I get this point of view but I cannot disagree more that moving on to a different topic was the correct move. Whatever the next set of questions may be, trump is going to lie in his answer. He will lie, the interviewer will *politely* try to call him out, he'll say something like "this is why your industry is dying, because you're so dishonest and unfair", rinse and repeat. Nothing is gained by interviewing a habitual liar when you're not prepared to plant a flag on a specific issue and call him a fucking liar to his face.
This absurd ms13 question was a chance to catch him in a lie in real time, and actually have him react to being caught. Like, how simple would it have been to take a picture of your own fist and add the text on your iphone right in front of him? At worst, he would realize that the nazi cuntbag stephen miller lied to him about the actual tattoo. I dunno... seems like a huge missed opportunity to be a journalist with a fucking spine for once..