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Shorty: A Side of President Donald Trump the Cameras Rarely Catch | Greta Wire
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7:50Now PlayingThis episode is a personal reflection on Donald Trump built around a story from Greta’s years covering him long before his presidency. After interviewing Trump again, she revisits the case of Sergeant Andrew Tahmooressi, a veteran with PTSD who mistakenly crossed into Mexico with legal firearms in his car and ended up jailed there.
Greta explains how she pursued the story, retraced the route herself, realized how easily the wrong turn could happen, and spent months trying to help secure his release while feeling frustrated that the Obama administration did not step in more forcefully.
The heart of the episode is what happened after Tahmooressi was finally released. Greta recounts getting an unexpected call from Trump, who asked about the veteran and then quietly sent a personal $25,000 check to help him get back on his feet. She uses that moment to make a broader point about public figures: whatever people think of them politically, there are private acts of generosity and character that the public often never sees.
The result is less a political interview recap than a revealing, firsthand portrait of Trump through one specific act that, in her view, showed a side of him rarely reflected in the usual coverage.
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