âHillary Clinton Well, I know her and sheâd make a good president or good vice president.â
This is not the only time that Trump praised Clinton during her 2008 run. He told CNNâs Wolf Blitzer in 2007 that Clinton is âvery talentedâ and wrongly predicted that sheâd be the Democratic nominee.
âI think she will be,â he said on CNNâs âSituation Room.â âI know her she very well. Sheâs very talented. And she has a husband that I also like very much. I think sheâs going to get the nomination rather easily.â
Trump went on to call Clinton âterrific.â
Trump has donated to Clinton in the past and even invited her and Bill Clinton to his wedding. But his 2008 commentary strikes a significantly different tone from his assessment of Clinton in 2016.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-good-president/index.html
Trump's problem with attacking Bill Clinton on economy? His own words
Trump called Bill Clinton the best of the past four U.S. presidents. In 2008, Trump called him a âgreat presidentâ and said the Clintons are âfine people.â
In a June 2015 interview on MSNBCâs Morning Joe, Trump was asked to pick the best of the past four presidents, and he chose Clinton.
Yet as recently as last year, Trump called Bill Clinton the best of the past four U.S. presidents. In 2008, Trump called him a âgreat presidentâ and said the Clintons are âfine people.â
In a June 2015 interview on MSNBCâs Morning Joe, Trump was asked to pick the best of the past four presidents, and he chose Clinton.
âI would really say Clinton, probably,â he said. âHad he not met Monica, had he not met Paula, had he not met various and sundry semi-beautiful women, he would have had a much better deal going,â Trump said.
Most of Trumpâs public praise for Bill Clinton came during the late 1990s, as his presidency wound down.
âI think Bill Clinton has done a terrific job. I don't think he's been treated very fairly,â Trump told CNNâs Robert Novak in 1997. Two years later, he described Clinton as someone who "could have gone down as a very good and almost great president, primarily because of the economy," according to the Associated Press.
âThe Republicans are always more effective in theory, but it doesn't always work out that way,â Trump told Fox News Channel's OâReilly Factor in 2004. âIf you look at Clinton, I mean, we had some great years under Clinton, whether you loved Clinton or didn't like Clinton.â
Trump: Well, he lied. He got us into the war with lies. And, I mean, look at the trouble Bill Clinton got into with something that was totally unimportant. And they tried to impeach him, which was nonsense. And, yet, Bush got us into this horrible war with lies, by lying, by saying they had weapons of mass destruction, by saying all sorts of things that turned out not to be true.
Trump Is Right About One Thing: 'The Economy Does Better Under The Democrats'
This is not the only time that Trump praised Clinton during her 2008 run. He told CNNâs Wolf Blitzer in 2007 that Clinton is âvery talentedâ and wrongly predicted that sheâd be the Democratic nominee.
âI think she will be,â he said on CNNâs âSituation Room.â âI know her she very well. Sheâs very talented. And she has a husband that I also like very much. I think sheâs going to get the nomination rather easily.â
Trump went on to call Clinton âterrific.â
Trump has donated to Clinton in the past and even invited her and Bill Clinton to his wedding. But his 2008 commentary strikes a significantly different tone from his assessment of Clinton in 2016.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-good-president/index.html
Trump's problem with attacking Bill Clinton on economy? His own words
Trump called Bill Clinton the best of the past four U.S. presidents. In 2008, Trump called him a âgreat presidentâ and said the Clintons are âfine people.â
In a June 2015 interview on MSNBCâs Morning Joe, Trump was asked to pick the best of the past four presidents, and he chose Clinton.
Yet as recently as last year, Trump called Bill Clinton the best of the past four U.S. presidents. In 2008, Trump called him a âgreat presidentâ and said the Clintons are âfine people.â
In a June 2015 interview on MSNBCâs Morning Joe, Trump was asked to pick the best of the past four presidents, and he chose Clinton.
âI would really say Clinton, probably,â he said. âHad he not met Monica, had he not met Paula, had he not met various and sundry semi-beautiful women, he would have had a much better deal going,â Trump said.
Most of Trumpâs public praise for Bill Clinton came during the late 1990s, as his presidency wound down.
âI think Bill Clinton has done a terrific job. I don't think he's been treated very fairly,â Trump told CNNâs Robert Novak in 1997. Two years later, he described Clinton as someone who "could have gone down as a very good and almost great president, primarily because of the economy," according to the Associated Press.
âThe Republicans are always more effective in theory, but it doesn't always work out that way,â Trump told Fox News Channel's OâReilly Factor in 2004. âIf you look at Clinton, I mean, we had some great years under Clinton, whether you loved Clinton or didn't like Clinton.â
Trump: Well, he lied. He got us into the war with lies. And, I mean, look at the trouble Bill Clinton got into with something that was totally unimportant. And they tried to impeach him, which was nonsense. And, yet, Bush got us into this horrible war with lies, by lying, by saying they had weapons of mass destruction, by saying all sorts of things that turned out not to be true.
Trump Is Right About One Thing: 'The Economy Does Better Under The Democrats'