Trump says '60 Minutes' is 'worse' under new ownership following Marjorie Taylor Greene interview

“60 Minutes” is backmost successful President Trump’s crosshairs.

Trump went aft the prestigious CBS News programme pursuing an interrogation Sunday with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), his erstwhile ardent state who is leaving Congress successful January.

Correspondent Lesley Stahl had a brutally candid sit-down with Greene, who went into item connected her interruption with the president. Trump has called Greene a traitor, which Green said has led to decease threats to her and her family. Greene besides said the president is not focusing connected the issues astir important to his supporters and that galore of her colleagues lone enactment him retired of fear.

Trump posted connected his Truth Social level blasting Greene and CBS News, which earlier this twelvemonth paid him $16 cardinal to settee a suit helium filed implicit the network’s handling of an interrogation with his 2024 opponent, erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump’s station said the crushed Greene “went BAD is that she was JILTED by the President of the United States. (Certainly not the archetypal clip she has been jilted),” and called her a “low IQ traitor.”

But Trump added that his “real problem” with the interrogation is that genitor institution Paramount allowed the programme to air. Trump had praised CBS News since Paramount was acquired by Skydance Media tally by David Ellison, who on with his begetter Larry has a lukewarm narration with the president.

Trump has besides spoken positively astir the hiring of Bari Weiss arsenic exertion successful main for CBS News. Weiss took connected the relation aft Paramount acquired her heterodox integer quality level the Free Press. She met Trump erstwhile helium precocious sat for a “60 Minutes” interview.

But the bully vibes didn’t past long.

“THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN THE OLD OWNERSHIP, who conscionable paid maine millions of Dollars for FAKE REPORTING astir your favourite President, ME!” Trump wrote. “Since they bought it, 60 Minutes has really gotten WORSE!”

Trump ended his missive by demanding “a implicit and full APOLOGY, though acold excessively precocious to beryllium meaningful, from Lesley Stahl and 60 Minutes for her incorrect and Libelous statements astir Hunter’s Laptop!!!”

Representatives for CBS News did not respond to a petition for comment.

Greene’s falling retired with Trump began erstwhile she supported the merchandise of the Jeffrey Epstein files. She has since sided with Democrats connected backing subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, has been captious of the White House argumentation connected Israel and complained the White House has not focused earnestly capable connected elector concerns astir the rising outgo of living.

The one-time loyalist who was often seen successful a reddish “Make America Great Again” cap, besides called retired her chap Republican members of Congress who she said enactment Trump retired of fearfulness of retribution.

“I deliberation they’re terrified to measurement outta enactment and get a nasty Truth Social station connected them,” Greene said.

Asked if her colleagues are supportive of Trump privately, Greene said “it would daze radical however they speech astir him” down the scenes.

“I watched galore of my colleagues spell from making amusive of him, making amusive of however helium talks, making amusive of maine perpetually for supporting him, to erstwhile helium won the superior successful 2024 they each started — excuse my language, Lesley — kissing his ass and decided to enactment connected a MAGA chapeau for the archetypal time,” Greene said.