Trump gets in tense confrontation with reporter who asks about Jared Kushner

President Donald Trump on Friday exploded at a CBS News reporter who asked him about Jared Kushner’s comment that the national medical stockpile was not meant for the states. President Trump exploded at a CBS News reporter who asked him about Jared Kushner’s comment that the national medical stockpile was not meant for states CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang told the president he did not give her an answer to her question about the policy regarding the Strategic National Stockpile President Trump accused Weijia of asking a 'nasty' and 'gotcha' question Trump went on to lecture her about her question. White House adviser Jared Kushner attends a teleconference with governors at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters From left, President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx and Adm. Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health and Kushner on March 19, 2020 in Washington, DC Kushner has taken leading roles in numerous areas, including a Mideast peace proposal Democratic Congresswoman Kathleen Rice of New York, a former federal prosecutor, called on White House senior adviser Jared Kushner to 'resign or be fired immediately,' arguing his inexperience poses 'a direct threat to American lives' Kushner gave a window into the type of assignments he is carrying out at the White House Thursday. Washington state Governor Jay Inslee was criticized by President Trump after he complained about a lack of medical supplies Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was referred to by Trump as 'the woman in Michigan' But the president defended the work of his coronavirus task force, led by Vice President Mike Pence, as working '24 hours a day' to help ease the pandemic.