Bloomberg's editor-in-chief John Micklethwait on Tuesday reacted to Donald Trump saying "only stupid people" appoint "old" Supreme Court justices during an interview at the Economic Club of Chicago.
"And somebody said, 'Would you come up with a list of 20 or 25 justices, in this case mostly judges, that you'd put in in case it were necessary?'" Trump said.
"Now, it's amazing because I got three in four years," the Republican nominee for president said. "Most people get none because, you know, you put them in the young. You tend to put them in young. Only stupid people put old."
"You're a 78-year old man running for president," Micklethwait responded incredulously to the comment.
"So I got three," Trump continued, appearing to not have registered Micklethwait’s reaction. "A lot of judges—a lot of presidents get none. I got three."
"And I think they've been three great choices, too, by the way," the former president added.
