“If that's the best they got on these issues and Donald Trump, Donald Trump should be celebrating that story,” Halperin said on MSNBC's “Morning Joe,” where he now appears regularly as a senior political analyst for NBC News. In this video from 2005, Donald Trump prepares for an appearance on "Days of Our Lives" with actress Arianne Zucker. At other times, Halperin has seemed to take a gentler tone toward prominent men accused of sexual harassment. When Trump defended Bill O'Reilly against sexual harassment allegations in April, Halperin characterized the president's move as strategically unwise, without passing judgment on the substance of the claims against O'Reilly. As Halperin works on damage control, previous missed opportunities to take a firm stand against sexual harassment are a potential liability.

Source: Washington Post October 26, 2017 16:52 UTC