Trump Says He Didn’t Support De Blasio, Was Only ‘Rooting’ Him On

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Central College, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, in Pella, Iowa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said in an interview aired Sunday that he never supported New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and only ever rooted him on.

Trump seemed to contradict himself over his support for de Blasio during an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

“I never supported Bill de Blasio,” Trump said when host John Dickerson asked him to clarify his stance.

Dickerson read Trump a quote he reportedly gave in which he said that he thought “pretty strongly” that de Blasio would be a “good mayor.”

“Well, I did say that because I deal in New York and frankly, I hoped he
was a good mayor,” Trump replied. “He’s turned out to be a terrible mayor, he
doesn’t know what he’s doing. I mean, the guy is incompetent. But when
he first got elected, but that’s not supporting him.”

Trump rambled on for a bit until Dickerson was about to dismiss him, but Trump circled back to de Blasio.

“But that’s not supporting somebody. I mean, that’s rooting somebody
on,” he continued. “I have to live with him. I have many, many buildings in New York, I have a big business in New York. I wish he were good, but he’s not.”

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  1. Has any public figure ever admitted to lying as much as this guy?

  2. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    I expect Cruz to latch on to this in s big way. Because Trump is saying he’s agnostic about ideology. He’ll “root for” anyone if it helps his business and though the same is true for most conservatives, they still like to think they’re principled.

  3. Note his stated reason for disliking the mayor is not about De Blasio’s impact on the people of NYC, but “I have many, many buildings in New York, I have a big business in New York.” The world still revolves around Teh Donald.

  4. LOL. Praise so faint it can only be detected as background radiation.

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