Reporter chides Trump's 'creepy' fireside chat invitation: 'Under no circumstances'

A reporter whom President Donald Trump mentioned by name in a recent fundraising email responded to the president's "creepy" message on Sunday.

Trump mentioned Salon's White House columnist Brian Karem by name in a new fundraising email, inviting the journalist to a "fireside chat" with him. The invite included a standard-issue AI-generated photo of Trump sitting in a leather chair next to a wooden fireplace in an undisclosed location.

"Brian and I by the fireplace?" Trump's email reads.