Donald Trump says when he hosts “Saturday Night Live” on Nov. 7 it will be the “one of the highest rated shows ever.” (RELATED: Donald Trump To Host ‘Saturday Night Live’)
Trump, appearing on CNN’s “New Day” Tuesday, responded to a MoveOn.org petition to remove him from the hosting position insisted, “I know these groups, many of them are scam groups.” (RELATED: Hispanic Groups Threaten NBC To Dump ‘Racist’ Donald Trump)
Trump explained that he doesn’t think the petition to remove him will work.
“I think they’ll have luck in driving up the ratings, because the ratings will be even higher than they would have been,” he said.
Trump continued, “This will be the highest rated show in a long time. I was on ’60 Minutes.’ They had the highest rating in over a year just two weeks ago. That was the highest rating, ’60 Minutes’ they had. And they had a lousy game in front of it, too. It was a blowout. And they had their highest ratings in over a year. ‘Saturday Night Live’ will be — some people think it will be one of the highest rated shows ever. I think they’ll only drive up the ratings higher.”