President Donald Trump said his chief of staff John Kelly was "so offended" a lawmaker listened in on the president's condolence call to a Gold Star widow, and asserted: "Sir, this is unacceptable."
In an interview with Fox Business News' Marie Bartiromo, Trump opened up about the controversy swirling around Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., and Kelly regarding Trump's call to the young wife of Sgt. La David Johnson.
A clip was posted Friday by Fox News; the remarks come at the 2:31-minute mark.
"He was so offended offended that a woman would be––that someone would be listening to that call," Trump said of Kelly, saying Kelly told him, "Sir, this is not acceptable."
Trump also defended what he said on the call.
"I spoke the name of the young man," and said "it's a very tough call . . . tougher than dealing with the heads of countries."
The first part of the interview airs on Fox News Channel's "Sunday Morning Futures" and the second part airs on Monday's "Mornings with Maria" on Fox Business Network.
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