Donald Trump’s campaign team defended his abrupt departure from an interview on Russia TV network RT Thursday night as a miscommunication.
The “Politicking” host Larry King had been asking Trump about his feelings toward Mexican immigrants when the Republican nominee never responded. The host terminated the call and refocused the show, but the reason for the disconnect remained unclear for a few hours.
A Trump spokeswoman told Bloomberg’s Kevin Cirilli that Trump had agreed to record “a short interview with Larry King for his podcast as a favor to Mr. King.” Trump had apparently been unaware the interview would be broadcast live on RT.
Trump campaign spokeswoman tells me that Trump “recorded a short interview with Larry King for his podcast as a favor to Mr. King.”
— Kevin Cirilli (@kevcirilli) September 9, 2016
The Trump official said King’s decision to use the broadcast for RT was not Trump’s decision and attempted to place distance between the candidate and Russia, after Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton claimed Wednesday the two were interconnected.
Trump campaign spokeswoman tells me that “what Larry King does with the interview content is up to him, we have nothing to do with it.”
— Kevin Cirilli (@kevcirilli) September 9, 2016
