Trump threatens ABC News for reporters questions on his household enterprise in Saudi Arabia, Khashoggis homicide and Epstein information

U.S. President Donald Trump denounced ABC News’ Mary Bruce as a “horrible reporter” on Tuesday (November 19, 2025) and threatened the community’s license to broadcast after she requested him three sharp questions on the White House.

The community’s chief White House correspondent was amongst reporters let into the Oval Office to query the President and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. She requested Mr. Trump whether or not it was acceptable for his household to be doing enterprise in Saudi Arabia whereas he was President.

Before he may reply, she directed a query to the Saudi chief: “Your Royal Highness, the U.S. intelligence concluded that you just orchestrated the brutal homicide of a journalist. 9/11 households are livid that you’re right here within the Oval Office. Why ought to Americans belief you? And the identical to you, Mr. President.”

After asking Ms. Bruce who she labored for, Mr. Trump known as ABC “faux information” and defended his household’s enterprise operations in Saudi Arabia.

The President dismissed the U.S. intelligence findings that the Prince seemingly had some culpability within the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi kingdom. He mentioned “lots of people didn’t like” Khashoggi, a Saudi citizen and a Virginia resident.

For his half, Prince Mohammed mentioned Khashoggi’s dying was painful and “an enormous mistake.”

Mr. Trump later criticised Ms. Bruce for asking the Prince a “horrible, insubordinate and only a horrible query.” He laced into her after a 3rd question, about why the White House is ready for congressional motion to launch extra particulars about intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein’s correspondence. “Why not simply do it now?” Ms. Bruce requested.

“It’s not the query that I thoughts,” Mr. Trump mentioned. “It’s your angle. I believe you’re a horrible reporter. It’s the best way you ask these questions.”

After addressing the Epstein query, he returned to Ms. Bruce, saying that “individuals are sensible to your hoax.”

“I believe the license ought to be taken away from ABC as a result of your information is so faux and it’s so flawed,” he mentioned. “And we’ve got an ideal (FCC) commissioner, the chairman, who ought to take a look at that as a result of I believe whenever you are available in and also you’re 97% unfavorable to Trump. And then Trump wins the election in a landslide. That means, clearly, your information is just not credible. And you’re not credible as a reporter.”

ABC News had no touch upon Tuesday (November 18, 2025) on Mr. Trump’s statements, which referred to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who leads the federal company answerable for licensing native broadcast stations.

Meanwhile, Bloomberg News issued a touch upon Mr. Trump referring to one in every of its reporters, Catherine Lucey, as “piggy” throughout a question-and-answer session final Friday (November 14, 2025) on Air Force One.

“Our White House journalists carry out a significant public service, asking questions with out concern or favor,” Bloomberg News mentioned. “We stay centered on reporting problems with public curiosity pretty and precisely.”