In a visit to Florida to survey the damage left by Hurricane Irma last week, US President Donald Trump offered his apologies for his wife’s absence.
“I just want to thank everybody, the first responders, on behalf of myself, our Vice President…Melania really wanted to be with us,” he told the crowd.
The only problem? Melania Trump was standing right next to him throughout the nine minute speech.
I mean, fair enough, they've only been married 12 years.
Melania appeared not to immediately react to the gaffe, before looking to the side a few seconds later.
And here, we have video of Trump saying that Melania “really wanted to be here”...while she’s standing next to him. (h/t @MaverickofKain) pic.twitter.com/rvQCUo4RYB
— Holly O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) September 21, 2017
Top Comments
" Donald Trump completely forgot Melania existed " I didn't get that sense from the video.
He means it was important for Melania to attend but because he is completely incapable of articulating anything, it comes out as word vomit.
Um...no. People are just too quick to be offended by everything he has to say.
Most intelligent people would have interpreted what he said just fine....unfortunately intelligence seems to be lacking in a lot of things people have to say regarding the Trumps.