different…tragedies happen. And then CNN does'po, who's best on the economy?”. Trump by a factor of many times. I mean, like…in the 60s and 70s, which we sort of understand that. I’ll be the greatest jobs president that God ever created. Believe me. Believe me…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

So the economy. But then they started because of what happened in Paris, and what happened in California. The…the…then they started talking about, “who's best on security for the country?”. Trump. “Who’s best on the military?”. Trump. Who's best on ISIS?”. Trump. By a lot! Not by like little! …—CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. And...the narrative started changing. I was talking about all the different things, trade, and…and here's what I say, folks. Trust me. The trades is gonna be great. We're gonna bring back jobs. We're gonna make good deals, not bad deals. I'm gonna use the greatest business people in the world. I know many of them; most of them. I know the good ones. I know the bad ones. I know the ones that are overrated. I know people that you never heard of that are better than all of them. I have the greatest business people in the world. They all wanna do it! To them it's sport! They love the country…some of them. Some of them don't care. These are tough people. Some of them will move a company out of the United States if they can save 2 dollars.

But I know the great negotiators! And we're gonna now have negotiators in the world; negotiating  against Japan, and Mexico, and China, and Vietnam…; and all of these countries that are absolutely…killing us! What China has done to us…is perhaps the greatest theft in the history of world. We have rebuilt China! What they've done to us…; they’ve taken so much money out of this country…; and we owe them 1.7 trillion dollars. Can you believe it!? They kill us, and we owe them money! Japan! …we owe them 1.5 trillion dollars.

So here's the story. We're gonna take care of that. But now it's going on to…; we’re gonna knock the hell out of ISIS. We're gonna knock the hell…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Remember, I am the…most…militaristic…people…person…the most! I am the…most…militaristic…person. We’re I gonna build our military strong and powerful…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. But…I hope we never have to…it’s very important! I don't wanna use it!

And you know, some people say, “well, Trump is very tough, and he might be very quick on the trigger”.

Quick on the trigger? All these weak people wanna use our military. I'm the one that said, "don't go into Iraq!”. And I said it in 2003-2004. Because you're gonna destabilize the Middle East! I'm the sane one in the Middle East. Okay?But…! I wanna have the strongest military. I wanna make it bigger, and better, and stronger…and technologically…nobody can compete. Because I don't wanna to have to use it! …-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLADUS.

And…going along with that…I get a lot of Vets [Veterans] up here. We're gonna take care of our Vets.We're gonna take care of our Vets…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. Our Vets are not being treated right. We have illegal immigrants that are being treated better than our Vets. They're not being treated right. They're gonna be treated, right. They’re our greatest people, they’re gonna be treated right.

So look, in closing, I just wanna say this: it's been wonderful. You can read all the Time Magazine cover stories you want. In my opinion, if we don't win…we all wasted a lot of time. You've gotta…February 1st, you gotta go caucus. You gotta go caucus. Otherwise, we’re gonna something…it’s… it's amazing.

Here's what they're saying. They're saying, “if Trump wins Iowa”…so they’re giving you a lot of…power there; “if Trump wins Iowa, he's gonna run the table”, meaning he's gonna win almost everything…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. If I don't win Iowa…and honestly, anything is possible. If I don't win Iowa, I have to go to New Hampshire, where I have a massive lead; like a 20-point lead. A big lead. Incredible people in…in New Hampshire. Incredible people there too. If I don't win, I’m gonna go…; and I think we're gonna win anyway! I think we're gonna win, because New Hampshire is strong. South Carolina is through the roof. We have a 28-point lead or something there. We have a huge lead in Nevada. The SCC, I’m doing great. Georgia has been amazing. I told you about Florida, 48%.

So…but…if…I can win Iowa, I'm telling you, we're gonna run the table! And it's gonna be important. And I honestly think…; first of all, I want you to do what's right: I want you to go for the person you…; but I honestly believe…I honestly believe, it’s very important, because you have not had very a winner in so long! You're gonna have a winner. I give you my word. You're gonna winner. We're gonna make our country so good…-THE CROWD STARTS CHANTING “TRUMP” REPEATEDLY. Love you. I love you. Love you.

We're gonna make our…-SOMEBODY FROM THE CROWD YELLS SOMETHING INAUDIBLE. MR. TRUMP ADDRESSES THEY-…thank you, and I love you too. I love you too. I do.

We're gonna make our country strong again. We're gonna make country smart again. People are gonna respect us again. They don't respect us now. When you see ten…young…sailors, sitting in a boat, on the hands and knees…with their hands up in the air…and they're in a begging position…; and you have thugs with guns to their head, making them say whatever they wanna say…; and the only reason we got them back…is that…they happen to be smart, the Iranians. They got, two days later, one hundred and fifty billion dollars. So, if you didn't have that, those sailors would be there…until about…uhm…February 1st of next year. They would have been back here long before that. That I can tell you. Okay? That I can tell you…-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS.

But…but I thought that was a very humiliating…does everyone agree with…? Was that humiliating for us? …-CROWD YELLS ‘YEAH!’. Believe me! If the hundred and fifty billion dollars wasn't coming, two days later, those people would be over there for years to come if you had a normal president.

So here's the story: We're gonna win again. We're gonna win a lot. We’re gonna make our country great again. We're gonna be very proud of these days. But you have to go out! You have to caucus!The more of a mandate we could win by…; and I don't wanna come in second…I’m saying it there…-MR. TRUMP POINTS AT THE CAMERAS IN THE BACK. If I come in second, every word I say up here is gonna be played all night long. “Oh, Trump was humiliated". Okay. I don't care. They can say whatever they want. I wanna come in first. We need a mandate. We wanna take our country back. We wanna be the smart country again. We wanna do things that we never did before. We can be stronger and better than ever before. So, what I'm asking you: February 1st, go caucus, stay there, get that thing done, and we are gonna have a lot of years. Okay? …-CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS. I love you all! I love you all! Thank you!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you very much!

