Donald Trump has a shocking answer in a resurfaced video from 1981 when he was asked if he’d ever run for president of the US.
The newly elected president had a very different view on politics back in the 80s, according to the clip.
In an interview with Rona Barrett, the then 34-year-old was quizzed about whether he had aspirations of the highest office in the country.
When asked if he would like to be president, Trump replied: “I really don’t believe I would, Rona, but I would like to see somebody as the president who could do the job and there are very capable people in this country.”
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Trump was further asked why he didn’t want to be president, to which he elaborated: “Because I think it’s a very mean life. I would love to dedicate my life to this country but I
see it as being a mean life and I also see it that, somebody with strong views and somebody with the kind of views that are maybe a little bit unpopular, which may be right but may be unpopular, wouldn’t necessarily have a chance of getting elected against somebody with no great brain but a big smile and that’s a sad commentary for the political process.”
The president went on to add: “I mean, the Abraham Lincolns of the world, Abraham Lincoln would probably not be electable today because of television, he was not a
handsome man and he did not smile.”
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Viewers of the resurfaced video were shocked to see a different side to Trump, with many taking to social media themselves to share their reactions.
One user wrote: “There is such a difference in energy between this Trump and current Trump, he seems so much calmer here.”
Another said: “This feels so wrong. It's Donald Trump being calm and humble. This can’t be him.”
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A third joked: “What a nice, tolerant, humble, well spoken individual. I hope he grows up to be a wise man someday.”
Meanwhile, a fourth person pointed out another aspect of the clip, saying: “The single most shocking thing in this video is when Trump let this woman finish her sentence, and even stopped himself from interrupting her!”
A fifth commented: “Wish he was more like this. It feels like he’s been roleplaying a WWE character since 2016.”
And a sixth user added: “This should have been followed with the clip where he says: ‘They’re eating the doooogs!’”