Trump assaults Charlamagne Tha God after radio host criticizes his presidency – NBC New York
President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at radio host Charlamagne Tha God, saying in a social media submit that the favored broadcaster “is aware of nothing about me or what I’ve completed.”
Trump’s feedback got here a day after Charlamagne, whose actual identify is Lenard McKelvey, criticized Trump on a Fox Information present hosted by Lara Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law and former co-chair of the Republican Nationwide Committee.
Requested how he would charge Trump’s presidency, the radio host mentioned, “I wouldn’t give it score just because the least of us are nonetheless being impacted the worst.”
Trump mentioned on Reality Social that Charlamagne was a “dope” who voted for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.
Charlamagne mentioned he personally will profit from tax breaks permitted in Trump’s tax-and spending regulation, however mentioned, “There’s going to be so many individuals that’s harm by that invoice.”
“Something that takes away Medicaid from folks and can put folks in a worse monetary state of affairs than they have been beforehand in, I’m not for,” he added.
Charlamagne additionally predicted that “conventional conservatives” are going to take again the Republican Occasion from Trump’s Make America Nice Once more motion, citing controversy over Trump’s refusal to launch recordsdata associated to disgraced financier and convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“I believe there’s a political coup happening proper now within the Republican Occasion that folks aren’t being attentive to,” Charlamagne mentioned. “I believe this Epstein factor goes to be a manner for conventional conservatives to take their celebration again. I actually do. I believe that they know that is the difficulty that has gotten the bottom riled up, the MAGA base isn’t letting this concern go and for the primary time they’ll most likely take their celebration again and never piss off the MAGA base. I believe they’re going to try this.”
The Epstein case has dominated information protection in latest weeks after the Justice Division mentioned it is not going to be releasing any further paperwork from the Epstein intercourse trafficking investigation. The choice has infuriated on-line sleuths, conspiracy theorists and parts of Trump’s base who had hoped to see proof of a authorities cover-up.
Officers have mentioned Epstein killed himself in his New York jail cell whereas awaiting trial in 2019, however his case has generated countless consideration and conspiracy theories due to his hyperlinks to well-known folks, together with Trump and different billionaires.
Trump on social media known as Charlamagne a “racist sleazebag” and criticized his use of God in his skilled nickname.
“Can anybody think about the uproar there could be if I used that nickname?” Trump requested.
Charlamagne advised Lara Trump that his criticism of the Republican president was not new, including that he “gave President Biden the identical hell” when he did not assume the Democrat was doing job.
