Donald Trump slams Piers Morgan as a ‘fool’ who ‘hasn’t studied’
Donald Trump has blasted British journalist Piers Morgan, calling him a “fool” who “hasn’t studied” as they clashed over the 2020 US election.
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Donald Trump branded Piers Morgan a “fool” who “hasn’t studied” in a new clip from their explosive interview.
The former US President stormed out of the exclusive TalkTV interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored after being riled up by the firebrand presenter, The Sun reports.
In the new clip, the 45th US president became furious with Piers and refused to back down on his belief that the 2020 election was rigged.
Piers told Trump that he believed the election, was “free and fair”.
The pair clashed after Trump branded the entire situation “crooked and corrupt” before brazenly claiming “I’ve proven it.”
In the exclusive interview from Piers’ new show, which premieres tonight on Sky News at 9pm AEST, he told the ex-president: “I’ve watched this whole debate right, and you’ve been completely unflagging in your refusal to accept defeat.”
Trump then retaliated by saying: “And you know why, though, you know why?
“Because if our country doesn’t have fair and free elections, and if our country doesn’t have borders, we don’t have a country.”
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Piers replied by saying: “I believe it was a free and fair election and that you lost. That’s my belief.”
The comment left Trump raging and he shouted at the presenter: “Well then you’re a fool, then you’re a fool. And you’re a fool and you haven’t studied.”
The clip ended with Piers attempting to keep a lid on the confrontation, telling Trump: “However... maybe I am a fool. Maybe I’m the fool in this conversation.”
The Sun previously revealed that Trump thinks he would have dealt with Vladimir Putin in a very different way to President Biden.
Trump said he believed Putin had been using nuclear threats during the war in Ukraine to frighten other nations – making the Russian leader think “no one will attack him.”
Putin thinks that everyone is “stupid and afraid to talk about it” so he keeps on threatening with the destructive weapons, according to Trump.
Trump and Piers have previously been close, but in a fiery clip posted from the show, an explosive erupted feud between Trump and Piers.
Earlier this week, Piers Morgan thanked Trump after the ex-President said their explosive interview would give him a “big burst of ratings”.
Trump barked for the crew to “turn the cameras off” and later denied walking away before claiming that the clip was “deceptively edited”.
The former President then doubled down on his remarks and released a second scathing statement slamming Piers.
He said: “Piers is off to a bad start, but thanks to me, he may get a final burst of big ratings before it all comes crashing down”.
Unrelenting Piers shared the statement on his Twitter as he urged Trump to “take a chill pill” – adding “love these statements” with a heart emoji.
After a preview of the interview was aired, Trump accused the presenter of cutting out his defence of the 2020 election.
‘Foaming at the mouth’
Trump claimed that a “very strong” discussion about his unproven voter fraud allegations were removed from the clip.
In the footage, Trump is seen screaming that Piers was “dishonest” and “a fool”.
The 75-minute interview will be screened on the launch show of Piers Uncensored on TalkTV.
Trump and Piers have been friends for 15 years – but he was enraged by a series of critical comments the TV star has made about his conduct in office.
They clashed before the interview began, before Piers convinced him to go ahead with the chat – but argued again on camera.
Writing in The Sun, Piers told how the President stared at him with “undisguised fury” and was “almost foaming at the mouth”.
At one stage, the President snarled at him: “What the f**k IS this?
”Trump said to Piers: “You’re not real. You’re a fake.” To which Piers replied: “No, I’m just brutally honest.”
Piers Morgan Uncensored premieres tonight on Sky News at 9pm AEST.
This story was published by The Sun and reproduced with permission.
Originally published as Donald Trump slams Piers Morgan as a ‘fool’ who ‘hasn’t studied’