Trump threatens to sue ABC – once more – for criticizing him over $400m jet present from Qatar | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump threatened to sue ABC News – but once more – after the information station critiqued the $400 million jumbo jet gifted to him by Qatar’s royal household.

“Why doesn’t Chairman Bob Iger do something about ABC Fake News, especially since I just won $16,000,000 based on the Fake and Defamatory reporting of Liddle’ George Slopadopolus,” the president complained on his Truth Social platform.

Trump claimed he had beforehand given the “SleazeBags” on the information station warnings – and would proceed to take action.

“The wonderful country of Qatar, after agreeing to invest more than 1.4 Trillion Dollars in the United States of America, deserves much better than Misleading (Fake!) News,” he wrote. “Everyone, including their lawyers, has been told that ABC must not say that Qatar is giving ME a FREE Boeing 747 Airplane, because they are not.”

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Trump continued: “Instead, and as Fake News ABC fully knows and understands, this highly respected country is donating the plane to the United States Air Force/ Defense Department, AND NOT TO ME.”

“By so doing, they are saving our country, and the American Taxpayer, hundreds of millions of dollars. ABC Fake News is one of the WORST,” he wrote.

Trump’s choice to just accept the Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet as a present from Qatar’s royal household has drawn swift backlash. Reports have revealed that it will require costly upgrades that can take a number of years to finish.

Even nonetheless, Trump has claimed solely a “stupid person” would decline a proposed improve on Air Force One, regardless that the price of retrofitting the airplane to make it an acceptable substitute for the prevailing presidential transport may make it price as a lot as $1bn.

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Trump and the Disney-owned information station have additionally beforehand sparred. In December, ABC News agreed to pay Trump $15 million to settle a defamation lawsuit over feedback made by star anchor Stephanopoulos that Trump was discovered “liable for rape” within the E. Jean Carroll case.

A jury discovered Trump was responsible for sexual abuse of Carroll, however his actions didn’t meet New York’s stringent authorized definition of rape.