Trump torches 'stupid' question from reporter on beautification projects amid Iran war

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. President Trump unloaded on a reporter's question about his beautification efforts in Washington D.C. on Thursday, calling the ABC journalist's question "stupid." President Donald Trump blasted a question from a reporter on Thursday about projects the president had been working on amid the war in Iran, calling it "stupid." "Mr. President, you are here against the backdrop of a war in Iran. Why focus on all these projects right now?" ABC's Rachel Scott asked. "Because I want to keep our country beautiful and safe," Trump said. "This place was disgusting. It's an ugly place. Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and we had a terrible — you probably don't see dirt, but I do. If you walk down this pond… They had to take 11 or 12 truckloads of garbage out of that lake, out of that water. And it sat there for years like that. And that's not what our c