Shooting today shot on live tv. Mr. Trump i havent seen it yet. I have been in the office all day. But i have been hearing about it and its just horrible. Literally on Live Television what a shame. You about yourk president ial campaign and show you some vintage footage of about two years ago. I want to show you one of the questions we asked you. What are the odds that donald trump will be the next president of the United States . I am talking i dont do this. I would say anywhere from 10 20 . K then you said 10 20 what are the odds today . Mr. Trump 21 . If i have a deal that is ready to be done, and by the way this year, if i have a deal that is going to be done and its ready to be signed, i say 50. Give us a number again straight talk. Mr. Trump lets say maybe 25 30 . Mark still pretty low. Everye president president has had to deal with raising the debt ceiling. Should republicans later this year agree to raise the debt ceiling or is it too much of a danger . Mr. Trump i would like to see them not have to do it. I think there is so much waste, scandalous waste in washington. They have people if they had people that knew how to make deals. We have trade deficits with all these countries we are rebuilding the world, china. But shortterm, maybe it is going to happen. I would not be an easy one to do it. Mark do you think it is worth playing a game of chicken with president obama . Mr. Trump i would say it is worth the fight, because honestly, there is so much fact in washington that so much fat in washington that you wouldnt miss a thing. John you agree with those republicans who say dont necessarily raise the debt ceiling, take the risk and make a compromise. Mr. Trump i do. There is a lot of fat. Attentionntly you got with comments about the hedge fund industry, that they get away with murder because they pay lower taxes. Hillary clinton has proposed that we should get rid of that interest loophole and tax benefits same rate as ordinary income. To you agree with her . Mr. Trump the answer is yes, the carried interest is a tremendous burden on the country. I have friends and enemies none of thems are going to support me and i dont want their support and Hillary Clinton has many hedge Fund Supporters in the end, i would say that the Hedge Fund People make a lot of money, they pay very little tax. I want the middle class to be thriving again. We are losing our middleclass. I would change it, i would simplify it. John you want to tax carried interest as ordinary . Mr. Trump i would take it out, and let people making hundreds of millions of dollars pay some tax, because right now they are paying very little tax. I want to lower taxes for the middle class. I want to lower taxes for people making a lot of money that need incentives. John that would also affect people and limited real estate partnerships of which you are in a fair number. You like to raise taxes on yourself . Mr. Trump thats right. Im ok with it. Youve seen my statements i do very well and i dont mind paying tax. The middle class built this country, not the hedge fund guys. People and hedge funds who pay almost nothing and it is ridiculous. Thing res another there has been a discussion this week, a story in the new yorker that talks about your appeal. Extent ofabout the which people who are white supremacist groups support you. Time, the former grand dragon of the ku klux klan came out and said he supported you. My first question is why do people like that like donald trump . And have you feel about that endorsement . Mr. Trump i dont know the answer to the first, but i certainly wouldnt want his endorsement. I dont need anybodys endorsement. Would refute him i dont know anything about him. Hedy told me yesterday endorsed me and i dont think it was an endorsement, he said i was the best of the candidates. Mark if you read the story, organized white supremacist groups talking about you, about why they like you so much would that trouble you at all . Mr. Trump honestly i would have to read the story. A lot of people like me. In the polls it just came out in New Hampshire where i am at 35 people like me across the board. The democrats like me, liberals like me, conservatives like me. Mark this is only a small subset, but hearing that doesnt make you worry that there is something in your message striking accord with the wrong people . Mr. Trump i hope there is not but i havent read the story. John the next debate is coming up and one of the things he said was that you got the hardest questions. I want to ask you a question asked of a different candidate. This was asked of governor kasich. If you had a son or daughter or grandchild who was gay or was he in, how would you explain to then your opposition . How would you speak to a child or grandchild who was gay . Mr. Trump well, its the way it is. I wednesday to them at all about it other than they are who they are. I want them to be happy and i will love them mark your personal opposition to samesex marriage they want to get married but you dont want to be legal. Mr. Trump i thought governor was good you has gone to gay weddings, i have been to gay weddings, i have been against from the standpoint of the bible, from the standpoint of my teachings going to sunday school and church, and i have been opposed to it. We will just see how it all comes out. But if i was ever in that position i would just have to explain it. John you mentioned the bible and he talked about how it was your Favorite Book. Some people are surprised. I am wondering what one or two of your most favorite bible verses are . Mr. Trump i would want to get into it because its very personal. No, i john