president donald trump ’s thursday press conference had many people talking .
( ap photo evan vucci ) ( associated press ) president trump decries ' fake news ' stories about aides ' ties to russia president trump held a free - flowing wide - ranging news conference on thursday to defend his administration and decry what he called " fake news " stories about his associates ' ties to russia .
on the one hand , “ jobs are pouring out of the country .
” trump to clarify president donald trump seemed at varying points exasperated , energized , amicable and aggressive as he sparred with reporters thursday .
 
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” president donald trump speaks during a news conference , thursday , feb. 16 , 2017 , in the east room of the white house in washington .
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| getty all the things trump covered at his epic news conference the president went over a lot of ground during his 80 - minute impromptu performance .