Former President Donald Trump's interview with conservative character Piers Morgan ended together with his vindication following a week-long back-and-forth about whether or not or not he stormed out.

Morgan launched a promotional video final week of the tense interview for his present Piers Morgan Uncensored. The video paired clips of the 2 arguing concerning the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election and appeared to indicate Trump getting offended and leaving the interview.

The interview concluded Tuesday afternoon, placing an finish to hypothesis about how it will finish. Finally, Trump solely left after Morgan concluded the interview.

Nonetheless, Morgan defended the promotional video, arguing that it was not deceptive as a result of Trump nonetheless appeared "offended" when he left simply minutes after Morgan and Trump's communication director Taylor Budowich received right into a spat concerning the size of the interview.

Trump vindicated in Piers Morgan interview debacle
Former President Donald Trump gave the impression to be vindicated in a debate over his interview with Piers Morgan. Above, Morgan and Trump are seen in New York in October 2012.Bobby Financial institution/WireImage/Getty Photos

"You probably did depart, fairly angrily. It definitely wasn't a contented ending," Morgan mentioned in protection of the clip.

The trailer appeared to indicate the 2 get right into a testy alternate concerning the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election, which Trump has repeatedly claimed was stolen from him, although Morgan disagrees.

It featured a clip of Trump calling Morgan a "idiot" for believing that he misplaced the "free and honest" 2020 presidential election.

The promotional video then jumped to Trump showing to stand up and stroll out of the interview, demanding producers flip off the cameras whereas calling Morgan "very misleading." Nonetheless, it got here to be revealed Trump didn't depart till the interview had concluded.

Trump's camp denied that the previous president stormed off, accusing Morgan of "unlawfully and deceptively" modifying the interview. In addition they launched audio footage to NBC Information and right-wing media outlet Breitbart that appeared to inform a distinct story about how the interview ended.

Within the audio, the one level of competition got here when Trump's group expressed annoyance with Morgan for saying a number of occasions he was asking the previous president one "final query."

"You've got accomplished 'final query' 4 occasions now," mentioned Budowich. "I really feel such as you're mendacity at this level." In the meantime, Trump made a remark saying it was "very misleading."

Nonetheless, Morgan received in his last query: inquiring abut Trump's hole-in-one [more], which two mentioned amicably earlier than concluding.

"That was an important interview," Morgan mentioned.

Trump agreed with a "yeah," and solely after the interview was over did he inform producers to show off the cameras. The footage gave the impression to be consistent with how the interview aired Tuesday night.

In a press release launched final Wednesday, Trump blasted the promotional video.

"For many who wish to make Piers look dangerous, evaluate his video promo and the way it was doctored to the true factor," he wrote. "Hopefully they may now be performing some large adjustments to their last product."

Morgan, in the meantime, defended the promo clip in an opinion piece for the New York Put up. He accused Trump's assertion of being "deceptive." He has additionally mentioned he and Trump had an argument earlier than the interview.

"You mentioned all of the issues we see you saying in that promo, and they're an correct illustration of probably the most contentious a part of our interview," he wrote, including that he remembers "related dramatic promos" being produced about him throughout his time on "Superstar Apprentice."