’60 Minutes’: Norah O’Donnell Is Attacked by Trump in Explosive CBS Interview
What To Know
- Donald Trump criticized Norah O’Donnell for reading excerpts from the alleged manifesto of the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.
- Trump vehemently denied allegations and expressed frustration at being associated with them.
- The president repeatedly called O’Donnell “disgraceful” for quoting the manifesto during the interview.
Donald Trump was not happy with 60 Minutes reporter Norah O’Donnell after she read from the alleged manifesto of Cole Allen, the suspect who stormed the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday (April 25).
During the interview, taped on Sunday (April 26), just hours after the shooting, O’Donnell read portions from the manifesto, in which Allen said he believed it was his righteous duty to take out Trump administration officials.
“The so-called manifesto is a stunning thing to read, Mr. President,” O’Donnell said. “He appears to reference a motive in it. He writes this quote, ‘Administration officials, they are targets.’ And he also wrote this, ‘I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.’ What’s your reaction to that?”
Trump responded, “Well, I was waiting for you to read that because I knew you would because you’re… horrible people. Yeah, he did write that. I’m not a rapist. I didn’t rape anybody.”
O’Donnell then turned it back on the president, asking, “Oh, do you think he was referring to you?”
A frustrated Trump replied, “Excuse me… I’m not a pedophile. You read that crap from some sick person? I got associated with all…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, let’s say, Epstein or other things.”
He continued, “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.”
Trump’s name appears more than 38,000 times in the batch of Jeffrey Epstein files released earlier this year, according to a New York Times review of the documents. In February, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Axios he searched the unredacted files for mentions of “Trump” and found “more than a million” results.
When O’Donnell told Trump she was just quoting the suspect’s alleged words, the president called her “disgraceful.”
“You shouldn’t be reading that on 60 Minutes,” he stated. “You’re a disgrace. But go ahead. Let’s finish the interview.”
When the former CBS Evening News host tried to read another quote from the manifesto, Trump again called her “disgraceful.”
You can watch the segment in the video above and let us know your thoughts below.
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J
Who's surprised that the 'man' attacked Norah for mentioning the words? Those words are forever attached to him, he can't be separated from them, they will follow him for the rest of his life... and the rest of history.
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Yep. The words that Trump can’t separate from. I Won Again !! Second Term as President !! Yep immortal words for sure !!
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Hahaha, those aren't the words that will follow him forever and describe him in the history books. 100 years from now your great-grandchildren will read that the man that many people voted to run the country was found guilty of being a fraud-committing businessman, and also liable for attacking a woman. And he'll always be mentioned in the same breath as convicted abuser Epstein.
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Oh Biden and Son. Burisma. Oh I see. If Kamala had got in we wouldn’t have lasted a year less alone 100 years. But please keep spitting in the wind.
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Oh and meant to ask you once said you are a Christian on here. So how do you feel about a vast majority on the LEFT Hating Israel so much ? You know the people GOD chose to himself. Just wondering How you reconcile that ? Course I could ask ask about them Willingly Butchering kids bodies to change the gender God gave them. And in many cases want Tax Payers to pay for it. But let’s stick with the Israel Hate. So bad that many of you, Oops Them Want the IRGC to win. First maybe you should read in the Bible where GOD told Abraham the Father of Israel referring to them as a nation “ I will Bless whoever blesses You and I will Curse whoever cursed You. And the funny thing President Trump has probably been the Best friend to them in modern times !! Small wonder these people that want to harm him keep missing him !!
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Nora O'Donnell never mentioned "trump" in connection with the words "rapist, pedofile, and felon". Trump's attempt to defend himself says it all: guilty!
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Maybe not but like allot of the Biased leftist media she’s trying to paint that picture. Trump knew what she was trying to do. And why do we rarely hear anything about Good Ole Bill Clinton and for that matter Hillary ? They were By Far more connected to Epstein than Trump. Oh but that would ruin the smear narrative. And liberal fake news biased media doesn’t want to do that !!
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When was he exonerated?
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If you’re referring to Trump he hasn’t been charged with anything. with related to Epstein. He was charged by a Liberal DA and found guilty in a Kangaroo Court that was akin to something a third world country would do. But we all know the Left never conducts lawfare. Rrrrright.
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I wasn't referring to Epstein.
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Oh so you’re just making stuff up. OK.
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He is trash he was found guilty of sexual assault in the New York Does the name E.Jean Carroll Sound familiar She won of a judgment over $85,000,000 total
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New York says it all. Equals Kangaroo Court. I bet you’d defend Swalwell in a heartbeat though.
