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Donald Trump Reviews His Day In The News: ‘I’m A Ratings Machine,” Gingrich Is A ‘Rocket Ship’

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The sudden return of Donald Trump to the top of the news cycle has had him spending most of the day on television, yelling at Chuck Todd in the morning and planning to “apprentice” children with Newt Gingrich in the afternoon. He ended the day with Sean Hannity, discussing his meeting with Gingrich and shooting down critics arguing he should not be moderating a debate.

RELATED: Donald Trump Rips Into Chuck Todd On Air: ‘You Have To Tell The Truth!’

Hannity began the debate by asking what he thought of the former Speaker during their meeting today. “He is a rocket ship,” Trump replied, explaining that Gingrich had “started off so negatively” and that he believed “the press was very unfair… they took some words and make it like a big deal.” Despite that, however, Gingrich had surged in the polls, and was well-poised to win the nomination.

Hannity then turned to the debate and his detractors. “I can understand that,” Trump noted, because “I’m a ratings machine, according to everybody,” and that another network getting those ratings should make people green with envy. As for the candidates opposing him, he noted that Rep. Ron Paul “has zero chance– zero– of getting elected or getting the nomination.” He predicted that Rep. Paul would “do okay in Iowa and then fade into oblivion.” “[Jon] Huntsman‘s another one!” he continued, noting that the candidate “called my office wanting a meeting,” and is now campaigning on the fact that he did not meet with Trump. “He’s a Mormon, so I’m sure he wouldn’t lie about it,” Trump concluded.

RELATED: Matt Lauer Challenges Trump Over GOP Debate: Will It Be ‘All About Donald Trump?’

Trump also had some words of compassion for Herman Cain and the way he was treated, suggesting that “based on that, John Kennedy should not be President.”

The segment via Fox News below:

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  • Anonymous

    Trump and Gingrich are both clowns!

  • Anonymous

    Is “ratings machine” a politically correct term for a publicity whore?

  • http://twitter.com/Decamped The Dude

    ““I can understand that,” Trump noted, because “I’m a ratings machine”"

    Yeah, so was Casey Anthony.

  • Anonymous

    My advice to the Republican candidates is a quote from Monty Python’s Holy Grail:

    “RUN AWAY!!!!”

  • Anonymous

    Trump has been successfully re-implanted into the Republican machine.  Good work Progressive operatives.  The implosion continues.

  • Anonymous

    Thank you. I can’t possibly top that analysis. You win. 

  • Anonymous

    What do you call a suicide bomber, but instead of explosives they have stupidity strapped to their chest?

  • Anonymous

    I use to hate on Trump now its just more of a laugh and a PR machine that the media loves to feed on.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AOZGQUA2RXBBMT3WCUGRXXGVXQ Mike

    I once talked to an old lady who said Gingrich-Trump would be the Repub ticket for president. One can only hope she was right. I say we stop tearing these candidates down. Let the foolish base get them the nomination and then let President Obama rip them to shreds and let their lobbying, lies, & affairs come out then.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I guess the Donald has no clue that the vast majority of Americans view him as an utter and complete fool. Let’s keep it on the QT. If he finds out, he might stop being a fool.

  • Anonymous

    This will be the lowest rated debate ever. Advice to any and all candidates…skip this as it will be ‘the donald’ huffing and puffing about himself for the whole hour or two. Why Greta has him on almost nightly is beyond comprehension since her numbers are down the next day. And for Sean Hannity to waste viewers time by interviewing this ego-maniac was just plain stupid. There should be a decent bowl game on to watch that night.

  • Anonymous

    it has got to be his hair!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    Gotta love these starstruck ‘journalists’ of the durn lib’rul media like Chuck Todd and Matt Lauer, who continue to give a forum to a proven habitual liar. Other than ‘he’s on reality TV,’  can anyone name a single reason this asshat should be in the news? 
    And, again, when do we see his tax returns or hear about the promised ‘amazing things’ found by his Hawaiian Birther Task Force? Trump has zero credibility on anything, and the fact that the GOP embraces him shows how ethically and intellectually bankrupt they are.

  • Anonymous

    I can not stop laughing, thank you

  • Charles Ulysses Feney

    Trump and Gingrich – the two biggest embarrassments in America.

    A human colostomy bag named Trump
    Put his political legacy into the dump
    By dissing Ron Paul
    Who quickly stood tall
    And told “the donald” that he could kiss his rump!
    ____________________________
    Charles Ulysses Feney

  • expatpatriot

    “I’m a little teapot,
    Short and stout.
    This is the rug I wear,
    Since my hair fell out.”

  • Rex derWunderGott

    The Newt Gingrich Candidacy – brought to you by Trump International.

  • Rex derWunderGott

    People have been wondering what will be the turning point where Newt follows all the other Not Mittens candidates into ignominy – and after this GOP contest is done, those people are going to look back and point to the Trump Endorsement.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins
  • Anonymous

    Matt Lauer is another one that Rove should be dissing more than he disses Trump.  lauer is another Obama lapdog, who can’t ever question a republican with a straight, unbiased question.

  • Anonymous

    Karl Rove, Charles Krauthammer, George Will:  Why are all these liberal MSM types trashing the precious Donald?

    I don’t get it.

  • Anonymous

    A whore is your mother- why would you say that?

  • Anonymous

    That’s not a surprise- you are a complete idiot and dick licker.

  • Anonymous

    I doubt that HLN had any regrets.

  • Anonymous

    You would know about stupidity strapped into your head.

    X-rays of your head revealed nothing!

  • Anonymous

    the obama who is a loser? The obama who sucks a big one?

  • WiddleBabyDanielson

    I forgot about the intro
    HILARIOUS

  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 Ilene K

    Ratings machine? You mean downwards?  Not sure the Bigot even finished in the Top 50 last year!

  • Anonymous

    trump and gingrich. . .what a perfect pair of cartoon characters. . . . do they realize everyone is laughing AT them not with them?

  • BooBoo Bear

    Not meaning to bring up old wounds but if Newt’s a “Rocket Ship” he’s the Challenger on Jan 28,1986.

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