'You didn't drain the swamp': Trump battles Maria Bartiromo on poor performance as president

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo challenged former President Donald Trump about his performance while in office.

During an interview on Sunday, Trump told Bartiromo that some of his presidential appointments had been a mistake.

"I wouldn't have put a guy like Bill Barr in," Trump said of his administration's attorney general. "He was weak and pathetic. I wouldn't have put Jeff Sessions in."

"Why did you put them in the job, then?" Bartiromo wondered.

"Because every, look, every president, you put somebody in, you think they're good," Trump replied.

"Well, you didn't drain the swamp, like you said you would," the Fox News host pressed. "You didn't drain the swamp."

"I did, I fired [then-FBI director James] Comey, I fired a lot of people," Trump said in his defense. "If I didn't fire Comey, I don't think I would have been able to serve out my term because that was a plot."

Watch the video below from Fox News.