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Trump to Megyn Kelly: ‘I’m a counter-puncher’

Something tells me that plenty of folks already feel that way about his campaign. I view a person who is flat-chested as very hard to be a 10. “I give you credit for it actually”. Trump asked in the sit-down, their first conversation since the August 2015 debate, noting that there were worse comments that he chose not to retweet.

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Apparently Kelly struck a nerve. Kelly has not been shy about the goal of the special: With Barbara Walters retired, she has said that she hopes to fill the vacuum of the prime-time host conducting the must-watch interview.

“I thought [I had asked] a fair question” about his long history of sexist comments.

“I thought it was unfair”. “That’s the first question I’ve been asked during a debate, and I’ve never debated before”.

“Oh, okay excuse me”, Trump was quoted by the USA Today report as saying.

Now that he’s the likely Republican nominee, Trump has said that he’s trying to show voters that he’s an upstanding human being and not the sort of guy who would do the terrible things that the media has accused him of doing, like imitating a physical handicap of a well-respected journalist or demeaning women. “But from my standpoint, I don’t have to like it”, he said.

The feud between Trump and Kelly began when Kelly served as moderator for the initial Republican presidential debate.

Kelly tried to ask whether anyone had ever hurt him “emotionally”. “Was that real or was that strategy?” “The retweet is really more of a killer than the tweets”.

“I’m a counter-puncher”, Mr Trump said. In his mind, he’s up there giving [Fox News Channel] ratings. “This is not fun at all.’ So I understand why he got mad at the moment”.

“During the day, if I’m in the office, I have a number of people that I’ll just call out a tweet to”, Trump said.

He did say that he “absolutely” had some regrets over some of what he said – but he did not elaborate. “So I’m certainly not going to do it with you”. I could have used different language in a couple of instances. “But I am happy with the outcome”.

However, she did bring up some controversial remarks made by the presidential hopeful – particularly, his use of the word “bimbo” to describe her.

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One way Trump fights back is through Twitter, where he dictates messages to staffers who then tweet them.

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