Trump’s 2026 60 Minutes interview with Ross Douthat runs 51 minutes
CBS lists Trump’s November 2026 interview with Ross Douthat at 51:47, distinct from a longer Norah O’Donnell sit-down in 2025.
By Sal Moretti · Money Reporter
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The Trump 60 Minutes interview 2026 is the November sit-down with correspondent Ross Douthat, not the earlier interview conducted by Norah O’Donnell. CBS lists its extended Douthat video at 51 minutes and 47 seconds.
Trump spoke with Douthat in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, according to a CBS/Paramount announcement. The network described it as his first sit-down interview since the midterm elections. It aired Nov. 8, 2026, at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and Paramount+.
Which Trump 60 Minutes interview is the 2026 version?
The 2026 version is the Ross Douthat interview. CBS said their discussion covered the midterm results, the incoming Congress, Republican losses, congressional investigations, the wars in Iran and Ukraine, the economy and Trump’s remaining years in office.
In CBS’s post-interview report, Trump defended his management of the economy and the Iran war while acknowledging what he called possible poor messaging on economic matters. CBS also reported that he said immigration enforcement had at times been “too tough” and that he was not looking to escalate the Iran war after the election.
Those remarks were Trump’s assessments of his administration and events, as reported by CBS. The interview also included a question about a Forbes estimate of the president’s wealth; Trump disputed that his net worth had risen by $3 billion and said he devoted little time to tracking it.
How is the 2026 interview different from the 2025 one?
The similar titles point to two different programs. Audible identifies the 2025 extended interview as a Mar-a-Lago conversation between Trump and Norah O’Donnell. It was broadcast on Nov. 2, 2025, with the extended version released the following day, and is listed at one hour and 14 minutes.
That O’Donnell interview covered U.S.-China relations, Venezuela, Israel, the government shutdown, immigration and the National Guard, according to Audible. Those are not the topic list CBS supplied for the 2026 Douthat interview.
- 2026 interview: Ross Douthat, White House, 51:47, focused on the midterms, Congress, Iran, Ukraine and the economy.
- 2025 interview: Norah O’Donnell, Mar-a-Lago, about 74 minutes, focused on a different set of domestic and foreign-policy issues.
A YouTube page with the same broad title shows a runtime of 1:13:49, but the available listing does not identify its date, interviewer or subjects. It therefore does not establish that it is the 2026 Douthat interview. Ahead of the Nov. 8 broadcast, CBS said it would publish the full Douthat interview on the 60 Minutes YouTube channel afterward.
This story draws on original reporting from CBS News.