While speaking to Dr. Phil McGraw about his former benefactor, Donald Trump said that Oprah Winfrey was once a fan of his. In 2006, Donald’s son, Barron Trump — whose height Donald can’t stop talking about — made his television debut on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” when he was just an average-sized baby. And when Donald began toying with the idea of running for president in 1999, it wasn’t political figures, such as J.D. Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy ,who were among Donald’s top vice presidential contenders; he wanted the “Queen of All Media” in his corner. “I love Oprah. Oprah would always be my first choice,” he said on “Larry King Live.”
But after Trump became president, his feelings about Oprah soured like an overly juiced slice of key lime pie. “Just watched a very insecure Oprah Winfrey, who at one point I knew very well, interview a panel of people on 60 Minutes,” he tweeted. Oprah had just spoken to a group of voters in Michigan for the news program, including some who did not vote for him. Trump also seemed somewhat threatened by the idea of Oprah running for president. “Hope Oprah runs so she can be exposed and defeated just like all of the others!” he added.
Even though Oprah told “CBS Mornings” she had no interest in being Trump’s running mate in 2023, the ex-pres has reverted back to thinking highly of her. “Oprah’s terrific,” he told McGraw.
