Trump said he is considering making a speech Saturday night to discuss the controversy as well as his campaign's positions. He said the controversy will blow over as did others, such as his attacks on Sen. John McCain and his proposed ban on Muslims.

About his sexually charged statements caught on tape, Mr. Trump said, "People get it. They get life." Asked about the reaction of the two women with whom he is closest, wife Melania Trump and daughter Ivanka Trump, he replied: "I was with Ivanka yesterday; I'm with Melania now. They fully understand, and they're very loyal."

Unlike in a video he taped and released last night, Mr. Trump, who spoke on Saturday from his Manhattan home in Trump Tower, offered no apologies in the Journal interview, but rather went on the offensive. "Go behind closed doors of the holier-than-thou politicians and pundits and see what they're saying. I look like a baby."