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00:00President Trump sat down with CBS News' Nora O'Donnell for a highly anticipated interview

00:05on 60 Minutes, which marked his first with CBS News since suing the network's parent company.

00:12These are the top three tense moments.

00:15Number three, talking over each other.

00:17At the beginning of the aired portion of the sit-down, O'Donnell asked Trump about his

00:21handling of the government shutdown, which led to this taught back and forth in which

00:25the two wouldn't let the other speak.

00:27You have helped end these government shutdowns in the past when they came about.

00:31And you did it by bringing members of Congress to the White House.

00:35I'm not going to do it by extortion.

00:37I'm not going to do it by being extorted by the Democrats who have lost their way.

00:41There's something wrong with these people.

00:43So then what happens on November 15th when the troops don't get a paycheck?

00:46Schumer is a basket case and he has nothing to lose.

00:50Number two, awkward moment.

00:52In another tense moment, which the network put up in an extended YouTube cut of the interview,

00:57Trump took over the role of questioner when it came to the topic of crime in D.C.

01:02Pushing O'Donnell to admit the city had become safer as a result of his policy.

01:06Do you see a difference?

01:08In Washington, D.C.?

01:09Yes.

01:09I think I've been working too hard.

01:11I haven't been out and about that much.

01:12Oh, that's not a fair answer.

01:13You see a difference.

01:13I get in my car and go to work and I go home.

01:16You don't have to use that one.

01:17Don't worry.

01:18Don't worry.

01:18I don't want to embarrass you.

01:19I've been hurt.

01:19Number one, viral clip.

01:22And in a contentious back and forth that went viral, O'Donnell pushed Trump about his

01:26controversial pardoning of Changpeng Zhao, to which he denied knowing anything about the

01:32Binance founder.

01:33Why did you pardon him?

01:35Okay, are you ready?

01:35I don't know who he is.

01:37I know he got a four-month sentence or something like that, and I heard it was a Biden witch

01:42hunt.

01:42How do you address the appearance of pay for play?

01:45Well, here's the thing.

01:46I know nothing about it because I'm too busy doing the other.

01:49But he got a pardon?

01:50I know nothing about the guy other than I hear he was a victim of weaponization by government.

01:56When you say the government, you're talking about the Biden government.

01:59The interview came a little over a year after the show's infamous interview with presidential

02:04hopeful Kamala Harris, which led to Trump suing over their edit, and Paramount Global

02:09and CBS settling with the president for over $16 million.

02:13Trump addressed the payout during his 60 Minutes interview on Sunday, in which he praised

02:18the network for bringing on Barry Weiss as their new editor-in-chief.

02:22Actually, 60 Minutes paid me a lot of money, and you don't have to put this on because

02:26I don't want to embarrass you, and I'm sure you're not, he said, before he continued.

02:32I think you have a great new leader, frankly, because the young woman that's leading your

02:35whole enterprise is great from what I know, he continued.

02:40You can't have fake news.

02:42You've got to have legit news, and I think that's what's happening, he said.

02:4660 Minutes approached the Trump interview drastically different from the Harris interview,

02:51airing about a third of it during the broadcast and posting the majority of the rest of it on

02:55YouTube for transparency.

02:57There was a small amount of the interview that only was released via transcript, though,

03:01and one section in particular seemingly could have been the most contentious and tense part

03:05of the entire interview.

03:07According to the transcript, the moment came at the very end of the interview, when O'Donnell

03:11asked if there was a time for two more questions, and continued to push Trump on his pardoning

03:16of the Binance founder.

03:18Here's what the part of the transcript read.

03:20But, Nora O'Donnell, so not concerned about the appearance of corruption with this?

03:25President Donald Trump, I can't say because, I can't say, I'm not concerned, I don't,

03:31I'd rather not have you ask the question.

03:34But I let you ask it.

03:36You just came to me and said, can I ask another question?

03:38And I said, yeah, this is the question.

03:41Nora O'Donnell, and you answered.

03:43President Donald Trump, I don't mind.

03:45Did I let you do it?

03:46I could have walked away.

03:48I didn't have to answer this question.

03:50I'm proud to answer the question.

03:51You know why?

03:52I've taken crypto.

03:54Nora O'Donnell.

03:55But just generally speak.

03:57President Donald Trump.

03:59Excuse me, we're number one in crypto in the whole world.

04:02Other people want to be.

04:04They're fighting like hell to be.

04:06But we're number one in crypto because I'm the president.

04:09Biden wanted to also at the very end, you know.

04:11He totally switched his thing.

04:13You know, Biden was totally in favor of crypto at the end.

04:17Do you know that many people were indicted under Biden for crypto at the very end before the election were let go?

04:23You know why?

04:24He wanted the vote.

04:26We are number one in crypto.

04:27And that's the only thing I care about.

04:29I don't want China or anybody else to take it away.

04:32It's a massive industry.

04:33Nora O'Donnell.

04:35Mr. President, thank you.

04:36President Donald Trump.

04:37Thank you very much.

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