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Trump calls White House reporter ‘dumb person’ for ballroom question

President Donald Trump called a White House reporter a “dumb person” over her request for comment about Trump’s ballroom budget doubling. Trump was leaving the White House for China when he took questions from reporters on Tuesday, which was streamed on Fox News’s America Reports

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Trump calls White House reporter ‘dumb person’ for ballroom questionPresident Donald Trump called a White House reporter a “dumb person” over her request for comment about Trump’s ballroom budget doubling. Trump was leaving the White House for China when he took questions from reporters on Tuesday, which was streamed on Fox News’s America Reports
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