--- title: Donald Trump: Past Hillary Clinton Support Not Unusual description: Donald Trump explained his past support for Hillary Clinton as part of a larger strategy of supporting any politician who asked for help canonical: https://time.com/4349054/donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-hillary-clinton/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-26T13:40:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:51:42.527Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump: Past Hillary Clinton Support Not Unusual og:description: Donald Trump explained his past support for Hillary Clinton as part of a larger strategy of supporting any politician who asked for help og:url: https://time.com/4349054/donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-hillary-clinton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta733dd406e5eb67a/6988951a196cf4532e03bc5c/donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-bernie-sanders-debate.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: donald trump jimmy kimmel bernie sanders debate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump: Past Hillary Clinton Support Not Unusual twitter:description: Donald Trump explained his past support for Hillary Clinton as part of a larger strategy of supporting any politician who asked for help twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta733dd406e5eb67a/6988951a196cf4532e03bc5c/donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-bernie-sanders-debate.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Explains Why He Supported Hillary Clinton  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent May 26, 2016 1:40 PM UTC  GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Dec. 16\. 2015 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Dec. 16\. 2015Randy Holmes—ABC via Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent May 26, 2016 1:40 PM UTC Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump explained his past support for Hillary Clinton as part and parcel of a larger strategy of supporting any politician who asked for help during an [appearance](http://time.com/4348829/donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-interview/) on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ Wednesday. “When I’m a businessman… I speak well of everybody,” he said. “If people ask me about politicians, I speak well.” Kimmel summed up Trump’s answer, asking if he was “full of shit” when he supported Clinton in the past. Trump, who has given similar answers to the same question in the past, nodded and replied, “A little bit. 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