Eric Trump speaks out about assassination attempt on MSNBC: 'This country has real problems'

>>> JOINING ME NOW, ERIC TRUMP. SO WE'RE COMPETING WITH THE SOUND CHECK RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE PRACTICING HOME OF THE BRAVE. >> BEAUTIFUL. >> I GOT TO TALK TO YOU. I'VE KNOWN YOU A LONG TIME, ERIC, AND WHAT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY WAS SCARY. HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> BEYOND SCARY. SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED TO HAPPEN. I WAS TELLING YOU BEFORE, BUT I WAS THERE WITH MY 6-YEAR-OLD SON, 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND MY WIFE AND WE'RE WATCHING IT ON TV AND YOU HEAR THE GUN SHOTS. YOUR HEART SINKS. I'VE DONE A LOT OF COMPETITIVE SHOOTING. THERE'S NO MISTAKES WHAT THOSE WERE AND YOU SEE HIM ON THE GROUND. HE GOT HIT, HE GRABBED THE SIDE OF HIS FACE. THEY WERE ON THE GROUND FOR 45, 60 SECONDS. FELT LIKE AN ETERNITY. THEN YOU SEE HIM GET UP, THE BLOOD ON THE SIDE OF HIS FACE. WE ALMOST WITNESSED THE ASSASSINATION OF A FORMER PRESIDENT AND PROBABLY A FUTURE PRESIDENT ON LIVE TV. NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE DEVASTATING TO ME AS A SON, THERE'S NO ONE IN THE WORLD I LOVE MORE, BUT THINK ABOUT HOW THAT'S DEVASTATING TO A NATION. CIVIL WARS HAVE BROKEN OUT OVER LESS THAN THAT. AND OUR LEADERS GETTING EXECUTED BY MAN MANIACS ON THE TOP OF ROOF. THE FEMALE IN THE PICTURE, SHE WAS WITH ME FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND ONE OF THE GREATEST HUMAN BEINGS YOU'LL EVER MEET. I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR HER. I'M TELLING YOU, THEY'RE THE GREATEST PEOPLE EVER AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO YOU HAVE TAKEN A BULLET FOR HIM THAT DAY AND THEY DID. THEY JUMPED IN. I DON'T PUT ANY OF THIS ON THEM. IN FACT, I LAUD THEM FOR THEIR COURAGEOUSNESS THAT DAY. THOSE BULLETS WERE FLYING OVER THEM JUST AS CLOSELY AS THEY WERE OVER MY FATHER. AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, THEY MOVED WITH HIM TO A LOCATION. THAT LOCATION IS ALREADY SECURE. WHATEVER HAPPENED IN TERMS OF THE SET UP OF THE LOCATION, WHOEVER ALLOWED A ROOFTOP THAT LARGE TO BE UNSECURED, ALLOWED A MADMAN TO CRAWL ON TOP WITH A RIFLE, THERE ARE REAL QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED AND IT HURTS MY SOUL BECAUSE AGAIN, I KNOW THE DEDICATION OF THE SECRET SERVICE. I KNOW THOSE PEOPLE INTIMATELY. I KNOW THEIR FAMILY. I KNOW THEIR, AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE FINEST PEOPLE YOU'LL EVER MEET AND WOULD HAVE TAKEN A BULLET FOR HIM, BUT THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN. >> CLEARLY. I WANT TO SHOW IMAGES OF LAST NIGHT OF YOUR DAD COMING IN. HE HAD A LOOK ON HIS FACE. I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE. I KNOW YOUR DAD WELL. I'VE NEVER SEEN THE LOOK HE HAD LAST NIGHT. LOOKED SERENE, OVERWHELMED, EMOTIONAL. ALMOST LIKE HE WOULD CRY. HE'S MENTIONED THIS HAS CHANGED HIM. NECESSITATED A CHANGE TO HIS SPEECH. HAVE YOU SEE THE KEYNOTE SPEECH? IS IT GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE? BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE HE USES CAN BE PRETTY TOUGH. >> I THINK THE LANGUAGE USED IN THE POLITICAL ECOSYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES IS PRETTY TOUGH. MAYBE THEst A REMINDER THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO TONE IT DOWN. YES, THE LANGUAGE IS DIFFERENT. THEst A BEAUTIFUL SPEECH. LAST NIGHT, IT WAS SOMBER. EMOTIONAL. HE WAS MILLIMETERS FROM HAVING HIS HEAD BLOWN OFF ON NATIONAL TV. IN FRONT OF HIS GRANDCHILDREN. IN FRONT OF 30, 40, 50,000 PEOPLE WHO WOULD WALK OVER BROKEN GLASS FOR HIM. I THINK THAT PUTS A LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE. WHEN HE WALKED OUT HERE YESTERDAY, FIRST OF ALL, A BEAUTIFUL SONG, WHICH WAS JUST SO PERFECT AND REFLECTIVE OF THE MOMENT. GOD BLESS THE USA. AND YOU HAVE THAT PLAYING, PEOPLE CRYING AND CHEERING AND CHANTING USA. PEOPLE WHO LOVE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE VERY WAY HE'S BEEN DEMONIZED OVER THE YEARS, THESE VERY PEOPLE HAVE. