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During a press conference convened by Rose Garden to highlight the redesigned trade agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, President Donald Trump insulted a reporter who had told him that he was not going to be able to do anything. she "never" thought before she could ask her question. (October 1st)
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President Donald Trump insulted a Rose Garden reporter on Monday saying that she "never" thought "before asking a question, one of the many affronts inflicted on female journalists at the time. a sprawling press conference.

Trump called Cecilia Vega, a White House reporter for ABC News, before thinking about her out loud.

"She is shocked that I chose her," Trump said as a group of employees behind him – mostly men – smiled or laughed. "She is in shock."

"I'm not," Vega said, getting up from his seat. "Thank you, Mr. President."

Trump, apparently misunderstanding "thank you" as "thinking," responded with an apparently unprovoked jab: "I know you do not think, you never do."

(A White House transcript alleges that Trump said "do not thank," a non-receiver since Vega had said "thank you" immediately before.)

Vega replied, "I'm sorry?"

"No, go ahead." Trump says, before a pause follows. "Go ahead."

Vega asked a question about the extent of the FBI's investigation of Brett Kavanaugh, a Supreme Court candidate, whom Trump described as irrelevant to the new trade agreement behind the release.

"What does it have to do with trade?" Trump said. "I do not mind answering the question, but, you know, I would also like to ask questions about the trade."

He then returned to Vega during a press conference during which Trump mocked other women journalists. He waved to CNN's Kaitlan Collins, shouting "Do not do that!" as she asked him about Kavanaugh. He later cut another journalist she asked about mass shootings, as Aaron Ruper of ThinkProgress noted.

Vega later hinted at the exchange with Trump a tweet: "A press conference means that you can ask the question of your choice. #First amendment."

Trump ended up weighing on the presumed drunkenness of his choice at the High Court in high school and high school, the president being exclaimed that he would have been a "mess" himself. he had developed a habit of drinking.

"Can you imagine if I had what mess I would be?" Trump said. "I would be the worst in the world."

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