Ten dramatic Trump moments from the debate:
- “I can totally make that pledge if I am the nominee,” he said about pledging to support the nominee for the Republican party. He’s not ruling out a third-party nomination.
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“Only Rosie O’Donnell,” Trump said after debate moderator Megyn Kelly asked him about his history of referring to women offensively, including calling them “fat pigs” and “slobs.”
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“I didn’t know her money would be used on private jets going all over the world, but it was,” he said about donating money to Hillary Clinton in the past.
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“I don’t think you heard me. You’re having a hard time tonight,” he told Rand Paul, who scolded at Trump for originally supporting a single-payer heath care system.
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“If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t even be talking about illegal immigration, Chris,” Trump told moderator Chris Wallace after being asked about immigration.
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“I don’t think they like me very much,” Trump said, after Kelly asked him, “When did you actually become a Republican?” and the crowd cheered.
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“I had the good sense to leave Atlantic City, which by the way Caesars just went bankrupt, every company — Chris can tell you — every company virtually in Atlantic City went bankrupt, every company.“
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“I would be so different from what you have right now, like the polar opposite,” he said.
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“If Iran was a stock, you folks should go out and buy it right now because it will quadruple. What’s happening in Iran is a disgrace and it’s going to lead to destruction in large portions of the world,” Trump said on the Iran deal.
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“We don’t win anymore … We don’t do anything right,” he said in his closing statement.
CNN Politics: Donald Trump’s dramatic moments at the GOP debate.
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