Scott Pelley Responds to Trump’s Comments on His Firing

President Trump reacted to your being fired.

Did he?

He went on a podcast and called you a stiff.

I'm surprised that the President of the United States would bother to notice, but OK.Please tell me. I'm not aware of this.

He also said you were part of this gang of stupid, crooked people that don't care about your country.

Stupid, I can take that.Stiff, yeah, probably.Don't care about the country.I've never worn the uniform, but I've been in combat for this country in Afghanistan and Iraq, Kuwait, been shot at, spent nights in foxholes filling up with water in the desert.I'm not aware that the President of the United States has ever done any of those things for his country.Please correct me if I'm wrong.

You become a journalist because you love the First Amendment.You become a journalist because you love the country.And while all the other descriptions that the president used about me might be applicable, there is no democracy without journalism.It can't be done.And that is why I am a journalist.