Trump allies predictably throw CNN under the bus, claim he used themPer the Guardian’s Hugo Lowell:Donald Trump believes he got everything that he wanted from the controversial town hall hosted by CNN, according to multiple people close to him … The former president was interested in doing a town hall mainly because it would give the campaign material to clip for social media. He was interested in doing it on CNN because the campaign reached an understanding – which a spokesperson denied – that it would book more Trump surrogates. pic.twitter.com/xzVEgaGeDT — Acyn (@Acyn) May 12, 2023E. Jean Carroll may sue Trump for defamation, again, after his Town Hall comments. + Notably, this was CNN's second-highest ranked town hall since 2016... First was Joe Biden 2020, with 3.465 million. But while CNN executives are stating on the record that it went well, at least one network staffer — media reporter Oliver Darcy — is facing the consensus head-on.

Source: CNN May 13, 2023 04:50 UTC