BOTH SIDES SLAM TRUMP FOR ‘SEXIST’ TWITTER TIRADE
US President Donald Trump has assailed a female TV news host in highly personal terms, calling her “crazy” and alleging she had been bleeding at one point from a facelift, in a Twitter attack that drew strong criticism including from fellow Republicans.
Mr Trump took aim at the hosts of the MSNBC program Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
The Republican president called Brzezinski “low I.Q. Crazy Mika” and said she was “bleeding badly from a face-lift” when she visited one of his properties around New Year’s Eve.
He referred to former Re- publican US congressman Scarborough as “Psycho Joe”.
“Obviously I don’t see that as an appropriate comment,” said Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called Mr Trump’s tweets, “blatantly sexist”. The President, she added, “happens to disrespect women ... it’s sad”.
Mr Trump’s allies cast his outburst as positive, an example of his refusal to be bullied. BRITISH police have arrested a man for falsely claiming that his family died in the London apartment tower fire.
The Metropolitan Police force said yesterday the 52year-old man was detained on suspicion of fraud.
The force said the man told authorities his wife and son died in the June 14 blaze at Grenfell Tower, which killed at least 80 people.
Police said he tried to claim financial compensation. An investigation found that he lived in another part of London and did not have a wife or son.