Donald Trump and
Mike Pence sat down with CBS's Lesley Stahl on Sunday night --
the
duo's first joint interview since the real estate mogul officially named the
Indiana governor as his running mate on Friday. The interview, which
aired on "60 Minutes," was a Trump tour de force. Also, Pence was
there.
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LESLEY STAHL: First of all, Governor Pence,
congratulations.
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: Thank you.
LESLEY
STAHL: This is probably come as -- a huge, life-changing moment for you.
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: It has. It's -- very, very humbling and I couldn’t be more honored
to have the opportunity to run with, and serve with, the next president of the
United States.
LESLEY
STAHL: Before we actually talk about the politics, you know, there've been so
many -- major world events very recently, in the last week. I don't know if you
can remember the last time we have seen a world this much in chaos. You even
said, "It's spinning apart." Are you ready for this world that we are
facing today?
DONALD
TRUMP: We're both ready. I've no doubt. We need toughness. We need strength.
Obama's weak, Hillary's weak. And part of it is that; a big part of it. We need
law and order. We need strong borders.
LESLEY
STAHL: But all reactions to what's been going on -- aren't muscular. For
example, look what happened in Turkey. There was a military coup in a
democratic country; a NATO ally. How would you respond to that?
DONALD
TRUMP: Well, as a president, I'm going to be -- you know, they've been an ally
and I stay with our allies. They have been an ally. But that was a quick coup.
I was actually surprised to see how well it was handled. And you know who
really handled it? The people. So, I mean, we can say what we want, but the
people handled it. When they surrounded the army tanks -- And without the
people, you would've never had it. The military would've taken over.
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: But I truly do believe that the larger issue here is declining
American power in the world. I truly do believe that history teaches that
weakness arouses evil and whether it be the horrific attack in France, the
inspired attacks here in the United States, the instability in Turkey that led
to a coup. I think that is all a result of a foreign policy of Hillary Clinton
and Barack Obama that has led from behind and that has sent -- an -- an
inexact, unclear message about American resolve. One of the reasons why I said
yes in a heartbeat to run with this man, is because he embodies American
strength, and I know that he will provide that kind of broad-shouldered
American strength on the global stage as well.
LESLEY STAHL: Let's -- let's talk about what happened in Nice,
horrendous carnage, horrible, of innocents.
DONALD
TRUMP: Horrible.
LESLEY
STAHL: Horrible. You said you would declare war against ISIS. What exactly do
you have --
DONALD
TRUMP: It is war. By the way, it is war.
LESLEY
STAHL: No, but does that -- when you say, "Declare war," do you want
to send American troops in there? Is that what you mean?
DONALD
TRUMP: Look, we have people that hate us. We have people that want to wipe us
out; we're going to declare war against ISIS. We have to wipe out ISIS. These
are people that --
LESLEY
STAHL: With troops on the ground?
DONALD TRUMP:
I am going to have very few troops on the ground. We're going to have
unbelievable intelligence, which we need; which, right now, we don't have. We
don't have the people over there. We are going to use --
LESLEY
STAHL: You want to send Americans --
DONALD
TRUMP: Excuse me -- and we're going to have surrounding states and, very
importantly, get NATO involved because we support NATO far more than we should,
frankly, because you have a a lot of countries that aren't doing what they're
supposed to be doing. And we have to wipe out ISIS. And speaking of Turkey,
Turkey is an ally. Turkey can do it by themselves. But they have to be
incentivized. For whatever reason, they're not. So we have no choice.
LESLEY
STAHL: But I still don't know if you're going to send troops over --
DONALD
TRUMP: Very little. I'm going to --
LESLEY
STAHL: But declare war --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- get neighboring states and I'm going to get -- we are going to get
NATO; we're going to wipe 'em out. We're going to --
LESLEY
STAHL: But declare war?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: Lesley --
LESLEY
STAHL: What does that mean --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: This is -- this is the kind -- this is the kind of leadership that
America needs and it --
LESLEY
STAHL: But what --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: and it begins with deciding to destroy the enemies of our freedom.
