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Trump Snaps At Reporter In Oval Office: 'You Are Really Obnoxious'

Hilary Hanson

Sat, September 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM UTC

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President Donald Trump lashed out at a journalist during an Oval Office press conference on Friday, calling her “really obnoxious.”

Video shows Trump speaking as reporters clamored to ask him questions. One woman, later identified as American Urban Radio Networks reporter Ebony McMorris, can be heard asking him about plans to deploy National Guard troops to Memphis.

“Quiet,” Trump says in the video, apparently addressing McMorris. “You’re really obnoxious.”

“I’m not obnoxious, but I’m trying to ask you, what about your plans for Memphis?” McMorris replies.

“You are really obnoxious,” Trump reiterates.

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Their exchange turns into crosstalk, with McMorris repeating, “I’m not obnoxious, but I am asking, what are your plans for Memphis? Many people wanted to know―”

Trump, meanwhile, says, “I’m not going to talk to you until I call on you,” before taking a question from a different reporter.

Ebony McMorris, seen here speaking at the the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture in July, was called

McMorris is a member of the Washington Association of Black Journalists, which came to her defense Friday on X.

“Asking difficult questions you don’t want to hear does not make her ‘obnoxious,’” the WABJ wrote. “Ebony is just doing her job, like everyone else in the room.”