United States of America's President-elect, Donald
J. Trump of the Republican Party has opened up
on the brief but emotional defeat concession
phone call made to him by his opponent.
J. Trump of the Republican Party has opened up
on the brief but emotional defeat concession
phone call made to him by his opponent.
We all know Hillary Clinton called Donald Trump
personally in the early hours of November 9 to
concede the 2016 presidential election, but we've
struggled with imagining how that conversation
could have possibly gone down. What could
Clinton have said in what was sure to be an
incredibly difficult conversation?
In a 60 Minutes interview (which is set to air
November 13), Trump shared how the conversation
went. As Us Weekly reports, the President-Elect
was actually very complimentary of Clinton and the
whole exchange.
"So, Hillary called, and it was a lovely call, and it
was a tough call for her I mean, I can imagine,"
Trump said in the interview. "Tougher for her than
it would have been for me. I mean, for me, it would
have been very, very difficult."
After describing the call itself as "lovely," Trump
went on to praise Clinton directly, which is a nice
change from the rhetoric he engaged in during the
campaign. To be clear, this doesn't erase the
things that were said on the campaign trail, but in
these hard and, for many Americans, frightening
days following the election, kind words can feel
like a scarce commodity.
"She couldn't have been nicer," Trump continued.
"She just said, 'Congratulations, Donald, well done.'
And I said, 'I want to thank you very much, you
were a great competitor.' She is very strong and
very smart."
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