Trump on His ‘Name-Calling’ on Twitter: I ‘Wouldn’t Be Here’ Without Social Media
President Donald Trump defended his abrasive Twitter persona during a recent interview with “60 Minutes,” saying that he would not be the president if it weren’t for social media. Asked if his “tweets and name-calling…
President Donald Trump defended his abrasive Twitter persona during a recent interview with “60 Minutes,” saying that he would not be the president if it weren’t for social Media.
Asked if his “tweets and name-calling are turning people off,” Trump said, “No, I think I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t have social Media. But the Media is fake, and frankly, if I didn’t have social Media, I’d have no way of getting out my voice.”
Moments later, Trump told interviewer CBS’ Leslie Stahl, “You’ve discredited yourself.” When she said, “You know, I didn’t want to have this kind of angry—” Trump cut her off, saying, “Of course you did.”
Trump then accused Stahl of throwing softball questions to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. When the interviewer said that she has never done a Joe Biden interview, he repeated the line of questioning and walked out of the interview.