CBS News said Tuesday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has declined to participate in an interview with “60 Minutes” for its election special, which will go forward next Monday with Democratic opponent Kamala Harris alone.

Television’s top-rated news program regularly invites the two presidential contenders for separate interviews that air back-to-back on a show near the election. This year, it is scheduled for Monday instead of its usual Sunday time slot.

Asked for comment, the former president’s campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said, “Fake news,” adding that there were discussions but nothing was ever locked in.

  • @recapitated
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    Maybe this is noteworthy? I don’t know, I think trump is pathetic for an endless list of reasons, but at the same time I think that something that isn’t happening is literally the opposite of news.

    Like, if the election came and went, and trump never did this interview with 60 minutes, who would have noticed, especially amongst his whole circus?

  • @[email protected]
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    Ha, called it.

    Calling it now:

    Since there’s not enough time left for him to recover from this brutal ego bruise, I predict he’ll only do rallies from now on, or appearances on far-right media, because he’ll retreat to his snowglobe for reassurance for a while. He’ll avoid addressing Kamala directly, but he’ll ramp up his own network and rile up his mob. His team will struggle to rein him in, and some appearances might be cancelled.

    • @LittleBorat3
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      He is 80 years old and talks about cats eating dogs and that is just not winning debates.

      • @Passerby6497
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        Yep, brave brave sir donald bravely ran away!

      • @[email protected]
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        Why won’t your favorite traitorous rapist felon do it then?

        I’ll help you out here: it’s because he’s a scrambled brain pussy ass bitch.

        • @[email protected]
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          379 hours ago

          I’ll jump in on this. I don’t think he’s “scared” I think he’s just “not competing” any more.

          I believe his whole strategy hinges on 2 things:

          1. Core trump voters need no convincing
          2. Election result fuckery
          • @acosmichippo
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            49 hours ago

            then why doesn’t he do the interview?

            • @[email protected]OP
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              Because he’s seen the resulting data from times he’s failed interviews, so is listening to his handlers’ recomendations.

        • @fan0m
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          He won’t.

  • @[email protected]
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    I’m concerned about this new strategy of keeping Trump under wraps. He is his own worst enemy, and now instead of hearing it straight from the horses mouth, they’re keeping him sheltered and filtered through only the most loyal media outlets. Leaving his mob to use their imagination, which will be exactly what they wish to see and hear. It’s shrewd in an idiotic way. I can only hope that Trunp will become impatient with being handled and show his true colors at least a few nore times.

    • @[email protected]
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      Not just that…

      Leaving his mob political pundits to use their imagination

      This is what is giving Trump fuel.

    • @[email protected]
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      159 hours ago

      I’m concerned about how, whether Trump participates and makes a fool of himself or drops out like the coward he is, the headlines will still all be about Trump. This is exactly the media approach that got him elected first time.

    • @almar_quigley
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      If the dem party keeps up the replaying of his stupid shit over and over they can keep that on folks’ minds. Not the best but it always works for the republicans.

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    Lol. The orange asshole wouldn’t get within a mile of 60 Minutes because he knows he’d be shredded to bits.

    • @[email protected]
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      CNN is owned by right wing billionaires. In fact pretty much all US major media is. So “shredding” is unlikely. More likely they would continue sanewashing the fascist conman and excusing all his dementia rambles.

    • @bazus1
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      To bits you say?

      • @foggy
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        And his wife?

  • @Coach
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    Pussy

    • @rustyfish
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      Nope. I don’t see Trump being adaptable and able to take a pounding. He’s a chicken, without the taste.

    • @[email protected]
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      Let’s not use that term negatively, because in reality, they’re a LOT tougher than you think.

    • @Coach
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      For the uninitiated (and those commenting on my use of a perfectly valid term): Pussy (/ˈpʊsi/) is an English noun, adjective, and—in rare instances—verb. It has several meanings, as slang, as euphemism, and as vulgarity. Most commonly, it is used as a noun with the meaning “cat”, “coward”, or “weakling”. - Wikipedia

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    Why would he. He’s probably suffering PTSD from his last failed attempt to stand and be counted amongst human beings.

    He can only appear intelligent and competent at his own rallies where everyone’s knuckles drag equally along the ground.

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    So he doesn’t want to be interviewed because it would contribute fake news? I mean he’s not wrong.

    • MushuChupacabra
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      Define woke.

      EDIT: You should be praying that your manager at the troll farm doesn’t see the very low quality of your trolling. You have multiple hits on your comment, but have not followed up with any additional inflammatory comments. It’s weak performances like this, that will get you sent to the front, where you can play hide and seek with Ukranian drones.

      In the off chance that you’re not on the clock for this, you should totally check out the Russian military, as they’ll pay you handsomely for enlisting.

      • @[email protected]
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        Someone like that defines “woke” as anything that scares them. It’s too broad a term for them to actually define without needing to go hide somewhere form the bad people that think freely.

    • @Zombiepirate
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      129 hours ago

      Guilty as charged!

      Thanks for noticing 🥰

    • @[email protected]
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      I realize that this probably won’t happen, but have you tried to just not hate people?

      I have, and it has done wonders for my mental health.

    • @rustyfish
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      79 hours ago

      That’s Mister Bastard to you.

    • @Docus
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      No you are full of shit. Copying one of your comments here before I block you:

      Trump has to win, we must push for paper ballots and voter ID, and fucking California bans voter ID, motherfuckers

    • Lemminary
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      Kamala and her fucking communism will cause a civil war!

      This you? You would know. 😂