Hey I'm the president and not you, says Trump to TV interviewer

The back and forth between Donald Trump and Lesley Stahl, the veteran TV interviewer on CBS's 60 Minutes show, did not elicit any great revelations. No scoops, nothing really that we didn't know already. But one thing did emerge, and Lesley Stahl later acknowledged it when she was interviewed by another reporter about the programme. She said the last time she interviewed Trump was when he was president-elect and the sheer unbelievable fact that he had won the election and was heading for the White House seemed almost to have overwhelmed him. He - and the rest of the country - was in a state of shock. But now, nearly 21 months later, Trump was brimming with confidence. Nothing shook him. He enjoyed bantering with Stahl who never managed to knock him off course. At one point Trump said,"I'm the president, not you" and it seemed to give him enormous satisfaction to say those three words. Donald Trump I would say is loving being president of the United States despite probably the most intensive attacks against him and his leadership since the dark days of Richard Nixon. Nixon was always sombre and jowly and snarling. Trump was relaxed and having fun. He didn't mind any of Stahl's questions because she was just an interviewer although a "big one" as Trump acknowledged. But he was the president and nothing was going to make him look gloomy or startled or upset. It probably had something to do with the fact that he has had a pretty good few weeks in terms of political impact and he basks in the sunshine of personal achievements. He got his man onto the bench at the US Supreme Court, never mind the accusations of sexual assault against him when he was a teenager, he persuaded Canada at the last possible minute to sign a new tri-nation trade agreement with the US and Mexico, job statistics look better and better, and he reckons the Republicans are going to sweep the board at the November midterm elections. So, yes, it was all looking good for him when he appeared on 60 Minutes. As an extra boost to his ego, Stormy Daniels, the lady who claims she had an affair with Trump way back, lost her defamation case against the president. The judge said a nasty, very derogatory tweet by Trump was all about free speech. The irony of that was surely not lost on anyone.