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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

Trump rips ‘ugly’ NYT writer days after calling another female reporter ‘piggy’ as story on his aging sets him off

President Donald Trump on Wednesday started the first day of his Thanksgiving holiday by lashing out at a New York Times report that found his level of activity over his first 10 months back in office to be significantly lower than it was during his first term — going so far as to attack the looks of the story’s lead author.

The 79-year-old chief executive — the oldest person to ever be sworn in for a four-year term in the White House — ironically appeared to get a late start to his usually early morning rants over coverage as he took to Truth Social for the first time at 9:47 a.m. to accuse “the creeps at the failing New York Times” of being “at it again” with a “hit piece on me that I am perhaps losing my Energy.”

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