Donald Trump: “There has never been ever before an administration that has been so open and transparent. I was the most transparent and…”

Ms Zacharia has been “brutalised by the media”.

The news has been so nasty to her, I’ve never seen anything like it.

These are the most beautiful roses anyone’s ever seen. I asked the president, ‘Could you get me some for the Rose Garden?’ And he said ‘yes’. I’ve never seen roses so big!

I told her: ‘I think you’re better off being happy, and I’m not sure you can ever be happy in this stuff.’