Donald Trump defended his assertion that the political system is rigged against him and ordinary citizens in an exclusive interview on EWTN’s “The World Over” with Raymond Arroyo, set to air Thursday evening.

“You know, who really said it pretty well.. was [President] Obama,” Trump told Arroyo in a preview of the interview first given to LifeZette. “When he was running in his first election, they asked him the same question. And, he talked about rigged elections and rigged everything else. Our system is rigged,” Trump said.

“We can be babies and say it doesn’t happen; but certainly, if you look at Philadelphia, if you look at Chicago, if you look at St. Louis, if you look at Obama’s statements from eight years ago … the system is rigged.”

“We can be babies and say it doesn’t happen; but certainly, if you look at Philadelphia, if you look at Chicago, if you look at St. Louis, if you look at Obama’s statements from eight years ago. Take a look at his statements what he said about it,” Trump said.

“I saw it last night,” Trump said of watching Obama’s comments on a rigged system made during the 2008 campaign, “It was like incredible; he was far more outgoing as far as that’s concerned than I am; but overall, what I’m really concerned about is the system is rigged, whether it’s the media rigging the system, there are so many things wrong,” he continued.

Trump also denied emphatically all accusations of sexual misconduct made against him. “That never happened,” he told Arroyo. “Those were artificial, they were made up just like at the rallies, where they made up, you know, they brought the protestors in. They paid them,” he said.

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“This stuff was all made up,” Trump continued. “And so, I protested it. And actually witnesses have come forward and much of it’s already been debunked, but it was all made up,” he said.

When asked if he had any regrets about some of his behavior and how he has reacted to criticisms throughout the election, Trump said he had none. “You know, I started with 17 people and it was a very, very nasty primary and they were nasty to me,” Trump said.

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“We’ll have to see what happens, but no, look, you can’t go back,” Trump continued. “You have to look forward. This was a nasty campaign and you know people don’t mention, but they were nasty to me. I think, in many cases, they were nastier to me than I was to them,” he said.

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Trump also continued to downplay controversial comments about women that were caught on a hot mic. “It was locker room talk, it was locker room talk,” Trump insisted. “The microphones, I mean to be honest should, you know, should never have been on, but that was locker room talk. And, it’s just one of those things,” he continued. “I have it. I’ve said it. I’ve made my apologies, but again, just one of those things.”

The full interview can be seen on EWTN’s “World Over” which airs on Friday, October 28 at 9.00 PM EST.