Donald Trump Backs Out Of CNBC Interview After Flaking On ’60 Minutes’ | EUROtoday

Former President Donald Trump was scheduled for a sit-down interview this week with CNBC “Squawk Box” co-host Joe Kernen, however he’s since canceled the looks.

Kernen, who’s typically defended the previous president, introduced the event on-air Tuesday.

“Well, Trump canceled and he was going to come on,” he stated with a contact of indignation. Kernen added that he’d instructed Trump aides that Trump’s look might be a approach to one-up Vice President Kamala Harris, who didn’t settle for Kernen’s invite.

Then he mused that Harris now has an opportunity to flip the script.

“I didn’t talk to [Trump] personally — but I said we’ve offered the vice president and she’s not coming on, but now he’s canceled,” he defined. “So now she could come on and we could say we offered it to the Trump camp, but they’re not.”

A Trump spokesperson instructed CNN he canceled resulting from a scheduling battle.

That’s the second time Trump has backpedaled on a beforehand scheduled interview with a serious outlet this month.

CBS News’ “60 Minutes” deliberate to have Trump on earlier this month, however the Republican presidential nominee “decided not to participate,” this system stated, regardless of having initially agreed to an interview.

In a livid rant, Trump as an alternative referred to as the century-old community “A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY” and demanded it lose its broadcast license.

Harris, in the meantime, has launched into a media blitz with current interviews on “60 Minutes,” “The View,” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”

She additionally sat for a stay interview on “The Howard Stern Show” and appeared on “Call Her Daddy,” a well-liked podcast, with a potential look on “The Joe Rogan Experience” being mentioned.

And on Wednesday, Harris is anticipated to take a seat for an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier ― a growth that Trump certain appears mad about.