PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SPOKESWOMAN CALLS BBC “A LEFTIST PROPAGANDA MACHINE”
President Trump’s press spokeswoman has responded to a question from GB News regarding the $1 billion lawsuit against the BBC, saying it is “up to them” to apologise.
Speaking at the Press Briefing at the White House, Bev Turner asked Karoline Leavitt:
“The clock is ticking on the Friday deadline by which the BBC must retract and apologise for their malicious edit of the President in a documentary show last year. The recently resigned Director General of the BBC yesterday described the organisation as the ‘very best of society’ and blamed the enemies of the BBC for this outcome.
‘Also yesterday a senior government minister launched a fierce defence of the channel in the House of Commons, saying the broadcaster remained ‘a light on the hill for people all over the world.
‘Does the President feel that the network is taking this situation seriously and does he believe that they’ve shown sufficient regret?
‘Does this strain the relationship between the President and the Prime Minister? And given that the organisation is publicly funded, Is the President prepared to bankrupt the BBC?’
Ms Leavitt responded:
“I know the President has a very good relationship with Prime Minister Starmer: you have been there, you’ve seen them and their interactions. You’ve questioned both leaders in your time joining us when we’ve gone to the United Kingdom a few different times now.
“However, he has always been very frank when he disagrees with leaders, even whom he has a good relationship with. And the BBC, being a fair news organisation, is definitely an outlet I think these two leaders would disagree.
“The President has made it very clear that this is a leftist propaganda machine that is unfortunately subsidised by British taxpayers, and he thinks that’s extremely unfortunate for the great people of the United Kingdom and Great Britain.
“And I think that the President was deeply concerned by the editing, the purposeful and dishonest editing of his speech that was so clearly fake news. And he rightfully dubbed that term many years ago and this is a classic example of that.
“We see it in the United States all the time, we see it now in the United Kingdom.
“As you know, the President’s external legal counsel has filed a lawsuit against the BBC. We expect that to continue, and whether they apologise or not is up to them.”
