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Trump says he hates some enemies and cannot forgive them, in 60 Minutes interview
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In a 60 Minutes interview with Ross Douthat, which aired Sunday night, President Donald Trump said he hates some of his enemies and always will. Asked whether he could forgive people such as James Comey and Nancy Pelosi to enter paradise, Trump said he could not, calling them extremely dishonest people. He told Douthat he is a religious person and hopes to go to heaven. The remarks came in a wide-ranging interview that also covered the midterm results. Some observers reacted with dismay on social media.
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Trump said in a 60 Minutes interview that he hates some of his enemies and always will.
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Asked whether he could forgive Comey and Pelosi to enter paradise, Trump said he could not.
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Trump called Comey and Pelosi extremely dishonest people.
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Trump said he is a religious person and hopes to go to heaven.
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The interview aired on 60 Minutes on Sunday night with correspondent Ross Douthat.
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The remarks came in an interview held after the midterm results.
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All three outlets report Trump saying on 60 Minutes he hates some enemies and cannot forgive them. The left stresses observers’ dismay, while the right uses a wry heaven-themed headline.
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Left-side headlines either quote Trump’s own words, as CBS does, or frame the remarks as bizarre and dismaying, as Raw Story does with its emphasis on observers’ reactions.
Trump: "I do hate some of my enemies, and I always will"
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The New York Post, the only right-side outlet supplied, leads with Trump’s quoted refusal to forgive and adds a wry heaven’s-gates twist, with no evaluation in the headline.
Trump says he ‘cannot’ forgive his enemies even if it means denial at Heaven’s gates
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Some observers were dismayed on Sunday night after President Donald Trump made a revealing claim during his interview on "60 Minutes." Trump sat down with CBS News correspondent…
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Dismay after Trump's bizarre claim about entering paradise: 'Utterly horrible'
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…"wouldn't be real" if he said he could forgive his opponents, calling them "extremely dishonest people."
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- Trump’s refusal to forgive enemies
- Reactions of observers and critics
- Trump’s comments about Comey and Pelosi
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- Trump’s half-joke at the Charlie Kirk memorial about his opponents
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Dismay after Trump's Sensational language“bizarre”The word adds a judgement about the remark beyond what the reported words show.More neutral: claimDisagree with this highlight? claim about entering paradise: 'Utterly horrible'
Some observers were dismayed on Sunday night after President Donald Trump made a Sensational language“revealing claim”Calling the remark revealing implies it exposed a hidden truth, which the reported words do not show.More neutral: statementDisagree with this highlight? during his interview on "60 Minutes." Trump sat down with CBS News correspondent Ross Douthat for a wide-ranging interview about the midterm results and what's next for the remainder …
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Trump: "I do hate some of my enemies, and I always will"
Mr. Trump said he "wouldn't be real" if he said he could forgive his opponents, calling them "Loaded modifier“extremely dishonest people”The phrase labels named people as dishonest without evidence given in the coverage, though it is Trump’s own attributed words.More neutral: people he described as dishonestThese are Donald Trump’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?."
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- Trump’s stated refusal to forgive enemies
- Trump’s hope to go to heaven
- Afterlife hypothetical posed by Douthat
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Trump says he ‘cannot’ forgive his enemies even if it means denial at Heaven’s gates
“I probably cannot [forgive them], no, because I do hate some of my enemies and I always will,” Trump said.
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