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06-03-2025
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Trump scolds ‘sleazebag' pundits for speculating why he thanked Justice Roberts following address to Congress
President Donald Trump scolded MSNBC and CNN on Thursday for speculating why he thanked Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts after his joint address to Congress without bothering to pick up the phone and ask. "Thank you again, I won't forget," Trump told Justice Roberts in a moment that was captured by television cameras following his address. The Supreme Court ruled in July 2024 that former presidents have substantial protection from prosecution after Trump moved to dismiss his indictment in a 2020 election interference case based on presidential immunity, and many liberal pundits insisted the president was thanking Justice Roberts more than seven months later. But it wasn't the first time Trump and Roberts have seen each other in person, as the Chief Justice administrated the presidential oath of office on Inauguration Day. Many liberal pundits assumed Trump was thanking Justice Roberts for the former. More Than 10.7 Million Viewers Chose Fox News To Watch Trump's Address To Congress, Trouncing All Networks MSNBC's Chris Hayes suggested that Trump was thanking Roberts for "paving the way" for him to return to the White House. "Donald Trump understands that John Roberts is his guy who sprang him and saved him from prosecution with his ruling on presidential immunity, which ultimately paved the way for Trump to be elected president again," Hayes told MSNBC viewers. Read On The Fox News App MSNBC host Symone Sanders asked New York University law professor Melissa Murray if it was a "preemptive thank you for something that's about to happen." "There is a lot Donald Trump could have thanked his court for, namely the immunity ruling… big get out of jail free card," Murray responded. Over on CNN, political director David Chalian said he would "love to know" what Trump was thanking Roberts for. He suggested it could have been for the "inauguration," but another panelist quickly chimed in, claiming it was "obviously immunity." Trump took to social media on Thursday morning to set the record straight. The Fake 'Play the Ref' News, in order to create a divide between me and our great U.S. Supreme Court, heard me say last night, loudly and openly as I was walking past the Justices on the way to the podium, 'thank you,' to Chief Justice John Roberts. Like most people, I don't watch Fake News CNN or MSDNC, but I understand they are going 'crazy' asking what is it that I was thanking Justice Roberts for? They never called my office to ask, of course, but if they had I would have told these sleazebag 'journalists' that I thanked him for SWEARING ME IN ON INAUGURATION DAY, AND DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB IN SO DOING! The Fake News never quits," Trump posted on Truth Social. Dave Portnoy Scolds Democrats For 'Kindergarten Skit' During Trump's Address To Congress: 'Clown Show' CNN and MSNBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. While Trump didn't scold "The View" co-host Joy Behar, she also speculated on Trump's remarks to Roberts. "There was a moment there that really stopped my heart, and that was when Trump shook hands with the members of the Supreme Court," Behar said. "He said to Justice Roberts, 'Thank you again, thank you again, won't forget it,'" she continued. "Now, what do you think he was referring to?" Behar then suggested Trump was thanking Justice Roberts for the immunity. Fox News Digital's Danielle Wallace contributed to this report. Original article source: Trump scolds 'sleazebag' pundits for speculating why he thanked Justice Roberts following address to Congress
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump swears he doesn't follow ‘fake news' – then goes on rant about CNN, MSNBC and ‘sleazebag journalists'
