Donald Trump Doesn’t Know what John Oliver Looks Like, Accuses Him of Lying

Norman Weiss November 2, 2015, 9:52 pm

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Donald Trump doesn’t know what John Oliver looks like, accuses him of lying

In an interview with Colin Cowherd, Trump says Oliver’s Last Week Tonight “asked me to be on the show four or five times.” When told the show tweeted that “at no point did we invite Donald Trump,” The Donald responded: “That’s just a lie. A lot of people wouldn’t say that and would just let things die. I don’t like to let things die.” Trump added of Oliver: “I don’t know much about him. I wouldn’t even know what he looks like.” PLUS: Trump will negotiate his own Republican debate terms with TV networks.

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