Oops! Trump calls wrong McMaster, rants: ‘Why the F would I talk to you?’

Following the scandal surrounding the invitation of a journalist to a group chat where senior US officials discussed security matters, the new US administration has committed another communication faux pas. A White House official mixed up the first names of two people and linked President Donald Trump to his former adviser, whom the White House chief of staff had once fired.

»Why the fuck would I talk to H. R. McMaster?«: According to CBS, Donald Trump addressed these words to H. R. McMaster himself. The president therefore thought himself in conversation with a namesake of his former employee.

Donald Trump confuses his ex-consultant H. R. McMaster with the governor of South Carolina on the phone. Trump is said to have freaked out on the phone.

During Donald Trump's first term, H.R. McMaster is one of the "adults" in the White House. After only 13 months, Trump fires the general, the relationship has been broken since then. McMaster is all the more surprised when the president suddenly calls him a few weeks ago.

Donald Accidentally Phoned 'Ineffective Loser' Former Official HR McMaster

It's just been a little over a month since a journalist was inadvertently added to a Signal group chat where specific details of strikes were discussed. Now, retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster received an accidental call from Donald J. Trump on his cell phone. Someone from the White House instructed McMaster to stand by for the president. The Independent reports: The call was especially odd given that McMaster had been ousted from his role as nation…

Trump accidentally dials ex-security adviser turned critic in brief, profanity filled phone call

“Why the f--- would I talk” to him? Trump asked before going into a “scathing critique of his former aide.”