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Barbra Walters Roasts Dotard Drump (Original Post) List left May 2025 OP
Had forgotten about "Dotard" from trump 1. Thanks for reminding me, it's a apt term. Silent Type May 2025 #1
Imagine how Baba Wawa would have handled him... /nt artemisia1 May 2025 #2
I'll give this one to Walters, acting in the capacity of a journalist no_hypocrisy May 2025 #3
Everyone in his phony social circle grew to hate him. Boomerproud May 2025 #4

no_hypocrisy

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3. I'll give this one to Walters, acting in the capacity of a journalist
Mon May 19, 2025, 04:37 AM
May 2025

rather than a paid media whore.

Some background: Barbara Walters was a very close friend of Roy Cohn. And Cohn was the mentor, the protector of Donald Trump. I don't believe that Trump would have agreed to the posted interview if Cohn hadn't indicated that Walters would be "safe". You know, control the message.

But Walters was independent. She did her homework/research. And she threw it in Trump's face.

And like NYT journalist, Maggie Haberman, Trump kept returning to Walters, believing he could charm or distract her. And you can bet that Cohn made phone calls to Walters to go easy. And she didn't -- until Trump came on her show, The View. But then it was for entertainment, not journalism.

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