The battle between the media and the White House is back in full-swing. But the President has the upper hand.
And now, Trump ruthlessly tore apart this reporter for making the dumbest statement ever.
President Donald Trump took a shot at the struggling liberal news outlet HuffPost, mocking its relevance and suggesting he thought it had already faded into obscurity.
The exchange came Sunday during a press conference on Air Force One, where a reporter questioned Trump about statements made by Vice President JD Vance regarding judicial overreach.
“JD Vance suggested that if the Supreme Court rules in a way that you don’t like, they could just enforce it by themselves,” the reporter asked Trump. “Do you agree with that?”
The question stemmed from Vance’s firm stance against judicial interference in executive power.
The vice president had made it clear that judges have no authority to dictate how the executive branch operates.
“Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” Vance wrote on X.
“If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that’s also illegal.”
When pressed on the matter, Trump dismissed the controversy outright.
“I don’t even know what you’re talking about,” he fired back at the reporter. “Neither do you. Who are you with?”
When the reporter revealed he worked for HuffPost, Trump didn’t hold back. “Oh, no wonder,” he said. “I thought they— I thought they died. Are they still around? I haven’t read them in years. I thought they died.”
Stung by Trump’s comments, HuffPost scrambled to respond.
A spokesperson tried to spin the moment, telling Fox News Digital, “His loss — perhaps his biggest since 2020. Millions of Americans are tuning into HuffPost’s coverage to stay informed about the consequences of Trump’s presidency.”
But the real issue at hand was judicial activism, something Trump has repeatedly called out.
When asked directly about a federal court ruling that blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the Treasury Department’s systems, Trump didn’t mince words.
“No, I disagree with it 100%,” he told Fox News host Bret Baier.
“I think it’s crazy. And we have to solve the efficiency problem. We have to solve the fraud, waste, abuse— all the things that have gone into the government. You take a look at USAID, the kind of fraud in there.”
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