Trump was ‘almost foaming at the mouth’ ahead of Morgan interview
Piers Morgan has claimed Donald Trump was "almost foaming at the mouth" ahead of the interview that will launch his new global show next week.
The 57-year-old TV presenter described the minutes leading up to his conversation with the former us president, which will air with the launch of his show, Piers Morgan Uncensored. Morgan said that, shortly before the interview, Mr Trump had been handed a three-page document detailing critical comments the journalist had made about him on topics including his "woeful handling" of the coronavirus pandemic and his response to defeat in the 2020 presidential election.
Nigel Farage later confirmed he had handed Mr Trump the document ahead of their interview for Talktv.
Morgan's 75-minute interview at mr trump' s mar-a-l ago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, will be screened on Talktv on Monday at 8pm.
Referring to a crisis meeting that took place ahead of the interview, Morgan said: "I'd never seen him so livid or felt so uncomfortable in his presence as I did right now. He was almost foaming at the mouth and kept shaking his head slowly and menacingly at me, like Don Corleone when he felt he was disrespected.
"There was no point in trying to deny the quotes. i' d said them, and I'd meant them.
"'I've always been critical of you when I've felt you deserved it,' I eventually said. 'But as you know, I've also written and said many supportive things about you too. This is a one-sided hatch et job designed to stop you doing our interview.'
"' It' s definitely a hatch et job ,' he retorted, 'On me!'"
Morgan suggested he had been able to calm Mr Trump down by complimenting his golfing record.
Mr Trump is later said to have called Morgan "a fool" and stormed out after being challenged on his claim that the 2020 election was "rigged, stolen".
The former US president subsequently released a statement saying Morgan had "attempted to unlawfully and deceptively edit his long and tedious interview with me" in order to make it look like he had walked out.