While Trump was running for office, Barr told The Hollywood Reporter that America would be “lucky” to have him elected because then “it wouldn’t be Hillary [Clinton].”

Barr also praised Trump for financing his own campaign. “That’s the only way he could’ve gotten that nomination. Because nobody wants a president who isn’t from Yale and Harvard and in the club. ‘Cause it’s all about distribution. When you’re in the club, you’ve got people that you sell to. That’s how money changes hands; that’s how business works. If you’ve got friends there, they scratch your back and blah, blah.”