ABC News White House correspondent Jonathan Karl, author of “Retribution,” on Thursday told MS NOW host Jen Psaki that President Donald Trump, “of all people, should know that it’s dangerous out there,” when he makes anti-media comments.

JEN PSAKI: You know, at the same time, there’s also been reporting, I referenced this earlier, about Trump having a meeting with Larry Ellison to talk about CNN anchors that he may want to see thrown out. I’m bringing all of this up because I think the question is, what can the White House press corps do in this moment? I’m not a believer they can just walk out because then who’s covering the White House? JONATHAN KARL: No, that’s ridiculous. That would be a terrible thing to do. PSAKI: But what can they do? KARL: I think keep focused on your job. By the way, this notion of talking to Larry Ellison is not entirely new. I remember in the first term, he brought in some executives from CBS News and made the case, you should be the right wing, you should be the conservative network. You could compete with FOX News, you’d get all the credit if they didn’t take him up on the offer. But this is something he’s done. Look, in terms of the threats, you have to remain, you have to be focused. But I do say that I do worry about the threats that journalists get when the president lashes out. There was an incident in 2019. Trump was talking about the press as the enemy of the people, particularly incendiary attack. I was the president of the White House Correspondents Association. And I went in to speak to him in the Oval Office. And I said, don’t you worry when you say that, that people will take your words to heart. I went in there because we had just witnessed two mass shootings in our country in El Paso and Dayton. This is 2019. And he said without batting an eye, no, no, no, I hope they take my words to heart because the fake news is the enemy of the people. It’s like he didn’t comprehend that his words could have an impact, that people could actually act on what he is saying, take them literally and act on what he is saying. PSAKI: Do you still think that’s the case when you saw what he tweeted today? KARL: I mean, it’s deeply, deeply troubling because the threats we all know are real and they are constant. And some of the, we’ve seen plots that have been foiled, but that got pretty damn close to being successful. Donald Trump himself has been the victim of two really serious assassination attempts, both of which, the second one more close to killing him than the first. I mean, he, of all people, should know that it’s dangerous out there. PSAKI: Jonathan Karl.

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