imploded just as president trump s poll numbers continuet f to rise. now wero havundse a lot of groud to cover. sohere let s get right to it. here is part one of my interview with the former president . mr. president , great you r you. ak you very much. thank you for doing this. y ouas reported. as you know, you re facing a lot legal challenges. in your opinion, does thisu h helpur you or hurt you in terms of your chances to win in twenty , twenty four ?ws well, if you med listen to thei newsth media, it helps because they re all saying it s a scam. even even people that don t like me are saying this is a terrible thing to do fortr our country. y. i don t know whether it helps or hurts. i can tell youinopin, inio my oc it s a new wayti of cheating i on elections. it s called election interference. nterference. hewhat they re doing is ifbo they can t win at the ballot box because i m leading everybody by a lot in the polls for every republican , frankly, and ever
protect the nation and the public interest? both men have now served as president, so their actual records can be assessed. for all the understandable focus on trump s legal problems and controversies and rhetoric, it was his substantive handling of the covid panic that dragged him down in the eyes of many americans who concluded he failed that task when faced with that all-important leadership test. as for trump, he said at the time he did not see the emergency as his test of a lifetime. was there a moment in all of this last two months where you said to yourself, ah, this is the leadership test of a lifetime? no. no, and no hesitation. now, that is a small part of one of trump s news worthy interviews with legendary journalist bob woodward who secured more time with president trump than any other writer. 20 interviews across that stretch. trump sometimes making the calls. somethinge apparently now regrets. the former president is suing woodward, we should note, over p