![]() In March 2011, while exploring to make a bid for the Republican nomination for the 2012 presidential election, Trump began looking into the validity of President Barack Obama's birth certificate, stating that the "Certification of Live Birth" the White House released did not bear a signature of authenticity. He served one term as president before losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden. In November 2016, Trump became the President-elect of the United States after winning the 2016 general election in an upset victory against his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. Michael Moore in TrumpLand Speech Remixesĭonald Trump, born J(age 74), is an American entrepreneur and TV personality best known for his celebrity billionaire status, as portrayed in the hit NBC reality show The Apprentice, and advocacy of extremely conservative political beliefs.This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]() Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The New York Times is angry that Donald Trump appeared to mock one of its reporters who has a physical disability, but the candidate denied Thursday that he was mimicking the reporter. Trump accused the reporter of “using his disability to grandstand.”ĭonald Trump has come under fire again, this time for mocking New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, who suffers from a chronic condition. Trump waved his arms in an awkward manner at a rally in South Carolina Tuesday night while talking about a comment made by Serge Kovaleski. Kovaleski has a chronic condition called arthrogryposis, which limits the movement of his arms. “We find it’s outrageous that he would ridicule the appearance of one of our reporters,” a spokesperson told CNNMoney. Kovaleski, who had previously worked at the Washington Post and the New York Daily News, had covered Trump many times in New York. Trump, however, said he did not know Kovaleski. “I have no idea who this reporter, Serge Kovalski (cq) is, what he looks like or his level of intelligence,” Trump said in a statement. “Somebody at the financially failing and totally biased New York Times said that, over the years, I have met Mr. Despite having one of the all-time great memories I certainly do not remember him,” the candidate added. Trump said that in his speech at the rally “I merely mimicked what I thought would be a flustered reporter trying to get out of a statement he made long ago. If I did know, I would definitely not say anything about his appearance.” Kovaleski is handicapped, I would not know because I do not know what he looks like. ![]() In a subsequent statement, Trump demanded an apology from the New York Times and was critical of Kovaleski. “Serge Kovaleski must think a lot of himself if he thinks I remember him from decades ago - if I ever met him at all, which I doubt I did. ![]() ![]() “He should stop using his disability to grandstand and get back to reporting for a newspaper that is rapidly going down the tubes,” Trump said. Trump’s performance at the rally was prompted by challenges to Trump’s repeated claim that he saw “thousands” of Muslims celebrating in Jersey City, N.J., as the World Trade Center towers burned and fell during the 9/11 terror attack.īoth sides have cited a story Kovaleski had written in 2001 when he worked for the Washington Post that said authorities had detained “a number of people” in Jersey City who had allegedly been seen celebrating the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center. Kovaleski’s story referred to FBI probes of the alleged celebrations, but quoted no witnesses and contained no specific evidence that celebrations occurred. He was interviewed this week by the Washington Post about his 2001 reporting. “I certainly do not remember anyone saying that thousands or even hundreds of people were celebrating. ![]()
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