Donald Trump used the trial of Oscar Pistorious in 2014, who was eventually found guilty of killing his wife, as an excuse to mention O.J. Simpson’s murder trial. “Oscar Pistorious, ‘the blade runner,’ is as guilty as O.J.,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter, in April 2014. A few months later, when Pistorious was initially found not guilty, Trump blasted his former friend again. “No one has been more guilty since O.J.!” he tweeted. Despite being thrown under the bus by his former friend, Simpson had fond memories of his time with Trump.
Even though Simpson could not vote while in prison, he spoke about whether he would have cast his ballot for Trump. “Somebody asked me if I’d have voted for him. Probably not, but I only know two of my friends I’d vote to be president,” the former NFL player told The Buffalo News in March 2018. “The one thing I can say about The Donald is The Donald is fun,” he added. When Trump faced legal issues for a sexual battery case in 2023, Simpson offered advice for his one-time acquaintance. “Do not talk about the case publicly. Do not do interviews about the case,” Simpson said in video posted to X in June.
Only months before Simpson died, he mentioned Trump in another video posted to X — while addressing rumors he was in hospice. “I guess it’s like ‘The Donald’ says, ‘You can’t trust the media,” Simpson joked in the social media clip uploaded in February.
