“As a candidate, Trump praised James Comey, he talked about this on the campaign all the time,” said Cooper.

“All of a sudden, the White House is concerned about James Comey’s handling of Hillary Clinton’s emails?” Why now are you concerned about the Hillary Clinton email investigation when as a candidate, Trump was praising it from the campaign trail?”

Mrs Conway hit back, telling Cooper: “I think you’re looking at the wrong set of facts here.”

When she said Mr Trump “acted decisively” on Tuesday night to remove Mr Comey, for the actions he took in July, during the election campaign, Cooper replied: “That makes no sense.”