But Mr. Letterman seemed to land some lasting hits on Mr. Trump: a 2012 “Late Show” segment in which he mocked Mr. Trump for outsourcing his Macy’s clothing line to Asia resurfaced this year in a campaign ad for Mrs. Clinton. Now Mr. Letterman says that Mr. Trump is no longer a laughing matter. You featured Donald Trump on your programs many times over the years. “By God, I’m Donald Trump and I date models and I put up buildings, and everything is gold.” Nobody took him seriously, and people loved him when he would come on the show. “Did you hear what Donald Trump said?” And everything downstream got worse and worse.

Source: New York Times October 07, 2016 09:00 UTC