Elon Musk’s feud with six takeaways from President Donald Trump
From disappointment to threats, there are six takeaways from the public spit between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
ABC News has cut ties with journalist Terry Moran after halting him over a social media post about President Trump’s deputy policy chief of staff, Stephen Miller.
“We are at the end of our agreement with Terry Moran and based on his recent posts — a clear violation of the ABC News Policy — we have decided not to update,” an ABC News spokesperson said in a June 10 statement to USA Today.
“ABC News holds all reporters at the highest standards of objectivity, fairness and professionalism, and remains committed to providing open and reliable journalism,” the statement continued.
The senior national correspondent based in Washington, D.C., who worked for the broadcasting station for nearly 30 years, wrote in the June 8th XX Post that Miller is a “man blessed with the ability to hate” and that Trump is “world-class hate.”
The news organization previously said in a statement that it determined that Moran’s post was a “subjective personal attack” in violation of the “objectivity and fairness” of news reports.
According to a screenshot shared on X, Moran wrote about the Miller in his deprecated post on June 8th.
ABC journalists contrast this with Trump, writing that the president is also a “world-class aversion,” but “his hatred is merely a means of ending his (sic) glory. That’s his spiritual nourishment.”
Moran’s post elicited sharp criticism from the White House, with Press Secretary Caroline Leavbit writing to X that it was “unretained and unacceptable.” She added that the White House reaches out to ABC and “questions about how Terry plans to be accountable.”
Vice President JD Vance denounced the comments as Miller’s “absolutely vile smear.”
According to ABC News, Moran, 65, who joined ABC News in 1997, was previously a co-anchor for “Nightline” and covers eight presidential election cycles. In April, Trump sat down with Moran for an interview about his first 100 days of office.