What was the last thing you apologized for?
It was too many years ago to remember. I have one of the great memories of all time, but it was too long ago.
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Do you regret the Rosie O'Donnell "pig" answer [in response to Megyn Kelly]?
No. Rosie actually saved me because that was a rough question. So Rosie, finally you saved me. Because the room went wild. Between the laughing and the applause — it really stopped the rest of the question, which was just a continuation of "kill." That was a question that could have ruined my whole evening.
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Rupert Murdoch has made a lot of money off of you. You've probably been on the New York Post cover more than anyone. But he tweeted you're "embarrassing," and one of his papers said you were a "catastrophe." What's your relationship now?
I don't know. We have been friendly. I wouldn't say friends, but we've been friendly. But he had some very evil tweets, and now they've been nice lately. I don't understand it, just like I don't understand how Roger could have allowed that first [debate] question to be asked. So I have really no answer for it. I think he views me not as a politician but as a great businessman. I've got a net worth of more than $10 billion.
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What media do you consume?
Matt Drudge is an amazing guy. Politically, one of the legends. He's been so fair to me; he doesn't want anything for himself. Then in the morning, I read The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Post. In print — I generally like paper.
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How do you view Hillary right now?
Hillary has problems far greater than the nomination. If you look at what's going on with the emails, it's a fraud if you think about it. This looks like Watergate on steroids, frankly. Watergate was about the cover-up more than the act. This isn't something we're going to solve tomorrow. This could go on for years. You can't have a nominee who is under investigation. What are they going to do, run and then two nights before the presidential race she gets indicted? General Petraeus, for doing 5 percent of what she did, his life has been destroyed. And it goes up to 20 years in prison. It's from one to 20 years for what she did!
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You're friends with the WWE's Vince McMahon. Critics have said your campaign is like pro wrestling — it's just theatrics.
One of the reasons I tell people about my level of intelligence — like, for instance, I had an uncle, Dr. John Trump, who was at MIT, like totally brilliant, became a professor at MIT — is when you're a Republican conservative, you have to build up your credentials a little bit.
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Whose side are you on in Deflategate — Tom Brady or Roger Goodell?
Tom Brady. Tom is an unbelievable guy. He's a very good friend of mine. I have his number right here someplace. Whatever. Here, look, he just called me. (He holds up a Post-it that says "Tom Brady's New Cell #.")
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Any TV shows you like?
I don't have much time to watch anymore. I've really been focused much more on the news shows lately, on Fox and CNN and even MSNBC, which is doing better because they're covering me all the time.
I read that yesterday over on Drudge. You have to wonder if he's being facetious. Could somebody be that narcissistic? Maybe its just part of the act.
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