It is not clear what tone Mr. Trump was said to have used. But the reported remark was further evidence of how extreme the rupture between the president and his vice president had become.
Goofy, the NYT also repeatedly lied about the fake Russia collusion story and printed many other phony, biased nonsensical screeds but they count on useful idiots to keep believing them. As for me, I wouldn't believe a word written in that rag unless I had personal, firsthand knowledge that it was correct. You however will believe anything that feeds your TDS. Your fixation on Trump is increasingly disturbing.
Since you are the local forum historian go and look at how many posts you begin about Trump since he left office and how many I started a thread about Obama in the two years after he left office. Then go and look at how many times you try to hijack a thread with a post about Trump and how many times I hijack a thread with a post about Obama. Won't be even close.