President Donald Trump left a female CNN anchor gobsmacked Thursday when he veered spectacularly off the rails during his star-studded Board of Peace meeting in Washington.
After global bigwigs awkwardly waited for Trump to show up, with his favorite tunes blaring through speakers, he hit the stage to introduce member nations.
Then things took a bizarre turn.
Greeting Paraguay's President Santiago Peña, Trump rambled, “It’s always nice to be young and handsome. It doesn’t mean we have to like you. I don’t like young, handsome men. Women—I like. Men, I don’t have any interest.”
In a moment flagged by Mediaite, a CNN host, likely Sara Sidner or Kate Bolduan, was caught on a hot mic blurting out, "What?!"
Co-host John Berman scrambled to save the segment, stammering about "Right, President Trump is speaking to his, uh, Board of Peace….”
Hot Mic Catches CNN Anchor’s Stunned Reaction to Trump Blurting He Doesn’t ‘Like Handsome Men’https://t.co/GIBhllH5Xkpic.twitter.com/xP8NO0rXq2
— Tommy moderna-vaX-Topher (@tommyxtopher) February 19, 2026