Trump Will Sit Down for Real-Life, In-Person ‘Exclusive’ Interview with Chuck Todd
As Seth Meyers noticed recently, Donald Trump is the king of the phone interview, rarely gracing a television host with his actual presence. But this coming Sunday in Iowa, the GOP presidential frontrunner is scheduled to sit down for a real-life, in-person interview with Chuck Todd on Meet the Press.
In a press release on Wednesday, an NBC News spokesperson touted the “exclusive” interview, which is being described as a “wide-ranging conversation about the presidential field, the economy, immigration and foreign policy.”
Trump has somewhat of a contentious history with Todd, lashing out at him on Twitter earlier this year after the host remarked, “Nobody’s going to mistake Donald Trump for a presidential candidate, I don’t think, other than Donald Trump.”
He tweeted the following rant, culminating in the suggestion that he would make a better moderator of the Sunday morning talk show:
Word is that @NBCNews is firing sleepy eyes Chuck Todd in that his ratings on Meet the Press are setting record lows. He's a real loser!
&mdmdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 25, 2015
"@tarheels31: @realDonaldTrump @NBCNews outside of the apprentice, hardly anyone watches the obama network… aka @nbc"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 25, 2015
"@bgoudyGCC: @realDonaldTrump @NBCNews Can't wait to see #SleepyEyes on the next #CelebrityApprentice. Oh wait, he would have to be a celeb
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 25, 2015
I am convinced that sleepy eyes Chuck Todd was only a placeholder for someone else at Meet the Press. He bombed, franchise in ruins! @nbc
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 27, 2015
So many people have told me that I should host Meet the Press and replace the moron who is on now. Just too busy, especially next 10 years!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 27, 2015
Unlike the rest of the Sunday morning shows, Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace has reportedly made a rule against interviewing presidential candidates by phone. While Trump regularly calls into Fox & Friends, he has done two of his rare on-camera interviews on The O’Reilly Factor back in June and on Hannity last night.
Watch Trump’s most recent phone interview with Todd below, via NBC:
[Photo via screengrab]
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