Trump Calls Piers Morgan 'Very Dishonest' in Clip From Explosive Interview

Donald Trump stormed out of a testy interview with Piers Morgan after the television presenter insisted the former president lost the 2020 election.

Morgan on Wednesday tweeted a 30-second preview of the stormy interview that's scheduled to air on the controversial host's new show on Fox Nation. The exchange is the latest in Trump's continued insistence that he rightfully won the 2020 election despite a lack of evidence that the vote was marred by widespread fraud.

The clip shows Trump sitting down for the interview that takes a confrontational tone as Morgan says he'll be "completely straight with you to your face" to the former president. Under the blare of dramatic music, the interview cuts to a title screen with the headline "a former president in denial."

"I'm an honest man," Trump says to Morgan. "Much more honest than you, actually."

Morgan tells Trump that he lost a "free and fair election."

"Only a fool would think that," Trump fires back.

"You think I'm a fool?" asks Morgan.

"I do now," says Trump.

The clip cuts to Trump calling Morgan "very dishonest" before he demands the camera be turned off and walks off the set.

The interview marks Morgan's return to television after the veteran journalist and television personality walked off Good Morning Britain last year during a debate about Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex of who complained of being mistreated by the royal family.

Morgan announced last month that his new show, Piers Morgan Uncensored, will debut on TalkTV in the U.K., FOX Nation in the U.S. and on Sky News Australia. Morgan's interview with Trump is scheduled to air Monday on the inaugural broadcast of his show.

Announcing the show, Morgan said on Twitter that he was forced "to leave a job I loved, at the peak of its success, for having the audacity to express an honestly held opinion."

He said he hoped his new show would be "a platform for lively vigorous debate, for news-making interviews, and that increasingly taboo three-letter word: fun. I also want it to annoy all the right people."

The new interview isn't the first time Morgan has gotten sideways regarding Trump. In 2018, Lord Alan Sugar, the host of the U.K.'s version of The Apprentice, questioned the purported wealth of Trump, calling him "that tosser with the hair."

"Oh please! That's the president of the United States, Alan," Morgan interrupted. "That's no way to talk about the president, and I'd like to apologize."

Morgan in 2020 told The Sunday Times that Trump did not deserve reelection for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. He criticized Trump for making the situation "deliberately worse" by repeating "stupid, crazy theories" about treatments and urging people to protest stay-at-home orders by tweeting that some states needed to be "liberated."

Newsweek has reached out to Trump for comment.