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Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, Joe Biden, Social Media, Viral
William Morgan
Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, Joe Biden, Social Media, Viral
Launching scathing attacks on his political enemies is part of President Trump's daily routine, but when the Commander-in-Chief unloaded with both barrels at a press conference on Thursday, he unwittingly shot himself in the foot.
The president accidentally put himself on blast while attempting to champion his administration's tax policies, a day after over 200 million Americans filed their returns for the past year - a fifth of whom claimed tax refunds brought in since Trump took office,
Yet as he was championing his policies, Trump unwittingly blamed himself for turning the country into a laughing stock in a major slip of the tongue. "A year ago, our country was a laughing stock," he told the Las Vegas press conference.
While the 79-year-old president was clearly attempting to attack former President Biden, he made a mistake reminiscent of his predecessor in forgetting that 12 months ago, in April 2025, it was Trump who sat in the Oval Office.
"All over the world, they laughed at us," Trump continued to say, oblivious to his slip up. "They're not laughing any more," he finished by saying, which immediately became an ironic statement as social media users
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One person commented: "Dipsh*t, I got news for ya. You were President a year ago and the world is laughing harder as each day passes." While another added: "We’re still laughing at you but now everyone hates you as well. Good job."
Democratic Whip in the House of Representatives, Katherine Clark, echoed these comments, saying: "You were an embarrassment then, and you still are."
But the president's awkward and off moments at the tax press conference did not stop there, making other strange comments in between moments where it appeared that even Trump could not keep his eyes open amid all the talk of economic.
While reading a prepared speech, the president began to say: "Millions of American small businesses, including corner stores..." But then he, bizarrely, got caught up on this everyday phrase.
The billionaire went on: "What is a corner store? I've never head that term. I know what a corner store is, but I've never heard it described - a corner store. Who the hell wrote that?"
in another possibly out of touch moment during the Vegas press conference, President Trump appeared to say that wealthy individuals utilize tax deductions but poorer people did not.
Trump said: “So when rich people do something, they always look for deductions, right? It's always deductions. They have deductions and everything.
“And middle class and middle-income people, poorer people, they don't get — they don't think in terms of deductions.”
However, a larger reason than ignorance for the upper and middle classes claiming more in tax refunds than those on low incomes is quite simple - most of the Trump tax cuts are aimed at rich people.
Analysis by the Tax Police Center of cuts in the 'Big Beautiful Bill' shows that 60 percent of the tax benefits are going to the top 20 percent of households, those earning over $217,000.