President Donald Trump fumed Monday over a minor mishap involving a mirror while hosting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the Cabinet Room of the White House.
Trump was boasting that Australia was “a big buyer of our great military equipment,” which he called “the best equipment in the world by far,” when he suddenly became distracted by what footage appears to show him crashing into a flagpole and then hitting a mirror.
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Trump interrupted his remarks to instruct reporters:
“Oh, you’ve got to see that. Look at that. You can’t break that. That mirror is 400 years old. A camera just hit the mirror. Oh, yeah, yeah. I just moved it here, special from the vaults, and the first thing that happens, the camera hits it. It’s hard to believe, isn’t it? It’s hard to believe, but these are the problems of life.”
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The images of the moment quickly went viral on social networks.
Trump’s MAGA supporters accused the “fake news” press of being disrespectful, while critics derided Trump’s reaction as overblown.
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Some also noted the irony that the incident occurred on the same day that demolition crews began tearing down part of the east wing to make room for a new $250 million ballroom.
“Cameras and mirrors are the two things he loves the most, so it’s heartbreaking to see them destroy each other,” one user joked.
“A narcissist worried about a mirror,” added another.
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