Donald Trump: “I’m so torn, because I would like to see the new mayor do well, because I love New York. I really love New York.”

Ms Zacharia has been “brutalised by the media”.

You got a beautiful husband and family.

These are the most beautiful roses anyone’s ever seen. I asked the president, ‘Could you get me some for the Rose Garden?’ And he said ‘yes’. I’ve never seen roses so big!

I told her, ‘I think you’re better off being happy’.