David Muir returned to ABC World News Tonight following a weekend break to cover Donald Trump’s controversial visit to a Ford factory in Detroit.
During the broadcast, correspondent Mary Bruce reported on the disconnect between the President’s claims of an economic “boom” and new statistics showing inflation remained high, particularly regarding household staples like coffee and beef. The report also highlighted Trump’s hostility toward Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his Justice Department investigation into him.
The segment’s focus on Trump appearing to curse at and flip off a worker who heckled him at the factory drew immediate backlash on social media. Viewers expressed widespread frustration, calling the President’s behavior “unhinged,” “embarrassing,” and “unacceptable” in the comments on ABC’s Instagram.
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