President Donald Trump signaled his discomfort with a particularly sensitive topic during a new interview after an alleged would-be assassin charged into an area near the White House Correspondents Dinner.
The 79-year-old president sat down with “60 Minutes” correspondent Norah O’Donnell, who read from alleged gunman Cole Thomas Allen’s manifesto accusing Trump of being a “p——–, r—– and traitor,” and CNN’s John Berman pointed out his reaction as noteworthy.
“This morning we are awaiting the first court appearance of the suspect in the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting,” Berman said. “The president did an interview with ’60 Minutes’ overnight on the event itself and the investigation. There was one question he really did not like.”
Media analyst Brian Stelter agreed that Trump blew his top when asked about the allegations.
“This is President Trump as we’ve always known him,” Stelter said. “This is not surprising. What was surprising was that on Saturday night, he was calm and respectful. He showed, you know, a different demeanor toward the press corps. People wondered if that was going to last. Now we know it’s not going to last. His final post on Truth Social before the dinner was attacking the New York Times, and now he’s mad at CBS.”
“I also want to note that CBS is owned by Paramount, which is trying to buy WBD, the parent company of CNN,” Stelter added. “On Thursday night in Washington, Paramount held a dinner honoring the Trump White House. The president was there, Norah O’Donnell was reportedly there, as well. I don’t know that for a fact, but it was reported that she was there. So there was this report about schmoozing between CBS and Trump, and yet on Sunday night, a tough, important, fair interview by CBS of the president, one, the president bristled at, just want viewers to notice that as you read about Paramount trying to take over CNN.”
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