Donald Trump in a clip for the interview
(Picture: Piers Morgan Uncensored / Twitter)Piers Morgan’s launch interview with Donald Trump on TalkTV was a cross between Celebrity Apprentice and the WrestleMania shows Trump loved to stage at his old Atlantic City casino — full of flouncing, sparring, smackdowns and insults galore. They both emerged victorious from the battle of the egos: Trump peddling his lies about the “stolen” election; Morgan by calling Trump a loser to his face, not something I have heard from any American television host.
Off-stage, there was a third victor, too: Vladimir Putin, whom Morgan cheekily suggested would be watching their encounter. If he did tune in, the Russian president would have been well satisfied by what he heard, even though Morgan — clever interviewer that he is — pushed Trump to say his harshest words yet about the invasion of Ukraine.
