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# Watch Sarah Palin Interview Donald Trump

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## Video: Donald Trump and Univision’s Jorge Ramos Spar on Immigration

[Watch (HLS stream): Donald Trump and Univision’s Jorge Ramos Spar on Immigration](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/RbR8uz23.m3u8) (0:45)

![Donald Trump and Univision’s Jorge Ramos Spar on Immigration](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/RbR8uz23/poster.jpg?width=720)

_Published 2015-08-26. Donald Trump attacked the most important journalist on Spanish-speaking television in a face-off on Tuesday in Iowa, telling anchor Jorge Ramos to “go back to Univision.”_


by 

[Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/)


## Samantha Grossman


Aug 29, 2015 7:30 PM UTC

by 

[Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/)


## Samantha Grossman


Aug 29, 2015 7:30 PM UTC

On Friday night, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin chatted with current GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.

“If you look at what’s happening with this country, it’s so sad,” Trump told Palin on the show “On Point With Sarah Palin” on _One America News Network._ “You’ve pointed it out for years.” He added: “I have to tell you, you’re a terrific person.”

Palin returned the compliments, saying, “Everything about Donald Trump’s campaign, it’s avant-garde, and he’s crushing it in the polls.”

Watch the full interview above.

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