President Donald Trump has claimed that, despite a report otherwise from ABC News senior editorial producer John Santucci, he did not call retired MLB legend Alex “A-Rod” Rodriguez to speak with him about the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic.
“More Fake News!” he bluntly tweeted late Friday in response to Santucci’s report, which was also delivered through the social media medium.
Look:
More Fake News! https://t.co/URewvfAUDl
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2020
During marathon day of meetings earlier this week, President Trump continued outreach across the country regarding coronavirus & phoned former Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez. Multiple sources tell ABC, the president spoke to ARod from the Oval Office via me & @KFaulders
— John Santucci (@Santucci) March 28, 2020
A source close to Rodriguez told @ABC the call with Trump was “pleasant” adding that Trump was seeking thoughts from ARod about the coronavirus response. Sources say there was no discussion of AROD or his fiancé Jennifer Lopez taking on any official effort.
— John Santucci (@Santucci) March 28, 2020
As seen above, Santucci claimed in his report via his anonymous “sources” that the president called Rodriguez to speak “about the coronavirus response.”
In additional tweets posted the following morning, the president hammered the entire “Lamestream Media” for “writing and broadcasting” outright fabrications.
He further specifically took aim at journalists who lie by “by quoting unnamed sources that simply do not exist.”
“These are very dangerous & corrupt people, who will do anything to win. NAME YOUR SOURCES!” he added.
Look:
So much of the Lamestream Media is writing and broadcasting stories with facts that are made up and knowingly wrong. They are doing it by quoting unnamed sources that simply do not exist. These are very dangerous & corrupt people, who will do anything to win. NAME YOUR SOURCES!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2020
One of the reasons that Fake News has become so prevalent & far reaching is the fact that corrupt “journalists” base their stories on SOURCES that they make up in order to totally distort a narrative or story. When you see, “five sources say”, don’t believe the story, it is….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2020
….very often FAKE NEWS. Lamestream Media should be forced to reveal sources, very much as they did in the long ago past. If they did that, the media would be trusted again, and Fake News would largely be a thing of the past!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2020
So should Santucci’s report be trusted or not?
On one hand, it clearly seeks to portray the president in a negative light by insinuating that he’s so dumb and incompetent that he felt it necessary to ring up a retired baseball player for help with the coronavirus crisis.
This certainly fits the demonstrable #OrangeManBad narrative that the media have adopted ever since Trump took office.
It’s a narrative that’s been particularly prominent during the coronavirus pandemic, with media “journalists” habitually distorting the truth or outright lying.
From the beginning, Democrat leaders and many in the mainstream media have been lying about @realDonaldTrump’s coronavirus response.
@JesseBWatters with a much-needed fact check.pic.twitter.com/2WFKQoRb6a— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) March 22, 2020
Last week alone members of the media cropped a Trump quote to make him look bad, prematurely dismissed a potential coronavirus cure touted by Trump, and then blamed Trump when an insane Arizona coupled ingested fish tank cleaner.
Moreover, Trump and “A-Rod” haven’t always been on good terms. In fact, Twitter contains countless examples of the president trashing Rodriguez:
A-Rod must be dropped in the Yankees line-up tonight if they want to win. He simply can’t perform without drugs.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 10, 2012
A-Rod was a great player when he lived at Trump Park Avenue— even though he was on the juice!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15, 2012
The biggest problem with A-Rod is he is bad for the chemistry of the Yankees— he must go.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 21, 2012
.@Yankees Kevin Youkilis is off to a terrific start. He’s less than half the price and a much better player than a drug free A-Rod.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 10, 2013
Druggie A-Rod, @MLB’s biggest fraud, is lucky George Steinbrenner is no longer with us. @Yankees would have voided his contract.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17, 2013
George Steinbrenner would have done a major number on A Rod – there is no way he would have gotten paid, even with the help of the union!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2013
During an interview with Entertainment Today in 2013, he bluntly said, “A-Rod is a bad guy.”
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To be fair, these examples all stem from 2012 and 2013.
But by 2015, the two were reportedly somewhat chummy.
“[T]he pair were spotted by The Daily News hanging out at the first annual Hank’s Yanks Golf Classic at Trump Golf Links … where Trump told Rodriguez, ‘You’re doing a hell of a job, great job,'” NJ.com reported that July.
Granted, they were chummy at a golfing event …
Assuming the two are friendly, it’s not clear why it’d even be an issue if the president did dial “A-Rod” — who’s ostensibly a longtime friend — for some advice.
After all, Americans en masse call their friends for advice all the time. Except apparently, asking for advice is so, so, so bad if it involves the #OrangeMan.
Like the media always say, #OrangeManBad.
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