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President Donald Trump had a tense exchange with reporters in the Oval Office Tuesday, with the president issuing a pointed warning to at least one journalist during a heated back-and-forth.
“I don’t know who the hell you are, but you better be careful,” he told one of the reporters.
Trump’s Rapid Response Team later identified the journalist as Andrew Feinberg, a correspondent for The Independent.
The confrontation unfolded as Trump took questions from the press at the White House, with the president growing visibly irritated during the exchange and directing pointed remarks at the journalist.
“What’s wrong with you?” Trump asked. “Are you a sick person?”
“Not that I know of,” the reporter replied.
The tension began after Feinberg questioned why Trump’s new whistleblower program offered a 1% commission, while the False Claims Act allows whistleblowers to receive between 10% and 25%. Vice President JD Vance pushed back on the question, calling it a “fundamentally dishonest question.”
Later in the exchange, Trump took issue with Feinberg’s attempt to ask about the president’s golf courses. Trump interrupted him with “quiet,” cutting off the question before it could be fully asked or publicly reported.
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The heated moment quickly sparked attention online, marking another tense interaction in Trump’s long-running history of clashes with members of the press.
The Republican president has frequently criticized news organizations and journalists whose questions or reporting he considers unfair, often accusing them of producing what he calls “fake news.”