Former President Donald Trump behaved true to form during an interview Tuesday with Steve Inskeep of NPR, getting so upset by questions about his Big Lie regarding the 2020 election that he hung up on the host.
The two men talked for about five minutes before Trump refused to continue, according to Mediaite:
TRUMP: “Let me ask you this question. How come Biden couldn’t attract 20 people for a crowd? How come when he went to speak in different locations, nobody came to watch, but all of a sudden, he got 80 million votes? Nobody believes that, Steve. Nobody believes that.”
INSKEEP: “If you’ll forgive me, maybe because the election was about you. If I can just move on to ask, are you telling Republicans in 2022 that they must press your case on the past election in order to get your endorsement? Is that an absolute?”
TRUMP: “They are going to do whatever they want to do – whatever they have to do, they’re going to do. But the ones that are smart – the ones that know, you take a look at, again. You take a look at how Kari Lake is doing, running for governor. She’s very big on this issue. She’s leading by a lot. People have no idea how big this issue is, and they don’t want it to happen again. It shouldn’t be allowed to happen, and they don’t want it to happen again.”
INSKEEP: “I want to –”
TRUMP: “And the only way it’s not going to happen again is you have to solve the problem of the presidential rigged election of 2020.”
INSKEEP: “Mr. President, if I —”
TRUMP: “So Steve, thank you very much. I appreciate it.”
INSKEEP: “Woah, woah, woah, I have one more question. I want to ask about a court hearing yesterday on Jan. 6. Judge Amit Mehta. He’s gone. OK.”
Former President Donald Trump abruptly ended a live interview call with NPR reporter Steve Inskeep after he was challenged on his false 2020 election fraud claims. @kaitlancollins breaks down the interaction. pic.twitter.com/T0kb2XKhBV
— New Day (@NewDay) January 12, 2022
Twitter lit up with mockery and ridicule for Donald’s pathetic hissy fit:
He’s doing it for the beer cozy and the tote bag
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 11, 2022
Trump hung up on an NPR interviewer who was pressing him on his election lies. Is that normal behavior of a person telling the truth?
— Ron Fancy (@RonFancy) January 12, 2022
CNN just ran tape of Trump’s hang-up interview with NPR
He seems angry, manic, nuts
Melting down again
And he hung up
-fast
Interesting that he chose to even talk to NPR
It’s as if he thought he’d expand his reach
but you can tell when suddenly he realizes it’s not working https://t.co/a9Eg5gToGZ— Mona (@Monaheart1229) January 12, 2022
Every interview with Trump should be conducted with a rigor such that he feel compelled to cut it short and that the outlet will never again be granted an interview
— T-Pone (@DulcetTone) January 12, 2022
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