MSNBC's White House briefing room camera caught a reporter rolling his eyes after Donald Trump attempted to dismiss concerns about his upcoming negotiations with Vladimir Putin Monday.

Late in the long press conference where the president announced his intention to militarize the streets of Washington, D.C. to put down a non-existent crime wave, reporters started pressing the president about his meeting with the Russian president in Alaska — although Trump twice claimed he was going to Russia.

During one exchange, after Trump told reporters he saw no need to invite Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to participate in ending the war negotiations after Putin illegally invaded his country, the president declared, 'Well, we're going to have a meeting with Vladimir Putin. and at the end of that meeting, probably in the first two minutes, I'll know exactly whether or not a deal can be made."

"How will you know that?" the reporter countered.

"Because that's what I do, I make deals," Trump replied, which earned him an eyeroll and a glance at the camera as other reporters smirked.


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