Jonathan Swan reveals the simple secret to exposing Trump's lies: basic follow-up questions

  • 📰 CNN
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 22 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 12%
  • Publisher: 95%

United States Headlines News

United States Latest News,United States Headlines

Axios reporter Jonathan Swan demolished some of President Trump's most dishonest talking points with a powerful tactic that has rarely been used by the people Trump has allowed to interview him: Basic follow-up questions. | Analysis by ddale8

Who? What? How? No.Read MoreIn an interview that aired Monday night on"Axios on HBO," Swan demolished some of Trump's most dishonest talking points with a powerful tactic that has rarely been used by the people Trump has allowed to interview him:Basic follow-up questions.Many of Trump's interviewers are right-wing sycophants who have no interest in challenging him.

An incident in Portland: When Swan mentioned"disturbing footage of people in fatigues beating the Navy veteran" in Portland, Trump said"no" repeatedly and then said,"Fake news." NBC and Portland: Trump claimed that Lester Holt's NBC news program misleadingly depicted Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler's July 23 visit to a protest site by portraying Wheeler as a friend of protesters.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Any country that fails to report on time their cases shows up as zero for the day. So being more incompetent makes you look better. Thus we have governments and media explained in one sentence.

CNN will find anyone to say anything on the air. No credibility. 24/7 smear Trump!!

Zero cases? Wish that was true. I'm afraid not

I think he meant to say zero deaths in France and Spain over the weekend, not cases...

No you are lying too much

That bit of footage of the interview will go into history as a fine example of what 'delusional' means.

Your a freaking puppet cuomo and that virus just isn't here anymore as they say.

Maybe they didn’t test in Spain yesterday. Come on. Sheesh

ChrisCuomo Not the only thing he's having trouble understanding...I've never heard of /Yo-se-might/ National Park. I suck with technology, but for someone begging schools to open, might be time to hit some online courses after a round of golf...justsaying

Testing COVID19 We are doing far better and testing more than the whole 'world' and Europe! I thought Europe was part of the world! SMH but ItIsWhatItIs Read the manual, read the book.

Lying Fredo. Doesn't matter what propaganda CNN pushes, America is awake to your nonsense.

Where is the full George Floyd video?!

Shut up, Fredo. Stop the hatred and misinformation. Grow up and get a decent job.

Your hourly fear mongering by the Communist News Network, aka CNN, CCP propaganda tool for America

Does Spain use HCQ?

CuomoPrimeTime This is demonstrably not true though. They had over 5000 cases just today. Scaling that to size of America is equivalent to 40000 cases. I watch CNN. But please be factual.

ddale8 Condescending journalism is not liked, even by the Dems. We set sights higher. jonathanvswan This was the poorest interview of any President ever. He should not be allowed to interview period. He might be better at writing but that’s not saying much.

ddale8 Now let’s do JoeBiden , that would be a good laugh

ddale8 Journactivist

ddale8 I especially liked Trumps paniced reactions when the reporter kept jabbing at Trump’s lies.

ddale8 This is the first interview I have ever watched of a president who sounded like a child dancing around the truth and reality when questioned by an adult. Pathetic Baby Humpty Dumpty

ddale8 Saturday night live has a whole season of material from this one hour interview.🤪

LoggerJam ddale8 Jonathan knows what he is doing, Trump not so much. Manuals, books on covid? This president is a grifter from the word GO. Jonathan showed grit, intelligence, and face it, just plain balls. Get him in prime time and let him tame this shrew!

ddale8 Pretty big self-own, cnn

ddale8 trumptanchart

ddale8 Absolute gold. jonathanvswan had the best interview of the year. He & Chris Wallace were the only ones fact checking this idiot. Every time he gives an interview it’s a gift to the Biden campaign & shows the mental decline he’s been in for awhile, blamed Obama for no tests?😂Wtf

ddale8 CNN and libs pushing this for all of America. Take a big whiff of defunding of police. Is this what you want Libs?

ddale8 Being a disrespectful twat doesn’t make it a good interview .... my six year old could talk over him too FakeNews

ddale8 Well Jonathan. You'll never be asked back to the WH for another interview. Rule 1 - I know it's too easy, but let him speak. He'll screw it up himself. Rule 2 - don't try to make him look like an ass - he'll do it himself. Rule 3 - don't try to correct him - you can't.

ddale8 Yes; a president who doesn’t request his interviews be scripted ahead of time. How come no media outlets are commenting on the reporter not wearing a mask? Doesn’t that show the American people they don’t need to wear one or its only trump that does that

ddale8 I’m just here to watch the trump supporters bitch and moan....

ddale8 I might be in the minority, but I don’t think he handled the interview well. He was quick to talk over Trump. Had he let him talk, he could have gotten even more. But it was nice hearing Trump get follow up questions.

ddale8 That is total bull shit

ddale8 AMERICAN MEDIA: this is how you do your job

ddale8 What a fkin Moran

ddale8 This kind of interviews, it's the reason why we support President Trump. Waiting for a similar Biden's interview.

ddale8 I'm still voting for Trump

ddale8 160,000 DEAD and Donald Trump runs the country as if it were a two-bit trailer trash reality show.

ddale8 To brag Trump does what he does best: he lies. Or, vice versa: To lie Trump unashamedly brag. Interchangeably both are defensive tactics by President Tdumb to zigzag when or if he got cornered. To him, they've become ingrained habit inasmuch he's remorseless. nycsouthpaw NPR

ddale8 This interview is no doubt an indictment of Donald Trump, but it is also as surely an indictment of the press that it took nearly 4 years to ask “basic follow-up questions”.