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THEY EXPRESS THEMSELVES THE WAY THEY DO. >> CAN YOU GIVE US ANY PREVIEWS? >> THIS IS HIS BIG MOMENT SO I'LL LET HIM DO THIS. I'M PROUD OF IT. OF HIM. HE'S NEVER STOPPED FIGHTING. WHEN HE GOT OFF THE GROUND ON THAT STAGE AND HE'S GOT BLOOD RUNNING DOWN HIS FACE AND SAYS FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL AFFILIATION, THIS COUNTRY HAS REAL PROBLEMS. REAL PROBLEMS. YOU NEED SOMEBODY WHO'S WILLING TO FIGHT FOR IT. I WANT THAT COACH, THAT WINNING NFL COACH WHO'S GOING TO FIGHT FOR THEIR TEAM. MY FATHER IS THAT GUY FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. HE WANTS TO FIGHT FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. HE WANTS TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT ECONOMICALLY, MILITARILY, IN EVERY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM. NOT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO AGREE, BUT NO ONE CAN SAY HE'S NOT AN AMAZING FIGHTER FOR THIS COUNTRY. THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE MORE LOVE FOR THIS COUNTRY THAN ANYONE. I THINK THAT WAS ON FULL DISPLAY AS HE HAD BLOOD RUNNING DOWN HIS FACE. >> TODAY IS MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN, IMMIGRATION IS A HUGE PART OF IT. IF HE GETS A SECOND TERM, THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT WANTING TO DEPORT MORE IMMIGRANTS THAN EVER. STEVEN MILLER SAID HE WANTS TO DEPORT A MILLION IN A YEAR. ARE YOU GOING TO LOOK AT FAMILIES? LOOK AT CHILDREN WHO WERE BROUGHT HERE WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG AND HAVE SPENT THEIR LIVES HERE OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE A MASS DEPORTATION, IF YOU DON'T HAVE PAPER, YOU'RE LEAVING. >> THIS ARGUMENT IS CRAZY TO ME. MY MOM WAS AN IMMIGRANT TO THE U.S. SHE WAS AN AMAZING WOMAN. SHE CAME AND MADE OBVIOUSLY UNITED STATES HER HOME. SHE LEARNED THE LANGUAGE. WHEN SHE DIED, I AM A UNITED STATES CITIZEN. SHE WAS PROUD OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE CAN'T HAVE LEGAL IMMIGRATION AND FIGHT BY THE RULES. WE HAVE A BRANCH THAT CAN SET THE RULES. SET THE RULES. MAKE THE LAWS. WHO COMES IN, WHO DOESN'T. WHO DO WE WANT IN THIS COUNTRY. WHO DO WE NOT WANT IN THIS COUNTRY. HAVE A PATHWAY FOR PEOPLE TO COME INTO THIS COUNTRY. BUT WE OUGHT TO KNOW WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE AND LET PEOPLE IN LEGALLY AND WE OUGHT TO NOT LET IN YOU KNOW, A LOT OF BAD PEOPLE. >> WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY HERE? WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS WHO WERE BROUGHT HERE AND HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD, WHO HAVE ONLY SEEN THIS AS THEIR HOME. WHO ONLY KNOW THE U.S. >> HEARTS BREAK. I'M A COMPASSIONATE PERSON. MUCH MORE COMPASSIONATE PERSON THAN YOU COULD IMAGINE. WHAT ABOUT OUR CITIZENS? WHAT ABOUT THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE TAKING UP EVERY ROOM IN NEW YORK CITY HOTELS AT TAXPAYER DOLLARS WHILE OUR TAXPAYERS STRUGGLE WHILE VETERANS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE SLEEPING UNDER UNDERPASSES ALL OVER THE NATION. WHY CAN'T WE TAKE CARE OF OUR VETERANS? OUR