Donald Trump Slams Carly Fiorina on "Robotic" Campaign During Interview on Today—Watch Now!

The presidential race is in full swing and Donald Trump isn't showing any signs of slowing down—or backing down.

During a phone interview with Today's Savannah Guthrie aired Monday, Trump was pressed on the most recent CNN/ORC poll, which shows Republican competitor Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, surpassing Dr. Ben Carson for the second spot in the rankings, while Trump's numbers slowly decline. These results follow the candidates' performances from the second GOP debate, hosted by CNN last week.

"In all of the polls done post-debate, Carly Florina is surging. Do you consider her a threat?" Guthrie asked point-blank.

Trump immediately attacked the former CEO, pointing at the candidate's greatly-debated entrepreneurial past.



"I think when people find out what a horrible job she did in business running two companies into the ground," Trump recalled before trailing off on Fiorina's resume.

"She's got a good line of pitter-patter," Trump added. "She says the same thing over and over and over, but a lot of the people didn't hear it in the debate, so they heard it for the first time. It's almost like robotic." Fiorina partook in the earlier scheduled debate on FOX back in August with the second tier of Republican candidates.

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"I think people will understand her soon. When they look at her record of tremendous failure—look, she took Lucent into the ground, she took HP into the ground," Trump continued. This is certainly not the first time Trump has singled Fiorina out—only, this time it's actually applicable to the campaign. Trump received tremendous flack for his comments regarding Fiorina's physical appearance during an interview with Rolling Stone. Consistently instigating based on appearance, Trump had no qualms about poking fun at Fiorina's face. "'Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president? I mean, she's a woman, and I'm not s'posedta to say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?'" Trump mocked.

The real estate mogul later claimed he was discussing the 61-year-old's persona, not looks.

In a graceful fashion, Florina offered a well-timed response to Trump's physical commentary during the second round of debates when asked what she thought Trump was referring to in the comment.

"I think women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr. Trump said," Florina answered.

From the look of these newest poll results, it seems many would support that assertion.

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Donald Trump Hears a Lesson in Humility at Church news Trump USA today

Donald J. Trump attended a service on Sunday at First Presbyterian Church in Muscatine, Iowa.Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times

MUSCATINE, Iowa — Donald J. Trump is not usually a candidate who invokes the words of evangelical voters. But on Sunday, he went to church in eastern Iowa, where he studied “humility,” he later told attendees at a rally.

Mr. Trump sat for the entire service, which lasted over an hour, at First Presbyterian Church here, accompanied by Deborah Whitaker, whose son was killed in an accident shortly after returning from a tour of duty.

From the front of the church, the pastor acknowledged the presence of Mr. Trump, who sat in the fifth pew, with Ms. Whitaker to his right, sharing a book of prayer. When the collection plate was passed, Mr. Trump tossed in money; two crisp $50 bills peeked out from under a handful of singles minutes later.

He listened to a children’s chorus and shook hands with people sitting behind him when it came time to offer greetings to others. Two of his security guards sat behind him, and his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, and his spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, sat in the pew in front of him.

Mr. Trump, who sometimes reminds people of his Presbyterian faith, has nonetheless generally avoided speaking the language of the more-religious voters in the Iowa caucuses. But at a rally on Sunday, he mentioned attending church.

“We talked about humility in church today,” Mr. Trump told the crowd. “I don’t know if that was aimed at me, perhaps,” he joked, drawing laughs.

Mr. Trump was last seen going to church on New Year’s Eve in Florida.

Backstage, he told a handful of reporters that he enjoyed the service. “I have more humility than people think,” he said.

But he sounded a serious note about the final stretch before the Iowa caucuses.

“It’s crunch time, folks,” Mr. Trump said. “I mean, I wanna win Iowa. I really wanna win it.”

He acknowledged that the polls that lead up to the voting are not what ultimately matter.

“The polls have me winning now, but who knows about polls, I mean the only poll is the poll that takes place on Feb. 1, so we’ll see what happens,” he said.

From the stage at his rally, Mr. Trump repeatedly urged the crowd to go take part in their caucuses, even handing out registration forms.

He was introduced by the chairman of Republican Party of Iowa, Jeff Kaufmann, who is prohibited from making an endorsement. But he heaped praise on Mr. Trump and said he would easily support him as the party’s nominee.

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New group launches anti-Trump ads in Iowa

Is the Republican establishment making a last-ditch move to take down Donald Trump?

