CBS Cuts Trump’s Childish Tantrum During ’60 Minutes’ Comeback

After the broadcast interview, the network released an extended 73-minute segment online, a segment that was also shared by the White House television channel. Quick response 47 X account. In neither version did Trump appear to fume over questions about Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the billionaire he pardoned after a $2 billion crypto deal was struck with the Trump family.

According to the X account, the clip was “COMPLETE” 60 minutes interview “without the network’s edits and cuts.” An editor’s note on the YouTube upload of the extended interview explained that it had been “shortened for clarity.” Although the intense exchange between Trump and O’Donnell did not appear in the edited or “full” versions, it was included in the transcription.

“Actually, 60 minutes paid me a lot of money. And you don’t have to wear this because I don’t want to embarrass you, and I’m sure you don’t,” Trump told O’Donnell.

He continued, “But 60 minutes was forced to pay me a lot of money because they got (Kamala Harris’) answer that was so bad it changed the election, two nights before the election. And they entered a new answer. And they paid me a lot of money for that. You can’t have fake news. You have to have legitimate news. And I think it’s happening.”