It’s not wrong for the interviewer to ask questions from the published manifesto. But when an anchor picks a quote that is a basic lie to ask the President his opinion, it is to put the quote on air as associated with Trump. This is a tactic of today’s media. It is not to get to the truth; it is to embarrass and help take down Trump.
Trump is correct that this anchor was a disgrace, with an attempt to promote propaganda she damn well knows is a lie. Publishing the manifesto was the right thing to do, but to try to weaponize this document against Trump is an attack, not news. If this were Obama, the questions would be completely different. All IMO.
“I’m not a rapist. I didn’t rape anybody. Excuse me, I’m not a pedophile,” he said after Ms. O’Donnell tried to jump into the conversation. “You read that crap from some sick person.”
Officials say Mr. Allen emailed a manifesto to his family minutes before the attack.
Mr. Trump said the attacker seemed radicalized and described him as someone who had undergone a dramatic shift.
“He was a Christian believer, and then he became an anti‑Christian,” Mr. Trump said. “He’s been going through a lot based on what he wrote.”
He also revealed that he resisted Secret Service agents during the evacuation, slowing down their efforts as he tried to understand what was happening.
“I wasn’t making it that easy for him,” Mr. Trump said. “I said, ‘Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Let me see.’”
Agents eventually directed him and first lady Melania Trump to drop to the floor as they moved them out of the ballroom.
“When they said, ‘drop down,’ that meant trouble,” the president said.
Mr. Trump said the first lady stayed calm throughout the ordeal, even as the moment grew tense.
“She’s very strong, smart. She got it,” he said.
Asked what he can do as president to reduce political violence, Mr. Trump said the nation’s history is littered with violece and pointed to Democrats.
“I do think that the hate speech of the Democrats, much more so, is very dangerous,” he said. “I really think it’s very dangerous for the country.”