Donald Trump disregarded a query about his current MRI by insulting a feminine reporter’s intelligence throughout a tense second aboard Air Force One, persevering with his sample of focusing on ladies journalists with private remarks.

The change unfolded Sunday when the unnamed reporter requested Trump what a part of his physique had been scanned. Rather than supply an easy reply, Trump pivoted to a private dig.

“I have no idea. It was just an MRI,” Trump said. “It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and I aced it. I got a perfect mark, which you would be incapable of doing.”

The second added to a rising listing of incidents through which Trump has verbally attacked feminine members of the press. Earlier this month, he referred to Bloomberg’s Catherine Lucey as “quiet, piggy,” a remark that drew widespread criticism.

The MRI in query has turn into some extent of political rigidity, with Democrats urgent for readability on the president’s well being.

On NBC’s Meet the Press, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz questioned the scenario, asking, “Has anyone in the history of the world ever had an MRI assigned to them and have no idea what it was for?”

Trump responded by calling Walz “incompetent” and insisting his MRI outcomes had been “perfect.” He additionally mentioned he had no concern with making them public, stating, “If they want to release it, it’s OK with me to release it.”

During the identical flight, Trump additionally clashed with NewsNation’s Libby Dean, turning his criticism towards the outlet itself. “Do you want to have it released, NewsNation? Failing, failing NewsNation. NewsNation is doing lousy, by the way,” he mentioned.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later advised reporters the MRI was a part of a “routine physical examination,” however declined to specify what a part of Trump’s physique was scanned or why it was ordered.

Trump’s remarks match a broader sample of hostility towards feminine reporters.

In current weeks, he referred to as New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman “ugly, both inside and out” and requested one other lady throughout a press gaggle, “Are you a stupid person?”

White House spokesperson Taylor Rodgers defended Trump’s habits in an announcement to Newsweek, saying, “This is the most accessible and transparent administration in history—full stop. The Biden administration hid the president of the United States from the press, covered up his mental decline, and lied to the media faces about it for years.”

Despite Trump’s declare that he’s okay with releasing the MRI outcomes, the White House has not confirmed whether or not such a disclosure will happen.

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