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Trump fumes amid impeachment furor | TheHill

posted onOctober 3, 2019
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Article snippet: MORE, demanding that the reporter ask a question to Finnish President Sauli Niinistö.  "Listen, are you ready? We have the president of Finland, ask him a question," Trump shot back to Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason. "Did you hear me? Ask him a question." The exchange came toward the end of a combative press conference that was unusually heated even by Trump standards. It seemed to exemplify the growing anger the president has over the impeachment effort in the House against him. Trump held the press conference hours after Speaker MORE (D-Calif.) appeared before reporters and put additional pressure on the White house. Trump's fight with the longtime Reuters correspondent came after Mason asked what he wanted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to do about former Vice President Biden and his son Hunter Biden when he raised them during a July 25 call. Trump did not directly answer, instead pointing to his desire to see other countries contribute more to Ukrainian aid and blasting the Bidens as "stone cold crooked." "The question, sir, was what did you want President Zelensky to do about Vice President Biden and his son Hunter," Mason said after Trump had finished. Trump told Mason, who has a reputation as a generally mild-mannered correspondent and was recently president of the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA), not to be "rude" in a scolding tone.  "No sir, I don’t want to be rude. I just wanted you to have a chance to answer the ques... Link to the full article to read more

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