First lady Melania Trump made the room laugh during a White House event on Wednesday when she touted her husband's "empathy."
The Trumps were speaking at an event to honor military mothers ahead of Mother's Day this weekend when Melania Trump's comment prompted giggles.
"Most know my husband as the strong commander-in-chief, but his empathy transcends the role and shape of a caring leader, who constantly remembers each and every American soldier is someone's child," she said.
The room immediately cackled.
People on social media reacted to the moment.
"Empathy ~ the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. Obviously. Melania has gotten into her husband’s Adderall stash," Canadian liberal commentator Marlene Robertson wrote on X.
"Listening to her botch the English language and describing the human s--- machine as empathetic is just a bit much today," medical coder and former nurse Anastasia Beaverhausen, wrote on X.
"Empathy my a--," Peter Hopey, former Bleacher Report columnist, wrote on X.
"Melania calling Trump empathetic is peak comedy. Even she knows it's a joke—the audience just said it out loud," user Anas, who self-describes as a global strategist, wrote on X.
"Y’all give her a break she doesn’t know English very well," political commentator Shelby wrote on X.
MELANIA: Most know my husband as the strong commander in chief, but his empathy transcends the role--
CROWD: *laughs* pic.twitter.com/S36OT51Q5q
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 6, 2026