Trump misgenders TV journalist in ‘fake news’ rant over Iran strikes

President Donald Trump misgendered a seasoned television journalist while railing against “fake news” Monday as media accounts questioned whether his strikes against Iran were the “complete and total success” he claimed.

“The sites that we hit in Iran were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it. Only the Fake News would say anything different in order to try and demean, as much as possible — And even they say they were “pretty well destroyed!”” Trump posted to his Truth Social account Monday afternoon.

Among the journalists and media executives Trump called out were CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, whom the president referred to as “Allison Cooper.”

Cooper is gay.

“Working especially hard on this falsehood is Allison Cooper of Fake News CNN, Dumb Brian L. Roberts, Chairman of ‘Con’cast, Jonny Karl of ABC Fake News, and always, the Losers of, again, Concast’s NBC Fake News,” Trump posted.

Roberts is the Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation, which owns NBC.

Karl is a reference to ABC News’s Jonathan Karl, the networks chief Washington correspondent and co-anchor of “This Week” with George Stephanopolous.

“It never ends with the sleazebags in the Media, and that’s why their Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW — ZERO CREDIBILITY!” Trump posted.

In an address to the nation Saturday night, Trump claimed the operation in Iran was a “spectacular military success.”

“Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated,” the president said.

But on Monday, reporting in the New York Times citing Israeli and American intelligence official indicated the sites were severely damaged but not destroyed.

The Times noted that the damage assessments were not complete, however.

ABC News quoted officials saying it was too early to determine if the nuclear facilities were destroyed, while Cooper cited officials who said the main target, the Fordo nuclear facility, was not directly hit.