Trump to Savage: 'I used to think real estate was vicious'

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A regular on "The Savage Nation" radio show during the long presidential election season, Donald Trump called Michael Savage on the afternoon of Election Day, giving an update of how he sees the vote unfolding and his reflections on his record-breaking, anti-establishment campaign.

"We're just hearing very good things, Michael. We're hearing tremendous numbers (of voters) in New Hampshire, in Iowa, in Ohio," Trump said.

"I think we're going to surprise people very gravely," the Republican candidate continued. "It's going to be an amazing surprise, I think, in Pennsylvania. Some terrific numbers. A lot of people voting in Florida – that I can tell you.

"I think it's going to be an amazing evening."

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Savage noted he's received many messages from listeners who have said that, win or lose, Trump "has done the country a great service."

"You have changed the national conversation, Donald. You know that, don't you?" Savage asked.

"Well, I really appreciate it. I've had thank-yous from so many people," Trump replied.

"You know it's a vicious business. I used to think real estate was vicious. Real estate people are like soft people compared [to what we've experienced] the last year and a half."

Savage has described his latest book, "Scorched Earth: Restoring the Country After Obama," as "an architectural plan for Trump."

In the interview Tuesday, Savage expressed thanks to Trump for being a regular guest over the past year and for joining the show on a day in which he is doing very little media. Trump's first interview with Savage was in 2011.

On this Election Day, Trump said, "I'm sort of sitting back and seeing what happens. You know, I've gone through a marathon of speeches in front of these massive crowds over the last week.

"I just think the results are going to be very interesting. I think it's going to be a very interesting night – and I think it's going to be a very good night for television, because they're going to get ratings tonight. That I can tell you."

New Republicans

Savage asked Trump what is the greatest lesson he's learned "from this horrible campaign."

"Well, I think I've learned two things. Tremendous people that we have in this country. Tremendous people, with tremendous potential," he said. "I've gone through all corners of the country, and we just have people that are absolutely incredible people.

But he said he also has witnessed "incredible dishonesty."

"Hillary getting the questions for the debates. But so many other things. You see the relationship with some of these folks … I mean it's incredible with the Democratic Party and what's going on between that party and the press. It's so dishonest."

Savage asked Trump if he thought he would be called upon by the Republican establishment to bring the party together if he doesn't win.

"Well, that I don't know. I can tell you this: We've brought millions and millions of new people and great people – these are great people – into the party," Trump said.

"We've got more votes than anybody in the history of the party, going all the way back to Honest Abe Lincoln," he said.

Trump cited a figure of 14.5 million votes in 42 states in the primaries, noting it was accomplished in a field of 17 major candidates.

He said that many of the people who have been brought into the party are what he calls "the forgotten people."

"These are great people that have been forgotten, and they're hard-working, they're very, very smart and they feel let down by their politicians and let down by their country," Trump said.

It's people like that who are generating the long lines at polling places Tuesday, Trump said.

In New Hampshire, for example, Trump said he had just received a call from a friend.

"He's being doing this for 30 years, and he's never seen lines like it. The lines are blocks and blocks long," Trump said.

In an interview last month, Trump said that if he wins, he might meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin prior to the inauguration in January.

Trump noted relations with Russia are widely regarded as worse than at any time since the Cold War, with tensions over fighting ISIS in Syria, Eastern European independence, a rise in cyber breaches and accusations that Moscow is trying to influence the U.S. elections.

"The problem is Putin has no respect for Obama at all," said Trump at the time. "You have potentially a really catastrophic situation here. I'll be honest with you."

In an interview in August, Trump told Savage the policies of President Obama and Hillary Clinton toward Russia have prompted something "worse than a Cold War," with Moscow building up arms while the U.S. depletes its military.

Savage's new book "Scorched Earth" argues the nation has been undermined by terrorists from without, by anarchists from within, by a president and politicians with contempt for the Constitution and the law, and by a complicit liberal media.

WND also reported Savage believes America "could be one bad election away from losing everything."

And he warned, that Democrats will try to fix the election, describing them as "an evil, evil, evil, brilliant gang with unlimited resources."

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