When you strip the bark off of Donald Trump, I think he's a very practical person. I think he's a very smart person. He's got an analytical mind. I think he's tapped into something. His son said he's the "blue collar billionaire."

We know through the process of energy independence, our whole geopolitical footprint changes in terms of our national security and how we operate the American military. In addition to that we've got all these forward liabilities on these entitlement programs that, with the right tax and the energy policy, we can pay down and offset some of those liabilities.

There's a ton of stuff we can do to help the economy and help the American people, and the aspirational working class of the American people.

I'm not a typical Republican. I am a Republican, I wear the Republican jersey, I've been a Republican my whole life. My dad was a Republican, which is interesting because he was in a union early on. The Republican party was very strong in the area that I grew up in. So I'm a loyalist.

I do think that there is pressure in various constituencies to reject the president.

Donald Trump is a way better leader than Hillary Clinton.

The reason why Donald Trump does have a very strong base of popularity is he's an authentic person and not necessarily a politician.