Bill O’Reilly sat down to interview President Donald J. Trump in a wide-ranging radio interview that was first made available to Premium Members of this website on Tuesday night, and will air on radio stations in all major markets and across the country over Thanksgiving week.
O'Reilly has interviewed President Trump more times than any other person, and he managed to get the president on the record about a wide range of topics - from Ukraine, to Mexico, to the out-of-control debt and more.
One specific statement by the President made the news almost immediately. Discussing Ukraine, the President denied sending his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine on his behalf. Here's some reaction to that statement:
I think Trump just threw Rudy under the bus https://t.co/IMSGmg2uEg
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) November 26, 2019
— Howard Fineman (@howardfineman) November 27, 2019
Well you knew @realDonaldTrump would throw @RudyGiuliani under the bus. He just did so in an interview with — of all people — @BillOReilly!
- Mediaite: Trump Denies Directing Giuliani to Go to Ukraine on His Behalf in Interview with Bill O’Reilly
- The Washington Times: Rudy Giuliani not directed to probe Ukraine, Donald Trump tells Bill O'Reilly
- The Giuliani clip even ran on MSNBC...
LISTEN: President Trump is now distancing himself more than ever from lawyer Rudy Giuliani, claiming he did not direct Giuliani to act on his behalf in Ukraine in a new interview with Bill O'Reilly. pic.twitter.com/6JaP9oOLMI
— TheBeat w/Ari Melber (@TheBeatWithAri) November 26, 2019
Another big topic of the interview was border security and how to effectively deal with the Mexican drug cartels.
President Trump revealed his next course of action in dealing with the cartels: designating them as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. This will give U.S. forces more leverage to effectively take out the cartels.
President @realDonaldTrump tells me he is 90 days into the process of designating Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations - which would give US forces more leverage in taking them out. pic.twitter.com/ewSJMkt6rr
— Bill O'Reilly (@BillOReilly) November 27, 2019
This prompted a swift response from the Mexican government, apparently news to them.
Various outlets also picked up on this new development.Mexico’s government responds to @realDonaldTrump remarks with @BillOReilly. Mexico says it will seek to carry out a dialogue between @m_ebrard and @SecPompeo to understand the reach of what Trump said of designating drug cartels as terror groups. https://t.co/KdZlj8XnYG
— Marcos Martínez Chacón (@marcosmchacon) November 27, 2019
President Donald Trump told Bill O’Reilly he will designate some Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) during an interview released on Tuesday. https://t.co/rSk67ECAEs
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) November 27, 2019
— Axios (@axios) November 27, 2019
President Trump tells Fox News host Bill O'Reilly he plans to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations: "designation is not that easy, you have to go through a process, and we are well into that process" https://t.co/i6dL6xiCcR
Many used the entire deal as an opportunity to bash President Trump and O'Reilly, but some media people had kind words.
Kudos to Bill O'Reilly for asking Trump about the national debt. As far as I can tell, no one in either party cares about this and other critical fiscal issues. These questions are seldom even raised, to say nothing of answered. So -- good.
— Jay Nordlinger (@jaynordlinger) November 27, 2019