TV host Piers Morgan had an unfortunate social media flub on Friday, ahead of President Donald Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
On X, Morgan posted a message of good luck to Trump ahead of the summit, stating, “It’s refreshing to see a president who genuinely prefers peace to war.” Below that was a picture of Trump exiting Air Force One, on which he was wearing kneepads, which had presumably been Photoshopped on by an unknown party, to imply that Trump would act in a subservient way in the summit with Putin. Morgan, it would appear, had mistakenly uploaded that in place of a real photo, and he quickly deleted it.
Journalist Tara Palmeri, though, noticed and posted the mistake:
What happened here @piersmorgan ? This post was quickly deleted. pic.twitter.com/jrZpRseGBb
— Tara Palmeri (@tarapalmeri) August 15, 2025
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Per Mediaite, Morgan soon after copped to the mistake:
No.. I didn’t see the kneepads on that pic, so just deleted and reposted with a different pic! https://t.co/t6Tbp1uRuL
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 15, 2025
I saw the pic on my feed and mistakenly believed it was a live one, and didn’t spot the mocked up kneepads. I couldn’t understand why so many people were laughing and raging about it. Then I realised, deleted it and reposted with another pic. My words remained the same… https://t.co/UZ6OKlQ8fx
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 15, 2025
Morgan is one of those media figures who has had a complex relationship with Trump over the years, being a big supporter or detractor, depending the year. He has interviewed Trump on multiple occasions over the years, but at other times the two men have been bitterly at odds with each other.
A former Celebrity Apprentice contestant, Morgan has worked for a long list of newspapers and TV networks in both the U.S. and Britain, including a stint hosting a show on CNN. He currently hosts Piers Morgan Uncensored on YouTube.
Morgan told Variety in an interview earlier this year that he has “blown hot and cold with Trump,” but that things were “warming up” again as Trump returned to office.
“There are lots of qualities about Trump I really admire,” Morgan said in that interview. “And although I thought that was it for him after Jan. 6 — and that it should have been it for him – you can’t help but admire the comeback. He’s proved me wrong, and he’s proved a lot of people wrong.”
Photo courtesy of an X screenshot.
