President Donald Trump made a "telling" claim about an ongoing GOP investigation during an exclusive interview with NBC News on Wednesday night, which drew mockery from analysts and observers.
Trump was interviewed on Wednesday by "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Llamas on topics ranging from the actions of Trump's immigration officers in Minneapolis to the Jeffrey Epstein files. On Wednesday, Democrats threatened to subpoena Trump to testify about his relationship with Epstein in response to the House GOP successfully forcing Bill and Hillary Clinton to testify about the disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal.
"It bothers me that somebody is going after Bill Clinton," Trump said. "I like Bill Clinton. I still like Bill Clinton."
"What do you like about him?" Llamas asked.
" I liked his behavior toward me. I thought he got me, he understood me," Trump said.
Trump made the comments just days after some House Democrats voted with Republicans on a measure to force the Clintons to testify publicly about Epstein. The vote ended a months-long stalemate between the parties, during which time a lawyer for the Clintons accused Rep. James Comer (R-KY), who leads the House Oversight Committee, of acting in bad faith to secure their testimony.
Trump's comments attracted mockery online.
"It's telling that I hold Bill Clinton in far lower esteem than Donald Trump does," journalist Christopher Orr posted on X.
"Translation = Trump wants the Epstein investigation to end," writer Wajahat Ali posted on X.
"Well well well. Someone tell Comer that Donald Trump is upset he’s going after Bill Clinton," Democratic strategist Adam Parkhomenko posted on X.
"Translation: 'If Bill Clinton goes down, he’s taking me with him,'" Mike Figueredom host of "The Humanist Report," posted on X.