LESLEY
STAHL: How?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: And how we do that? I have every confidence. You -- you remember I
served on the Foreign Affairs Committee. And I'm very confident that when
Donald Trump becomes president of the United States, he'll give a directive to
our military commanders, bring together other nations, and we will use the
enormous resources of the United States to destroy that enemy
DONALD TRUMP: Now look, we are going to get rid of ISIS, big
league. And we're going to get rid of 'em fast. And we're going to use
surrounding states. We're going to use NATO, probably. And we're going to
declare war. It is war. When the World Trade Center comes tumbling down, with
thousands of people being killed, people are still -- I have friends that are
still --
(OVERTALK
– suffering the effects)
LESLEY
STAHL: But we did go to war, if you remember. We went to Iraq.
DONALD
TRUMP: Yeah, you went to Iraq, but that was handled so badly. And that was a
war -- by the way, that was a war that we shouldn't have entered because Iraq
did not knock down — excuse me
(OVERTALK)
LESLEY
STAHL: Your running mate --
(OVERTALK)
DONALD
TRUMP: Iraq did not --
(OVERTALK)
LESLEY
STAHL: voted for it
DONALD
TRUMP: I don't care.
LESLEY
STAHL: What do you mean you don't care that he voted for?
DONALD
TRUMP: It's a long time ago. And he voted that way and they were also misled. A
lot of information was given to people
(OVERTALK)
LESLEY
STAHL: But you’ve harped on this.
DONALD
TRUMP: But I was against the war in Iraq from the beginning
LESLEY
STAHL: Yeah, but you’ve used that vote -- of Hillary's that was the same as --
Governor Pence
(OVERTALK)
LESLEY
STAHL: -- as the example of her bad judgment.
(OVERTALK)
DONALD
TRUMP: Many people have, and frankly, I'm one of the few that was right on
Iraq.
LESLEY
STAHL: Yeah, but what about he -- (OVERTALK)?
DONALD
TRUMP: He's entitled to make a mistake every once in a (LAUGH) while.
LESLEY
STAHL: But she's not? Okay, come on --
(OVERTALK)
DONALD
TRUMP: But she's not --
LESLEY
STAHL: She's not?
DONALD
TRUMP: No. She’s not.
LESLEY
STAHL: Got it.
LESLEY
STAHL: I have to move on or we're never going to find out why he chose you.
(LAUGHTER) Why did you pick him? You had other candidates--
(OVERTALK)
DONALD
TRUMP: Okay, I did. I had a a lot of people that wanted it; a lot more people
than anybody --
(OVERTALK)
LESLEY
STAHL: That came to you and begged you for it?
DONALD
TRUMP: That called me and came to me and wanted it badly. And you know, the
press didn't report that. The press said, "Well, maybe he's having hard
time picking --"
LESLEY STAHL: Well, what about the governor? Did he want it like
that?
DONALD
TRUMP: I actually brought it up to him.
LESLEY
STAHL: Okay.
DONALD
TRUMP: I got to know him during the -- when I was in Indiana during the
primaries, and I did very well in Indiana, like I did just about everywhere
else in all fairness. But -- (LAUGH) I got to know him very well and I gained
great respect for him. And I looked at the numbers, meaning the financials,
which we would say in business.
But I
looked at the numbers. Unemployment? What a great job he did. Jobs? What a
great job he did. Triple-A rating on his bonds.
LESLEY
STAHL: -- but you went to him and said --
DONALD
TRUMP: I did --
(OVERTALK)
LESLEY
STAHL: Would you want to be considered --
DONALD
TRUMP: I broached it
LESLEY
STAHL: He didn’t --
LESLEY
STAHL: And then he said, "I -- I really want it." So why did you pick
him?
