Trump ends CBS interview when pressed on Obama wiretapping claim

Published May 1, 2017 3:33pm ET



President Trump abruptly ended an interview with John Dickerson when the CBS “Face the Nation” moderator pressed him on his claim that former President Obama wiretapped him.

CBS aired the clip Monday on “This Morning,” showing Dickerson asking about Trump’s relationship with Obama.

“Well, I— the reason I ask is you said he was— you called him ‘sick and bad,'” Dickerson said.

Trump replied, “Look, you can figure it out yourself. He was very nice to me with words, but — and when I was with him — but after that, there has been no relationship.”

Asked if he still stood by the still-unsubstantiated claim, Trump said, “I don’t stand by anything” and that he has been “proven very strongly.”

After some cross-talk, Trump said “enough” and ended the interview.

Though the exchange was clipped, it came after a more extended interview that aired Sunday on “Face the Nation.”