Fox News host Jesse Watters invoked the spirit of Donald Trump to excuse himself for referring to a colleague by a demeaning nickname she reportedly hates.

Explaining on The Five on Monday that he used to see pioneering financial reporter Maria Bartiromo at the New York Stock Exchange when he worked there as an intern, Watters said he still uses her ’90s moniker.

“Maria Bartiromo was there and everybody called her ‘Money Honey,’” Watters said. “Later, we worked together at Fox News. Isn’t that great?”

“I actually work with Money Honey. And I’ve been working with Money Honey for all these years.”

Money Honey is the name Bartiromo was given by New York tabloids for her looks when she covered financial news for CNBC for two decades.

While playing it off gracefully when asked about the n

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