Donald Trump’s rocky relationship with mainstream media isn’t new it’s decades old. From his early business mogul days to his presidency, one pattern has remained consistent: Trump doesn’t hesitate to walk out when he feels the media is being “unfair.”
In 1990, long before his political rise, Trump famously stormed out of a CNN interview after a heated back-and-forth about his crumbling casino empire and personal finances. At the time, Trump was battling serious debt, and the press wasn’t letting up. When questions got too close to home, he pulled off his mic and walked off set.
Fast forward 30 years, and history repeated itself this time on a bigger stage.
In October 2020, during his re-election campaign, then-President Trump walked out of a “60 Minutes” interview with CBS’ Lesley Stahl, accusing the program of being biased and unfair.
“You brought up nothing about Biden,” Trump said before abruptly ending the session. “You’re not covering it properly.”
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He later posted a behind-the-scenes video of the interview on his social media, attempting to get ahead of the network’s edited broadcast.
These two high-profile walkouts one as a businessman, the other as a president reveal more than just media tension. They symbolize Trump’s long-standing distrust of traditional journalism and his preference for controlling the narrative.
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Critics call it media manipulation. Supporters call it strength.
Either way, Trump remains one of the few American figures who can exit the interview and still own the headlines.
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