Dr. Laurie Santos

Yes, we have so many quotes over the past several months from President Trump that we're teasing where he might be leaning when it came to whether or not he would pardon Diddy.

But he did make it clear that they did at one point have a friendly relationship.

He said, I'm going to quote the president here.

I was very friendly with him.

I got along with him great and seemed like a nice guy.

I didn't know him well, but when I ran for office, he was very hostile.

That is the key point here.

So everything was good until 2016.

He did take it personally, and I don't know the exact comments that Trump is referring to, but he says that Combs made some nasty statements about him at the time when he was running for president.

He said that Combs used to really like me a lot, but that relationship busted up.

And so here are a few other things he said that –

We could read the tea leaves, but he always left open this possibility that he might consider it.

So he said, I haven't seen him.

I haven't spoken to him for years.

I don't know.

I would certainly look at the facts.

If I think somebody was mistreated, it wouldn't matter whether they like me or don't.

Do you believe that?

No.

I don't either because then he kept saying other things that belied that last statement.