Trump in 2008: Hillary Clinton will 'go down at a minimum as a great senator'

[highplainsdem]

Source: CNN

In an 2008 interview with NY1 reviewed by CNN's KFile, however, Trump praised Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, for their time in elected office.

Asked about Hillary Clinton's legacy, Trump said, "Well, I think her history is far from being over. I'd like to answer that question in another 15 years from now. I think she is going to go down at a minimum as a great senator. I think she is a great wife to a president. And I think Bill Clinton was a great president."

"You know you look at the country then," he continued. "The economy was doing great. Look at what happened during the Clinton years. I mean, we had no war, the economy was doing great, everybody was happy. A lot of people hated him because they were jealous as hell. You know people get jealous and they hate you."

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Trump echoed those same sentiments in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer a year earlier, in March 2007, saying, "I think she's a very, very brilliant person, and as a senator in New York, she has done a great job. Everybody loves her. She just won an election with a tremendous majority and she really — she's become very, very popular in New York. And it wasn't easy."

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/politics/trump-ny1-clintons/index.html

[thesquanderer]

1. I hope this gets traction.

What better proof that he's willing to say anything at any time depending on how he thinks it will benefit him. It doesn't matter whether he was telling the truth then or telling the truth now. Either way, it should show anybody that you can't trust anything coming out of his mouth. It's impossible to know his true convictions (or indeed, if he even has any).

[rdking647]

2. oops

i wonder how cheetoh jesus will spin this....

[Initech]

3. *SNIFF* Wrong!!!! You're wrong!!!!

I did not say those things!

[PSPS]

4. Trump twitter prediction: "Iinternational banks and mexicans up to their old tricks again!!1! Sad!"

[Renew Deal]

5. I have a feeling Hillary is going to use this tonight

Which is why you're hearing it today.

[elmac]

6. "Hillary Clinton will 'go down at a minimum as a great senator'

so, what ever happened to change his mind?

[BlueStater]

7. Trump is never neutral towards anybody.

You're either a wonderful person or you're disgusting. There's no middle ground with this nutball.