I don’t think he brought it up. We’ve never heard him say that. The New York Times is claiming he said this to a Senator months ago. Who knows?
I do hope that Trump does not deny the tape he admitted to and apologized for (just in the chance this NYT article is true). He won. Move forward.
He didn’t bring it up.
Times is trying to get him to react. If he says he never denied it, the story is back out there. If he says he did deny it, the story is back out there.
Obvious anti Trump attempt to bring the old failed story up in the context of Roy Moore, etc.