Trump bristled at questions about Whitmer in '60 Minutes' interview before walking out
LANSING — President Donald Trump bristled at questions related to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer during an interview Tuesday with CBS's "60 Minutes," shortly before abruptly halting the interview, a recording Trump released on Facebook shows.
After leaving the interview, Trump criticized Lesley Stahl, the veteran CBS reporter who was questioning him, on Twitter.
The interview is scheduled to air Sunday. But late Thursday morning, Trump posted a nearly 38-minute video on Facebook that he said shows his entire interview with Stahl. Trump had earlier tweeted about his plans to release the video, apparently concerned about how CBS would edit the interview.
Stahl asks Trump several questions about Whitmer, who was the planned target of an alleged kidnapping plot recently foiled by federal and state officials.
The president repeats several inaccurate statements about the governor and state. For example, he says the state remains under a lockdown and the governor shut down places of worship, which Whitmer exempted from enforcement of her executive orders. Michigan's stay-at-home order was lifted June 1.
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