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At this point, those who support Donald Trump are writing off anything problematic or out of pocket that he says as something an elderly relative might say. So when he appeared on Fox News on the telephone as a disembodied voice and commented on commentator Dana Perino’s appearance and how good he thinks she looks, it was another moment that his supporters swept under the rug.
One even commented on a post on X with the clip to say that Trump has “game.” The bizarre moment on the Fox News show stuck out to some as unnecessary, especially after Perino asked Trump about a serious issue in Iran amid the war and the United States’ role with the military in Iran. But Trump took a serious moment and turned it into something much, much different.
Trump’s comment came far out of left field.
Host: Sir, do you know if Iranians are starving?
— 𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒 (@Antunes1) March 27, 2026
Trump: Yeah I do. But you’re so sexy. pic.twitter.com/vrjB4terAZ
In the clip, Perino asks if the Iranian people are starving or if they have resources amid the ongoing war and bombings. After Perino asks Trump if he has any “insight” into how the people in Iran are doing, Trump replies, “I do, but first, do you remember when we had lunch years ago in the base of Trump Tower when it was a brand new building?”
Perino admits that, yes, she remembers, but that it was “a long time ago.” Maybe this was even her way to nudge him back to the present and the question she originally asked him. But Trump is gonna Trump, and he instead continues on, seemingly thinking back to the lunch that he and Perino had together once upon a time.
“A long time ago, and you haven’t changed,” Trump says. “You have not changed. Now, I’m not allowed to say this — it’s the end of my political career — but you may be even better looking, OK?” That line, combined with his walk down memory lane with the mention of their outing at Trump Tower, felt so odd to some.
“Soldiers dying and he is flirting with her,” someone commented on the X post.
Another user wrote, “Wow, soldiers dying, Iranians starving, yet Mr. Commander-in-Chief is too busy cat-calling the host. Priorities locked in truly inspiring leadership.”
Trump’s segue might have been more of a “power move” than anything else.
Someone else commented on the X post to share that Trump’s derailing of the conversation has more to do with turning the attention off potentially starving Iranians and instead to himself. This would, by extension, create more headlines about Trump’s comments rather than the Iranian people, according to the user.
“It’s a power move,” they wrote. “That was a question he was unprepared for and made him uncomfortable, so he flipped the script and made her uncomfortable…now this will be the story instead of starving Iranians.”
Others commented to say that Trump is “reminding her” that they had a physical relationship at some point in order to throw her off her game.
“Why does anyone even try to argue he isn’t a weird pervert?” Another person wrote in response to the X post and clip. “He literally can’t control himself.”
This isn’t the first time Trump has publicly commented on a woman’s looks.
Trump making a comment about Perino’s looks isn’t a first for him by far. However, it is, more often than not, a female he targets to get the brunt of his would-be catcalling during interactions with the press or on-air TV news personalities.
He once complimented an Irish reporter for her smile in the Oval Office. And, in 2025, when an Angolan reporter visited the White House, Trump invited her to stand by his desk and speak with him so the cameras could see her. He then commented on her appearance and joked that doing so would be the “end” of his political career. So yes, this is on brand for him.
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