Former President Donald Trump's most underrated quality is that he is a “best listener,” Breitbart News Washington bureau chief Matthew Boyle said in an extensive interview with Steve Bannon. In a recent interview, he spoke about his and editor-in-chief Alex Marlowe's recent interview with the former president. It delves into the history of key Republican influencers and Boyle himself.
Bannon began the interview by pointing out that Boyle is probably the “only living person who received direct mentorship” from Tucker Carlson, Andrew Breitbart and Bannon.
“I think that's true,” said Mr. Boyle, explaining that he first worked at the Daily Caller under Mr. Carlson's tutelage after college.
“Around that time, I got to know Andrew Breitbart really well and worked on a lot of different stories with him. I didn't actually work for Breitbart until after Andrew passed away. And of course, after that happened, you were our executive chairman, and after the 2012 election, you convinced me to come and work at Breitbart.'' said Boyle, who has worked at Breitbart for more than 11 years.
During the interview, Mr. Boyle talked about his and Mr. Marlowe's recent two-hour interview with President Trump, and a number of other takeaways continued from that exclusive sit-down. He briefly explained how he was preparing for a wide-ranging interview with Trump, saying he was “gaining input not only from people who work here at Breitbart, but also from people involved in this movement.” “We will also seek opinions from other media outlets and, as you know, various politicians.” ,Such. ”
“And I'll try to compile a list of the best ones. I don't write out the questions in advance. All I do is grab a notepad and type, it's basically chicken scratch of topics, right? I'm going to type in something like a bullet point, you know, I want to cover this topic, I want to cover this topic, and then at the top are the main topics that I really want to discuss with them.'' he said, offering an example of how his conversations with Trump uniquely flow.
[The] We were talking about the international populace, right? I went a little off track about Javier Millay, but he mentioned how Millay called him on the night of the Argentine election and thanked him even though they had never spoken before. spoke. And he said, “Why do you thank me?” And he said Milley thanked him because he said he won because of Trump's policies. So Trump turned to one of his aides in the room and said, “Can you send me a bunch of MAGA hats?” The joke is that we're going to make Argentina great again, just like we're going to make America great again. . MAGA works for both. But the important thing is that you then start following up again. got it. But Mr. President, you know, just like we had Brexit going into 2016 and we had other international populist victories, this time it seems like it's on a bigger scale, right? There were signs that conservative populists could win in Portugal next year, in the European Parliament elections, and in Austria later this year, and then he started talking about how it was a big movement. You can follow that up in a way that you can't do in a broadcast interview, right?
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Another good example is how they conducted the Jack Smith interview, right? He has things to say about Jack Smith and immunity and all that. But with the battle unfolding between Trump and Smith this year, the real question I was trying to tell him about it is, “Who's going to win,” right? Like who won the war. And it took a few questions to get to that headline… where Trump says he thinks Smith is losing.
Boyle, one of the reporters and celebrities who has interviewed Trump the most over the years, also emphasized that Trump is an excellent listener, one of the former president's most underrated traits. He said it was one.
“When you're interviewing Mr. Trump and it's not on camera, it's really a two-way street conversation. You're asking him questions. He's asking questions back to you. That's President Trump. I think that's one of the most underappreciated qualities of him, that people don't understand and the media doesn't convey that. I think he's the best listener in American politics. '' Boyle said.
“I always tell people, I've interviewed governors, senators, world leaders, told international stories. I've done a lot of stories over the years. “I've interviewed too many people, presidents, vice presidents, cabinet members, and it's not fun. I've never had a question returned to me by an interviewer, except for Mr. Trump,” he said. Ta. “And President Trump, unless it's something like a broadcast interview, he does that to everyone he talks to.”
“When he brought up blue states during our conversation, it was like an aside. And when he did it, it wasn't on the list on the notepad in front of me. But I'm like, “Okay, wait, you're saying you're going to play hard for state?'' What does that mean? right? For example, what are you planning to do? “At that time, he said he was probably going to rent Madison Square Garden and hold a rally there,” Boyle said.
“Then we talk a little bit about New York, and he explains how the left actually destroyed New York, right?” he said, explaining the flow of his conversation with Trump. .
Toward the end of the interview, Boyle also mentioned his efforts to run for the Florida House. He said that while many people were trying to scout him, he decided not to pursue it this year.
“The reason is because we have a presidential election in front of us and there are very few people around the media who are willing to tell us the truth. And President Trump is trying to make as many of us willing to fight that fight here every day as possible.” “We need a lot,” he said, stressing, “That doesn't mean I will.” [don’t] Perhaps we would like to do that in the future. ”
“So, we'll see. But for now, I think I'm needed where I am. This movement has a strong commitment to telling the truth and supporting young people here at Breitbart leading up to this important election.” We need to focus on guiding our reporters,” Boyle added.
Watch the full interview below.
