"Maybe I should invite Barack Hussein Obama, Joe Biden, the Bush family - or Bush himself. Maybe I should invite these people to watch a football game together," Trump said. "Wouldn't that be a great story? The media would be crazy about it." Usha Vance, wife of US Vice President Vance, responded: "A gathering of presidents? That would be fun!"
Trump made the above invitation during the program "Reading Time with the Second Lady" broadcast on July 3, local time. On the show, he also read aloud from a book published by the White House Historical Association that introduces the interests and hobbies of past U.S. presidents, "Presidential Play!" ” (President’s Play!), and made comments on several former U.S. presidents.
On July 3, local time, Trump was a guest on the program "Reading Time with the Second Lady." Video screenshot
After seeing scenes in the book of Clinton building a track and running during his time in the White House, Trump said: "It's really nice. I just recently learned that he built a track in the White House."
He also made a rare positive comment on the former US president, saying, "I may never do that kind of thing. I don't think I will do that. I don't know. But he is actually a good man, and I quite like Bill Clinton, and I still do."
Fox News Channel also mentioned that Clinton and several other former US presidents Bush and Biden who were invited by Trump to the White House to watch the game attended the opening ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center last month. However, people who have been critical of Obama, such as Trump, were not invited to attend.
As he continued to flip through the books, Trump also poked fun at other former U.S. presidents, including William Howard Taft. The book shows a scene of Taft playing baseball. Trump said: "He was a very big man, very big. He loved baseball, he loved going to games, he loved hot dogs, he loved baseball."
Trump added: "He is the heaviest president in the United States, and I have to be careful because I don't want to exceed his record. If you let it, it can happen."