Trump slams ABC reporter Jonathan Karl for claiming the president called HIM just hours after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

President Donald Trump on Monday flatly denied an ABC News reporter’s claim that he personally called the journalist in the hours after a shooting at the Correspondents’ Dinner at the White House.

Trump called Jonathan Karl’s account of the events “very unfair reporting” after ABC’s chief Washington correspondent said Trump called him the next morning to make sure everything was OK.

In a blistering post on Truth Social, Trump directly challenged Karl’s version of events.

“Jonathan Karl, of ABC Fake News, stated that I called him early in the morning, the day after the assassination attempt, to ask if he was okay.”

“No, this was a hit for ME, not HIM, and I didn’t make that call, why would I?” Trump added.

The president went even further and claimed that it was Karl who was trying to reach him.

‘He called me, but I didn’t answer. He only confirmed that when he called again,” Trump wrote.

“I would say this is very unfair reporting. He’s trying to make himself seem important, but I’m not surprised because it’s from ABC Fake News!’

Jonathan Karl said in a video hat that he received a call from Trump shortly after 7 a.m. the morning after the shooting, describing it as unusual because the president called his landline that few use

Trump countered that it was Karl who tried to contact him, claiming he did not answer the call and that the reporter later confirmed he had contacted him.

Donald Trump publicly denied calling ABC journalist Jonathan Karl after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, stating on Truth Social that the claim was false and “very unfair reporting”

Karl had publicly described a dramatically different series of events.

In a video posted to X the day after dinner, Karl said: “I got a call on my landline just after 7am this morning. Nowadays not many people call me on that number. But it was the president.”

“It was President Trump calling, he said, to see if I was okay with everything that happened last night, to see if I was okay,” Karl continued, adding that the two “talked for a few minutes.”

Karl, a former president of the White House Correspondents Association, said Trump “reiterated what he said last night about feeling unity in the room” and emphasized his desire for the dinner to be rescheduled quickly.

He also described Trump as praising the Secret Service’s response, saying the president was “amazed by the Secret Service and the work they did.”

Later that same day, Karl repeated the claim on ABC’s This Week while speaking to George Stephanopoulos.

“He said he called first to see if I was okay with what happened last night. “Are you okay?” Karl said on the air. “And then he repeated a lot of the things he said at his press conference last night.”

The dispute comes in the wake of the violent incident that stunned Washington.

The ABC News veteran posted a two-minute recap of his phone call with Trump

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, has been held 24 hours a day since he was placed in federal custody

Shots rang out at White House correspondents after Allen rushed past the Secret Service

Allen attacked Secret Service agents while carrying a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in an alleged assassination attempt

Authorities say a gunman, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 25 — an event attended by hundreds of journalists, administration officials and the president.

Federal prosecutors allege that Allen, 31, carried a pump-action shotgun along with other weapons and charged toward security checkpoints before being stopped within seconds.

United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said investigators determined that a bullet from Allen’s shotgun struck the body armor of a Secret Service agent.

The officer survived the encounter and Allen, who was injured but not shot, remains in custody facing charges including attempted assassination of the president and firearms offenses that carry a maximum penalty of life in prison.

Officials say the attack unfolded quickly within a heavily fortified security zone.

Secret Service Director Sean Curran defended the scheme, saying the threat was neutralized almost immediately.

“The site was set up perfectly,” Curran said in a Fox News interview, noting that there were multiple layers of protection between the public entrance and the president.