What's she going to do? Fight him in front of the press? Like it or not, that jerk is the POTUS (at least in name).
I think she has enough class to endure the moment and move on. Even the Queen of England dealt with the pat on the back.
I would like to have the chance to demonstrate to you how to verbally deal with the president in front of the press (but preferably without first having to endure a few days of Ebola infection). The world would never be the same again.
This dopey young nurse didn’t even have to appear at the press conference. There is a cured physician (at Emory?), of whom I’m sure you are aware, who has remained anonymous through the entire episode.
Having “class” and demonstrating civility is in large part the strategy that Republican leadership use when dealing with the president. Look where it has got us.