“Jonathan Karl, of ABC Fake News, made a statement that I called him early morning, the day after the assassination attempt, to ask whether or not HE was OK. No, this was a hit on ME, not HIM, and I didn’t make such a call, why would I do that? He called me, but I didn’t take his call. He just confirmed that to me when he called again. I would say that’s very dishonest reporting. He’s trying to make himself look important. I’m not surprised, because it comes from ABC Fake News!” posted convicted felon President Trump on Monday, eight days after Karl had described the call to ABC’s This Week the Sunday morning after the aborted White House Correspondents’ dinner.
Hilariously MAGA site the Daily Caller carried Karl’s account the next day, in a way that was fairly obviously meant to make Trump look kind, benevolent, and chummy with Karl. “My phone rang shortly after 7 am. My landline, George, actually a number that few people call, and it was President Trump calling. He was, he said at first he was calling to see if I was OK with what happened last night and then he reiterated many of the things he said in his press conference last night, emphasizing the unity that he felt in that moment that he felt at the dinner before the shooting and certainly after with the people who reached out to him,” Karl said, per the fat right propaganda mill.