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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump and Bill Clinton's Friendship
A BRIEF HISTORY OF DONALD TRUMP AND BILL CLINTONS FRIENDSHIP
BY MICHELE GORMAN ON 5/27/16 AT 1:39 PM
Despite recent rhetoric regarding the former U.S. president, years before he secured the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential electiona feat acknowledged ThursdayDonald Trump and Bill Clinton were longtime friends.
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Nine months ago, The Washington Post reported that on a private, casual phone call last spring, Bill Clinton encouraged Trump to play a larger role in the Republican Party. That conversation reportedly took place in May 2015, a month after Hillary Clinton declared her 2016 presidential bid and just weeks before Trump announced his.
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I like him. And I love playing golf with him, Clinton said in a May 2012 interview with CNN, according to transcripts. He spoke highly of Trump, despite the real estate tycoons prominent role in the so-called birther movement, wherein he spent months publicly questioning President Barack Obamas original birth certificate. Trump, speaking to Fox News earlier that same year, said he thought Clinton was a really good guy.
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http://www.newsweek.com/history-donald-trump-bill-clinton-friendship-464360
BY MICHELE GORMAN ON 5/27/16 AT 1:39 PM
Despite recent rhetoric regarding the former U.S. president, years before he secured the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential electiona feat acknowledged ThursdayDonald Trump and Bill Clinton were longtime friends.
~Snip~
Nine months ago, The Washington Post reported that on a private, casual phone call last spring, Bill Clinton encouraged Trump to play a larger role in the Republican Party. That conversation reportedly took place in May 2015, a month after Hillary Clinton declared her 2016 presidential bid and just weeks before Trump announced his.
~Snip~
I like him. And I love playing golf with him, Clinton said in a May 2012 interview with CNN, according to transcripts. He spoke highly of Trump, despite the real estate tycoons prominent role in the so-called birther movement, wherein he spent months publicly questioning President Barack Obamas original birth certificate. Trump, speaking to Fox News earlier that same year, said he thought Clinton was a really good guy.
Read more:
http://www.newsweek.com/history-donald-trump-bill-clinton-friendship-464360
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Donald Trump and Bill Clinton's Friendship (Original Post)
think
Jun 2016
OP
He had no trouble being friends with Birther Donald or encouraging him politically. Thanks Bill....
think
Jun 2016
#2
Yea, that is strange. Especially when I see Trump= Hitler analogies, and so on,
One Black Sheep
Jun 2016
#4
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)1. Bill Clinton has been a member of Trump Westminster for a long time.
Winged Foot took a pass on the Clinton's.
think
(11,641 posts)2. He had no trouble being friends with Birther Donald or encouraging him politically. Thanks Bill....
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)3. "It's a big club and you ain't in it"...
One Black Sheep
(458 posts)4. Yea, that is strange. Especially when I see Trump= Hitler analogies, and so on,
making Trump out to be super evil, and the worst monster in history...
If that's true, then what the hell was Bill Clinton doing being friends with him, saying nice things about him, and hanging out with Trump (Mr. Hitler himself) playing golf?