I’m reminded of the story (shortened):
A rusty-truck-driving flannel-shirt-wearing father wanted to buy an upscale car for his daughter. Car dealership salesmen wouldn’t talk to him - “you can’t afford these old man, try down the street.” A half hour and two phone calls later the billionaire bought the dealership and fired all the salesmen.
Trump could probably do the same. Better these reporters heed his advice to stop being stupid/biased and report facts, lest he make a couple calls and get them fired.
When I was a kid in south central PA, there was a man who owned six or more farms, did big business in potatos and corn, and fed and marketed a lot of prime steers each year.
One summer morning he was overseeing the hauling of manure from one of the beef barns, when he remembered he and his family were leaving on vacation the next day and that he wanted to do it in a new car. So he headed for town, wearing his overalls and manure encrusted gumboots.
He walked into the Lincoln showroom, decided on a Lincoln sedan to buy, but none of the uppity loafer salesmen would even talk to him. Finally, the owner noticed the man standing outside his office door, asked if he could help him, and Mr. McP.... said, “Yes, I want THAT car, and I’ll write a check for the full amount. I need to drive it home.”
And the haughty, lazy “salesmen” missed out on a nice commission.