Trump: ‘Of Course’ I Will Fight Back Against the GOP Establishment

HANNITY: “The establishment now thinks you can win. And what they’re planning and what they’re telegraphing they’re planning is a barrage of ads in early states, huge buys, millions and millions of dollars trying to chip away at your conservative credentials with primary voters. What do you think is the best way to respond to that?”
TRUMP: “But they’re not buying — the candidates aren’t buying the ads. The people that are buying the ads are the special interests, the donors, the people that are lobbyists. You know, you have lobbyists — I know half the lobbyists. I used to contribute to the lobbyists. Who knows more about a lobbyist than me? I know the good ones and the bad ones. But the lobbyists are going crazy because when they come to me, say they want me to do something for all these companies, even though it’s not in the best interests of the United States, I’m not going to do it. When the special interests tell me to do something that’s adverse to the people of the United States, I’m not going to do it because I’m not taking their money.” [crosstalk]
HANNITY: “Will you fight back, then, with your own ads —“
TRUMP: “These people —“
HANNITY: “— and your own money?”
TRUMP: “Sure, I’ll fight back. Sure. Of course I’m going to — I always fight back. I have to fight back.”
HANNITY: “Yes, that’s a dumb question.”
TRUMP: “Otherwise I wouldn’t be leading every poll.”
HANNITY: “What is Donald Trump not fight back?”
TRUMP: “No, but I wouldn’t be leading every poll. But Sean, you have to understand, these people have hundreds of millions of dollars that they’ve given to these politicians, and the politicians are puppets for them. They’re just puppets.”
HANNITY: “Yes.”
TRUMP: “With me, I’m going to do what’s right for the country. We have $19 trillion in debt. We’re going to get the debt paid — we’re going to do things right. We’re not going to let China rip us off anymore. It’s enough already. You know that last year, we had an imbalance with China of $450 billion! Who can stand that? You can’t do that. And this has gone on for years and years, and nobody does anything because they have lobbyists. They have special interests. And I’m going to represent the people. We’re going to make this country so great and so strong. But with that, a lot of money’s going to be spent. And I just hope when people are watching these phony ads, you know, all of these phony ads that are going to be put out, that they’re going to understand it’s not the candidates. It’s all of these special interests, Sean, that want to not have a guy like Trump because they’re going to be out of business!”