President Donald Trump took it upon himself Friday afternoon to call out a White House reporter on live TV for having the gall to ask him a prepared question.
The moment came Friday during a question and answer segment when Trump stopped a reporter mid-sentence to deliver a presidential scolding over how she was asking her question.
“You are signing a memo later to counter digital service taxes…” the reporter is heard saying off-camera before Trump cuts her off.
“Will you speak, I mean, what are you doing? Reading it?” Trump asked, appearing agitated.
The reporter responded: “Yeah it’s my question.”
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“Can’t you just say it without having to read it?” Trump asked.
The reporter delivered a congenial, “Oh, sure,” before continuing to ask her question unfazed and in what seemed to be the same tone as before Trump stepped in to offer his unsolicited advice.
Trump eventually answered the question – in part. He said he would make an announcement later Friday involving tariffs to counter digital service taxes but would not reveal how high he would go.
“What they’re doing to us and other countries is terrible with digital,” he said.
Watch the clip below or at this link.
REPORTER: You are signing a memo later to counter digital service taxes
TRUMP: What are you doing? Reading it? Can't you just say it without having to read it? pic.twitter.com/q9JsdV37uS
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 21, 2025