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The exchange lasted longer than the clip provided above. Trump already answered the guy's question, went to a different reporter, and the guy interrupted. In a previous question, he said the President was impulsive. Basically he's trying to trip him up.
Trump has heated exchange with NBC reporter over prospects of coronavirus treatment
...because patsfans doesn't have a 'WTF?' emoticon
Was that 1st clip a gotcha edit? Yes but it sure as hell wasn't a gotcha question and Britt Hume seriously dropped the ball saying it was. The PC and the aftermath all come off like a damn 'hold my beer' screw up contest to anyone with any objectivity.
Anyone who watched the full press conference should realize Anderson was basically giving a gift pitch when he tossed that softball question at Trump to get himself off the hook for his previous rudeness to the President. That was one Trump should have easily crushed out of the park. Something along the lines of the talking point that drove Pence's response of "Americans shouldn't be afraid, they should be vigilant" to the same damn question. Follow that with a core American values & resilience homily and just like that Anderson covers his ass & Trump looks good. Instead we get... whatever the bleep that crapshow with the two of them coming off bad was.
Trump isn't the damn antichrist that the bulk of the media wants to paint him as but at some point his apologists need to acknowledge he is fallible and also have to come to terms with the fact that when it comes to appearances and personal grace he doesn't have a Presidential bone in his body. And make no mistake, when it comes to morale and team building, in the absence of firm solutions and strong remedy, appearance matters a great deal to the average American. By way of reassuring a concerned populace a President needs to at least act the part if nothing else. A bit of personal grace and an understanding the whole world will see every exchange he has would have served President Trump really well right there.