US SC judge apologises to Donald Trump for calling him phoney

Washington: United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Thursday apologised for publicly dubbing presidential candidate front-runner Donald Trump as a ‘phoney’ with big ego problem.

The 83-year-old judge on Monday said she felt Trump was a big-time faker who did not think before spitting out his words. She also said that she could not imagine how the US would be like under Trump’s rule.

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Ginsburg, however, apologised to Trump for her remarks on Thursday.

"I think my recent remarks were inappropriate and I regret making them. Being a Judge, I should have avoided commenting on a hopeful candidate for public office. Furthermore, I will be careful in future," said Ginsburg.

Trump's tweets regarding this:

Is Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg going to apologize to me for her misconduct? Big mistake by an incompetent judge!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2016