Members of the White House press corps brought their children to the Executive Office building today to trick-or-treat, including an invitation from President Trump himself to visit him in the Oval Office.
And how do you think it went?
Yeah…
In the video below, the president hilariously tries to get the kids to turn on their journalist parents. Check it out:
WATCH: Pres. Trump talks with the children of reporters during a Halloween event in the Oval Office on Friday. https://t.co/3jaFD2cFLM
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) October 27, 2017
What did the media think would happen?
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/924004979068882944
He keeps trying to turn them against their parents and I’m dying… https://t.co/Uh08tQuMVt
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 27, 2017
“I bet you’re treated well by the media.” My god lol
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 27, 2017
Of course, journos didn’t think it was very funny:
https://twitter.com/LaurenGoode/status/924008476174454784
Trump to reporters' kids: "I cannot believe the media produced such beautiful children. How the media did this…" https://t.co/ISF5izaLPl
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 27, 2017
This is so cute, little children love it when you keep pressing them on how horrible their parents are… https://t.co/bZcKXfHt7M
— Sam Seder (@SamSeder) October 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/christinalizzo/status/924030425680531456
Trump: "I cannot believe the media produced such beautiful children" https://t.co/hmbRV4qciu
— Julia Manchester (@JuliaManch) October 27, 2017
And the comment about “weight problems” was particularly poorly received:
"We have no weight problems, that's the good news, right?" https://t.co/gxoNN43orz
— Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) October 27, 2017
"You have no weight problems. That's good right?" https://t.co/zXlWdboTFY
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) October 27, 2017
Today, the POTUS gave candy to a little girl & said: "You have no weight problems, that's the good thing..So you take out whatever you need"
— Julianna Goldman (@juliannagoldman) October 27, 2017
He hands them candy and goes “you have no weight problems, that’s the good news”
Bad reality tv show https://t.co/AQfL5Exjta— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) October 27, 2017
Here’s the transcript:
This. Entire. Verbate….
It's what @realDonaldTrump said to children of members of the press pic.twitter.com/6kr0z73bQT— Leigh Ann Caldwell (@LACaldwellDC) October 27, 2017
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 27, 2017