Watch: Trump singles out Irish journalist to comment on her ‘nice smile’
Trump was on the phone with Ireland’s new prime minister Leo Varadkar
An exchange in the Oval Office played out like a boardroom elimination on The Celebrity Apprentice, as US President Donald Trump dropped everything to comment on an Irish reporter’s “nice smile”.
RTÉ Washington correspondent Caitriona Perry was singled out while she and several members of the press visited the White House to cover Trump’s diplomatic phone call with Ireland’s new prime minister, Leo Varadkar.
During Trump’s light discussion with Varadkar, he interrupted the call to summon Perry to his desk.
“Well, we have a lot of your Irish press watching us right now,” Trump said in a video clip Perry posted on Twitter.
“We have all of this beautiful Irish press here. Come here, come here, where are you from?”
“RTÉ News, Caitriona Perry,” she said when she approached the desk.
Video of the bizarre moment when President @realDonaldTrump called me over during his call with Taoiseach @campaignforLeo Varadkar. @rtenews pic.twitter.com/TMl2SFQaji— Caitriona Perry (@CaitrionaPerry) June 27, 2017