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Trumps 60 Minutes Interview Was a Ratings Flop
The presidents interview got about half the viewership that Stormy Daniels got back in March.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/10/trump-60-minutes-ratings-stormy-daniels
The universe has granted Stormy Daniels a small, petty win, just one day after her defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump was dismissed by a federal judge in Californiaand just a few hours after the president gloated about the case on Twitter, belligerently calling the adult-film star horseface. According to the A.P., the presidents 60 Minutes interview on Sunday night reached 11.7 million viewers, just over half as many as Daniels pulled for her own blockbuster 60 Minutes interview back in March. Around 22 million viewers tuned in then to watch Daniels discuss her alleged 2006 affair with the president. That interview got the programs highest ratings since a 2008 interview with Barack and Michelle Obama.
Trumps episode also flopped in comparison to his 60 Minutes interview in 2016, which drew 20 million viewers. In the latest interview, conducted by Lesley Stahl, Trump was asked about an array of topics, from the tariffs hes slapped on China to his relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Im not a baby, he said when Stahl rattled off a quick list of accusations surrounding Kim, pressing Trump to explain his adoration for the dictator. I know these things.
The president also spoke about Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and his Mississippi speech, the one in which he mimicked the professor and essentially accused her of lying about her sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh (who denied the accusation). Im not gonna get into it because we won, Trump said when asked if, in hindsight, he thought had been disrespectful toward Ford. It doesnt matter. We won.
The presidents interview got about half the viewership that Stormy Daniels got back in March.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/10/trump-60-minutes-ratings-stormy-daniels
The universe has granted Stormy Daniels a small, petty win, just one day after her defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump was dismissed by a federal judge in Californiaand just a few hours after the president gloated about the case on Twitter, belligerently calling the adult-film star horseface. According to the A.P., the presidents 60 Minutes interview on Sunday night reached 11.7 million viewers, just over half as many as Daniels pulled for her own blockbuster 60 Minutes interview back in March. Around 22 million viewers tuned in then to watch Daniels discuss her alleged 2006 affair with the president. That interview got the programs highest ratings since a 2008 interview with Barack and Michelle Obama.
Trumps episode also flopped in comparison to his 60 Minutes interview in 2016, which drew 20 million viewers. In the latest interview, conducted by Lesley Stahl, Trump was asked about an array of topics, from the tariffs hes slapped on China to his relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Im not a baby, he said when Stahl rattled off a quick list of accusations surrounding Kim, pressing Trump to explain his adoration for the dictator. I know these things.
The president also spoke about Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and his Mississippi speech, the one in which he mimicked the professor and essentially accused her of lying about her sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh (who denied the accusation). Im not gonna get into it because we won, Trump said when asked if, in hindsight, he thought had been disrespectful toward Ford. It doesnt matter. We won.
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Puppet Show & Trump? Tiny's 60 Minutes interview was a ratings flop (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Oct 2018
OP
snowybirdie
(5,234 posts)1. Been watching it
since it began, but Sunday night I deliberately avoided it. I'm sure I wasn't alone. Tired of seeing him lie to the American people.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)2. OMG! What a scary Halloween mask!
Oh wait . that's an actual photo of Trump.