Donald Trump Accidentally Roasts Himself With Oval Office Question
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to pause his stock market-rattling tariffs but, in the process, teed up a question that critics couldn’t resist answering in withering ways.
“How do you get to be president and you’re stupid?” Trump asked reporters in the Oval Office, as he tried to shift blame for America’s economic challenges onto his predecessors and not China, whose products he has now hit with a 125% tariff.
Trump: How do you get to be president and you’re stupid? pic.twitter.com/CcsghNRTpt
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 9, 2025
Critics were quick to highlight the irony.
“We’ve been wondering this since 2016, Donald,” one person snarked on social media.
Another added: “The question on all our minds these days.”
We’ve been wondering this since 2016 Donald.
— SJI2783 (@sji2783) April 9, 2025
He answered his own question ????
— Ana Braga???????????????????????? (@TheAnaBraga) April 9, 2025
That is a good question
— Tendies (@GigaTendies) April 9, 2025
The Irony Meter is dead, spontaneously combusting after trying to score this comment.
— Karen (@kes1doc_karen) April 9, 2025
Time for HH.@thespybriefhttps://t.co/QQD9EQHkjj
He’s so close to getting it.
— Myles Davies (@mylesdavies) April 9, 2025
We're past irony at this point... I don't even know what you call this
— Lib Dunk (@libdunkmedia) April 9, 2025
The question on all our minds these days.
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) April 10, 2025
The irony man
— Elite E Man (@Eman856) April 9, 2025
We're all currently wondering the same thing.
— Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) April 9, 2025