MEDIA WINNER: NPR's Steve Inskeep NPR's Steve Inskeep has been trying to get an interview with former President Donald Trump for six years. Trump, who keeps mostly to friendly outlets like Fox News, Newsmax, and OANN these days, finally said yes. And the stunning interview, which aired Wednesday morning, did not disappoint. The interview didn’t last long. After less than ten minutes of tough questions on his baseless claims of a stolen election, Trump bailed out, hanging up on Inskeep. The interview leading up to that hang-up was long enough, though, for some great questions, like this one: "Why is it that you think that the vast majority of your allies in the United States Senate are not standing behind you?" Trump replied by absolutely raging at McConnell. It was also enough time for Trump to praise the Covid vaccines — before slamming vaccine mandates and saying that the pandemic will “phase out” even if millions of people don’t get vaccinated. Yesterday, in an interview with OAN, Trump bashed politicians who won't say whether they've been vaccinated or boosted (and we know who he means) as being "gutless." It took Inskeep circling back to get Trump to offer the "advice" to take them, however. That sort of dogged pursuit of answers that eventually resulted in Trump storming off. It was a great, long overdue interview, well done by Inskeep. |