Trump expands his attacks on the Clintons

Donald Trump defended and expanded upon his attacks on the Clintons on Tuesday, asserting once more that former President Bill Clinton's past infidelities are "fair game" if Hillary Clinton keeps hitting him for his own views on women, bringing up Monica Lewinsky and Paula Jones as examples.

During a telephone interview with NBC's "Today," host Savannah Guthrie asked the Republican presidential candidate about an early-morning tweet in which he recalled the former president being called a racist for comments he made while campaigning for his wife against then-Sen. Barack Obama in 2008.

Advertisement Remember that Bill Clinton was brought in to help Hillary against Obama in 2008. He was terrible, failed badly, and was called a racist! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2015





Asked whether that tweet meant that he was calling Clinton a racist, Trump responded that the Obama campaign had done so. "He was extremely insulted," Trump said of Clinton.

Guthrie then asked why he would tweet it if he did not believe it himself.

"They said it; I didn’t say it," Trump continued. "All I said was what they said, Savannah. That’s what they said. They called [Clinton] a racist. I don’t believe he is a racist, if you want to know the truth, but they called him a racist. It was a miserable campaign. He did very poorly and you know, they're bringing him out again. He’s being wheeled out, and we’re going to see what happens. Frankly, he did very poorly, he was not good for her and obviously, she lost to Obama and that was the end of that. But they brought him out before.”

Bill Clinton will hit the campaign trail next week in New Hampshire.

Trump was also asked to account for a tweet on Monday in which he cited the former president's "terrible record of women abuse," remarking that "we could name many of them."

If Hillary thinks she can unleash her husband, with his terrible record of women abuse, while playing the women's card on me, she's wrong! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2015





"I can get you a list, and I’ll have it sent to your office in two seconds, but there was certainly a lot of abuse of women," he volunteered. "You look at whether it's Monica Lewinsky or Paula Jones or many of them, and that certainly will be fair game. Certainly if they play the woman’s card with respect to me, that will be fair game."

Despite his harsh words for the former president, Trump also said that he likes the fact that Bill Clinton is campaigning for his wife.

"He failed in 2008, he failed really badly; he frankly did a very poor job in campaigning, you want to know the truth. And perhaps he’ll do well or perhaps he’ll do poorly. But if he’s going to play the women card, it’s all fair game," he explained.

Guthrie then mentioned Trump's 2008 comments to CNN in which he called the effort to impeach Clinton "nonsense," remarks that Trump said came from his position as a "world-class businessman."

"As a businessman, I had to get along with everybody, and I’ll get along and do that as president. I’ll be able to bring people together," he went on to say, remarking, "when I needed approvals, when I needed something from Washington, I always got what I wanted, and that’s because I was able to get along with everybody."