In a powerful display of leadership that refuses to be cowed by a hostile and deceitful press corps, President Donald Trump once again defended his administration’s decisive actions and his trusted cabinet officials from a blatant media ambush. During a White House roundtable focused on the booming economy, ABC News reporter Rachel Scott attempted to hijack the agenda with a gotcha question designed not to inform the public, but to trap the President and smear the effective leadership of Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth. Her line of questioning centered on the administration’s successful and lethal strikes against narco-terrorist boats, operations that have already saved countless American lives by interdicting poison at sea.
Scott began by attempting to put words in the President’s mouth, falsely claiming he had promised to release a full video of a September 2nd strike. The same tired style of fake news we have come to expect.
President Trump immediately identified and dismantled the bad-faith premise. As seen in the transcript, he shot back, “I never said that. You said that. This is ABC fake news.” This instant rejection of the media’s fabricated narrative is a hallmark of President Trump’s approach: he will not allow the left-wing press to set traps with their own invented quotes. He then placed his full confidence in his Secretary, stating clearly, “Whatever Hegseth wants to do is okay with me.” He pivoted to the vital national security success of the operation, explaining, “So, every boat we knock out of the water, we save 25,000 American lives. I saw the video; they were trying to turn the boat back to where it could float because that boat was loaded up with drugs….” This reframed the discussion around the actual stakes—American lives saved from deadly narcotics—rather than the media’s preferred trivialities.
Undeterred by the President’s clear and substantive answer, Scott then demonstrated the utter intellectual bankruptcy and obsessive malice of the modern liberal media. She ignored his explanation of the life-saving policy and asked the exact same question a second time, demanding, “Are you okay to release the whole video?” This robotic repetition exposed her true purpose: not to gain understanding, but to badger the President into a soundbite that could be twisted to attack Secretary Hegseth. It was a transparent act of journalistic malpractice, prioritizing a partisan narrative over the facts of a critical counter-narcotics victory.
🚨BREAKING: President Trump BODIES a fake news reporter from ABC.
Q: "You said he would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd off the coast of Venezuela."
TRUMP: "I never said that. You said that. This is ABC fake news."
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— The Patriot Oasis™ (@ThePatriotOasis) December 8, 2025
President Trump’s legendary response to this bad-faith harassment was a definitive smackdown that resonated with millions of Americans tired of the press’s antagonistic games. Expressing the frustration of the entire nation, he replied, “Didn’t I just tell you that?” He then delivered a deserved and direct assessment of the reporter’s conduct: “You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. Let me just tell you: you are an obnoxious, terrible reporter.” He concluded by reiterating his unwavering support for his cabinet official’s judgment, stating, “It’s always the same thing with you. I told you: whatever Pete Hegseth wants to do is OK with me.” This exchange laid bare the stark contrast between a President focused on saving American lives from the cartel-driven fentanyl plague and a media obsessed with creating fake scandals and attacking the strong men and women President Trump has chosen to secure the homeland. The American people support a leader who fights for them, not one who capitulates to obnoxious and terrible reporters pushing a failing network’s agenda.