{"id":2413678,"date":"2025-03-18T12:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T16:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-publicly-responds-to-interview-request-from-third-rate-mainstream-media-outlet-absolutely-no-credibility\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T12:33:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T16:33:01","slug":"trump-publicly-responds-to-interview-request-from-third-rate-mainstream-media-outlet-absolutely-no-credibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-publicly-responds-to-interview-request-from-third-rate-mainstream-media-outlet-absolutely-no-credibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Publicly Responds to Interview Request from \u2018Third Rate&#8217; Mainstream Media Outlet: &#8216;Absolutely No Credibility\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-publicly-responds-to-interview-request-from-third-rate-mainstream-media-outlet-absolutely-no-credibility%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413678&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the Atlantic magazine issued a scorched-earth piece on President Donald Trump. On Monday, Trump returned the favor.<\/p>\n<p>With two months to go before the 2020 presidential election, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2020\/09\/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers\/615997\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlantic<\/a> wrote that Trump called American soldiers who died for their country &ldquo;losers&rdquo; and &ldquo;suckers&rdquo; &nbsp;in rejecting to visit a military cemetery where Americans who died in World War I are buried.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has vehemently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/massive-media-failures-prove-trump-hit-pieces-arent-working-anymore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denied<\/a> making the comments.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Trump went public with a response to the magazine&rsquo;s request for an interview with the president it tried to smear.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Third Rate Magazine, &lsquo;The Atlantic,&rsquo; that made up the &lsquo;Suckers and Losers&rsquo; Hoax about me and the Military, and refused to even acknowledge the vast horde of people who emphatically denied this FAKE STORY, has asked me to do an interview,&rdquo; Trump wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114180060627046678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Trump then added his reply, suggesting when an accurate and truthful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tone-deaf-stelter-asks-anti-trump-media-outlets-live-cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reporter<\/a> might be found, he might reconsider.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ashley Parker is not capable of doing a fair and unbiased interview. She is a Radical Left Lunatic, and has been as terrible as is possible for as long as I have known her. To this date, she doesn&rsquo;t even know that I won the Presidency THREE times,&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you have some other reporter, let us know, but Ashley is not capable or competent enough to understand the intricacies of High Level politics,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Likewise, Michael Scherer has never written a fair story about me, only negative, and virtually always LIES,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said the liberal magazine has passed its prime.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Atlantic is doing terribly, losing a fortune, and will hopefully fold up and be gone in the not too distant future. It has absolutely no credibility, and would be far better off, in terms of &lsquo;journalism,&rsquo; to cease publication. Nevertheless, when you have a writer with intelligence, competence, and fairness, please let me know!&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Parker, who formerly wrote for The Washington Post, said in a September analysis that Trump&rsquo;s comments painted a &ldquo;distorted, warped and, at times, absurdist portrait&rdquo; of America and said he was a liar in his comments.<\/p>\n<p>She alleged Trump lied about gang violence in Aurora, Colorado, weeks before multiple members of a Venezuelan gang were arrested in connection with a kidnapping, as noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/aurora-colorado-migrant-gang-members-arrested-chief-blasts-biden-policy-2002467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has pushed back against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/powerful-anti-trump-media-figures-exposed-holding-secret-weekly-meetings-coordinate-legal-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> slights, as illustrated by a recent interaction with an NBC reporter that was noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/trump-shuts-down-nbc-reporter-discredited-kennedy-center-presser\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During a media availability at the Kennedy Center, a reporter who asked Trump a question tried to add a second one.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Who are you with?&rdquo; Trump asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sir, I&rsquo;m with NBC,&rdquo; the reporter said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to talk to NBC anymore. 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