At this point in his presidency, practically nothing that Donald Trump does is surprising anymore—especially his public meltdowns during interviews with the media. In his latest heated exchange with the press, Trump got so upset with a reporter that he referred to him as a loudmouth and threatened to leave the entire press conference if he continued to question him.
Earlier this week, during the routine White House coronavirus press conference, Donald Trump and reporter Brian Karem had an intense back-and-forth due to Trump being upset with Karem’s rapid fire questions concerning the reopening of the economy amid the coronavirus outbreak.
During the press briefing, Trump called on Karem, who attempted to get through his question, which included asking about “the numbers of deaths and infections from the COVID-19 disease, and tried to ask Trump about his influence over people who don’t want to follow social distancing guidelines.” However, he was never allowed to finish because he kept being cut off by Trump, who proceeded to scold him like a child, complete with rapid fire finger-wagging.
The intense exchange between the two went like this:
Karem: “Today: 600,000 cases, 25,000 deaths. I know you want to bring — blame the WHO, but I’ve spoken to hundreds of people across the country in the last few weeks who say they still can’t get tested and that they aren’t social distancing because they saw…”
Trump: “So the governors…”
Karem: “Wait — wait a minute. Let me finish.”
Trump: “Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.”
Karem: “So they aren’t…”
Trump: “Excuse me. Excuse me. I know — I know your question. You ready?”
Karem: “Well, no, you don’t. No…”
Trump: “The governors — the governors are supposed to do testing. It’s up to the governors.”
Karem: “That’s not the question. Wait a minute, Mr. President. That’s not the question.”
Trump: “Go ahead please.”
Karem: “The question — the question was…”
Trump: “Quiet. Quiet.”
Karem: “The question, Mr. President…”
Trump: “Quiet.”
Karem: “The question is…”
Karem: “They say that they are not — that they are following your lead, that they are not social distancing.”
Trump: “The governors are doing the testing. It’s now not up — and it hasn’t been up —
to the federal government. Go ahead.”
Karem: “That’s not what I’m asking. The question is about social distancing, sir.”
Karem: “The question is if…”
Trump: “I told them when they put this guy here, it’s nothing but trouble. He’s a showboat.”
Karem: “I’m just trying to ask you a question.”
Trump: “If you keep talking, I’ll leave…”
Karem: “I’m just trying to ask a question.”
Trump: “And you can have it out with the rest of these people.”
Karem: “I’m just trying to ask a question. I’m just…”
Trump: “If you keep talking, I’m going to leave and you can have it out with them.”
Karem: “It’s a simple question.”
Trump: “Just a loudmouth.”
The fact that this an actual exchange involving the POTUS during a worldwide crisis is jaw-dropping.
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