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Trump ends press conference after altercation with two women reporters

Trump took questions from a reporter for nearly 40 minutes praising his administration for its response to coronavirus but abruptly ended it after heated exchanges of words with two reporters

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US President Donald Trump on Monday abruptly ended his press conference on coronavirus following an altercation with two women reporters.

According to the Hill, Trump took questions from a reporter for nearly 40 minutes praising his administration for its response to coronavirus but abruptly ended it after heated exchanges of words with two reporters -- CBS reporter Weijia Jiang and CNN's Kaitlan Collins.

When Jiang, who is of Chinese descent, asked Trump why he seems, at times, to view the Covid-19 pandemic as a "global race"? After not responding to the question directly, he advised her to "go ask China" the same

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