Donald Trump explodes at reporter in furious on-air exchange over BBC uproar

Donald Trump sparked fresh chaos last night after stunning onlookers as he erupted at a reporter during a fiery moment that instantly blew up online. The President was seen speaking to the press at the White House when he abruptly shifted from discussing policy to engaging in a confrontational manner.

He started: "We have to save New Orleans. We're going to be going into New York, too. And we're going to be going in..." before suddenly halting to glare at a journalist who tried to press him for details. In a scene that created an extremely tense atmosphere, Trump snapped back: "Quiet. You're really obnoxious."

The reporter snapped back: "I'm not obnoxious, I'm trying to ask a question." This prompted the POTUS to double down, saying: "You are really obnoxious. Okay. Okay. I'm not going to talk to you until I call on you."

It comes as the White House has reacted to BBC Panorama editing their footage of Trump back in 2021 during the Capitol riots. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared: "This purposefully dishonest, selectively edited clip by the BBC is further evidence that they are total, 100% fake news that should no longer be worth the time on the television screens of the great people of the United Kingdom."

Mr Trump then posted a lengthy statement on Truth Social. "The TOP people in the BBC, including TIM DAVIE, the BOSS, are all quitting/FIRED, because they were caught "doctoring" my very good (PERFECT!) speech of January 6," he wrote.

"Thank you to The Telegraph for exposing these Corrupt 'Journalists.' These are very dishonest people who tried to step on the scales of a Presidential Election. On top of everything else, they are from a Foreign Country, one that many consider our Number One Ally. What a terrible thing for Democracy!"

It was the aforementioned publicationthat leaked the internal memo last week, revealing that a BBC Panorama report that aired just before the election last year had spliced together two parts of a long speech Trump made on January 6, 2021.

That was the day of the storming of the Capitol building in Washington by Trump supporters who believed the 2020 election had been stolen by Joe Biden. Mr Trump's alleged role in the unrest and his broader efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election were the subject of a federal criminal case, but he was indicted on four felony counts.

Since the truth about the edit has come to light, both BBC Director Gen Tim Davie and the CEO of News, Deborah Turness, resigned on Sunday night.