Jon Cusack tells Trump to 'rot in hell' after President scolded NBC reporter

Last week, President Trump scolded an NBC News reporter during Friday’s White House press conference on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Check out that awkward encounter below:

The awkward moment occurred when NBC News White House correspondent Peter Alexander asked the president what he would say to Americans who are "scared" right now.

Referencing the COVID-19 death toll and number of confirmed cases (at the time), Alexander ask the POTUS what she would say to "scared" Americans:

"What do you say to Americans who are scared though? I guess, nearly 200 dead, 14,000 who are sick, millions as you witnessed who are scared right now. What do you say to Americans who are watching you right now who are scared?"

However, President Trump took umbrage with the question, and quickly scolded the NBC reporter, replying:

"I say that you’re a terrible reporter. That’s what I say. I think that’s a very nasty question, and I think that’s a very bad signal that you’re putting out to the American people.

"The American people are looking for answers and they’re looking for hope. And you’re doing sensationalism, and the same with NBC and 'Concast'. I don’t call it 'Comcast', I call it 'Concast', for whom you work. Let me just tell you something: that’s really bad reporting. And you ought to get back to reporting instead of sensationalism."

NBC News is a division of NBCUniversal, which is owned the Comcast.

But actor John Cusack had some scathing words of his own in response to the President's retort. Writing in a tweet alongside a clip of the altercation, the 53-year-old said the President could "rot in hell", before going on to call his comments "unreal".

But Cusack's scathing comments towards Trump didn't end there. Yesterday, in a reply toa fan's tweet calling for Donald Trump's removal, the actor said: "Trump is political Chernobyl - the sooner he’s out of office the less death and destruction - he is the plague."

The Being John Malkovich star then tweeted saying President Trump was attempting to "hurry up" the global coronavirus pandemic, in an effort to be "re-elected":

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