"Last Monday at a different press conference in Washington, the president berated ABC News chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce during an Oval Office press conference. She had asked Saudi Arabia's crown prince about the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which a United Nations report and U.S. intelligence determined was carried out at his direction. "You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that," he said, while calling her a "terrible reporter. He called her question "horrible," "insubordinate," and "terrible.""
"Between the lines: President Trump has a history of lashing out at female reporters, but the attacks have escalated during his second term. During a CNN town hall in 2023, the president called CNN moderator Kaitlan Collins a "nasty person." In March 2020, he told PBS journalist Yamiche Alcindor during a COVID-19 press briefing, "Be nice, don't be threatening." He said her "threatening" line of questioning is "why you used to work for the Times and now you work for someone else.""
"Driving the news: The president on Thursday asked longtime CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes "Are you stupid?" after she asked him about the suspect involved in the shooting of two National Guard members earlier this week. Days earlier, the president told a Bloomberg reporter, "quiet, piggy" as she asked him about the Epstein files during a press gaggle."
President Trump has repeatedly berated and insulted female journalists during public press events. He asked CBS correspondent Nancy Cordes, "Are you stupid?" after a question about a shooting suspect. He berated ABC correspondent Mary Bruce over a question to Saudi Arabia's crown prince about Jamal Khashoggi, calling her a "terrible reporter" and labeling the question "horrible," "insubordinate," and "terrible." He told a Bloomberg reporter "quiet, piggy" while she asked about Epstein files. He called CNN moderator Kaitlan Collins a "nasty person" and told PBS's Yamiche Alcindor to "be nice, don't be threatening." The White House spokesperson defended the president's bluntness and cited voter support for his directness.
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