Demands to meet whistleblower, calls source a spy on the president and warns of "Big Consequences"

In a series of tweets, Trump demanded to personally confront the anonymous Ukraine whistleblower, writing that he deserved to "meet my accuser" and questioning whether the person who supplied the whistleblower information was "SPYING on the U.S. President?" followed by "Big Consequences!" The posts extended the prior day's UN-mission remarks and were widely reported as an escalation of pressure on protected witnesses. Legal commentators noted that whistleblower-protection law shields the complainant's identity and prohibits reprisal. Trump attributed the sequence to his claim that the complaint described his call in a "fraudulent way."

"Was this person SPYING on the U.S. President? Big Consequences!" Quote verified against source