Don Jr gets into testy exchange with MSNBC reporter at RNC: ‘Just get out of here’

Donald Trump Jr got into a testy exchange with an MSNBC reporter during the Republican National Convention on Monday, calling the network “clowns” before telling the journalist to “get out of here.”

Don Jr and his siblings Eric Trump and Tiffany Trump appeared at the convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the opening day of the convention where their father Donald Trump appeared in public for the first time since the assassination attempt and where his vice presidential pick was unveiled.

The Trump clan spoke to various supporters and reporters at the event but, when Don Jr came to speak to MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff, things turned fiery on the convention floor.

Soboroff had asked Don Jr about the immigration policies Americans might expect from a potential second Trump term – particularly whether the Republican would revive his controversial “zero-tolerance” policy separating children from their parents at the US-Mexico border.

“I know immigration is important to him. I covered the family separation crisis closely. Will we continue to see policies like separating 5,000 children deliberately from their parents?” Soboroff asked.

“You mean the Obama administration?” Don Jr replied.

Soboroff quickly corrected him: “You know they didn’t do that, sir.”

When he repeated his question about whether Trump would implement another family separation policy, Don Jr lost his cool.

“It’s MSDNC [sic], so I expect nothing less from you clowns,” the former president’s eldest son retorted.

“Even, even today, even 48 hours later. You couldn’t wait. You couldn’t wait with your lies and with your nonsense, so just get out of here,” he added, while swatting his hand.

During Trump’s term in the White House, he implemented a