Trump was about to unload on a reporter. Then she uttered 8 words that calmed him

President Donald Trump bristled at a question about the Iran war on Monday, then softened once the questioner's employer was named. Mary Margaret Olohan of The Daily Wire told Trump that French President Emmanuel Macron was partly blaming the war, and Trump, for unrest in France. Trump called that fake news and demanded to know her employer; on hearing The Daily Wire, the conservative outlet founded by Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing, Trump apologized and praised it, according to The Independent.

Olohan seemed to be alluding to Macron's Sunday national address after violence erupted during weekend protests over living costs and school conditions. Macron condemned the destruction and promised accountability, yet acknowledged protesters' worries about fuel prices, which were linked to a Persian Gulf conflict that France has not joined.

Trump, who was heading to a Kansas rally for Republican Senator Roger Marshall in the midterm elections, called Macron a friend but pivoted to immigration, saying France lets in too many people, and added that the country has border and energy problems.

The Independent notes a pattern of Trump clashing with reporters, among them CNN's Kaitlan Collins, Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey and ABC News' Rachel Scott.

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