Trump (and Pence) 60 Minutes Interview

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giga

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This is mindblowing: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-trump-pence-republican-ticket/

On defeating ISIS:

Lesley Stahl: Horrible. You said you would declare war against ISIS. What exactly do you have--

Donald Trump: It is war. By the way, it is war.

Lesley Stahl: No, but does that-- when you say, "Declare war," do you want to send American troops in there? Is that what you mean?

Donald Trump: Look, we have people that hate us. We have people that want to wipe us out. We're gonna declare war against ISIS. We have to wipe out ISIS. These are people that--

Lesley Stahl: With troops on the ground?

Donald Trump: I am going to have very few troops on the ground. We're going to have unbelievable intelligence, which we need; which, right now, we don't have. We don't have the people over there. We are going to use--

Lesley Stahl: You want to send Americans--

Donald Trump: Excuse me-- and we're going to have surrounding states and, very importantly, get NATO involved because we support NATO far more than we should, frankly, because you have a lot of countries that aren't doing what they're supposed to be doing. And we have to wipe out ISIS. And speaking of Turkey, Turkey is an ally. Turkey can do it by themselves. But they have to be incentivized. For whatever reason, they're not. So we have no choice.

Lesley Stahl: But I still don't know if you're going to send troops over--

Donald Trump: Very little. I'm gonna--

Lesley Stahl: But declare war--

Donald Trump: --get neighboring states and I'm going to get-- we are going to get NATO; we're going to wipe 'em out. We're gonna--

Lesley Stahl: But declare war?

Mike Pence: Lesley--

Lesley Stahl: What does that mean--

Mike Pence: This is-- this is the kind-- this is the kind of leadership that America needs and it--

Lesley Stahl: But what--

Mike Pence: -and it begins with deciding to destroy the enemies of our freedom.

Lesley Stahl: How?

Mike Pence: And how we do that? I have every confidence. You-- you remember I served on the Foreign Affairs Committee. And I'm very confident that when Donald Trump becomes president of the United States, he'll give a directive to our military commanders, bring together other nations, and we will use the enormous resources of the United States to destroy that enemy.

On the Iraq War:

Lesley Stahl: But we did go to war, if you remember. We went to Iraq.

Donald Trump: Yeah, you went to Iraq, but that was handled so badly. And that was a war-- by the way, that was a war that we shouldn't have entered because Iraq did not knock down--excuse me

Lesley Stahl: Your running mate--

Donald Trump: Iraq did not--

Lesley Stahl: --voted for it.

Donald Trump: I don't care.

Lesley Stahl: What do you mean you don't care that he voted for?

Donald Trump: It's a long time ago. And he voted that way and they were also misled. A lot of information was given to people.

Lesley Stahl: But you've harped on this.

Donald Trump: But I was against the war in Iraq from the beginning.

Lesley Stahl: Yeah, but you've used that vote of Hillary's that was the same as Governor Pence as the example of her bad judgment.

Donald Trump: Many people have, and frankly, I'm one of the few that was right on Iraq.

Lesley Stahl: Yeah, but what about he--

Donald Trump: He's entitled to make a mistake every once in a while.

Lesley Stahl: But she's not? OK, come on--

Donald Trump: But she's not--

Lesley Stahl: She's not?

Donald Trump: No. She's not.

Lesley Stahl: Got it.

On the Muslim ban:

Lesley Stahl: --in December you tweeted, and I quote you, "Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional."

Donald Trump: So you call it territories. OK? We're gonna do territories. We're gonna not let people come in from Syria that nobody knows who they are. Hillary Clinton wants 550 percent more people to come in than Obama--

Lesley Stahl: So you--

Donald Trump: --who doesn't know what he's--

Lesley Stahl: --so you're changing--

Donald Trump: --so we're going to--

Lesley Stahl: --your position.

Donald Trump: --no, I-- call it whatever you want. We'll call it territories, OK?

Lesley Stahl: So not Muslims?

Donald Trump: You know-- the Constitution -- there's nothing like it. But it doesn't necessarily give us the right to commit suicide, as a country, OK? And I'll tell you this. Call it whatever you want, change territories, but there are territories and terror states and terror nations that we're not gonna allow the people to come into our country. And we're gonna have a thing called "Extreme vetting." And if people wanna come in, there's gonna be extreme vetting. We're gonna have extreme vetting. They're gonna come in and we're gonna know where they came from and who they are.

On torture:

Lesley Stahl: OK. More issues. Waterboarding. Mr. Trump wants to bring back waterboarding, and quote, "A hell of a lot more." Are you comfortable with bringing back waterboarding?

Mike Pence: I don't think we should ever tell our enemy what our tactics are.

Lesley Stahl: But what about that? What--

Mike Pence: I don't--

Lesley Stahl: --about-- he's publicly--

Donald Trump: I like that answer.

Lesley Stahl: --said that--

Mike Pence: I don't think we should-- I-- I think--

Lesley Stahl: But are you OK with the idea of--

Mike Pence: --I think--

Lesley Stahl: --waterboarding?

Mike Pence: --I think enhanced interrogation saved lives.

Lesley Stahl: And you're OK with--

Mike Pence: I--

Lesley Stahl: --that?