Donald Trump attacked the media on Wednesday in a Truth Social post, criticizing recent coverage of a clip of him that seized on an interaction where he thanked Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and shook his hand during the president's joint address to Congress earlier this week. 'Like most people, I don't watch Fake News CNN or MSDNC, but I understand they are going 'crazy' asking what is it that I was thanking Justice Roberts for?' Trump wrote, using his pejorative nickname for MSNBC. 'They never called my office to ask, of course, but if they had I would have told these sleazebag 'journalists' that I thanked him for SWEARING ME IN ON INAUGURATION DAY, AND DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB IN SO DOING! The Fake News never quits!' The moment at issue was relatively brief. As Trump mingled with the crowd of dignitaries in the House who gathered Tuesday to watch the address, the president shook Roberts's hand and was recorded saying, 'Thank you again. [I] won't forget it.' Some argued the exchange was emblematic of how the Supreme Court has enabled Trump in recent years. 'We can't know precisely what the president meant, but Trump does have a lot to thank Roberts for,' Adam Serwer writes in The Atlantic. The Supreme Court delivered Trump multiple election-year victories, including a March 2024 decision blocking Colorado's move to strike Donald Trump from its presidential election ballot for his role in January 6, and a July ruling finding that former presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution for official actions, effectively ending a federal case against the Republican. Given the administration's broad, hyper-speed attempts to cut federal spending and shutter agencies, which critics allege overstep executive authority, the high court may also be a rare roadblock against the Trump agenda, given that Republicans control both houses of Congress. The day after Trump's much-discussed handshake with Roberts, the Supreme Court ruled that the administration must pay out nearly $2 billion in foreign aid to groups that work with the U.S. Agency for International Development, despite the White House's attempt to freeze funding and shutter the agency. Trump has a long history of criticizing the media, and his frequent attacks on the 'fake news' beginning in his 2016 campaign helped the term enter the popular lexicon. Over time, the criticism has taken on a more barbed, violent edge, with Trump calling mainstream news channels the 'true enemy of the people.' Some of this rhetoric has been strategic, Trump reportedly admitted. ''You know why I do it?'' 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl recalled Trump once telling her in 2016. ''I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so that when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you.'' The Republican's relationship with one news channel in particular, Fox News, has been a defining feature of his political life. The network helped fuel Trump's political rise, and the Republican has staffed both of his administrations with numerous figures from the network. The current White House includes former Fox anchors and commentators as director of national intelligence and the secretaries of defense and transit. During his first term, Trump was reported to have watched Fox for hours on end, sometimes live-tweeting his thoughts about various segments on favorite shows like Fox and Friends. The relationship grew more fraught by 2020, when Fox News angered MAGAworld by accurately calling the Arizona presidential election results as a win for Joe Biden, despite reported attempts from Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to lobby network leaders to revoke the call. Fox's alignment with Trump proved problematic for the network in other ways, too, including having to pay $785 million to elections contractor Dominion Voting Systems to settle a defamation suit, stemming from repeated reporting agreeing with the Trump campaign's false claims of a rigged 2020 election. The relationship got so tense that in 2023, network star Sean Hannity reportedly tried to appeal to Trump directly to stop attacking Fox and its owners, the Murdoch family, after Trump accused the network of 'collusion' to boost the political fortunes of his GOP primary rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. 'Mr. President, I'm trying to help you out here with the Fox people here,' Hannity reportedly told Trump, according to Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power, a forthcoming book from Axios journalist Alex Isenstadt. 'But you're not making it easy for me by going after the Murdochs. You're not helping me. You're not helping yourself. If you can just lay off, we can start making some moves and getting back to normal.' The attacks on the press have continued now that Trump is back in office, including blocking Associated Press reporters from covering official appearances because the wire service's influential style handbook has not adopted the administration's unilateral attempt to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. The administration, frustrated with the pace of deportations, has also cracked down on leakers speaking to the media about impending removal operations against migrants.
