Trump rips The Atlantic over interview request

President Trump denied a request to be interviewed by The Atlantic and blasted one of its newest high profile hires in the process.
"Third Rate Magazine, 'The Atlantic,' that made up the 'Suckers and Losers' Hoax about me and the Military, and refused to even acknowledge the vast horde of people who emphatically denied this FAKE STORY, has asked me to do an interview," Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday night.
The president attached a response he sent to the news magazine in his social media post.
"Ashley Parker is not capable of doing a fair and unbiased interview," the president wrote in reference to the journalist who recently left the Washington Post to write for the Atlantic. "If you have some other reporter, let us know, but Ashley is not capable or competent enough to understand the intricacies of High Level politics."
The Atlantic hired Parker, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner who covered Donald Trump’s first term, late last year along with fellow Washington Post reporter Michael Scherer.
Trump was enraged about a 2020 story from The Atlantic that cited unnamed staffers who claimed the president called members of the U.S. military "suckers and losers," an accusation he has denied.
“Obviously, I never said that dead Soldiers are ‘losers and suckers.’ Who would say such a thing?” Trump wrote in a social media post about the story last year. "Anytime you see that despicable FAKE statement used, remember that it comes from the FASCIST SCUM that is destroying our Country."
A spokesperson from The Atlantic told The Hill that its "reporters are diligent and fair and continue to pursue stories of importance to the public."
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