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The moderators were Fox News hosts Megyn Kelly, Bret Baier and Chris Wallace. Here is a complete transcript. --- > “” --- ## Transcript [00:00] [ APPLAUSE ] [00:04] Mr. Trump, hi. Hello. How you doing? Nice to be with you [00:07] Megan. Great to have you here. [ LAUGH ] You're looking [00:09] well. You're looking well. How are you? [ LAUGH ] [00:12] This campaign, for the last year, Donald Trump has [00:15] basically mocked everybody with personal attacks. He's [00:17] done so to people that are sitting on the stage today. [00:18] [ APPLAUSE ] He's done so about people that are [00:21] disabled. He's done it about every other candidate in this [00:24] race. So if there's anyone who ever deserved to be [00:26] attacked that way, it's been Donald Trump. He referred to [00:28] my hands. If they're small, something else must be small. I [00:32] guarantee you, there's no problem. I guarantee you. And I [00:35] don't think the people of America are interested in a bunch [00:37] of bickering school children. They're interested in [00:39] solutions, not slogans. [ CROSSTALK ] I think I'm talking. [00:43] This little guy has lied. So much- Here we go! About my [00:46] record. Here we go! The personal- You asked him about [00:49] the economy, and the first thing he does is launch an [00:51] attack about some little guy thing. You haven't employed [00:54] one person. You ever heard of Trump Steaks? You ever [00:56] heard of Trump Vodka? Yeah, you know what? All these [00:58] companies that he's ruined! Take a look at Trump Steaks- [00:59] People say everywhere I go You seem to be the adult on [01:03] the stage. You're not going to stop the corruption and the [01:06] cronyism by someone who has used government power for [01:11] private gain. we are talking about waterboarding. I said it's [01:14] fine. And if we want to go stronger, I'd go stronger too. [01:17] Because frankly that's the way I feel. Yeah. [ APPLAUSE ] [01:20] Time and time again in this campaign You've actually told [01:23] the voters one thing only to reverse yourself within weeks [01:26] of even sometimes days. I was always against going into [01:30] Iraq. In fact, believe me I was always against. The most [01:34] important election in the generation And he's trying to con [01:37] people into giving them their vote, just like he conned these [01:39] people into giving them their money. It's a minor civil case. [01:43] Donald, learn not to interrupt. It's not complicated. Count to [01:46] ten, Donald. Count to ten. Give me a break. Count to ten. [01:50] You have yet to answer a single serious question about [01:52] any of this. Will you give us a detailed answer about [01:55] foreign policy any time you're asked on it? [ INAUDIBLE ] [01:57] Putin said very nice things about me, and I say very [02:01] nicely, wouldn't it be nice if actually we could get along [02:05] with Russia. The question is do you think that Donald [02:08] Trump is naive About the threat that Vladimir Putin [02:12] represents. I'm not biting. In Russia, we need to tell them [02:15] we're gonna arm the Ukrainians with defensive lethal [02:17] weapons. Not what you said in the op ed. That is not what [02:19] you said in the op ed. Donald, please, I know it's hard not [02:22] to interrupt, but try. Breathe, breathe, breathe. [ LAUGH ] [02:25] You can do it. Breathe. I [02:29] know it's hard. I know it's hard but just- When they're done [02:32] with the yoga can I answer a question? You cannot. I [02:37] really hope that we don't see yoga on this stage. Well he's [02:40] very flexible so you never know. Let me just ask the voters [02:43] at home, is this debate you want playing out in the general [02:47] election? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4247496/republican-debate-transcript-eleventh-detroit-fox-news/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4247496/republican-debate-transcript-eleventh-detroit-fox-news/"},"headline":"Read the Full Transcript of the Eleventh Republican Debate in Detroit","datePublished":"2016-03-04T06:06:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-05T08:50:33.889Z","description":"Here is the full text.","url":"https://time.com/4247496/republican-debate-transcript-eleventh-detroit-fox-news/","keywords":["Debates","2016 Election","Sen. 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