DONALD
TRUMP: I would say that he thought about it a little bit. And about two seconds
later, he called me, (LAUGH) with his incredible wife, and said --
(OVERTALK)
LESLEY
STAHL: That I'd like to be -- but wha t--
(OVERTALK)
DONALD
TRUMP: Like many others.
LESLEY
STAHL: How does he help you? How does he help you win in terms of groups of
people? And what is your weakness that he compensates for and so forth --
(OVERTALK)
DONALD
TRUMP: Well, I went for the quality individual rather than I'm going to win a
state, because I'm doing very well in Indiana, and I guess I'm a lot up. And I
think I'm going to win Indiana. I have a great relationship and Bobby Knight
helped me so much with Indiana. Indiana's a great place; great state.
LESLEY STAHL:
Why didn’t you pick him?
(OVERTALK)
LESLEY
STAHL: No, I'm joking -- moving on
(OVERTALK)
DONALD
TRUMP: He would've been very good. (LAUGH) But he's a terrific guy. But -- but
I really like him as an individual.
LESLEY
STAHL: So you must've considered, obviously, by the reaction to your choice, a
lot of the conservatives are very happy.
DONALD
TRUMP: Very happy.
LESLEY
STAHL: Was that part of the --
(OVERTALK)
DONALD
TRUMP: Yes, it was party unity. I'm an outsider. I am a person that used to be
establishment when I'd give them hundreds of thousands of dollars. But when I
decided to run, I became very anti-establishment because I understand the
system --
(OVERTALK)
LESLEY
STAHL: Is he establishment?
DONALD
TRUMP: -- than anybody else. He's very establishment, in many ways, and that's
not a bad thing. But I will tell you --
LESLEY
STAHL: That’s kind of interesting --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- I have seen more people that, frankly, did not like me so much, and
now they're saying, "What a great pick." You see the kind of
reaction. He -- he has helped bring the party together. I understand. Look, I
got more votes than anybody, but I also understand there's a faction --
LESLEY
STAHL: Is it already unified, do you think?
DONALD
TRUMP: I think it's very close to unified. And I will say --
LESLEY
STAHL: Just because of this pick?
DONALD
TRUMP: No. I think it's be-- I think it was much more unified than people
thought. You saw that with the recent vote where we won in a landslide. You saw
that with the big vote, the primary vote. I think it's far more unified than
the press lets on. But having Governor Mike Pence has really -- people that I
wasn't necessarily liking or getting along are loving this pick, because they
have such respect for him
LESLEY
STAHL: And that was (UNINTEL)--
DONALD
TRUMP: And the party unity is okay. You know, I think it's okay to say I picked
somebody, because I -- as one of the things. But I really believe the main
reason I picked him is the incredible job he's done. Just look at the economics
of Indiana --
LESLEY
STAHL: (UNINTEL) Indiana--
DONALD
TRUMP: -- and what's going on.
LESLEY
STAHL: But what about the chemistry between you two? You don't really know each
other that well. You’re -- at least I've read, a very low-key, very religious,
you're a brash new Yorker --
DONALD
TRUMP: Religious.
LESLEY
STAHL: Religious?
DONALD
TRUMP: Religious --
LESLEY
STAHL: Are you?
DONALD
TRUMP: yeah, religious.
LESLEY
STAHL: -- you wouldn't --
DONALD
TRUMP: Hey, I won the evangelicals. The evangelicals --
LESLEY
STAHL: That doesn't --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: You know, nobody thought --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- well, I think it means a lot. I don't think they think I'm perfect,
and they would get up and they would say, "You know, he's not
perfect," but --
LESLEY
STAHL: They’d point to the --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- they like me --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- divorces --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- but I won -- I won states with evangelicals that nobody thought I'd
even come close to --
LESLEY
STAHL: Well, that's true --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- and I won --
LESLEY
STAHL: --so you didn't (UNINTEL)--
DONALD
TRUMP: -- with landslides --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- need him for the evangelicals?
