President Donald Trump appears to have shot down reports that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been caught up in a screaming match with tech billionaire Elon Musk.
Report from New York Times After Musk accused Rubio of not cutting employees from the State Department, tensions between the two erupted into a screaming match in the White House cabinet room. When asked about the report, Trump had announced that FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
'Eron gets along well with Marco and they both do a great job. There are no conflicts. ”
Trump denied the report and humiliated the reporter. The reporter apparently wasn't supposed to ask anything unrelated to football.
“There's no conflict. I was there. You're just a troublemaker,” Trump replied.
“And you're not going to ask that question because we're talking about the World Cup. Elon is getting along well with Marco. They both do a great job. There's no conflict,” he added.
“Who are you? Who are you with?” Trump asked.
“NBC,” the reporter replied.
“Ah, no wonder,” he joked. “NBC.”
The White House repeatedly denies it Post a video of interaction on official social media accounts.
The Times report claimed that Musk was good at television and that he chuckled Rubio by hinting that he wasn't good at working.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to the New York Times report in a statement.
“As President Trump said, this was a great productive meeting between members of his team, for discussions on cost-cutting measures and staffing across the federal government,” she said.
A State Department spokesman made a similar statement.
“Secretary Rubio came up with an open and productive discussion with the dynamic team that is being formed to achieve the same goals.
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