The Trish Regan Show - BREAKING: CBS FOLDS! Reportedly BEGS Trump to Settle in $20 Bil Lawsuit--Makes Massive Offer
Aired: 2025-06-06
Duration: 07:43


=== CBS Begging Trump To Settle (06:16) ===

[00:00:00]  CBS News, ladies and gentlemen, totally folding.
[00:00:03]  They're like begging Trump to settle this case.
[00:00:07]  Paramount is the parent company of CBS News, which runs 60 minutes.
[00:00:13]  And the parent company would like to get some kind of deal done because you see, Donald Trump is suing them for $20 billion.
[00:00:22]  That's with a B, billion dollars.
[00:00:25]  The company's only worth eight, right?
[00:00:27]  So like he's going to put them out of business if he can.
[00:00:30]  And so Sherry Redstone. who's in charge of Paramount is looking at CBS saying, why, why, why do I have these headaches?
[00:00:37]  She just wants to do her Skydance merger deal.
[00:00:39]  Here's reality, okay?
[00:00:40]  Like for whatever reason, you have a bunch of reporters out there that really probably should be working for ABC News because maybe Bob Iger would put up with this a little bit better than Sherry Redstone.
[00:00:50]  And they're idealists and they want to say, okay, you know, this is the way it's going to be.
[00:00:54]  This is the way it's going to be.
[00:00:56]  And we're going to resign.
[00:00:57]  We're going to have a temper tantrum.
[00:00:58]  We're going to get on television on 60 Minutes and say this, that, and the other.
[00:01:02]  We're going to go give speeches at graduations and say this, that, and the other, all anti-Trump because they hate Trump so much.
[00:01:09]  And they're furious that their company is sitting there saying, well, you know, we got to keep the lights on.
[00:01:14]  And the reality is if we don't settle this lawsuit, which Donald Trump has every right to sue on, I mean, you think about it's not fair, right?
[00:01:23]  You can't just like, you can't libel someone the way that, say, ABC libeled him, George Stephanopoulos.
[00:01:33]  That's why there was a $16 million payment.
[00:01:36]  And so now CBS is like, okay, please take a deal.
[00:01:38]  We'll offer you 15 million for your library.
[00:01:42]  Please take this.
[00:01:42]  Please take this.
[00:01:44]  And what does Donald Trump say?
[00:01:46]  Nope.
[00:01:48]  He doesn't want it.
[00:01:49]  He's holding out for more.
[00:01:50]  Good for him, right?
[00:01:52]  He deserves more, given what they did.
[00:01:55]  Given what they did, ladies and gentlemen, remember on 60 Minutes?
[00:01:59]  He's like, wow, you guys actually tried to throw the election with this one.
[00:02:02]  The woman couldn't talk.
[00:02:04]  She tried to talk about Israel and she got into one of those word salad.
[00:02:10]  Escapades again.
[00:02:11]  And so you guys edited it and cleaned it up for her?
[00:02:14]  Why?
[00:02:15]  But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening.
[00:02:20]  Well, Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by or a result of many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region.
[00:02:41]  But it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening.
[00:02:46]  We are not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.
[00:02:54]  Woo, what a good massive difference an editor can make, right?
[00:02:59]  You know, they cleaned her up pretty good and made her more palatable for the American people.
[00:03:08]  And that's what Donald Trump has a problem with.
[00:03:11]  And so, again, that is why he sued for $20 billion.
[00:03:14]  And Sherry Redstone is begging, let's just get this over with.
[00:03:18]  Let's put it behind us.
[00:03:20]  Can we give you 15 mil?
[00:03:21]  And he says no.
[00:03:24]  Meanwhile, you get all kinds of things going down at CBS.
[00:03:27]  You've got the guy who ran 60 Minutes, who was Scott Pelly's producer for many years, leaving because he didn't want to apologize to Donald Trump over that editing snafu.
[00:03:39]  You've got the president of CBS News, Wendy McMahon.
[00:03:43]  She's leaving because she allegedly did not want to apologize for what went down.
[00:03:50]  And then you got Pelly out there who got a gig for a pretty penny, I'm sure.
[00:03:54]  Maybe not that pretty because he's not that famous at Wake Forest University to give a graduation speech.
[00:04:00]  And what did he do?
[00:04:01]  He used it as an opportunity.
[00:04:04]  To rip the president.
[00:04:06]  Yeah.
[00:04:08]  People are making fun of him for it.
[00:04:10]  Lots of fun of him for it.
[00:04:11]  Here it is.
[00:04:13]  What is the meaning of life?
[00:04:16]  What is the meaning of life?
[00:04:17]  Who are you?
[00:04:20]  You are the educated.
[00:04:23]  You are the compassionate.
[00:04:25]  You are the fierce defenders of democracy, the seekers of truth, the vanguard against ignorance.
[00:04:32]  You are millions strong across our land.
[00:04:37]  I might be sorry that you were picked by history for this role, but maybe that was the plan.
[00:04:46]  Hard times are going to make you better and going to make you stronger.
[00:04:52]  In a few minutes, when that diploma hits your hand, it's not a piece of paper we're giving you.
[00:05:00]  We're handing you the baton.
[00:05:03]  Run with it.
[00:05:20]  I'm here.
[00:05:20]  Oh, I know why you're there.
[00:05:22]  I know why you're there.
[00:05:24]  You're there because you're getting a speaking fee.
[00:05:26]  I mean, let's be honest.
[00:05:29]  I'm here today because I'm 50 years farther down the trail than you are.
[00:05:35]  And I have doubled back this morning to tell you the one thing that I have learned from Volodymyr Zelensky, Nadia Murad, Sam Attar, and a thousand others.
[00:05:51]  In a moment like this, when our country is in peril, don't ask the meaning of life.
[00:06:02]  Life is asking, what's the meaning of you?
[00:06:09]  Thank you to Newsbusters for providing a Smet Choice little clip.
[00:06:14]  Ooh, Pelly.

=== Life Asking What Is Your Meaning (01:27) ===

[00:06:16]  Yeah, he's getting pretty badly ripped on this one.
[00:06:19]  Pompous CBS News anchor ripped for anti Trump commencement speech.
[00:06:24]  and so on and so forth.
[00:06:27]  But you know what?
[00:06:28]  Donald Trump's going to have the last laugh because CBS is begging to settle.
[00:06:33]  He's holding out for more.
[00:06:36]  And if you think about it, he might actually be able to use this over with the FCC to actually get rid of CBS's affiliate relationships.
[00:06:45]  That's exactly what's happening with ABC.
[00:06:47]  The FCC head, Brendan Carr, sent that letter to Bob Iger saying, well, sent you paid the 16 million bucks.
[00:06:56]  Right.
[00:06:57]  Because you libeled the president on television.
[00:07:00]  Well, we're now finding that Americans don't trust you.
[00:07:04]  I mean, you've admitted it, right?
[00:07:05]  You've admitted it.
[00:07:06]  So since Americans don't trust you, maybe we shouldn't be handing out those affiliations all over the country to all your stations.
[00:07:15]  That could come back to hit CBS.
[00:07:16]  The other thing that could come back to hit CBS and that should come back to hit Disney are shareholder lawsuits.
[00:07:22]  Because once they admit, yeah, they really screwed up, you get the shareholder lawsuits that are going to come out of the woodwork and they're going to say, well, wait a second.
[00:07:30]  Why the heck do you have people like you had at 60 and at CBS overall where nobody's actually mining the ship?
[00:07:38]  So lots of trouble ahead for this company for sure.