Bari Weiss’s 60 Minutes edited its latest interview with Donald Trump to make the octogenarian’s responses appear much more sane than they actually were.
During one exchange between Trump and host Ross Douthat on the topic of Ukraine, the staff at 60 Minutes decided to trim several sections of Trump’s response that included false claims or total fabrications.
When 60 Minutes edited Kamala Harris’s interview to make her look good, Trump sued them for $16 million. I’m sure he’ll apply the same standard here.
I thought they didn’t even do it to make her look good, but it was to fit around commercial breaks or something and they still aired what she said?
Correct, it was a totally meritless lawsuit that Paramount (already with Skydance in the driver’s seat, pre-merger close) settled with a nice big fat bribe.
Jon Stewart covered it last night, that interviewer was great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrAuG5d2pvI
If they cut pieces out, republicans will claim things were shown out of context or that they were trying to portray a particular picture. Can’t win either way.
the staff at 60 Minutes decided to trim several sections of Trump’s response that included false claims or total fabrications.
So a 30-second interview that was just questions and no responses?
No, nothing surprised me from what trump said
“There’s still a war going on. What’s the biggest obstacle to peace?” asked Douthat.
“It was the hatred between [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskiy and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin,” Trump said in the version of the program that aired Sunday.
But much more was left on the cutting room floor, according to an unedited version published Decoding Fox News founder Juliet Jeske.
“I believe that we’re very close to making a deal,” Trump said. “And I think it—two things, if I were president, because as you know, well you’re not going to admit it, it was rigged. That’s why I did it a third time. If I was president that war would have never started.”
During another portion of the interview, 60 Minutes cut Trump’s answer when he attempted to puff himself up as tough on Russia and soft on Ukraine: “Look what I did to them as an example. I gave them the anti-tank busters, right?”
“I’ve given them, in fact there’s an old statement, that [Barack] Obama gave them sheets, and I gave them anti-tank busters, okay? That’s what I gave them,” Trump said.
“But now it’s Europe supplying weapons, not us?” asked Douthat.
“No, it’s us. We’re supplying the weapons, Europe is paying for them,” Trump answered. “Here’s the difference: [Joe] Biden gave them $350 billion worth of cash and weapons. I gave them nothing.”
I was just happy to see an interviewer push Trump on harder questions. It’s interesting that he didn’t storm out like a toddler waiting to change his diaper.
I think it’s because the interviewer was a man. If it was a woman he would have insulted her or stormed off.
