5 moments from Trump's UK presser that'll make you want to crawl under a rock

2025-04-27 22:57:42admin

President Trump is so incredibly skilled at embarrassing the United States that he's able to mortify U.S. citizens all the way from the United Kingdom.

On Friday, during a joint press conference with UK Prime Minister Theresa May, Trump decided to represent his country by yelling about fake news a bunch, pressuring a bald reporter to remove his hat, and failing to coherently communicate his thoughts.

It was a great time!

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Here are five moments from the international press conference that will make you so embarrassed for America, you might feel the need to crawl under a large boulder and hide.

1. When Trump called his interview "fake news"

This press conference followed the controversial interview in which Trump discussed Theresa May and his negative feelings towards her Brexit plan with The Sun, explaining he thinks her nemesis Boris Johnson would "make a great Prime Minister."

Obviously, the fresh interview was brought up early in the press conference, and when Trump was confronted about his comments he dismissed them. He called the interview report "generally fine" but claimed his "tremendous" comments about May were not included, which, in his mind, means the interview was "fake news." Lovely.

2. When he refused to answer a CNN question

It wouldn't be a Trump press conference if he didn't bring everything to a halt to insult CNN, right? Trump did just that after refusing to answer a question from CNN's Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta. Instead, he called CNN "fake news" and took a question from Fox, which he called a "real network."

We've fully outlined this disgraceful moment for you in detail here.

3. That time he pulled a Michael Scott

In Season 5, Episode 12 of The Office, Michael Scott, after nonsensically blabbing on for a very long time, says the iconic line, "Sometimes I'll start a sentence, and I don't even know where it's going. I just hope I find it along the way. Like an improv conversation. An improv-ersation."

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I am absolutely certain that is what Donald Trump was doing the moment he started discussing nuclear weapons and Iran.

via Gfycat

4. When he pressured a bald reporter to take off his hat

Unfortunately for Jeff Mason from Reuters (and the rest of America,) when he took the mic, Trump's hair-obsessed brain could only register his fedora.

"I like your hat," Trump said after Mason introduced himself, to which the reporter replied, "Thank you sir." Then, Mason began to ask his question but was interrupted by Trump, who was not yet ready to move on from the topic of The Hat.

"It looks good without it, too. You've got a good head of hair, a good solid head of hair," Trump said. "It's that I don't have a solid head of hair, but thank you sir" Mason replied. Trump proceeded to push the joke further, saying, "I know, I know. I know exactly what you have John." And when Mason attempted to ask his question for a second time, Trump asked him to take it off and "show please."

A man nearby then LIFTED MASON'S HAT without his permission, prompting Trump to say, "I like you better without the hat," and Mason removing it in order to end the inappropriate bit in hopes of asking his damn question. My god. I'm cringing.

5. This comment on immigration

When asked to elaborate on his face palm-worthy comment that "immigration has damaged the cultural fabric of Europe," Trump said, "I think it's been very bad for Europe ... I think that what has happened is very tough."

"I think it's changing the culture, I think it's a very negative thing for Europe. I think it's very negative," he repeated. "Look at what's happening to different countries that never had difficulties and never had problems. It's a very sad situation."

Always utterly disheartening to see Trump sticking by comments on immigration that sound like they could come from the mouth of a white supremacist, but could we have expected anything more from the man who once referred to immigrants as "animals?"

*screams unintelligibly into the void*

It's worth noting that May's response to the impact of immigrants on European culture was far more nuanced answer and she expressed her belief that they've had a positive impact in the U.K.

And there, folks, marks another lovely presser in the books.

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