LISTEN: Trump Hangs Up on Hostile NPR Interviewer, Calls Mitch McConnell a ‘Loser’
Former President Donald Trump hung up on a clearly hostile interviewer from NPR on Tuesday.
Trump was scheduled to speak to Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep for 15 minutes, but it was reduced to about nine.
For six years, Trump had wisely declined to be interviewed by the station.
The interview began in pretty standard form, with the pair discussing vaccines and the pandemic.
“The mandate is really hurting our country,” Trump said. “A lot of Americans aren’t standing for it, and it’s hurting our country.”
Trump continued, “The vaccines, I recommend taking them, but I think that has to be an individual choice. I mean, it’s got to be individual, but I recommend taking them.”
In a fear-mongering article accompanying the release of the interview,
