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President Donald Trump A female journalist participating in a press scrum at the White House on Friday was scolded for being “too aggressive.” barrage of negative comments The President has made statements about female journalists in recent weeks.
“You have to be nice and easy, nice and easy,” Trump told the reporter, who appeared on NBC News. Yamiche Alcindor“He is very aggressive,”
The president later called the reporter, who asked Trump about his reaction to the latest batch Epstein’s photos were released on FridayWhich included photos of Trump with a large group of women, whose faces were blurred.
Independent have contacted Alcindor For comment.
trump Had come face to face with Alcindor before also.
In September, he accused the White House correspondent of “fake news” and “second-rate” when she pressed him. He shared an AI image Suggesting that the administration was about to declare “war” on Chicago as part of its immigration crackdown.
In 2020, During a Covid briefing, Trump told Alcindor to “be nice” and “not make threats” during a conversation, leading to an outpouring of support for the reporter and the hashtag #WeLoveYamiche.
President Trump has Used harsh language to insult many women journalists. In recent weeks, he has been labeled “stupid,” “incompetent,” “ugly” and, in one case last month, referred to Bloomberg White House correspondent Katherine Lucy as a “quiet piggy.”
When contacted for comment, the White House shared a statement offered after previous criticism of the comments.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said, “President Trump has never been politically correct, never backed down, and by and large, the American people re-elected him for his transparency.” “It has nothing to do with gender – it has everything to do with the fact that trust in the president and the public in the media is at an all-time low.”
White House officials have pointed to other comments where Trump similarly engaged with male reporters, including an October comment that a male Reuters reporter was “third-rate” and earlier comments of a similar nature. wall street journal Reporter due to his association with a “rotten” outlet.
Critics argue that the president holds a special grudge against women journalists and women journalists of color.
During his first term, Trump African-American women journalists were attacked one after anotherCNN’s Abby Phillip described the questions as “silly” and Alcindor’s questions as “racist.”
Later, during his 2024 campaign, he had a memorable incident clash with journalists During an event at the National Association of Black Journalists conference.
Trump became angry when asked how Black voters can trust Vice President Kamala Harris after she recently made the inflammatory comment that she “is black.”
“I don’t think I’ve ever been asked a question in such a horrible way,” Trump told ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott. “Don’t even say hello, how are you?”
Presidents often demonize The press has largely denounced journalists as spreading “fake news” and “enemies of the people.”