one that you think about or cite . Even to cite averse . Mark Old Testament guy . Mr. Trump probably equal i think it the whole bible is incredible. My second Favorite Book of all time. I think the bible is something very special. Mark have you ever read the koran . What is your view of that as a piece of important World History . Mr. Trump well, it is certainly a piece of World History, and lots of things are happening, but it is not something that i have a lot of interest in. I would like to find out whats happening and why there is such hatred. You look at whats going on in the world, and its wonderful to say, hey, lets look at norway, at sweden, but you look at whats happening with the koran, it is a pretty scary thing. John scott walker said there are a handful of moderate muslims now attracted to the war on jihadist ideology. Do you agree . Mr. Trump im sure he knew exactly what he meant define it . Mark im not sure what he meant, either. There are a handful of moderate muslims do you agree . Mr. Trump i think you have more than a handful of moderate muslims but you certainly have a problem with muslims. I think you probably spoke he says he misspoke. I think he misspoke. Did he corrected statement . Mark you later tried to. Mr. Trump there are certain problems. Mark do you believe that Lee Harvey Oswald mr. Trump i believe he acted alone, yes. Mark no Conspiracy Theory . Mr. Trump no. In my opinion, he acted alone. Mark my second historical question between Clarence Thomas and anita hill, who do you believe . Really have a lot of respect i like Clarence Thomas a lot, and i will go with him. His decisions, in terms of conservative decisions, he is probably about the best there is on the Supreme Court. Mark he said just respects Clarence Thomas, i dont know anita harris. I have met Clarence Thomas on a number of occasions that i thought he was terrific. He is a terrific person, so what do i know . Its a question that divided the company for a period of time. Mr. Trump i think his decisions have been terrific decisions. John a couple more historical things you were a democrat, and now you are a republican do you recall who supported in 1992 . Mr. Trump i liked i actually liked ross perot a lot. I thought he was great. I think he went a little bit off the deep end unfortunately, but i thought he was great had he not existed, you arent talking about i dont know. I think i probably voted for bush. I respected perot. I think he really had something. I think he probably wouldve had a number substantially better. John so you dont remember which of those three . Mr. Trump i do remember. I dont like to talk about it. I voted for bush. Mark 2004 versus the other bush who did you support . Mr. Trump bush. Mark why . Mr. Trump i was hoping he would do a good job. Choose bushd you over gore . Mr. Trump i became more and more conservative. Who wasnt . But bush was someone i was very disappointed in. In 2003 i said iraq is a mistake. I would have a very, very powerful, strong military. Nobody would mess with us. But to do in iraq was a terrible mistake in my opinion. The way we got i was another mistake also. We should have kept the oil. But i was very disappointed with him. John mr. Trump, you will stay right here. We have two more questions there is more where that came from. We will be back after this word from our sponsors. Mark we are back with donald trump in trump tower thanks for hosting us. Earlier today, jeb bush, someone ,ou have been talking about yo , talked about you and immigration. Mr. Bush do it as a conservative, for crying out loud. I dont think we should spend hundreds of billions of dollars with an impractical solution. This guy is not a front runner. He should be held to account, just like me. He should be asked as he was yesterday how will you pay for it . Explain how you will stop all the remittances without violating civil liberties. Go through these questions and this guy doesnt have a plan. One thing you have been saying is that he is lowenergy and he seemed lowenergy . Mr. Trump no, he seemed a little more dynamic but you cant force that, and it was a little bit forced. How will you pay for it . We are spending 130 billion right now on illegal immigration. We are spending a fortune on not only the crime and the problems, but a minimum of 130 billion. Mark one thing that happens in campaigns is candidates try to get under each others skin. Does Something Like back in under your skin . Mr. Trump no, not at all. It is one of the things. I an not a politician, havent been a politician. He is a person and i guess he is trying very hard. He is a lowenergy person by nature, and its ok, theres nothing wrong with that. I know some wonderful lowenergy people, the nicest people i know. But that doesnt mean they will be good at negotiating with china, bringing back jobs and money. Japan, everybody else. You look at the iran deal will he make a better deal than barack obama . I doubt it. Mark is even most likely republican nominee besides you . Mr. Trump i dont know he is way down in the polls and i am surprised. I have been hitting him because he seems like an establishment guy. The last thing we need is another bush. I was not happy with the last one. Read my lips, i wasnt happy with that. It was a big problem. That was his father, a lovely man, but the last thing we need is another bush. I would say that maybe if you want to ask me that question two or three weeks ago i would have said maybe he would be the most likely one, but im not sure. Aere are a group of them, group that seems to be forming. So far they are way behind. John jeb bush recommended you read