Trump loses it with ABC reporter who corrects him on air

In a recent interview with ABC News on the first 100 days of his presidency, Donald Trump quickly turned confrontational.

President Trump insisted in a television interview that the man his administration mistakenly sent to a Salvadoran prison has the letters and numbers “MS-13” tattooed on his knuckles.

— The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) 2025-04-30T14:45:24.011Z

The tone escalated when Trump lashed out at ABC News reporter Terry Moran, who claimed that the letters “M”, “S”, “1” and “3” had been Photoshopped onto the hand of Kilmar Ábrego García, a man mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador, and whom the Trump administration accuses, without proof, of belonging to the MS-13 gang.

Moran pointed out that the letters and numbers had been “photoshopped” onto the image recently published by Trump on his Truth Social network, where the president is seen, from the Oval Office, holding a sheet on which is printed the photo of Kilmar Ábrego García’s hand.

The fingers of the hand in the photo feature several tattoos: a marijuana leaf, a smiley face, a cross and a skull. However, the photo in question has clearly been digitally altered: letters and numbers have been added above each image – an “M”, an “S”, a “1” and a “3” – forming the acronym “MS-13”.

After pointing out that the letters “M”, “S”, “1” and “3” had obviously been added digitally to the image, the ABC News reporter was visibly annoyed that the President didn’t grasp this digital manipulation.

Moran, however, didn’t dispute that the tattoo “could be interpreted that way”, pointing out that he didn’t consider himself an expert on the subject.

These remarks triggered a sharp reaction from the president, who immediately retorted: “No, Terry, no, no, he has M-S… as clear as you can be, not interpreted”.

During this tense exchange, the president went on to hurl insults at the journalist, claiming that this interview represented “the big break of a lifetime” for him.

He then accused the media of fueling public distrust, concluding, “This is why the people no longer believes the news” .

“Why don’t you just say, yes he does (has the MS13 tattoed) and go on to something else”, Trump then launched, in a fit of rage.

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