Trump Jokes With Reporters’ Kids: ‘I Actually Like You Much More Than Your Parents’

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: U.S. President Donald Trump greets children on the south lawn of the White House April 25, 2019 in Washington, DC. Trump first delivered remarks to the children who accompanied their parent... WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: U.S. President Donald Trump greets children on the south lawn of the White House April 25, 2019 in Washington, DC. Trump first delivered remarks to the children who accompanied their parents to the White House as the U.S. celebrated "Bring Your Son and Daughter to Work Day". (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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It’s no secret President Trump doesn’t like reporters and he’s not afraid to say so. Even to their kids.

During “Take Your Kid to Work Day” on Thursday, White House correspondents’ children got to interact with Trump (and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders gave them a press briefing that their parents weren’t invited to).

“It’s a very special day, officially called take our daughters and our sons to work day, right? That’s the politically correct term, and we always have to be politically correct, right?” Trump said, according to USA Today. “I even love the media today, I see these beautiful children, products of the media, and I actually like you much more than your parents.”

He also joked that media photographers take bad pictures of him.

“Sometimes I think they do it on purpose actually,” he said. “Always my chin is pulled in, I look terrible, but that’s ok.

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  1. Avatar for krew krew says:

    I’m pretty sure he said something very similar last year. He needs new material.

    But, what kind of parent exposes their child to this?

  2. Those who want their kids to see for themselves how absurd the world is.

  3. Were the kid’s briefed on the concept of “Stranger Danger” before being subjected to the Pervert-in-Chief?

  4. Maybe next year he’ll tell them he likes them more than he likes his own kids.

     

    The kind I’m not.

  5. I’ve typed this so many times since January of 2017 that I’ve almost worn out the letters on the keyboard:

    WHAT AN ASSHOLE!

    Oh, and OT, but almost too funny for words:

    Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Donnelly of Indiana, two Red State Dem Senators who both failed in their re-election bids in 2018, are supposedly forming a new group to teach Dems how to appeal to Trump voters.

    If you lost your elections in 2018, why in the hell should any Dems take your advice, you centrist losers?

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