--- title: Donald Trump Demands Apology From New York Times description: "I think they should give me an apology before they go out of business" canonical: https://time.com/4128509/donald-trump-new-york-times-apology-disability/ author: Michael Scherer article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-28T19:28:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:53.218Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Demands New York Times Apologize for Saying He Mocked Reporter og:description: "I think they should give me an apology before they go out of business" og:url: https://time.com/4128509/donald-trump-new-york-times-apology-disability/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt896e2226a94e9345/698872f8f887dc16f5e9380b/trump1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump watches as a member of the audience is removed from his rally in Sarasota, Florida og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Demands New York Times Apologize for Saying He Mocked Reporter twitter:description: "I think they should give me an apology before they go out of business" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt896e2226a94e9345/698872f8f887dc16f5e9380b/trump1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Demands New York _Times_ Apologize for Saying He Mocked Reporter > Sponsored content. 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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump watches as a member of the audience is removed from his rally in Sarasota, FL Nov. 28, 2015. Scott Audette—Reuters by [Michael Scherer](https://time.com/author/michael-scherer/) ## Michael Scherer Nov 28, 2015 7:28 PM UTC Donald Trump called Saturday for the New York _Times_ to apologize to him for suggesting that he mocked the physical disability of a reporter at the newspaper. “I would never mock a person that has a disability,” he said. “I don’t care if I liked the person or I didn’t.” At a rally in South Carolina on Nov. 24, Trump waved his hands crookedly by his chest when discussing a 2001 news article by Serge Kovaleski that mentioned reports of Muslims celebrating the terrorist attacks that toppled the World Trade Center. Officials in New Jersey have since said those reports were unfounded and unconfirmed. Kovaleski suffers from a congenital condition which limits mobility and muscle development in his joints. A representative for the New York _Times_ subsequently condemned Trump’s pantomime. “We’re outraged that he would ridicule the physical appearance of one of our reporters,” the statement said. “I think the New York _Times_ frankly should give me an apology,” Trump responded on Saturday, after criticizing the business sense of the newspaper’s corporate leadership. “I think they should give me an apology before they go out of business.” In an apparent effort to show his sensitivity to the disabled, he said he had researched the politically correct ways to talk about physical disabilities. “Never say a disabled person or the disabled. Say a person with disabilities. Never use the term handicap parking. Use the term accessible parking even though people have handicap permits,” Trump said. “We want to be politically correct.” Trump often denies political correctness at his rallies, saying it takes too long. 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