White House corrects transcript of Trump reporter insult

The White House corrected its transcript of Monday's press conference after facing claims that it airbrushed an embarrassing moment out of the Rose Garden event by omitting a verbal jab President Trump threw at the second journalist he called on. President Donald Trump told a reporter during Monday's Rose Garden press conference that 'I know you're not thinking – you never do' ABC News correspondent Cecilia Vega had offered a brief apology for looking around fo ra microphone instead of standing immediately when Trump called on her: 'I'm not thinking, Mr. President' ‹ Slide me › SLIDE ME: The White House's original transcript botched Trump's answer and omitted Vega's setup comment A White House spokesperson did not respond to an email Tuesday morning requesting comment, but the Press Office issued a partial correction hours later – fixing Trump's comment but not restoring Vega's. In January the White House's flawed transcript of a marathon immigration negotiating session with a bipartisan group of lawmakers hid the fact that the president verbally agreed with California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's key demand. The White House corrected Monday's transcript a day later, but skipped the usual practice of using asterisks to mark where the correction was in a lengthy transcript Monday's press conference was meant as a victory lap on a replacement for the aging trilateral NAFTA trade deal, but quickly turned into a free-for-all about the prognosis for embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh In July the White House updated its transcript of Trump's Helsinki press conference with Vladimir Putin, restoring one question an American journalist asked the Russian president. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein urged Trump to back a 'clean' DACA bill – one without other demands attached – and the president replied: 'Yeah, I would like to do it,' before a fellow Republican rushed to correct him ‹ Slide me › SLIDE ME TOO: The White House had to correct a transcript in January after Trump agreed with a Democratic senator about her desire for a 'clean' bill restoring the DACA program without simultaneously funding his border wall The sound recording that stenographers relied on in that case was flawed.