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Politics

Donald Trump Reflects On His Relationship With Muhammad Ali

Donald Trump Reflects On His Relationship With Muhammad Ali
Chuck Muth
June 9, 2016
Donald Trump and Muhammad Ali had been great friends since Trump started liking boxing at Ali's famous fight with Joe Frazier in 1971. (Courtesy: Associated Press)

Donald Trump and Muhammad Ali had been great friends since Trump started liking boxing at Ali’s famous fight with Joe Frazier in 1971. (Courtesy: Associated Press)

(Steve Eder, The New York Times) – As he reflected on Saturday on the death of Muhammad Ali, Donald J. Trump gushed, calling him a “terrific guy,” “so generous,” and an “amazing poet.”

“He was two people,” Mr. Trump said of Ali in an interview. “In the ring, he was fierce, and outside of the ring, he was one of the nicest guys you could ever meet.”

The presumptive Republican nominee’s kind words were not just an obligatory salute to an iconic figure.

The two men had been friendly for many years, dating back at least to the 1980s. Ali attended Mr. Trump’s 2005 wedding to Melania Knauss in Palm Beach, Fla., and Mr. Trump appeared at Ali’s charity events.

Late last year, though, there appeared to be a chill in their mutual admiration after Ali issued a statement that seemed to criticize Mr. Trump’s call to temporarily bar Muslims from entering the United States.

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