InDonald Trump‘s first appearance on60 Minutesas president, he made sure to remind CBS reporter Lesley Stahl of that fact.
During the interview, which aired on Sunday, Trump, 72, claimed that Stahl, 76, treated him unfairly when she pressed him aboutfamily separations at the border. “When I say Obama did it, you don’t wanna talk about it,” he said, according to theCBS transcript. “I’m just telling you that you treated me much differently on the subject.”
Stahl replied, “I disagree, but I don’t wanna have that fight with you.”
When Trump answered, “Hey, it’s okay,” Stahl said, “All right, I’ll get in another fight with you.”
Trump declared, “Lesley, it’s okay. In the meantime, I’m president and you’re not.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Trump said, “You know, Obama had the same thing” regarding family separations. Stahl responded, “It was on the books, but he didn’t enforce it. You enforced it. You launched that the zero tolerance policy to deter families with children coming.”
Trump has used a similar retort in the past. In July 2017, he said at a faith rally, according toThe New York Times, “The fake media is trying to silence us. But we will not let them. Because the people know the truth. The fake media tried to stop us from going to theWhite House. But I’m president and they’re not.”
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In March 2017, Trump said in aTimeinterview, “I inherited a mess in so many ways. … Hey look, in the mean time, I guess, I can’t be doing so badly, because I’m president, and you’re not.”
He added, “This is a tough business. This is a vicious place. Washington, D.C. is a vicious place. The attacks, the bad-mouthing, the speaking behind your back. But you know, in my way I feel very comfortable here.”
source: people.com
