- Title: Trump denies report he ordered Mueller fired, says Davos message is positive
- Date: 26th January 2018
- Summary: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND (JANUARY 26, 2018) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARRIVING SURROUNDED BY ENTOURAGE ON SECOND DAY OF HIS VISIT TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (WEF) IN DAVOS, MEDIA FILMING, TAKING PHOTOS TRUMP TALKING TO PEOPLE WAITING FOR HIS ARRIVAL, SIGNING PIECE OF PAPER WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON IT AND RETURNING IT TO PERSON, PEOPLE FILMING ON MOBILE PHONES TRUMP WALKING BY MEDIA HOLDING MOBILE PHONES AND MICROPHONES, MEDIA SHOUTING QUESTION OF NEW YORK TIMES' REPORT OF TURMP ORDERING SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER TO BE FIRED, TRUMP RESPONDING (English): "Fake news, folks, fake news. Typical New York Times fake stories." (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: "My message is peace and prosperity, that's what we have, and we have a tremendous crowd and a crowd like they've (the WEF) never had before. Klaus (Schwab, WEF founder and Executive Chairman) has actually told me, this is a crowd like they have never had before in Davos. Including all of you people like they've never had before so that's good - I assume they're here because of Klaus." EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, KLAUS SCHWAB: "No (inaudible) great guest here." REPORTER: "How confident are you that your message will be well-received?" "I think it's going to be very well-received. It's a very positive message. The United States is doing fantastically well, better than we've done in decades. The stock markets are incredible, businesses are coming back into the United States. I think it's going to be a great message that people are going to like hearing. Okay? Thank you." / TRUMP THANKING THE MEDIA AND WALKING AWAY, TRUMP SAYING TO MEDIA (English): "Fake news. New York Times, it's called New York Times, fake news." (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: REPORTER ASKING: "Sir, what kind of deals are we going to get from Davos? What kind of deals are we going to have today?" "I hope we're going to bring back the many billions of dollars into the U.S. I think that'll happen, it's already happening. But billions of dollars is coming back into the U.S. and I think that'll just continue." REPORTER ASKING: "How much today? How much?" "Probably a lot." REPORTER ASKING: "What about Mr. Mueller sir?" / TRUMP WALKING THROUGH DOORWAY
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- Keywords: U.S. President Donald Trump Davos World Economic Forum globalisation
- Location: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND
- City: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND
- Country: Switzerland
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
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U.S. President Donald Trump denied a report on Friday (January 26) that he had ordered Special Counsel Robert Mueller fired last June, calling it "fake news".
The New York Times reported on Thursday that Trump backed down from his order after the White House counsel threatened to resign rather than follow his directive, citing four people told of the matter.
"Fake news, folks, fake news," Trump told reporters in Davos, when asked about the report.
Trump was then asked about his closing address to political leaders and chief executives at the World Economic Forum, which he then said would be "very well-received" and "positive". - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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