'You look like hell': Trump blows up at reporter when asked about canceled events – video

President Donald Trump lashed out at a Reuters journalist who asked why he had called off two upcoming campaign rallies, telling the man he looked terrible and describing him as disgusting. The exchange came as the midterm elections drew near. Within a day, Trump reversed course and put the Kansas and Iowa events back on his schedule, so he will appear in both states in the final stretch before voters go to the polls, according to The Guardian.

The confrontation fits a broader pattern of friction between the president and the press, according to The Guardian. Trump has kept CNN, MS Now and Politico out of the White House, saying their coverage was unfavorable. A federal judge has allowed their access to resume for now, finding the exclusion probably unconstitutional, though litigation continues. Separately, the Federal Communications Commission went after ABC once Jimmy Kimmel joked about the First Lady, and Trump has floated the idea of the agency disciplining the moderator of Meet the Press over a factual remark he disliked.

The Guardian also points to billionaire ownership of major outlets, including CBS News and the Washington Post, as a further strain on independent reporting.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Guardian’s reporting. Read the full story at The Guardian →