The Independent
06-03-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Trump swears he doesn't follow ‘fake news' – then goes on rant about CNN, MSNBC and ‘sleazebag journalists'
Donald Trump attacked the media on Wednesday in a Truth Social post, criticizing recent coverage of a clip of him that seized on an interaction where he thanked Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and shook his hand during the president's joint address to Congress earlier this week. 'Like most people, I don't watch Fake News CNN or MSDNC, but I understand they are going 'crazy' asking what is it that I was thanking Justice Roberts for?' Trump wrote, using his pejorative nickname for MSNBC. 'They never called my office to ask, of course, but if they had I would have told these sleazebag 'journalists' that I thanked him for SWEARING ME IN ON INAUGURATION DAY, AND DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB IN SO DOING! The Fake News never quits!' The moment at issue was relatively brief. As Trump mingled with the crowd of dignitaries in the House who gathered Tuesday to watch the address, the president shook Roberts's hand and was recorded saying, 'Thank you again. [I] won't forget it.' Some argued the exchange was emblematic of how the Supreme Court has enabled Trump in recent years. 'We can't know precisely what the president meant, but Trump does have a lot to thank Roberts for,' Adam Serwer writes in The Atlantic. The Supreme Court delivered Trump multiple election-year victories, including a March 2024 decision blocking Colorado's move to strike Donald Trump from its presidential election ballot for his role in January 6, and a July ruling finding that former presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution for official actions, effectively ending a federal case against the Republican. Given the administration's broad, hyper-speed attempts to cut federal spending and shutter agencies, which critics allege overstep executive authority, the high court may also be a rare roadblock against the Trump agenda, given that Republicans control both houses of Congress. The day after Trump's much-discussed handshake with Roberts, the Supreme Court ruled that the administration must pay out nearly $2 billion in foreign aid to groups that work with the U.S. Agency for International Development, despite the White House's attempt to freeze funding and shutter the agency. Trump has a long history of criticizing the media, and his frequent attacks on the 'fake news' beginning in his 2016 campaign helped the term enter the popular lexicon. Over time, the criticism has taken on a more barbed, violent edge, with Trump calling mainstream news channels the ' true enemy of the people.' Some of this rhetoric has been strategic, Trump reportedly admitted. ''You know why I do it?'' 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl recalled Trump once telling her in 2016. ''I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so that when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you.'' The Republican's relationship with one news channel in particular, Fox News, has been a defining feature of his political life. The network helped fuel Trump's political rise, and the Republican has staffed both of his administrations with numerous figures from the network. The current White House includes former Fox anchors and commentators as director of national intelligence and the secretaries of defense and transit. During his first term, Trump was reported to have watched Fox for hours on end, sometimes live-tweeting his thoughts about various segments on favorite shows like Fox and Friends. The relationship grew more fraught by 2020, when Fox News angered MAGAworld by accurately calling the Arizona presidential election results as a win for Joe Biden, despite reported attempts from Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to lobby network leaders to revoke the call. Fox's alignment with Trump proved problematic for the network in other ways, too, including having to pay $785 million to elections contractor Dominion Voting Systems to settle a defamation suit, stemming from repeated reporting agreeing with the Trump campaign's false claims of a rigged 2020 election. The relationship got so tense that in 2023, network star Sean Hannity reportedly tried to appeal to Trump directly to stop attacking Fox and its owners, the Murdoch family, after Trump accused the network of 'collusion' to boost the political fortunes of his GOP primary rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. 'Mr. President, I'm trying to help you out here with the Fox people here,' Hannity reportedly told Trump, according to Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power, a forthcoming book from Axios journalist Alex Isenstadt. 'But you're not making it easy for me by going after the Murdochs. You're not helping me. You're not helping yourself. If you can just lay off, we can start making some moves and getting back to normal.' The attacks on the press have continued now that Trump is back in office, including blocking Associated Press reporters from covering official appearances because the wire service's influential style handbook has not adopted the administration's unilateral attempt to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. The administration, frustrated with the pace of deportations, has also cracked down on leakers speaking to the media about impending removal operations against migrants.
