Donald Trump says female reporter has 'nice smile'
Video of the bizarre moment when President @realDonaldTrump called me over during his call with Taoiseach @campaignforLeo Varadkar. @rtenews pic.twitter.com/TMl2SFQaji
— Caitriona Perry (@CaitrionaPerry) June 27, 2017
President Donald Trump singled out a female reporter in the Oval Office on Tuesday, calling her over to his desk and saying she had a “nice smile.”
The interaction came during a congratulatory phone call Trump was having with newly elected Ireland prime minister Leo Varadkar.
“We have a lot of your Irish press watching us,” Trump said on the call. “They’re just now leaving the room.” At that point, Trump called for RTE reporter Caitriona Perry and asked her to move forward. “And where are you from? Come here, come here. Where are you from?” Trump asked. “We have all of this beautiful Irish press. Where are you from?”
After Perry answered, Trump added to Varadkar, “She has a nice smile on her face, so I bet she treats you well.”
In the aftermath, Perry tweeted video of the interaction and called it a “bizarre moment.” Watch above.
Speaking to RTE after the video went viral, Perry explained how she wound up speaking to Trump. “One minute we were outside the window and the next minute I’m meeting the President of the United States,” Pery said. “Usually we would shoot from outside the window of the White House and that’s what we were expecting today but instead we were invited inside to witness the president’s call to the [prime minister]. When we went in he was already on the phone but I must have caught his eye and he called me over.”
After the video went viral online, many criticized Trump for his comments.
This should bring chills to anyone who has ever had to work with a man like this. https://t.co/VSOyMuMRbg
— SivaVaidhyanathan???? (@sivavaid) June 27, 2017
Trump doesn't allow formalities like sitting in the Oval Office to put a crimp in his lechery. https://t.co/SfsxWMVopp
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) June 27, 2017
:: cringe :: https://t.co/mpmg4VzIY9
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) June 27, 2017
smh pic.twitter.com/DZhASzQdtu
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) June 28, 2017