President Trump on Sunday night took exception to Oprah’s segment on CBS’ “60 Minutes” that brought a
divisive group of Michigan voters back together to reflect on Trump’s
first year in the White House.
“Just watched a very insecure Oprah Winfrey, who at
one point I knew
very well, interview a panel of people on 60 Minutes,” Trump said just
before midnight at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
He sarcastically encouraged Oprah to attempt a White House bid despite
her repeated denials that she is exploring a 2020 campaign.
“The questions were biased and slanted, the facts incorrect,” Trump
said. “Hope Oprah runs so she can be exposed and defeated just like all
of the others!”
His tweet failed to elaborate on which questions or statements he found upsetting.
The segment had Oprah moderating the same 14 people assembled in 2017 to review the pros and cons of Trump’s presidency.
One Republican participant, Jennifer Allard, who vowed to never vote
for Trump, said he lacked the temperament to serve as
commander-in-chief. She pointed to his penchant for volatile tweets as a
prime example.
“I don't agree that it is okay to tweet the way that he does, getting
in a war with North Korea, ‘My button's bigger than your button,’” she
said.
Another panelist, Tom Nemcek, a self-described libertarian, defended
Trump as a “counter puncher” for responding to Kim Jong Un’s taunt.
“It’s just who he is,” Nemcek said.
The late night tweet surfaced at around the same time as another contentious posting Trump penned Saturday night.
He used the Florida mass school shooting in an attempt to criticize the
Federal Bureau of Investigation for failing to investigate tips leading
up to the Valentine’s Day attack. Seventeen people were killed in the
shooting, including 14 students.
Trump has spent the Presidents’ Day weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate,
where the Washington Post reports he has spent much of his time watching
cable news. He was seen ending his evenings greeting guests at the Palm
Beach mansion and at the nearby Trump International Golf Course.
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