CBS News said the White House broke an agreement after Donald Trump posted the raw footage of his full interview with Lesley Stahl to his social media accounts on Thursday.
“The White House’s unprecedented decision to disregard their agreement with CBS News and release their footage will not deter 60 Minutes from providing its full, fair and contextual reporting which presidents have participated in for decades. 60 Minutes, the most-watched news program on television, is widely respected for bringing its hallmark fairness, deep reporting and informative context to viewers each week. Few journalists have the presidential interview experience Lesley Stahl has delivered over her decades as one of the premier correspondents in America and we look forward to audiences seeing her third interview with President Trump and subsequent interview with Vice President Pence this weekend.”
Statement from CBS News.
During the interview, Trump complains about receiving unfair treatment from the media, and that 60 Minutes and its network haven’t been covering the Hunter Biden and “Obamagate” stories. To which Stahl responded, “This is 60 Minutes, and we can’t put on things that we can’t verify.”
At the end of the interview, Trump complains that Stahl “brought up a lot of subjects that were inappropriately brought up.”
They then have a back and forth, with Stahl saying, “You are president. Don’t you think you should be accountable to the American people?”
Trump then complains that she did an interview with Joe Biden that was “softball after softball,” but Stahl says that she didn’t do an interview with Biden.
“You started with me, your first statement was, ‘Are you ready for tough questions?’ That’s no way to talk,” Trump says.
Then someone comes in and said Mike Pence will be joining them in minutes.
“I think we have enough, “Trump said. “They already have enough.”
