opinion, would destroy this country, would destroy this economy. >> all right. so later during that same appearance the president also demanded that "reuters" white house correspondent jeff mason take off his mask. >> the issue of what happened when you were in france continues to be -- >> you're going to have to take that off, please. you can take it off. your health -- how many feet are you away? >> i'll speak a lot louder. >> if you don't take it off, you're very muffled. if you would take it off, it would be a lot easier. >> i'll just speak louder. is that better? >> it's better, yeah. >> based on your --