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Trump Has Awkward Exchange With Female Reporter During Live Presser And People Have Some Thoughts ‘Creepy AF!’

Donald Trump made a strange comment to a reporter on Friday.

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Donald Trump likes to declare that people and things are “beautiful,” whether he’s talking about women, buildings, or sometimes pieces of legislation.

On Friday, in the Oval Office, Trump commented about a visiting reporter, describing her as “beautiful.”

“I shouldn’t say this, because it isn’t politically incorrect, but she is beautiful, and you are beautiful,” Trump said to the woman as most of the people in the room appeared to laugh. “I’m not allowed to say that, it could be the end of my political career,” Trump added.

“You are beautiful and you’re beautiful inside. I wish I had more reporters like you,” Trump said.

The reporter is Hariana Verás, who once had a contentious exchange during the Biden Administration with then-Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

The moment was strange, even beyond Trump’s comment. It’s not frequent for reporters, in the Trump White House or in any other, to be invited to come forward and essentially give a speech during a press event, but that reporter did,  where she told a story about speaking to people in Congo about their hopes about the peace deal, and the nice things they have to say about Trump.

As the New York Times pointed out last year during the presidential campaign, Trump is very fond of the rhetorical trick in which he declares, “I’m not supposed to say this,” and then says the thing that he’s supposedly not supposed to say.

The occasion was the signing of a peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which the White House brokered. When touting the agreement on Truth Social earlier this week, Trump complained, one of several times recently, that he has never received the Nobel Peace Prize.

There were some surprised reactions on social media to the exchange.

 

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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