Trump takes on ex-president Bill Clinton in Twitter attack

President-elect Donald Trump took on Bill Clinton on Tuesday in a new tweet attack, after the former president questioned his intelligence.

In an impromptu discussion at a book store in upstate New York earlier this month, Clinton said this when asked if he thought Trump was smart: “He doesn’t know much. One thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him.” 

Clinton made the remarks December 10, and they were reported by a local newspaper editor who happened to be present. The comments were published yesterday by Politico.

Clinton also said Trump called him after the election and sounded surprisingly cordial after such a bitter campaign. Trump fired back on Tuesday morning.

“Bill Clinton stated that I called him after the election.

Wrong, he called me (with a very nice congratulations. He ‘doesn’t know much’ ...”