Howard Stern said on his program Wednesday that Trump will hate being president and the role will be detrimental to his mental health. During Wednesday’s episode of his eponymous radio show, Stern said he doesn’t think running the country is “going to be a healthy experience” for Trump, whom he considers a longtime friend even though their political beliefs are very different. "I personally wish that he had never run, I told him that, because I actually think this is something that is gonna be detrimental to his mental health too, because, he wants to be liked, he wants to be loved," Stern said. He wants people to cheer for him.” 
 
 Trump has made numerous appearances on Stern’s show over the years, and the veteran shock jock said Wednesday, “I like Donald very much personally. I was shocked when he decided to run for president and even more shocked that people took it seriously.” 
 
 An avowed Hillary Clinton supporter, Stern said he remembers a time when Trump backed her as well. And by the way, he's now on this anti-Hollywood kick. First of all, he loves the press. He lives for it. He loves people in Hollywood. He still wants Hillary Clinton to win. And all of this hatred and stuff directed towards him, it’s not good for him. It's not good for him. Listen, there’s a reason every president who leaves the office has gray hair.” 
 
 Hear more of Stern’s thoughts on Trump here.
– Howard Stern goes back a ways with President Trump, who has been a regular guest on his show for decades. On Thursday, Stern generated headlines for voicing a concern about the man he considers a friend: Becoming president "is something that is gonna be detrimental to his mental health, too, because, he wants to be liked, he wants to be loved," Stern said, per Entertainment Weekly. "All of this hatred and stuff directed towards him. It's not good for him. It's not good." Also of note: Stern says he thinks Trump ran only as a contract ploy. "I think it started out as like a kinda cool, fun thing to do in order to get a couple more bucks out of NBC for The Apprentice, I actually do believe that," Stern said, per CNN. He added that Trump always liked Hillary Clinton and thinks the "new Donald Trump" merely latched onto a conservative base because it was the most effective route to victory. “I don’t believe that, for example now, that he’s had some sort of rethink on abortion and all this." No response, at least yet, from Trump himself.