I have been a friend of Paul Manafort's for, I don't know, almost 50 years. We go back to Young Republicans together. He has vehemently denied any wrongdoing and I choose to take him at his word.

Always praise 'em before you hit 'em.

The reference to John Podesta is general. It is not specific. And, by the way, he does have his time in the barrel shortly thereafter.

The political establishment, they don't know what to do about Trump because they said, oh, the immigration thing will kill him. First, they said he'll never run, and then he ran. Then they said he'll never file his financial disclosures. He filed and on time. Then they said, he's going to fall flat on his face.

Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.

Traditionally, Young Republicans have been a leading indicator of the direction of the party.

I never owned a pair of blue jeans until I met my second wife.