Posted on 05/10/2023 7:22:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Surprise, surprise! Former President Donald Trump, acknowledging an offer he couldn’t refuse, is scheduled to appear in a live town hall event on CNN tonight (Wednesday May 10) starting at 8 PM ET with a replay four hours later. CNN’s online schedule has it running for 75 minutes. This will mark the first time POTUS 45 has been interviewed on the channel since before he was elected president in 2016.
The ensuing years, both during and after his presidency, witnessed President Trump frequently identify CNN as the leading example of the term he introduced to describe much of the mainstream media: “fake news.” More than once, he also decried CNN as an “enemy of the people.” Recently, however, CNN’s new corporate management has made it known that the channel will in the future aim to be less ideological, more balanced, and more open to the conservative right. The recent firing of Don Lemon, one of Mr. Trump’s leading critics on the channel, might be a sign that something is finally changing there.
The moderator of tonight’s broadcast will be Kaitlin Collins, the co-host of CNN’s struggling morning show. Lemon was a co-host of the program until he was sacked on April 25 – ironically the same day that FOX News ceased carrying its number one prime time program, Tucker Carlson Tonight. Collins, a fast-rising star at CNN, before joining the cable channel in 2018 worked for the Daily Caller, the conservative online publication co-founded by… Tucker Carlson.
Without specifying what CNN offered him, President Trump, according to Forbes, “said he decided to accept the network’s offer to appear because ‘they made me a deal I couldn’t refuse.’”
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Donald Trump’s town hall forum on CNN on Wednesday is the first major television event of the 2024 presidential campaign — and a gigantic test for the chosen moderator, Kaitlan Collins.
Both sides of the political divide expressed suspicion when the CNN forum at New Hampshire’s St. Anselm College was announced last week. Some Democrats question whether the former president should be given the airtime, while Republicans wonder if a network Trump has long disparaged can be fair.
Once it begins, Collins must give audience members the chance to ask questions while determining when to step in with her own. She’ll weigh how to correct misinformation in a potentially hostile environment: Invited town hall participants are those who expect to vote in a Republican primary.
Writing to his followers on his social media platform yesterday, President Trump weighed in. According to Forbes:
Ahead of his first appearance on CNN in years, former President Donald Trump said his decision to take part in a prime time town hall Wednesday night “could turn into a disaster for all, including me.” Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump urged his supporters to watch, saying “I’ll be doing CNN tomorrow night, LIVE from the Great State of New Hampshire.”
Bigly mistake, very bigly.
What the heck. What is the Cheeto man thinking?
Yawn....
Very little, if any, good will come from it.
i’ll be interested to see if/how DJT uses this.
you stay positive, someone has too. I will remain doubious.
So it will be endless questions about the fake alleged nutjob woman in the dressing room?
I mean, one scream from a dressing room and 100 people would come running. BS
RE: one scream from a dressing room
I am referring to THAT dressing room where E. Jean Carrol alleged the “rape” took place.
Did she scream then when Trump “raped” her? Were there any eyewitnesses? If not, why didn’t she scream?
IF anything occurred, it was consensual.
Because first he killed her.
RE: IF anything occurred, it was consensual.
Well not so fast ... was Trump even there?
If so, were there any eyewitnesses to his presence?
Its a throw of the dice-—Trump is a gambler at heart. At this point in the game, he has nothing to lose and a lot to gain. It has a potential to be As SS Titanic Moment or a round house, Andre the Giant, Victory. It shows that Trump is a fighter and is willing to enter the den of lions to tell the people what he thinks. Give him his moment and watch the match—Also its a “screw you bid for Fox News.” Trump can, and will, speak the truth—Just try to silence him! Its an edgy move on CNNs part and might be a chance to bury his new White House Bid for good—or it might be something else? In any case—it will be TV worth watching.
We'll never know, the accuser who suffered this traumatic event doesn't even know what year it occurred. That alone tells me this is a LIE.
Still would not watch see unun.
by now, Trump should know this is a bad idea. CNN and others are sealed “rashim” wicked evil.
I will not bet against the Trumpster. CNN knows the they will get some good raings of DJT’s appearance.
a lot will be his “guilty” verdict in Ga I’m sure. May be an interesting chess match, but I’ll leave the conservative masses to tell me the high points and the bias. I’m voting for Trump no matter what, no other choices as of yet. Anyone the Reps run will be insiders and uniparty members.
Bkmk
Their viewer won’t like this.
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