DONALD
TRUMP: I think it helps. But I don't think I needed him, no, because -- I won
with evangelicals.
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: But I think we have more in common —
LESLEY
STAHL: Yeah, tell me --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- than --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- what you think you have in common.
DONALD
TRUMP: what might be immediately obvious.
LESLEY
STAHL: Besides issues. Values and things like that.
DONALD
TRUMP: I think we will have very, very good chemistry. I feel that. And I can
feel that pretty early on. I don't think you need to be with somebody for two
years to find that out. My feeling is --
LESLEY
STAHL: Your gut feeling.
DONALD
TRUMP: I knew him during the primaries, during many trips to Indiana, I’d be
with him. I think we have a great chemistry.
LESLEY
STAHL: I want to ask you though about something you've said about negative
campaigning.
DONALD
TRUMP: Yeah.
LESLEY
STAHL: You said negative campaigning is wrong, and a campaign ought to
demonstrate the basic decency of the candidate.
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: Right.
LESLEY
STAHL: With that in mind, what do you think about -- your running mate's
campaign and the tone and the negativity of it?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: I think this is a good man who's been talking about the issues the
American people care about.
LESLEY
STAHL: But name-calling?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: In that --
LESLEY
STAHL: "Lyin' Ted?"
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- in the essay that I wrote a long time ago, I said campaigns
ought to be about something more important than just one candidate's election.
And -- and this campaign and Donald Trump's candidacy has been about the issues
the American people care about.
LESLEY
STAHL: -- but what about --
DONALD
TRUMP: Lesley, Lesley
LESLEY
STAHL: -- the negative side? He apologized for being a negative --
DONALD
TRUMP: We're different people. I understand that. I'll give you an example.
Hillary Clinton is a liar. Hillary Clinton -- that was just proven --
LESLEY
STAHL: That's --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- last week.
LESLEY
STAHL: -- that's negative --
DONALD
TRUMP: Hillary Clinton --
LESLEY
STAHL: By the way --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- you better believe it. Hillary Clinton is a crook.
LESLEY
STAHL: That's negative --
DONALD
TRUMP: I call her "Crooked Hillary." She's crooked Hillary. He won't
-- I -- I don't -- I didn't ask him to do it, but I don't think he should do it
because it's different for him.
LESLEY
STAHL: But -- he --
DONALD
TRUMP: He's not that kind of a --
LESLEY
STAHL: He probably --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- person. We're different people --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- don't you think he --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- to me she's --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- thinks that's --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- Crooked Hillary.
LESLEY
STAHL: -- wrong?
DONALD
TRUMP: I don't think he should use that term. I've never said one way or the
other. But to him, I don't think it would sound right, but he will say how
dishonest she is by going over the facts.
LESLEY
STAHL: But would you go to him -- let's say you won, you're the vice president,
your office is, I assume, down the hall, and you go in and you say, "You
know, you shouldn't be saying -- name-calling." Would you do that? Would
you go in and say, "You crossed the line, I think you should
apologize?"
<p">LESLEY
STAHL: Would you do something like that?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: Look, I --
LESLEY
STAHL: He's laughing.
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- it's probably -- it's -- it's probably --
LESLEY
STAHL: It's okay.
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- obvious to people that our styles are different. But I promise
you, our vision is exactly the same.
LESLEY
STAHL: No, but would you --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: And let me be --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- will --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- clear --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- will you answer that? Would you go in --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: Well the -- one of the things I found out about this man is he
appreciates candor. And --
LESLEY
STAHL: So you would go in --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- I -- I --
DONALD
TRUMP: I'd like him to if he thinks I was doing something wrong --
LESLEY
STAHL: Would you listen --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- just say --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- to him --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: Yeah.
LESLEY
STAHL: -- if he said you --
DONALD
TRUMP: Absolutely --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- crossed the line.
