"I'd rather have nothing than what they're building," says the real estate mogul in a Hardball interview
In an interview scheduled to air on "Hardball with Chris Matthews" Thursday, Donald Trump tells Chris Matthews that the proposed Freedom Tower was designed by "an egghead architect" who "really doesn't have a lot of experience designing something like this."
Following is a transcript of interview.
CHRIS MATTHEWS, 'HARDBALL' HOST: Donald Trump, thank you for joining us in amidst of this controversy over the World Trade Towers.
Speaking into now the counter, every time I fly over Manhattan I see basically an amputated Battery area. The bottom of the island looks amputated. I see the missing towers. Is that a better monument than the Freedom Towers, just not having anything? Or would you rather have the World Trade Towers back?
DONALD TRUMP: I'd rather have nothing than what they're building, Chris. It's a terrible design. It was designed by an egghead architect who really doesn't have a lot of experience of designing something like this. And it's just a terrible design.
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