Moment Trump kicks Chief of Staff out of Oval Office for coughing – 'I don't like that'

White House Chief of Staff Nick Mulvaney received a stern telling off from Donald Trump after coughing during an interview. The US President asked Mr Mulvaney to leave the room, remarking “I don’t like that”. President Trump told ABC News: “When you will see my financial statement, at some point, I assume it’s going to be released, you’ll be very impressed with the job I’ve done. Much, much bigger. Much, much better than anybody.”

George Stephanopoulos asked: “Which financial statement?”

President Trump replied: “They’re after my financial statement. The Senate, they’d like to get my financial statement. At some point, I hope they get it.”

The ABC News interviewer questioned: “You’re going to turn it over?”

President Trump’s Chief of Staff coughed as he responded: “No, at some point, I might. But at some point, I hope they get it because it’s a fantastic financial statement. It’s a fantastic financial statement.

“And let’s do that over. He’s coughing in the middle of my answer.”

The US President added: “I don’t like that, you know, I don’t like that. If you’re gonna cough, please leave the room.

“You just can’t, you just can’t cough.”

As the cameraman adjusted the angle, President Trump asked: “Okay, do you wanna do that a little differently then?”

The scolding came during filming for the ABC special President Trump: 30 Hours, in which the US President was probed on the Mueller investigation.

Relations between Russia and the US remained strained and have been thrust into the spotlight in the wake of the Mueller report.

According to The New York Times, the US has increased the number of cyber attacks on Russia’s grid.

Moreover, two administration officials had told the newspaper that Donald Trump had not been briefed on the attacks.

Pentagon officials have also described the “broad hesitation” to tell Trump about the details of the operations against Russia.

The officials also told the New York Times that they resisted telling Trump certain pieces of information amid the fear that he may reverse the work.

The news of cyber attacks on the country comes following Trump’s announcement that there will be a further 1,000 troops deployed to Poland.

Speaking on the deployment of the additional forces, Eric Pahon, a Defence Department spokesman said: “This is about creating the infrastructure and the abilities to respond to a variety of security threats that face the NATO alliance.”

source: express.co.uk