Mr. Pence objects, claiming that he did reply. Earlier than the footage ends, Mr. Pence says: “Lesley, I recognize the speech you simply gave, and
Mr. Pence objects, claiming that he did reply. Earlier than the footage ends, Mr. Pence says: “Lesley, I recognize the speech you simply gave, and I’ve answered your questions and I’ve talked about what the American individuals care about.”
As a tactical matter, Mr. Trump’s choice to launch the video hours earlier than his ultimate debate with Mr. Biden was curious, on condition that it might present perception into how he would possibly reply sure coverage questions. Within the interview, Mr. Trump tells Ms. Stahl that he desires the Supreme Courtroom to abolish the Inexpensive Care Act, saying: “I hope that they finish it; it’ll be so good in the event that they finish it.”
Pressed by Ms. Stahl on how he would deal with a situation by which thousands and thousands of Individuals abruptly misplaced their medical insurance, Mr. Trump stated repeatedly that he had “a plan.” When Ms. Stahl identified that he has not proven a plan publicly, Mr. Trump falsely claimed that he had.
Mr. Trump additionally stated, falsely, that he had by no means stated a model of “lock her up” about Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, who was not too long ago the goal of a foiled kidnapping plot. In reality, after a crowd chanted “Lock her up” at a current marketing campaign rally in Michigan, Mr. Trump stated, “Lock all of them up.”
At one other level, the president tried to boost points about Mr. Biden’s son, Hunter, and his enterprise dealings. When Ms. Stahl famous that it was Mr. Trump’s private lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, and his former chief strategist, Stephen Okay. Bannon, who had pushed an unverified story to The New York Submit, Mr. Trump claimed he didn’t know what the “two gents” had been doing.
In posting the footage on Thursday, Mr. Trump referred to the interview as a “vicious tried ‘takeout’” by Ms. Stahl and advised his Twitter followers: “Watch her fixed interruptions & anger. Examine my full, flowing and ‘magnificently good’ solutions to their ‘Q’s’.”
Within the clip, Mr. Trump complains that “60 Minutes” had been more durable on him than on Mr. Biden. (In reality, “60 Minutes” interviewed Mr. Biden for a similar program and pressed him on the delicate problem of whether or not he would broaden the Supreme Courtroom.)