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I’m a very instinctual person, but my instinct turns out to be right,” Trump said. “When everyone said I wasn’t going to win the election, I said, Well, I think I would.’”
Trump argued that he quotes “highly respected people” instead of making allegations himself.
Time Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer said, “But traditionally, people in your position in the Oval Office have not said things unless they can verify they are true.”
Well, I’m not,” the president replied, “Well, I think, I’m not saying. I’m quoting, Michael, I’m quoting highly respected people and sources from major television networks.”
Questioned about his wiretapping allegations, Trump defended himself by saying that he used “quotes.”
“Because a wiretapping is, you know today it is different than wire tapping,” he said. “It is just a good description. But wiretapping was in quotes. What I’m talking about is surveillance.”
The reporter then pointed to Trump’s
charge during his primary campaign that Rafael Cruz, the father of his former Republican primary rival Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas), was with Lee Harvey Oswald “shortly before the death” of President John F. Kennedy.
“Well that was in a newspaper,” Trump replied. “No, no, I like Ted Cruz, he’s a friend of mine. But that was in the newspaper. I wasn’t, I didn’t say that. I was referring to a newspaper. A Ted Cruz article referred to a newspaper story with, had a picture of Ted Cruz, his father, and Lee Harvey Oswald, having breakfast.”
The “newspaper” Trump referred to was the tabloid publication the National Enquirer.