As the Iowa caucuses near, a newly minted super PAC is launching a television campaign in the state, questioning the billionaire developer’s commitment to conservative issues. Our Principles PAC, run by a former top aide to 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney, uses Trump’s own words on issues, such as partial-birth abortion and universal health care, to ask Iowa caucusgoers, “Can we trust Donald Trump?”

The ad began airing Tuesday, said Katie Packer, who runs the super PAC and was Romney’s deputy campaign manager.

Packer, who describes herself as having roots in the GOP’s evangelical wing, said Trump “has been going around and portraying himself as a conservative, and he obviously is not.”

“We want voters to hear for themselves how flimsy he is on some of these critical issues,” she told USA TODAY. “He doesn’t seem to have any kind of philosophical anchor… Right now, he’s winning because of his personality.”

Trump campaign aides did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Packer called the ad buy “very substantial” and said “there will be more to come. She would neither confirm nor deny reports that the group was spending at least $1 million on the ad, first reported by Politico.

The spending comes on top of more than $280,000 the group has spent on mailers and other voter contacts since the group sprang into existence Jan. 14, federal records show.

The group also has launched a website that delves into Trump’s past statements.

Packer declined to identify the group’s donors, saying only that they share her view “that our party needs to nominate someone who is a principled conservative.”

The super PAC won’t have to disclose its contributors' names until Feb. 20 — after Monday’s caucuses in Iowa and the Feb. 9 New Hampshire primary.

The super PAC’s move represents one of the most forceful outside attacks on Trump, who leads most national polls and is battling with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for the top slot in Iowa. GOP establishment figures have expressed frustration both with Trump and Cruz, a firebrand conservative who has clashed with his party's leadership in the Senate. But most groups aligned with top Republican donors have not trained much of their firepower on those contenders.

"I would have loved to see some of the other groups that have big dollars step up," Packer said, when asked about her last-minute effort against Trump.

A pro-Cruz super PAC, Keep the Promise I, is striking similar themes to the Packer ad.

The group, tied to hedge-fund billionaire Robert Mercer, unleashed two commercials this week that highlight Trump’s statements on abortion and health care. On Monday, Cruz cast himself as the only candidate standing between Trump and the Republican nomination.

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Trump team says he'll ditch Thursday's GOP debate

Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Roundhouse Gymnasium on Jan. 26, 2016, in Marshalltown, Iowa. (Photo: Mary Altaffer, AP)

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Protesting "wise guy" comments from Fox News about his criticism of anchor Megyn Kelly, Donald Trump said Tuesday he likely won't participate in Thursday's Republican debate — and his campaign manager said later the GOP front-runner would in fact skip the event.

"Most likely, I'm not going to be doing the debate," Trump told reporters before a rally in Marshalltown, Iowa.

Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, later told reporters that the businessman would definitely not participate.

Trump has threatened a debate boycott all week, describing Kelly as a "lightweight" who is biased against him.

Donald Trump said Tuesday that he "most likely" will not participate in Thursday night's FOX News debate, citing the participation of Megyn Kelly as well as FOX's press release poking fun at Trump's rhetoric.

Trump's criticism led to pushback from Fox News, including one statement from the network earlier Tuesday that drew the businessman's ire: “We learned from a secret back channel that the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president — a nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the Cabinet with his Twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings.”

Citing that statement, Trump said that Fox is "playing games" and that he will do an event for wounded warriors instead of Thursday's debate.

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Ted Cruz, who is battling Trump for the top spot in Monday's caucuses, told talk-show host Mark Levin on Tuesday evening he would challenge the billionaire to a one-on-one debate — "away from moderators he is so afraid of."

Trump has attacked Kelly since an Aug. 6 debate in which the Fox anchor asked him about statements demeaning women. Kelly has declined to respond to Trump's attacks, but Fox has defended her and insisted she be part of the debate.

Earlier this week, Fox said: "Megyn Kelly has no conflict of interest. Donald Trump is just trying to build up the audience for Thursday's debate, for which we thank him."

Trump did not mention the debate boycott during the Marshalltown event in a high school basketball gym, a question-and-answer session with a local talk show host. While his questioner cited the prospect of a "gotcha" debate, Trump said he has no problems with Fox News, "but they have to treat people fairly."

During his news conference, Trump taunted Fox about the prospect of lower ratings for a debate without his presence.

"Let's see how they do with the debate," Trump said. "Let's see how many people watch."

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