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Trump Sits for TIME Interview on Iran War, AI, Press Freedom

President discusses AI regulation, Iranian conflict, and White House press access ahead of midterm elections.

newest coverage 9d agosummary written 12d ago60 pieces3.2k likes & upvotes374 comments MastodonNewswiresXGoogle NewsRedditHacker News

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What to know

  • Trump defended his restriction of press access to the White House, distinguishing between the free press and what he calls 'fake news,' specifically naming CNN and MSNBC.
  • The President discussed AI as potentially transformative for medicine and business, with trillions of dollars in investment flowing to the U.S., while indicating the need for industry self-regulation.
  • The interview covered Trump's record during his second term including the Iran war, regulatory philosophy, and his expectations for the midterm elections.
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Trump's rhetorical style and coherence are problematic.

  • “Joe Biden was way more coherent than this even in the debate.”

    gtconway3 · Threads ↗

“This is a new one that is much different than people have ever seen before. But my attitude is, we're winning against the world by a lot, and I want to keep winning.”

Donald Trump, U.S. President · TIME interview transcript ↗ · Sep 27

Donald TrumpDonald Trump U.S. PresidentEric Cortellessa TIME Senior Political Correspondent

Trump Sits for TIME Interview on Iran War, AI, Press Freedom
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    TIME publishes full interview transcript and fact-check

    TIME released the complete transcript of Trump's interview, along with a fact-checking article examining his claims. The materials became available online and were circulated across social platforms.

    “Because I do respect the free press, but I don't respect fake news.”
    — Donald Trump, U.S. President · source
    1. 5 outlets Fact-Checking What Donald Trump Said in His Latest Interview With TIME

      first by Time, 12d ago · also CNN, Time Magazine, Washington Post, Axios

      5 more headlines

    • TIME’s new cover: Inside our 75-minute interview in the Oval Office: What Donald Trump has built.

      @TIMEX12d ago2.9k▲view on X ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 26 posts in this stretch
    • VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social

      For anyone that was paying attention, or knows the beginnings, this started a decade ago. https:// time.com/article/2026/10/01/do nald-trump-2026-interview-transcript/

      VeroniqueB99@mastodon.socialMastodon11d ago30▲view on Mastodon ↗

    • TIME published an article titled “Fact-Checking What Donald Trump Said in His Latest Interview With TIME.” It’s a very revealing piece showing just how blatantly the U.S. president lies about the election, inflation, the war, and his own popularity. To refute some of his claims,

      @DenShtiliermanX9d ago112▲view on X ↗
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  2. background

    Trump sits for exclusive TIME interview at White House — President Donald Trump met with TIME Senior Political Correspondent Eric Cortellessa and Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs at the White House for an extended interview lasting more than two hours. The conversation ranged across multiple policy domains including the Iran war, AI regulation, and press freedom.

Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet

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    first by Mastodon, 11d ago · also Slate

  2. 1 outlet In a Q&A, Trump discusses Dario Amodei's views differing greatly from “what is portrayed in the media”, meetings with AI leaders, “Super Intelligence”, and more

    first by Time, 12d ago

    1 more headline

and 2 smaller pieces

What people are saying 21 voices from 2 sites · best of 26 · verbatim