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US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.Considering is not known for it’s probably not a surprise that he can be bad at reading a room.That’s what happened Wednesday when a reporter asked him for his reaction to the decision by a grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky,who fatally shot&nbsp;&nbsp;in her death.There are many things a president could have said, such as a statement calling for peace while the process continues or an expression of sympathy to Taylor’s family.But Trump used the question as an opportunity to praise himself:Then he indicated he hadn’t yet seen the grand jury’s decision. “I heard a decision was just made,” he said, and added he’d comment on it later.The quote wasn’t even unique to the situation. It’s something about racial justice in America.You can hear Trump attempt to soothe his fragile ego starting just after the 22-minute mark.&nbsp;Trump did give a less self-serving of an answer to another reporter a little later.Instead of praising himself, he praised Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron as “a star” for the way he handled the decision and said he’d be speaking with the Kentucky governor shortly.That segment appears near the 25-minute of the video below.&nbsp;Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black emergency medical technician in Louisville, was killed March 13 when three white plainclothes police officers serving a “no-knock” warrant broke into her apartment and met with gunfire from Taylor’s boyfriend, who was injured. The subject of the warrant was not at the address. Taylor, who had been in bed when officers entered her home, was shot multiple times.Taylor’s family settled a $12 million wrongful death suit against the city on Sept. 15 that included a promise of police reforms.One of the three officers, Brett Hankison, was fired. He was indicted Wednesday on a charge related to the endangerment of people in an adjoining apartment.&nbsp;&nbsp;Calling all HuffPost superfans!Sign up for membership to become a founding member and help shape HuffPost's next chapterDo you have information you want to share with HuffPost?Today is National Voter Registration Day!We made it easy for you to exercise your right to vote!

US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.Considering is not known for it’s probably not a surprise that he can be bad at reading a room.That’s what happened Wednesday when a reporter asked him for his reaction to the decision by a grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky,who fatally shot&nbsp;&nbsp;in her death.There are many things a president could have said, such as a statement calling for peace while the process continues or an expression of...

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