This isn’t the first time that President Donald Trump has talked down to CBS White House correspondent Weijia Jiang, 35, for asking tough questions, but it was certainly the ugliest.
During a May 11 coronavirus update, Jiang asked the 73-year-old about why he seemingly makes the U.S. COVID-19 testing progress into a global competition against other countries.
He then told the Chinese-born, Asian-American journalist that her question was “nasty” and repeatedly told her to “ask China” in a non-answer.
And it all went downhill from there. Jiang — with a protective mask over her face that left only her eyes showing — asked, “You said many times that the U.S.