Trump Denies Supporting de Blasio, Says ‘Good Mayor’ Quote Taken out of Context

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DICKERSON: "Speaking of mayors, you supported Bill de Blasio --"
TRUMP: "I never supported him. I said I think he's going to win. Because I saw the kind of competition that he had. I never supported bill. I never supported -- Glenn beck said I supported Barack Obama he had to apologize because he picked up somebody's phony website where they do this. They said Donald Trump supported Barack Obama. He's saying that -- came down very strongly with him last week because I was on John McCain's committee I raised lot of money for John McCain I was 100% behind -- I kept hearing that this stupid person, I mean he's a failed person, he's a mess. He was going around saying I was voting for Barack Obama. Do you believe that I would vote for Barack Obama? Believe me. Is he he -- he issued apology when he found out he got duped. He got duped by some trickster."
DICKERSON: "The quote, I think strongly that he'll end up being good mayor maybe very good mayor. I just wondered why you thought that --"
TRUMP: "I did say that because I deal in New York. Frankly I hope he was a good mayor, turned out to be a terrible mayor he doesn't know what he's doing. He's incompetent. When he first got elected -- that's not supporting him. Obviously I have many building in New York, I have tremendous business in New York. It's nice to see guy, if he gets in but I never supported him. I would never support him with his issues. But what I did say good luck. Congratulations. I hope he's going to be a good mayor. I hope. I wish he would be a good mayor but he's a terrible mayor."