Their exchange Friday came after Mills and Trump traded statements over the past 24 hours over his push to bar transgender athletes and evolved into an unusual breach of the typically courteous interactions that public officials,

The Associated Press is suing three Trump administration officials after being barred from some White House events and spaces, citing a violation of First and Fifth Amendment rights. The lawsuit — filed in federal district court in Washington — comes after over a week of the White House punishing the AP for not changing its guidelines on the Gulf of Mexico — which President Donald Trump renamed the “Gulf of America.

This time Trump made the remark during an official White House event at the East Room in the presence of mostly Black supporters. This remark comes at a time when there is growing concern about him trying to use his presidential powers beyond the limits of the Constitution.