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Trump abruptly ends press conference after reporters challenge him on #coronavirus testing

Trump abruptly ends press conference after reporters challenge him on #coronavirus testing
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Tuesday, 12 May, 2020, 14:45

President Donald Trump stormed out of a coronavirus press conference at the White House on Monday after becoming angry with two reporters, one who asked a question about testing, and another who didn’t get to ask a question at all.
The event in the Rose Garden was meant to give the president a chance to boast about the recent increases in testing, and Trump spoke and answered questions for nearly an hour.
The briefing got off to a bumpy start when the president misstated the dollar amount that would be allocated to states to help with testing. “We are sending $1 billion to American states, territories and tribes,” Trump announced, in what officials had told reporters would be a high-point of the event.

Trump abruptly ends press conference after reporters challenge him on #coronavirus testing