Trump backs out of CNBC interview, his second about-face with mainstream press this month

Source: CNN

Donald Trump has backed out of an interview with CNBC, marking the second time this month the former president has canceled on a mainstream press interview.

Joe Kernen, the “Squawk Box” co-anchor, broke the news of the unannounced interview’s cancellation during Tuesday morning’s broadcast.

“Well, Trump canceled, and he was going to come on,” he said.

Kernen added that the network had also offered to sit down with Vice President Kamala Harris, but said “she’s not coming on.” Kernen joked that, with Trump’s decision, “she could come on and we could say we offered it to Trump camp, but they’re not.”.....

“Trump bailed on the debate because Kamala Harris would hold him accountable (again),” Charles Kretchmer Lutvak, a Harris campaign spokesperson, said via X on Tuesday. “Trump bailed on 60 Minutes because he was afraid to answer real questions.”

“Now, Trump bailed on Joe Kernan [sic] because he can’t even talk to his best friend on TV,” Lutvak wrote.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/15/media/trump-cancel-cnbc-interview-media/index.html

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