Exclusive: Trump willing to talk to North Korea's Kim, wants to renegotiate climate accord

"The wife wants to make him in c-harge of the economy," Trump said.

Clinton described Trump's idea of dismantling Dodd-Frank as reckless. "Latest reckless idea f-rom Trump: gut rules on Wall Street, and leave middle-class families out to dry," she said on Twitter.

CLIMATE ACCORD

Trump said he is "not a big fan" of the Paris climate accord, which prescribes reductions in carbon emissions by more than 170 countries. He said he would want to renegotiate the deal because it treats the United States unfairly and gives favorable treatment to countries like China.

A renegotiation of the pact would be a major setback for what was hailed as the first truly global climate accord, committing both rich and poor nations to reining in the rise in greenhouse gas emissions blamed for warming the planet.

On Russia, Trump tempered past praise of Putin, saying the nice comments the Russian leader has made about him in the past would only go so far.

"The fact that he said good things about me doesn't mean that it's going to help him in a negotiation. It won't help him at all," he said.

Last December, Trump said Putin was "highly respected" and said the United States and Russia could work together to defeat terrorism. Putin responded by saying he welcomed Trump's desire for better relations and called the Republican candidate "very flamboyant, very talented."

FINANCIAL BUBBLE?

Trump said he perceived a dangerous financial bubble in the tech start-up industry, with some companies selling shares at high valuations without ever turning a profit.

"I'm talking about companies that have never made any money, that have a bad concept and that are valued at billions of dollars," he said.

On the U.S. Federal Reserve, Trump said that while he eventually wants a Republican to head it, he is "not an enemy" of current chair Janet Yellen, who was appointed by Obama.

"I'm not a person that thinks Janet Yellen is doing a bad job. I happen to be a low-interest rate person unless inflation rears its ugly head, which can happen at some point," he said, adding that inflation "doesn't seem like it's happening any time soon."

The real estate mogul said he would maintain the current level of benefits for Social Security recipients, a position championed by former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Trump said he would not raise the retirement age or impose a sliding scale of benefits depending on income levels.

Some Republican lawmakers have pushed for structural reforms to Social Security to extend its solvency.

The depleted Social Security Trust Fund, Trump said, would be replenished by the increased tax revenue that would flow into the government f-rom the higher job growth spurred by his economic policies.

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(Reporting by Steve Holland and Emily Flitter; Additional reporting by Alana Wise, David Brunnstrom and Matt Spetalnick in Washington; Editing by Paul Thomasch and Tiffany Wu)