US President Donald Trump prematurely canceled an interview with the television channel CBS.
Then he threatened the broadcaster and journalist Lesley Stahl several times.
US President Donald Trump
prematurely canceled
an interview with the broadcaster
CBS
.
He then announced that he would publish the interview himself before it was officially broadcast.
One of the reasons for the uproar is said to have been the journalist's bias.
Washington
- There are now two weeks left before the
election
of
the
US
president
.
The
election campaign of
the two opponents
Joe Biden
(Democrats) and incumbent
Donald Trump
(Republican) is getting into the hot phase.
Trump, who
re-entered the election campaign
after being
infected
with the
coronavirus
and the subsequent
Covid 19 disease
, does not miss an opportunity to cast his opponents in a bad light.
Especially the
media
Trump has it aside, because in his opinion they are often biased against him and uncritical towards his opponents.
Trump interview scandal: US President storms out of the hall
Now Trump caused another
scandal
by
prematurely
breaking off a
TV interview
with
CBS journalist Lesley Stahl
on Tuesday (local time)
.
Stahl had
prepared
the interview for a special program in the
CBS
series
"60 Minutes"
, which was supposed to be about Trump and his challenger Joe Biden.
After 45 minutes, according to the reports, Trump broke off the individual interview and refused to do another joint interview with his deputy Mike Pence.
I am pleased to inform you that, for the sake of accuracy in reporting, I am considering posting my interview with Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes, PRIOR TO AIRTIME!
This will be done so that everybody can get a glimpse of what a FAKE and BIASED interview is all about ...
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2020
Donald Trump storms out of CBS interview: "Fake News" and "Partial"
After Trump left the interview early, he published
a
recording
on
and threatened
to publish
the rest before the scheduled
broadcast date
on Sunday.
The interview was
"fake"
and
"partisan"
, announced Trump, and spoke of a
"terrible interference"
in the November 3rd election.
During his tenure, Trump had repeatedly referred to the media as
"enemies of the people"
and their reporting as
"fake news"
when they had dealt critically with the president.
On Tuesday he also tried to attack the journalist Lesely Stahl personally, in which he
showed
her in a short
video sequence
without a mask in the
White House
and - despite his own constant refusal
to wear
mouth and nose protection
- was outraged by this fact.
Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes not wearing a mask in the White House after her interview with me.
Much more to come.
pic.twitter.com/0plZG6a4fH
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2020
The
New York Times also
reported on the incident and wrote that the president was angry about Stahl's questions.
He was also grumpy because it took longer than he expected.
In the evening, the US president was
cheered
again by his
supporters
.
During a
campaign
appearance
in Erie, Pennsylvania, he mentioned the unsuccessful interview and made an
apparent threat
against
CBS
and Lesely Stahl: “You have to see what we're doing with '60 Minutes'.
You will get such a kick out of it, ”said the President.
"Lesley Stahl will not be happy about it." Whether Trump can actually use the scandal to his advantage remains to be seen.
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