NEW YORK, N.Y. – President Donald Trump called NBC News correspondent Peter Alexander a “terrible reporter” during Friday's White House news briefing for asking what he would say to Americans who are scared about the coronavirus.
Other reporters pushed back against Trump. Alexander later asked Vice President Mike Pence the same question — and got an answer.
The same administration that stopped a once-daily briefing session with the White House press secretary now has the president and his aides talk each day about the pandemic on live television, and early indications are that it's a hit.
Friday's news conference, shown by the big broadcast and cable news networks for more than 90 minutes, featured an old star in a new role: Trump's first