O’Reilly Dismisses Trump Tweets: ‘This Is Just Theater’

In an interview with NBC’s Today, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his theatrics, but said he still believed he was good for American politics.

Host Matt Lauer read for O’Reilly some of Trump’s tweets bashing him show, but O’Reilly dismissed them. “When people criticize him, he takes it personally. And then, you know, this machine, the tweeting thing, that’s like the worst thing you can give Donald Trump is this tweeting thing.”

“So I just think this is an extension of his reality show, The Apprentice,” he continued. “This is just theater right now. He gets a lot of attention from the theater.”

But after saying all that, O’Reilly defended Trump. “There are a lot of people who like him because he is the non-politician in a country that’s really in trouble, and where the other politicians are frightened, he’s not frightened. So that’s why people support him.”

“I think Trump has been good for politics in America, and I’m the only one that says that,” he continued. “Everybody else is bashing the hell out of Donald Trump; that’s the chic thing to do. He has engaged people and forced them to pay attention and they are paying attention, and that is good for America.”

“Pay attention!” he concluded. “The country’s in trouble.”

Watch, via NBC.

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