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Trump Goes Nuclear on Norah O'Donnell After She Reads Vile Words From the WHCA Shooter's Manifesto

Dmitri Bolt
Dmitri Bolt  |  April 27, 2026 1:00 PM

President Trump went nuclear on CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell after she read from the manifesto of the man who attempted to shoot up the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, in which he described the president as a “pedophile, rapist, and traitor.” 

The president blasted O’Donnell for reading the description of a “sick person” during their 60 Minutes interview, as she attempted to deflect.

"The so-called manifesto is a stunning thing to read, Mr. President. He appears to reference a motive in it. He writes this quote, 'administration officials, they are targets,'" O'Donnell said. "And he also wrote this: 'I'm no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.' What's your reaction?"

"Well, I was waiting for you to read that because I knew you would, because you're horrible people, horrible people," the president replied. "Yeah, he did write that. I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody."

"Oh, you think he was referring to you?" O'Donnell asked.

"Excuse me. I'm not a pedophile. You read that crap from some sick person. I got associated with stuff that has nothing to do with me," President Trump said. "I was totally exonerated. Your friends on the other side of the plate are the ones that were involved with, let's say, Epstein or other things. But I said to myself, you know, I'll do this interview, and they'll probably read the manifesto."

"You know, he's a sick person," Trump added. "But you should be ashamed of yourself, reading that because I'm not any of those things."

"Mr. President, these are the government's words," O'Donnell said.

"Excuse me. You shouldn't be reading that in 60 minutes," President Trump said. "You're a disgrace. But go ahead. Let's finish the interview."

This comes just days after Cole Allen, a part-time teacher from California, attempted to assassinate top Trump administration officials at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.