CNN anchor Anderson Cooper (Photo: AP)
November 8, 2020
Anderson Cooper apologises for calling Trump an “obese turtle”
Anderson Cooper has apologised for calling
President Donald Trump an “obese turtle” last week.
Cooper, who is an anchor on CNN, yesterday said
he was disappointed with himself for the comparison made on air following a White
House address by Trump in which he spouted many inaccurate statements about
voter fraud regarding the US elections.
He said, “That
is the president of the United States. That is the most powerful person in the
world. And we see him like an obese turtle on his back flailing in the hot sun,
realising his time is over.”
The
apology came during an interview with a former Democratic presidential
candidate Andrew Yang, who referenced the incident to which Cooper replied, “It
was in the heat of the moment, and I regret it.”
