--- title: Donald Trump Said Hillary Clinton Would Make Good President description: His comments come from a 2008 syndicated radio feature called Trumped canonical: https://time.com/4402522/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-good-president/ author: Tara John article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-12T12:57:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:11:31.157Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Said Hillary Clinton Would Make Good President og:description: His comments come from a 2008 syndicated radio feature called Trumped og:url: https://time.com/4402522/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-good-president/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b8ad0efa045a92e/69889b86cd1bba3e37701709/donald-trump-hillary.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican presidential nominee, pauses while speaking during a campaign event on veterans reform in Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S., on Monday, July 11, 2016. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Said Hillary Clinton Would Make Good President twitter:description: His comments come from a 2008 syndicated radio feature called Trumped twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b8ad0efa045a92e/69889b86cd1bba3e37701709/donald-trump-hillary.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Once Said Hillary Clinton Would Make A 'Good President' by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Jul 12, 2016 12:57 PM UTC  Donald Trump, presumptive 2016 Republican presidential nominee, pauses while speaking during a campaign event on veterans reform in Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S., on Monday, July 11, 2016. Donald Trump, presumptive 2016 Republican presidential nominee, pauses while speaking during a campaign event on veterans reform in Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S., on Monday, July 11, 2016.Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Jul 12, 2016 12:57 PM UTC Donald Trump has been on the attack against [Hillary Clinton in recent days](http://time.com/4397159/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-business-record/), but according to uncovered audio he once said that she would “make a good president.” The audio comes from a 2008 broadcast called _Trumped_, which consists of a series of 60-second commentaries given by the presumptive Republican nominee as the _Apprentice_ theme-tune plays in the background. The syndicated-radio feature, which was aired from 2004-2008 on Premiere Networks, was unearthed by the [Wall Street _Journal_](http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-said-hillary-clinton-would-make-a-good-president-in-2008-1468281714). “Hillary Clinton said she’d consider naming Barack Obama as her vice president when she gets the nomination, but she’s nowhere near a shoo-in,” said [Trump](http://time.com/4401654/donald-trump-veterans-affairs-police/) in the audio released by the _Journal_, as Clinton was still battling with the current President for the Democratic nomination. “For his part, Obama said he’s just focused on winning the nomination although at least one member on his team said Clinton would make a good vice president. Well, I know her and she’d make a good president or good vice president” said Trump in a markedly [different tone](http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/12/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-good-president/) to his current assessment of presumptive Democratic nominee. \[[Wall Street Journal](http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-said-hillary-clinton-would-make-a-good-president-in-2008-1468281714)\] Donald Trump Said Hillary Clinton Would Make Good President ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4402522/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-good-president/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4402522/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-good-president/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Once Said Hillary Clinton Would Make A 'Good President'","datePublished":"2016-07-12T12:57:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:11:31.157Z","description":"His comments come from a 2008 syndicated radio feature called Trumped","url":"https://time.com/4402522/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-good-president/","keywords":["Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b8ad0efa045a92e/69889b86cd1bba3e37701709/donald-trump-hillary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara John","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-john/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b8ad0efa045a92e/69889b86cd1bba3e37701709/donald-trump-hillary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican presidential nominee, pauses while speaking during a campaign event on veterans reform in Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S., on Monday, July 11, 2016.","caption":"Republican presidential nominee, pauses while speaking during a campaign event on veterans reform in Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S., on Monday, July 11, 2016.","creditText":"Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4402522/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-good-president/","name":"Donald Trump Once Said Hillary Clinton Would Make A 'Good President'"}}]}] ```