Donald Trump sets the record straight on 'nasty' Meghan Markle comments

Donald Trump has addressed his “nasty” comments concerning Meghan Markle, as part of an exclusive half-hour interview with ‘Good Morning Britain’ host Piers Morgan.

In an interview last week, the US President called the Duchess of Sussex “nasty”: “What can I say? I didn’t know that she was nasty,” he said.

He later denied the comments, but was contradicted by a recording released by The Sun.

Trump has now clarified his thoughts about the Duchess during the new interview, broadcast today at 6am on ‘Good Morning Britain’.

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Asked if he thought Prince Harry’s wife was ‘nasty’ or not, Trump contested that he thinks she is “very nice” and is “doing a good job”.

“They said some of the things that she said and It’s actually on tape,” he told Morgan.

“And I said: ‘Well, I didn’t know she was nasty’. I wasn’t referring to she’s nasty. I said she was nasty about me. And essentially I didn’t know she was nasty about me.”

Trump added: “You know what? She’s doing a good job, I hope she enjoys her life... I think she’s very nice.”

The Duchess has been known to be a critic of Trump in the past.

In a 2016 interview on ‘The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore’ – back when Meghan was an actor on ‘Suits’ rather than a royal – she called the then-presidential candidate “divisive” and “misogynistic”.

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“Of course Trump is divisive - think about female voters alone,” she said.“I think it was in 2012, the Republican Party lost the female vote by 12 points.

“That's a huge number and as misogynistic as Trump is, and so vocal about it, that's a huge chunk of it.”