Interviewing Trump

I saw a clip of Trump being interviewed at a convention of black journalists. When confronted with a recitation of patently false claims he had made and patently reprehensible acts he had committed, he lashed out at the questioner and claimed that he was being insulted and unfairly treated.

Trump never responds forthrightly to questions that could only be answered in ways that would expose his vile character. His response is always to deflect, attack, interrupt, and monopolize the conversation. Interviewers should not tolerate these tactics. His mic should be cut off and his rants rendered inaudible whenever he goes off on a demagogic rant. Interviewers should explain to audiences why it’s impossible to converse with someone whose utterances are consistently made in bad faith. Every citizen who votes for Trump is either deluded or malevolent, or both.