Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Christian conservative broadcaster Pat Robertson on Wednesday amid a cascade of revelations about Russian election meddling that have rocked the White House.
Trump has had next to nothing on his public schedule since he returned to the US last weekend from Germany. He heads back to Europe on a quick trip to France tonight.
It’s not clear what the president has been doing with his time each day, aside from his tweeting and the Christian Broadcasting Network interview.
A report in Politico Wednesday said he’d been fuming at the TV over the heat his son, Don Jr is taking. The Associated Press noted that many of the president’s tweets referenced the Fox News Channel.
Trump will participate in a joint news conference Thursday in France two hours after the interview airs.
‘The president will have the opportunity to address a wide range of issues from the Russia coverage and former FBI director James Comey to health care reform and presidential nominees,’ the Christian Broadcasting Network said on its website of the interview it was conducting.
The network tweeted pictures of Robertson interviewing Trump at the White House on Wednesday but said the interview would be air during Thursday’s showing of ‘The 700 Club,’ CBN’s flagship Christian-focused syndicated show.
The show, one of the longest-running programs in broadcast history, has served as an influential platform for the Christian conservative movement, an important part of Trump’s political base.
Robertson, 87, is a former Southern Baptist minister who founded the network and ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988.
He currently is the chancellor and CEO of Regent University.
Trump has laid low since last weekend. But his son Donald Trump Jr has found himself at the center of a swirling controversy this week over his 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer.
The younger Trump arranged the meeting, which was also attended by Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner and then campaign manager Paul Manafort, on the promise of getting dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
A chain of emails about the meeting released Tuesday by Donald Jr show he had been told the information being offered was ‘part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.’
‘If it’s what you say, I love it,’ the younger Trump responded in one of the emails.
Trump senior’s comments about the meeting, assuming he is asked by Robertson, will be his first on camera. So far, he has only tweeted support for his son.
He said Wednesday morning in a message that is almost certain to come up that his son was ‘open, transparent and innocent’ about the exchange.
‘This is the greatest Witch Hunt in political history. Sad!’ he added.
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