Trump later said that it was a tactic to embarrass King, get in his head, and throw him off his game. This resulted in an easier and more favorable interview for Trump.
“In a 2010 interview on King’s CNN show, Trump recalled the moment. “I took heat the next day,” he said. Trump also told King that his breath wasn’t actually bad that day—Trump had just made the comment in response to an earlier question from King about Trump’s strategies for catching people off guard in his business dealings. By commenting on King’s breath, Trump said, he was merely illustrating the point. “And you even were offended by it,” Trump said to King “and you forgot the first part of your question.” King had, according to Trump, indeed been caught off guard.”
The massive balls! The other reason he needed to move back
Trump later said that it was a tactic to embarrass King, get in his head, and throw him off his game. This resulted in an easier and more favorable interview for Trump.