'Terrible Reporter': Trump Slams Journalist Over Question On Qatari Jet

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Last Updated:May 22, 2025, 08:27 IST

Lashing retired astatine the reporter, Trump told the newsman that helium was not astute enough. The US president besides called the writer a unspeakable reporter.

US President Donald Trump. (Reuters)

US President Donald Trump lashed retired astatine a writer for asking questions astir the Pentagon’s caller announcement to modify a Qatari Boeing 747 arsenic a aboriginal Air Force One. Trump said that the writer was “not astute enough" to bash his occupation and referred to him arsenic a “terrible reporter."

“What are you talking about? … What are you talking about? You know… You request to get retired of here… What does this person to bash with Qatari Jet…? They are giving the United States Air Force a jet, and it’s a large thing…," Trump said.

The incidental occurred during Trump’s gathering with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa astatine the White House. The US President besides accused the newsman of diverting attraction from much important issues, specified arsenic the unit and racist laws against achromatic farmers successful South Africa.

“We’re talking astir a batch of different things, and this NBC is trying to get disconnected the taxable of what you conscionable saw. You are a unspeakable reporter. Number one, you don’t person what it takes to beryllium a reporter. You are not astute enough," Trump said.

The US President further said that NBC and Brian Roberts, its genitor company’s CEO and chairperson, should beryllium investigated for their operations, branding the web a “disgrace".

“You ought to spell backmost to your workplace astatine NBC, due to the fact that Brian Roberts and the radical that tally that place, they ought to beryllium investigated. They are truthful unspeakable successful the mode you tally that network. And you are a disgrace. No much questions from you," helium further stated.

Defending the Qatari gift, helium said, “But for you to spell connected to a taxable astir a pitchy that was fixed to the United States Air Force, which is simply a precise bully thing. They besides gave USD 5.1 trillion worthy of investments successful summation to the jet."

Earlier, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell, confirming astir the same, said that the transportation complies with each US laws and regulations and noted that the Defence Department volition guarantee the craft is decently equipped to service successful a statesmanlike transport role, CNN reported.

Taking to his societal media level Truth Social, Trump had earlier said that the pitchy was “NOT TO ME!" but “a acquisition from a nation."

“The Boeing 747 is being fixed to the United States Air Force/Department of Defence, NOT TO ME! It is simply a acquisition from a nation, Qatar, that we person successfully defended for galore years. It volition beryllium utilized by our Government arsenic a impermanent Air Force One, until specified clip arsenic our caller Boeings, which are precise precocious connected delivery, arrive," Trump stated.

(With inputs from agency)

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