President Donald John Trump would go down in history as an elected leader who harbours disdain for reporters and attacks press freedom.
Recently on Air Force One, (presidential plane) Trump called a Bloomberg White House correspondent, Catherine Lucey, ‘piggy’.
The crime of the reporter, she asked about the Jeffrey Epstein files
It could be recalled that Trump described ABC chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce in unprintable terms.
This is how Trump talked to Bruce :It is your attitude … a horrible, insubordinate, and just a terrible question… ,a terrible person and a terrible reporter.’
Trump, a former showman is known for mocking female journalists as ,’ bimbo, third rate reporter, two of the dumbest people, dummy, kooky ‘ at various occasions.
He even made disparaging remarks at woman monthly period as ‘blood coming out of her wherever.’
Even within the week, Trump was dismissive of the murder of the famous American journalist, Khashoggi as ‘ extremely controversial ‘ in the presence of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
US intelligence agencies came to the conclusion that Mohammed was behind Khashoggi death.
Trump is also on the verge of suing the BBC news of defamation as regards the storming of the Capitol to change the results of presidential election, Trump lost to Joe Biden.
Trump went to the ridiculous length of calling for the firing of television host, Keith Meyers.
The Pond News recalled a CNN reporter was barred from the White House
CNN went to court.
The court ruled that Trump has no such power to stop a reporter from covering the White House.
The Pond News understands that Trump is against news media that run unfavorable stories about him.
Credit BBC/PEN America.
