Trump: Republicans Are 'Terrible, Frightened' Negotiators

GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: All right, I need a definition. I watched your YouTube video today in research for tonight's interview. And the term "El Foldo."

DONALD TRUMP: Right. Well, the Republicans are doing another el foldo. They did one during the lame duck session, where they brought Obama, like a phoenix he rose again. He was gone. It was over. And all of a sudden, they just allowed him back into the game.

And now they're doing another one but at a much higher level. This is incredible. They had all of the cards. Now, they haven't made this deal yet, but from all indications, it looks like they're frightened. It looks like they're scared. And it looks like they're just folding.

VAN SUSTEREN: Why?

TRUMP: I have no idea! And they are making Obama look so great. It's just incredible. The fact is the Republicans are terrible negotiators.

One of the things that most bothered me when I was thinking about running and when I was leading in the polls, I would look at some of the decisions these people were making, and I couldn't believe it. You look at what Paul Ryan has done with Medicare, where he wants to knock out and destroy Medicare, whether he is or not, certainly the perception is that he is.

And you see what going on and you say, maybe the Democrats are going to take over the House. It is unbelievable what is going on. And Nancy Pelosi is laughing all the way to the bank. And you notice she is the only one saying I won't touch Medicare. The Republicans could end up, instead of getting more seats in the House they could end up losing the House. They are horrible negotiators.

Paul Ryan, how he got involved, after being in office for 15 seconds after getting his new position, and just the first thing he does is come out with this plan that is absolutely -- he should have waited for Obama to come out.

VAN SUSTEREN: Let me get back to the debt ceiling.

TRUMP: The fact is, Greta, they are terrible, terrible, frightened negotiators. And I just can't believe they are doing this.