Businessman and TV host Donald Trump appeared on Access Hollywood, Monday, to bash his old rival Brian Williams. On election night 2012, the now-disgraced anchor mocked Trump for some of his tweets. On Monday night, Trump gloated, “But I think [Williams is] finished, or he’s finished as we know him.”
Speaking of the NBC anchor’s downfall after what appears to be incessant lying, Trump bragged, “I really went back after him over the last couple of days. I’ve had such fun. I actually thought I had a good relationship with him until I saw the tirade on television. So, I hit him very hard.”
A few days ago, Trump tweeted, “I have long stated that Brian Williams was not a very smart guy - all you have to do is look at his past. Now he has proven me correct!”
Asked about his feud with Rosie O’Donnell, Trump derided, “Rosie, I think, has the greatest agent in show business because she gets cancelled for lack of ratings every show she does and she gets another job.”
A partial transcript is below:
Access Hollywood
2/16/15
BRIAN WILLIAMS (Election night 2012): Donald Trump, who has driven well past the last exit to relevance, and veered into something closer to irresponsible here.
BILLY BUSH: That is Brian Williams in 2012 commenting on Donald's election night tweets. It took two years, but Donald has taken his revenge.
DONALD TRUMP: I really went back after him over the last couple of days. I’ve had such fun. I actually thought I had a good relationship with him until I saw the tirade on television. So, I hit him very hard. But I think he’s finished, or he’s finished as we know him.
BUSH: You think he can come back?
TRUMP: I think he can absolutely come back, but not in that position.
BUSH: And then there's Donald longstanding feud with Rosie, who bowed out of the view last week citing health concerns. That's not the way Donald sees it.
TRUMP: Rosie, I think, has the greatest agent in show business because she gets cancelled for lack of ratings every show she does and she gets another job. I called it. I said this is a short-term fix and she got fired or quit or something happened, but the show is going down the tubes since Rosie went on.
