The exchange, which occurred at the White House's daily coronavirus task force briefing, began when NBC News reporter Peter Alexander asked Trump whether he was giving Americans "false hope" by touting unproven coronavirus drugs. Alexander asked, "What do you say to Americans who are scared?" The President proceeded to launch into an extended rant against Alexander, saying he asked a "nasty question" and assailing NBC and its parent company, Comcast. "You see yourself as a wartime President right now, leading the country through a pandemic that we are experiencing," Collins noted. "It amazes me when I read the things that I read," Trump said Thursday.

Source: CNN March 20, 2020 17:26 UTC