CNN’s Jake Tapper is receiving flak online for touting an interview with Donald Trump as ‘exclusive’.
The Sunday Q&A was noticeably curt, contained virtually no detail, and was administered entirely via text, which Tapper still showed off on-screen.
Several State of the Union viewers looking to hear the latest on the status of the presidents stalled ceasefire deal surrounding Hamas and the ongoing government shutdown were left frustrated.
Some accused the host of misleading viewers with ‘non-answers’.
‘These answers remind me of the Twilight Zone episode with [William] Shatner and the cafe fortune telling machine. Vague, pre-printed, random one liners that could be answered to any question and apply,’ wrote user on X.
‘This was NOT an “interview”. If you are just going to air his propaganda, have the human decency not to call it “exclusive interview,”’ another added.
‘Jake is the worst thing that ever happened to journalism,’ scathed someone else.
A fourth noted how the texts – which contained only around 20 words or so – revealed nothing new aside from a promise of ‘Complete Obliteration!’ for Hamas if the terror group insists on staying in power.
CNN’s Jake Tapper is receiving flak online for touting an interview with Donald Trump as ‘exclusive’ on State of the Union Sunday
The Q&A, however, was administered Saturday via text and contained essentially no new information. He is seen here during an interview with Fox News’ Martha MacCallum last month
‘But we still don’t know exactly what he meant by that,’ the user wrote.
‘Will forever be Tapper’s personal legacy that he conducted a nat’l media blitz *concern* tour about a different president.’
The host recently wrote a book about high-ranking Democrats’ alleged campaign to cover up former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline during his days in office. He claimed that he and his fellow journalists were duped in the process.
Trump told him: ‘We will find out. Only time will tell!!!’, when asked whether he agreed with Sen. Lindsey Graham’s statements over the weekend that Hamas had already rejected the plan.
The president also said he expects clarity ‘soon’ on whether Hamas is genuinely committed to peace.
‘I HOPE! Working hard’, he added when asked if the Arab League is fully committed to his peace plan.
Other users who saw the interview questioned why the conservative conducted it over text in the first place, before honing in on recent rumors surrounding his health.
The Q&A had surrounded Trump’s Hamas ceasefire deal and ongoing government shutdown, with showrunner touting the texts as an exclusive interview
One CNN viewer wrote: ‘So Donald Trump is in such bad condition that he can’t even do a telephone interview?
‘Since when did a [sic] actual reporter read an interview conducted via text messages on the air?’
The theories stem from a lack of public appearances from the president and recent photographs showing bruising on his hands.
This is is a developing story; please check back for updates.
