Want Me To Prove You Wrong?' Trump Suggests He'll Eat at D.C. Restaurant Just To Spite Reporter

"REPORTER: Is there a restaurant Sir, you haven't gone TRUMP: I might. Sure. REPORTER: You haven't gone to one in either of your terms that wasn't TRUMP: How do you know? How do you know? REPORTER: Because I, and many other reporters TRUMP: Do you want me to prove you wrong? Do you want me to prove you wrong? REPORTER: Yes. Please TRUMP: But I will, uh, I think it's something we could consider doing. Love to do it. I love the White House food, but after a while, I could see going to a nice restaurant. It's safe."

"The people in Baltimore, the people in all of the places we talk about, they wanna see us there, said. And I think we're pretty much waiting until we get asked, and probably. We're doing them a big service. For security reasons, sitting presidents generally don't dine out, though Trump has occasionally channeled his inner Bill Clinton and visited McDonald's."

President Donald Trump told a reporter he might go to a restaurant in Washington, D.C. specifically to prove the reporter wrong. He answered questions at the White House during an ongoing deployment of the National Guard in the capital, framed as an effort to fight crime. In a back-and-forth with a reporter, he challenged the assertion that he never dines out as president and said he might consider going to a nice, safe restaurant despite preferring White House food. He then pivoted to possibly sending the National Guard to Baltimore, saying residents there want the federal presence and officials are waiting to be asked. Sitting presidents generally avoid dining out for security reasons, though Trump has occasionally visited McDonald's and once donned an apron to serve customers while campaigning in Philadelphia.

Read at www.mediaite.com