“I was actually quite kind to you, I used $7 trillion, the upper estimate is $15 trillion. People like the Wall Street Journal, which is hardly a Communist organization, they have criticized you on this as well. You are running up enormous debt,” Micklethwait said, before Trump cut him off, clearly frustrated.
“What does the Wall Street Journal know? I’m meeting with them tomorrow, what does the Wall Street Journal know? They’ve been wrong about everything, so have you, by the way. You’ve been wrong about everything,” Trump replied, as the crowd, which seemed to support him, laughed.
“You’re trying to turn this into a debate, there are business people here,” Micklethwait said as Trump repeatedly tried to cut him off.