President Trump is unhappy with Mick Mulvaney's press briefing in which the White House acting chief of staff acknowledged quid pro quo, a source says
"He was not happy," the source said. Mulvaney shocked reporters when he admitted the Trump administration had held up military funding to Ukraine to press the country to investigate the handling of a Democratic National Committee server hacked in the 2016 election. When told that he had described a quid pro quo arrangement for the military funding, Mulvaney said,"We do that all the time with foreign policy" and later added,"Get over it.
"Read MoreA White House official blamed much of Trump's anger on the press, saying the President believes the media"intentionally misinterpreted" Mulvaney's comments.
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