Donald Trump was so bothered by his chief of staff’s coughing during an interview in the Oval Office with ABC News that he asked his top aide to leave the room.
Trump was in the middle of answering a question from ABC’s George Stephanopoulos about his financial records when he abruptly asked to do another take.
“And let’s do that over, he’s coughing in the middle of my answer,” Trump told Stephanopoulos, referring to his chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.
“I don’t like that, you know, I don’t like that,” Trump continued, referring to Mulvaney’s coughing.
“Your chief of staff,” Stephanopoulos clarified.
“If you’re going to cough, please leave the room. You just can’t, you just can’t cough. Boy oh boy,” Trump said.
Trump proceeded to answer Stephanopolous’s question by saying he wanted people to see his “financial statement,” calling it phenomenal.”
Trump added the decision is “not up to me, it’s up to lawyers.”
WATCH:
Trump got more upset with his Chief of Staff for coughing in the background during his “good soundbite” of his ABC interview than he was after:
—The 9/11 attacks
—3,000 American citizens died in Puerto Rico
—6 children died in his migrant detention centerspic.twitter.com/koGc7JYuCC [1]— Andrew Wortman (@AmoneyResists) June 17, 2019 [2]
Twitter had some thoughts:
Trump hustled Mulvaney out of the Oval Officr for coughing during the interview. #leavetheroom [3] #mulvaneycough [4] pic.twitter.com/kE8oRBJY70 [5]
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 17, 2019 [6]
My favorite part of this interview is when Trump gets super mad at his chief of staff for coughing pic.twitter.com/q1wEP2ez8E [7]
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 17, 2019 [8]
Trump just literally yelled at his chief of staff for coughing 😂 this administration is crazy #trump30hours [9]
— Jeremiah Clark (@JEREMIAHCLARK0) June 17, 2019 [10]