This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
President Donald Trump, who is famous for calling out "fake news" among national reporters, has just dropped a verbal bomb on Dan Alexander of Forbes Magazine, calling him an "untalented writer" whose publication "continues to hang around like a bad disease."
In post on Truth Social Monday, Trump said: "Not that it really matters, but a terribly untalented writer for badly failing Forbes Magazine, Dan Alexander, who probably can't get a meaningful job in the business, has written so inaccurately about me that it is ridiculous.
"Many others also, the media is mostly Fake News, but Forbes doesn't even try to get things right. I haven't spoken to these SleazeBags in years, they don't want the facts, and they're so inaccurate (purposely!) about everything.
"I would have thought Forbes would be DEAD by now, but it continues to hang around like a bad disease. Isn't it owned by a hostile nation?
"Anyway, that's what happens when you have bad reporters with evil intentions. Eventually the publication dies. I've happily seen it over, and over, again!"
While the president didn't specify what reports prompted his opinion, Alexander's most recent postings this month on X and Forbes may provide a clue, as the writer claimed to have "the scoop on the backroom dealing."
"The Trump family touts its 'all in' commitment to crypto," Alexander said on X.
"Behind the scenes, however, their company has reduced its stake in one of their primary crypto ventures. I have the scoop on the backroom dealing … ."
Alexander links to his story where he states: "One of Donald Trump's companies reduced its stake in World Liberty Financial, a key crypto venture for the president, from 60% to 40% at some point in the last 11 days, according to an analysis of fine print on World Liberty's website. The change, which came with zero fanfare, is the latest indication that the president—or someone working on his behalf—continues conducting backroom deals while he serves in office."
Another post by Alexander states: "Donald Trump lied about the square footage of his properties for years. His underlings now have to figure out how big they actually are."
His report begins: "Donald Trump spent so many years lying about the square footage of his properties that his own company did not even seem sure of their true size. Under oversight from a court-appointed monitor, the Trump Organization recently tried to sort it all out."
Meanwhile, as WorldNetDaily reported, Trump on Sunday floated the idea of getting journalists to identify the leaker of a Defense Intelligence Agency report on recent U.S. military strikes on Iran.
Appearing on "Sunday Morning Futures" on the Fox News Channel, Trump told anchor Maria Bartiromo: "They should be prosecuted."
"Who specifically?" asked Bartiromo.
"The people that leaked it," replied Trump.
"We can find out. If they want to, they could find out easily. You go up and tell the reporter, 'National security, who gave it [to you]?'
"You have to do that, and I suspect we'll be doing things like that," Trump continued.