Fox News
06-03-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Trump scolds ‘sleazebag' pundits for speculating why he thanked Justice Roberts following address to Congress
President Donald Trump scolded MSNBC and CNN on Thursday for speculating why he thanked Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts after his joint address to Congress without bothering to pick up the phone and ask. "Thank you again, I won't forget," Trump told Justice Roberts in a moment that was captured by television cameras following his address. The Supreme Court ruled in July 2024 that former presidents have substantial protection from prosecution after Trump moved to dismiss his indictment in a 2020 election interference case based on presidential immunity, and many liberal pundits insisted the president was thanking Justice Roberts more than seven months later. But it wasn't the first time Trump and Roberts have seen each other in person, as the Chief Justice administrated the presidential oath of office on Inauguration Day. Many liberal pundits assumed Trump was thanking Justice Roberts for the former. MSNBC's Chris Hayes suggested that Trump was thanking Roberts for "paving the way" for him to return to the White House. "Donald Trump understands that John Roberts is his guy who sprang him and saved him from prosecution with his ruling on presidential immunity, which ultimately paved the way for Trump to be elected president again," Hayes told MSNBC viewers. MSNBC host Symone Sanders asked New York University law professor Melissa Murray if it was a "preemptive thank you for something that's about to happen." "There is a lot Donald Trump could have thanked his court for, namely the immunity ruling… big get out of jail free card," Murray responded. Over on CNN, political director David Chalian said he would "love to know" what Trump was thanking Roberts. He suggested it could have been for the "inauguration," but another panelist quickly chimed in, claiming it was "obviously immunity." Trump took to social media on Thursday morning to set the record straight. The Fake 'Play the Ref' News, in order to create a divide between me and our great U.S. Supreme Court, heard me say last night, loudly and openly as I was walking past the Justices on the way to the podium, 'thank you,' to Chief Justice John Roberts. Like most people, I don't watch Fake News CNN or MSDNC, but I understand they are going 'crazy' asking what is it that I was thanking Justice Roberts for? They never called my office to ask, of course, but if they had I would have told these sleazebag 'journalists' that I thanked him for SWEARING ME IN ON INAUGURATION DAY, AND DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB IN SO DOING! The Fake News never quits," Trump posted on Truth Social. CNN and MSNBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. While Trump didn't scold "The View" co-host Joy Behar, she also speculated on Trump's remarks to Roberts. "There was a moment there that really stopped my heart, and that was when Trump shook hands with the members of the Supreme Court," Behar said. He said to Justice Roberts, 'Thank you again, thank you again, won't forget it,'" she continued. "Now, what do you think he was referring to?" Behar then suggested Trump was thanking Justice Roberts for the immunity.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Thanks Chief Supreme Court Justice on Hot Mic: ‘Won't Forget It'
Donald Trump thanked Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and added that he 'won't forget it' after delivering a speech to Congress Tuesday night. 'Thank you again. Thank you again. Won't forget it,' he said, shaking Roberts' hand and then tapping the George W. Bush appointee on the arm. It was not immediately unclear what, exactly, Trump was thanking him for—though have been more than a few instances over the past few years of Supreme Court intervention in favor of the president. Last year, Roberts authored a decision granting former presidents sweeping immunity from prosecution, in effect helping Trump avoid facing trial for trying to overturn the 2020 election. He had been indicted for offenses relating to his alleged election subversion in Washington, D.C. and in Georgia. Another case that the conservative-majority court decided in Trump's favor last year was allowing him to be kept on the ballot after some states pointed to the 14th Amendment's ban on insurrectionists from holding federal office. And in another Jan. 6-related case, Roberts wrote for the court that obstruction charges against Jan. 6 defendants had to be narrower than what prosecutors had brought. Trump's Washington D.C. case included two obstruction charges. Later on Wednesday night the president took to Truth Social to offer up an explanation for his gratitude. 'The Fake 'Play the Ref' News, in order to create a divide between me and our great U.S. Supreme Court, heard me say last night, loudly and openly as I was walking past the Justices on the way to the podium, 'thank you,' to Chief Justice John Roberts,' Trump wrote. 'Like most people, I don't watch Fake News CNN or MSDNC, but I understand they are going 'crazy' asking what is it that I was thanking Justice Roberts for?' Trump claimed neither outlet 'called my office to ask,' but said 'if they had I would have told these sleazebag 'journalists' that I thanked him for SWEARING ME IN ON INAUGURATION DAY, AND DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB IN SO DOING! 'The Fake News never quits!' Trump concluded. Roberts was one of only four justices in attendance for Trump's speech. In it, Trump thanked the court for helping achieve his goal of ending diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs—an apparent reference to its 2023 ruling ending affirmative action in college admissions. One of the court's actions the next day, though, Trump may not see as cause for thanks. In a 5-4 ruling Wednesday, the high court determined that the Trump administration must pay out $2 billion that was owed under USAID contracts. That decision saw Trump fans complain about one of his three appointees, Amy Coney Barrett, for siding with Roberts and the court's three liberals.
