In an interview eight years ago, Donald Trump predicted that Hillary Clinton would go down “at minimum” as a great United States senator.
Trump made the remark during an interview with NY1 in 2008, where he also praised former President Bill Clinton for his time in the White House, calling him a “great president.” CNN was the first to report the comment.
“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,” Trump said in the interview. “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, 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,” Trump said. “A lot of people hated him because they were jealous as hell. You know people get jealous and they hate you.”
The comments are a stark contrast to Trump today, having recently attacked the former secretary and said that she should be in jail. He has also made the 41st president’s infidelities an issue at the last debate, going so far as to bringing three of his most public accusers — Juanita Broaddrick, Paula Jones and Kathleen Willey — as guests.
Trump and Clinton are set to go head-to-head in the third and final presidential debate in Las Vegas Wednesday night. Start time is slated for 9 p.m. EST.
