During a phone appearance on Fox News’ The Five, Trump was pressed on something his administration has consistently avoided. With Iran under an internet blackout, nobody outside the country can verify whether millions of civilians have access to basic necessities.
“I think it is alarming that we have not been able to see or hear from any of the Iranian people,” she said. “Do they have drinking water? Do they have food right now?”
Trump’s response had nothing to do with water or food. “Do you remember when we had lunch years ago at Trump Tower?” he said. “You have not changed. You may be even better looking.” He then added a light remark about how saying such things could hurt him politically.
Fox host: I think it is alarming that we have not been able to see or hear from any of the Iranian people. Do they have drinking water, food?
Trump: Do you remember when we had lunch years ago at Trump Tower? You have not changed. You may be even better looking. pic.twitter.com/wtU1sxTUJd
— FactPost (@factpostnews) March 26, 2026
The question about drinking water and food went unanswered. Trump moved on. So did the panel.
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Online, people had a lot to say about it.
Trump is embarrassing!
— Politicalzilla (@Politicalzilla) March 27, 2026
Laser focused on the most important issues at hand. What more could a nation ask for lol
— Jay D (@JDurando) March 27, 2026
Someone put him in a home. This is disgusting.
— Heather (@hjamieson63) March 26, 2026
How can someone this retarded be president? I will never understand
— TMI (@bigbang_mess_10) March 26, 2026
OMG he just can’t stop himself from objectifying women. The dementia is getting worse and making it harder to keep his disgusting thoughts to himself.
— JayCee84 (@FedupMama84) March 26, 2026
Iran has been under an internet blackout since the strikes began. Nobody outside the country can verify what is happening on the ground. Power is out in multiple cities. Water treatment facilities are struggling. Desalination plants are at risk. The people caught in the middle of all this did not start the war and cannot tell anyone what they are living through.
Trump’s pivot was not a one-off. He has done this before.
Not long ago, he introduced Japan’s Prime Minister as “a beautiful woman with blonde hair,” and at a Women’s History Month event, he said calling women beautiful was career suicide before doing it again multiple times. So when a Fox News host asked about civilian suffering, the response followed the same pattern. The stakes were just much higher this time.
History does not have a great track record with this kind of confidence.
The Iraq war came with the same promises of precision and quick results, and the civilian cost took years to fully emerge. Sanctions on Iraq throughout the 1990s were eventually linked to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people who lost access to clean water and medicine. The talking points change but the consequences rarely do.
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