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UPDATE, with the video: CBS News said that the White House broke an agreement by posting footage of an interview that President Donald Trump had with correspondent Lesley Stahl.
“The White House’s unprecedented decision to disregard their agreement with CBS News and release their footage will not deter 60 Minutes from providing its full, fair and contextual reporting which presidents have participated in for decades,” the network said in a statement. “60 Minutes, the most-watched news program on television, is widely respected for bringing its hallmark fairness, deep reporting and informative context to viewers each week. Few journalists have the presidential interview experience Lesley Stahl has delivered over her decades as one of the premier correspondents in America and we look forward to audiences seeing her third interview with President Trump and subsequent interview with Vice President Pence this weekend.”
Donald Trump Cuts Short ‘60 Minutes’ Appearance, Threatens To Post Interview Before It Airs
During the interview, Trump complains that he’s getting unfair treatment from the media, and that CBS News and 60 Minutes haven’t been covering the Hunter Biden and “Obamagate” stories. Stahl, though, tells him, “This is 60 Minutes, and we can’t put on things that we can’t verify.”
At the end of the interview, Trump complains that Stahl “brought up a lot of subjects that were inappropriately brought up.”
They then have a back and forth, with Stahl saying, “You are president. Don’t you think you should be accountable to the American people?”
Trump then complains that she did an interview with Joe Biden that was “softball after softball,” but Stahl says that she didn’t do an interview with Biden.
“You started with me, your first statement was, ‘Are you ready for tough questions?’ That’s no way to talk,” Trump says.
The president wrote on Twitter, “Look at the bias, hatred and rudeness on behalf of 60 Minutes and CBS. Tonight’s anchor, Kristen Welker, is far worse!
He linked to footage posted on his Facebook page.
Trump sat down with Stahl on Tuesday before bailing on the rest of the segment. The White House recorded the interview, but told CBS that it would only be for archival purposes.
The video starts with Stahl asking Trump, “Are you ready for some tough questions?”
“Just be fair,” Trump tells her.
“But last time I remember you telling me, ‘bring it on,’” Stahl responds.
“I’m not looking for that now. I’m looking for fairness, that’s all.”
“You will get fairness, but you are Ok with some tough questions,” Stahl says.
“No I’m not,” Trump says, adding that “you don’t ask Biden tough questions.”
PREVIOUSLY, 6:01 AM PT: Donald Trump said that he will release a “full, unedited preview” of his interview on the upcoming 60 Minutes, to show what he calls correspondent Lesley Stahl’s “constant interruptions and anger.”
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Article URL : https://deadline.com/2020/10/donald-trump-lesley-stahl-60-minutes-1234601781/