where to begin. i love polls when i m winning. i don t believe the polls anymore. i don t believe them. it is a rigged system. they put out phony polls. i don t like being second. second is terrible, to me. that s right. he loved the polls when he was up, hated the polls when he was down and now donald trump feels it turns up exactly the same, it appears, about leaks. happy to tout them when they help. this just came out, wikileaks, i love wikileaks. another one came in today, this wikileaks is look a treasure trove. i will tell you this, russia, if you re listening, i hope you re able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. but then just as happy to trash and discount them when they don t help him. i think it is very, very unfair what has happened to general flynn, the way he was treated and the documents and papers that were illegally, i stress that, illegally, leaked.
launching a twitter assault saying, people ask why do you tweet and retweet to millions about jeb bush when he is so low in the polls? because of his big dollar hit ads on me. those ads starting to irritate trump. it bothers me when i see a guy spending, you know, $60 million on ads against me, a lot of it, right? reporter: for his part the gop front-runner is looking ahead to 2016 with a little expectations management. i m setting myself up. because they ll show these words, if i come in second by two points, they ll say, oh, this was a terrible defeat. it s not terrible reporter: a sharp shift from just a month ago. i don t like being second. second is terrible, to me. reporter: trump vowing to start spending millions a week to ensure victory. start spending a lot of money because i don t want to take any chances. reporter: and reminding voters he doesn t take kindly to losing. if i don t win, i will consider this, and i mean this, a total and complete waste of
trump. it bothers me seeing a guy spend $60 million on ads against me a lot of it, right? reporter: for his port, tart gop front runner looking to 2016. they will show these words, if i come in second by two points they will say oh, this was a terrible defeat. not terrible. reporter: a sharp shift from just a month ago. i don t like being second. second is terrible to me. reporter: trump vowing to start spending millions a week to ensure victory. we re going to start spending a lot of money because i don t want to take chances. reporter: and reminding losers he doesn t take kindly to losing. if i lose i ll consider this a total and complete waste of time. so over the next couple weeks, we ll get a sense where donald trump says what he means. right now political operatives on the ground in the early states say there is no sign of this huge advertising blitz that donald trump says is coming.
i m not running and the benghazi testimony, hillary clinton s favorability among democrats is going off the charts, and it s helping her in iowa, without a doubt. incredible numbers. john, thanks very much. thank you. well, back to the republican side. in addition to touching on the poll numbers, donald trump spoke briefly tonight about ben carson. will you get the numbers up, iowa, please? this is ridiculous! i mean, what is my competition? in all fairness, in all fairness, what is my competition? do you think these guys i m not going to say carson. i m not going to say rubio, who really is way down. i mean, i am second. it s not like terrible. but i don t like being second. second is terrible, to me. but do you think that ben is going to go to china? want to get some immediate reaction now from the carson camp. joining us is radio host and carson business manager armstrong williams. mr. williams, great to have you on again. i want to you about trump s
carson topping donald trump for the first time. take a look at this. 26 % of republican primary voters support carson in a poll giving him a slight edge over trump who sits at 22%. now, donald trump is on the campaign trail in iowa tuesday for the first time since his fall in the polls. and in typical trump fashion, he let everyone know how he feels about being number two. will you get the numbers up, iowa, please? this is ridiculous? i mean, what is my competition? in all fairness, what is my competition? do you think these guys i m not going to say carson. i m not going to say rubio who really is way down. i mean, i am second. it s not like terrible. but i don t like being second. second is terrible, to me. he doesn t like it, and in recent interviews, donald trump