Trump lashes out at ‘terrible’ NBC reporter Peter Alexander over Qatar jet question during Oval Office meeting with South African president: ‘Jerk … Idiot’
Trump lashes out at ‘terrible’ NBC reporter Peter Alexander over Qatar jet question during Oval Office meeting with South African president: ‘Jerk … Idiot’
President Trump berated NBC News reporter Peter Alexander — calling him an “idiot” and a “jerk” — on Wednesday for asking about the luxurious jet the Pentagon accepted from Qatar during an Oval Office meeting with his South African counterpart.
“Why are you talking about that? What are you asking that for? You know, you oughta get out of here,” Trump fumed as the journalist attempted to ask the president about the $400 million “palace in the sky” aircraft intended to serve as a temporary replacement for the aging Air Force One fleet.
“What does this have to do with the Qatar jet?” Trump continued. “They’re giving the United States Air Force a jet. Okay? And it’s a great thing.”
Trump was asked the question by Alexander seconds after the president played an inflammatory five-minute video for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa detailing purported evidence of crimes against white South African farmers.
The president accused the journalist and his network of trying to dodge covering the controversial subject matter.
