Fifteen minutes later, Ramos did return to the room and Trump eventually engaged in a discussion about immigration. He’s obviously a very emotional person.
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“He was making a bit of a speech more than he was asking a question, and he had not yet been called on so, Trump had some, some minor ground for trying to restore some decorum”.
He said his expectation was that Trump would answer his questions honestly, and he said that in his 30-year career he’s never been thrown out of a press conference like that.
Asked later about the feasibility of building a wall extending the length of the U.S.-Mexico border, Trump said he could build the wall because he is a good manager, unlike those in government. “So that’s the kind of questions that I was asking Mr. Trump”.
“There’s a movement going on”, Trump told NBC on Wednesday. Moments later, Trump defended Ramos’ removal, saying: “He just stands up and starts screaming”.
However, if you watch the video below, you will see Trump looking at the security guard as if signaling him to come and take Ramos out.
And when Ramos got his chance, there was no shouting and no finger-wagging from the GOP frontrunner.
“Excuse me, sit down – you weren’t called”.
After taking questions from other reporters, Trump returned to Ramos, and their second exchange quickly turned to the $500 million lawsuit Trump filed against Univision, which canceled its contract with the businessman to air the Miss Universe beauty pageant. They felt Trump’s political stances are unfair to the Latino community in America. I think, frankly, the show’s better without her. But that’s up to [Fox News].
“I don’t really know much about him. Thousands. They love me”.
Fusion CEO and president of news for Univision Isaac Lee has invited Trump to continue the conversation.
Listen to Ramos’ account of his altercation with Trump.
“He’s an honest guy”. But right after the interview, he said, “we’ll talk”.
The incident happened the day after Mr Trump resumed his feud with Fox News Channel presenter Megyn Kelly. “It’s very easy”, Trump said.
It’s a sentence that Gov. Chris Christie has said on multiple occasions: “I’m not a bully”. He continued by saying the network had treated him “terribly”. Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes demanded Trump’s apology on Tuesday, calling the attacks “unacceptable”, “disturbing” and “crude”.
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“You know how it is in the press conferences”, he said in a telephone interview with Chris Cuomo.
