What is the purpose of the interview if it is not intended to torpedo Trump in every way possible? Besides, if he decided to use those methods he would have learned them from the Beltway Brigands (Deep State) who did the same to him.
The people of CNN know they started something and are deathly afraid Donald J. Trump will finish it—or them.
So they’ve gotta keep convincing themselves—and their dwindling viewers—that mean ole Trump is going to go back to his terrible ways, so the role they played in the coup was justified.