THE FIX: I assume, now that you’re in prime time, that Trump will pay closer attention to you than he did before. We know he can really bring the heat when he doesn’t like someone’s coverage. Megyn Kelly can tell you all about that. Does that enter your mind — the looming possibility of a furious tweetstorm?
MACCALLUM: It’s not something that bothers me. I think, in many ways, when people hold his feet to the fire, he tends to respond better to them. He respects people who are fair. We’re going to make it very clear from the get-go that we’re neither rooting him on nor cheering for him to fail. When he falls short, we’ll point it out, and when he does something that people respond well to, we’ll point that out, too.
I am not afraid of him. I know him. I’ve interviewed him before, and I have pressed him on issues before, and I am sure he will expect that I will be the same person I’ve always been.
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