Less than a day after an assassination attempt in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump wasn’t in the mood for character assassination either.
That was on display Sunday when Trump sat down for an interview with CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell, and O’Donnell used the opportunity to throw the gunman’s words attacking Trump in the president’s face.
And Trump made it clear that O’Donnell was out of line.
The moment came more than halfway through an otherwise civil interview, when O’Donnell turned to themanifestowritten by gunman Cole Tomas Allen, particularly the part where Allen accused Trump (though not by name) of being a “pedophile, rapist, and traitor.”
“Well, I was waiting for you to read that, because I knew you would because you’re horrible people. Horrible people,” Trump said.
“Yeah, he did write that. I’m– I’m not a rapist. I didn’t rape anybody.”
“Oh you think — do you think he was referring to you?” O’Donnell responded.
“I’m not a pedophile. Excuse me. Excuse me. I’m not a pedophile. You read that crap from some sick person? I got associated with stuff that has nothing to do with me. I was totally exonerated. Your friends on the other side of the plate are the ones that were involved with, say, Epstein or other things. But I said to myself, ‘You know, I’ll do this interview and they’ll probably’ — I read the manifesto. You know, he’s a sick person. But you should be ashamed of yourself reading that, because I’m not any of those things.”
O’Donnell made a stab at justifying herself.
“Mr. President, these are the gunman’s words,” she began.
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