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

“We’ll be answering just a few questions from the information, and I am positive they’re going to be extremely non-hostile and pleasant, like JD had a really ‘pleasant’ interview with George Slopadopoulos,” Trump mentioned with obvious sarcasm, mocking Stephanopoulos’ title.

Trump additional referenced the ABC lawsuit, joking, “He was good sufficient to pay me $16 million the final time we got here — he needed to pay me $16 million. Tremendous. It was value it. It was value making somebody lie. When you get $16 million, that is good.’

He then criticized the current interview Vice President JD Vance had on the Disney Community.

“JD had a really imply particular person interview him, and we will not let that occur. It is simply inappropriate to chop off a really revered Vice President of america mid-sentence. I believe it is a approach to win an argument. That was the one approach he was going to win the argument. It was fairly inappropriate, I am telling you that.”

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EX-ABC NEWS REPORTER ADMITS EMPLOYER IS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE AGAINST TRUMP FOR LACK OF ‘VIEWPOINT DIVERSITY’

President Donald Trump acknowledged in a current interview that he’ll now not reply questions from ABC in regards to the community’s therapy of his vp. (Getty Pictures)

Trump later acknowledged that he wouldn’t reply questions from “ABC pretend information.”

Throughout a Sunday interview, Vance spoke with Stephanopoulos when the vp denied that border czar Tom Homan accepted bribes and accused the ABC host of shedding his credibility, inflicting the interview to finish abruptly.

Stephanopoulos repeatedly requested Vance if Homan accepted cash, saying that Homan “was recorded on an audio tape, an FBI surveillance tape, in September 2024 accepting $50,000 in money.”

‘I do not know which band you are referring to, George. I’ve seen media stories that Tom Homan has taken bribes. There isn’t a proof for that. And this is the reason fewer and fewer persons are watching your present and why you are shedding credibility,” Vance mentioned. “Since you’re speaking to the vp of america for 5 minutes about this story about Tom Homan, a narrative I’ve examine, however I do not even know the video you are speaking about.”

TRUMP CALLS ABC’S JIMMY KIMMEL SUPPORT ‘MAJOR ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION’ TO DEMOCRATS

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

After Vance prompt shifting on to a different subject, Stephanopoulos objected and ended the interview.

“Peace within the Center East? China threatens important provide chains? Authorities shutdown? George S does not care about any of that. He is right here to give attention to the true story: a pretend scandal involving Tom Homan,” Vance responded on social media after the interview.

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ABC Information didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

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Vice President J.D. Vance argued that there are different, way more pressing and necessary points to debate. (Alex Brandon/AP Picture)

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Fox Information’ Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.

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