Trump and Clinton's marriage..

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What a difference a decade makes, although some things never really change..

Don't go there, Donald..

Below, just a fraction of a very extensive Media Matters post on how Trump used to regard Bill's marriage troubles, including transcripts (here left out) in the 1990s, and his own history and that of his media backers

Huff. Post: Trump Attacked Hillary Clinton By Resurrecting Criticisms Of Bill Clinton’s History With Women. Following the first presidential debate, Republican nominee Donald Trump attacked Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by reviving former President Bill Clinton’s history with women “n an attempt to blunt the aftermath of a poor debate performance earlier this week,” according to The Huffington Post. After threatening to invite Gennifer Flowers -- a woman with whom Bill Clinton has admitted he had an affair -- to the debate, “Trump said he held back in pursuing a similar line of criticism out of respect for Chelsea Clinton” and suggested he would bring up the indiscretions “at the next debate.” From the September 28 article:

Before Running For President, Trump Called Clinton’s Affair “Totally Unimportant” And Attacked The Women Involved Instead

Trump: Linda Tripp Is “One Of The Most Unattractive Human Beings I’ve Ever Seen, Not Women, Human Beings.” In an interview with Fox News host Neil Cavuto, Trump called Linda Tripp, a former civil servant who recorded phone calls between Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton, “one of the most unattractive human beings [he’d] ever seen” and referred to her and Paula Jones, an Arkansas state employee who sued Bill Clinton for sexual harassment, as a “cast of characters … from Hell.” When Cavuto asked if the Lewinsky scandal could make Clinton “more alluring,” Trump said he wasn’t “sure the women [Clinton] did it with [could] make him alluring” because “it’s truly an unattractive cast of characters.” From the August 1998 edition of Fox News’ [i]Cavuto Business Report:

Trump Called The Reaction To The Lewinsky Story “Out Of Control.” During an interview with MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Trump sympathized with Bill Clinton in the aftermath of the Lewinsky revelations, asking, “Why do they keep revealing the details? … t’s so out of control. I’ve never seen anything like this.” From the August 1998 edition of [i]Hardball with Chris Matthews:[/i]

Trump: “People Would Have Been More Forgiving If [Clinton] Had An Affair With A Really Beautiful Woman.” In an interview with The New York Times’ Maureen Dowd, Trump argued, “People would have been more forgiving if [Clinton] had an affair with a really beautiful woman of sophistication,” using the example of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, calling them “on a different level.” From the September 1999 article:

Trump Suggested Clinton “Could Have Picked A Better Candidate” Than Lewinsky. During an interview with Matt Lauer on the Today show, Trump denied saying that “what bothered [him] the most was that Monica was unattractive,” clarifying that he “said [Clinton] could have picked a better candidate.” Trump claimed that “somebody said to me that if [Clinton] would have had an affair with a supermodel, he would have been everybody's hero”:

Trump Denounced The “Hypocrisy” Of The “Moralists In Congress” Who Attacked Clinton. In his book The America We Deserve, Trump claimed he “got a chuckle out of all the moralists in Congress and in the media who expressed public outrage at the president’s immoral behavior.” He said “their hypocrisy is amazing” because he knew “one U.S. senator leading the pack of attackers spent more than a few nights with his twenty-something girlfriend at a” Trump hotel:

Trump: Clinton’s History With Women “Was Totally Unimportant.” In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Trump downplayed the Lewinsky affair and said “look at the trouble Bill Clinton got into with something that was totally unimportant.” He denounced the impeachment process, calling it “nonsense.” From the October 2008 edition of CNN’s The Situation Room:

After Announcing His Presidential Run In June 2015, Trump Downplayed Clinton's History With Lewinsky And Jones. On the June 17, 2015, edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, the day after formally declaring his intention to pursue the Republican nomination for the presidency, Trump picked Clinton as the "best" president of the previous four and downplayed controversial aspects of his private life:

Trump Has A Lengthy History of Engaging In Sexual Harassment And Admitted To Extramarital Infidelity
Numerous Members Of Trump’s Campaign Staff Also Have Long Histories of Sexual Harassment And Sexism[/i]

Media Take Note: Trump Is The Worst Possible Messenger On The Clintons’ Marriage