On Wednesday morning, the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump blasted conservative columnist George Will yet again, reverting to third-grade insults, calling Will a “major loser.”
Will, an ardent Never Trumper, wrote a column last week in the Washington Post calling for all true conservatives to keep Trump from the White House at all costs. “If Trump is nominated, the GOP must keep him out of the White House,” was the headline to the very direct anti-Trump piece.
Appearing on Trump-friendly “Morning Joe,” Trump declared Will to be a “major loser,” in response to the mention of the anti-Trump piece authored by Will. “You know, he’s a dour guy,” he said. “Nobody watches him. Very few people listen to him. It’s over for him, and I never want his support.”
Trump’s massive ego has led him to sincerely believe that Will is against the Manhattan socialite merely because Trump decided to supposedly skip out on a speech the conservative columnist gave at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago some years ago, since Will is “boring and dull,” per the real estate mogul.
“You know, I had a run-in with him when I was in civilian life,” said the self-absorbed billionaire. “I didn’t wanna go to one of his speeches at Mar-a-Lago. He made a speech at Mar-a-Lago, and I find him to be a very boring person. You know, he’s boring and dull, and I didn’t go to the speech.
“I said I just don’t wanna go, and he wanted me to go. And I just, you know, it was one of those things. I had something else to do,” he continued. “He never forgot it, and he’s a nasty guy. He’s a very nasty guy. But I have to tell you this: Nobody reads him, he has no influence.”
That’s right, Will doesn’t support Trump because of a silly made-up tiff over almighty Trump’s absence, not the fact that Trump stands against nearly every principle of conservatism.
The businessman turned politician also diminished the Never Trump movement, pinpointing Will in particular. Trump reasoned if Will had any real influence, he wouldn’t currently be the presumptive nominee of the party.
Finishing off the insults, the real estate added: “Look, let’s face it, I mean, the guy writes a bad column every time he writes a column. I don’t know how often he writes them. I don’t really know.”
Trump has continuously trashed Will. Back in August, the Manhattan socialite, again, bragged about not attending Will’s speech at Mar-a-Lago.
“I mean, the guy writes a bad column every time he writes a column.”
Donald Trump on George Will, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Will pointed out that couldn’t care less about the attendance of the “bloviating ignoramus.” “My talk at Trump’s place was long ago and my memory about the event is hazy, but I thought he was there,” said Will. “Be that as it may, it is amusing that he thinks that I would care one way or the other.”
The great unifier Trump sure has a lot of enemies from within his own party. But apparently, they are only over petty, fictitious memories from Trump’s very good brain–nothing over substance and principle.