U.S. Election: Trump withdraws from televised election interview
The Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump has cancelled a television interview on the U.S. channel CBS, the programme ’60 Minutes’ announced on platform X on Wednesday.
Mr Trump’s campaign spokesman, Steven Cheung, denied that the former president had agreed to participate in the interview, writing on X that “there were initial discussions, but nothing was ever scheduled or locked in.”
The programme said the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris would appear as planned in Monday’s broadcast and that the original invitation to Mr Trump stands.
The programme ’60 Minutes’ said it has been having interviews with presidential candidates for over 50 years.
However, Mr Cheung said that CBS had insisted on live fact-checking for this year’s programme, which is “unprecedented.”
Ms Harris and Mr Trump are running against each other in the U.S. presidential election on November 5.
Following a televised debate hosted by the U.S. channel ABC on September 10, Ms Harris called for a second debate, while Mr Trump said he did not intend to participate in further debates.
(dpa/NAN)
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