""I think the license should be taken away from ABC," Trump told a reporter Tuesday evening, seated beside Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. "Because your news is so fake, and it's so wrong." Trump added that Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr should "look at" stripping the network's license because ABC is "97% negative to Trump" and therefore "not credible.""
""You're mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial," he said, cutting off the question about Khashoggi. When MBS offered a carefully worded response-calling the murder "painful" and saying Saudi Arabia had "improved our system to be sure that nothing [like that] happened"-Trump interjected again, accusing the reporter of trying to "embarrass" his guest. Moments later, he called the journalist a "terrible person.""
President Donald Trump berated three reporters in the Oval Office over questions about releasing Epstein files and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Seated beside Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Trump urged that ABC's license be taken away, called its news "so fake" and "so wrong," and asked the FCC chair to "look at" stripping the network's license as "not credible" for being "97% negative to Trump." An ABC reporter pressed him about ordering release of Epstein files and about Trump Organization business in Saudi Arabia. Trump cut off questions about Khashoggi, accused the reporter of trying to embarrass his guest, and called the journalist a "terrible person." He previously told a Bloomberg reporter to be "quiet, piggy" when asked about Epstein. His behavior has inspired outrage.
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