Golf over the last pretty long period of time. levin: so, you re about to tell me you d lose? trump: golf golf . right now. golf is a very it s a great game for getting to know people, both good and bad, by the way. you can learn some bad things about people, but mostly good. you can never, ever get to know people at lunch or dinner like you can on a golf course. levin: the phillies and red sox scouted you at a point. you were a great baseball player. had you been picked to join the team, either one, would you have done that instead of going into business? trump: i love baseball. look, i just love sports. but i was a good baseball player. i don t know. i think probably not. i guess not. well, i remember i was having some tryouts and there were some players that actually made the major leagues and they were with me, and i remember saying to my friends, they are very good. you know, so, you never know. i mean, you just never know. levin: well, if you had the shot, i mean, bad news trump: look, when you re 20 years old or you re 18 years
Levin: so, this was overall, they looked around the country and they said, this is the guy. trump: i guess. i didn t ask. i picked it up and i was out of there, so levin: my understanding is business school was not your first choice. trump: well, i wanted to be in a business that you re very familiar with. i wanted to make motion pictures. i absolutely did. i was going to apply to usc. levin: usc film school. trump: and i was absolutely going to do that. i loved it. wade. wade: trump. trump: i hear kelson finally dumped you. wade: not exactly, no. we just came to a mutual understanding that she couldn t bear me for another second, that s all. levin: what was it about i mean, that s shocking. why what was it that literally was gonna make you break from what your dad did and start a career in film? trump: i just liked it. i always liked it. i liked the glamour of movies.
Anytime! can we lose the all . there s no cbs and we don t have a ton of sports. anywhere, any. let s lose the anywhere, anytime too. you can t download on-the-go, there s no dvr, yada yada yada. stream some stuff! somewhere! sometimes! you totally nailed that buddy. simple. don t let directv now limit your entertainment. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. trump: welcome to the boardroom. it won t be easy, but you re gonna have some interesting experiences. this is the chair that i used in the boardroom of the apprentice. and we had a lot of good luck with this chair. 14 seasons. i think that is so stupid. you re fired. go. man: ok. all right. trump: terrible. levin: if it weren t for this show, would you be in a position to run and do what you ve done? trump: i don t know. a lot of people ask that question. levin: it changed you. trump: well, it may have. levin: it changed the perception of you in the public. trump: are you ready?
Can make it in one business, you can make it in another business. levin: do you believe that? trump: yeah, i do. if you like it, if you have an aptitude for it. and you have to be interested in it. but i ve always felt, harvey, that if you can make it in one, you ll make it in another, if you like it. you have to like it. you have to love it. we can t be defending japan and we can t be defending saudi arabia and the persian gulf and everybody else. other countries have to pay us for the services we re rendering or this country s gonna go right down the tubes, and that is a shame. phil donahue: and we ll be back in just a moment. [applause] trump: so, you spotted this, but it s a letter from richard nixon. levin: written 1987. trump: and it was just amazing that he wrote. you can read it. levin: i did not see the program but mrs. nixon told me that you were great on the donahue show. as you can imagine, she is an expert on politics and she predicts that whenever you decide to run for