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BumRushDaShow

(171,702 posts)
Wed May 6, 2026, 03:45 AM Wednesday

'Get the children away': Outrage breaks out over Trump's startling remarks around kids

Source: Raw Story

May 5, 2026 4:13PM ET


People were stunned on Tuesday after President Donald Trump started touting his unpopular Iran war and discussing it in front of a group of children in the Oval Office.

The kids were at the White House to celebrate Trump's signing of a proclamation to restore the Presidential Fitness Test award, and in the press briefing, the president ranted about trans athletes in youth sports, then attempted to make his case for the Middle East conflict.

Media experts were astounded by Trump's comments, with some calling out the president for his misinformation and decision to talk with children about adult topics.

"He’s the LeBron James of being weird around kids," political commentator Evan loves Worf wrote on X. "These are lies. And children are being exposed," Scott MacFarlane, MeidasTouch chief Washington correspondent, wrote on X.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/outrage-breaks-out-over-trump-s-startling-remarks-around-kids/

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'Get the children away': Outrage breaks out over Trump's startling remarks around kids (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Wednesday OP
Well, at least some people got their heads out of their butts and said something. raccoon Wednesday #1
None of the 'adults' in the room pfitz59 Wednesday #2
The 'adults' in the room brought their kids to see the demented pedophile knowing... Ol Janx Spirit Wednesday #13
Seth Meyers - Trump Talks Iran and Nuclear War at White House Event for Kids - Monologue 5/5/2026 Rhiannon12866 Wednesday #3
The Le Bron James analogy is an attempt to make his comments more acceptable Joinfortmill Wednesday #4
The random Xitter post was to reference someone considered a "GOAT" BumRushDaShow Wednesday #12
No, it wasn't an attempt to make the comments more acceptable--it was an insult. (nt) Ol Janx Spirit Wednesday #18
Trump's escalator ride early on.....down, down, down..... democrank Wednesday #5
He was only indoctrinating future "Trump Youth". no_hypocrisy Wednesday #6
What's Lebron James got to do with any of this? JustABozoOnThisBus Wednesday #7
Media had to deflect blame to a Black man. yardwork Wednesday #8
I think it was a half-assed attempt at describing someone who should be considered the "GOAT" BumRushDaShow Wednesday #11
I think the real LeBron would have some choice words Wednesdays Wednesday #31
What else would a pedophile do? Kid Berwyn Wednesday #9
Chump has no filters left ... if he ever had any FakeNoose Wednesday #15
Me, too. It was a shocking scene. Kid Berwyn Wednesday #17
Exactly. ShazzieB Wednesday #21
Makes you wonder... maddiemom Wednesday #29
Not in a loving way. Kid Berwyn Wednesday #30
Thanks, Kid Berwyn... maddiemom Wednesday #32
another sign of senility: lack of boundaries. nt Javaman Wednesday #10
Where did they find these kids? tanyev Wednesday #14
Donald Trump is such a treat to be around. Sorta' like a Werewolf. chouchou Wednesday #16
To Evan happy feet Wednesday #19
Who dafuq talks like that?! sakabatou Wednesday #20
I remember in 1999 when Mary Bono said that the president is role model and she was "told" AZLD4Candidate Wednesday #22
When you're a MAGAt, you take your kids to see a rapist pedophile. Very smart of them. No sympathy except for the kids. Wonder Why Wednesday #23
He's worse than Johnny Knoxville in Bad Grandpa ChicagoTeamster Wednesday #24
He gets off on child abuse. You know he approved the bombing of children in Iran. BradBo Wednesday #25
Notice he fell asleep and Linda McMahon had to kick hs chair and wake him up obamanut2012 Wednesday #26
The younger kids were probably completely baffled by the whole episode. Ocelot II Wednesday #27
If that wasn't evidence of insanity, I don't know what is. Even the kids got to be thinking doc03 Wednesday #28

pfitz59

(12,878 posts)
2. None of the 'adults' in the room
Wed May 6, 2026, 05:37 AM
Wednesday

put a stop to it. All the kids were dumb-founded. Blatant child abuse.

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,067 posts)
13. The 'adults' in the room brought their kids to see the demented pedophile knowing...
Wed May 6, 2026, 08:23 AM
Wednesday

...exactly who he is--they got exactly what they expected and wanted.

Afterwards they probably went to President [REDACTED] with tears in their eyes to tell him how it was the most profound and wonderful thing they had ever heard anyone say to their kids....

Rhiannon12866

(258,062 posts)
3. Seth Meyers - Trump Talks Iran and Nuclear War at White House Event for Kids - Monologue 5/5/2026
Wed May 6, 2026, 06:09 AM
Wednesday


Seth addresses Trump saying that he's not a senior citizen and more in his monologue for Tuesday, May 5, before White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds an impromptu press briefing to answer burning questions, like "Is President Trump excited about Don Jr.’s upcoming wedding?"


BumRushDaShow

(171,702 posts)
12. The random Xitter post was to reference someone considered a "GOAT"
Wed May 6, 2026, 07:59 AM
Wednesday

(Greatest of all Time)

It's all Millennial-speak and I expect if the analogy used "Muhammad Ali" instead, it might have registered better to this fuddy duddy boomer forum (signed, a fuddy duddy tail-end boomer).

IOW, it's how they talk in social media due to the character limitations and need for a quick dramatic hit.

