Face in the News: Donald Trump gives first sit-down interview of 2016
WASHINGTON (CBS News) - This week on "Face the Nation," we spent our first broadcast of 2016 sitting down with the Republican party's presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. The businessman spoke to host of "Face the Nation," John Dickerson, about the recently released recruitment video from the ISIS and Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group, Al-Shabaab, that featured Trump's remarks about banning Muslims from entering the United States. During the broadcast Trump also attacked the Democratic presidential frontrunner, Hillary Clinton, saying that she constantly plays the "woman card" and criticized her time in public office. He also spoke about his plans to begin spending money on campaign ads, stating that he feels "almost guilty" that he has not had to spend anything so far.
Donald Trump was not concerned by a terrorist organization using one of his campaign speeches in the recent recruitment video. During Sunday's broadcast, the Republican frontrunner brushed the video off, and stood by his comments calling for a temporary ban of Muslims entering the country.
"What am I going to do?" Trump asked and added, "I have to say what I have to say."
Trump went further and said that his comments helped identify a problem that the world is facing and that something must be done.
"One of the things I have done is: I brought the problem out. The world is talking about what I have said. And now big parts of the world are saying, Trump is really right at least identifying what's going on. And we have to solve it."
During our interview with the real-estate mogul, Donald Trump also attacked The Democratic front runner, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. When asked what he meant by saying that Clinton is constantly playing the "woman card," Trump responded by saying that she has been "pandering."
"She's pandering to the public and she's pandering to women." Trump said and also stated that, "It's the only way she may get elected, I mean, frankly. I don't think anybody -- personally, I'm not sure that anybody else other than me is going to beat her. And I think she's a flawed candidate."
The Republican frontrunner was adamant that women do not like the former Secretary of State and that he would do more for women than she could.
Trump also called into question Clinton's record as a senator and as Secretary of State saying her policies and actions led to people dying.
"She's caused tremendous death with incompetent decisions. I was against the war in Iraq. I wasn't a politician, but I was against the war in Iraq. She voted for the war in Iraq." Trump also stated that she was not only responsible for death on our side, but also on the other side as well.
Finally on the broadcast, Donald Trump said that he would begin making television ads. Citing a campaign that is "$35 million under budget," Donald Trump announced that he would be spending $2 million a week on campaign ads, but that he will probably be "wasting money."
"I don't think I need the ads. But I'm doing them. I almost feel guilty. And I'm $35 million to $40 million under budget." Trump stated. Although he believed that he didn't need the ads, the business man noted that "I want to be certain. I want to be sure. And I think I'm going to do very well in Iowa," signaling that he might feel the pressure from other surging candidates in his party like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), as voting in the Iowa caucuses get closer.
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