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Trump snapped at H.R. McMaster for taking notes: Report

By Zach Halaschak

Published April 22, 2019 3:38am ET

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President Trump reportedly once snapped at former national security adviser H.R. McMaster for taking notes during meetings at the White House.

A frequent note-taker, McMaster infuriated the president with his practice. “Why are you always writing in that book?” Trump once said to McMaster, according to a report from the New York Times. McMaster’s mumbled response, which people in the room could not recall, did not please Trump.

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