President Donald Trump appeared momentarily stunned after a reporter’s boom mic made contact with his face while he was answering questions from the press at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
The incident happened on Friday as reporters gathered around to ask questions about the day’s events and other topics.
The microphone grazed the president in the mouth as he leaned back to avoid more contact with it. He then turned to the reporter and briefly gave what some have described as a “death stare.”
“She just made television tonight,” Trump quipped moments later about the reporter who struck him. “She just became a big story tonight.”
“Did you see that?” he said to someone off-camera who was laughing at what happened.
The day before the incident, the president spoke in the Oval Office about the tariffs he is imposing on Canada, saying that they may cause some short-term issues for Americans, but that in the long term, they will benefit the nation.
