Trump Rebukes “Horror Show” Reporter For Asking About Iran At Lincoln Reflecting Pool: “Our Country Is About Beauty”
President Donald Trump visited the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Thursday and pledged to clean the “filthy” body of water in anticipation of the nation’s 250th birthday this Independence Day. Trump lambasted ABC News senior political correspondent Rachel Scott for asking why he is focused on the project while there is a war raging in Iran. “Our country is about beauty, cleanliness, safety, great people, not a filthy capital,” Trump said. “It’s such a stupid question that you asked. We’re fixing up the reflecting pond to the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, and you say, why are you fixing it up? Because you can understand dirt maybe better than I can, but I don’t allow it.” “This is one of the worst reporters. She’s with ABC Fake News, and she’s a horror show,” Trump said before taking a question from a different ABC reporter.
RACHEL SCOTT, ABC NEWS: Mr. President, you are here against the backdrop of the war in Iran. Why focus on all these projects right now with things like gas prices soaring? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You know why? Because I want to keep our country beautiful and safe. Beautiful also. This place was a disgusting place. It was Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and we had a terrible — I don’t know. You probably don’t see dirt, but I do. And you walk down this pond. If you would have walked down, they’ll tell you better than anybody. They had to take 11 or 12 truckloads of garbage out of that lake, out of that water. And it sat there for years like that. And that’s not what our country is about. Our country is about beauty, cleanliness, safety, great people, not a filthy capital. It’s such a stupid question that you asked. We’re fixing up the reflecting pond to the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, and you say, why are you fixing it up? Because you can understand dirt maybe better than I can, but I don’t allow it. [TRUMP TURNS TO DHS SECRETARY MARKWAYNE MULLIN, OTHER ADMIN OFFICIALS] This is one of the worst reporters. She’s with ABC Fake News, and she’s a horror show. She’s saying, why would you bother fixing this up? Why would I bother taking 11 or 12 truckloads of filth out of the water in front of the Lincoln Monument? [TRUMP TURNS BACK TO REPORTER] That’s what made our country great. Beauty made our country. People made our country great. A question like that is a disgrace to our country. Any other questions?
