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President Donald Trump<\/a> on Monday said he did not call to check on ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl following last month\u2019s White House Correspondents\u2019 Association Dinner. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The annual WHCA Dinner was interrupted when an armed gunman\u00a0rushed past a security checkpoint<\/a>\u00a0during an apparent assassination attempt. The gunman was subsequently tackled to the ground and taken into custody.\u00a0No one was seriously injured in the chaos, but\u00a0Trump was rushed off-stage<\/a>\u00a0as thousands of attendees ducked for cover under their ballroom tables.\u00a0The following morning, Karl told ABC viewers that Trump called his home to see if he was OK, but the president insists he never made the call.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Jonathan Karl, of ABC Fake News, made a statement that I called him early in the 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\u2019t make such a call, why would I do that? He called me, but I didn\u2019t take his call \u2014 He just confirmed that to me when he called again. I would say that\u2019s very dishonest reporting,” Trump posted on Truth Social<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

FCC BOSS BRENDAN CARR MAINTAINS EARLY ABC LICENSE RENEWAL IS ABOUT DEI PROBE, NOT JIMMY KIMMEL CONTROVERSY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump continued, “He\u2019s trying to make himself look important but, I\u2019m not surprised, because it comes from ABC Fake News!”<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s social media post contradicts what Karl said on ABC\u2019s “This Week” the morning after the WHCA Dinner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“My phone rang shortly after 7 a.m.\u2026 my landline, George, actually a number that few people call, and it was President Trump calling. He said, at first, he was calling to see if I was OK with what happened last night, \u2018Are you OK?\u2019 Then he reiterated many of the things he said in his press conference,” Karl told George Stephanopoulos on the Sunday program. \u00a0<\/p>\n

ABC News did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ERIKA KIRK BLASTS KIMMEL’S ‘CRUEL’ JOKE ABOUT TRUMP’S DEATH, LAMENTS NATION’S ‘EPIDEMIC OF DEHUMANIZATION’<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Cole Allen, 31, is facing federal charges of attempting to assassinate the President of the United States, transporting a gun across state lines and discharging a gun during a crime of violence after he allegedly ran through a Secret Service checkpoint and opened fire just one floor from where the president\u00a0and several high-level Cabinet officials were attending the gala.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Authorities have pointed to an alleged manifesto penned by Allen indicating that he intended to target Trump and members of his administration over political grievances.\u00a0<\/p>\n

TRUMP URGES ABC TO FIRE \u2018SERIOUSLY UNFUNNY\u2019 JIMMY KIMMEL, SAYS IT \u2018BETTER BE SOON\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump has been an outspoken critic of ABC News, regularly accusing the Disney-owned outlet of bias against him.<\/p>\n

ABC famously settled a defamation lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0in 2025 with then-President-elect Trump for $15 million, after Stephanopoulos repeatedly and incorrectly asserted Trump had been found “liable for rape” in a civil trial last year. ABC additionally paid $1 million for President Trump\u2019s legal fees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump has also called for ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over the comedian’s controversial “expectant widow” joke.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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