President Donald Trump said Monday that his hoarse voice is a result of yelling at people “because they were stupid” on a trade issue.

During an Oval Office press conference alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino and cabinet officials, an NBC News reporter asked Trump if he was feeling alright, noting the president’s raspy voice.

“I was shouting at people because they were stupid about something having to do with trade and a country, and I straightened it out, but I blew my stack at these people,” he said, drawing laughs throughout the Oval Office.

When a reporter later followed up, asking which country he was referring to, Trump did not say, but noted that “a country wanted to try and renegotiate the terms of their trade deal and I wasn’t happy about it.”

The reporter pressed forwa

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