Donald Trump asks journalist to take off his mask

Donald Trump on September 4, 2020 at the White House.

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During a press briefing at the White House on Monday, Donald Trump asked Jeff Mason, a journalist for the Reuters news agency, to remove his mask because he could not hear it well.

A request refused by the principal concerned, report our colleagues of the

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"You're going to have to take this off, please."

You can remove it, ”the American president said to the journalist.

"I'm just going to speak louder," Jeff Mason immediately replied.

“If you don't take it off, I can't hear you well.

If you took it off it would be much easier, ”insisted Donald Trump.

"I'm going to speak a lot louder, is that better?"

», Replied the journalist again.

This generated a sigh from the tenant of the White House who ended up conceding: “Yes… that's better”.

WATCH: President Trump told Reuters reporter Jeff Mason to take off his mask at a White House press conference, saying he was "very muffled."

Mason refused and said he would just speak louder https://t.co/Nj065CIsxp pic.twitter.com/MfrsjkXaeL

- CBS News (@CBSNews) September 7, 2020

Another reporter runs

During this same press conference, the correspondent of the British media

also asked Donald Trump a question, taking care to remove his mask before.

"I hear you better, unlike all the others who refuse", congratulated the president.

While the United States is recording coronavirus contamination records, Donald Trump has long refused to wear a mask during official visits.

He finally agreed to protect himself, for the first time, during a visit to a military hospital on July 11.

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