Trump: I Partially Identify as a Dem Because GOP Caused 2008 Financial Crisis

The 2016 Republican candidate also said he thinks the economy does better under Democrats

HOLMES: “I want to ask you about this. You have said in the past that you probably identify more as a Democrat and you’ve said that in your view the economy does better under the Democrats. So I want to ask you, why then are you running as a Republican?” 
TRUMP: “Well, I’ll tell you what. First, over the years as a businessman, I’ve always helped everybody. Helped everybody. Because I’m a businessman. And that’s part of the problem with the system. I help everybody. I contribute to people. I did – and when I want something, they are always there for me. They pick up my call, 'What would you like, what would you like.' And I think most people understand. That’s one of the reasons I put in a statement that show that I’m worth a lot of money. Much, much more money than anybody even thought.” 
HOLMES: “But why did you say you identify more as a Democrat and the economy does better under Democrats?” 
TRUMP: “I identify with some things as a Democrat, but generally speaking – and if you look at what happened, I was never a Bush fan. I will tell you. In fact, I just say about this one, the last thing we need is another Bush. When the economy crashed so horribly under George Bush because of mistakes they made having to do with banking and a lots of other things, I don’t think the Democrats would have done that. Now, I’ve seen it both ways. But I hated what I was watching in the last two years of George Bush. Because it was a bubble that was waiting to explode. It was a bubble that -- with Joe and Mika, I told them that it was waiting to explode. I told a lot of people. And I was right. I’m pretty good at that stuff. But what they were doing was a death wish. And I saw that. That was a Republican thing. Now, would a Democrat have done those same things? Possibly. In all fairness to McCain, when he came in, I mean Abraham Lincoln could have run against Obama at that time. You know, you just couldn’t have won. So I have seen things over the years done by Republicans that I totally disagree — I’m a Republican. I’m actually quite conservative, to put it mildly. But I have seen things done by Republicans that are not good --” 
BRZEZINSKI: “Gene Robinson?” 
TRUMP: “-- and I wouldn’t do that.”

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