President Donald Trump has revealed he is on the fence about granting Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs a presidential pardon. After beforehand hinting he was open to the thought, the forty fifth and forty seventh POTUS is now singing a unique tune in a brand new interview.

Earlier than Choose Arun Subramanian selected whether or not Diddy can be launched on bond after he was acquitted on racketeering and intercourse trafficking costs, President Trump stated he was “greater than open” to issuing Diddy a pardon.

The politician’s feedback echo one thing comparable he stated weeks earlier than, in line with The Blast, wherein he talked about trying “on the information” of Diddy’s case, “whether or not they like me or do not like me,” to find out if he was “mistreated” by the federal authorities in his trial.

Nevertheless, throughout his current dialog with Rob Finnerty on Newsmax, Trump’s stance on the matter shifted.

On August 1, 2025, Trump stated Diddy was “kind of half-innocent,” referring to his being discovered responsible of prostitution costs however not of the extra severe costs talked about above. “I do not know what they do, nonetheless in jail or one thing. However he was celebrating a victory, however I assume it wasn’t nearly as good of a victory,” Trump added.

Trump then took a visit down reminiscence lane, explaining that he was “very pleasant” with Diddy earlier than his first run for public workplace. “I bought together with him nice. Appeared like a pleasant man. I did not know him properly. However after I ran for workplace, he was very hostile,” Trump stated, calling his present place on the pardon “laborious.”

“We’re human beings. We do not prefer to have issues cloud our judgment, proper? However once you knew somebody and also you have been wonderful and then you definately run for workplace and he made some horrible statements. So, I do not know. It is harder,” Trump said. “Makes it extra, I am being trustworthy, makes it harder to do.”

In response to a report from Billboard, Diddy has been outspoken about Trump and his politics previously.

In a single particular interview from 2020, Diddy stated he believed America can be concerned in a “race struggle” if Trump have been elected.

Throughout one other dialog on Revolt, Diddy advised radio character Charlamagne Tha God that “white males like Trump must be banished.”

“That mind-set, it is actual harmful. This man actually threatened the lives of us and our households about going to vote. ‘Stand again and stand by,'” Diddy said earlier than explaining that “the No. 1 precedence is to get Trump out of workplace.”

Elsewhere, throughout Trump’s dialog with Newsmax, the Commander-in-Chief said that after studying extra about Diddy’s earlier feedback, issuing him a pardon is “extra probably a no.”

One of many causes many held out hope for a Diddy pardon is that Trump has already issued a number of high-profile pardons, together with for NBA Youngboy and actuality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley.

In a now-viral video, Trump knowledgeable Savannah Chrisley that her mother and father have been being launched from federal jail, calling their incarceration a “horrible factor.”

“However it’s an awesome factor as a result of your mother and father are going to be free and clear, and I hope we are able to do it by tomorrow,” he said, including, “We’ll strive getting it achieved tomorrow. So give them — I do not know them however give them my regards and need them — want them a great life.”