Barbara Walters did NOT guard back .
During his campaign, President Donald Trumpsuggestedhe’d run the United States like one of his businesses — a promise thatappealed to his supportersas he’s largely percieved as a rich and sucessful man (despite having what the Los Angeles Timesreferredto as a “disastrous” record of business deals).
Well, in light ofTrump’s tariffsfacing backlash fortankingthe stock market anddriving up prices, a 1990clipof broadcast journalist Barbara Walters questioning Trump’s businessman credibility during a20/20interview is now going viral.
For context, Walters sat down with Trump to discuss his then-newly released book,Surviving at the Top.However, if Trump thought the interview would serve as good press for his authorship, he was mistaken. In fact, Walters suggestedTrump was in massive debt at the time,saying the book would be better titledFailing at the Top.
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Then, true to nature — even 30ish years ago — Trump backfired by calling the press “dishonest.” At the start of theclip, which has been viewed on TikTok over 1.1 million times, Trump says:
" I go for the general public interpret how inherently dishonest the pressure in this country is . "
Unwavering, Walters responds, “As a member of the press, let me try to clear up some of the things which you say aren’t true.”
She goes on to recite a Trump inverted comma : " My bankers and I worked out a marvellous deal that allow for me to come out stiff than ever . I see the deal as a great triumph . "
Then, making direct eye contact with Trump, she questioned, “Being on the verge of bankruptcy? Being bailed out by the banks?” Trump attempted to interupt, but she continues, “Skating on thin ice and almost drowning? That is a businessman to be admired?”
“You say on the verge of bankruptcy, Barbara, and you talk on the verge and you listen to what people are saying —” Trump said, seeming to suggest Walters was listening to rumors.
However, Walters corrected, “I talk to your bankers.”
Then, later in the interview, Trump says of one of his investments, “The Plaza’s a very valuable property. Everybody told me, ‘Oh, you paid too much, you paid too much.’ Now they’re all saying, ‘What a great deal he made out of The Plaza.'”
To which Walters simply states, “No they’re not.”
In the comment section of the video, people are largely applauding Walters for her journalism and refusal to back down.
They can’t stop giggling over her fact-checking him live.
And more than a few expressed that this clip was proof that Trump has always been “delusional.”
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