The former president denied knowing the comedian who made a slew of racist, sexist and vulgar comments at his rally at Madison Square Garden, ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott reports.
That comedian, Tony Hinchcliffe, drew headlines in part for calling Puerto Rico an "island of floating garbage."
"I don't know him, someone put him up there. I don't know who he is," Trump told ABC's Scott.
It was a love fest to @realDonaldTrump. Everyone else said everything he wanted to say but couldn't with the upcoming election. That's Trump's MO. @rachelvscott, thank you for reporting so honestly and accurately.
Trump also insisted he didn't hear any of the comments, even as they've been played on television and written about extensively. When asked what he made of them, he did not take the opportunity to denounce them, repeating that he didn't hear the comments.
His campaign has said the comedian's comments don't reflect the views of Trump or the campaign.
Trump also expressed confidence that he will win the White House with just a week to go.
After former Pres. Trump made claims on Joe Rogan's podcast about about past visit to #TheView Whoopi Goldberg and her fellow co-hosts weigh in with what really went down that day.
Rogan began the podcast by showing the wrong clip falsely claiming that the former president was greeted warmly by friendly hosts. The first time Trump visited The View was in 2011 when Trump was called out for his racist Obama birther lies
Whoopi: "HONEY, JOE, I THINK YOU MISSED THIS PART.TAKE A LOOK."
Trump: "I WANT HIM TO SHOW HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE. THERE'S SOMETHING ON IT I DON'T LIKE."
Whoopi: "OH MY GOD."
Whoopi: "I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST PILE OF DOG MESS I'VE HEARD IN AGES.
Trump: "WHY NOT SHOW IT, RIGHT? THERE'S SOMETHING HE DOESN'T WANT TO SHOW."
Whoopi: "IT'S BECAUSE HE'S BLACK."
Trump: "LET HIM SHOW -- IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT."
Whoopi: WAS ANY WHITE PRESIDENT ASKED TO BE SHOWN THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE? YOU'RE A CITIZEN OF AMERICA. YOU KNOW THAT HE'S AMERICAN. I'M SORRY. THAT'S B.S.
Whoopi: "THIS SHOW HAS -- HAS ALLOWED ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE TO COME ON. PEOPLE WE AGREE WITH, PEOPLE WE DON'T AGREE WITH. I'VE NOT BEEN A FAN OF THIS MAN'S. I DON'T LIKE HOW HE TALKS TO US. I DON'T LIKE HOW HE TALKS TO THE NATION."
"SO I HAVE NOT REALLY HAD MUCH TO SAY UNTIL HE STARTED RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. THEN I CAN SAY EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO SAY. MY FACE SAID EVERYTHING ELSE."
Ana: "YOU DISLIKED HIM FROM EVEN BEFORE -- EVEN BEFORE THAT WHEN YOU FIRST HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH HIM."
Whoopi: "WELL, I JUST -- HE'S BEEN IN NEW YORK --"
Sunny: "YES."
Whoopi: "FOREVER. HE'S A NEW YORK PERSON, AND BEEN A NEW YORK CHARACTER, BUT BEING A CHARACTER ON TELEVISION IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN BEING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE WHAT YOU CAN'T DO AND WHAT THEY DID FOR YEARS, WHICH IS WHY PEOPLE GOT UP AND SAID, YOU CAN'T TALK TO ME LIKE THIS ANYMORE."
"YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT ME LIKE THIS ANYMORE, AND PEOPLE SAID, OH.YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WOKE. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ASLEEP. NO ONE'S EVER LET US SLEEP BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD TO KEEP --I'M SORRY, BABY."
"BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD TO KEEP REMINDING PEOPLE THAT WOMEN DON'T WANT TO BE SPOKEN DOWN TO."
