Trump slams ‘very nasty’ Stephanopoulos, refuses to take ABC questions

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President Donald Trump blasted ABC Information host George Stephanopoulos throughout a Tuesday assembly with Argentine President Javier Milei.

"We'll take a few questions from the information, and I am certain they're going to be extremely non-hostile, and pleasant, like JD went by means of a really ‘pleasant’ interview with George Slopadopoulos," Trump mentioned with obvious sarcasm, making enjoyable of Stephanopoulos’ title.

Trump went on to reference the ABC lawsuit, joking, "He was good sufficient to pay me $16 million the final time we got here — he needed to pay $16 million to me. Which is nice. It was price it. It was price having someone lie. In case you get $16 million, that is good."

He then criticized the recent interview Vice President JD Vance had on the Disney-owned community.

"JD had a really nasty particular person interviewing him, and we will not let that occur. Simply is inappropriate to chop off a extremely revered Vice President of the USA, mid-sentence. I assume it is one strategy to win an argument. That was the one means he was gonna win the argument. It was fairly inappropriate, I wanna let you know that."

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President Donald Trump declared he'll now not take questions from ABC over how the community handled his vice chairman in a latest interview. (Getty Pictures)

Trump later declared that he would not take questions from "ABC pretend information."

Throughout a Sunday interview, Vance sparred with Stephanopoulos because the vice chairman denied border czar Tom Homan accepted a bribe and accused the ABC host of shedding credibility, main the interview to abruptly finish.

Stephanopoulos pressed Vance repeatedly on whether or not Homan accepted cash and mentioned Homan was "recorded on an audiotape in September 2024, an FBI surveillance tape, accepting $50,000 in money."

"I don’t know what tape you’re referring to, George. I noticed media experiences that Tom Homan accepted a bribe. There’s no proof of that. And here is why fewer and fewer individuals watch your program and why you are shedding credibility," Vance mentioned. "Since you're speaking for now, 5 minutes with the Vice President of the USA about this story concerning Tom Homan, a narrative that I've examine, however I do not even know the video that you just're speaking about."

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Vice President JD Vance spoke with the ABC Information host in a contentious interview over the weekend. ( Alex Wong/Getty Pictures; Heidi Gutman/American Broadcasting Corporations, Inc. through Getty Pictures)

After Vance urged they transfer onto a special matter, Stephanopoulos objected and proceeded to finish the interview.

"Peace within the Center East? China threatening crucial provide chains? Authorities shutdown? George S doesn’t care about that. He’s right here to concentrate on the actual story: a pretend scandal involving Tom Homan," Vance responded on social media after the interview.