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He said you were part of this gang of "stupid, crooked people that don't care about your country" Stupid? I can take that. Stiff? Yeah, probably. Don't care about the country? I've never worn the uniform. But I've been in combat for this country, in Afghanistan and Iraq, Kuwait. I've been shot at, spent nights in foxholes filling up with water in the desert. I'm not aware that the president of the United States has ever done any of those things for his country. Please correct me if I'm wrong. You become a journalist because you love the First Amendment. You become a journalist because you love the country. And while all the other descriptions that the president used about me might be applicable, not that one. [Tears up] There is no democracy without journalism. It can't be done. That is why I am a journalist. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magazine/scott-pelley-interview.html Accessed: 7 June 2026 at 2250 UTC

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He said you were part of this gang of "stupid, crooked people that don't care about your country" Stupid? I can take that. Stiff? Yeah, probably. Don't care about the country? I've never worn the uniform. But I've been in combat for this country, in Afghanistan and Iraq, Kuwait. I've been shot at, spent nights in foxholes filling up with water in the desert. I'm not aware that the president of the United States has ever done any of those things for his country. Please correct me if I'm wrong. You become a journalist because you love the First Amendment. You become a journalist because you love the country. And while all the other descriptions that the president used about me might be applicable, not that one. [Tears up] There is no democracy without journalism. It can't be done. That is why I am a journalist. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magazine/scott-pelley-interview.html Accessed: 7 June 2026 at 2250 UTC
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#Trump "called you a stiff... said you were part of (a) gang of 'stupid, crooked people that don't care about your country.'"
Pelley: ~"I've been shot at, spent nights in foxholes filling up with water in the desert. I'm not aware that the president of the #USA has ever done any of those things.... You become a journalist because you love the First Amendment (and country)... There is no democracy without journalism. It can't be done."
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#USpol #media #1A #FreePress
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