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Donald Trump’s sit-down with 60 Minutes reporter Lesley Stahl last night provided several eye-brow raising moments for the American public.
Oh goodness, where to begin?
After telling his supporters at campaign rallies that he and Kim Jong Un “fell in love” and that he really gets along great with him, Stahl brought up some of the most notorious aspects of the North Korean dictator’s resume.
Lesley Stahl on Kim Jong Un: “He presides over a cruel kingdom of repression, gulags, starvation…slave labor, public executions. This is a guy you love?”
President Trump: “I know all these things… I get along with him, okay? … Let it be whatever it is to get the job done.” pic.twitter.com/J6Gbuns2t6— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 14, 2018
When Stahl brings up Trump mocking Dr. Christine Blasey Ford on the campaign trail, asking if he thinks he treated Ford with respect, Trump diverts with a simple, “It doesn’t matter – we won.”
Lesley Stahl: “Do you think you treated [Dr. Christine Blasey Ford] with great respect?”
Trump: “…it doesn’t matter. We won.”If you think her hearing and the FBI probe were anything more than political theater, this should clear things up.pic.twitter.com/ZxTnGzUlcX
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) October 15, 2018
Eventually, Trump could tell the chat wasn’t going well. He finally got snippy telling the veteran reporter, “Lesley, it’s ok. In the meantime, I’m president and you’re not.”
Lesley Stahl’s interview with Trump is a tour de force.Sensing it wasn’t going well, Trump resorted to this: “Lesley, it’s okay. In the meantime, I’m president–and you’re not.” https://t.co/zOO3r50X6A
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 15, 2018
Lesley Stahl did an excellent job interviewing Trump — refusing to let him lie his way through as most do.Clearly, doing a good job is not impossible.
This should be the new standard & we must hold journalists who fail to meet it accountable.
Too much is at stake. #60Minutes
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) October 15, 2018
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