Trump was criticized for his cruel parody of a disabled journalist. VIDEO

Tycoon and potential US presidential candidate Donald Trump was criticized for having parodied a physically impaired journalist during a speech to supporters in South Carolina. The Politico edition reports that Serge Kovalevsky, an employee of The New York Times, became the object of his joke, and the speech was delivered on November 25.

On November 22, a politician reported on "thousands of people from neighborhoods with an Arab population" who rejoiced at the collapse of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York. After 11 September 2001, Kovalevsky wrote: “The police detained and interrogated people who supposedly had fun and held parties in honor of the destruction of buildings on the opposite bank of the river.”

Upon learning that Trump had distorted these lines and used 22 in his speech in November, Kovalevsky noted that he could not for certain recreate the events of that day, but he remembers that nobody spoke about the "hundreds" and "thousands" of celebrants.

November 25 Trump reacted harshly to this comment by Kovalevsky and parodied it, waving his arms and mimicking the symptoms of arthrogryposis, a disease that the reporter suffers from: “Uh, well, I don't know what I said. I do not remember. I do not remember! Maybe that's what he said. ”

“We find it outrageous that he criticizes the appearance of one of our correspondents,” a spokesman for The New York Times told Politico.

Donald Trump remains the favorite of the Republican presidential race, according to the polling aggregator Realclearpolitics, it is supported by 27,5% of conservative voters.

Arthrogryposis is a systemic disease of the musculoskeletal system characterized by contracture and deformity of the extremities, underdevelopment of the joints and muscles, and fibrosis (proliferation of connective tissue).

This is not the first trick of Trump. Previously, the "Forum" reported that the politician kicked out from the press conference of the journalist Spanish-language channel Univision.

Correspondent Jorge Ramos tried to ask Trump a question several times, but he did not give such an opportunity and suggested that he wait for his turn. In response to another attempt by Ramos to ask a question, the tycoon said: “No. You did not give words. Come back to Univision. ”