During a phone interview on Thursday evening with “The Five,” former President Donald Trump shared his memories of the late John F. Kennedy Jr., claiming that he knew him “very well.” He also offered insights into Kennedy’s relationship with his wife, Carolyn Bessette, describing it as tumultuous and passionate.
The conversation with Fox News Channel host Dana Perino touched on the popular FX series “Love Story,” which chronicles the romance between Kennedy and Bessette. Perino asked Trump whether he felt nostalgic for the 1990s and if he had known the younger Kennedy personally.
Trump expressed a preference for the 1980s but then delved into his recollections of John F. Kennedy Jr., discussing his career, political aspirations, and his dynamic relationship with Bessette.
“I knew them both pretty well, but I knew him much better,” Trump remarked. “They would come down to Mar-a-Lago together, and they had a very interesting relationship.”
He went on to describe the couple’s interactions: “They would bicker. I want to be nice—they would have little fights and then they’d make up and start kissing wildly,” he recounted.
‘They would bicker, I want to be nice, they would bicker together. In other words, have little fights and then they’d make up and start kissing wildly,’ he described.
Trump said it was one of ‘those’ relationships.
‘And you never know how those relationships are going to turn out,’ the President continued. ‘Frankly, I’ve seen them go on for years and I’ve seen them go on for about two days before they broke up.’
President Donald Trump is photographed leading a Cabinet meeting Thursday morning. Later Thursday evening he called into Fox News Channel’s The Five and was asked if he knew the late John F. Kennedy Jr.
John F. Kennedy Jr. (left) poses for a photo with then businessman Donald Trump (right) at Mar-a-Lago in February 1996. Trump talked about the cold-and-hot relationship between John John and his wife Carolyn Bessette when they visited the President’s Florida property
Trump also recalled that Kennedy ‘liked me, believe it or not.’
‘He actually put me on the cover of his magazine, George,’ the President said.
The President’s cover shot was on the February/March 2000 issue of George, which was entitled ‘The Trumpster’ and focused on the future commander-in-chief’s political ambitions – ambitions that didn’t come to full fruition for another 16 years.
It was published shortly after the July 16, 1999, plane crash death of Kennedy and Bessette.
‘It was a tragic thing,’ Trump recalled.
The 79-year-old President also claimed that Kennedy planned to sell off George and run for higher office.
‘Look, he was going to sell that magazine, which was a little bit of an anchor, it didn’t work out too well. It was OK,’ Trump said.
‘He was a handsome guy. You don’t get better looking. And he was going to run for politics. He was going to run for the Senate, he told me, and nobody would have beaten him, and he probably would have ended up being president, because he had a lot of good things. He was sort of a great guy,’ Trump said.
Trump said he knew both John F. Kennedy Jr. (right) and his late wife Carolyn Bessette (left) and talked about their relationship, saying they would ‘bicker’ when visiting Mar-a-Lago and then be ‘kissing wildly’
Carolyn Bessette (left) and John F. Kennedy Jr. (left) photographed in November 1997. President Donald Trump said John John was planning to sell his magazine and eyeing running for US Senate
A Senate seat had opened up in New York for the 2000 cycle.
The show, Love Story, depicts Kennedy talking to a political consultant about potentially running for the seat.
The winner ended up being Trump’s 2016 Democratic presidential rival, former First Lady Hillary Clinton.
‘I think he would have gone on to be president,’ Trump said of Kennedy.
Trump has attracted the ire of many in the Kennedy family, due to his takeover of the Kennedy Center and destruction of the Jaqueline Kennedy, which went the way of the East Wing last fall.
He also plans to have the new Air Force Ones repainted – a departure from Jackie Kennedy’s classic design.
At the same time, he has a Kennedy in his Cabinet, with JFK Jr.’s cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., serving as his Secretary of Health and Human Services.
