Jan. 27 2026, Published 7:12 p.m. ET
Donald Trump shut down a reporter who pressed him about the deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis in separate shootings involving federal immigration agents.
“You talked a lot about Minnesota. Some of your own administration officials have labeled Alex Pretti –,” ABC News senior political correspondent Rachel Scott asked the president, 79, before he cut her off in front of a crowd in Iowa, a news outlet reported on Tuesday, January 27.
Donald Trump Slammed ABC Reporter in Iowa
“By the way, this is ABC fake news, this one. She hasn’t asked me a good question in years. I think a nice woman, but I don’t really like her too much,” Trump said, dismissing her question and telling a colleague, “I’ll tell you, ABC is about as bad as they get.”
Trump also infuriated gun rights advocates when he suggested that Alex Pretti’s death, who was shot by federal officers on January 24, was linked to the ICU nurse carrying a “fully loaded gun” during the protests, even though he was legally permitted to carry it.
“We view that as a very unfortunate incident, OK?” the businessman said. “I don’t like that he had a gun. I don’t like that he had two fully loaded magazines. That’s a lot of bad stuff.”
