United States president Donald Trump abruptly ended a Covid-19 press briefing on May 11, 2020 after a tense exchange with two female reporters at the White House.

Stormed out of press briefing

Trump took a question from CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang, who pressed him on why he had so often claimed the U.S. was “doing far better than any other country when it comes to testing” and framed it as a “global competition” when the country was still seeing large numbers of new cases everyday and many Americans dying.

Here's the part of the conference the reporter was referring to.

In response, Trump said that people were dying everyday, and instead told Jiang to "ask China" that question instead.

Trump then called on another female reporter, Kaitlan Collins from CNN, who paused to let Jiang ask a follow-up question.

.@kaitlancollins allowed me to ask a follow up question after the President called on her, and then @Yamiche deferred to Kaitlin. I am fortunate to work alongside them. https://t.co/aG1F3xYIQO

— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) May 12, 2020

“Why are you saying that to me specifically?" Jiang then questioned the president.

Trump shot back at Jiang, saying that he would have said it to anyone asking a "nasty question".

He then refused to let Collins get her question in and called on someone else, after Collins had yielded time to Jiang.

Trump ended the conference abruptly as Collins tried to ask him a question.

He later tweeted that the "Lamestream Media" was working to conspire against him, and accused them of being the "Enemy of the People".

The Lamestream Media is truly out of control. Look how they work (conspire!) together. They are the Enemy of the People, but don’t worry, we will WIN in November! https://t.co/3YOSChXP9M

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2020

Both reporters have often asked questions critical of the administration’s response to the virus.

Trump argues U.S. govt testing efforts "unrivalled"

Trump has suggested on various occasions that the country has “prevailed” on testing despite experts arguing otherwise, reported The Independent.

He called the federal government's testing efforts "unmatched and unrivalled anywhere in the world – and it's not even close".

However, according to Statista, an independent research group, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Canada have tested at a higher rate than the U.S. when measuring in tests per 1,000 people.

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