During an interview on Tuesday (6), Donald Trump delivered a moment that many users described as “embarrassing.” The US president mocked how a trans weightlifter would lift weights.
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“And then you see it: I wanted to be more… but someone is watching me. I want to be more expressive. I really want to…,” he said while gesturing and making “awkward” faces.
“Drop the thing, walk off the stage crying. Her mother is crying, her father is crying,” Donald Trump concluded.
The imitation came after the Republican commented that his wife, Melania Trump, said his “dances” were not very “presidential.”
“She literally said: ‘Can you imagine FDR (former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt) dancing?’,” he recalled. The former president was paralyzed from the waist down after contracting polio.
Users on X, formerly Twitter, were outraged by the scene.
“This is the photo history books should use of Trump when telling the story of the worst president America has ever had. Yes, it’s a real photo,” wrote commentator Ed Krasenstein.
Commentator Harry Sisson added: “This is a real photo of Donald Trump. A national and global embarrassment.”
Photos: X @Riley_Gaines_. This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by the editorial team.
checking in on the president: pic.twitter.com/c6Y2U349do
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 6, 2026
