Trump targets reporter John Lyons as meeting with Albanese approaches

The nationalist broadcaster is standing by 1 of its astir elder reporters aft the US president threatened to dob him successful to the Australian premier minister.

In a fiery speech astir his concern dealings, Donald Trump told the ABC’s Americas exertion helium was “hurting Australia very much”.

“Your person is coming implicit to spot maine very soon,” Mr Trump told newsman John Lyons.

“I’m going to tell him astir you. You acceptable a very atrocious tone.”

The president’s remarks look to corroborate helium will σύντομα conscionable face-to-face with his counterpart Anthony Albanese.

Neither American nor Australian officials person announced a day for the talks.

Mr Lyons irked the president by asking if it was due for a US person to beryllium “engaged successful so overmuch concern activity” while successful office.

Mr Trump said his children were moving his business.

ABC News manager Justin Stevens said Mr Lyons was “one of the astir experienced and respected reporters successful Australia”.

“His occupation is to inquire questions. He has the ABC’s afloat support,” helium said.

Some of the strongest disapproval of Mr Trump’s remarks has travel from California Governor Gavin Newsom.

“Why is Donald Trump threatening journalists? Our allies merit respect, not intimidation,” his property bureau posted connected X.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the reporter’s enactment of questioning appeared to beryllium a morganatic one.

“I respect the ABC and I respect its independency and that extends to not second-guessing the questions asked legitimately by journalists astatine property conferences,” helium told reporters successful Brisbane connected Wednesday.

“Journalists person a occupation to bash and arsenic acold arsenic I tin tell that writer was conscionable doing his job.”

Mr Lyons, an award-winning journalist, defended his question.

“Our occupation arsenic journalists is to inquire questions that the mean idiosyncratic would beryllium funny in,” helium told ABC TV.

“The mean idiosyncratic successful Australia would beryllium funny successful ‘how is simply a president becoming so wealthy successful office’.”

A κοινωνικά media relationship linked to the White House said Mr Trump had smacked “down a rude overseas Fake News loser”.

Other national MPs from crossed the governmental disagreement defended the ABC, saying journalists had the close to inquire hard questions.

“Trump is simply a bully. He thinks helium tin bully the property and helium thinks helium tin bully Australia,” Greens connection spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young said.

She urged Mr Albanese to rise the incidental when helium sits down with Mr Trump.

But Liberal legislator and erstwhile ABC writer Sarah Henderson said the nationalist broadcaster needed to explicate itself.

“At a clip when trade, defence and nationalist information are such important issues successful our narration with our closest ally, it would beryllium adjuvant if the ABC could explicate this enactment of questioning,” she said connected X.

“Australians should expect the highest standards of our publically funded nationalist broadcaster.”

The premier curate is preparing to travel to the US successful coming days for the yearly gathering of world leaders astatine the United Nations General Assembly.

A face-to-face with Mr Trump, either connected the sidelines of the UN summit successful New York oregon astatine the White House successful Washington DC, present appears confirmed.

The absorption has repeatedly criticised Mr Albanese for failing to conscionable with Mr Trump, respective months into his 2nd term.

Source: AAP