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Trump please don't come for Norah like that. You know that she is the best in the business!! You should indeed apologize. You interviewed with her because of her character and knowledge. I am very disappointed in you for that. Well, that and other things but I am trying to stay on topic.
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WHY is Mr Trump being rude and obnoxious considered "news"?
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Because the liberal Biased left thinks it’ll be great for viewership. Thats Why their ratings are dropping like a lead balloon !! 🤣
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I'll believe Donald Trump is innocent of rApe when I hear it from his victims
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Well you’ll be waiting because there were no victims. At least from Trump doing it.
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You must be very 'blissful.'
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I’m comfortable with our President. At least he’s Real. Not like the last admin. a Group of people with the AutoPen. Oh and Bill Clinton to you. Bill in front of Congress: “ Read my lips I did not have sex with that woman”. He didn’t have enough morality to call her a Young Lady. Cherished memories for You I’m sure.
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So the president wasn't concerned when everyone else were bowing under the tables as the shooting was going on? Did he not realize he could have died right then and there? Oh, and Norah was only reading what the suspect had written about him, so he should have just said what he thought of it, not rehash how "horrible" people like her are!
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Antonio he Is allowed to have a point of view and his opinions. You’d Never admit it but Norah was coming after him Hard. She was trying to ridicule and embarrass him on Ntl. TV. She wasn’t being Fair and Balanced. She never has with Trump. And at least Trump very unlike President AutoPen Biden is willing to spend Allot of time with All the networks. With Biden you Might get a rare five minute interview where his aids answered most of the questions then they would quickly usher him away before he said something wrong. Trump has been Very transparent. Sometimes maybe To transparent.
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When Trump apologizes for many many things he says…about individuals, about the Pope, about God, etc. all his lies….maybe he will then get people to apologize for telling the truth about him lol.
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You go first with the apologies. Just trying to be gentlemanly. Make sure to cover All the Lies from the Left. OK well give you some Years. Lol.
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Old English Saying: "Put trump on a horse and he will go straight to the devil"
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Yep. That’s All it is an old saying.
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The bible has a lot of "old sayings", also. Especially the book of Mathew and the golden rule that we learned in kindergarten.
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So the Left needs to get very busy obeying that rule. And True Christian’s can’t Hate Israel and wish it harm as Many on the Left tend to do.I know some about the Bible to from Sunday school and the first 7 grades of Elementary School. Until a Atheist Leftist got the Bible removed from public schools.
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I’m 69 and though I didn’t attend college I did graduate from public HS. I served in the United States Navy helping to preserve the freedom of Jerks like You to bash on people that were home schooled. And people who live in the suburbs. You know so you can be all inclusive and such. You sort of sound like an Authority on terrorizing wives and kids. Have you told yours they need transgender surgery yet ? I mean you do want to stay in the liberal socialist leftist trends don’t you ? Oh and you were speaking of old sayings in the Bible. How about read Romans Chapter 1.
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She deserved it.
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I suppose everyone Trump insults deserves it…like the Pope? Nimrods are running the government and it’s in total chaos. Trump hiring people based on the way they look (at least the females; see where it got him with Noem) and threatening and blackmailing those who disagree with his idiocy. Is that your idea of a good President?
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Nora has those same eyes that the murderer of Rob Reiner has. Crazed.
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Trump is threatening to totally decimate an entire civilization and you are worried about someone’s eyes? Why aren’t you worried about the insane one in North Korea and his nuclear capabilities. He’s Trump’s prototype for being a dictator right here at home. What do you like about this word salad lying cheating ding dong? His tough guy talk when he’s the biggest wuss on the planet in reality.
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Oh Wow all the multiple memes make a strong point. To someone way out there. So hoping to graduate second grade this year ?
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Donald, can I have your Autograph. It's for Putin. He loves your unbiased work.
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You probably know allot about Putin. But very little about truth. Course being a disciple of people like Kimmel and Colbert one can hardly blame you for being so Ignorant. Go get with your Buddy Steven Segall !!
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Well kids it’s been fun but gotta go. Watching how Israel ( the nation and people you folks Hate so much) had to fight for their freedom against Multiple Arab nations bent on destroying them. But they prevailed and Will prevail. Because God has His hand on them. God told Abraham “ I Will bless those who bless you and Curse those who curse you”. Allot of folks here are gonna be in deep trouble !! God is faithful to His promises. People not so much.
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Glad you know dump and isfake will not prevail out here committing so may war crimes. They bombed a girls school for crying out loud.
Also… you’re cursing everyone else so…is that fake news as well now?
