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One of Trump's favorite recurring compliments is calling someone a 'great guy' — here's the definitive list

A search of Trump's Twitter, past interviews, and speeches, found that the president has placed a man on his pantheon of "great" guys in at least 71 instances.

President Donald Trump bestowed one of his favorite compliments upon controversial Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke over the weekend.

"A great book by a great guy, highly recommended!" Trump wrote while quote-tweeting a Clarke tweet promoting his book, " target="_blank"Cop Under Fire."

A search of Trump's tweets, past interviews, and speeches found that the president has placed a man on his pantheon of "great" guys in at least 71 instances.

No one has achieved the rating of "great guy" in Trump's eyes more than athletes and sports-world figures, who make up more than 36% of the people to whom Trump has awarded the moniker. Of those, 10 are golfers or connected to the golf world while seven are football players or otherwise linked to the sport.

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Politicians make up 18% of Trump's "great" guys. Four of them currently serve in his administration.

Trump has additionally given a number of "great guy" shoutouts to media figures, Hollywood stars, and "Celebrity Apprentice" contestants.

American figure skater Evan Lysacek

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Fox News host Sean Hannity

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee

Former Rep. Bob Turner of New York

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Former Texas governor and current Energy Secretary Rick Perry

2012 Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain

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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning

Former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter

Hearst Executive Vice Chairman Frank Bennack

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Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh

Golf commentator David Feherty

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Singer Andy Williams

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson

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Former House Speaker John Boehner

New York power broker Jerry Finkelstein

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Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus

TV host Regis Philbin

Former NBA forward Dennis Rodman

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Former Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss

NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson

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Twisted Sister lead singer Dee Snider

Golfer Adam Scott

Trump aide Dan Scavino

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Rapper Lil' Jon

Golfer Sergio Garcia

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NBA star LeBron James

Hon. Frank J. Blangiardo

Trump's father Fred Trump

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Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler

@UmerRizwan2

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Actor Mark Wahlberg

Golfer Phil Mickelson

Golfer Nick Faldo

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Someone whose son was killed in the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center

Golfer Jim Furyk

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"The bus driver who saved the woman from jumping off the bridge"

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady

Legendary golfer Gary Player

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Former late night host David Letterman

Golfer Bubba Watson

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Actor Eli Wallach

New Hampshire House Speaker Bill O'Brien

WWE CEO Vince McMahon

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Director Steven Spielberg

Former Vice President Joe Biden's son Beau Biden

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Former football star and commentator Frank Gifford

Former Fox News CEO and chairman Roger Ailes

Hall-of-Fame New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra

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"Duck Dynasty" star Willie Robertson

Pastor Robert Jeffress

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Former Fox News commentator Bob Beckel's brother Graham Beckel

Fox News host Eric Bolling

"The founder and owner of Pizza Ranch in Iowa" (Adrie Groeneweg)

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Former college football coach Lou Holtz

Former Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, who is now Trump's attorney general

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Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski

From a June 2016 "Fox & Friends" interview after Lewandowski was ousted from the campaign:

"Well, first of all, he's a great guy and you see that a little bit, frankly. But he's a great guy and he did a great job. I couldn't have been happier."

NBA star Dwayne Wade

From an August 2016 Trump speech as recapped by CNN:

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"Just yesterday, the cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade, a great guy Dwyane Wade, was the victim of a tragic shooting in Chicago," he said. "It breaks all of our hearts to see it. It's horrible. It's horrible and it's only getting worse. This shouldn't happen in our country. It shouldn't happen in America."

Dr. Ben Carson, now the secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

From a September Trump speech:

"And I want to thank all the folks and there is somebody that’s been very special to me, Dr. Ben Carson who's been ... Stand up, Ben. Come here, come here. Come here, Ben. This is a great man and great guy."

Former football coach and Hall-of-Fame NFL tight end Mike Ditka

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Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch

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Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina

From a March New York Times magazine story that featured this Trump comment:

"Mark Meadows is a great guy and a friend of mine. I don't think he'd ever disappoint me, or the party. I think he's great. No, I would never call him out on Twitter. Some of the others, too. I don't think we'll need to. Now, they're fighting for their turf, but I don't think they're going to be obstructionists. I spoke to Mark. He's got some ideas. I think they're very positive."

Actor Charlton Heston

Gov. Rick Scott of Florida

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From an April Trump speech:

"We have some incredible pro-Second Amendment governors here at the NRA conference, including Governor Scott of Florida. Where is Governor Scott? Great guy doing a great job."

Golfer John Daly

Pope Francis

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From Trump's June 2 weekly address:

"From Israel, I traveled to Italy, where Melania and I were greatly honored to visit the Vatican and meet Pope Francis. He was really wonderful — a great guy."

US ambassador to China Terry Branstad

From a June 21 Trump speech:

"Thank you. Great guy. Ambassador Branstad will be serving in Beijing, but he's going to be fighting for American farmers and for American workers and for Americans."

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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim

Trump to a group of pool reporters in July:

"My friend, ah Kim, great guy, really is."

Former Time Warner CEO Steve Ross

From Trump's July speech to the Boy Scouts

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"And I saw him at a cocktail party, and it was very sad because the hottest people in New York were at this party. It was the party of Steve Ross who was one of the great people — he came up and discovered — really founded — Time Warner, and he was a great guy. He had a lot of successful people at the party."

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke

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