ddale8 Impeached Trump and his family are USELESS* 2 & 4 America 🐒🐘🐒🚓🤥👹🤥👎🇺🇸😷🇺🇸

ddale8

ddale8 Fakenews

ddale8 I hope someone at CNN is taking notes.

ddale8 Did you guys take notes on how it is done

ddale8 Trumpers'comments are hilarious 😂 😂 😂, the reporter is bad and disrespectful, yet why he didn't interview Biden, talke about Clinton, CNN fake blah blah, seriously that's all you got from the interview!? 😂😂 The clow of the US humiliate himself and the country Internationally

ddale8 Now do Joe Bhiden

ddale8 Now do Biden.

ddale8 It is what it is, you cannot remove the 155,000 deaths, you cannot remove the errors of Cuomo, Fauci, WHO or of the rioters, or of the irresponsible, It is a reality that there is that he does not hide or hide to face it.realDonaldTrump

ddale8 Masterful

ddale8 FFS

ddale8 Can swan now do cnn

ddale8 Still waiting for the 'China doesn’t actually pay the tariffs to the US' confrontation. Pleeeease

ddale8 Fake news cnn is so shameless for even trying to discredit Trump for sitting down with a real reporter while Joe hides in his basement.

ddale8 When I first saw this I thought this was like a comedy sketch off of SNL. Trump is actually a moron. Cant believe I voted for this nut

ddale8

ddale8 Hey how about you show the full fucking interview and let us watch and form our own intelligent opinions? Stop showing 15 second clips of the interview, followed by minutes of pundit commentary. What bs

ddale8 Could Swan please interview Biden next with some hard hitting questions!

ddale8 I wish i could Like this interview more. One LIKE is not enough. jonathanvswan well done.

ddale8 The interview actually went fairly well for Trump. Not sure your spin will stick.

ddale8 If anybody else has a better idea of how to fix this pandemic let the president know he's looking for advice nobody saying nothing nobody has a better idea and I'm sure Joe Biden is a least one to have an idea

ddale8 You need to hire more journalists and Whitehouse correspondents like jonathanvswan

ddale8 America made this man the president. Says a lot about this place.

ddale8 How to Sarah Cooper axios sarahcpr mmpadellan

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 4. in US

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

The 9 Wildest Answers in Trump’s Interview With Jonathan Swan, RankedIn an attempt to impose some order on the surreal events, here is a ranking of the wildest moments from Trump's interview with Jonathan Swan He looks like a a pyromaniac kid denying that he set the fire in the bathroom! Well, Biden’s camp won’t have to spend any additional funds generating advertising content after that insane display. AxiosOnHBO ResignNowTrump the expression of the dumbest man on earth.
Source: NYMag - 🏆 111. / 63 Read more »

The 9 Wildest Answers in Trump’s Interview With Jonathan Swan, RankedIn an attempt to impose some order on the surreal events, here is a ranking of the wildest moments from Trump's interview with Jonathan Swan He looks like a a pyromaniac kid denying that he set the fire in the bathroom! Well, Biden’s camp won’t have to spend any additional funds generating advertising content after that insane display. AxiosOnHBO ResignNowTrump the expression of the dumbest man on earth.
Source: NYMag - 🏆 111. / 63 Read more »

Trump Lied for Five Uninterrupted Minutes About Mail-in Voting During Virus BriefingAfter being teed-up by a question from the president’s favorite propaganda network, Trump gave an incoherent, lie-filled answer that seemingly went on for days Reporters value press pass more than integrity. 💯🤬 Booooo! Only 5 minutes? Try 70 plus years!!!
Source: RollingStone - 🏆 483. / 51 Read more »

Why The ‘Axios On HBO’ Interview With Donald Trump Worked: A Challenge To Some Of The President’s Most Common ClaimsJonathan Swan’s interview with Donald Trump for Axios on HBO is getting a lot of attention for what the president says about the rising number of coronavirus cases, claims of Russia funding o… Seriously, how is it even possible for anyone to support him?!?!?! shitshow When the Big Lie meets the Big Truth
Source: DEADLINE - 🏆 109. / 63 Read more »

The 7 Craziest Things Donald Trump Said in His Axios InterviewThe interview was an outrageous, confusing, delusional, and enraging half-hour journey as Jonathan Swan presses the president on the nationwide COVID-19 death toll (which he dismissed), Black Lives Matter and John Lewis (both of which he also dismisses), and delaying the election (he doesn’t quite rule it out). How anyone could watch that video and think Trump is fit for ANY leadership position is beyond me. What a disaster Ha! Gotcha! 🙄 we got him! Look at how bad orange man is he did bad interview our plans have succeeded!
Source: voguemagazine - 🏆 715. / 51 Read more »

Man’s Ironclad Grasp Of Issue Can Withstand 2 Follow-Up QuestionsDEL CITY, OK—Stunned by his immense breadth of knowledge and quiet confidence while discussing the issue, friends of local man Eric Bridges told reporters Monday the 28-year-old’s ironclad understanding of gas prices was able to withstand a barrage of not just one, but two follow-up questions. “After Eric mentioned something about how the price of gas is starting to rise again, I asked him if it’ll keep going up, and then our friend Luke asked him a completely different question about why it’s cheaper in certain places, and he was able to answer both just like that,” said friend Alex Tischer, who reportedly marveled as Bridges gave an all-knowing, 15-second description of what OPEC is and does. “He didn’t even pause to think; as soon as we finished asking, he jumped right in with a response. I’m telling you, the guy really knows his stuff.” At press time, Bridges reportedly blew the group’s mind by asking if they wanted to know anything else. “Where’d you hear that?” It's your own fault you asked Brian which he liked better, Warhammer 40k 5th edition or the 8th, and while he was drinking. Must be a trumpkin, but 2 is a little high.
Source: TheOnion - 🏆 724. / 51 Read more »