President Trump is threatening ABC News over its coverage of a luxury jet he is set to receive from Qatar, a decision that is drawing criticism from both congressional leaders and national security experts.
“Why doesn’t Chairman Bob Iger do something about ABC Fake News,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Saturday, name checking the Disney CEO, who presides over the broadcast news network.
The president referenced a multi-million dollars settlement the network paid him late last year over comments made by George Stephanopoulos in which the “This Week” anchor falsely said Trump had been convicted of sexual assault. The company retracted and apologized for the remarks.
“Now I see they are at it again, and I again give these SleazeBags fair warning,” Trump wrote in his weekend post. “The wonderful country of Qatar, after agreeing to invest more than 1.4 Trillion Dollars in the United States of America, deserves much better than Misleading (Fake!) News. Everyone, including their lawyers, has been told that ABC must not say that Qatar is giving ME a FREE Boeing 747 Airplane, because they are not.”
Trump said his lawyers have requested ABC stop calling the jet “free,” writing the network “fully knows and understands, this highly respected country is donating the plane to the United States Air Force/ Defense Department, AND NOT TO ME.”
Trump has threatened a number of leading news networks over their coverage of him during his second term in office, urging his FCC to investigate the outlets and refusing questions from reporters working for those he says are not fair to him.
