“He’s got zero in the polls,” Trump declared. “I did it for fun, and everybody had a good time, and we had a packed house. We had a beyond-packed house. We had auditoriums next door that were packed. The place was amazing.”

“It seems to have gotten a lot of press,” Trump said. ”He calls me names, you have to fight back.”

“I’m a nice person,” Trump said, guessing that perhaps people are “having a field day” at his expense because he has led several recent national polls.