President Donald Trump insulted two female reporters outside the White House, calling one a “dumb person” after she asked about a renovation project, and another a “stupid person” when she questioned him on inflation.
Donald Trump slams female reporters outside White House
Trump was first pressed on the cost of a ballroom project that a reporter noted had doubled. The president claimed the project was “on budget, under budget” and “ahead of schedule.” He added, “I doubled the size of it, you dumb person..Double the size. You are not a smart person.”
The White House later posted about the exchange on social media, labelling the journalist “FAKE NEWS” and adding fire and crying-laughing emojis.
A second female reporter then asked Donald Trump whether his economic policies were working to curb rising inflation. The president insisted they were, before shifting to nuclear proliferation and directing a personal insult at the journalist.
“They’re working incredibly,” Trump said. “If you go back to just before the war, for the last three months, inflation was at 1.7%. Now, we had a choice. Let these lunatics have a nuclear weapon — if you want to do that, then you’re a stupid person.”
He continued, addressing the reporter directly: “And you happen to be. I mean, I know you very well. Anybody that wants them to have a nuclear weapon is a stupid person.” The identities of both reporters have not been disclosed.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson defended the president’s remarks in a statement to HuffPost. “President Trump has never been politically correct, never holds back, and in large part, the American people re-elected him for his transparency,” Jackson said. “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.”
Originally reported by Devanshi Basu on Mandatory.
