Trump in 2008: Clinton would "make a good president"
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The comments come from "Trumped!" a syndicated radio feature that aired from 2004 to 2008, which was recently rediscovered by the Wall Street Journal.
"For his part, Obama said he's just focused on winning the nomination although at least one member on his team said Clinton would make a good vice president. Well, I know her and she'd make a good president or good vice president."
"A lot of people think a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton pairing would be a dream ticket in November, but for that to happen one of them has to be willing to serve as number two. Until that time, it's going to be very interesting," Trump added in his 2008 comments.
This is not the only time that Trump praised Clinton during her 2008 run. He told CNN's Wolf Blitzer in 2007 that Clinton is "very talented" and wrongly predicted that she'd be the Democratic nominee.
"I think she will be," he said on CNN's "Situation Room." "I know her she very well. She's very talented. And she has a husband that I also like very much. I think she's going to get the nomination rather easily."
Trump went on to call Clinton "terrific."
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.
"Crooked Hillary Clinton is the secretary of the status quo and wherever Hillary Clinton goes, corruption and scandal will follow. Just look at her life," he said Monday.
