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

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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/

[raccoon]

1. Well, at least some people got their heads out of their butts and said something.

[pfitz59]

2. None of the 'adults' in the room

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

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Seth Meyers - Trump Talks Iran and Nuclear War at White House Event for Kids - Monologue 5/5/2026

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?"

[Joinfortmill]

4. The Le Bron James analogy is an attempt to make his comments more acceptable

They are not.

[democrank]

5. Trump's escalator ride early on.....down, down, down.....

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.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. He was only indoctrinating future "Trump Youth".

Heil Trump!