Donald Trump seems to be fine with it 60 minutes The interview is being edited, but not with anyone else.
The president sat down with Norah O’Donnell for an interview that aired Sunday night 60 minutesThis was one day after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. During their conversation, he shared his perspective on what happened, but he also got defensive when O’Donnell read from the alleged statement of the gunman — 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen — about his motives.
The interview comes nearly a year and a half after Trump filed a lawsuit against CBS in October 2024 over the issue 60 minutes Interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. At the time, he accused the network of deceptive editing to influence the elections.
Despite the refusal of President A 60 minutes In an interview during his campaign, he criticized CBS for airing two different answers from Harris to a question shown in separate clips. 60 minutes and Facing the nation Earlier today. In response, CBS said different parts of its answer to the same question were aired to be more concise.
CBS parent company Paramount eventually reached a $16 million settlement with Trump. Under the settlement, Paramount also agreed to publish full transcripts of future interviews with eligible US presidential candidates after they air.
However, Trump may have forgotten that this would apply to him as well. President Ali’s last interview 60 minutes This was his second time on the show since starting his second term (he previously spoke with O’Donnell in November).
Despite speaking with O’Donnell for 40 minutes on April 26, only 13 minutes of the interview aired on CBS. However, the extended version of the interview and its full transcript have been posted on the CBS website.
Some of Trump’s unspoken statements were about Democrats disagreeing with his policies, needing to finish the White House Ballroom for security reasons, blaming the Internet for radicalizing some people, criticizing the “No Kings” protests, criticizing former President Joe Biden, responding to conspiracy theories that the event was staged or didn’t happen, and his plans to “hit people hard with humor” in his White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech, among other topics.
One segment that also did not air were Trump’s comments on his lawsuit on CBS, which came after he got defensive when O’Donnell asked some follow-up questions about the gunman’s motives. “I have also won a lot of money from fake news media, where they write lies about me,” he said. “And that doesn’t mean I want to sue people, because I don’t. But I’m suing against fake news. I sued your network and you paid me $38 million (the settlement was said to be worth $16 million) because you did something absolutely terrible to Kamala.”
The president continued, “She put out an answer that was not responsive to the question because her answer, her real answer, was so bad that it was threatening the election. And she paid me a lot of money. And she tried to pull one. It was terrible. It was a terrible thing that she did.”
Although Trump has been critical of CBS, he has also forged a close relationship with David Ellison, the current owner of CBS following his company Sky Dance Media’s acquisition of Paramount Global last year. Ellison’s father and Oracle co-founder, Larry Ellison, is also an outspoken Trump supporter.
