Trump Targets Reuters Reporter on Social Media After Heated Exchange

US President Donald Trump published a photo of a Reuters correspondent on his Truth Social platform on Saturday, accompanied by the caption: "Reuters reporter (one of the worst!)." The publication comes two days after a sharp confrontation between the two, during which Trump hurled a series of insults at the reporter over a question regarding the cancellation of a planned visit to Kansas.

The incident occurred on Thursday after Trump returned from a visit to South Carolina. The Reuters reporter asked the president why he canceled his participation in a support rally for Republican Senator Roger Marshall, which was scheduled to take place on Saturday in Kansas.

After Trump was asked about his health and replied that he felt fine, the reporter asked him if the decision not to go to Kansas was related to travel fatigue. The question provoked the president's anger, who replied: "You're sick to ask a question like that. You're a sick person. Reuters is terrible."

Trump continued to attack the reporter even after turning to other journalists: "Can you imagine? Look at this character. Look at this guy, he's seriously out of shape."

The president later explained that he decided not to go to Kansas because Senator Marshall is doing well in the race, making his presence unnecessary. Instead, he said, he would hold a telephonic support rally. Later, when turning back to the Reuters correspondent, Trump hurled: "You're disgusting. You gotta start getting in shape — you look like hell."

The White House subsequently identified the reporter as Jacob Bogage, a former Washington Post journalist who contributed to the newspaper's Pulitzer Prize-winning series in 2025 focusing on dramatic changes in US government agencies under the Trump administration, amid Elon Musk's work at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).