Former prez Donald Trump was watching TV Thursday night and he did not like what he saw. His newly minted Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris, had just accused him of grovelling to dictators, imperilling democracy, betraying American values and, to top it off, deemed him “an unserious man”.
So Trump picked up the phone and called Fox News. The network quickly patched him in to its live coverage of the DNC, and the former prez proceeded to issue a meandering, stream-of-consciousness rebuttal.He asked why Harris hadn’t already done all the things she was promising to do considering she was still vice-prez. Several times, Fox anchors tried to interject to ask a question but Trump ignored them. At several points, a familiar beeping sound interrupted Trump’s remarks. It appeared that the ex-prez was accidentally pressing buttons on the keypad of his phone.
The impromptu call-in – which lasted for 10 minutes, until Fox News informed Trump that the network had run out of time – came shortly after he had taken to his social media platform, Truth Social, to provide real-time commentary. “Where’s Hunter?” he asked as Harris came onstage, reviving one of his favourite slogans about the son of Prez Biden. At one point, referring to Harris,Trump asked, in all capital letters, “Is she talking about me?” (She was, often.) Trump also accused Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz, of puffing up his resume as a leader of a high school football team. “Walz was an ASSISTANT Coach, not a COACH,” he wrote.
So Trump picked up the phone and called Fox News. The network quickly patched him in to its live coverage of the DNC, and the former prez proceeded to issue a meandering, stream-of-consciousness rebuttal.He asked why Harris hadn’t already done all the things she was promising to do considering she was still vice-prez. Several times, Fox anchors tried to interject to ask a question but Trump ignored them. At several points, a familiar beeping sound interrupted Trump’s remarks. It appeared that the ex-prez was accidentally pressing buttons on the keypad of his phone.
The impromptu call-in – which lasted for 10 minutes, until Fox News informed Trump that the network had run out of time – came shortly after he had taken to his social media platform, Truth Social, to provide real-time commentary. “Where’s Hunter?” he asked as Harris came onstage, reviving one of his favourite slogans about the son of Prez Biden. At one point, referring to Harris,Trump asked, in all capital letters, “Is she talking about me?” (She was, often.) Trump also accused Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz, of puffing up his resume as a leader of a high school football team. “Walz was an ASSISTANT Coach, not a COACH,” he wrote.
Source : Times of India
