Meghan Markle made her stance on Donald Trump very clear long before his first presidency.

Now, as Trump is set to be officially declared the 47th president of the United States on January 20, a role he first took on in 2017 before Joe Biden defeated him in the 2021 election, it’s a good time to look back at the history between him and the Duchess of Sussex.

The tension between Markle and Trump began in 2016.

During an appearance on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, Markle referred to Trump as “divisive” and “misogynistic,” ahead of his presidency.

“Trump is divisive, think about female voters alone, right … I think it was in 2012 the Republican Party lost the female vote by 12 points – that is a huge number, and with as misogynistic as Trump is, and so vocal about it, that’s a huge chunk of it,” she stated at the time.

She went on to share that her support for Hillary Clinton wasn’t based solely on her gender, but rather because, as she put it, “Trump has made it easy to see that you don’t really want that kind of world that he’s painting.”

Three years later, in 2019, Trump was asked by The Sun about Markle’s previous remarks. His response was: “I didn’t know that, no. I didn’t know that.”

He went on to say: “I hope she is OK.”

The interview then pointed out, “She said she would move to Canada if you got elected. It turned out she moved to Britain,” to which Trump replied, “There are a lot of people moving here, so what can I say?”

Finally, when asked about Markle’s earlier comments, he added, “No, I didn’t know she was nasty.”

Trump was later asked by Piers Morgan, who has frequently criticized Markle, to explain his ‘nasty’ comment made during his state visit to the UK, which happened around the time Markle was on maternity leave while pregnant with Prince Archie.