Trump snaps at White House reporter: ‘Are you a sick person?’
The president lashed out as reporters pressed him on the new fraud whistleblower program, which offers rewards of up to $30,000, officials said.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump snapped at The Independent's White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg during an Oval Office event, deriding the journalist as a 'sick person' after repeatedly fielding questions.
- Accompanied by Vice President JD Vance, White House adviser Stephen Miller, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and Nick Shirley, Trump introduced a new $25 million anti-fraud program to incentivize citizens to report government fraud.
- Feinberg questioned why the program's 1 percent commission was significantly lower than the standard 10-25 percent whistleblower rate, prompting Trump to threaten him: 'I don't know who the hell you are.'
- Vice President Vance shared a clip on X calling Feinberg an 'imbecile' for 'misbehaving,' prompting the reporter to challenge him to 'have the guts' to tag his account.
- Recent legal challenges regarding media access have highlighted the administration's ongoing friction with the press, including previous heated exchanges between Feinberg and Vance during White House briefings.
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The president of the United States (USA), Donald Trump, attacked a journalist this Tuesday during an exchange with the press in an act in the White House Oval Office, who warned that “it was better to be careful” and asked if he was “a sick person”. Seeing the correspondent in the House ... Continue reading “VIDEO Trump faces another journalist furiously: “Shut up! Are you sick? You better be careful”"
US President Donald Trump lashed out at The Independent journalist Andrew Feinberg three times during a press conference on Tuesday. He called him a sick person and told him he didn't know who he was but to be careful. Vice President J. D. Vance later commented on the incident on the X network, saying that Feinberg was an imbecile.
Trump took a swipe at the reporter.
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