Trump Canceled Interview With Military Reporter After Asking What Questions He Was Going To Ask

Former President Donald Trump canceled an interview with military reporter Mike Gooding after the campaign asked what questions the reporter was going to ask Trump.

Trump held a rally in Chesapeake, Virginia on Friday — the day after a CNN debate with President Joe Biden at which Trump rattled off as many as 50 falsehoods that went unchallenged by the moderators.

During that debate, President Biden also challenged Trump about his reported remarks calling U.S. military casualties “suckers” and “losers” — remarks that were confirmed by Trump’s then-Chief of Staff John Kelly .

Gooding, military correspondent for ABC affiliate WVEC’s 13News Now — was scheduled to interview Trump after the rally. On Friday morning, they even teased the interview on the air.

But when 13News Now’s Preston Steger and Alex Littlehales covered the rally online, they noted that Trump abruptly canceled the interview — after asking for questions in advance:

It was a winding speech, meandering back and forth on a lot of different talking points and policies.

After the rally, 13News Now’s military reporter Mike Gooding was scheduled to interview Trump, but his campaign team canceled the interview after asking Gooding what his questions would be, and telling him there was no more time and Trump only wanted to talk about the debate.

Ahead of Trump’s visit, WVEC covered Virginia Democrats who held a press conference with veterans to denounce Trump over the “suckers” and “losers” remarks.

The Biden campaign flagged the cancellation and tied it to the debate in a campaign memo:

Here are just a few questions Donald is running away from answering – many of which he either dodged or lied about on the debate stage:

1. Why can’t you commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election?
2. What do you say to voters who believe that you violated your oath through your actions and inaction on January 6 and worry that you’ll do it again?
3. What do you say to the service members who you insulted as “suckers” and “losers”?
4. Do you think women forced to give birth in states with total abortion bans, risking their lives, is still a “beautiful thing”?

13News Now’s reporting doesn’t say what questions Gooding was going to ask Trump, or whether they provided the subject matter for the interview to Trump’s team — although the reporting notes the campaign said “Trump only wanted to talk about the debate.”

Mediaite has reached out to Gooding for comment but has not received a response as of this writing.

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