Politics

Trump Calls for ‘60 Minutes’ and CBS to Be ‘Terminated’

BEAT THE PRESS

A right-wing conspiracy theory falsely claimed media outlets took millions from USAID this week, and President Donald Trump tried to shoehorn CBS into the baseless narrative.

Sean Craig
Sean Craig
Donald Trump, CBS illustration
Illustration by Eric Faison/The Daily Beast/Getty Images/CBS
Sean Craig

Sean Craig

sean.craig@thedailybeast.com

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.

Trending Now
PoliticsTrump-Hating Podcast Rockets Past Rogan With Nearly Double the Downloads
Nandika Chatterjee
Politics‘Don’t Tell Melania’: Trump Once Offered Rising MAGA Star His Bed
Erkki Forster
PoliticsStephen Miller Loses His Cool on Fox News: ‘Absolute Moron’
Erkki Forster
politicsTrump Starts Tire Fire in Swing State Over MAGA Boycott Tweet
Sam Brodey,
Hunter Woodall
U.S. NewsTesla Stock Has Tanked So Much That It’s No Longer Musk’s Biggest Asset
Leigh Kimmins