Trump lashes out at ABC News George Stephanopoulos ahead of Biden’s make-or-break interview

Donald Trump has branded the ABC News host George Stephanopoulos as the “meanest” and “most vicious” interviewer in a Truth Social tirade ahead of Joe Biden’s make-or-break interview on Friday evening.

The president is due to sit down with the news anchor in Madison, Wisconsin, with the pre-recorded interview being broadcast in full at 8pm ET as a prime-time special, with a preview teased on World News Tonight at 6.30pm.

The full interview was initially meant to be aired on This Week on Sunday evening before ABC News pushed forward the program as pressure mounts for Biden to prove he’s fit for office.

The high-stakes interview is predicted to be the president’s last-ditch attempt to claw back support with both his divided Democrat camp – three of whom have called for him to stand aside – and the public following last week’s debate disaster against Donald Trump.

Less than 24 hours before Biden’s interview, the former Republican president placed ABC and Stephanopoulos in his cross hairs in an attempt to seemingly discredit the broadcaster and its star anchor.

“The meanest and most vicious Interviewer out there is George Slopadopoulos of FAKE NEWS ABC, one of the worst and most vile Broadcasters in the business,” he wrote on his social media platform Truth Social on Thursday evening.

Trump is embroiled in a legal battle with the news outlet after filing a defamation lawsuit against ABC News and Stephanopoulos in May over an interview in which the host referred to the sexual assault of E Jean Carroll as “rape.”

“Now ABC, and Liddle’ George, a tiny, angry man, can make up for their past indiscretions and journalistic failures by doing a real interview with Crooked Joe, not a cut up promotion with only his few coherent