The 27 most outlandish lines from Donald Trump's interview for his new book
Buckle up!
On Sunday, conservative pundit Mark Levin ran an interview he had done with Donald Trump.
He humbly called it “the interview of interviews” and “an interview like you’ve never seen before.”
Ostensibly the interview was to promote Trump’s new book “Letters to Trump” which is out Tuesday. I watched the full interview — and you can too! — and pulled out the lines you need to see.
“I haven’t changed.”
Fact check: True. Trump has never sold himself as anything other than what he is: A self obsessed, relentlessly transactional creature willing to say and do whatever it takes to win. People know — and have known — what they’re getting. And away we go!
“I want borders, good elections, education, housing.
Um, ok. Trump’s policy agenda right here, folks.
“I just saw the most incredible place in the world called Mar a Lago.”
That’s Trump allegedly quoting Oprah Winfrey. Also, everyone knows Disney World in the most incredible place in the world.1
“If they like me and then they don’t like me, that doesn’t bother me.”
Oh, it bothers him.
“Record setting, record setting crowds like no one has ever seen before.”
Trump is talking specifically about an even he did in Waco, Texas at the end of March. He claimed there were 25,000 people there; Newsweek said there were not.
“The tougher they were, the better I got along with them.”
Trump is talking about his relationships with, among others, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un here. Also, the question Levin asked him? “What is your foreign policy?”
“The big powerful countries, the ones that can do destruction.”
“Do destruction.”
“Every hour you hear ‘nuclear, nuclear.’”
I must be hanging out in the wrong places.
“I don’t call it World War III, I call it the end of the world.”
Not as catchy. But you do you.
“We are in the most dangerous position we have ever been in as a nation and we have a leader that just doesn’t know what’s going on.”
This is Trump’s not-so-subtle way of suggesting that President Joe Biden is not, mentally, up to the job he currently holds. Expect to hear a LOT more of this line of attack from Trump if he winds up as the Republican nominee.
“It was the rape of America.”
Trump is referring here to bad past trade deals with China. Also, this is still part of his “answer” on what his foreign policy is. So….
“I would says it was peace through strength.”
There it is! Trump finally answers the foreign policy question!
“I think they probably didn’t figure me out.”
It’s not clear who the “they” is here but yes.
“This is the most dangerous time in the history of our country.”
Trump, obviously, wants to drive this point home — America is on the verge of utter disaster (and annihilation) and the only way to avoid it is to re-elect him.
“ I rebuilt the whole thing.”
Donald Trump on the U.S. military.
“These are stupid people we have. These are stupid people.”
Trump’s argument — as it has long been — is that he is the only one who is savvy and smart enough to get good deals for America. And that, therefore, voting for anyone else is evidence of your own stupidity.
“He was accepted into the biggest colleges.”
Trump on Richard Nixon. Yes, really.
“He had a temperament that maybe wasn’t suited for a lot of things.”
I think that is a direct quote from Nixon’s obit.
“He liked me. I was hot at the time.”
This is Trump talking about Nixon. Also, next time I tell a story, I am going to work in “I was hot at the time.”
“His biggest regret was that he didn’t fight…I find that very interesting.”
The lesson Trump took from Watergate? That Nixon should have fought harder when Republicans told him to resign. Huh.
“I had no darkness.”
I think Trump is trying to say here that he is in optimistic person.
“I was buying the best equipment in the world.”
For what? Not sure. But it is the best.
I would have said he would be president one day but the Chappaquiddick was terrible.”
“The Chappaquiddick”
John John…I think he would have been president.”
In which Donald Trump predicts that John Kennedy Jr. would have been president had he lived. (He also noted — twice — that John Jr. was “very handsome” and that he often fought with his wife.)
“I’ve had thousands and thousands of letters sent to me over the years.”
“Now let's talk about the mail. Can we talk about the mail please, Mac? I've been dying to talk about the mail with you all day, okay?” — Charlie
“Sir do you think you could ask Arnold Palmer to be in the commercial?”
According to Trump, he was filming a commercial when he spied the golfing great putting in the background. (It was at a golf course.) The producers of the commercial asked Trump — “sir” — if he would ask Palmer to appear in the commercial. On the spot, Palmer said yes — and did it for free. Did I mention the commercial’s producers called Trump “sir”?
“He’s gotten a certain athleticism.”
Trump on Bill Clinton. Remarkable. (Also, if you read my new book, you will find out that Bill Clinton was not a terribly good athlete.). Yeah, this feels like a good place to end.
Except possibly Ron DeSantis
Chris, as always, love when you do these. I have listened to you on air and when reading them, I “hear” your voice saying them. There are so many WTF moments...
I love these too, but I have to say that the footnotes at the end of the email are getting really annoying in having to scroll back and forth. How about just using a different typeface for these asides?