Trump criticizes Occupy Wall Street as "wasting their time"

During a CNBC interview, Trump dismissed the Occupy Wall Street protests, claiming the demonstrators were "wasting their time" and lacked a cohesive message. He defended the bank bailouts (from which he benefited), stating, "We got bailed out but we paid it back." The comments positioned him squarely on the side of the establishment against populist economic anger, a stance he would later complicate during his 2016 run.

"They are wasting their time." — Interview on CNBC