Trump Is Pretty Impressed That Sean Penn Got An Interview With El Chapo

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. Nearly everyone in the crowded Repub... FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. Nearly everyone in the crowded Republican presidential field is preparing to battle for Ohio’s delegates. Twelve candidates including outsider contenders Trump and Ben Carson have filed delegate slates for the March 15 primary. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File) MORE LESS
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Donald Trump on Monday said he was amazed that actor Sean Penn was able to secure a lengthy interview with Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

“New Hampshire Today” radio show host Jack Heath asked Trump if he felt that law enforcement should investigate Penn’s attempts to set up an interview with Guzman, according to audio posted by Buzzfeed News.

“Well, I guess there should be,” Trump responded. “But it was sort of amazing the way he got in there and all of the people that are looking for him couldn’t find him and here’s a guy sitting down with a rather long interview. You said there was an eight- or a 12-hour interview.”

“So I don’t know, I guess we have bigger problems in this country, but it is a little amazing that he was able to get an interview with a guy that everybody else was looking for, right?” the Republican presidential candidate continued.

Trump’s rival in the Republican presidential primary, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), was less impressed by Penn’s interview, which he called “grotesque.”

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  1. Avatar for glans glans says:

    It’s not too amazing. El Chapo was glad to hear from Sean Penn. But he didn’t want to authorities to find him, so they couldn’t. Until now.

  2. Three of Trump’s heroes–Sean Penn, El Chapo, and Kim Jong-un.

  3. I’m not sure why Trump would be impressed or surprised… as an overbearing narcissist sociopath businessman himself, I imagine he’s always been able to easily get ahold of people interested in making a buck off him.

  4. U.S. journalists interviewed Stalin and Mao, and they killed millions. Were those journalistic efforts grotesque?

  5. Sean must feel he’s just been kissed by a syphilitic prostitute.

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