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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bill-clinton-called-donald-trump-ahead-of-republicans-2016-launch/2015/08/05/e2b30bb8-3ae3-11e5-b3ac-8a79bc44e5e2_story.htmlFormer president Bill Clinton had a private telephone conversation in late spring with Donald Trump at the same time that the billionaire investor and reality-television star was nearing a decision to run for the White House, according to associates of both men.
Four Trump allies and one Clinton associate familiar with the exchange said that Clinton encouraged Trumps efforts to play a larger role in the Republican Party and offered his own views of the political landscape.
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Trump took the call from his office in Trump Tower in New York, according to the four allies, who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly. The call came as Trump was making a final decision about whether to run, and he was candid about his political ambitions and his potential interest in seeking the White House during the talk, these allies said.
The 42nd president listened intently and then analyzed Trumps prospects and his desire to rouse the GOP base, the Trump allies said.
The tone of the call was informal and Clinton never urged Trump to run, the four people said. Rather, they said, Clinton sounded curious about Trumps moves toward a presidential bid and told Trump that he was striking a chord with frustrated conservatives and was a rising force on the right.
greenman3610
(3,947 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)big_dog
(4,144 posts)Metric System
(6,048 posts)virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)It doesn't make sense to me that "Trump allies" would want this to come out.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,718 posts)I pity the Rethug who brings it up in the debate because Trump will go into his "I talk to everybody" rants and then rhetorically rip him a new face.
msrizzo
(796 posts)Looks like the debate might be fun after all.
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)I don't think that I can bear to watch it, not even the kids table version. There have been a lot of Republican last straws for me, but Rubio stating that President Obama had no "class" was the ultimate last straw. I can no longer listen to them for even five minutes without my head exploding.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)(From: http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/26/politics/trump-hillary-clinton-emails-cnn-poll/index.html )
If you light the fuse don't be surprised when things land all over...
merrily
(45,251 posts)Gothmog
(145,751 posts)Yavin4
(35,453 posts)Volaris
(10,275 posts)U4ikLefty
(4,012 posts)...is pulling your strings
twisting your mind & slashing your dreams
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master
Master
U4ikLefty
(4,012 posts)...don't get me started.
pnwmom
(109,020 posts)of his likely opponent. No matter what some anonymous associate says.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)when someone like Clinton acts like Trump is important enough to talk to.
LAGC
(5,330 posts)Bill Clinton knew exactly what he was doing. He unleashed another Ross Perot.
ericson00
(2,707 posts)assuming you're referring to the "spoiler" effect. The empirically, numerically, statistically, and factually bankrupt idea that Perot was a "spoiler" needs to die a 23-year belated death once and for all. Even a conservative, Bill Pascoe, has joined Maddow, Kornacki, Dionne, Nate Silver, and other people who are in touch with reality. And best thing: as of the time I edited this post, if you google "ross perot" you'll see Pascoe's article.
ericson00
(2,707 posts)every state ever carried by a Democrat at one point since 1992.