DONALD
TRUMP: -- absolutely. I might not apologize. You know, you said apologize, but
--
LESLEY
STAHL: I did say apologize.
DONALD
TRUMP: but -- I might not do that, but (LAUGHTER) -- I would absolutely want
him to come in -- if he thinks I'm doing something wrong, Mike, I would want
him to come in and say, really, you're doing, you gotta -- and that's okay. I
accept that from my consultants and my people and If Mike came in and
told me, you know, "I think you should do this or that —
LESLEY
STAHL: back off that
DONALD
TRUMP: I would listen and very likely listen to him.
LESLEY
STAHL: Do you think John McCain is not a hero because he was captured?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: I have a great deal of respect for John McCain, and --
LESLEY
STAHL: Do you think he went too far?
DONALD
TRUMP: You could say yes. I -- that's okay.
DONALD
TRUMP: that one, you could say yes, I mean, you're not — it’s fine -- hey,
look, I like John McCain. But we have to take care of our vets.
LESLEY
STAHL: No, but I want to know if --
DONALD
TRUMP: Okay, but I'm just --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- Mr. Pence would go in and --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- I’m just saying, that's --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- say to you
DONALD
TRUMP: -- why not that many people are that upset --
LESLEY
STAHL: what are you -- what did you say? You know, would you do something like
that?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: I -- I promise you that when the circumstances arise where I have a
difference on policy or on presentation, I -- I -- I have -- I can tell you in
my heart, I know -- I would have no hesitation, were I privileged to be vice
president, to walk into the president's office, close the door, and share my
heart. And I also know this good man would listen, and has -- and has the
leadership qualities to draw from the people around him.
LESLEY
STAHL: Let's talk about -- some of the issues. Because there seems to be some
daylight between you two, and we can just tick -- go quickly through these.
Immigration. Mr. Trump, you have called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering
the United States. Do you agree with that?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: I do. In fact, in Indiana we -- suspended the Syrian refugee
program in the -- in the wake of the terrorist attack. We have no higher
priority than the safety and security of the people of this country, and -- and
Donald Trump --
LESLEY
STAHL: Now --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: --i s right to --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- in December --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- articulate that view.
LESLEY
STAHL:-- in December you tweeted, and I quote you, "Calls to ban Muslims
from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional."
DONALD
TRUMP: So you call it territories. Okay? We're going to do territories.
We're going to not let people come in from Syria that nobody knows who they
are. Hillary Clinton wants 550 percent more people to come in than Obama --
LESLEY
STAHL: So you --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- who doesn't know what he's --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- so you're changing --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- so we're going to --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- your position.
DONALD
TRUMP: -- no, I -- call it whatever you want. We'll call it territories, okay?
LESLEY
STAHL: So not Muslims?
DONALD
TRUMP: You know -- the Constitution -- there's nothing like it. But it doesn't
necessarily give us the right to commit suicide, as a country, okay? And I'll
tell you this. Call it whatever you want, change territories, but there are
territories and terror states and terror nations that we're not going to allow
the people to come into our country. And we're going to have a thing called
"Extreme vetting." And if people want to come in, there's going to be
extreme vetting. We're going to have extreme vetting. They're going to come in
and we're going to know where they came from and who they are.
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: You just asked me -- if I'm comfortable with that --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- and I am. What -- what Donald --
LESLEY
STAHL: You're on the same --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: --(UNINTEL) which --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- page on that?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- clearly -- clearly this man is not a politician. He doesn't
speak like a politician --
LESLEY
STAHL: He’s done pretty well.
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- he -- he speaks from his --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- heart --
DONALD
TRUMP: Is that a good thing? I think that's a good thing.
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- he speaks from his heart. And --
LESLEY
STAHL: Well, I --
DONALD
TRUMP: Well, I -- I speak from my heart and my brain. Just so we understand
(LAUGHTER).
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: Right.
DONALD TRUMP:
This is maybe more important.
