Donald Trump deployed his typical tactic on Sunday of attacking the questioner — fairly than responding to the query — throughout a press gaggle aboard Air Force One.
The president but once more took umbrage with a feminine reporter when she dared to ask whether or not he believed it was “appropriate” for his political motion committee to ship a fundraising e mail that included an official photograph of him on the dignified switch ceremony of six service members killed in his Iran conflict.
“I do,” Trump first replied.
When the reporter famous accusations that Trump was fundraising off the fallen troops, Trump then claimed he “didn’t see” the e-mail.
“I mean, somebody puts it out,” he continued. “We have a lot of people working for us. But there’s nobody that’s better to the military than me. And all you have to do is look at the election. Look at the election results. Look at the kind of votes that we get. Look at the poll numbers. There’s nobody that’s ever been higher as a president than me with the military.”
Trump then pivoted to his typical assault tactic, asking the reporter who she labored for. When she replied ABC News, Trump lashed out, calling the community “one of the worst, most fake, most corrupt.”
The reporter then requested Trump: “Will you comment on the six dead soldiers?”
He ignored the query and as an alternative attacked ABC once more.
“You know what, ABC News, I think it’s maybe the most corrupt news organizations on the planet. I think they’re terrible.”
The reporter requested once more: “Can you give a comment on the soldiers?”
Trump replied: “OK, I don’t want any more from ABC.”
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