It’s the second time in 24 hours Donald Trump has been hurled into fury by a question about Epstein live on TV – as Congress votes to release more files
Donald Trump launched into a furious Oval Office meltdown for the second day in a row after being asked about the Epstein files and threatening to ban a broadcaster for asking about it.
It comes less than 24 hours after he lashed out at a female reporter who asked about the files, barking “Quiet, piggy” at her on Air Force One.
Trump rolled out the red carpet with a lavish welcome for Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman – and was already on the defensive after an ABC News reporter asked about the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The UN has officially found the Saudi state responsible for his vicious murder and dismemberment.
So when the same reporter asked a second question, this time about the Epstein files, Trump was hurled into a tailspin.
Asked why he is waiting for Congress to vote to release the files, rather than just doing it now, Trump replied: “It’s not the question that I mind. It’s your attitude. I think you are a terrible reporter. It’s the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who is highly respected, asking him a horrible, insubordinate and just a terrible question. And you could even ask that same exact question nicely. You’re all psyched. Somebody psyches you over at ABC.”
He went on: “You’re a terrible person and a terrible reporter. As far as the Epstein files is concerned, I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. I threw him out of my club many years ago because I thought he was a sick pervert. And I guess I turned out to be right. But you know who does have? Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, who ran Harvard, was with him every single night, every single weekend, they lived together, they went to his island many times. I never did. [Former FBI lawyer] Andrew Weissman, I hear. All of these people were friends with him, you never talk about it. You just keep going on the Epstein files. And what the Epstein is is a democrat hoax to try and get me not to talk about the $21 trillion that I talked about today. It’s a hoax.”
He continued: “Now, I just got a report and I put it in my pocket, of all the money that he’s given to Democrats. He gave me none. Zero. No money to me. But he gave money to Democrats. And people are wise to your hoax. ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. And I’ll tell you something, I think the licence should be taken away from ABC, because your news is so fake and it’s so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, the chairman, who should look at that. Because I think when you come in and you’re 97% negative to Trump and then Trump wins the election in a landslide, that means that obviously your news is not credible. And you’re not credible as a reporter.”
I think the license should be taken away from ABC. We have a great commissioner, a chairman who should look at that.”