Trump Escalates Confrontation with Reporter at Oval Office Meeting

US President Donald Trump openly clashed with a reporter at the Oval Office on Wednesday, labeling him a "terrible reporter" and urging him to "get out" after the journalist asked about a luxury jet gifted by Qatar. The tense exchange occurred during a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, where Trump played a five-minute video detailing alleged crimes against white South African farmers. Trump accused the reporter of trying to divert attention from the video's disturbing content, stating that the reporter was "a terrible person" and "not smart enough" to be a journalist.

Key Takeaways:

Trump confronted a NBC News reporter, Peter Alexander, over his question about a luxury jet gifted by Qatar to the US Air Force, labeling him a "terrible reporter".
The exchange occurred during a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, where Trump played a five-minute video detailing alleged crimes against white South African farmers.
Trump accused the reporter of trying to divert attention from the video's content, stating that it showed a mass grave site of about a thousand white South African people killed in race-based land confiscations.
Ramaphosa asked Trump to provide more information and location of the sites mentioned in the video, but Trump refused to engage in a discussion about the issue.
Trump claimed that the reporter was "a real -- you know, a terrible person" and "not smart enough" to be a reporter.

Statistics:

The luxury jet gifted by Qatar to the US Air Force is a Boeing 747-8 jet valued at around $400 million.
The video played by Trump during the meeting purportedly showed a mass grave site of about a thousand white South African people killed in race-based land confiscations.
Trump has played the video at multiple public events, including at the Oval Office meeting with Ramaphosa.

Sources:

CSPAN (@cspan)
NBC News (Reporter Peter Alexander)