"My dad always told me that the fastest way between two points is a straight line, the Breakfast Club co-host told Mediaite founding editor Colby Hall. If I were saying this on the radio, when I see you in person, I gotta have that same conversation with you, or I'm fake. That ethos has shaped the way he talks about President Donald Trump."
"The problem I have is when politicians use that language, but then don't act like that person is what you just told us that person was, he said. Never in the history of mankind has somebody worked with a fascist and it's worked That is exactly how fascism gets normalized. But all the while, Charlamagne continues to imagine how he would confront Trump directly."
"You can't call BS on yourself. He's unmoved by the idea that Trump has become insulated by friendly media. To Charlamagne, none of that changes the responsibility of journalists who actually get the opportunity to sit across from him. When Trump lashed out at Charlamagne after his August appearance on Lara Trump's Fox News show, labeling him racist for criticizing the administration in its first six months, he didn't just shrug it off, but almost relished the absurdity."
Charlamagne tha God insists on direct, consistent confrontation with power and replicates his on-air candor in face-to-face interactions. He says his guiding principle is to speak the same way in person as on the radio to avoid being 'fake.' That approach informs his coverage of President Donald Trump, highlighting discrepancies between rhetoric and behavior and opposing the normalization of labels like 'fascist' when actions are not treated accordingly. He expresses willingness to interview Trump directly and rehearses moments, including replaying remarks to call out contradictions. He viewed Trump's retaliation calling him racist as an absurd, almost gratifying, mischaracterization.
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