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Former President Donald Trump may have surprised his critics when he responded to a question by naming what he admired about Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Republican presidential nominee was asked to name “three virtues” about his Democrat opponent during a Univision town hall event on Wednesday. Though he admitted it was “a very hard question,” Trump went on to praise Harris’s ability to keep lasting friendships and be a survivor, delivering a thoughtful response to a question the vice president answered previously with much less grace.

Trump was asked by a Hispanic voter at the end of the town hall to name “three virtues” about Harris.

“That’s a very hard question,” he responded at first, prompting laughter from the audience.

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“That’s the toughest question. The other ones are easy! I’m not a fan, I’m not a fan. I think she’s harmed our country horribly, horribly — at the border, with inflation, with so many other things, ” he continued.

“But she seems to have an ability to survive,” the Republican presidential nominee went on.

“Because, you know, she was out of the race, and all of a sudden she’s running for president. That’s a great ability that some people have and some people don’t have,” he said.

“She seems to have some pretty longtime friendships… I don’t call that an ability. I call that a good thing,” Trump told the voter.

“And she seems to have a nice way about her. I mean, I like the way, you know, some of her statements, some of her- the way she behaves in a certain way. But in another way, I think it’s very bad for our country, very bad for our country. But she does seem to have some relationships that [are] lasting, and she does seem to be a survivor, because remember, she was the first one out, and all of sudden she’s running for president. And the other 21 people that are running, they’re sitting home watching her on television, right?” Trump added.

“So that’s by far the toughest question I’ve had today,” he quipped.

While Trump delivered a respectful response, Harris, on the other hand, handled the same question about her rival at her Unision town hall as expected.

“Let me start with this… Based on a life experience, I know that the vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us,” Harris said last week when asked to name “three virtues” Trump possesses.

“And part of what pains me is the approach that, frankly, Donald Trump and some others have taken, which is to suggest that it’s us versus them, whoever that may be. And having Americans point fingers at each other, using language that’s about belittling people and calling them names and meant to make them afraid and live in fear. I don’t think that’s healthy for our nation,” she said, avoiding a direct answer.

“And I don’t admire that. And, in fact, I’m quite critical of it coming from someone who wants to be President of the United States,” the Democrat continued.

She finally got around to the original question.

“I think Donald Trump loves his family. And I think that’s very important. I think family is one of the most important things that we can prioritize,” the vice president said.

“But I don’t really know him, to be honest with you,” she added. “I only met him one time on the debate stage. I’d never met him before, so I don’t really have much more to offer you.”

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