Scandal about the US President: Angry Trump storms out of the interview - then threats against the journalist

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 scandal is said to have been the journalist's bias.

Washington

- There are now two weeks left before the

of

the

.

The

the two opponents

(Democrats) and incumbent

(Republican) is getting into the hot phase.

Trump, who

re-entered the election campaign

after being

with the

and the subsequent

, does not miss an opportunity to cast his opponents in a bad light.

Especially the

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

by

prematurely

breaking off a

with

on Tuesday (local time)

.

Stahl had

prepared

the interview for a special program in the

series

, 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

on

and threatened

to publish

the rest before the scheduled

on Sunday.

The interview was

and

, announced Trump, and spoke of a

in the November 3rd election.

During his tenure, Trump had repeatedly referred to the media as

and their reporting as

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

without a mask in the

and - despite his own constant refusal

to wear

- 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

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

.

During a

appearance

in Erie, Pennsylvania, he mentioned the unsuccessful interview and made an

against

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, because it will be tight for Donald Trump in the fight for a second presidency.

At least that is what the surveys say, and according to a newspaper report, some of his employees too.

Religion, too, is increasingly tipping the scales in terms of election results.

Trump has already suffered a first defeat.

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