{"id":2498881,"date":"2025-10-14T17:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slaps-down-abc-reporter-after-stephanopoulos-cuts-off-vance\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:16:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:16:49","slug":"trump-slaps-down-abc-reporter-after-stephanopoulos-cuts-off-vance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slaps-down-abc-reporter-after-stephanopoulos-cuts-off-vance\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump slaps down ABC reporter after Stephanopoulos cuts off Vance"},"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\">20<\/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-slaps-down-abc-reporter-after-stephanopoulos-cuts-off-vance%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=2498881&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>The article reports that former President Donald Trump refused to take questions from ABC News during a White House event, citing the network&#8217;s anchor George Stephanopoulos&#8217;s disrespectful treatment of Vice President JD Vance in a recent interview. Stephanopoulos abruptly ended his interview with Vance after the latter dismissed allegations of bribery against border official Tom Homan as baseless. trump criticized ABC News as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">fake news<\/a>&#8221; and declined to engage with their reporters. media commentators, including Washington Examiner&#8217;s joe Concha and former TV host Meghan McCain, condemned Stephanopoulos&#8217;s conduct, describing it as rude and unprofessional. The controversy also touches on ongoing questions about an FBI inquiry into Homan, who denies bribery allegations.  <\/p>\n<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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump slaps down ABC reporter after Stephanopoulos cuts off Vance<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2372797\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3849888\/stephen-colbert-praise-hostage-deal-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> refused to take a question from ABC News on Tuesday, citing anchor George Stephanopoulos&rsquo;s treatment of Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3842855\/jd-vance-second-meeting-indiana-republicans-redistricting-effort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JD Vance<\/a> in an interview on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3847434\/vance-stephanopoulos-interview-tom-homan-bribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephanopoulos ended his interview with Vance<\/a> after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-says-her-biggest-failure-as-vp-is-not-getting-out-of-dc-more\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Says Her \u2018Biggest Failure\u2019 As VP Is Not Getting \u2018Out Of DC More\u2019\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: ...Pipeline... to Obama Admin Seen as ...Currency...\">vice president<\/a> responded<\/a> to a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wi-attorney-generals-fraudulent-fake-electors-case-exposed\/\" title=\"WI Attorney General...s Fraudulent ...Fake Electors... Case Exposed\">bogus&#038;rdquo<\/a>; report on border czar Tom Homan, in which Vance said there is &ldquo;no evidence&rdquo; Homan accepted a bribe. Stephanopoulos denied Vance&rsquo;s claim that he was going down a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >weird left-wing rabbit hole&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and ended his interview as Vance was in the midst of giving another statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3850137\/trump-argentina-currency-swap-contingent-javier-milei-win\/\">Trump makes Argentine $20 billion currency swap contingent on Milei win<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3849475\/trump-blasts-china-soybean-tactics\/\">Trump blasts China&#8217;s soybean tactics as &#8216;economically hostile act&#8217;, threatens cooking oil retaliation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3850133\/trump-blasts-alyssa-farah-griffin-breaking-maga-hat-promise-shes-a-total-joke\/\">Trump blasts Alyssa Farah Griffin for breaking MAGA hat promise: &#8216;She&rsquo;s a total joke&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Two days later, Trump refused to answer a question from &ldquo;ABC Fake News&rdquo; while hosting Argentine President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3849424\/watch-live-trump-argentine-president-javier-milei-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Javier Milei<\/a> at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t take questions from &lsquo;ABC Fake News&rsquo; after what you did with Stephanopoulos with the vice president of the United States. I don&rsquo;t take questions from &lsquo;ABC Fake News,&#8217;&rdquo; Trump said before taking a question from a different reporter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a>: &#8220;You&#8217;re ABC Fake News. I don&#8217;t take questions from ABC Fake News. After what you did with Stephanopolous with the Vice President of the United States, I don&#8217;t take questions from ABC Fake News.&#8221; &#128293; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ulf4kK5QVW\">https:\/\/t.co\/ulf4kK5QVW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zq7e64SF3e\">pic.twitter.com\/zq7e64SF3e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1978165401767805055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&lsquo;s Joe Concha said Stephanopoulos has &ldquo;disrespected&rdquo; Vance on several occasions and &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3849313\/joe-concha-marvels-that-george-stephanopoulos-still-has-a-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">simply goes to commercial<\/a>&rdquo; when he&rsquo;s losing an argument with him. Concha added that it&rsquo;s &ldquo;amazing&rdquo; the ABC News anchor is still employed at the network, recalling how Stephanopoulos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3261020\/stephanopoulos-abc-news-ordered-to-apologize-pay-15-million-trump-defamation-settlement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cost the network $15 million<\/a> after making false claims about Trump&rsquo;s legal battles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3847407\/vance-troops-paid-tariff-revenue-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>VANCE SAYS TROOPS TO BE PAID WITH TARIFF REVENUE DURING SHUTDOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meghan McCain, a former co-host of <em>The View<\/em>, also criticized Stephanopoulos, saying on X that she couldn&rsquo;t believe how &ldquo;rude and nasty&rdquo; he was in his interview with Vance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Legitimately can&#8217;t believe how disrespectful George Stephanopolous was to our Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JDVance<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>All of it, so rude and nasty. Cutting him off when he was speaking at the end and throwing to a commercial. I don&#8217;t know what the hell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abcnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@abcnews<\/a> is doing but Jesus it&#8217;s gross.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/1977504226902495465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A report last month said Homan allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3820342\/homan-bribery-allegations-based-on-weak-evidence-experts-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accepted $50,000<\/a> from the FBI in 2024, though Homan has denied any wrongdoing. Since then, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) wrote in an Oct. 8 letter that Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3843180\/house-democrats-tom-homan-bribery-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">never received a response<\/a> from Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel on why the investigation into Homan was dropped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump refuses ABC questions after Stephanopoulos cuts off Vance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2498882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25287667278874.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7261,13946,3634,15469],"class_list":["post-2498881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-abc","tag-stephanopoulos","tag-trump","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25287667278874.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498881"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2498885,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498881\/revisions\/2498885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2498882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2498881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2498881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}