LESLEY
STAHL: -- Let's go to trade. You have voted for every trade agreement when you
were in Congress --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: I have.
LESLEY
STAHL: -- that came before you. You’re supporting the Trans-Pacific Partnership
that Mr. Trump says would rape this country. Now, are you going to be able to
go out and campaign in support of his protectionist positions?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: I support free trade, and so does Donald Trump.
LESLEY
STAHL: Not really --
DONALD
TRUMP: I do. I’m free trade, but I want to make good deals. No, no, I'm all for
free --
LESLEY
STAHL: You’ve talked
DONALD
TRUMP: -- trade. You --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- about --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- know I'm not an isolationist. A lot of people think because I want to
make good deals --
LESLEY
STAHL: You want to undo --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- these are stupid people --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- these --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- wait a minute Lesley, these are stupid people that think that. I want
to make great deals for our country. We have deals like the deal signed by Bill
Clinton, NAFTA, one of the worst things that ever happened to this country in
terms of trade, in terms of economics.
LESLEY
STAHL: What do you think about NAFTA?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: You're absolutely right. I've supported free trade throughout
my career. But --
LESLEY
STAHL: Okay.
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- the truth of the matter is NAFTA has provisions in that law that
call for it to be reviewed, that have never been -- never been -- initiated.
What -- what I hear Donald Trump saying is let's -- let's look at these trade
agreements and reconsider them and renegotiate them. And --
LESLEY
STAHL: And you're okay with --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- with regard to --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- that?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- and with regard to other trade agreements, we’ve talked about
this. I-- I really do believe when the American people elect one of the best
negotiators in the world as president of the United States, we would do well --
DONALD
TRUMP: We're going to bring back jobs --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- to negotiate individually -- with countries.
DONALD
TRUMP: We're going to bring back our jobs, we're going to bring back our
wealth, we're going to take care of our people. Very simple.
LESLEY
STAHL: Okay. More issues. Waterboarding. Mr. Trump wants to bring back
waterboarding, and quote, "A hell of a lot more." Are you comfortable
with bringing back waterboarding?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: I don't think we should ever tell our enemy what our tactics are.
LESLEY
STAHL: But what about that? What --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: I don't --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- about -- he's publicly --
DONALD
TRUMP: I like that answer.
LESLEY
STAHL: -- said that --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: I don't think we should -- I -- I think --
LESLEY
STAHL: But are you okay with the idea of --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- I think --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- waterboarding?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- I think enhanced interrogation saved lives.
LESLEY
STAHL: And you're okay with --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: I --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- that?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- what I'm okay with -- what I'm okay with is protecting the
American people. What I'm okay with is when people have the intent to come to
this country and c-- take American lives, that -- that we are -- or that --
that we are prepared to do what's necessary to gain the information to protect
the people of this country--
DONALD
TRUMP: But Lesley, let’s step further. We have an enemy, ISIS and others, who
chop off heads, who drown people in steel cages and we can't do waterboarding
--
LESLEY
STAHL: Okay, but, but why --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- okay, they're not playing --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- would you use their --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- under (UNINTEL) because you know --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- techniques?
DONALD
TRUMP: -- what, those techniques get information. I don't care what anyone
says.
LESLEY
STAHL: Are you agreeing with him?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: I am --
DONALD
TRUMP: And get information --
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- what I --
DONALD
TRUMP: -- using those things.
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: -- what I can tell you is enhanced information gleaned information
that saved American lives and, I was informed, prevented incoming terrorist
attacks on this country from being successful. The American people expect the
president of the United States to be prepared to support action to protect the
people of this nation, and I know Donald Trump will.
LESLEY
STAHL: Have you answered me?
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: I have.
LESLEY
STAHL: Let's talk about the convention. You're a showman. What are you going to
do to keep it (CHUCKLE) from being a snooze-o-rama, as some have happened.
