My first [executive orders as a President] would be to get rid of a lot of the executive orders, especially on the border where President [Barack] Obama wants people to pour through like we're Swiss cheese.

OPEC has got a monopoly. If you try and get a lobbyist in Washington to go against OPEC, they'll say, 'Oh, this is great. Donald Trump wants me to be a lobbyist,' and then they'll go check and say, 'Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Trump, we can't represent you. We represent OPEC or one of the 12 nations.'

I really like Barack Obama. I think that he's working very hard. He's trying to rebuild our reputation throughout the world. The previous administration was a total disaster, a total catastrophe. He was handed a pretty bad deck of cards. And I'm not saying I agree with everything he's doing. He's a champion. I mean, he won against all odds. When he first announced, people were giving him virtually no chance. And he's just done something that's amazing.

I can't believe I'm saying I'm a politician, but I guess that's what I am now.

I think you believe in these words, I think - three very important words, peace through strength, right. Peace through strength.

The question is now do you have the authority in the hands of someone that other media is going to cooperate with, that he`s going to selectively decide to punish you if you decide to come with something? True or false? I mean, who had more fake news than President [Barack] Obama?

Iran should write us yet another letter saying thank you very much, because Iran, as I said many years ago, Iran is taking over Iraq, something they've wanted to do forever, but we Americans have made it so easy for them.