his book. Mr. Trump i do think so. I have other things to do that are much more important. John he got tangled in this question about anchor babies what do you think he got wrong . Mr. Trump i read the New York Times editorial today. He took hispanics and suddenly changed hispanics and mexicans with asians, and now the Asian Community is furious and they are really angry. I have seen protests by what he said. He thought he would get out of that by talking about asians and that was terrible. John that is not a phrase you have any hesitance using. Mr. Trump no. No. Sayingally signed a memo do not use anchor baby. He said dont use anchor baby, dont use the phrase. Then he uses it. He uses that because im using it and i think he has to want to epub with it. To keep up with it. Mark with you consider have as a running mate . Mr. Trump i do want to talk about running mates right now. I am looking good and i want to keep looking good. Mark lets talk about the Supreme Court that is a big responsibility of the Supreme Court. Is there someone you have in mind, a current or past justice who would be a model . Mr. Trump you know, Justice Roberts coming out with that horrible decision on obamacare, which was a disaster. He should have ended obamacare. Gait, but he is not at all i would say very smart, great levels of intelligence, great temperament. Temperament is very important. Believe it or not, i have a good temperament. Or you wouldnt be in places like this. Mark you talked about carl icahn. Is there someone out there today who says isnt on the court but who you would consider . Mr. Trump i dont want to mention names i think it is inappropriate at this stage, so early. I have a sister who was on the court of appeals and she is fantastic. I think she would be phenomenal one of the best but we will have to rule that out. But she is very smart and very good person. By the way, you mentioned carl icahn i just spoke to him, and he said such a big problem corporate immersion. 2. 5 trillion that can come in and whats happening is companies are leaving this country. That used to be you leave new york for florida, new jersey for texas, it used to be state to state now it is country to country. We have countries with thousands of thousands of jobs, leaving this country. Mark what is the trump proposal . Mr. Trump let them running in,on let the money come tax it at a lower rate. This is money that could be spent in this country. Part of the problem with politics is that democrats and republicans, two years i have been hearing about this, they always agree and they still havent gotten it done. Companies are leading this country to go outside and get their money. They are taking the money and we are losing thousands and thousands of jobs, and it is getting worse. There are so many Big Companies looking to go outside and get the money. John you expressed a lot of concern about the chinese currency devaluation. If the currency is the value, th is devalued, the price of goods goes down. Mr. Trump we are making our own profit. John are you against lower profit . Mark what i am against mr. Trump what i am against is japan is doing the big devaluation now. It is impossible for companies to compete. China,look at in north they sell cars, millions and millions of cars to this country. You look at the imbalance between what we give them and what they give us, taxfree here, very hard to get in. When we sell them beef, they dont even want it. Mark you announced for president just over two months ago is it seem longer . Mr. Trump it seems longer but it has gone faster. Mark what has been a single highlight and low light . I. Trump the low light was attacked for the words illegal immigration and it has turned out to also be the highlight. Now people are saying you know, he was right. You had that horrible story with kate, so many people were so badly hurt whats happened is incredible. I think it may have been the word rapist. Mr. Trump that is true, too. Just the other day in california a 66yearold raped her, killed her, sodomized her, tortured her. You have that, too. We can be babies and say it doesnt exist tremendous crime coming in. I think i have done a great service. Mark thank you for hosting us today. We will be right back after this. Mark well, that was really something. Minutes, a lot of time, a lot of questions and answers. We will chew over them to the extent we can. John as we mentioned earlier, today we took an exclusive tour of Trumps Campaign headquarters in trump tower with some of the senior staff. Watch that on bloombergpolitics. Com. Lets talk about this interview highlights, lights, go. Mark is it interesting things about tax policy, interesting things about jeb bush, interesting things about oswald acting alone, and some of the things he said about david duke were kind of interesting as well. John he is just below the son relentless on an jeb bush. Hammered him on the anchor baby thing. Mark tomorrow on the program, more of our First Exclusive behind the scenes look at the headquarters here, in some ways like typical headquarters come in some ways not. Until tomorrow, thanks for watching. Hear from trump tower, sayo nara. England, moved to england at the age of 23. Ever since her arrival she has been wowing the art world with her ever so slightly outside looking in skewed perspective of life in india. Her paintings, photographs, sculptures, and installations challenge social to abuse. The studio for me is like a bit of a kitchen. The way i approach my work is very fluid. I start some projects because i want to play with materials. 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