Did Donald Trump Want To Win? Howard Stern Says President Still Wants Hillary Clinton To Get Elected

Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency of the United States might’ve been nothing more than a stunt to get a bigger contract on "The Apprentice," according to his close friend Howard Stern. The president never actually wanted to win the election, and instead, was hoping there was still a chance his opponent will take over, the radio host said Wednesday.

“He just wanted a couple more bucks out of NBC, and that is why Donald is calling for voter fraud investigations. He’s pissed he won. He still wants Hillary Clinton to win,” said Stern during his show. “He’s so f***ing pissed, he’s hoping that he can find some voter fraud and hand it over to Hillary.”

Stern also said that the presidency wouldn’t be a “healthy experience” for Trump and that the president’s disdain of the press and Hollywood has come out of left field. Trump actually loves the press and the people in Hollywood, Stern said, and “only wants to hobnob with them.”

“I personally wish that he had never run, I told him that, because I actually think this is something that is gonna be detrimental to his mental health, too,” said Stern. “Because he wants to be liked, he wants to be loved. He wants people to cheer for him.”

It’s not the first time the shock jock has made his way into the political conversation as it pertained to Trump. During the 2016 presidential campaign, audio was released of Trump and Stern engaging in controversial conversations about women, including Trump’s daughter Ivanka.

“She’s actually always been very voluptuous,” Trump said when Stern asked him if his daughter had breast implants in a 2006 interview. “She’s tall, she’s almost six feet tall and she’s been, she’s an amazing beauty.”

Stern also predicted that Trump would become the Republican nominee long before he actually was, though the host pinned the presidency ultimately on Clinton.

“I’ll tell you why I think he’s going to be the nominee,” said Stern. “He’s proven that no matter what he says, people dig him.”