Roughly nine months after Fox News’ Megyn Kelly first clashed with Donald Trump, the network anchor faced off once again with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Tuesday evening on a prime-time special on FOX. But, anyone hoping for more fireworks between the two onetime foes, had to settle for what appeared to be a feud-ending chat marked more by civility than controversy.
“It’s been a long nine months,” Kelly said to start the interview. “It has been a long time, I agree,” Trump responded.
From there, according to Fortune, Kelly ran down a list of controversial remarks and insults Trump has said over the course of his campaign—including remarks about Senator John McCain getting captured during the Vietnam War and former rival Carly Fiorina’s face—and asked if the former reality TV star now regrets any of those comments. “Yeah, I guess so,” Trump said, though he noted that he doesn’t think it’s “healthy” to obsess over mistakes.
Trump also dodged a question from Kelly about bullying and whether or not his demeanor and tactics throughout the election cycle could set a bad example for children.
While Trump admits that he does have some regrets about some of the comments he has made in recent months, he said he would not change the tone of his campaign. He told Kelly that he didn’t want to be “soft” and he attributed at least some of his political success to the very tone and tactics that have so frequently caused a stir and kept him in the headlines. “If I would not have fought back the way I fought back, I don’t think I would have been successful,” Trump told Kelly.
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