Donald Trump got so angry about a minor tech issue that kept him from talking on a group call with world leaders that he hurled his tablet across the Oval Office.
The incident is alleged to have taken place during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the White House last February, just weeks into Trump’s second term. The two leaders used the device to patch into a call led by Canada’s then-prime minister, Justin Trudeau.
Trump, annoyed at finding himself unable to speak on the call, “lobbed the device over the Resolute Desk and onto the floor,” The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing an official who was present at the time.
Trump’s temper tantrum forms just one episode of an explosive new exposé by the newspaper on how European leaders have scrambled to keep an increasingly unpredictable U.S. president onside since he retook the White House last year.
Trump’s increasingly erratic behavior on the world stage has dragged Washington’s closest alliances toward breaking point in the 18 months since he reclaimed power. Things came to a head this January, when close to 30 European heads of government met for a fraught midnight session in Brussels to plot a future free from security and economic dependence on the U.S.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-tablet-throwing-oval-office-meltdown-on-call-with-fellow-nato-leaders-revealed/
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