Cal interviewed Donald Trump on Monday for a piece which will be published on Thursday.
Here are some of Trump’s quotes
On Obama
President Obama has been an unbelievable divider of this country, whether it’s rich and poor; white and black. One thing I had hoped Obama would be is a good cheerleader for the country. He’s really brought the opposite in spirit to the country. He’s been a very negative force. I think you see this when you see the tremendous division in the country. When you see Baltimore, when you see Ferguson and St. Louis. As far as the country is concerned we have tremendous potential, but we’re not using it. I get the biggest rallies by far, much bigger than Bernie, much bigger than anybody else. And the people are phenomenal. You know my theme is ‘make America great again’ and I think it can be greater than ever before. But oif we have four years of Hillary I don’t know if we can ever come back.
On Why Hillary Clinton would be bad for US security
She’s the one who raised her hand for the war in Iraq and I’m the one who has been fighting it. I’ve been against it from the beginning. Because I said it was going to destabilize the Middle East which it has and on top of everything Iran is taking over Iraq. Lots of bad things are happening, I’m the one who didn’t want to go into Iraq. (Hillary Clinton) is the one who has a terrible temperament. Number one she’s weak. Number two she has a hair trigger and it’s just the opposite with me. I have a string temperament but our country needs a string temperament. You have people chopping off heads of Christians and others. Not since Medieval times has anyone seen anything like this. I couldn’t have built the great companies I’ve built if I didn’t have a strong temperament. And she’s got a weak temperament. She’s a weak person. I think she would make a horrible president.
On his early days in the Oval Office
My first [move] would be to get rid of a lot of the executive orders, especially on the border where President Obama wants people to pour through like we’re Swiss cheese. I would countermand those orders. Our country must have borders. Second, I would immediately start working o the military. We have to build up our depleted military. And I would start working on repealing and replacing Obamacare.
On reiligion, God and Jesus
DT: As you know I am Presbyterian and Protestant. I’ve had great relationships and developed even greater relationships with ministers. We have tremendous support from the clergy. I think I will be doing very well during the election with evangelicals and with Christians. In the Middle East – and this is prior to the migration – you had almost no chance of coming into the United States. Christians from Syria, of which there were many, many of their heads were chopped ff. If you were a Muslim from Syria it was one of the easiest places to come in (to the U.S.). I thought that was deplorable. I’m going to treat my religion, which is Christian, with great respect and care.
CT: Who do you say Jesus is?
DT: Jesus to me is somebody I can think about for security and confidence. Somebody I can revere in terms of bravery and in terms of courage and because I consider the Christian religion so important somebody I can totally rely on in my own mind.-30-
