Trump: ‘Now I’m Going To Spend Away’

‘I will spend a lot of money against the people that go after me’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
DONALD TRUMP: "I've seen the first two or three of them. We're very proud of them. We're going to be talking about a lot of things, including the border, including trade, including ISIS and security for the country. Talking about a lot of things in these commercials I don't think I need to spend the money. As you saw from the polls "Reuters" came out and I'm close to 40. And second, I believe is 13. A big gap. I don't think I need to spend anything and I'm very proud of the fact that I've spent the least, and I have the best result. I spent here, you look at a guy like bush, he spent $59 million. And he's nowhere. And others likewise have spent millions of dollars and they're nowhere. I'm proud of the fact that I can spend -- that's what the country needs, that's the kind of attitude thought process that the country -- spend the least, but be the best. In education, Swee spent more than any other country in the world per pupil by a lot and we're 28th. That's the opposite of my campaign. I'm very proud of the fact -- now I'm going to spend anyway. When I see a 40 and I see a 12 or a 13, there's no reason to spend. But I feel I should spend and honestly I don't want to take any chances. We're doing so well in Iowa. Doing so well in New Hampshire. Doing so well in South Carolina, in Nevada. The poll came out today. It was 38 or 39, everybody else is very low. I feel like I have an obligation even to myself and to the country. And we're going to be spending a minimum of two million for the first two weeks and if anybody goes after me. I will spend a lot of money against the people that go after me. If somebody attacks me I will attack them. I'm $35 million under budget. I thought as of January 1st, I would have spent $35 million on ads, I spent nothing. I'm $35 million under budget. I love to build. When I build I like to build under budget. When we fix the infrastructure in our country, I want that to be under budget. We have people that don't know what they're doing, we're going to fix the infrastructure. Fixed at a reasonable cost. Not a cost where it's 25 times overruns. Projects that start out at X, some of them cost 20 and 25 times what they were supposed to cost. That's gross incompetence or theft or dishonesty. I look at some of these projects that start off as little projects, they end up being disasters. We're going to end all of that."

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