{"id":2595513,"date":"2026-04-27T07:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-clashes-with-60-minutes-odonnell-over-shooter-manifesto\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T07:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:08:28","slug":"trump-clashes-with-60-minutes-odonnell-over-shooter-manifesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-clashes-with-60-minutes-odonnell-over-shooter-manifesto\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump clashes with 60 Minutes O&#8217;Donnell over shooter manifesto"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-clashes-with-60-minutes-odonnell-over-shooter-manifesto%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2595513&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During his Sunday appearance on *60 Minutes*, President Donald Trump clashed with host Norah O\u2019Donnell after she read passages from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-nashville-christian-school-shooters-alleged-manifesto-released\/\" title=\"Nashville Christian School Shooter&#039;s Alleged Manifesto Revealed\">alleged manifesto<\/a> tied too correspondents\u2019 dinner shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen. O\u2019Donnell included lines accusing Trump of being a \u201cpedophile, rapist, and traitor,\u201d which promptly led Trump to denounce her as a \u201cdisgrace,\u201d deny the allegations, and argue such claims are unconnected to him. Trump also criticized the broadcast of the manifesto on-air, while O\u2019Donnell questioned whether the accusations were directed at him.<\/p>\n<p>Trump further disputed other allegations from the document, including claims about inadequate security at the Washington Hilton, and praised the Secret Service for quickly subduing and arresting the suspect. He said the dinner should be rescheduled with \u201cmore\u201d security and suggested the disruption questions security but dismissed claims that the venue\u2019s protection was insufficient.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s <em>60 Minutes<\/em> appearance on Sunday night got heated after host Norah O\u2019Donnell read from an alleged manifesto of the suspected <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\">White House<\/a> correspondents\u2019 dinner shooter.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell read to Trump parts of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4543635\/correspondents-dinner-shooter-manifesto-trump\/\">manifesto<\/a> that the suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, allegedly wrote before the shooting. One of the lines she read accused Trump of being a \u201cpedophile, rapist, and traitor.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4543819\/trump-60-minutes-shooter-manifesto-allegations\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump clashes with 60 Minutes host over shooter manifesto allegations<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4543512\/terror-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Inside the room: Terror at the White House correspondents\u2019 dinner<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4543412\/trump-strikes-defiant-tone-after-another-shooting-i-cant-be-concerned\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump strikes defiant tone after another shooting: \u2018I can\u2019t be concerned\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell\u2019s recitation prompted an immediate rebuke from Trump, who called her a \u201cdisgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cI was waiting for you to read that because I knew you would because you\u2019re horrible people,\u201d the president said. \u201cYeah, he did write that. I\u2019m not a rapist. I didn\u2019t rape anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell briefly interjected, saying, \u201cOh, do you think he was referring to you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump then continued to deny those claims, rehashing his denial of having anything to do with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not a pedophile,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cYou read that crap from some sick person? I got associated with old stuff that has nothing to do with me. I was totally exonerated. Your friends on the other side of the plate are the ones that were involved with, let\u2019s say Epstein or other things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further castigated O\u2019Donnell for reading the line on-air, saying she should be \u201cashamed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t be reading that on <em>60 Minutes<\/em>,\u201d Trump said. \u201cYou\u2019re a disgrace. But go ahead. Let\u2019s finish the interview.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The interview featured O\u2019Donnell reading at least one other line from the manifesto, specifically the claim that security at the Washington Hilton was inadequate. Allen allegedly wrote that \u201cthe level of incompetence is insane\u201d and that he could have walked in with a machine gun and \u201cno one would have noticed s***.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump dismissed the claim, calling the suspect \u201cincompetent\u201d and praising Secret Service\u2019s work subduing and arresting him in the lobby of the hotel.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4543805\/doj-national-trust-ballroom-lawsuit\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4543805\/doj-national-trust-ballroom-lawsuit\/\">DOJ CALLS ON NATIONAL TRUST TO DROP LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP BALLROOM AFTER DINNER SHOOTING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell he was pretty incompetent too because he got caught and he got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-clashes-with-60-minutes-host-over-shooter-manifesto\/\" title=\"... clashes with 60 Minutes host over shooter manifesto\">caught pretty easily<\/a>. So I\u2019d say he was pretty incompetent too,\u201d he said. \u201cI could take any event having to do with security or anything else and I could always find fault. Those guys did a good job last night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump also said in the interview that the dinner must be rescheduled, saying it\u2019s \u201cvery important\u201d that it is held again and vowing \u201cmore\u201d security than before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s 60 Minutes clash: Norah O\u2019Donnell reads manifesto accusing him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2595514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/trump-60-minutes-host-manifesto.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[42153,6750,78633,3634,32515],"class_list":["post-2595513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-60-minutes","tag-odonnell","tag-shooter-manifesto","tag-trump","tag-us-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/trump-60-minutes-host-manifesto.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595513"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595517,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595513\/revisions\/2595517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2595514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2595513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2595513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}