I think it's an unfortunate response. A very unfortunate response. Like I say, I've met Mr. Trump once. It was a businesslike discussion and I walked away thinking he's been doing a great job as a showman out here and he's brought a lot of people into this thing. There was a side of him that I did not see when I visited with him personally.

My choice would still be -- honestly, I'm still leaning to Marco Rubio, as I suspect there are others [who] are. But nonetheless, our critical issue is fixing things in the United States, and you can't do that if you've got Bernie or Hillary, because they have a differing point of view about what's right and what's wrong with this country.

And there are some things wrong with this country: [The Congressional Budget Office] is very clear within 10 years -- the 250th birthday of our country, 2026 -- 99 percent of all the revenues we collect will go to two categories: interest on the federal debt and mandatory payments on entitlements. You can't fix that unless you've got a team in here agreed that you're focused on it. And I just don't think Democrats are going to do that. I think it has to be a Republican.

Even if you're disappointed with the way he's responding to things, even if you're mad at him, you disagree with him, if he did it intentionally -- I don't think he did, I think he just made a mistake -- even if he did, they're still going to do a better job with him there than if you had Hillary or Bernie in his place.