"Crime in Chicago is out of control and I will tell you, outside of Chicago, it's a huge negative and a huge talking point, a huge negative for Chicago,"

"You've got to stop it. You're not going to stop it by being nice. You're going to stop it by being one tough son of a bitch," Trump said.

Trump said he believed police today were not as tough as when he was growing up in the mid-1960s.

"You need tough cookies. These are tough kids. These are not babies. These are tough, tough kids. If they saw you walking down the street, they wouldn't give a damn about you," Trump said. "You can't be so gentle with these people."

While Trump was critical of the Illinois economy, he also criticized the economies of two states headed by potential rivals for the Republican nomination, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, as a "disaster."

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

this whole thing is just another way to keep his name in the news at no cost... he'll bow out when things get serious and he actually has to spend money