Old Video Of Barbara Walters Needling Trump Has Everyone Saying The Same Thing

The legendary journalist Barbara Walters was certainly a pioneer — in calling out Donald Trump’s BS.A resurfaced and edited video of a 1990 interview Walters conducted with the future president for ABC’s “20/20” has made its way to TikTok and seems to prove that a leopard never changes its spots.In the short clip on TikTok, Walters can be seen challenging Trump over his business acumen after the publication of his 1990 book, “Trump: Surviving at the Top.” The clip starts with Trump busting out a soundbite that, by this point, comes off as an oldie but a goodie.Advertisement “I hope the general public understands how inherently dishonest the press in this country is,” Trump says.“As a member of the press, let me try to clear up some of the things which you say are untrue,” Walters fires back, unbothered.Barbara Walters interviews Donald Trump on his aircraft in 1987.Donna Svennevik via Getty ImagesAdvertisement Walters then reads an excerpt from “Surviving at the Top.”My bankers and I worked out a terrific deal that allows me to come out stronger than ever.I see the deal as a great victory.She then stops reading and says to Trump directly:“Being on the verge of bankruptcy, being bailed out by the banks, skating on thin ice and almost drowning? That’s a businessman to be admired?”Trump, who had been trying to interrupt Walters while she was confronting him, attempts to deny her claims.Advertisement “You say ‘on the verge of bankruptcy,’ Barbara,” Trump begins.

“And you talk ‘on the verge,’ and you listen to what people are saying—”“I talked to your bankers,” Waters says.“Well, that’s fine.And what do they say? I mean, you know, depending on which banker you’re talking to—”“Several,” Walters shoots back.Walters interviews Trump again in 2015.Ida Mae Astute via Getty ImagesAdvertisement The clip then cuts to Walters telling Trump that his bankers had told her that the best way he c...