Donald Trump’s Interview With Chuck Todd Called His ‘Most Combative’ So far
Donald Trump’s Interview With Chuck Todd Called His ‘Most Combative’ So far
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump isn’t known for being someone who avoids confrontation, and he lived up to his reputation during a recent interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd, which many are saying is his “most combative” to date.
Todd certainly asked “The Donald” some tough questions — although it’s highly unlikely he would ask these sort of questions if interviewing Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton — but Trump didn’t seem to back down from much, although some answers were a bit vague when it came to policy.
From Yahoo:
Donald Trump went back and forth with NBC host Chuck Todd on Sunday in one of his most combative interviews since announcing his presidential candidacy earlier this summer.
In a 37-minute conversation on “Meet The Press,” Todd pushed Trump on a wide range of issues with which the real-estate magnate would presumably be confronted if he won the presidency in 2016. It forced Trump to be on the defensive on everything from his college record, to outsourcing, to the US role in NATO.Todd focused specifically on the reality-television personality’s past statements on immigration, challenging Trump’s comments that Mexico was “killing” the US economy.
“How are they killing us?” Todd asked, speaking over Trump. “Their GDP is lower than ours. This is not a country that is killing us. Just by the stats.”
Todd also pushed Trump on his claim that Hillary Clinton was the “worst secretary of state,” asking Trump to name other secretaries of state. When Trump said that he didn’t want to “name names,” Todd appeared exasperated.
“Everything with you’s the best or the worst,” Todd said.
“No, it’s not,” Trump said.
“There’s no nuance,” Todd said, before Trump changed the focus back to Clinton.
Though the real-estate magnate laid out few concrete policy proposals, Sunday’s interview showed the extent to which Trump is occasionally out of step with his rivals in the Republican field, which hasn’t escaped the notice of his detractors.
It’s good for Trump to do interviews like this and get pushed by liberals, because if he happens to win the nomination, he’s certainly going to be grilled like a porterhouse steak by lefty media, and it’s imperative every individual running for president learn how to deal with these folks sooner rather than later.
Does this prove Trump is the right man for the job? That’s for each individual voter to decide, and there’s still a long, LONG way to go.
He’s obviously doing well in the polls, but whether or not that will transfer to votes later on down the road is anybody’s guess.
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