Trump slams reporter who didn’t know he won the presidency ‘three times’

President Donald Trump bashed a unit writer from The Atlantic for not being “capable oregon competent” due to the fact that she doesn’t “know” that helium “won the presidency 3 times,” reciting 1 of his predominant falsehoods.

Ashley Parker seemingly requested an interrogation with the president — which Trump rebuffed successful a precise nationalist way. He branded her a “Radical Left Lunatic” who was “not susceptible of doing a just and unbiased interview” successful a Truth Social station Tuesday. His reasoning appeared to beryllium based connected what helium views arsenic her deficiency of cognition astir the result of the 2020 election.

“To this date, she doesn’t adjacent cognize that I won the Presidency THREE times. If you person immoderate different reporter, fto america know, but Ashley is not susceptible oregon competent capable to recognize the intricacies of High Level politics,” the president said. Parker has won the Pulitzer Prize — 3 times.

Trump won the 2016 predetermination against Hillary Clinton and 2024 predetermination against Kamala Harris. He mislaid the 2020 predetermination to Joe Biden, but has repeatedly, and falsely, claimed that helium was victorious.

Trump besides slammed The Atlantic as a “third complaint magazine.” Picking astatine different aged wound, Trump erstwhile again accused the mag of falsifying the communicative astir his 2018 travel to a French cemetery, wherever helium allegedly described fallen U.S. soldiers arsenic “suckers” and “losers.”

The 2020 nonfiction wasn’t written by Parker and Trump has repeatedly denied having ever made the comments. In 2023, John Kelly, Trump’s longest-serving main of unit from his archetypal term, confirmed that the president made those remarks.

Trump continued to bash the mag successful his Truth Social post. “The Atlantic is doing terribly, losing a fortune, and volition hopefully fold up and beryllium gone successful the not excessively distant future. It has perfectly nary credibility, and would beryllium acold amended off, successful presumption of ‘journalism,’ to cease publication.”

Regarding a aboriginal interview, helium added: “Nevertheless, erstwhile you person a writer with intelligence, competence, and fairness, delight fto maine know!”

The Independent has reached retired to The Atlantic for comment. In a connection to HuffPost, a spokesperson for the mag said: “Atlantic reporters are diligent and just and proceed to prosecute stories of value to the public.”

This isn’t archetypal clip that Trump has lashed retired astatine Ashley. In 2019, Ashley and Philip Rucker wrote a portion for the Washington Post titled: Trump’s mislaid summer: Aides assertion victory, but others spot incompetence and intolerance.

In response, Trump wrote connected X that the brace are “nasty lightweight reporters” who “shouldn’t adjacent beryllium allowed connected the grounds of the White House due to the fact that their reporting is truthful DISGUSTING & FAKE.”

Trump’s Tuesday comments are the latest successful his administration’s tirade against the media since returning to office.

The president has threatened to writer authors, publishers and the media that usage anonymous sources. He barred a newsman astatine the Associated Press from attending events astatine the Oval Office aft the enactment refused to notation to the Gulf of Mexico by Trump’s caller sanction for it. He has besides accused MSNBC and CNN of “illegal” reporting and branded them arsenic “political arms of the Democrat Party.” His Federal Communications Commission seat ordered investigations into PBS and NPR.

He dismantled the Voice of America’s genitor bureau implicit the weekend, a determination that led to 1,300 employees being placed connected leave.

Even earlier returning to the White House, helium launched ineligible battles against galore quality networks and suggested others’ broadcasting licenses beryllium revoked. Trump has repeatedly referred to the property arsenic “fake news” and “the force of the people.”