U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he and members of his administration deliver remarks to reporters on the Trump administration's support for coal energy production, among other topics, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
President Donald Trump stunned a political analyst on Thursday during a "pathetic moment" in the Oval Office.
Trump held a press conference in the Oval Office on Thursday, where he announced a new $700 billion initiative to boost coal production using the Defense Production Act. One reporter asked Trump about communism during the press conference, a topic that Trump seemed excited to discuss because he had just written a Truth Social post about it, according to David Pakman, host of the liberal political commentary show "The David Pakman Show."
"You had some stern words for communism on your Truth Social ..." the reporter began.
"I just wrote that. Did you like it? Did you think it was well written?" Trump giddily replied. "You want to read it? Do you have it? It's on Truth Social."
Trump then launched into an aside about how he's given bigger speeches than Martin Luther King Jr.
Pakman was taken aback by the affair, and shared his reaction in a new YouTube video.
"It's all completely untrue," Pakman said. "And who cares about the truth at the end of the day? Minor details."