In an extended 60 Minutes interview, President Trump dismissed White House Correspondents’ Dinner attack conspiracy theories, saying people spreading them are “more sick than they are con people.”
Transcript excerpt:
– I hesitate to ask you about this, but as you know, these conspiracy theories out there on the left and the right that the event was staged or that it didn’t happen.
– What, that last night didn’t happen?
– Yeah, that it was—because it was your first time there or that butler didn’t happen. These conspiracy theories that are gaining traction on the internet.
– October 7 didn’t happen. And World War II didn’t happen. And the Holocaust didn’t happen. And many things didn’t happen. Yeah, no, I hear it. I don’t know. I think they’re more sick than they are con people, but there’s a lot of con in it, too.
– I haven’t heard that last night didn’t happen. What usually it takes a little bit longer, usually, they wait about two or three months to start saying that.