new york republican presidential candidate donald trump tuesday detail 5.6 million contributions raise military veterans stag fiery news conference attack reporters question months money appear trump tower manhattan billionaire accuse media fail give credit raise fund event january iowa tirade call one reporter sleaze sarcastically describe another real beauty overshadow otherwise upbeat event presumptive republican nominee press ashamed tell reporters gather make look bad never receive bad publicity good job trump long adversarial relationship media question donations veterans touch raw nerve try build conservative base ahead nov. general election reporters persistently ask whether trump fact raise money say january take long hand donations veterans group number veterans group list trump tuesday recipients confirm receive donation list range 25,000 one case 1.1 million go marine corps law enforcement foundation donations arrive february march recently last week around time critical article appear washington post money arrive form check donald j. trump foundation receive 75,000 gift early last week trump foundation restrict earmark way say katherine fritz director development america vetdogs trump criticism media dash hop republican leaders want tone rhetoric become magnanimous seal republican presidential nomination washington post say trump hand personal donation million last week four months announce newspaper start ask money trump say news coverage veterans group donations close libelous ask whether would maintain adversarial stance reporters elect president trump say yeah go like this reporter tell trump seem resistant kind scrutiny come office u.s. president ari fleischer former white house press secretary president george w. bush say news media stop fret trump treat advice press stop interview trump attack press worry job fair say contretemps take place day document disclose lawsuit involve trump university now-defunct education program run real estate train program trump attack preside judge hostile university document show trump university create special class teach students cash u.s. mortgage foreclosures unite state struggle entrench house crisis 2009. democratic presidential front-runner hillary clinton seek take advantage trump discomfort media scrutiny face tell cnn trump tendency attack critics recipe gridlock washington clinton defend policy toward deal news media say conduct 300 interview year alone unlike trump rarely hold news conferences last one last december clinton lead trump 11 percentage point late reuters/ipsos opinion poll accord may 27-31 survey likely voters 46 percent support former u.s. secretary state 35 percent back trump california governor jerry brown tuesday endorse clinton democratic nomination say way stop dangerous candidacy donald trump news conference trump also bristle possibility republicans oppose might run third-party candidate alternative trump expect democratic nominee clinton say leader effort bill kristol editor weekly standard magazine look like fool let tell people losers say trump add third-party candidacy would guarantee clinton win white house deny republicans chance put conservatives supreme court go lose election republicans therefore lose supreme court say trump read list veterans organizations receive money january event attend instead participate fox news-sponsored candidates debate say money benefit 41 group total cash raise could climb come turn microphone briefly al baldasaro trump supporter veteran new hampshire also skewer news media say reporters get head butt focus real issue combative trump say raise 5.6 million vet bash media