Donald Trump said he would “fire” the ABC News journalist who grilled him about his past comments  during a panel at the National Association of Black Journalists convention on July 31.

During his appearance on Adin Ross’s livestream on Kick on Monday, Trump was asked for his reaction to the event, which his campaign appeared to cut short by 30 minutes when it was clear that he led the session off the rails.

“This woman starts talking … about racism, and I said, ‘You didn’t even say hello to me,’ and I’m doing them a favor by doing this,” Trump told Ross on Monday. “I’m doing this out of respect to the Black community.”

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    “i’m doing them a favor” LOL

    fucking idiot can’t even comprehend that anyone giving him a platform to flap his greasy jowls is literally them doing him a favor. fuck, i can’t wait until i never hear about this incompetent shitheel ever again

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    and I said, ‘You didn’t even say hello to me,’

    It’s a media interview, you’re not coming over to her house for a friendly chat.

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      I didn’t watch but based on Donald claiming she didn’t say hello I assume that she did say hello.

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        I don’t remember what she said, but it was a basic cordial welcome a journalist would give.

        Edit: I can’t find exactly how he was introduced, but this is what he said after she asked him her first question:

        “I don’t think I’ve been asked a question in such a horrible manner,” Trump replied. “You don’t even say hello, how are you.”

        She didn’t say that to you because she wasn’t having a friendly chat with you, dumbfuck.

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          Found the whole thing that includes when they are walking out on stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgod-nqFEEc

          Edit: There was a bit of hot mic somewhere nearby so you could hear a little bit before he sat down:

          RS: “Hi Mister Trump, just take a seat over there, thank you.”
          DT: “Uh, how are you? How are you?”
          RS: “Good”

          Music dies and mic turns on:

          RS: “Mr President, we so appreciate you giving us an hour of your time. I want to start by addressing the elephant in the room, sir. A lot of people did not think that it was appropriate for you to be here today. You have pushed false claims about some of your rivals from Nikki Haley to former President Barack Obama saying…”

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          He has those weird psychological tricks, like standing funny, having a long tie, and the handshake thing. Getting people to say “hello, how are you” to him is probably one of those, and he’s upset that she sidestepped it.

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    He later said that “if I owned that network I would fire her so fast.”

    Aww, poor widdle baby doesn’t own all of the media. 🥺

    This may be a ridiculous statement, as are most he makes, but it’s still vital to recognize that what he’s saying is, should he make it back into office, he would do whatever he could to control the press. He’s already been on that since the beginning with his “fake news” bullshit.

    Don’t get complacent. He’s dangerous.

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    Ross — a 23-year-old streamer with a mostly young male audience of more than 1.4 million Kick followers and 4.4 million YouTube subscribers — fawned over the former president during a 90-minute stream and gave him a Rolex and a Tesla Cybertruck wrapped in images of the former president.

    A dumpster for a dumpster fire.

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        Cue campaign finance violations and ensuing endless litigation and appeals that ultimately goes nowhere slowly. Sigh

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        A Cybertruck with a special wrap that showed Trump right after he was shot.

        Because that’s totally what I’d want, a Cybertruck with a picture of me bleeding on it.

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          It’s also been speculated that this is the same Cybertruck that he shot with a gun several months ago for a video, with the wrap covering the bullet holes.

          This dumb fuck cheaping out and giving his idol a second-hand gift is funny on its own, but knowing that it might be full of bullet holes is just poetic.

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    Adin Ross usually sniffs the farts of the people he interviews. For real. That’s his thing. He interviews someone well-known, then he asks them to fart in his face as the finale to his live stream. I am not making this up.

    I think the Trump camp only agreed to an interview with the king of live stream fart-sniffing because they are desperate to energize younger voters the way Kamala does.

    I am deeply disappointed they cut him off before the end, where he would absolutely have asked Trump if he could smell his fart. Someone must have realized who Adin Ross was at the very last moment and panicked.

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    Does he know that not everyone is working for him? Is this dementia or delusions of grandeur?