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During a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Oval Office on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump raged at a reporter who asked him about the Qatari government gifting a luxury plane to the United States, calling the journal a “terrible reporter” and asking him “to get out”.
As the journal attempted to question the president about the $400 million “palace in the sky” Boeing 747-8 jet gifted Qatar, intended to replace the Air Force One, Trump fumed at the reporter and said “Why are you talking about that? What are you asking that for? You know, you oughta get out of here.”

After President Trump shows videos about genocide, @PeterAlexander asks about jet from Qatar.
President Trump: “”What are you talking about? You know, you oughta get out of here…you’re a terrible reporter.” pic.twitter.com/4KgjHOvEUF
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Trump was asked the question NBC News reporter Peter Alexander, just seconds after the president played a five-minute video for South African President Ramaphosa, detailing alleged crimes against white South African farmers.

Accusing the report and the NBC News network of dodging the controversial subject of crimes against white South African Farmers, Trump asked “What does this have to do with the Qatar jet? They’re giving the United States Air Force a jet. Okay? And it’s a great thing.”
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Trump claimed the purported video clip, played during his interaction with Ramaphosa at the Oval Office, reveals a mass grave site of about a thousand white South African people who he claimed were killed in race-based land confiscations. Following the video, Ramaphosa asked Trump if he could provide more information and location of the sites mentioned in the video clip.
Then, raging over the question asked NBC News reporter Alexander, Trump said “We’re talking about a lot of other things. Is NBC trying to get off the subject of what you just saw?”
Visibly irritated with questions over the Qatari jet being gifted to United States, Trump retorted “You are a real – you know, you’re a terrible person. His name is Peter something. He’s a terrible reporter. You don’t have what it takes to be a reporter. You’re not smart enough.”
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