Trump VS Journalist Explodes: Tense Exchange Over This Question
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A fiery exchange between Donald Trump and ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott has exploded online after a hot-mic moment sparked speculation the U.S. President may have used a derogatory slur while leaving a Washington event.
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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 disgust. 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
you ask. 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. 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?
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.