OWN? WHY CAN'T WE CURB THE COST ON ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING? >> I HEAR YOU. >> I'M COMPASSIONATE. YOU KNOW HOW COMPASSIONATE I AM. MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN SPENT DEDICATED TO SAVING DYING CHILDREN AT ST. JUDE. I'VE GOT THE BIGGEST HEART IN THE WORLD, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AND SAY MAYBE WE TAKE CARE OF THAT VETERAN WHO WENT TO WAR FOR OUR NATION AND GIVE THEM ONE OF THOSE ROOMS. >> I HEAR YOU ON THAT. MY QUESTION WAS NOR SPECIFICALLY THE DREAMERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. NIKKI HALEY IS ON STAGE RIGHT NOW. SHE RAN A CONTENTIOUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST YOUR FATHER. THESE ARE VOTERS THAT VOTED FOR HER. THAT YOUR FATHER NEEDS. DOES JD VANCE SPEAK TO THEM? >> I THINK SO. >> WHY? >> I THINK THE WHOLE PARTY SPEAKS TO THEM AND THE LUNACY IN THIS WORLD SPEAKS TO THESE PEOPLE. THESE PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING AND NO ONE CAN TELL YOU. NO NEWS OUTLET CAN COVER UP THE FACT THAT AMERICANS ARE STRUGGLING NOW. EVERYTHING'S UNAFFORDABLE. PEOPLE AREN'T MAKING IT. RENT'S CRAZY. INFLATION'S CRAZY. UTILITIES ARE CRAZY. THE PRICE OF FOOD'S CRAZY. PEOPLE ARE WORKING UNTHINKABLE HOURS. AND NO ONE'S GETTING AHEAD ANYMORE. THEN YOU'VE GOT REAL PROBLEMS WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN, TAKING JOBS. I'VE HAD FOUR FRIENDS THAT HAVE LOST KIDS TO FENTANYL AND NO ONE'S DOING A DAMN THING. GO DOWN THE LITANY OF THINGS. I THINK THOSE PEOPLE ARE MIGRATES OVER THE PARTY VERY QUICKLY. I THINK THE FACT PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO COVER THAT UP IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. >> ONE MORE QUESTION ON POLICY. THE QUESTION OF ABORTION. YOUR FATHER SAID IT'S A STATES ISSUE. DISAVOWED PROJECT 2025. SAYS THEY GO WAY TOO FAR. CAN YOU SAY IF HE GETS INTO OFFICE, HE WILL NOT ALLOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO USE ITS POWERS TO MAKE ABORTION EVEN HARDER FROM A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE, TO NOT USE THE COMESTOCK ACT TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO SEND ABORTION TOOLS OR PILLS. >> I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES. >> SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S GOING TO HAVE NO SAY. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT HARDER? >> MY FATHER WANTS TO FIX THE BROKEN ROOF IN THIS COUNTRY. THIS COUNTRY HAS A BROKEN ROOF AND THAT'S IMMIGRATION. IT'S ECONOMY. IT'S MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS WITH SPURRING WARS ALL OVER THE WORLD. MY FATHER WANTS TO STOP THE MADNESS OF THE WORLD. HE WANTS TO STOP THE WARS. HE WANTS OUR COUNTRY TO BE FIX. HE WANTS OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM TO BE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD AND YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE WE ALWAYS GET DISTRACTED. YEAH, MAYBE PEOPLE DON'T. I CAN TELL YOU MY FATHER, HE'S A VERY MICRO GUY. ALSO A VERY MACRO GUY AND HE WANTS TO FIX THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THIS COUNTRY. WHETHER YOU'RE ON ONE SIDE OF THE EQUATION OR ANOTHER, SWIMMING IN WOMEN'S SPORTS. ONE PERSON CAN BE ON ONE SIDE THAT'S NOT OF GRAVE IMPORTANCE OF OUR NATION WHEN YOU JUST HAD 300,000 CHILDREN DEAD OF FENTANYL COMING FROM CHINA THROUGH THE MEXICAN BORDER AND POISONING OUR YOUTH. I THINK WE SOMETIMES HAVE TO TAKE THE HOLISTIC VIEW. WE HAVE TO ZOOM OUT. WHAT'S IMPORTANT. LET'S FIX THE LEAKY ROOF OF OUR HOUSE AND THEN WE CAN START TACKLING THOSE THINGS BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO THE