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irisblue

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18. In 2015 Bill Clinton was talking to apricothellbeast about his political future.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 10:22 PM
Nov 29

Source-https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bill-clinton-called-donald-trump-ahead-of-republicans-2016-launch/2015/08/05/e2b30bb8-3ae3-11e5-b3ac-8a79bc44e5e2_story.html

snip-"Four Trump allies and one Clinton associate familiar with the exchange said that Clinton encouraged Trump’s efforts to play a larger role in the Republican Party and offered his own views of the political landscape."


snip-"The talk with Clinton — the spouse of the Democratic presidential front-runner and one of his party’s preeminent political strategists — came just weeks before Trump jumped into the GOP race and surged to the front of the crowded Republican field."

snip""“Mr. Trump reached out to President Clinton a few times. President Clinton returned his call in late May,” a Clinton employee said. “While we don’t make it a practice to discuss the president’s private conversations, we can tell you that the presidential race was not discussed.”

One Trump adviser said Clinton called Trump, but the adviser did not provide specifics about how the call came about."


More there



Second citation

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-clinton-encouraged-trump-to-run/


title-Bill Clinton ‘Encouraged’ Trump to Run


There were several articles in 2015 about former Pres Clinton calling the apricothellbeast.



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K+r Blue_Tires Nov 29 #1
Bill Clinton should also include himself. His airport encounter with AG Lynch caused unecessary conspiracy crap from JohnSJ Nov 29 #2
Beg to differ Ferryboat Nov 29 #5
And, all the republican trade deals he signed...nt SnoopDog Nov 29 #8
Two friends for over 20 years say hello SocialDemocrat61 Nov 30 #24
How about the "welfare" bill choie Nov 30 #26
Disagree Jit423 Nov 30 #28
I disagree with you. The crime bill perpetuated mass incarceration choie Nov 30 #29
It did because of the GOP and RW pressure against getting anything done. Jit423 Dec 3 #37
Yellow political journalism bucolic_frolic Nov 29 #3
Every Democratic candidate for president faces an electorate that's hostile to them. Yavin4 Nov 29 #4
"...win over "swing voters" or peel off Republican support..." markodochartaigh Nov 29 #12
One would hope so. Yavin4 Nov 29 #14
He's right. As usual. Scrivener7 Nov 29 #6
He has had to answer for Epstein more than Trump JI7 Nov 29 #7
Might be a bit of holding back soandso Nov 29 #9
Please cite sources for maxwell's presence at Chelsea's weddding. niyad Nov 29 #11
I guess you're not very familiar with the Epstein-Maxwell story soandso Nov 29 #17
Thank you for that helpful information. niyad Nov 29 #21
You're welcome :) soandso Nov 29 #23
Seems like you need to brush up on some of the details as well... W_HAMILTON Nov 30 #32
I'm aware of her interest in the oceans soandso Nov 30 #33
My point is... W_HAMILTON Nov 30 #35
If that's the case soandso Nov 30 #36
He's not wrong. Karasu Nov 29 #10
I think the Clintons were among the first of the NeoLiberals. slightlv Nov 29 #13
+1 leftstreet Nov 29 #19
There is a significant part of the US who will not vote for a woman... Sancho Nov 29 #15
I remember saying "oh f&@k..." when it happened Wavelight Nov 29 #16
While Comey's last-minute BS stunt certainly didn't help, I agree with Bill's point that the Russian propaganda... Karasu Nov 29 #20
If their internal polling matched the public polling, she was winning until nearly the end karynnj Nov 30 #34
In 2015 Bill Clinton was talking to apricothellbeast about his political future. irisblue Nov 29 #18
Stormy Daniels said Hillary called Trump to discuss plan about the 2008 election. Autumn Nov 30 #25
Get a real democrat with some show business piazzas to be our pied piper! Bigerhalf Nov 29 #22
Best president in my lifetime. imho! OLDMDDEM Nov 30 #27
Same here! Polybius Nov 30 #31
On Epstein: Polybius Nov 30 #30
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