During a daily press briefing on the coronavirus outbreak, President Trump tires to berate NBC News reporter Peter Alexander, calling him a "terrible reporter" working for "Concast." Aired on 03/20/2020.
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'You're A Terrible Reporter': Pressed On Coronavirus, Trump Berates NBC's Peter Alexander | MSNBC
*”We won with poorly educated, I love the poorly educated!”*
– Trump, 2016
Trump supporters: i dun no wut dat means but make america grate agen 2020!!!1!
@Jay Te Ah yes, engineering, medicine and law students aren’t learning about how to design a construction, they arent learning how to save lives, the reptilian government is brainwashing them. Sounds like an excuse made by an uneducated person
@justin bergeron is that what i said? No! Im not going to get involved in arguing a strawman. There is plenty of evidence within the academic literature that shows that education is a form of indoctrination. Just listen to people like noam chomsky. Stop trying to put a tinfoil hat onto everything you disagree with instead of engaging in some actual meaningful conversation.
I could make the case, that your ignorance and arrogance only prove my point. Higher learning has a very real and important role and purpose. Im not denying that. In fact, i think higher learning is so important it should bot be privatized. But that does not mean that education as a whole is not an indoctrination process.
It’s too bad that MSLSD wait–my apologies I meant that MSNBC has as much difficulty not spreading Fake-News as they do basic spelling mistakes in the first sentence.
@justin bergeron Yeah ZERO construction workers and chemical engineers support Trump, let me tell ya….
Alex Bastianich Awww Butthurt much?!?, you have to condescend people?!?..shows the “left” Arrogance and Ignorance And Vileness And Evilness.You’re A Disgusting POS 😙Little T wat !
We just witnessed an insolent child.
You are so right. Unfortunately, the word “insolent” does not encompass the extent of this man’s misbehavior.
And totally out of control.
Yeah we did lmfao. His tru colors showing brightly!!!
U got dat rite Nicole, see my comments
I agree. If you take the first shot, you don’t get to whine when you get hit back. Peter Alexander should’ve learned that lesson in middle school.
Every reporter after should have asked the same question.
darvoid66 I couldn’t agree more
Those are the same reporters kicked out of China. It’s apparent why — they’re non-state disruptors
SOOO TRUE!!
He would have turned red and stomped his feet. Like any very, very, great president.
darvoid66 they are not brain dead like you
“sensationalism”, lol wasn’t he the same one calling it a hoax earlier
You been following this I see. So let’s see if you can say were the virus originated from. Make it a short answer please.
Same as everyone else. Every single doctor out there
@zooallow 1025 That’s actually unclear at the moment. The first major outbreak was in china but the point of origin has not been nailed down yet.
Isaac Pope false, its been pinpointed. So what though? 2008 wasnt a secret american attack on the worlds economy. Our country just goofed.
@Isaac Pope who are you trying to protect a communist country. It cam from china . Obviously your trump derangement syndrome is affecting you way of thinking
The way he threw in that “you should be ashamed of yourself” 😂 WITH THE FINGER POINT
MoonCrow “left wing media” lol you brainwashed maga freaks are hopeless
@MoonCrow DO U HERE URSELF IT wAS A SIMPLE QUESTION! AND TRUMP CALLED ONE OF HIS OWN AMERICAN PEOPLE HORRIBLE!! what kind of world do we live in were our LEADERS; the people who we are sepoused to lookup to and trust that they are gonna keep us safe, have the guts to call one of their won people horrible with out them there wouldn’t be AMERICA.
@Gaffaty lol you people are nuts
Regardless of who is doing it, I am overjoyed the corruption of Club-Media is being exposed. Their religion of forced acceptable thought has played inquisition for nearly 30 years. Take but a step back and read the mindless hate-filled nonsensical “intellectual” ejaculations within this thread. And, many here are smart people. Albeit, if nothing else, it is proof how being an intellectual does not make one immune to groupthink. On the ladder of integrity, what passes for journalism today is but a fungus clinging two rungs below career politician, one rung above tenured professor, and five below child molester.
Logan Edwards lol 😂 he’s face is so funny
Remember the Homeland Security memo last summer regarding prepping for a catastrophic event. Did you prepare or just throw it away?
He has the attention span of a gnat.
“Are there worries about a pandemic at this point?” – Reporter January 22, 2020
“No not at all. And we have it totally under control” – Donald Trump January 22, 2020.
_2 months later_
“This is a pandemic, I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.” – Donald Trump 17 March, 2020.
You were funny at the beginning, but now you completely lost control. Lifes have been lost at your cost due to your irresponsibility. China failed, Europe failed and you failed the US.
Compared to other continents, the US had plenty of time to react.
I’m late to the discusion, but I would like to question if you rather loose your job or a loved one or even your life?
So give Ken C. some slack ,
when he’s only telling facts😉
@Ken C. Say something about China irresponsability, and we can talk about Trump
@Isra_B Trump is a liar, stupid and irresponsible. The chinese gouvernement are liars, stupid and even more irresponsible. People too, because: WhAt CaN gO wRoNg iF wE eAT wILd aNiMaLs who cArRy mOsT dIsEaSeS iN tHe WoRld.
What’s even more disgusting is the China is profiting from this. They’re literally canceling orders(mask/désinfections) from countries and performing auctions. The US is bidding 4x more compared to other countries. China literary flips of other countries in need.
This is why China has become a complete disgrace. This is why they are irresponsible. This is why they should all shame themselves.
