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

[BumRushDaShow]

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.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

13. The 'adults' in the room brought their kids to see the demented pedophile knowing...

...exactly who he is--they got exactly what they expected and wanted.

Afterwards they probably went to President [REDACTED] with tears in their eyes to tell him how it was the most profound and wonderful thing they had ever heard anyone say to their kids....

[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.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. The random Xitter post was to reference someone considered a "GOAT"

(Greatest of all Time)

It's all Millennial-speak and I expect if the analogy used "Muhammad Ali" instead, it might have registered better to this fuddy duddy boomer forum (signed, a fuddy duddy tail-end boomer).

IOW, it's how they talk in social media due to the character limitations and need for a quick dramatic hit.

This process is COMPLETELY upended by the GenZs coming behind them however, who use Tiktok videos to present analogies rather than naming any specific person or thing.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

18. No, it wasn't an attempt to make the comments more acceptable--it was an insult. (nt)

[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!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. What's Lebron James got to do with any of this?

Why is his name mentioned in this?

[yardwork]

8. Media had to deflect blame to a Black man.

This country is deeply unwell.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. I think it was a half-assed attempt at describing someone who should be considered the "GOAT"

(Greatest Of All Time) for his actions, as apparently there has been some recent and ongoing debate in the sports fan world about dubbing LeBron James the basketball "GOAT" to replace the current one - Michael Jordan (especially when you have LeBron and his son playing on the same team together).

[Kid Berwyn]

9. What else would a pedophile do?

Trump’s “mind” does not operate in a way that takes others — not even children— into account, even just for one second.

[FakeNoose]

15. Chump has no filters left ... if he ever had any

He will say anything that pops into his mind, because he's incapable of selecting the "right thing" to say at the "right time." If any of those children were mine, I'd have put ear plugs into their ears and told them to ignore that strange old man.

[Kid Berwyn]

17. Me, too. It was a shocking scene.

Going by the look of shock and resultant dagger stare, I think the older boy’s dad was behind the group closest to the traitor-madman. His expression revealed shock at both the cruelty and the inanity of “the most powerful ‘man’ on the planet.” If Trump were human, he’d have collapsed in shame on the spot.

[Javaman]

10. another sign of senility: lack of boundaries. nt

[tanyev]

14. Where did they find these kids?

Their MAGA teachers or parents are not protecting them like they should.

”Mommy, I don’t want to go back there again. He’s weird. And boring.”

[chouchou]

16. Donald Trump is such a treat to be around. Sorta' like a Werewolf.

[happy feet]

19. To Evan

Leave LeBron James' name out of your mouth. Sick of the racism in an attempt to cover for the Orange One.

[sakabatou]

20. Who dafuq talks like that?!