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Rachel Maddow Says She Won’t Interview Trump, Questions Value of Giving Him Airtime

She frames the move as a guardrail against rewarding attention-seeking that she says endangers a constitutional republic.

Overview

  • Maddow, who spoke on the 'Clock It With Symone & Eugene' podcast Thursday, said she has little interest in interviewing President Donald Trump.
  • She joked that her questions would be basic checks like 'Is Africa a country?' and 'How many R's are in "strawberry"?'
  • She said she would lean on a simple cognitive check with prompts such as 'Who is the president of Mexico?' 'Who is your labor secretary?' and 'Who was your third wife?'
  • Maddow argued Trump craves constant attention and said she does not want to put him on camera or amplify his daily remarks.
  • She warned that the bigger issue is whether the United States stays a constitutional republic, with HuffPost noting his push to overturn the 2020 result and his talk of a third term as context.