President Donald Trump refused to take a question from an ABC correspondent on Tuesday, blasting the network over This Week host George Stephanopoulos‘ contentious interview with JD Vance on Sunday.
ABC News was in the press pool on Tuesday, meaning that the network had access to the president as he met with Argentinian leader Javier Milei.
As he typically does, Trump took questions from the reporters for an extended period, but he declined to take one from the ABC correspondent. “You’re ABC fake news. I don’t take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States,” Trump said.
He then turned to Brian Glenn, correspondent for the right-wing Real America’s Voice, who is known for lobbing softballs.
On Sunday’s This Week, Stephanopoulos pressed Vance on whether border czar Tom Homan accepted $50,000 in cash from an uncover FBI agent last year. MSNBC was first to report that Homan was recorded accepting the cash, as agents were posing as executives hoping to gain contracts in the next Trump administration. The FBI closed the investigation recently, the network reported.
“Did he keep that money or give it back?” Stephanopoulos asked Vance.
“Tom Homan did not take a bribe,” Vance said. “It’s a ridiculous smear, and the reason you are going after Tom Homan so aggressively is because he is doing the job and enforcing the law.”
But Stephanopoulos continued to press Vance on whether Homan accepted the $50,000.
Vance insisted that Homan did not do anything illegal, but Stephanopoulos said, “I am asking you, did he accept the $50,000 that was caught on the surveillance tape?”
Vance continued to defend Homan but said that he did not know whether he kept the money.
He then attacked Stephanopoulos. “Here’s why fewer and fewer people watch your program, and why you are losing credibility, because you are talking now for five minutes with the vice president of the United States, about this story, a story that I have read about but I don’t even know the video you are talking about.”
He added, “You are insinuating criminal wrongdoing against a guy who has done nothing wrong instead of focusing on the fact that our country is struggling because our government is shut down.”
Stephanopoulos said: “I didn’t insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50,000, as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024, and you did not answer the question. Thank you for your time this morning.”
Vance tried to say something more, but Stephanopoulos talked over him and went to a commercial break.
An ABC News spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment.