Donald Trump suffers a humiliating blow as ABC halts for breaking update

Donald Trump has been dealt another crushing blow (Image: Getty)

Senator Elissa Slotkin claimed Donald Trump is trying to distract the nation from his most significant weaknesses, "the Epstein files and the economy", during a breaking news interview on ABC. It comes after the US President said he was not "threatening death" on Democratic lawmakers who shared a video calling for military members to refuse unlawful orders.

His remarks came days after he accused these lawmakers of "seditious behaviour, punishable by death" in a Truth Social post. However, Slotkin has now shared her take on the update during an ABC interview. She claimed: "The things that he's been doing by repeating it and talking about it are trying to distract us from the big stories of last week, which were the Epstein files and then the economy.

Donald Trump has spoken out following his Truth Social comments (Image: Getty)

"I took note yesterday at 9pm at night that he's tweeting that there's no inflation and the economy is the best it has ever been. It's kind of amazing considering the American public isn't stupid."

She continued: "It actually reminded me of Joe Biden. Joe Biden tried to tell us for a year that the economy was excellent. Now this president, who ran on lowering costs for Americans..." An ABC presenter then cut off the Senator.

Setting the record straight on the Democratic lawmakers' video, Trump told Fox News on Friday: "I'm not threatening death, but I think they're in serious trouble.

"If you look at sedition, that's a form of, a very strong form of being a traitor. It's a terrible thing to say, I must tell you."

He also approved a bill ordering the release of material from investigations into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The bill gives the US Justice Department 30 days to share all the files from the convicted child sex offender in a searchable format.