Trump tells Adin Ross he wants to ‘fire’ Black journalist who grilled him onstage

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independent.co.uk

Donald Trump said he would “fire” the ABC News journalist who grilled him about his past comments  during a panel at the National Association of Black Journalists convention on July 31.

During his appearance on Adin Ross’s livestream on Kick on Monday, Trump was asked for his reaction to the event, which his campaign appeared to cut short by 30 minutes when it was clear that he led the session off the rails.

“This woman starts talking … about racism, and I said, ‘You didn’t even say hello to me,’ and I’m doing them a favor by doing this,” Trump told Ross on Monday. “I’m doing this out of respect to the Black community.”

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I love how he feigned outrage at being asked about his own actions and words, and they let him go without answering the question.

If journalists had any integrity they would all band together and ask that same question first until he answers it without deflecting.

Not very far down the “why is the US so fucked up” list is the abandonment of journalism.

Is it abandonment if it’s being intentionally suppressed, suffocated, and murdered by billionaires? Real easy for a bezos/musk/gates type to buy up something like, say, the Amazon-owned Washington Post, and then only publish what is favorable to the rich

like Hearst did 100 years ago? the newspapers have been locked down by the rich since the beginning. the internet broke them for 20 years, but they mostly caught up again.

Sure. I never said it was a new phenomenon, I just used a recent example

Even the independents have to be careful what they say. Criticise the wrong thing, and suddenly all your adverts dry up.

I give them props for asking in the first place. Most journalists would never think of asking hard hitting questions because that would post them access in the future. This journalist realized that there was no possibility of her having access in the future anyway and went with it.

This is the part I always find infuriating, regardless of who is being interviewed.

But he did answer the question. It was a bad answer, but after the journalists pressed him, he did give his answer.

Well, first of all, I don’t think I’ve ever been asked a question so — in such a horrible manner, the first question. You don’t even say, hello, how are you? Are you with ABC? Because I think they’re a fake news network, a terrible network. And I think it’s disgraceful that I came here in good spirit.

I love the black population of this country. I’ve done so much for the black population of this country, including employment, including Opportunity Zones with Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, which is one of the greatest programs ever for black workers and black entrepreneurs. I’ve done so much. And you know, when I say this, historically, black colleges and universities were out of money.

They were stone-cold broke. And I saved them, and I gave them long-term financing, and nobody else was doing it. I think it’s a very rude introduction. I don’t know exactly why you would do something like that.

And let me go a step further. I was invited here, and I was told my opponent, whether it was Biden or Kamala, I was told my opponent was going to be here. It turned out my opponent isn’t here. You invited me under false pretense.

And then you said, you can’t do it with Zoom. Well, you know, where’s Zoom? She’s going to do it with Zoom, and she’s not coming. And then you were a half an hour late.

Just so we understand, I have too much respect for you to be late. They couldn’t get their equipment working or something was wrong. I think it’s a very nasty question. I have answered the question.

I have been the best president for the black population since Abraham Lincoln. That’s my answer. That’s my answer. For you to start off a question-and-answer period, especially when you’re 35 minutes late because you couldn’t get your equipment to work in such a hostile manner, I think it’s a disgrace. I really do.

I'm not sure why you're replying this to me. I listened to the whole interview.

It wasn't really a reply to you, it was context so other people can decide if he answered the question or not.

His answer is "I've been the best president for Black people since Lincoln."

As I said, it's not a good answer, but it is an answer. And he only said that bit after the journalist did press him by asking the question again, interrupting his rant in fact.

I am just not sure what you are on about with integrity. They did press him, and he did answer. She then even followed up that question by challenging Trump's answer.

But at a certain point, the answer is the answer. The journalist did her job and it's up to the viewers/readers to determine if they like or agree with that answer.

Let me just ask a follow-up, sir, and then we’ll move on to other questions here. Some of your own supporters, including Republicans on Capitol Hill, have labeled Vice President Kamala Harris, who is the first black and Asian-American woman to serve as vice president and be on a major party ticket, as a DEI hire. Is that acceptable language to you? And will you tell those Republicans and those supporters to stop it?

This was literally a follow up question and not a challenge to what you refer to as his answer.

The challenge I was referring to was her trying to interrupt him by asking, "more than Lyndon Johnson who signed the civil rights act?"

