President Donald Trump unleashed a furious attack on the BBC Sunday night, branding it "corrupt" and its journalists "very dishonest" after director-general Tim Davie and BBC News chief Deborah Turness resigned over a scandal involving a doctored clip of his January 6, 2021, speech.
In a scathing Truth Social post, Trump declared the resignations proof that top BBC leaders—including "TIM DAVIE, the BOSS"—were "quitting/FIRED" after being "caught 'doctoring' my very good (PERFECT!) speech of January 6th."
He accused the broadcaster of trying to "step on the scales of a Presidential Election" and called it "a terrible thing for Democracy," despite the UK being "one that many consider our Number One Ally."
Trump zeroed in on a Panorama documentary that edited his remarks to falsely suggest he told supporters he would march with them to the Capitol and "fight like hell." The internal BBC report, which triggered the resignations, confirmed the manipulation violated impartiality standards.
"These are very dishonest people," Trump wrote, framing the incident as deliberate foreign interference in U.S. democracy. His post amplified global scrutiny on the BBC’s editorial failures, positioning the scandal as the latest front in his war on media bias.