DONALD
TRUMP: Well, I think we're going to have an exciting time. We've got some
wonderful speakers. We have some very talented people. My family's going to speak.
LESLEY
STAHL: Worried about violence outside? This is -- an open-carry state. People
can carry guns. There'll be demonstrators. They've already said they're going
to carry assault rifles. Are you worried? And would you call on people not to
carry their guns?
DONALD
TRUMP: I have great faith in law enforcement. If they don’t want to take their
guns, I think that's fantastic. But I have great confidence in law enforcement.
The police like Donald Trump. It's law and order. And I have great confidence
that they will do a great job.
LESLEY
STAHL: There’s no question in anybody's mind that you want to win this
election. I don't think anyone would doubt that. But what about being
president? Do you really want to be president of the United States?
DONALD
TRUMP: I want to make America great again. Honestly. I want to make Am-- I'm
not doing this because -- I'm sacrificing tremendous things. I could be doing
other things. It's lovely to sit down with you and be grilled. That's okay. But
I could be doing other things right now. And I have some of the greatest
properties in the world. I could be out there --
LESLEY
STAHL: Would you rather be out there?
DONALD
TRUMP: I tell you what. I’ve really enjoyed this process. I've gotten to know
the people of this country. I've gotten to know places that I didn't know, that
I read about, but I didn't know. I've also gotten to see the problems. And it's
a movement.
DONALD
TRUMP: Now, when you ask me the question, do I want to be?
LESLEY
STAHL: Yeah.
DONALD
TRUMP: I want to be for one reason. I want to make America safe again, and I
want to make America great again. That's why I'm doing this. And I love it.
LESLEY
STAHL: And you want to govern? I mean it --
DONALD
TRUMP: I do want to govern.
LESLEY
STAHL: It is different --
DONALD
TRUMP: I do --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- building a movement--
DONALD
TRUMP: I govern my -- I --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- and than -- going in there with the nitty gritty and --
LESLEY
STAHL: -- all that tough decision-making.
DONALD
TRUMP: Sure. No, no I want to govern
LESLEY
STAHL: Okay, this is my absolute final question.
DONALD
TRUMP: Okay.
LESLEY
STAHL: You're not known to be a humble man. But I wonder --
DONALD
TRUMP: I think I am, actually humble. I think I'm much more humble than you
would understand.
LESLEY
STAHL: As you think about -- prospect of running this country in these tough
times where the world is spinning apart -- are you awed? Are you intimidated?
Are you humbled by the enormity of this?
DONALD
TRUMP: You just said it best.
GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE: Mmm.
DONALD
TRUMP: In a world that's spinning apart. That's what I'm thinking of. I'm not
thinking of, "Oh gee, isn't this wonderful? Isn't this great what I've
done?" I've had people that said, "It doesn't matter if you win or
lose, what you've done has never been done before. You're going to go down in
the history books."
You know
what I say to 'em?" I say, "You're wrong." I will consider it,
'cause I funded my own primaries, I'm funding now a lot of this campaign. I'm
putting in, you know -- I've spent $55 million in the primaries. I'm spending a
fortunate now. I’ll tell you, it is spinning. Our world is spinning out of
control. Our country's spinning out of control. That's what I think about. And
I'll stop that.
(OVERTALK)
LESLEY
STAHL: Not-- humbled or-- awe.
GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE: I
can say to 'ya -- what --
LESLEY STAHL: Go ahead.
GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE:
Talking with him in private settings, I love the words you used because this
man is awed with the American people, and he is not intimidated by the world.
And Donald Trump, this good man, I believe, will be a great president of the
United States.
DONALD TRUMP: I love
what he just said.
Credit:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/18/donald-trump-is-way-more-humble-than-you-could-possibly-understand/
the duo's first joint interview since the real estate mogul officially named the Indiana governor as his running mate on Friday. The interview, which aired on "60 Minutes," was a Trump tour de force. Also, Pence was there.
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