You have to understand that for the most part in New York, whoever gets the Democratic nomination wins.

We have great people, we have a depleted military.

I happen to support that in a way that will actually work to our benefit.

I think somebody that got along with the Democrats could change instantaneously. But the level of animosity... You know, in the old days "across the aisle" wasn't the worst thing. People got along. Today, the level of hatred, the level of anger is high.

The Russian story's all an excuse for the Democrats losing. That's a total witch hunt, the whole Russia story. It's a hoax. It's a hoax. We had no collusion with Russia. We never dealt with Russia.

When Donald Trump was first elected, there was a lot of fear of a trade war. They listened to Trump's rhetoric on the campaign. Oh, we're going to put a 45 percent tariff on China, a 35 percent tariff on Mexico. We haven't seen any of that.

I will absolutely give my [tax] return, but I'm being audited now for two or three years, so I can't do it until the audit is finished, obviously.