Some in our media have better learned how to cover Donald J. Trump since the mistakes made starting in 2015 when the then-reality TV star first came down that golden escalator. CNN, however, appears determined to ignore those lessons and will host a live town hall with Trump on Wednesday in New Hampshire. So, will the network’s CEO, Chris Licht, end up regretting giving Trump this particular platform? Remember, his predecessor, Jeff Zucker, admitted it was a “mistake” to run all those Trump rallies uninterrupted back in 2016.
Will CEO Chris Licht end up regretting giving Trump this particular platform?
CNN’s political director David Chalian defended CNN’s decision to Vanity Fair, acknowledging that while Trump’s history makes him a “unique candidate,” it “does not make our approach any different, in the sense that we hold every candidate who comes to CNN accountable for their words.”
I hope they do. Personally, I wouldn’t interview a man who has used live events to incite violence and tell lies — who has, in the past, even encouraged violence against CNN itself! I wouldn’t normalize him in that way.
But if I were going to interview him, then I would have some very tough, and very specific, questions prepared. Here are 10 I would ask Trump if I had to do an interview with him, questions that CNN should consider posing to the indicted former president Wednesday night.
Question #1: The president of the United States swears an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” You are on record, Mr. Trump, just a few months ago, calling for the “termination” of parts of the Constitution. So you have disqualified yourself from the presidency, have you not?
Question #2: Many would argue that you, Mr. Trump, disqualified yourself from the presidency on Jan. 6, 2021, when you incited a mob you knew was armed to march on Congress and “fight like hell,” a mob that included Proud Boys since convicted of…
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