Trump defends gun control climate change positions in wide
President Donald Trump defended  his  positions on climate change  gun control and even  his  tweeting and eating habits during a rare  wide-ranging interview with British television personality Piers Morgan.
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In a previously unseen excerpt  Morgan asked  Trump  what was being done to stop shootings in the U.S. in the wake of this past week's high school shooting in Kentucky in which two 15-year-old students died and more than 18 others were wounded.
When Morgan repeated that Paddock had bought 55 guns   Trump  said: "The point is   he  would have had 55 bombs.  He  would have had 55 of something else."
"I’m a Second Amendment person. I think you need it for security "  Trump  said. "You've had so many attacks  where there was only a gun -– a bad person’s gun -– going in this direction and if you had one on the other side. In fact  that’s a very big example. And if they had the bullets going in the opposite direction  you would have saved a lot of lives."
When asked about  his  decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord and whether  he  believes climate change exists   Trump  answered  "There is a cooling and there's a heating -- I mean  look  it used to not be climate change. It used to be global warming "  Trump  said. "That wasn't working too well because it was getting too cold all over the place. The ice caps were going to melt. They were going to be gone by now  but now they're setting records  okay? They're at a record level.
"I'll tell you what I believe in "  Trump  continued. "I believe in clean air. I believe in crystal clear  beautiful water. I believe in just having good cleanliness and all."
 Trump  added  "We could go back into the Paris Accord  but  it  would have to be a completely different deal. As usual  they took advantage of the United States. We were in a terrible deal."
Later  when Morgan asked  Trump  to respond to how he's portrayed -- as Morgan put it -- as either someone delivering on his promises or a "raging  tweeting  wrecking ball who's destroying the country and terrifying the entire planet "  Trump  replied  "I plead not guilty. I think I shook things up. The country had to be shaken up."
On whether his tweeting habits distracted from his message   Trump  said  he  doesn't call  it  tweeting but instead "social media" -- what  he  said is "a modern-day form of communication"  he  uses to counter "fake news."
“Well  perhaps sometimes in bed and perhaps sometimes at breakfast or lunch or whatever "  Trump  responded. "But generally speaking  during the early morning or during the evening  I can do that. But if I’m very busy during the day I’ll sometimes just dictate out something really quickly and I’ll give it to one of my people to put it on.”
Morgan also asked  Trump  about his health following his recent physical.
"Which most people are not going to do too well "  Trump  said.
When Morgan noted  Trump  had called himself a "stable genius "  Trump  answered  "Yep. I am a stable genius."
 Trump  responded: "Don't want to change it. Nope -- don't want to change that  no.
"They build that up. I eat fine food "  Trump  continued. "I eat really the finest -- some of the finest chefs in the world. I eat healthy food. I also have some of that food on occasion. Sometimes it makes sense. Actually  when you're campaigning  there's a lot of sense to it because it's you know  boom boom boom. But  uh  no I think I eat actually quite well."
[TGT] defended  [TGT]  positions on climate change  gun control and even  [TGT]  tweeting and eating habits during a rare  wide-ranging interview with British television personality Piers Morgan.
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In a previously unseen excerpt  Morgan asked  [TGT]what was being done to stop shootings in the U.S. in the wake of this past week's high school shooting in Kentucky in which two 15-year-old students died and more than 18 others were wounded.
When Morgan repeated that Paddock had bought 55 guns   [TGT]said: "The point is   he  would have had 55 bombs.  He  would have had 55 of something else."
"I’m a Second Amendment person. I think you need it for security "  [TGT]said. "You've had so many attacks  where there was only a gun -– a bad person’s gun -– going in this direction and if you had one on the other side. In fact  that’s a very big example. And if they had the bullets going in the opposite direction  you would have saved a lot of lives."
When asked about  his  decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord and whether  he  believes climate change exists   [TGT]  answered  "There is a cooling and there's a heating -- I mean  look  it used to not be climate change. It used to be global warming "  [TGT]said. "That wasn't working too well because it was getting too cold all over the place. The ice caps were going to melt. They were going to be gone by now  but now they're setting records  okay? They're at a record level.
"I'll tell you what I believe in "  [TGT]continued. "I believe in clean air. I believe in crystal clear  beautiful water. I believe in just having good cleanliness and all."
 Trump  added  "We could go back into the Paris Accord  but  it  would have to be a completely different deal. As usual  they took advantage of the United States. We were in a terrible deal."
Later  when Morgan asked  Trump  to respond to how he's portrayed -- as Morgan put it -- as either someone delivering on his promises or a "raging  tweeting  wrecking ball who's destroying the country and terrifying the entire planet "  Trump  replied  "I plead not guilty. I think I shook things up. The country had to be shaken up."
On whether his tweeting habits distracted from his message   Trump  said  he  doesn't call  it  tweeting but instead "social media" -- what  he  said is "a modern-day form of communication"  he  uses to counter "fake news."
“Well  perhaps sometimes in bed and perhaps sometimes at breakfast or lunch or whatever "  Trump  responded. "But generally speaking  during the early morning or during the evening  I can do that. But if I’m very busy during the day I’ll sometimes just dictate out something really quickly and I’ll give it to one of my people to put it on.”
Morgan also asked  Trump  about his health following his recent physical.
"Which most people are not going to do too well "  Trump  said.
When Morgan noted  Trump  had called himself a "stable genius "  Trump  answered  "Yep. I am a stable genius."
 Trump  responded: "Don't want to change it. Nope -- don't want to change that  no.
"They build that up. I eat fine food "  Trump  continued. "I eat really the finest -- some of the finest chefs in the world. I eat healthy food. I also have some of that food on occasion. Sometimes it makes sense. Actually  when you're campaigning  there's a lot of sense to it because it's you know  boom boom boom. But  uh  no I think I eat actually quite well."