Trump Berates Reporter For Asking About His Chicago ‘War’ Threats

Donald Trump berated a reporter today for asking about his use of the word “war” in his threats to deploy the National Guard in Chicago.

“Are you trying to go to war with Chicago?” asked White House NBC News correspondent Yamiche Alcindor.

“When you say that darling, that’s fake news,” said Trump. “Listen – be quiet, listen! You don’t listen! You never listen. That’s why you’re second-rate. We’re not going to war, we’re gonna clean up our cities.”

Alcindor has been a Washington correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC since 2022. Prior to that, she worked as the host of Washington Week on PBS and as a reporter for PBS NewsHour, USA Today, and The New York Times.

A top-shelf reporter who’s covered national news since 2011, and the White House since 2018, no one worth their salt could possibly consider Alcindor a “second-rate” journalist.

I’ll note that just a day ago, Trump’s own social media announced “Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of War.”