--- title: Donald Trump, Bill Clinton Feud Reignited description: Donald Trump's on-again, off-again relationship with former President Bill Clinton is apparently off, again. canonical: https://time.com/4607885/donald-trumps-on-again-off-again-relationship-with-bill-clinton-is-off-again/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-20T16:08:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T14:19:42.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Is Feuding With Bill Clinton, Again og:description: He was angry about an interview Clinton gave. og:url: https://time.com/4607885/donald-trumps-on-again-off-again-relationship-with-bill-clinton-is-off-again/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt358821f68db3a4d5/6988b38c0b72e3597f6ec1b9/gettyimages-622115576.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Democratic Nominee for President of the United States former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Is Feuding With Bill Clinton, Again twitter:description: He was angry about an interview Clinton gave. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt358821f68db3a4d5/6988b38c0b72e3597f6ec1b9/gettyimages-622115576.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump's On-Again, Off-Again Relationship With Bill Clinton Is Off, Again > Sponsored content. 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Donald Trump appears with a panel made up of women who accused Bill Clinton of sexual assault before the second presidential debate._ by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:19 PM UTCPublished: Dec 20, 2016 4:08 PM UTC  MANHATTAN, NY - The morning after loosing to Republican Nominee Donald Trump in the general Presidential election, Democratic Nominee for President of the United States former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, accompanied by former President Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Senator Tim Kaine and Anne Holton, speaks to supporters and campaign staff in a packed ballroom at The New Yorker Hotel in midtown Manhattan, New York on Wednesday November 9, 2016\. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images) MANHATTAN, NY - The morning after loosing to Republican Nominee Donald Trump in the general Presidential election, Democratic Nominee for President of the United States former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, accompanied by former President Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Senator Tim Kaine and Anne Holton, speaks to supporters and campaign staff in a packed ballroom at The New Yorker Hotel in midtown Manhattan, New York on Wednesday November 9, 2016\. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:19 PM UTCPublished: Dec 20, 2016 4:08 PM UTC Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again relationship with former President Bill Clinton is apparently off, again. The husband of failed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton [told a journalist from a small New York newspaper](http://www.record-review.com/record-review/12-16-16%5FEditorial%5F%5FMr.%5FPresident,%5Fone%5Fmore%5Fquestion.html) on Monday that the President-elect called him after the election for a strangely friendly phone call [“like it was 15 years ago”](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/bill-clinton-trump-hillary-loss-232803) when the two used to socialize, but he also criticized Trump’s intelligence. “He doesn’t know much,” he said. “One thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him.” Trump [fired back on Twitter](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/811195441710764032) Tuesday morning. “Bill Clinton stated that I called him after the election. Wrong, he called me (with a very nice congratulations). He ‘doesn’t know much’ …,” he wrote, adding, “especially how to get people, even with an unlimited budget, out to vote in the vital swing states ( and more). They focused on wrong states.” Trump has had a tortured relationship with the Clintons, who [attended his wedding](http://time.com/3988313/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-wedding/) to Melania. Bill Clinton [met with Trump on social occasions](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/new-photos-bill-clinton-trump-melania-227945) from time to time, including golf outings, and in January Trump still had [a framed photo](http://time.com/4169503/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-wedding-photo/) with them on his piano. But during the election, he frequently criticized both Clintons as corrupt and ineffective politicians, [even attacking their marriage](http://time.com/4515676/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-bill-clinton-marriage/). Clinton later clarified what happened on Twitter a little. > [](https://twitter.com/billclinton/status/811274251672158212) ## Transcript So thank you very much for coming and these four very courageous have asked to be here. And it was our honor to help them and I think they're each gonna make just a individual short statement and then we will have a little meeting. And we'll see you at the debate, okay. Perhaps we'll start with Paula. Well I'm here to support Mr. Trump because he's gonna make America great again. And I think everybody else should vote for him, and I think they should all look at the fact that he is a good person. He's not what other people have been saying he's been, like Hillary. So think about that. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Kathy Shelton. If someone wants to [ UNKNOWN ] support Trump. I, at 12 years old, Hillary put me through something that you've never put a 12 year old through. And she says she's for women and children. And she was asked last year what happened. And she said she's supposed to defend whether they did it or not. And now she's laughing on tape saying she knows they did it. You went through a lot. Yes, yes, sir, I did. Okay. Hi I'm Wendy [ UNKNOWN ]. And I'm here to support Donald Trump. I tweeted recently and Mr. Trump retweeted it that actions speak louder than words. Mr. Trump may have said some bad words. But Bill Clinton raped me and Hillary Clinton threatened me. I don't think there's any comparison. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] I'm Kathleen Willie, and I am here to support Donald Trump. The reason The reason to that is, the first day he announced for President he said I love this country and I want America to be great and I cried when he said that. Because I think that this is the greatest country in the world. I think that we can give anything, I think that we can accomplish anything. I think we can bring peace to this world, and I think Donald Trump can lead us to that point. Thank you very much, OK thank you all very much we appreciate it. Mr. Trump Mr Trump. Mr Trump, do you touch women without their consent? Mr Trump. Why do you say you touch women without consent, Mr Trump? Why don't you ask Bill Clinton that? Why don't you go ask Bill Clinton that? Let's go, thank you. 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