Except that, well, it may not have exactly happened that way.
Yes, Trump and Morgan got into it over the 2020 election, with the former President calling Morgan a “fool” if he believed the election was free and fair. (Worth noting: There is zero proof of widespread election fraud in the last presidential election.)
It’s hard to describe what a favor Morgan did for Trump here with the edited clip.
Remember that maybe the most consistent strain of Trumpism over the years has been his assertion that the news is a) fake and b) out to get him (and his supporters).
That’s, of course, a ridiculous assertion. But, occasionally a member of the media — and I am stretching the definition of “member of the media” to include Morgan — does something colossally stupid that gives Trump just the ammo he needs to continue to make the case that the media is out to get him.
“Piers Morgan, like the rest of the Fake News Media, attempted to unlawfully and deceptively edit his long and tedious interview with me,” said Trump, adding: “It just shows, however, what I have to deal with in the Fake News Media. He went out of his way to deceptively edit an interview and got caught. That is a big story, isn’t it?”
Remember too that Trump thrives on confrontation and buzz. The goal, always, is to be relevant, to be part of the conversation. And, ideally, to have some sort of grievance by which he can portray himself as the victim of some sort of grand conspiracy.
Morgan gives Trump all of those things — in a 30-second edited video clip.