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8 times Trump has lashed out at reporters and called them 'nasty' and 'fake' during his coronavirus press briefings

Natalie Colarossi   

8 times Trump has lashed out at reporters and called them 'nasty' and 'fake' during his coronavirus press briefings
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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions as he addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
  • President Donald Trump has consistently attacked the media for asking what he calls "threatening" or "nasty" questions during his coronavirus press briefings.
  • Trump has berated reporters across multiple news outlets - including NBC, CBS, and the Associated Press - being critical of his response to the pandemic.
  • On Monday, the president was so fed up with media critique that he showed his own video outlining his coronavirus response, as an attempt to "correct" the record and show that "everything we did was right."
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President Trump has consistently attacked reporters for asking negative or critical questions during his coronavirus press briefings.

In some cases, the president has gone so far as to call reporters "terrible," "fake," and "nasty," and telling some that they're "never going to make it."

Trump has made it clear that he prefers positive, easy news coverage of his coronavirus response, rather than difficult or critical reviews. He even went out of his way on Monday to show a video lauding his administrations efforts over the past few months during the press briefing.

Here are eight times the president has lashed out at reporters covering his coronavirus response.

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