Trump: In All Cases of Eminent Domain, People Get at Least Fair Market Value

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MACCALLUM: “Eminent domain, tough issue with conservatives.”
TRUMP: “Very simple for me. I love the issue. You wouldn’t have a road, you wouldn’t have a highway, you wouldn’t have a bridge, you wouldn’t have anything without eminent domain.” 
MACCALLUM: “That is not true. Eminent domain laws didn’t exist.”
TRUMP: “They weren’t called, but the government would take for a highway.”
MACCALLUM: “Why is it okay for someone, whether private company like your company or whether it’s a public entity to take away somebody’s home I don’t care how much money you want to give me, this is my home, I’m not leaving?”
TRUMP: “If you are going to build a highway, if you’re going to build an airport, if you’re going to build even a school, different things, government takes property. It is called a taking. Now those people get reimburse ad tremendous amount of money. More than its worth.” 
MACCALLUM: “Not in all cases. In many cases they say that they didn’t end up getting what they wanted.”
TRUMP: “In all cases — they didn’t get what they wanted but get at least fair market value.”
MACCALLUM: “They fight it. Get offer ad lot of money —“
TRUMP: “If I represented them they would get a lot of money. People that go around take property to be condemned for eminent domain because they make so much money with the government. If you know what you’re doing you get a lot of money. Here is the thing you without get anything built. I’m conservative. All conservatives warrant keystone pipeline. You wouldn’t have keystone pipeline if it weren’t for eminent domain. Goes from Canada to Texas, everything is eminent domain.” 
MACCALLUM: “You can find a way around my house. Companies can do that.”
TRUMP: “You wouldn’t have things even conservatives want. Keystone Pipeline you have to condemn property called a taking. Pay people for it. Get a corner after farm. People make a lot of money but Keystone Pipeline couldn’t be built. They have a whole section of Keystone Pipeline and what eminent domain is. People want Keystone Pipeline but they want eminent domain.”