NH Paper Likens Donald Trump To Biff Tannen

The main story on the New Hampshire Union-Leader's front page on Monday compared Donald Trump to Biff Tannen, the villain from the "Back to the Future" movies.

The Hill reports the op-ed written by the newspaper's leader slammed Trump as an “insult to the intelligence of Republican voters." It included pictures of Trump and the movie character Tannen.

“Trump has shown himself to be a crude blowhard with no clear political philosophy and no deeper understanding of the important and serious role of President of the United States than one of the goons he lets rough up protesters in his crowds,” Union-Leader publisher Joseph McQuaid writes.

“He reminds us of the grownup bully 'Biff' in the 'Back to the Future' movie series.”

The Union-Leader last month endorsed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ahead of the Feb. 9 New Hampshire primary. Trump, however, is well ahead of Christie and the rest of the GOP field in New Hampshire polls.

"Back to the Future" screenwriter Bob Gale revealed in an October interview with The Daily Beast that Biff — Marty McFly's arch nemesis — was indeed inspired by Trump, reports CNN.

In a phone interview with WMUR, Trump slammed McQuaid, calling him a "bad guy" and "a real lowlife— there's no question about it"

"Joe McQuaid wanted me to do his debate desperately. He called me practically begging to do the debate. the debate turned out to be a total farce and a joke ... very few people attended," Trump told WMUR, referring to the August Republican forum, which was co-sponsored by the Union Leader. "I knew that when I didn't do the debate he would take action against me ... The paper is failing, he's doing a terrible job."