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Trump tells Adin Ross he wants to ‘fire’ Black journalist who grilled him onstage (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 184 points 3 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 92 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 66 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

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

[+] [email protected] -10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

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.