US President Donald Trump called a female reporter stup!d on Thursday, adding to the litany of insults he has dealt to women in the media when he dislikes their questions.
“Are you stup!d? Are you a stup!d person?” Trump said,
cutting off the reporter as he fielded questions at his Florida estate about
the vetting of Afghans in the United States.
Two National Guard soldiers were shot near the White House
on Wednesday, allegedly by an Afghan national brought into the country
following the abrupt withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in 2021.
The reporter asked Trump why he blamed his predecessor Joe
Biden, when some in his own administration had said resettled Afghans were
thoroughly vetted.
“Because they let them in,” Trump snapped, holding up a
picture of a US military plane packed with people fleeing as the Taliban
authorities resumed power.
They came “along with thousands of other people that
shouldn’t be here, and you’re just asking questions because you’re a stup!d
person,” Trump said.
Insults and brash talk are a trademark of the Trump era, but
the US leader appears to reserve a particular ire for women in the press corps.
On Wednesday, Trump raged at a New York Times report that
focused on his age and growing signs of fatigue, calling the woman author of
the article “ugly.”
Earlier this month, he called a woman journalist “piggy” and
another “a terrible person.”
AFP
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