[ad_1]
Are the soldiers “losers”? – Trump calls for the firing of the Fox journalist
In the dispute over an “Atlantic” report, according to which Donald Trump is said to have described fallen US soldiers as “losers” and “idiots,” the US President has now called for the removal of a Fox News journalist. . Trump on Twitter on Saturday questioned Jennifer Griffin’s reporting on the matter, criticizing that she had never asked the White House to confirm the alleged remarks.
In a controversial report in “The Atlantic” magazine last Thursday, citing unspecified sources, Trump said on the occasion of a planned visit to a US military cemetery in France in 2018: “Why should I go to this cemetery? It’s full of losers. “He later described the more than 1,800 US Marines who lost their lives in the battle in the Bellau Forest during World War I as” idiots. “Trump described the” Atlantic “report at the White House on Friday as a “false story” intended to influence the November presidential election.
The Fox Griffin reporter had also written on Friday in connection with the “Atlantic” article on Twitter that two former Trump employees had confirmed that the president had defamed veterans. Griffin quoted a government official as telling him that Trump had described veterans as “idiots” in the past. However, the word was used in connection with the Vietnam War. Trump said: “It was a stupid war. Everyone who participated was idiots. “
Trump complained on Twitter that Griffin was unable to demonstrate the “most suggestive part” of the “Atlantic” post and referred to a corresponding report on the “Breitbart” internet platform. In the end he said, “Fox News is gone.” The end of a love story?
First lady Melania Trump also defended her husband on the social network. The “Atlantic” story was not true, he wrote on Saturday. It’s a dangerous time when anonymous sources are believed without knowing their motivation. “This is not journalism, it is activism,” continued Melania Trump. This will only harm the country. (sda / dpa)
