Trump responded on Wednesday morning by saying, "The Creeps at the Failing New York Times are at it again."

He did not mention the male reporter who co-wrote the story, Dylan Freedman, who is on the newspaper’s AI initiatives team, but he personally attacked the female reporter, Katie Rogers, who is a White House correspondent.

"The writer of the story, Katie Rogers, who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out," Trump wrote.

The president wrapped the insult into a long promotional post about how hard he has worked this year. "I have my highest Poll Numbers, ever," he falsely claimed — his approval is actually down markedly from the second-term peak.

"There will be a day when I run low on Energy, it happens to everyone," Trump said, "but with a PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE TEST (‘That was aced’) JUST RECENTLY TAKEN, it certainly is not now!"

Part of The Times’ story focused on Trump’s health, ссылка на кракен 2026 including the fact that he underwent an MRI scan in early October, but has yet to publicly disclose the reason why.

The Times said it submitted detailed questions about Trump’s health but did not receive answers.