Donald Trump Physically LUNGES, Growls At Female Reporter

The reporter questioned him about his promise to send Americans a $5,000 bribe check after the midterm elections.
By Andrea Thompson — September 11, 2026

A new video spreading like wildfire across social media shows Donald Trump, the sitting president of the United States, physically lunging at ABC News' Rachel Scott, aggressively growling and shoving his finger towards her face.

Following the conclusion of this week's "Trumpapalooza" Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Trump stopped to briefly speak with reporters on the tarmac at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport before he boarded Air Force One. Given the wide variety of nonsense he spewed from the stage at the convention, naturally, reporters had a lot of questions. For Scott, she specifically wanted answers surrounding the president's promise to send a $5,000 dividend check to every adult in America, provided that Republicans win their midterms and maintain their majority in Congress -- a move that reads like an out-and-out bribe in exchange for a Republican vote and was instantly criticized by experts and observers as a violation of federal law.

"Mr. President, on the checks, the U.S. is still $40 trillion in debt," Rachel Scott said, "if your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote?"

Trump immediately asserted that the $5,000 check promise was not in exchange for people "turning out the vote," but rather a "reward for people having to put up with five and four years of a horrible situation caused by [former President Joe] Biden.”

"They had to put up with the four years, and that carried on for at least a half of a year," Trump said, before continuing down his rant rabbit hole: "Just a horrible thing that Biden did to our country, and that’s not only just from an economic standpoint; you look at the border, you look at the crime, and now we’ve got it under control, but what a period of time. It’s almost a reward for the people having to put up with Biden’s policies."

Scott wasn't satisfied and immediately pushed back, reminding the president that this is far from the first time he's promised big cash infusions to the American people that never came to fruition, including his tariff rebate checks promise.

You could actually see Trump completely lose control of his temper in real time as he barked, "Not you!"

His face contorted into pure hatred as he physically lunged his body toward Scott, shoving his finger toward her face and growling, "Hey! Not you. Your network, and you, you're the worst."

Let me make something clear: What you're seeing is a man who is barely containing himself from hitting a woman. It is that simple. That was not "passion." That was not "irritation" or "exasperation" or "frustration."

That was a dangerous, volatile, violently abusive man losing his cool and letting his mask slip for the whole world to see. Period.

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