https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5617595-trump-lashes-out-media-presidency/President Trump in recent days has lashed out at a familiar foe during a low point in his presidency: the press.
Trump has escalated his swipes at the media as he faces mounting pressure from a weakening economy, setbacks from November’s elections when Democrats won big across the country, and his reversal on the Jeffrey Epstein files, which have all contributed to mounting infighting within the GOP.
Much of his ire has focused on ABC.
On Thursday, in a Truth Social post, he demanded late-night host Jimmy Kimmel be pulled off air. A day earlier, he also said the television network’s license should be taken away and “we have a great commissioner, the chairman, who should look at that,” referring to Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr.
Trump offered those remarks in response to a question by ABC News White House reporter Mary Bruce, who had asked the president questions about his decision to host Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in light of the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Bruce also asked the president about the Epstein files, which led Trump to call her a “terrible person and a terrible reporter.”
It wasn’t the only time in recent days that Trump directed his anger toward women in the White House press corps. Earlier in the month, when a Bloomberg reporter attempted to ask the president an Epstein-related question, Trump, his finger in the air, fired back: “Quiet. Quiet Piggy.”
