Donald Trump, throughout a tense assembly with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the White House, accused the reporter of diverting consideration from extra urgent points, such because the violence and racist legal guidelines in opposition to white farmers in South Africa.

Washington:

Refuting reviews concerning the Pentagon’s announcement to switch a Qatari Boeing 747 as a future Air Force One, US President Donald Trump slammed the NBC reporter who made the query, calling him “terrible” and “not smart enough” to do his job.

Trump, throughout a tense assembly with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the White House, accused the reporter of diverting consideration from extra urgent points, such because the violence and racist legal guidelines in opposition to white farmers in South Africa.

Donald Trump prompt that NBC and Brian Roberts, its dad or mum firm’s CEO and chairperson, needs to be investigated for his or her operations, branding the community a “disgrace”.

“What are you talking about? …What are you talking about? You know… You need to get out of here… What does this have to do with Qatari Jet…? They are giving the United States Air Force a jet, and it’s a great thing… We’re talking about a lot of other things, and this NBC is trying to get off the subject of what you just saw. You are a terrible reporter. Number one, you don’t have what it takes to be a reporter. You are not smart enough,” Trump erupted following the reporter’s query on the jet.

“You ought to go back to your studio at NBC, because Brian Roberts and the people that run that place, they ought to be investigated. They are so terrible in the way you run that network. And you are a disgrace. No more questions from you,” he additional acknowledged.

He defended the Qatari reward, including, “But for you to go on to a subject about a jet that was given to the United States Air Force, which is a very nice thing. They also gave USD 5.1 trillion worth of investments in addition to the jet.”

As per CNN, citing a Defence Department spokesperson, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth had accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar that, after present process intensive modifications for safety and mission readiness, is anticipated for use by President Trump.

Earlier, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed the acceptance of the plane, stating that the switch complies with all US legal guidelines and rules and famous that the Defence Department will make sure the plane is correctly outfitted to serve in a presidential transport position, CNN reported.

Sharing a publish on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump earlier acknowledged that the jet was “NOT TO ME!” however “a gift from a nation.”

(With inputs from ANI)