.MaddowBlog: As crisis mounts, White House economic plan needs some work
This week, Trump faced a nearly identical question. After a private gathering with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill, a reporter asked the president,"36 million Americans out of work. Half of those jobs aren't coming back. Do you have a policy to help them get back to work?","We do," at which point he promptly ended the Q&A with reporters and walked away, failing to explain what exactly that policy might entail.
About an hour later, at a White House event, the president once again fielded a few questions, and CBS News' Paula Reid asked,"Mr. President, why haven't you announced a plan to get 36 million unemployed Americans back to work? You're overseeing historic economic despair. What's the delay? Where's the plan?" According to the official White House transcript, this was Trump's"Oh, I think -- I think we've announced a plan. We're opening up our country.
First, it's hard not to notice the frequency with which Trump has a problem with women journalists who ask questions he doesn't like.
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