Trump's CNN Town Hall Controversy: A Preview of What's to Come

Former US President Donald Trump shared a manipulated video of Anderson Cooper's reaction to CNN's town hall with him, using old clips to make it look like the anchor was talking about Joe Biden. The video posted to Truth Social on Saturday begins with the monologue Cooper gave on Thursday addressing outrage over the event with Mr Trump before shifting to footage of a town hall that the CNN host held with Mr Biden in October 2021. The town hall on Wednesday featured Mr Trump in a loosely-moderated discussion with CNN host Kaitlan Collins, during which he made numerous false statements, advanced conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, and promised to pardon Capitol rioters charged with crimes for their participation in the insurrection attempt two years ago.