President Donald Trump raged at an ABC reporter who asked about his family’s business in Saudi Arabia.
Trump made the remarks while meeting with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office on Tuesday afternoon.
“Is it appropriate, Mr. President, for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you’re president?” ABC News’s Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce asked. “Is that a conflict of interest?”
Bruce also directed a question at bin Salman, before Trump replied, “Who are you with?”
When Bruce said that she’s from ABC News, Trump continued: “Fake news. ABC fake news, one of the worst in the business. But I’ll answer your question.”
Trump has regularly insulted reporters, dolling out nicknames and calling some “the worst.” Late last week, Trump told a female reporter to be “quiet, piggy,” after she asked him a question about the Jeffrey Epstein files aboard Air Force One.
For example, the president has regularly referred to ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos as “George Slopadopoulos,” and even used the nickname last month while answering reporters’ questions during a meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei.
In another incident on Sunday, Trump labelled a reporter “the worst” who interjected to ask a question about Nick Fuentes.
“Will you let me finish my statement?” Trump snapped back. “You are the worst — you’re with Bloomberg, right? You are the worst, I don’t even know why they have you.”
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Source: independent.co.uk