Trump's Sean Hannity interview wasn't journalism. It was a disgrace | Opinion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : On Wednesday night, Jan. 22, Donald Trump sat for his first official interview since becoming president again, with Fox News' Sean Hannity.
70% : Trump often seems to enjoy sparring with the media, but he likes nothing more than being lavished with praise.
61% : But for the most part, his contribution was to ask Trump questions that were framed to make him look good, an invitation that Trump was hardly going to pass up.
55% : Trump seems to be making more of them all of the time in media.
53% : Trump praised himself to the skies while Hannity noddedInstead, Trump praised himself to the skies; parts of his answers could have been lifted directly from one of his campaign rallies.
53% : He's talked about himself as something other than a journalist before, and he's certainly acted like it, appearing onstage with Trump at a 2018 rally.
48% : "I might have to do that," Trump said.
43% : Would Trump hold back federal aid to California if it continues to have sanctuary cities?
40% : They had already served three and a half years, Trump said, as if he were the arbiter of federal sentencing statutes.
36% : You wonder why Trump bothered to hire a White House press secretary when he's got such a faithful lapdog in Hannity at his disposal.
35% : "Most of the people were absolutely innocent," Trump said.To repeat: No, they weren't.
31% : "The only good thing they're good at, really, is cheating," Trump said.
28% : Trump never got that advice.
24% : Trump also said he'd like to see the states take action in disaster recovery, that all the Federal Emergency Management Agency does "is complicate everything.
22% : Yes, Trump said, incorrectly, that the 2020 election was stolen.
12% : "When Hannity asked about the TikTok ban Trump has temporarily lifted, Trump downplayed the threat of China using the app to spy.

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