President Donald Trump’s meeting with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House spiraled after a reporter asked a question about the U.S. formally accepting a luxury jet from Qatar.
The flashpoint came amid the bizarre scene of Trump ambushing Ramaphosa about attacks on white farmers in his country, and playing a minutes-long video of events in South Africa depicting apparent extremism.
When the footage ended and the lights came up, NBC chief White House correspondent Peter Alexander immediately quizzed the president about the Pentagon accepting Qatar’s controversial offer of a $400 million plane.
The news broke as the meeting was taking place.
“Mr President, the Pentagon announced it would accept a Qatari jet to be used as Air Force One,” Alexander began before the president cut him off.
