Donald Trump doesn't think much about Mitt Romney's business skills. 
 
 "Well, Mitt Romney is a basically small-business guy, if you really think about it," Trump said in an interview aired Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." "He was a hedge fund. He was a funds guy. He walked away with some money from a very good company that he didn't create. He worked there. He didn't create it." 
 
 
 
 Informed by host Candy Crowley that Romney did create companies, Trump said: "He'd buy companies, he'd close companies, he'd get rid of the jobs, OK? 
 
 
 
 "I've built a great company. And one of the beauties of, frankly, if and when I announce, some time prior to June, you will see how big my company is, because it's much bigger and much more powerful and much stronger than anyone really knows. So you're going to see how good it is. You're going to see how strong it is." 
 
 Trump, who is weighing a run for the Republican presidential nomination, said he's "much bigger than this man and have a much, much bigger net worth. I mean my net worth is many, many, many times Mitt Romney. 
 
 Asked what percentage of his income he pays in taxes, Trump said: "I'd really have to check." ||||| Donald Trump brags that he's doing well in early polling because of his success, saying that he's seriously weighing a run for the Republican presidential nomination. 
 
 "You know why they know my name?" Trump asked in an interview aired Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." "Because of success. That's why they know my name, essentially." 
 
 Asked by CNN host Candy Crowley about his potential run, the billionaire businessman and TV celebrity suggested that he has little choice but to get dragged into a presidential bid. 
 
 "I love my life. I love what I'm doing," he said. "I wished I didn't have to do it, because I'm enjoying my life. I'm having a good time. I have a great company. I have a very successful show, all of that stuff, right. 
 
 
 
 "I wish I didn't have to do it. I would prefer not doing it. But I love this country. And if you ask me, what are the odds, I'll let you know some time prior to June. But I will tell you, I am giving it serious, serious thought. And I'm honored by the polls, because people agree with what I'm saying. I am honored by the polls." 
 
 Told he's doing well in the polls because people know his name and he's generating news coverage by making bold claims, such as debunked accusations that President Barack Obama is not a U.S. citizen, Trump demurred. 
 
 "I don't know what stirring the pot is," he said. "I'm saying China is ripping us off, and Saudi Arabia is ripping us off. Excuse me, the Arab League — the Arab League — you know what that is? Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, the — the richest nations in the world. They tell us to go into Libya. They tell us to go in. And France leads the way. That's the beauty of all." 
 
 "The Arab League is so wealthy, they have so much money, they have cash pouring out of their ears and they tell us and we're a debtor nation," he added. "They tell us to go in and take out [Libyan leader Muammar] Qadhafi, because we don't like him." 
 
 "Why aren't they paying us?" Trump asked. ||||| Donald Trump says that the "right messenger" could tell OPEC to lower crude oil prices, insisting that prices "will go down if you say it properly." 
 
 Trump, the billionaire real estate mogul who is considering a 2012 GOP presidential run, added that he would have gone into Libya and "I would take the oil." 
 
 "We don't use our brainpower," Trump said in an interview aired Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." "We need one thing: brainpower." 
 
 Asked on by CNN host Candy Crowley what his idea would be to get OPEC to lower crude oil prices, Trump said: "It's the messenger." 
 
 "I can send two executives into a room. They can say the same things; one guy comes home with the bacon and the other guy doesn't," Trump said. "I've seen it a thousand times. ... We don't have the right messenger. [President Barack] Obama is not the right messenger. We are not a respected nation anymore and the world is laughing at us." 
 
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– Donald Trump was quite the braggart on CNN’s State of the Union today. Highlights from Politico: Trump is better than Romney: “Mitt Romney is a basically small-business guy, if you really think about it,” Trump said, adding that he is “much bigger than this man and have a much, much bigger net worth. I mean my net worth is many, many, many times Mitt Romney.” And his company is, too: “I've built a great company. And one of the beauties of, frankly, if and when I announce, some time prior to June, you will see how big my company is, because it's much bigger and much more powerful and much stronger than anyone really knows.” Why is he doing so well in early polling? “Because of success. That's why they know my name, essentially." He doesn’t even want to run for president, but…: “I love my life. I love what I'm doing. I wished I didn't have to do it, because I'm enjoying my life. I'm having a good time. I have a great company. I have a very successful show, all of that stuff, right. I wish I didn't have to do it. I would prefer not doing it. But I love this country.” How he would lower crude oil prices: OPEC just needs the “right messenger” to come in, because prices “will go down if you say it properly,” he insisted. “Obama is not the right messenger. We are not a respected nation anymore and the world is laughing at us.”