Trump lashed out at The Independent — and readers had strong reactions. Here’s what you had to say

President Donald Trump’s Oval Office outburst at Andrew Feinberg, The Independent’s White House correspondent, triggered a wave of online fury. During a Tuesday press gaggle, Trump repeatedly lashed out at Feinberg as he attempted to ask questions, warning him to “be careful,” demanding that he be “quiet” and labeling him a “sick person.”“Wait, wait, wait, wait. Quiet, quiet!” the 80-year-old president said from behind the Resolute Desk. “What’s wrong with you? Are you a sick person? I actually think there’s something wrong with you.”The exchange prompted an outpouring of support - and some criticism - for Feinberg and The Independent across numerous social media platforms. Here is some of what you thought about the president’s meltdown:President Donald Trump attacked The Independent’s Andrew Feinberg during a press event at the White House. It drew strong reactions from readers (Getty Images)Comments on The-Independent.comGeraldPreston - Member: [Trump is] an embarrassment. He knows his political career is hanging by a thread, so all he's got is a loud voice and an aggressive attitude.Tanaquil2 - Member: Trump seems to be getting increasingly unhinged. He's a megalomaniac whose power is slipping away, which is a dangerous combination. If the Republicans lose the midterms and he is even more [constrained], we could be in for a perilous couple of years as he abuses his executive powers to lash out.Kermit68: To have a mean-spirited, ill-mannered guy like that as a president of a powerful nation is an insult to the principles of democracy. ‘Well done for standing up to the Bullies,’ wrote Mambo64 (The Independent)Bandera: Schoolyard bully on full show here. Not a trace of proper leadership qualities. Using crude terms for disabilities, as insults plumbs the depths. Trump reveals his true self. And Vance playing classic bully's sidekick. Every bit as [rotten]. And all of this reveals the desperation now lying beneath.TheZeitgeist - Member: There's only one sick person. DJT. Appalling language and [behavior] from him.BarryR: Your Reporter is Obnoxious and Rude. I would have tossed him out. Fake News!!!!!Facebook Ellen Spitz: It was insane to watch and listen to your exchange with him. His faces were crazy but when you said “Not to my knowledge, sir”...that was the chef’s kiss! Brilliant Keep doing what you are doing, asking the questions and standing up for yourself and the free press.Cristi Will: I saw that clip. He doesn’t even pretend anymore, he threatened that journalist in plain view, on cameras. “You better be careful.”Jim Cappa: Reading this feels like an article from The Onion, but, sadly, it’s literally just Tuesday.Twitter @rickhoward25: I was watching. The President didn’t lose control, he maintained it and put you in your place@jules4u11: Lost control? I didn’t get that at all. Are you trying to deflect from his message today? That’s not journalism… that’s a propagandist.@neilsaidwhat: Great for calling him out. If he didn’t have so many yes men around him perhaps he would have learned that his “new idea” is actually much worse than what is already in place.‘The ‘nasty’ women and ‘piggies’ have been hearing it for years,’ wrote @mryoung51 (X)'Why don't the other reporters support each other and walk out if he behaves like this?' wrote @PendleWitch_ (X)Reddit AdventurelandSkipper: Mentally unfit. As the article indicates Trump was informed more than twice who the reporter was and what press outfit he was with. Trump forgot who the man was every time. He’s not well. He’s demented and mentally incompetent.GrubyBuckmore: Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.‘I distinctly remember the first time my dad spoke to me like this. It was about a year before he passed,’ wrote Emerald_Panda (Reddit)Know_limits: Kudos to the journalist for asking a legitimate targeted question, but this written explanation will only be seen by a small fraction of a percent of the people who saw the insult. Journalists need to be willing to risk their access and respond real-time to this bullying. Put the ogre in his place for all to see.Bajadasaurus: What this reporter points out about there already being a longstanding law that allows whistleblowers to be paid, and to be paid FAR more than Trump is claiming he'll be offering (25 percent of whatever the government recovers from the reported fraud vs. 1 percent), is massive.Instagram @Paulgregorycreativeservices: What’s that movie where Tom Cruise is the lawyer and Jack Nicholson is on the stand and Tom presses him until he bursts the truth? The reporters all need to do this— not back down. Gang up and press him until he blurts out something good.@Therealalexandrabillings: Why every single time this happens does every reporter shrink and say nothing? Why is everyone in that room pretending that nothing’s going on? You’re reporters. Report.‘Why is everyone in that room pretending that nothing’s going on?’ questioned @therealalexandrabillings (Instagram)@unicyclesilencer offered up a suggestion for reporters confronted by President Trump (Instagram)@Brando_c0mmando: Team Trump all the way@Ms.ncdiva: The question is.. What does he mean when he makes the statement “You better be careful?”@Irishson62: When are these reporters going to grow [some] balls and fire back at Trump, Trump does this to try and make himself look like a tough guy if one of those reporters would clap back at Trump he would fold like a deck of cards.