Pence Pressed on Why Trump Ended CBS ’60 Minutes’ Interview Early
President Donald Trump ended a recent CBS News “60 Minutes interview” early, resulting in the president sharing the full interview before it aired. The president was not happy with the questioning by CBS’ Lesley Stahl…
President Donald Trump ended a recent CBS News “60 Minutes interview” early, resulting in the president sharing the full interview before it aired.
The president was not happy with the questioning by CBS’ Lesley Stahl last week, where he declared near the end that her questions were inappropriate “right from the beginning,” as IJR reported.
“So what just happened with the president?” Stahl asked Vice President Mike Pence on Trump ending the interview early.
The vice president responded during his “60 Minutes” interview, “Lesley, President Trump is a man who speaks his mind. I think it’s one of the great strengths that he’s had as President of the United States that the American people always know where they stand.”
After Stahl said she will “buy that,” Pence added, “The American people know that in this time it’s less about the back-and-forth with the media, and it’s really more about how we bring this country all the way back.”
See Pence’s comments below:
When someone behind the scenes noted that there were five minutes before a walk-and-talk with Trump and Pence, the president, instead, said, “I think we have enough. We have enough.”
“I think we’re ready for the vice president now,” a production assistant said, before Trump said, “OK, that’s enough. Let’s go.”
Before the interview began, the president was asked if he was “ready for some tough questions,” to which he responded, “Just be fair” and later added, “I’m going to be fair. You don’t ask Biden tough questions. It’s terrible.”