Donald Trump deployed his usual tactic on Sunday of attacking the questioner — rather than responding to the question — during a press gaggle aboard Air Force One.
The president yet again took umbrage with a female reporter when she dared to ask whether he believed it was “appropriate” for his political action committee to send a fundraising email that included an official photo of him at the dignified transfer ceremony of six service members killed in his Iran war.
“I do,” Trump first replied.
When the reporter noted accusations that Trump was fundraising off the fallen troops, Trump then claimed he “didn’t see” the email.
“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 usual attack tactic, asking the reporter who she worked for. When she replied ABC News, Trump lashed out, calling the network “one of the worst, most fake, most corrupt.”
The reporter then asked Trump: “Will you comment on the six dead soldiers?”
He ignored the question and instead attacked ABC again.
“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 asked again: “Can you give a comment on the soldiers?”
Trump replied: “OK, I don’t want any more from ABC.”
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