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The IRGC killed over 30,000 of their own people. But I suppose You think that’s fake news. And I’ve not cursed anyone here. I don’t know the President personally but I’d like to. And you can call Israel names if that makes you happy. But your own words will condemn you before God. And they Have prevailed for centuries and will continue to do so. You’ll probably be at the next protest supporting Hamas with a picnic table cloth on your head. Hamas did their Evil that terrible Oct. 7 with no mercy. So little too late for them to bd asking the same actually crying for the same. God Bless America !! God Bless Israel !! God Bless & Protect Both our Courageous & Awesome militaries !! May they have Victory over the exceeding Wicked IRGC. And May the Iranian people at large seize their Freedom from that Evil regime !! God Bless & Protect President Trump. Thank You Lord God for All that You’ve Already done for America and our staunch Ally Israel !!
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Bye Donald.
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Bye Hillary. Oops it’s not Hillary it’s You dressed in drag as Allot of Libs love to do. Sorry bout that.
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Nora was out of line
Biased hostile reporting leads to these events
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Exactly !! Well said. But these liberal leftists only hear and see what they want to. They Hate Trump So much there’s no getting through to them. They actually Want us to lose to the IRGC just to satisfy their lust for a Gotcha moment on Trump. There is No low that is Too low for these folks. Democrat politicians prove that to be true pretty much every day. Even now they are putting America at grave security risk by blocking funding of DHS just to try to hurt Trump politically. They are by and large a violent and dangerous people that Hate has destroyed any moral compass they might have one time possessed. Leftist media inspires these psychotic lunatics that try not only to kill the President. But Anyone that disagrees with them. Charlie Kirk being a prime example. Then the CEO of United Health Care murdered in cold blood for being a CEO. And his Cowardly Killer ? Hailed by the Left as a National Hero. And Thx to Leftist Judges he will only be punished for the lesser crimes which means he’ll probably get probation so he can go out and kill again. But the Leftist Judges are very familiar with the procedures as they release Illegal Immigrants charged with violent crimes back on our society all the time. Birds of a feather flock together. They embrace the violence, Even celebrate it.
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Get a grip on reality!!
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You first.
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So you like paying more for everything than you did under Biden but you hated Biden because you had to pay more. Usual GOP logic…actually not GOP…only the lowlife MAGAs could love what’s going on right now. Bondi’s cover ups of Epstein files didn’t make them go away even though she redacted half of them and even then Trump was in there a million times.
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The "press" is in the Constitution, I guess it should be banned like your other decisions for books to keep people uneducated.
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No even though the Democratic Party tramples all over it I’d never want to see the Constitution banned. So you’re saying the Bible keeps people uneducated ?
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Reading someone else's words, someone who publicly caused a national security event, is hostile reporting? Someone needs a common-sense dictionary.
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Or a Liberal Left dictionary. See Saul Alinsky who wrote the liberal bible that the Left still follows and you’ll get the main idea. Oh and several Dems in the last couple of years have spoke about Abolishing the Constitution and starting over. So there’s that.
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It’s utterly absurd that people here on the left think that others outside their spectrum. Will see Norah as a Neutral “ just being objective” journalist !! Her Hate for Trump is Easily seen !! She Never gives him even a hint of fairness. Like other Leftist Journalist she’s constantly trying to entrap him. Trying hard to get that Gotcha moment. That’s all she and they do concerning Trump. They don’t care about his Real thoughts or what he Really wants to accomplish. Their Mission is to Embarrass and Humiliate him in the National Spotlight. Thats not true journalism that’s low class media like you see on shock rags. Like I was married to an extraterrestrial and garbage like that. And it’s Why these network news outlets ratings are dropping so bad. People are tired of it !! It’s like OK OK we Know you Hate Trump !! How about some Real News ??!!??
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Donald, is that you?
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Great to see the President stand up to Norah a representative of the Heavily Biased Fake News Media. They take anything and everything and bend and warp the narrative to their negative views. Anything to try to get a Gotcha moment on President Trump. They help foster these violent attitudes with the psychotic lunatics out there. Then act all innocent . Us ?? Oh no we’re innocent and clean as fresh snow !! Rrrrright !!
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So, to recap, ANYTHING you disagree with you simply dismiss as "Fake News"... must be nice to avoid any accountability
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No I dismiss fake news AS Fake News. You can’t even think for yourself don’t try to think for me!
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With the Iran war and now another attempt on his life, Donald just release The Epstein Files.
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Nothing wrong with Him in them so there’s no problem. Cant say the same for Slick Willie. You’re dreaming don’t change that.
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You are scary.
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