Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on Sunday defended Donald Trump
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"Of course you can," the former Speaker, a top Trump adviser, said when asked on "Fox News Sunday" if the country could afford to have a president with such a split personality.
"I think we had a number of presidents who had interesting challenges in their personality."
Gingrich earlier this month called little Trump "frankly pathetic," after the Republican nominee attacked Speaker Paul Ryan
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“Look, first of all, let me just say about Trump, who I admire and I’ve tried to help as much as I can. There’s a big Trump and a little Trump,” Gingrich said.
“The little Trump is frankly pathetic. I mean, he’s mad over not getting a phone call?"
Gingrich on Sunday, though, touted Trump as a far superior candidate than his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton
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"I'm willing to concede that Trump on occasion is crass, but I'd like my opponents to concede that Hillary on occasion is corrupt," he said.
"You have a candidate for president who under any reasonable standard would have been indicted," Gingrich continued.
"Trump is not perfect, but she sure ain't perfect, either, and she's a much greater threat to our system than Donald Trump is."