NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump has no regrets.
The bombastic real estate mogul and reality television star said Wednesday he has no second thoughts about anything he said in his blustering – and oft lampooned – 45-minute campaign kickoff speech.
That includes a remark that portrayed immigrants from Mexico as “bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists, and some, I assume, are good people.” It drew condemnation from the Mexican government as “biased and absurd.”
“I know the speech went well. There’s nothing in there I didn’t mean,” Trump told The Associated Press in an interview.
“I did it with no notes, no teleprompter. I like going off-script a little bit,” Trump said. “I meant everything I said, and I think a lot of it resonated with different groups of people.”