Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump fired back at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for calling him a demagogue.
“She used to call me a genius. I’ve come a long way down, I guess,” he said while appearing on “Morning Joe” Friday.
Trump insisted Hillary has “problems,” and that as “a business man … I was nice to everybody regardless.”
Clinton told Al Sharpton in an interview that Trump “has been stoking, prejudice and paranoia. He’s been really appealing to the worst instincts of human nature. I think it’s dangerous.”
Trump took the high road in his response and said, “I’m a little surprised at her tone, but that’s OK. But she’s been surprised at my tone also.”
“There’s a lot of animosity on both sides,” Trump then suggested. “It’s an amazing thing. The level of animosity is incredible actually. It would be nice if the Republican Party as an example, because that’s what we’re thinking about now if they could all come together and we be friendly.”
“Remember, I’m a counter-puncher,” he continued. “And everything I say is when somebody says something about me and sort of interesting. Hillary now is going at it too. So you know, you have to take it as it is.”