According to Fox News, on Thursday (10th), former President Trump denied a CNN report. The report claims that he often tried to clog the White House toilet by flushing documents into the toilet.
Screenshot of fox news report
Trump said in a statement, "Another fake story that said I flushed documents and documents down the Toilet at the White House, which is absolutely untrue, was made up by a journalist to promote a book that is almost all fictional." ”
The Fox News report noted that CNN spent most of the morning covering this "breaking news" about Trump's White House toilet, which comes from the upcoming book of New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, who is also a political analyst hired by CNN.
Screenshot of cnn's "New Day" TV show broadcast on the same day
In the opening remarks of the TV show "New Day", which aired at 8 a.m. local time, CNN anchor Brianna Keilar said, "We start with breaking news. On more than one occasion during the Trump administration, staff at the White House residence found piles of printed paper in the clogged toilet and believed it was documents that the former president himself had tried to wash away. ”
Throughout the morning, CNN repeatedly reported the "breaking news" and asked Haberman and others to analyze the importance of the so-called toilet pipe blockage problem involving Trump.
Maggie Haberman analyzes the importance of Trump's alleged toilet pipe blockage problem on the show
Haberman told the audience on CNN shows: "I learned that the White House staff would periodically find the toilet clogged and had to be fixed by a mechanic, and the mechanic would usually find a stack of, you know, wet, printed paper... That means it's not toilet paper, it's note notes, or other pieces of paper they think he (Trump) threw down the toilet. ”
CNN anchor John Berman once asked Hubman whether the alleged toilet blockage problem occurred in Mr. Trump's private toilet.
Berman asked, "His toilet?" That's right, whose toilet is that? Haberman replied, "In the pipes, this is his (Trump's) bathroom." ”
Trump quickly denied the allegation, refuting it as "another false story."
"Democrats are just using this incident and unelected members of the political thugs' organization as a disguise to disguise how bad our country is under the Biden administration," Trump wrote in his statement. ”
After CNN President Jeff Zucker abruptly announced his resignation on February 2 over a relationship with CNN female executive Allison Gollust, Trump yelled at him as a "world-class despicable villain" and mocked CNN's declining ratings.
Former U.S. President Trump (infographic)
Trump said at the time, "Jeff Zucker is gone — congratulations to everyone!" ”
CNN's ratings have plummeted since Trump stepped down as President of the United States, and in early January, CNN's ratings fell 90 percent from the same period last year, when reports of the Capitol Hill riots gave CNN ratings a brief boost. CNN has also recently come under fire after project Veritas, a right-wing U.S. investigative agency, exposed pedophilia allegations by two CNN producers.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Qin Hong Text Editor: Lu Xiaochuan Caption Source: IC PHOTO Photo Editor: Xu Jiamin
Source: Author: Global Times