At a briefing in the White House Rose Garden, Jiang asked the president why he continues to claim wrongly, as he did again on Tuesday that the US is performing better than other countries in terms of testing for coronavirus.
Why does that matter? asked the reporter, who was born in China and came to the US at the age of two. Why is this a global competition when, every day, Americans are still losing their lives?
Theyre losing their lives everywhere in the world, Trump said. And maybe thats a question you should ask China. Dont ask me, ask China that question, OK?
The president called on another reporter but she paused as Jiang interjected: Sir, why are you saying that to me, specifically?
The president replied: I am not saying it specifically to anybody. I am saying it to anybody who would ask a nasty question like that.
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The CBS reporter said: That is not a nasty question.
Trump then abruptly ended the briefing.