CNN has not been kind to Donald Trump. He expects that from a liberal news station, but he also does not want to let them off scot free. In fact, Trump is now demanding that CNN pay $5 million, which will be donated to 'Wounded Warriors of the vets', or he will not participate in the next presidential debate (which is hosted by CNN).
Not only does Trump believe that the network should pay him for being unkind to him in the press, but he feels that he is worth it. He sees it kind of like and investment since the last time he was in one of their debates it was huge. According to Trump, “CNN had 23 million people. It was the biggest show in the history of CNN."
Trump has not been a favorite of CNN, their reporters, or anchors. He felt that they were particularly nasty with their coverage of his Monday meeting with a large group of African American ministers.
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I’m smarter than they are.”
While Trump also said that he did not want to call out anybody specifically, he then targeted Karl Rove of whom he said, " He spends hundreds of millions of dollars on campaigns, he wins nothing. There are some people that are losers.”
Trump said that he believes CNN needs him way more than he needs them. "There's only one way to get to the top and it's all through Trump, let's face it."
The deadline is coming up since the debate is Dec 15 in Las Vegas, but CNN has yet to make an official comment. It is unknown if Trump will go through with the threat if CNN does not meet his demands. If he does back down, that does not bode well for the free world should he become President of the United States.