How Trump has berated, insulted and demeaned female reporters – video

Donald Trump abruptly halted a press conference on Monday after being challenged by two female reporters. The US president told Weijia Jiang, an Asian American journalist who works for CBS, to 'ask China' in response to her question over why he sees coronavirus testing as a global competition when more than 80,000 Americans have died. Trump then refused to respond to another White House reporter, CNN's Kaitlan Collins.

Trump has frequently clashed with journalists, but some have suggested a pattern is emerging in the way the president responds to being held to account by members of the press who are women, particularly those of color. Here's a look back at several key exchanges

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Trump attacks journalists for asking ‘snarky’ questions on coronavirus testing in US – video

Donald Trump said that federal physical distancing guidelines might be toughened as he urged Americans to help fight the coronavirus with tough measures through April. Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said more than 1 million Americans had been tested for the coronavirus, which he called a milestone. But when questioned about testing per capita in the US, Trump wrongly claimed that the population of Seoul in South Korea was 38 million people (it is actually closer to 10 million people) and told the reporter to stop asking ‘snarky’ questions

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Ivanka Trump attacks ‘smug elites’ of CNN in row over viral clip

Rick Wilson, whose joke about Trump playing to his base led to the spat, hits back at first daughter’s ‘breathtaking hypocrisy’

Ivanka Trump has waded into a row over a CNN segment in which host Don Lemon laughed as two guests ridiculed supporters of her father.

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Jay-Z, leading on Grammy Day, attacked by Trump

Jay-Z is leading nominations Sunday for the Grammys, was feted Saturday by music industry heavyweights - and, in between, was taken to task by the president of the United States. American rap mogul Jay-Z - who took home the Industry Icon award at the traditionnal Clive Davis pre-Grammy party - leads with eight Grammy nominations President Donald Trump criticized Jay-Z on his Twitter feed, likely in response to the rap mogul's denunciations of the US leader in an interview.

The Latest: NAACP says Trump won’t speak at convention

The NAACP says Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has declined an invitation to address the group's upcoming convention in Ohio. NAACP president Cornell William Brooks told CNN Tuesday that the presumptive GOP nominee had rejected the invitation to address the nation's oldest and largest civil rights group.