Trump Once Said Oprah Winfrey 'Knows How to Win,' Wanted Her As His Running Mate

BY MELINA DELKIC ON 1/8/18 AT 1:01 PM

President Donald Trump has said that he’d want Oprah Winfrey as his running mate and that she “knows how to win,” in statements that resurfaced on Sunday and Monday following Winfrey’s powerful Golden Globes speech that had large swathes of the country chanting: “Oprah 2020.”

“Oprah would always be my first choice,” Trump told talk-show host Larry King on CNN's "Larry King Live" in 1999.

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When King asked, “Do you have a vice presidential candidate in mind?” Trump responded: “Well, I really haven’t gotten quite there yet. Oprah, I love Oprah. Oprah would always be my first choice. Oprah, your competitor, right? She’s really a great woman, though, she is a terrific woman. She’s somebody that’s very special. I think, if she’d do it, she’d be fantastic. She’s popular, she’s brilliant, she’s a wonderful woman.”

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Trump's comments suggest that, along with much of the country over the past 30 years, the president has not been immune to Oprah's magic. And it's not the only time he has voiced his love for her.

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