‘Far worse things can happen’: Donald Trump hits out at Paramount for CBS’s 60 Minutes Marjorie Taylor Greene interview, demands apology
FCC approved the Paramount Global-Skydance Media merger in July 2025, shortly after Paramount settled a defamation lawsuit with Donald Trump for $16 million.
US President Donald Trump speaks on the red carpet before the 48th Kennedy Center Honors, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
“My real problem with the show, however, wasn’t the low IQ traitor, it was that the new ownership of 60 Minutes, Paramount, would allow a show like this to air,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk the red carpet for the 48th Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
Paramount Skydance merger
Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, completed its merger with Skydance Media in August 2025 to create Paramount Skydance, making the new entity one of the largest entertainment conglomerates in the world.
The FCC approved the Paramount Global-Skydance Media merger in July 2025, shortly after Paramount settled a defamation lawsuit with Donald Trump for $16 million over the editing of a 2024 60 Minutes interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
In his Truth Social post, Trump said that the new owners are no better than the previous ones.
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“Since they bought it, 60 Minutes has actually gotten WORSE! Oh well, far worse things can happen,” he said.
President Donald Trump speaks at a Kennedy Center Honors reception for recipients Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, Kiss, Gloria Gaynor and Michael Crawford at the State Department, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
On Sunday, CBS News aired Stahl’s interview with Greene, the Congresswoman from Georgia, who recently broke ranks with Trump and has emerged as one of the US’s president’s fiercest critics.
In her 60 Minutes interview, Greene, who described herself as ‘America First,’ said Trump had betrayed his ‘America first’ promises.
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She also alleged that Republican Congressmen were terrified to step out of line with Trump and get a nasty Truth Social post on them.
Trump goes after Marjorie Taylor Greene
Trump, who has repeatedly called the Georgia representative Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene ever since their fallout, described her as ‘Traitor Brown in his latest post.
“Green turns Brown under stress!,” Trump said.
“She sort of reminds me of a Rotten Apple! Marjorie is not AMERICA FIRST or MAGA, because nobody could have changed her views so fast, and her new views are those of a very dumb person,” Trump said further.
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US President Donald Trump speaks on the red carpet before the 48th Kennedy Center Honors, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) 
