Former President Donald Trump appeared on CNN Wednesday night for a Republican Presidential Town Hall event from New Hampshire.
The 90-minute forum featured Donald Trump taking questions from the moderator, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, as well as questions from a live audience. The event took place on the grounds of St. Anselm College in Manchester.
The town hall will air live on CNN and other various CNN streaming platforms and will be available free of charge to stream for viewers without a cable or satellite subscription. Here are all the details on the Trump town hall as well as the start time, live stream link, and how to watch.
CNN Town Hall With Donald Trump
When: Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Time: 8 pm ET
Where: Saint Anselm College
Full Video: Watch Below
Full Video – CNN Trump Town Hall
Here is the full video of the CNN Trump Presidential Town Hall from Wednesday, May 10, 2023.
According to CNN:
The town hall will stream live without requiring a cable log-in, on CNN.com’s homepage and across mobile devices via CNN’s apps for iOS and Android, on CNN OTT and mobile apps under “TV Channels,” or CNNgo where available. The town hall will also be available On Demand beginning Thursday, May 11, to pay TV subscribers via CNN.com, the CNN OTT app, and Cable Operator Platforms.
Why did Trump choose CNN? The two parties have been in talks for weeks and there is clearly a desire by Trump to take a dig at Fox News for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is kicking them while they’re down after they fired their top primetime host, per Politico:
But the decision to participate in the town hall is also an implicit rebuke of Fox News. While Trump had long been close with the conservative-leaning network, he has complained of late that the organization has turned against him. Those close to the former president privately contend that Fox News — and other outlets owned by Rupert Murdoch — have been favorable toward DeSantis.
In mid-April, the Republican National Committee announced that Fox would host the first debate. Shortly after that, Trump announced on his social media platform that he had not given his “approval” for it and suggested he would not participate in a forum hosted by “angry, TRUMP & MAGA hating anchors.”
If Fox News is leaning toward friendly DeSantis coverage, Trump will do what he does best: take the eyeballs elsewhere. He hasn’t appeared on CNN since the 2016 campaign, a throwback to a time when all his rallies were aired constantly on pretty much every cable news channel. It was estimated that Trump received upward of $5 billion in free media simply from the endless wall-to-wall coverage.
Starting 2024, the stage is different but agreeing to sit down with CNN is moving the ball forward and will broaden Trump’s audience.
The criticism has come from both sides. There are plenty of Trump supporters who think walking into CNN is needlessly walking into the lion’s den, and that may end up being true. On the other side, CNN has come under fire for appearing to legitimize Trump’s 2024 campaign amid all the reasons progressives and NeverTrump Republicans hate Donald Trump.
The Town Hall kicks off promptly at 8 pm ET and will be carried live across all CNN platforms.
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