Try sitting behind his desk and making these decisions. You know it, both of you know it, they know it. I'm not bad at what I do. It doesn't mean I never make a mistake, I do, but I'm making those decisions.

The bottom line here is that we're not going anywhere. I am not going anywhere. I don't think I should run - run against me. Go ahead, announce the president. Challenge me at the convention.

I was also the guy that expanded NATO. I'm the guy that put NATO together. I'm the guy that shut Putin down. Who's going to be able to hold NATO together like me?

I have a cognitive test every single day. Every day I’ve got tests. Everything I do.

I am running and going to win again.

I think what Donald Trump is simply saying is we ought to investigate the prior administration. There are obviously many instances of wrongdoing.

I know I will respect the limits of the president's powers, I have for three and a half years, but any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to ignore the law.

If the Lord Almighty came down and said, 'Joe, get out of the race,' I'd get out of the race. The Lord Almighty's not coming down.

Donald Trump is the pragmatic leader here.

So long as it's a free and fair election, Kristen, of course we will. We will use constitutional processes to challenge issues if we think there are issues. But if it's a free and fair election, we will do what the Constitution requires…

It is one of the great failures of recent political history that the Republican Party was too often unable to disconnect legitimate political disagreements from the fact that the president himself is an admirable man.

I support that opinion. I think it's important to say that we actually have to have an important conversation in this country about what our abortion policy should be.

The prosecution of Donald Trump in New York... has fundamentally been thrown in doubt by this immunity case.

Political violence is never justified.

I would absolutely support investigating prior wrongdoing by our government, absolutely.

Completely ruling that out.

Well, guess what? They're trying to push me out on the race. Well, let me say this clearly as I can, I'm staying in a race. I'll beat Donald Trump. I will beat him again in 2020. By the way, we're going to do it again in 2024.

It was a bad episode. No indication of any serious condition. I was exhausted. I didn't listen to my instincts in terms of preparing and -- and a bad night.