Barbara Walters Fans Resurface TrumpInterview From 1990 Where President IsCalled Out On His ‘BS’

Barbara Walters had never had time for Donald Trump‘s BS. A video from 1990 has surfaced on Twitter showing the legendary reporter, now 90, interviewing the businessman about his failed hotel ventures. Even thirty years ago, Trump was whining about how the press treats him unfairly. Walters took him to school.

Walters pointed out that he was actually about to lose everything: “Being on the verge of bankruptcy? Being bailed out by the banks? Skating on thin ice and almost drowning? That’s a businessman to be admired?” Trump sputtered, insisting that Walters was just repeating hearsay. “I talked to the banks. Several,” she responded, monotone. He tried to argue that people were telling him that buying the famed Plaza Hotel in New York City was a good idea.

Unfortunately, the boost from the banks didn’t last long. Three of his Atlantic City casinos, including the Trump Taj Mahal, filed for bankruptcy in 1991. The following year, the Plaza Hotel did as well. The Trump airline, much like many of his attempts at personal branding, failed.

Trump should have known going into the interview that he was up against an icon who could see through his lies. Walters’ journalism career is full of firsts. She became the first woman to co-host an American news program in 1974, on TODAY. Two years later, she was the first female co-anchor of a network evening news program, for ABC Evening News. Along with her celebrated role on 20/20, Walters is known as the creator of a show that takes Trump to task nearly every day: The View. She may have retired in 2014, but she’s still holding Trump accountable.