Trump: If the GOP Came Together, ‘Nobody Could Beat It’

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LAUER: “Donald Trump is on the phone with us now live. Mr. Trump, good morning.”
TRUMP: “Good morning.”
LAUER: “Let me completely reverse my line of questioning from yesterday. Yesterday I said, is it possible the weight of all these attacks coming at you from other Republicans had slowed your momentum. You went out yesterday and won three of the four contests. So is it possible, Mr. Trump, the weight of those attacks is actually helping you?”
TRUMP: “I think so. I mean, you see the numbers I got in Mississippi. I love Mississippi and Michigan. You see what happened. The numbers were astronomical. I’m surprised, Matt, I’m surprised with you. I’ve never seen such negativity, such negative ads. They came at me. I heard what you said — somebody said, oh, what are they going to start now? they started — last week they spent $30 million on negative ads.”
LAUER: “So, the more they call you a con man and fraud, the more your supporters dig in their heels.”
TRUMP: “That’s one of the reasons I did what I did last night. I brought out a magazine which I have. You talk about Mitt Romney, we brought up the steaks. We have a great steak division. We have a great magazine. We have a great — all the things he talked about. You know, I have. And, you know, he went through a list of things. I don’t even want to do that. But what he said was a lie. It was fraudulent. He shouldn’t have done that. I understand where he’s coming from. He had a very horrible loss and he hasn’t, you know, recovered from it.”
LAUER: “You have to stop because you’re making me hungry.”
TRUMP: “I know. You know, matt, the truth s he had a loss. He hasn’t recovered. We have to recover as a party, though. This tremendous positive energy in this party. We’re setting records going to the polls. Records, 65% up. Millions and millions of people — some people have never voted before. And they’re voting for Trump and they’re voting in the party.”
GUTHRIE: “That’s a good way to get to the next question because on these election nights you’ve been saying, I’m a unifier. I can unify the party. Yet you do have this big segment of the party, orthodox, conservatives, traditional Republicans who are, frankly, terrified at the prospect of your candidacy. So, to the extent it is on you to do so, how can you unify? How can you get them over to your side?”
TRUMP: “Savannah, we supper something going on that’s the biggest political story all over the world and it’s what’s happening with the Republican party. You see is it better than anybody. Where millions of people are coming out and voting in the primaries. Millions more than four years ago. Millions. 65% more. Whereas the democrats are down 30 and 35%. There’s no spirit behind Hillary. There never will be. She’s not going to engender spirit. There’s nothing to be spirited about. And what happens is we have something that if we could embrace it, we’ll have a massive victory in November. We’re going to have a massive victory. But, you know, instead of all this negative stuff, I was at tournament last week at Trump National Doral where Adam Scott won and I turn on television, and every time there’s a commercial, it was a negative ad in Florida about me. A horrible and false ad. These are false ads. These are disgusting, false ads written by people that are absolute haters. If this party came together, Matt, nobody could beat it. That’s one of the things I respect. Paul Ryan called me such a smart call, such a wonderful call.”
LAUER: “All right, Donald Trump. Mr. Trump, as always, thanks for your time this morning. We appreciate it.”
TRUMP: “OK. Thank you very much.”