Trump lashes out at 60 Minutes reporter immediately after interview
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resident Trump and his supporters like to pretend he’s some five-dimensional chess genius, but in reality, he wears his heart on his proverbial sleeve — and by sleeve, we mean Twitter account. The president took to the internet late on Tuesday afternoon and shared a video of 60 Minutes’ Lesley Stahl not wearing a mask in an extremely weird and ineffective attempt to mask-shame the veteran reporter after their interview together.
Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes not wearing a mask in the White House after her interview with me. Much more to come. pic.twitter.com/0plZG6a4fH
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2020
The president might as well have tweeted out “MY INTERVIEW WAS TERRIBLE AND I HATED IT BECAUSE STAHL MADE ME LOOK LIKE A FOOL AND ANSWER QUESTIONS I HATED” for all the subtlety this message conveys.
Why else would he be desperately seeking for anything to lash out with just minutes after the conclusion of the interview? Especially on the issue of mask-wearing, which the president was a vocal opponent of until he caught the COVID-19 virus a few weeks ago!
Social media immediately began hammering the president for being such a sensitive snowflake:
This is not news – you don’t wear a mask. What’s your point?
— Heather Bucha Whaley (@HeatherWhaley) October 20, 2020
https://twitter.com/lesleyabravanel/status/1318651446783561731?s=20
you of all people, mr president pic.twitter.com/cJY0RtlyEh
— David Mack (@davidmackau) October 20, 2020
https://twitter.com/morninggloria/status/1318648408723329033?s=20