Donald Trump is not only front and center on the cover of this weeks’ Time magazine, but he is also featured on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter where he gave an extensive interview with Janice Min, Chief Creative Officer of THR.
I’ve highlighted a few of the topics:
On Brian Williams:
I wasn't a fan of Brian Williams. First of all, I think he made a terrible mistake. He handled the situation horribly, and he should have left with dignity and shouldn't have gone back to work for the same company. For him to go from the parent to the poor sister [network] — and that's not even the poor sister, that's the poor baby. He has never treated me well, so I'm not a fan. How is he going to do? I think he'll do fine. MSNBC is lucky to have him. But if I were in Brian's shoes, I would never have gone back. I'm sure he doesn't need the money.
On Megyn Kelly:
…They wanted me to do her show, but I'm not looking to do that. I know it's good show business, I know it's good for ratings, but that doesn't matter. I did Sean Hannity's show the other night — it's the highest-rated show he's ever had [2.2 million viewers, his highest at 10 p.m.]. And he has been such a gentleman to me. Bill O'Reilly has been so great. He's a tough cookie, and he's smart, but he's been so fair. So I don't know.
On Late Night Television:
They're all good, and I'm not insulted… I have no problem with Jon Stewart. But it's very interesting, I didn't do his show. I like Bill Maher, too. Bill Maher has been in a certain way very respectful of me. In fact, a couple of months ago, before the polls started coming out, he said, "He's not goin' away." Because he's a smart guy. He gets me. He understands me.
On Rosie O’Donnell:
…Rosie actually saved me because that was a rough question. So Rosie, finally you saved me. Because the room went wild. Between the laughing and the applause — it really stopped the rest of the question, which was just a continuation of "kill." That was a question that could have ruined my whole evening.
On Media:
Matt Drudge is an amazing guy. Politically, one of the legends. He's been so fair to me; he doesn't want anything for himself. Then in the morning, I read The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Post. In print — I generally like paper.
On Ronald Reagan:
Well, he was a Democrat with a liberal bent as a younger man. And then he became a conservative Republican. He had a great way about him. A great sense of dignity. And he was a wonderful father for the country in a sense. He had a great feel for what the country represents.
On Illegal Immigration Comments:
As Rush Limbaugh said, "Trump received more incoming [criticism] than any human being I've ever seen, and what did he do? He doubled down." [Limbaugh] said any human being would have dropped to their knees and apologized to the world, but I didn't say anything wrong. For one week, it was brutal…
On Hillary Clinton:
Hillary has problems far greater than the nomination. If you look at what's going on with the emails, it's a fraud if you think about it. This looks like Watergate on steroids, frankly.. You can't have a nominee who is under investigation. What are they going to do, run and then two nights before the presidential race she gets indicted?