Mike Pence: --what I'm OK with-- what I'm OK with is protecting the American people. What I'm OK with is when people have the intent to come to this country and take American lives, that-- that we are-- that we are prepared to do what's necessary to gain the information to protect the people of this country--

Donald Trump: But Lesley, let's step further. We have an enemy, ISIS and others, who chop off heads, who drown people in steel cages and we can't do waterboarding--

Lesley Stahl: OK, but, but why--

Donald Trump: OK, they're not playing--

Lesley Stahl: --would you use their--

Donald Trump: --under -- because you know--

Lesley Stahl: --techniques?

Donald Trump: --what, those techniques get information. I don't care what anyone says.

Lesley Stahl: Are you agreeing with him?

Mike Pence: I am--

Donald Trump: And get information--

Mike Pence: --what I--

Donald Trump: --using those things.

Mike Pence: --what I can tell you is enhanced information gleaned information that saved American lives and, I was informed, prevented incoming terrorist attacks on this country from being successful. The American people expect the president of the United States to be prepared to support action to protect the people of this nation, and I know Donald Trump will.

Lesley Stahl: Have you answered me?

Mike Pence: I have.

On being humble:

Lesley Stahl: You're not known to be a humble man. But I wonder--

Donald Trump: I think I am, actually humble. I think I'm much more humble than you would understand.
 

GutsOfThor

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The biggest fucking joke of a ticket ever in the history of this country. I look forward to and hope that Clinton and whoever she picks absolutely crush this shitbag in November.
 
It's such a trainwreck. Pence and Trump trying to talk over each other. Trump backtracking on what he's saying and being unclear.

Truly a jest.
 

DMczaf

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Lesley Stahl: But I still don't know if you're going to send troops over--

Donald Trump: Very little. I'm gonna--

Lesley Stahl: But declare war--

Donald Trump: --get neighboring states and I'm going to get-- we are going to get NATO; we're going to wipe 'em out. We're gonna--

Lesley Stahl: But declare war?

Mike Pence: Lesley--

Lesley Stahl: What does that mean--

Mike Pence: This is-- this is the kind-- this is the kind of leadership that America needs and it--

Lesley Stahl: But what--



...what?
 
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Mike Pence = Dan Quayle confirmed

anyone wondering if he would be a H.W. Bush, a Chenney, an LBJ, a Biden or a Gore

nah

you got yourself a Dan Quayle right here
 

~Devil Trigger~

In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
Yea I saw earlier

Its fucking embarrassing, reading the interview doesnt do it justice

for so many people to be supporting this ticket, its an indictment of this country.

EMBARRASSING.
 

TTG

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I don't even want to watch the video, the transcript is too good. I don't think they could have come up with a comedy sketch better than this. I am I right to assume the interview ended like this?

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Sojgat

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Pence looks incredibly confused every time Trump answers a question.

Also, lol at the garish gold chairs they're all sitting in. So tacky.
 

Izuna

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I don't even want to watch the video, the transcript is too good. I don't think they could have come up with a comedy sketch better than this. I am I right to assume the interview ended like this?

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you really should watch the video, it's just... i have already said it... it's fascinating
 

Prompto

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Can't watch the video now but that transcript makes it sound almost as bad as that Palin/Couric interview from 2008.
 

Jintor

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insane. absolutely insane. it's insane a candidate running for the office of the leader of america can talk for 3, 4 minutes and actively drain knowledge from you. what is wrong with you america. what is wrong
 
Glad they're bringing back "enhanced interrogation techniques" lingo. At least have the fucking balls to admit what you are doing. We're going to torture "them" because they have no problem torturing other people. Fucking own it at the very least. As despicable as it is.

Such a dumpster fire.
 

_Ryo_

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If anyone I know votes for Trumps or even considers it, they're dead to me. Be it sister, brother, friend, or parent. He is just too despicable.

Mccain before election of Obama, sure, he's old and has a lot of shit ideas but wasn't a total fucking scumbag 100% of the time.

Romney, okay, not the best person in the world but I can sort of see why some sane people would vote for him.
 

DietRob

i've been begging for over 5 years.
If there wasn't a name on the thread and in the transcript I would assume they were interviewing the guy that screams shit in the park across town. This is just wow.

Still the only way I can process this rationally is that Trump is intentionally trying to wreck the GOP. I don't want to face the truth that he and at least 1/3rd of the country are this insane.

I'm on a lot of conference calls with international co workers a lot and this shit stain on half the country is super embarrassing and gets brought up constantly.
 

Retro

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Found on Twitter

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OP left that quote out; all the other insanity aside, that one was really revealing about what kind of VP Pence will be;

Lesley Stahl: Do you think John McCain is not a hero because he was captured?

Mike Pence: I have a great deal of respect for John McCain, and--

Lesley Stahl: Do you think he went too far?

Donald Trump: You could say yes. I-- that's OK.

Donald Trump: That one, you could say yes, I mean, you're not--it's fine - hey, look, I like John McCain. But we have to take care of our vets.

Straight up giving him permission. Calling Pence a "Quayle-like" pick is looking like an understatement.
 

Maxim726X

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Donald Trump: He's entitled to make a mistake every once in a while.

Lesley Stahl: But she's not? OK, come on--

Donald Trump: But she's not--

Lesley Stahl: She's not?

Donald Trump: No. She's not.

Lesley Stahl: Got it.

Hahaha he's running for fucking President of the United States, and he couldn't deliver a better answer than this. Embarrassing for the whole country.
 

Sojgat

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I've never fully appreciated how muppet-like Trump's body language is.

He just keeps nodding, pursing his lips, and turning his entire torso when he looks at Pence. His mannerisms remind me of Oscar the Grouch.
 
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