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Bill Clinton: “When he [Trump] got to be president last time, he thought he…”

Featuring: Bill Clinton, Democratic | 42nd President of the United States | National

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Bill Clinton campaigning for Kamala Harris in Phoenix

Published | Video Starts at 23:30

Unlike a lot of others. But he's. But when it comes to politics, he believes good politics is total domination. That's what he thinks is good. When he [Trump] got to be president last time, he thought he was supposed to just tell people what to do and they'd say yes, whatever it was. And now he thinks he's found a way to do it. Poor old J.D. bance. I saw him the other day, I felt so bad for him. (23:30–23:40)

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Asserts that Trump believed his role as president was to command and expect compliance.

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