Flashback 2017: 60 Minutes 'Conservative' Interviewer Begs Trump Removal from Office

Newsbusters ^ | November 9, 2026 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

There is a lot of misunderstanding out there about Ross Douthat who interviewed President Donald Trump Sunday on 60 Minutes. He is repeatedly described as a "conservative" without any reference to the fact that less than six months into Trump's first term in May 2017 he wrote in his New York Times column that although there were no grounds to impeach Trump, he still wanted him removed from office via the 25th Amendment because Douthat's sensibilities were somehow offended by the "childishness" of Trump's demeanor.

One typical example of emphasizing Douthat as being "conservative" sans any mention of his history of hostility towards Trump came in the wake of the latest 60 Minutes interview with this description of him from the Daily Beast (which described Douthat as "conservative" TWICE in just one sentence) that you will also see echoed in many other outlets:

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; clickbait; donaldtrump; mediawingofthednc; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; rossasshat; rossdouthat; tds

[PJ-Comix]

And Douthat was eventually converted over to demanding the IMPEACHMENT of Trump in 2021 in order to keep him from ever returning to office. THAT is the person who interviewed Trump on 60 Minutes.

[PGalt]

WOW! Another snake-chameleon POS who hid well. Apologies to snakes and chameleons. Disgusting Douthat. 60 Minutes of deception.

Thanks for your work.

[Alberta's Child]

I don’t know why anyone would act like Trump was ambushed by the guy on the street outside Mar-a-Lago.

The interview was a freaking TV production. Trump knew exactly who he was talking to. LOL.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Not to worry. The guy’s fat and ugly. Lefties don’t want to hear him.

[yldstrk]

Whadya mean? Most left females are fat and ugly.

[DIRTYSECRET]

And those in the media? Their first job is the affirmation that we are all the unwashed in terms of looks.

[Vaduz]

60 Minutes

Propaganda program to sound like news like so many others.

[Deo volente]

I used to tune in to 60 Minutes ten minutes from the end to watch Andy Rooney. The rest of it, I couldn’t care less.

[bobbo666]

“60 Minutes” has been a cesspit for decades. To a pack of rabid dogs the one kinda twisted puppy is “conservative”.

If you watch garbage like this you are complicit.

[ridesthemiles]

“SMARMY” BARELY COVERS HIS DEMEANOR

WATCHED VERY LITTLE.

WANTED A SHOWER.....