This process is COMPLETELY upended by the GenZs coming behind them however, who use Tiktok videos to present analogies rather than naming any specific person or thing.

democrank

(12,665 posts)
5. Trump's escalator ride early on.....down, down, down.....
Wed May 6, 2026, 06:25 AM
Wednesday

was most definitely a sign of things to come. Don’t think for a minute that he can’t go lower because he always does.

BumRushDaShow

(171,702 posts)
11. I think it was a half-assed attempt at describing someone who should be considered the "GOAT"
Wed May 6, 2026, 07:40 AM
Wednesday

(Greatest Of All Time) for his actions, as apparently there has been some recent and ongoing debate in the sports fan world about dubbing LeBron James the basketball "GOAT" to replace the current one - Michael Jordan (especially when you have LeBron and his son playing on the same team together).

Wednesdays

(23,027 posts)
31. I think the real LeBron would have some choice words
Wed May 6, 2026, 03:45 PM
Wednesday

...about being compared to TSF.

LeBron James has enough class to keep them under wraps, though.

Kid Berwyn

(24,937 posts)
9. What else would a pedophile do?
Wed May 6, 2026, 07:34 AM
Wednesday

Trump’s “mind” does not operate in a way that takes others — not even children— into account, even just for one second.

FakeNoose

(42,195 posts)
15. Chump has no filters left ... if he ever had any
Wed May 6, 2026, 08:32 AM
Wednesday

He will say anything that pops into his mind, because he's incapable of selecting the "right thing" to say at the "right time." If any of those children were mine, I'd have put ear plugs into their ears and told them to ignore that strange old man.

Kid Berwyn

(24,937 posts)
17. Me, too. It was a shocking scene.
Wed May 6, 2026, 08:58 AM
Wednesday

Going by the look of shock and resultant dagger stare, I think the older boy’s dad was behind the group closest to the traitor-madman. His expression revealed shock at both the cruelty and the inanity of “the most powerful ‘man’ on the planet.” If Trump were human, he’d have collapsed in shame on the spot.

ShazzieB

(22,815 posts)
21. Exactly.
Wed May 6, 2026, 09:39 AM
Wednesday

And it's only going to get worse as he continues to deteriorate. This time he at least stuck to more or less PG‐13 level topics, inappropriate as they were. There's no telling what he'll say next time or the time after that. Anyone with a lick of sense will keep their children far, far away from him. Of course, that means MAGA morons will still bring theirs around any chance they get, poor kids. 🤨

maddiemom

(5,202 posts)
29. Makes you wonder...
Wed May 6, 2026, 01:43 PM
Wednesday

Did he EVER talk to his own kids when they were children? ( at least before he felt Ivanka "got Hot&quot

Kid Berwyn

(24,937 posts)
30. Not in a loving way.
Wed May 6, 2026, 02:03 PM
Wednesday

As you and good parents know, maddiemom: Kids need love and attention. They build up self-esteem and worry about others' feelings and welfare as adults.

That home in Queens must've been something. Trump's father was a NAZI. Apart from survival of the richest, he must not have got much love there. Dunno much about the traitor's mother, other than she emigrated from a windswept island off Scotland. She probably had no clue about what Dr. Spock would later talk about. She must've been frightened to the bottom of the bottle by her monstrous offspring. And going by his vocab, she must've called him "a disgrace" all day, every day.

How one (happily married, but childless) cellist put it:



tanyev

(49,562 posts)
14. Where did they find these kids?
Wed May 6, 2026, 08:24 AM
Wednesday

Their MAGA teachers or parents are not protecting them like they should.

”Mommy, I don’t want to go back there again. He’s weird. And boring.”

happy feet

(1,300 posts)
19. To Evan
Wed May 6, 2026, 09:14 AM
Wednesday

Leave LeBron James' name out of your mouth. Sick of the racism in an attempt to cover for the Orange One.

AZLD4Candidate

(6,891 posts)
22. I remember in 1999 when Mary Bono said that the president is role model and she was "told"
Wed May 6, 2026, 09:40 AM
Wednesday

children didn't want to meet Bill Clinton because of Lewinsky and that Clinton "was weird."

Yet, crickets with an adjudicated rapist and someone who pays for sex while cheating on his wife and lying about it.

Republicans are the GOAT of double standards.

Wonder Why

(7,215 posts)
23. When you're a MAGAt, you take your kids to see a rapist pedophile. Very smart of them. No sympathy except for the kids.
Wed May 6, 2026, 09:53 AM
Wednesday

obamanut2012

(29,491 posts)
26. Notice he fell asleep and Linda McMahon had to kick hs chair and wake him up
Wed May 6, 2026, 10:09 AM
Wednesday

While RFKJ was talking, he just BOOM, conked out. She saw and woke him up.

Ocelot II

(131,110 posts)
27. The younger kids were probably completely baffled by the whole episode.
Wed May 6, 2026, 10:18 AM
Wednesday

The older ones might have been creeped out. It would be a big deal for a kid to go to the White House and meet the president (the kids were probably the offspring of people with connections) but that meeting must have been really weird for them, no matter what their parents might have told them.

doc03

(39,144 posts)
28. If that wasn't evidence of insanity, I don't know what is. Even the kids got to be thinking
Wed May 6, 2026, 11:22 AM
Wednesday

gramps is nuts. Imagine 50 years from now when they tell their grandchildren they met the President and what he talked about.

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