Washington DC - President Donald Trump recently did an interview on the CBS show 60 Minutes, but the show edited out a notable moment in which he bragged about his aggressive efforts to reshape mainstream media.

During the interview, the president discussed the $10 billion lawsuit he filed against Paramount Global – the parent company of CBS – over claims a 60 Minutes interview did with 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris was deceptively edited in her favor.

"60 Minutes paid me a lot of money, and you don't have to put this on because I don't want to embarrass you," Trump said.

"They took [Harris'] answer out that was so bad, it was election-changing, two nights before the election. And they put a new answer in. And they paid me a lot of money for that," he added.

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"You can't have fake news. You've gotta have legit news," he continued.

Paramount ultimately settled the suit for $16 million, though many experts had slammed Trump's claims as baseless.

Critics have also accused Paramount of trying to appease Trump with the settlement, as the company was in the middle of a merger that required approval from his Federal Communications Commission.

The company has since been taken over by billionaire David Ellison, a Trump ally who has implemented moves to take CBS in a different direction.

One of Ellison's most influential moves as head of Paramount came last month when political commentator Bari Weiss was named Editor-in-Chief of CBS News.

In his 60 Minutes interview, Trump insisted he didn't know Weiss, but said he hears she's "a great person" and deemed her a "great new leader."

"I see good things happening in the news," Trump said. "I really do. And I think one of the best things to happen is this show and new ownership, CBS and new ownership.

"I think it's the greatest thing that's happened in a long time to a free and open and good press," the president said in the 73-minute interview, which was edited down to 28 minutes for the CBS broadcast.