Trump Tells Reporters His Conversation With Putin Is ‘None Of Your Business’

President Donald Trump speaks on tax reform during a meeting in the Oval Office on December 5, 2017. (Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

President Donald Trump told journalists on Wednesday that what he plans to discuss during his upcoming meeting with Russia president Vladimir Putin is “none of your business.”

“Mr. President, will you speak to Russian president Vladimir Putin on not interfering in our elections?” a reporter asked.

“I’ll have a very good conversation with him,” Trump said. “What I say to him is none of your business.”

The President got similarly prickly two weeks ago on the subject of his G20 meeting Putin.

When a journalist asked Trump if national security officials would be with him during the meeting, Trump accused reporters of being “untrusting.”

“Well it’s probably easier because you people are so untrusting, so it’s probably better,” Trump snapped. “Would you like to be in the room? Okay? Would you like to be? I can imagine you would be.”

Watch Trump below:

Latest News

Notable Replies

  1. Oh my! That must have hurt. /s

  2. Public servant #1. But he won’t tell us which public.

    I’m sure it’s fine.

  3. When a journalist asked Trump if national security officials would be with him during the meeting, Trump accused reporters of being “untrusting.”

    Oh IDK but when a person has told over ten thousand lies, 10,000, 10 X 1000, or 5 X 2000 lies in 2 1/2 years then I have a suspicion that they can’t be trusted.

  4. OH, but it is our business, you fucking traitorous bag of sh!t.

  5. A. J. MacInerney: The American people have a funny way of deciding on their own what is and what is not their business.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

100 more replies

Participants

Avatar for silvrfox Avatar for daveminnj Avatar for littlegirlblue Avatar for sooner Avatar for mattinpa Avatar for UnfadingGreen Avatar for jackster Avatar for sandyh Avatar for inversion Avatar for danny Avatar for borisjimbo Avatar for quin Avatar for darrtown Avatar for pshah Avatar for tena Avatar for ljb860 Avatar for caltg Avatar for castor_troy Avatar for greysea Avatar for katscherger Avatar for gregor Avatar for timorwig Avatar for outis Avatar for rucleare

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: