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The last time we spoke of Bill O’Reilly, the Fox News anchor was promising threatening to move to Ireland if Bernie Sanders became president. O’Reilly obviously wants a GOP president, and it’s also in his best professional interest to talk Donald Trump into doing Thursday evening’s Fox News GOP Debate. We already saw Michael Moore and Megyn Kelly chuckling over Trump’s evident fear, and now O’Reilly is trying to bring “peace” to the situation.
The relationship between Trump and O’Reilly has taken an odd turn during this presidential race. Crotchety O’Reilly previously told Trump his insults against Kelly have gone too far, but Trump didn’t see the problem. O’Reilly also tried to counsel Trump over ISIS refugees, and still, no budging occurred. So, O’Reilly has circled back to the timely topic of Megyn Kelly, and it’s a marvel to see O’Reilly — who many consider abrasive — encourage Trump to soften up.
On Wednesday’s episode of The O’Reilly Factor, the host articulated some reality. For all practical purposes, one person (either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders) stands between Trump and the White House. Well, this discussion didn’t go well from the moment O’Reilly referred to Trump as a candidate folks thought was “a buffoon.” O’Reilly then diverted to tell Trump he’s missing an opportunity to convince people he can negotiate and improve the country. In response, Trump tried to say this was a business decision:
“I don’t like being taken advantage of. In this case, I was being taken advantage of by Fox. I don’t like that. Now when I’m representing the country, if I win, I’m not going to let our country be taken advantage of … It’s a personality trait, but I don’t think it’s a bad personality trait.”
O’Reilly then asked Trump to reconsider his decision not to show up for the debate. Trump admonished him for not asking the forbidden question, which they’d mutually agreed to ignore before the episode. This wasn’t an agreement O’Reilly could live up to because — let’s get real — this is the topic on every Fox News viewer’s mind. The best part of the episode was the “be the bigger man” discussion. This one got heated, folks.
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