Trump: "If we brought George Washington here, and we said we have George Washington, the Democrats would vote against him… and he may have had a bad past, who knows." pic.twitter.com/G9PChNMjFP
— POLITICO (@politico) September 26, 2018
For only the second time since he was elected, Donald Trump gave a solo press conference. The open-ended address to the White House Press Corps and other journalists gathered at the conference’s New York location came a day after President Trump was laughed at by the United Nations General Assembly, which his administration quickly spun as intentional. Laughing at or with the former reality television star notwithstanding, Wednesday’s press conference took on a life of its own.
Unsurprisingly, one of the many subjects that reporters asked Trump about was his embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who now faces several accusations of sexual misconduct. At first, the president dubbed the allegations “a big, fat con job” by the Democrats, saying, “The FBI told us they’ve investigated Judge Kavanaugh six times, five times, many times over the years. They know him very well.” Then, he referenced George Washington with a joke about his possibly having “a bad past”:
“If we brought George Washington here, and we said we have George Washington, the Democrats would vote against him… and he may have had a bad past, who knows.”
As of this writing, Trump is still talking to the press, but that didn’t stop journalists in attendance and viewers located elsewhere from reacting to the sheer insanity of it all.
How you look after the Trump press conference. pic.twitter.com/JqIWG0HlF4
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) September 26, 2018
This is the very definition of "ranting and raving". This man should be on a street corner shouting at cars.
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) September 26, 2018
Trump’s news conference is like listening to a nut calling in to a radio sports talk show.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) September 26, 2018
This Trump press conference is the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen. It’s not that I disagree with what he’s saying. It’s that I can’t understand what he’s saying to be able to disagree with what he’s saying. What is he saying?
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) September 26, 2018
Imagine if you were to inject a rabid raccoon with $200 worth of meth, put a suit on it, and then had it represent itself in court. That's what this Trump press conference looks like.
— Wampler™ (@ScottWamplerRIP) September 26, 2018
[10 p.m., press conference enters its eighth hour]
[trump is sitting in an office chair, eating a big mac, tie loosened]
"now julie newmar, THERE was a catwoman. AWOOGA"— Bill Hanstock (@sundownmotel) September 26, 2018
I fed a computer the first lines of every Trump speech for the past three years and a kilo of cocaine and this the press conference that came out
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) September 26, 2018
A bad thing is that the headlines from this press conference will be “President Trump Questions Kavanaugh Accusers” when a more accurate description is “Incoherent President Rambles Like Crazy Shoeless Man in Public Park"
— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) September 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/1045061739782557697
amazing to see Trump talk down to and borderline heckle the lone women reporter he’s called on during a press conference about sexual assault allegations
— Katherine Krueger (@kath_krueger) September 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/MarsAir23/status/1045068096812199936
https://twitter.com/WritersFrock/status/1045068068593041409
Live LOOK in the United Nations right now watching this comedy show #TrumpPressConference pic.twitter.com/dMqeEJZvOv
— DKT (@darleneturner53) September 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/DaveDuFourNBA/status/1045062337420496898