- March 18, 2015 -

Trump forms exploratory committee: ‘I’m very serious ... The country is in very serious trouble’

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GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Donald Trump is already running an empire. Today, the billionaire business mogul and TV star taking a giant step towards running for president.

And DONALD TRUMPjoins us. Good evening, sir.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT & CEO, TRUMP GROUP (VIA PHONE):Hello, Greta.

VAN SUSTEREN: All right. So, this is serious here. You formed an exploratory committee.

TRUMP: I'm very serious. I see what's going on with the country. The country is in serious trouble. A lot of people say it's going to hell. Only bad decisions being made. We make no good decisions. We have no victories. When was the last time you heard about something good that happened, like we beat China at something? We beat some other country. Mexico, you look at what they're doing, they're taking our business out of Tennessee. You look at what other countries are doing to us. So I'm very serious. Our country is in very serious trouble.

VAN SUSTEREN: OK. Two questions, you're headed tomorrow to New Hampshire. You got an early morning in New Hampshire. I want to know what you did there. Also, what does it mean to form an exploratory committee? Who is on this committee?