Donald Trump has no patience for distractions – even if it comes from his own staff.
Trump kicked out a prominent White House staffer from the Oval Office for making too much noise in front of the cameras during a press conference on Monday.
After signing multiple executive orders, Trump was in the middle of answering questions from the press until he was interrupted by a noisy cell phone.
A reporter asked the president about his recent decision to purchase a portion of Intel on behalf of the US government.
‘As you know the stock market went up almost a thousand points on Friday and it went up not because of…,’ Trump says before stopping mid-sentence.
‘Hello, who is that,’ Trump asks as noise from a phone can be heard in the background. ‘Who is that back there? Alright, get out of the room!’
Laughter can be heard from Trump’s cabinet members before an Oval Office door slams shut.
The Daily Mail can confirm that the staffer behind the embarrassing interruption was none other than White House staff secretary Will Scharf.
Will Scharf explains to the president the importance of his executive orders in the Oval Office on Monday
Trump was not happy with Scharf’s interruption and made him leave the room immediately
Trump has a history of kicking out staffers from the Oval Office when they interrupt him
Scharf is Trump’s executive order guru responsible for handing the president the physical copies of his orders during every signing conference and explaining the importance of each directive.
Moments before invoking Trump’s wrath, Scharf was next to the president handing him documents to sign.
Trump has a history of having a short fuse for Oval Office interruptions, especially while he’s on camera.
In June 2019, Trump raged at his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney for coughing during a live television interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos.
During the interview, Trump was talking to George Stephanopoulos about a financial statement he had released when Mulvaney cough could be over the president’s comments.
‘Let’s do that over. He’s coughing in the middle of my answer,’ Trump said while pointing over to Mulvaney.
‘I don’t like that, you know, I don’t like that.’
Trump famously made his chief of staff Mick Mulvaney leave the Oval Office for coughing during an interview in 2019
‘If you’re going to cough, please leave the room! You just can’t, you just can’t cough,’ Trump added.