@Ken C. SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO PRESIDENTS THAT CREATED THIS SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA
@Ken C. TRUMP WAS THE ONLY AMERICA PRESIDENT IN 30 YEARS THAT SAD, AMERICA FIRST, AMERICAN INDUSTRY FIRST, AMERICAN ECONOMY FIRST. What you think, that the PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES didn’t know about coronavirus dangerous??? How stupid need to be for think this, when actually he was only asking, keep calm while work for solutions. He is a fighter and he is still fighting with POSITIVITY and HOPE. SEND YOUR COMMENTS for OBAMA, he loved chineses on his bed. Thanks.
0:48 “I’ve been right A LOT.”
Those are some bold words.
@zandaz3 yep
https://youtu.be/Vf6BFUrwSV8
You should all watch these!!! https://youtu.be/xecEV4dSAXE
@T Black Throw that into the bin that’s called “Ugh. Why do I have to … do I really need to do it? Maybe other time. Ok, let’s not do this at all because it’s stupid – Trump”
@szpinak222 watch it, don’t watch it either way trump sux
You think he could have just said, we have your back Americans, we have your back,,,
He doesn’t know how to provide reassurance. How can we put our faith in someone that has been proven time and again that he just keeps spewing lies. Trump has no credibility. He believes he knows everything yet he knows nothing. He believes his “hunches” more than the plain truth spoken by scientists and doctors. I don’t like his loosey goosey shoot from the hip style. The are too many lives at stake.
@Tmarie PI Yes this interaction was heavily edited so Peter Alexander wouldn’t be shown for what he is. For anyone who doesn’t believe it watch the unedited video.
@Tmarie PI Don’t waste your time. Even if you post the full 3 minutes of the questions they cut out, the people here still wont believe it happened.
KAOS look at the full clip. This was edited to make trump look bad. Liberal sheep.
he wan’t talking to americans he was talking to swamp rats. americans know trump’s on our side
Even on his best day, our President is unnerving.
The fact that he lashed out at the reporter who asked a very simple and softball question, how would you comfort people who are afraid revealed that it was all about himself. He assumed the fear was because he wasn’t doing good job, so he could not even acknowledge it. Then he was sort of triggered by the idea of empathy. That was just unnerving.
@ProDeo04 Watched. Saw nothing that should have stopped Trump from doing his job and answering the question. Can you give a specific transgression from Alexander?
@David Pumpkins the first question wasn’t a question. It was an accusation that Trump was giving Americans a false sense of hope. No journalist worth their salt is going to ask an editorialized question like that. We’ve just gotten so used to it these days. Here’s the thing. I’m sure it’s not original, but a statistician friend of mine said, “the first time is an incident. The second is a trend. The third time is a pattern.” For well over a decade now, the media has a well established pattern of painting conservatives (and Trump) in the worst light possible. If Alexander had come out and said, “you know, I shouldn’t have asked the question that way, ” I’d be willing to cut him some slack. But in this case, it was a bad-faith question.
For the record, I don’t think Trump is always right when he hits the media. And I do call him out on it when I think he’s wrong. But more often than not he’s got a legitimate complaint. 97% of the news about Trump since he took office has been negative. Does that sound objective to you?
@AC and KK Sorry. Missed this one. Take a look at my reply to David in this thread. I can post the full reply if you don’t see it.
@ProDeo04 Well tbf, I’m sure conservatives brought at least some of that bad image on themselves.
@AC and KK The questions is loaded and accuratory. Simply answering a loaded question is tricky.
What Alexander was basically asking was “Is it possible you’re making americans unprepared by being positive?
0:26 when you get caught for cheating.
I like his expressions, funny
There’s NO WAY Trump could have answered that question. He’s not capable of the empathy required.
The sad thing is – it could be even be answered with almost no empathy… that’s how little empathy he has.
It was a terrible question from a bad reporter and Trump was right to call him out for it
@Tom Storm Trump was absolutely right!
@Alex Ognianov Virtually EVERY PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION at one time or another. ONLY cult45 is outraged.
@Alex Ognianov lol dude no.. You’ve been brainwashed by a Cheeto
Trump: the best defense is to attack😏
@squadric besides peter trying to get a second question and him relaying the information that was relevant at the time other than that no editing occured. Trump could have choose another person but he chose peter the second time.
Ofc, the best defence is being offensive.
squadric I can’t believe you called me a moron, if you call people a moron when you are one yourself do me a favor and start using logic for once, I hate people like you so much, and people are agreeing with you, well guess what, I screenshot your comment and emailed it to a YouTube channel that talks about stupid people, he emailed me back, and guess what? Your in it. Nothing is blurred out btw
squadric
They have about 800k subs, enjoy you soulless moron.
yeah ,some times we need to attack first.
Imma republican n I feel bad for this guy.
The reporter looks like a student getting yelled at by his teacher for something someone else did lmao
Yeah😮
😂😂
What a Rude president & what a nice Reporter.
It turns out the drug is working … go figure.
Without the rest of the conference, it’s easy to take this video out of context. Trump was being optimistic about a drug but that reporter was asking ridiculous, negative questions beforehand. Trump was basically fed up with it at this point. The guy deserved it.
Funny how he’s still free from covid 19.
0:25 that zoom and expression was golden
Peter to American people: Our president is smart and he encourage people, nomatter how bad is the situation
People : That’s a really bad reporting