--- title: Watch Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina Trade Jabs description: The real estate mogul's answer on foreign policy didn't impress Fiorina canonical: https://time.com/4107777/donald-trump-carly-fiorina-interrupting-everbody/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-11T04:16:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T22:56:43.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina Trade Jabs og:description: The real estate mogul's answer on foreign policy didn't impress Fiorina og:url: https://time.com/4107777/donald-trump-carly-fiorina-interrupting-everbody/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta11a050cac8388fa/698870728e06012097463402/gop-debate-trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2266 og:image:height: 1275 og:image:alt: GOP Presidential Candidates Debate In Milwaukee og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina Trade Jabs twitter:description: The real estate mogul's answer on foreign policy didn't impress Fiorina twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta11a050cac8388fa/698870728e06012097463402/gop-debate-trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Didn't Like Carly Fiorina 'Interrupting Everybody' > Sponsored content. 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Scott Olson—Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:56 PM UTCPublished: Nov 11, 2015 4:16 AM UTC Donald Trump risked accusations of unchivalrous behavior at the Republican presidential debate Tuesday, asking his fellow candidates why former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina kept “interrupting everybody.” It all began when the real estate bigwig answered a question on foreign policy, saying he had a good personal relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I got to know him very well because we were both on _60 Minutes_,” he said. “If Putin wants to go and knock the hell out of ISIS, I am all for it, 100%.” Fiorina responded with a shot at the front runner’s foreign policy chops, saying she had also met the Russian leader, “not in a green room for a show, but in a private meeting.” Apparently stung, Trump cut in as Fiorina competed with Kentucky Senator Rand Paul for time on a foreign policy answer. “Why does she keep interrupting everybody?” he said, to nervous laughter and some boos from the audience. 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