Trump Finds a Target More Tempting Than Obama: Chelsea Manning - The New York Times
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It was a simple question asked by ABC’s David Muir, in Mr. Trump’s first television interview from the White House, which aired Wednesday night: “When do you let it roll off your back now that you’re the president?”
Mr. Muir was referring to the president’s unusual speech at the C.I.A. on Saturday, in which he lingered on his own crowd sizes and media coverage in front of a wall that commemorates each intelligence officer who has died in the line of duty.
“So I’m glad you asked,” Mr. Trump said. “So, I went to the CIA, my first step.”
But he declined to answer the question. The speech, he added, was “a home run.”
“That location was given to me. Mike Pence went up before me, paid great homage to the wall,” Mr. Trump said, referring to the wall in front of which he gave what was essentially a campaign speech.
“I then went up, paid great homage to the wall. I then spoke to the crowd. I got a standing ovation. In fact, they said it was the biggest standing ovation since Peyton Manning had won the Super Bowl and they said it was equal. I got a standing ovation. It lasted for a long period of time. What you do is take — take out your tape — you probably ran it live. I know when I do good speeches. I know when I do bad speeches. That speech was a total home run. They loved it.”
He went on: “They loved it. They gave me a standing ovation for a long period of time. They never even sat down, most of them, during the speech. There was love in the room. You and other networks covered it very inaccurately. I hate to say this to you and you probably won’t put it on but turn on Fox and see how it was covered. And see how people respond to that speech.”
In fact, most of the agency personnel sat throughout the speech.