Trump Interviewed by CBS Evening News Anchor Tony Dokoupil
Variety • • nation
Key Points:
- Tony Dokoupil, new anchor of “CBS Evening News,” conducted an extensive 14-minute uninterrupted interview with President Donald Trump, covering topics such as the U.S. economy, the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, and protests in Iran.
- Trump defended his economic record, claiming the U.S. has “the strongest economy maybe in the history of the country,” criticized Powell as “corrupt or incompetent,” and asserted his moral limits on presidential power, acknowledging but downplaying constitutional and judicial constraints.
- The interview also included Trump’s remarks on foreign policy successes, including Venezuela, and his comments on potential job impacts if Kamala Harris had won the 2024 election, to which Dokoup
