President Donald Trump dismissed a HuffPost reporter on Sunday as he traveled on Air Force One to New Orleans, Louisiana, for Super Bowl LIX.

S.V. Date, HuffPost’s senior White House correspondent, was also aboard the plane and asked Trump about a comment he claimed Vice President JD Vance had made earlier in the day.

“The Vice President suggested that if the Supreme Court rules in a way that you don’t like, they could just enforce it by themselves. Do you agree with that?” Date asked.

“I don’t know even what you’re talking about,” Trump replied, adding, “Neither do you. Who are you with?”

President Trump demolishes Fake News "reporter" @svdate on Air Force One:

POTUS: "I don't know even what you're talking about. Neither do you. Who are you with?"@svdate: "HuffPost, sir."

POTUS: "No wonder. I thought they died." pic.twitter.com/kNB0359aJA

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 9, 2025

“Huffpost, Sir,” was Date’s reply.

“Who?” Trump asked again.

“Huffpost,” Date repeated.

“Ah, no wonder,” Trump shot back. “I thought they were – I thought they died. They’re still around? I haven’t read them in years. I thought they died.”

The president then pivoted to address the other reporters on the flight, saying, “All right, go ahead. Who else?”

The comment Date was referencing came from Vance, who made it in response to U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan after he moved to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing U.S. Treasury Department payment systems.

“If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that’s also illegal. Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” Vance posted to the X platform.

If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal.

If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal.

Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power.

— JD Vance (@JDVance) February 9, 2025

Democrats and the media quickly asserted that Vance and Trump intended to disregard constitutional checks and balances, claiming they would ignore any Supreme Court decision that prevented them from fully implementing their agenda.

But that criticism echoed the response from former President Joe Biden when the Supreme Court ruled against his unconstitutional student debt forgiveness plan, the Daily Wire noted.