Trump Seems To Have A History Of Walking Out Of Interviews When Questions Get Tough, Reportedly Once Got Up And Left When Interviewer Asked About His Finances

He's been pulling stunts like this for YEARS.


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Donald Trump has made it crystal clear over the last four years that his finances are on the same level as his relationship with the late child molester Jeffrey Epstein — he just doesn’t want to talk about it, okay?

We’re well aware at this point that if it weren’t for the New York Times and their uncanny ability to circumvent Trump’s bullshit, we still to this day would have seen hide nor tail of the President’s tax returns — despite the fact that, much like his healthcare plan, he’s been pinky promising to release them since his 2016 campaign days. But as it turns out, Donnie’s reluctance to talk about his money, or lack thereof, isn’t new. By any stretch of the means. Apparently, the guy’s been dodging the subject for literal decades now.

The recent bombshell report from the Times shows that Donald’s financial standing started to really fall apart around 1990 when he reported a staggering $400 million in gross net losses. And as it turns out, it was in the very same year that the man who would later go on to become President of the United States walked out of a heated interview with CNN reporter Charles Feldman after he was questioned about the state of his finances.

CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski posted a clip of the interview to Twitter featuring a rather irate looking Trump, ranting to the interviewer about libel laws and how they’re too protective of the media before going on to slam Feldman for “inaccurate” reporting.

“What was inaccurate so far?” Feldman questioned.

“I thought your demeanor was inaccurate,” Trump answered. “I thought that questions you were posing to people in my organization were false and unfair.”

Feldman wasn’t having the then real estate “mogul’s” nonsense and fired back, “Questions, by definition, can’t be inaccurate.”

The interviewer then quoted some rumors he’d heard from several financial analysts questioning the financial soundness of Trump’s beloved Taj Mahal casino that would find itself on the receiving end of a prepackaged bankruptcy program just a year after the interview.

Evidently, this angered Donald. who then declared, “Do the interview with somebody else. Really. You don’t need this. Do it with somebody else. Have a good time. Frankly, you’re a very negative guy, and I think it’s very unfair reporting.”

It was then that Trump walked off the set.

So, a couple of things here. Not only is it clear that Donnie has had a serious issue with the topic of his finances for at least 30 years now, it seems he’s also had a long-standing habit of trashing the media and walking out of interview whenever he gets a little butthurt.

And yet we’re still somehow legitimately considering this guy for not his first, but his second term as President of the United States? What on earth has happened to us?

You can watch the clip here:

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