Stephanopolous to Trump: Is the ‘End of the Road’ for You if You Don’t Win N.H.?

STEPHANOPOULOS: “What do you think happened in Iowa? Because all the polls in the final three days did show you with a clear lead.”
TRUMP: “Well, I think it’s very hard to poll a caucus. Caucusing is very tough to poll and that showed it. Now, it didn’t show a big polling. It — you know, showed that I could win by a little bit and I was actually surprised, because I was not supposed to win Iowa. I was supposed to do really great in New Hampshire but not Iowa, and, you know, that’s the way it is. Look, I came in second and the person that came in third was praised as though he had a great victory but they didn’t say that about me.”
STEPHANOPOULOS: “As you know, the New Hampshire polls can often swing very hard after Iowa. Are you braced for that and if you fall short again, is that the end of the road for your campaign?”
TRUMP: “No, not at all. I think we’re going to do very well with South Carolina, I think we’re going to do very, very well with the [SSC] in Nevada. I think we’re going to have — now this is — we’re in long term. I have unlimited money and we’re in long term. And I’m self-funding my campaign and, you know, one of the things I said yesterday, I don’t think I get any credit for self-funding my campaign. I get nothing. It’s an amazing thing, I’m putting in millions of dollars and I will put in millions but I don’t think the voters when they go into the booth say, ‘oh, wow, he’s funding his campaign, isn’t that wonderful?’ Everyone else is not doing that. I’m the only one that’s self-funding. And I honestly, I said it yesterday, I don’t think I get very much credit for that and it is something you should be given credit for.”
STEPHANOPOULOS: “You heard it here. You are in for the long haul. Mr. Trump, thanks for joining us. We’ll see you in New Hampshire.”