President Trump’s grandfather on his father’s side was from Germany and his mother was from Scotland. Before Mr. Trump headed to Helsinki to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he spoke with “CBS Evening News” anchor Jeff Glor at his golf club in his mother’s homeland.
GLOR: “Your mother got on a ship in 1930.”
DONALD TRUMP: “That’s right.”
GLOR: “The Transylvania.”
DONALD TRUMP: “That’s right.”
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GLOR: “Your mother got on a ship in 1930.”
DONALD TRUMP: “That’s right.”
GLOR: “The Transylvania.”
DONALD TRUMP: “That’s right.”
DONALD TRUMP: “Yeah, and to do something spectacular. And I think of my mother, and, you know, this is a tremendous place. And they– just a wonderful place.”
GLOR: “What do you think your mom would have thought of it?”
DONALD TRUMP: “She would have been very thrilled. She would have been very happy about– the experience I’m having, I think, as president. And what I’m happy, and what makes me– ’cause I had a very– I had a very good life. But now I think I have a very important life, much more important. I mean I’ve done great deals. I’ve had lot of success. I’ve had a lot of fun. But this is just so much more important because you’re helping people.”
GLOR: “You say you enjoyed your civilian life. Do– do you enjoy presidential life?”
DONALD TRUMP: “I like presidential life even more. It’s tougher. It’s nastier in many ways. But I’m doing so much for the– I really feel– I’m not doing this for me. I’m doing this for 300 and close to 50 million people. And– we– we had a country that was being taken advantage of. We had a country that wasn’t being respected around the world. And I’m not gonna let that happen. So if you ask me which do I like more, I like being president more, because I’m able to do more for the people.”
