"There was an incident in the Oval Office a few weeks ago I was asking about free speech and some of [Trump's] own allies were saying, Whoa, even hate speech is free speech.' I asked a series of questions about that. He really went after me. But moments after the cameras stopped rolling, the tone shifted. As soon as it was over, said Karl, Trump motioned to me."
"I walked toward the Resolute Desk, and he said, We're OK, we're good.' And I said to him, You were pretty tough there.' He said, Oh no, you were tough.' And as I walked out, you can hear him on the pool feed saying, Thank you, Jonathan. Thank you, Jon.' This was after he'd gone after me like he hated me."
Jonathan Karl, ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent, describes being the target of President Donald Trump's public insults while noting that Trump often does not mean them. Karl recounts an Oval Office exchange where Trump harshly criticized him on camera but later motioned reassurance and thanked him off camera. Karl attributes such contradictions to a presidential persona that treats the presidency as the world's greatest reality show and considers it highly successful. Karl emphasizes professionalism by refusing to respond emotionally to insults, continuing accurate and fair reporting, and noting his long experience covering Trump and his new book, Retribution.
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