In 2008, Donald Trump, the current Republican presidential frontrunner, said, “Hillary is a great appointment,” and called EPA administrator Lisa Jackson a “brilliant person, a great environmental person.”
Trump made these comments in an interview with Wolf Blitzer from December 18, 2008.
Blitzer: How do you think Barack Obama is doing right now, not only in terms of some of the strategy, the policies he’s outlining, but in terms of the appointments he’s made?
Trump: I think he’s doing great. I think Hillary is a great appointment. I think that some of the others are just great appointments. I know Lisa Jackson very well because I do a lot of business in New Jersey. She’s a brilliant person, a great environmental person. And that’s going to be an amazing appointment. You watch.
Jackson was the head of the EPA from 2009-2013. Watch the full clip here:
