Trump scolds feminine reporter in Oval Office for making an attempt to ask questions: ‘She’s very aggressive’ | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump scolded a feminine journalist participating in a press scrum on the White House on Friday for being “very aggressive,” the newest in a string of unfavourable feedback the president has made about feminine reporters in current weeks.

“You have to be nice and easy, nice and easy,” Trump informed the reporter, who gave the impression to be NBC News’ Yamiche Alcindor. “She’s very aggressive.”

The president later referred to as on the reporter, who requested Trump about his response to the newest batch of Epstein images launched Friday, which included pictures of Trump with a big group of ladies with their faces blurred out.

The Independent has contacted Alcindor for remark.

Trump has gone head-to-head with Alcindor earlier than.

In September, he accused the White House correspondent of being “fake news” and “second-rate” when she pressed him about an AI picture he shared suggesting the administration was about to declare “war” on Chicago as a part of its immigration crackdown.

In 2020, throughout a Covid briefing, Trump informed Alcindor to “be nice” and to not “be threatening” throughout one change, inspiring an outpouring of help for the reporter and the hashtag #WeLoveYamiche.

President Trump has used harsh language to brush off a number of feminine reporters in current weeks, labeling them “stupid,” “incapable,” “ugly,” and in a single case final month, telling Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey to be “quiet piggy.”

When reached for remark, the White House shared an announcement it supplied after previous criticism of the remarks.

“President Trump has never been politically correct, never holds back, and in large part, the American people re-elected him for his transparency,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson stated. “This has nothing to do with gender – it has everything to do with the fact that the President’s and the public’s trust in the media is at all time lows.”

White House officers have pointed to different feedback the place Trump tangled with male reporters in a similar way, together with an October remark {that a} male Reuters reporter was “third-rate” and earlier remarks blasting a Wall Street Journal reporter for being related to a “rotten” outlet.

Critics argue the president reserves specific venom for feminine reporters, and feminine reporters of shade much more so.

During his first time period, Trump lashed out at a string of African-American feminine journalists in fast succession, describing questions from CNN’s Abby Phillip as “stupid” and people from Alcindor as “racist.”

Later, throughout his 2024 marketing campaign, he had a memorable conflict with reporters throughout an occasion at a National Association of Black Journalists convention.

Trump grew offended when requested how Black voters might belief him after making the inflammatory comment that Vice President Kamala Harris had solely just lately “happened to turn Black.”

“I don’t think I’ve been asked a question in such a horrible manner,” Trump informed ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott. “You don’t even say hello, how are you.”

The president continuously demonizes the press at giant, and has referred to as journalists purveyors of “fake news” and the “enemy of the people.”