Note: The president walked out of a “60 Minutes” interview Thursday and posted the full video online to show how rude Lesley Stahl was. CBS will run the interview, along with a Biden interview, Sunday.
“‘You brought up a lot of questions that were inappropriately brought up, right from the beginning,’ Mr. Trump says.
“‘Don’t you think you should be accountable to the American people?’ Ms. Stahl replies.” . . .
Later . . . “‘I feel that you both have insulted ‘60 Minutes’ and me by not answering any of our questions,’ Ms. Stahl tells Vice President Mike Pence.”
—Michael M. Grynbaum & Maggie Haberman, reporters, “Trump Posts ‘60 Minutes’ Interview After Telling Lesley Stahl: ‘That’s No Way to Talk’,” NYTimes, Oct. 22, 2020.
• Editorial Comment: Hoo boy.
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