‘Very Nasty Question!’ Trump Loses It on Moderator Over Brutal First Question at NABJ Event

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists conference began with fireworks on Wednesday.

ABC News’ Rachel Scott kicked off the interview by asking Trump a rather brutal first question.

“I want to start by addressing the elephant in the room, sir. A lot of people did not think it was appropriate for you to be here today,” began Scott. “You have pushed false claims about some of your rivals, from Nikki Haley to former President Barack Obama , saying that they were not born in the United States, which is not true. You have told four congresswomen of color, who were American citizens, to go back to where they came from. You have used words like animal and rabbit to describe Black district attorneys. You’ve attacked Black journalists, calling them a loser, saying the questions that they asked are, quote, ‘stupid and racist.’ You’ve had dinner with a white supremacist at your Mar-a-Lago resort. So my question, sir, now that you were asking black supporters to vote for you, why should black voters trust you after you have used language like that?”

“Well first of all, I don’t think I’ve ever been asked the question so, in such a horrible manner, a first question. You don’t even say ‘Hello, how are you?” fired back Trump. “Are you with ABC? Because I think they’re a fake news network, a terrible network. And I think it’s disgraceful that I came here in good spirit.”

He continued:

I love the Black population of this country. I’ve done so much for the black population of this country, including employment, including, opportunity zones with Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, which is one of the greatest programs ever for Black workers and Black entrepreneurs. I’ve done so much and, you know, and I say this, historically black colleges and universities were out of money. They were stone cold broke, and I saved them. And I gave them long term financing, and nobody else was doing it. I think it’s a very rude introduction. I don’t know exactly why you would do something like that. And let me go a step further. I was invited here and I was told my opponent, whether it was Biden or Kamala, I was told my opponent was going to be here. It turned out my opponent isn’t here. You invited me under false pretense, and then you said you can’t do it with Zoom. Well, you know, where’s Zoom? She’s going to do it with Zoom and she’s not coming. And then you were a half an hour late, just so we understand, I have too much respect for you to be late. They couldn’t get their equipment working or something was wrong. I think it’s a very nasty question.

“I have been the best president for the black population since Abraham Lincoln ,” concluded Trump.

“Better than President Johnson who signed the Voting Rights Act?” asked Scott.

“And for you to start off the question and answer period, especially when you’re 35 minutes late because you couldn’t get your equipment to work in such a hostile manner, I think it’s a disgrace,” replied Trump.

Watch above via CNN.