The 45th President of the United States attacked the CBS presenter after an interview broadcast on his show 60 minutes. attacks to which the presenter responded on the set of Ellen DeGeneres, this Thursday.
War is declared. In a vitriolic tweet published this Sunday, Donald Trump pinned Oprah Winfrey, the favorite presenter of American viewers. The reasons for this anger? The CBS host allegedly lacked objectivity when questioning a panel of voters about the current president of the United States.
"Unmasked"
"I just watched a very volatile Oprah Winfrey, who I knew very well at one time, interview a panel of people in '60 Minutes,'" the head of state wrote on his Twitter account. , the incorrect facts. I hope Oprah runs for office so she can be exposed and defeated like everyone else!"
Just watched a very insecure Oprah Winfrey, who at one point I knew very well, interview a panel of people on 60 Minutes. The questions were biased and slanted, the facts incorrect. Hope Oprah runs so she can be exposed and defeated just like all of the others!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 19, 2018
The presenter had indeed questioned fourteen Michigan voters on the Trump presidency during her weekly show – half of them having voted for Donald Trump during the last presidential election. "Polls show that respect for the United States is running out of steam around the world, she says. Do you care what the rest of the world thinks of the United States?" Oprah Winfrey then gives the floor to both camps. An experience that obviously left a bitter taste for Barack Obama's successor.
"It's not in my DNA"
Especially since since January 2018, and his fiery speech at the Golden Globes, speculation has been rife about the possible candidacy of the journalist for a next presidential election. Will Oprah Winfrey be in the running for the White House? If the idea turns the heads of the Democrats, the interested party tempers their enthusiasm: "I am really touched by the fact that people think that I could be a good leader of the free world, she confided then in" 60 Minutes " . But that's not in my DNA." However, no one is immune to a reversal of opinion. Only Donald Trump doesn't change his mind...
“I worked very hard to do the opposite”
If Oprah Winfrey had not yet reacted publicly to these allegations, the presenter ended up confiding on the set of Ellen DeGeneres, this Thursday. "I woke up and I thought, Oprah Winfrey begins, shrugging her shoulders indifferently. And I don't like to give power to negativity, so I just thought, what?" The host then chooses to watch the show for the second time with her producers, in order to determine if any of Donald Trump's criticisms are founded. And claims to have "worked very hard to do the opposite" of what the President of the United States insinuates.
"What I really did, really, was I went back into the studio and looked at the recording to see if there was any possibility that there was any truth to this, says Oprah Winfrey. Did I feel like… I was biased or biased."
Before continuing: "I called the producers. Because what happens when you do 60 Minutes is that you sit in a room with at least seven other people who criticize the show before it airs, before even though you introduce it, and then they criticize it again."
The CBS host claimed to have tried to "confront several points of view", and tried to "balance" the answers "too oriented on the Democratic side". The presenter will have at least received the support of her colleague Ellen DeGeneres, who declares, hilarious: "He went too far, and when you look for Oprah, you have to deal with me."
