President Trump on Wednesday called a reporter “very rude” for asking him during a ceremony on the White House lawn how he decided to ban transgender people from serving in the military.

A female journalist shouted the question to the president on the South Lawn after he spoke to a gathering of American Legion Auxiliary youth.

Trump paused, shook his head and told the children, “She’s very rude.”

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The president shocked much of Washington when he announced on Twitter on Wednesday morning that transgender people could no longer serve in the military.

The decision was a major shift in U.S. military policy and left many on Capitol Hill wondering why he made the snap change, how it would be implemented and what would become of transgender service members currently serving.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders was repeatedly pressed on the policy change at the press briefing minutes before the American Legion ceremony, to the point where she threatened to cut the briefing short.