I think we're just going to disagree on this one. I'm not really sure why you feel the need to attack the journalists' integrities when I thought they did great considering who they were interviewing.

If journalists had any integrity they would all band together and ask that same question first until he answers it without deflecting.

I’m not really sure why you feel the need to attack the journalists’ integrities when I thought they did great considering who they were interviewing.

If he never had a chance to be interviewed by anyone ever again without being asked the same questions over and over again either he would answer clearly or not have any media coverage.

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"i'm doing them a favor" LOL

fucking idiot can't even comprehend that anyone giving him a platform to flap his greasy jowls is literally them doing him a favor. fuck, i can't wait until i never hear about this incompetent shitheel ever again

What an insecure weirdo.

All narcs are like this. Form over subtance, all projection, any excuse they can death-grasp to weasle out of any committment or obligation.

Like is he aware that she’s not one of his employees? This just seems like such an out of pocket thing to say

Wow. Dementia Don the RACIST rapist with 34 felonies that can't complete a coherent sentence is really a special snowflake isn't he? He's very fragile, maybe it's because he's sooo old. He needs to drop out, it's embarrassing.

He really hates it when a woman is anything but completely deferential to him.

and I said, ‘You didn’t even say hello to me,’

It's a media interview, you're not coming over to her house for a friendly chat.

I didn't watch but based on Donald claiming she didn't say hello I assume that she did say hello.

I don't remember what she said, but it was a basic cordial welcome a journalist would give.

Edit: I can't find exactly how he was introduced, but this is what he said after she asked him her first question:

“I don’t think I’ve been asked a question in such a horrible manner,” Trump replied. “You don’t even say hello, how are you.”

She didn't say that to you because she wasn't having a friendly chat with you, dumbfuck.

Found the whole thing that includes when they are walking out on stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgod-nqFEEc

Edit: There was a bit of hot mic somewhere nearby so you could hear a little bit before he sat down:

RS: "Hi Mister Trump, just take a seat over there, thank you."
DT: "Uh, how are you? How are you?"
RS: "Good"

Music dies and mic turns on:

RS: "Mr President, we so appreciate you giving us an hour of your time. I want to start by addressing the elephant in the room, sir. A lot of people did not think that it was appropriate for you to be here today. You have pushed false claims about some of your rivals from Nikki Haley to former President Barack Obama saying..."

He has those weird psychological tricks, like standing funny, having a long tie, and the handshake thing. Getting people to say "hello, how are you" to him is probably one of those, and he's upset that she sidestepped it.

He later said that “if I owned that network I would fire her so fast.”

Aww, poor widdle baby doesn't own all of the media. 🥺

This may be a ridiculous statement, as are most he makes, but it's still vital to recognize that what he's saying is, should he make it back into office, he would do whatever he could to control the press. He's already been on that since the beginning with his "fake news" bullshit.

Don't get complacent. He's dangerous.

He later said that “if I owned that network I would fire her so fast.”

"won't someone rid me of this troublesome reporter?"

Retribution. He's obsessed with it. I want to say it's weird but it's actually scary.

Ross — a 23-year-old streamer with a mostly young male audience of more than 1.4 million Kick followers and 4.4 million YouTube subscribers — fawned over the former president during a 90-minute stream and gave him a Rolex and a Tesla Cybertruck wrapped in images of the former president.

A dumpster for a dumpster fire.

This kid gave Trump a Cybertruck? That's wild

Cue campaign finance violations and ensuing endless litigation and appeals that ultimately goes nowhere slowly. Sigh

trump can't even drive.

So you're saying he'll be using FSD and Autopilot?

Since he obviously doesn't care about laws, he might.

While he's quite dumb, I don't think he would trust his life with this faulty beta feature.

A Cybertruck with a special wrap that showed Trump right after he was shot.

Because that's totally what I'd want, a Cybertruck with a picture of me bleeding on it.

It's also been speculated that this is the same Cybertruck that he shot with a gun several months ago for a video, with the wrap covering the bullet holes.

This dumb fuck cheaping out and giving his idol a second-hand gift is funny on its own, but knowing that it might be full of bullet holes is just poetic.

Does he know that not everyone is working for him? Is this dementia or delusions of grandeur?

These two weirdos are definitely banging eachother