{"id":584,"date":"2025-03-15T15:04:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T15:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/2025\/03\/15\/watch-awkward-moment-as-trump-gets-hit-by-reporters-microphone\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T15:04:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T15:04:05","slug":"watch-awkward-moment-as-trump-gets-hit-by-reporters-microphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=584","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Awkward moment as Trump gets hit by reporter\u2019s microphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Former US President Donald Trump found himself at the centre of an unexpected moment during a press briefing at Joint Base Andrews on 14 March when a reporter accidentally bumped a microphone into his face.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was addressing the press before departing from Washington, D.C., when the mishap occurred. As the journalist leaned in, the microphone\u2014fitted with a fuzzy windscreen, commonly known as a &#8220;dead cat&#8221;\u2014accidentally struck his mouth.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Fauxmoi\/comments\/1jbjf96\/reporter_accidentally_pushes_microphone_into\/\">Reporter accidentally pushes microphone into Trump&#39;s face<\/a><br \/> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Financial-Painter689\/\">u\/Financial-Painter689<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Fauxmoi\/\">Fauxmoi<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Momentarily taken aback, Trump reacted with a raised eyebrow and a brief glare before breaking into a bemused expression as the microphone was quickly pulled away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe made television tonight; she just became a big story tonight,\u201d Trump quipped, drawing laughter from those present.<\/p>\n<p>Visibly amused, he later added with a chuckle, \u201cDid you see that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident, caught on camera, quickly went viral on social media, with clips circulating widely and sparking humorous reactions online.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former US President Donald Trump found himself at the centre of an unexpected moment during a press briefing at Joint Base Andrews on 14 March when a reporter accidentally bumped a microphone into his face. Trump was addressing the press before departing from Washington, D.C., when the mishap occurred. As the journalist leaned in, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}