'Any illegal immigrants?' Trump questions workers installing White House flagpoles

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News

June 18, 2025, 11:18 PM


President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration policies made their way to the White House lawn on Wednesday, when he stopped to ask workers who helped install massive flagpoles at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. about their immigration status.

The remarks, appearing to be made in jest, came after a reporter asked the president about his administration's deportation efforts.

"We're taking them out by the thousands. Murderers, drug dealers, people that are mentally insane, from insane asylums," Trump began before turning to the row of hard hat-wearing construction workers standing behind him during the press conference. "Do we have anybody here who's a member of -- no, I don't think so. You've known these people for a long time?" he asked. "Any illegal immigrants?" The construction workers shook their heads, with a few chuckling, when Trump added, "If there were, we'll find out."

"Your whole life will be destroyed because of this press conference. They'll destroy these people. I didn't want to tell them that before they stood up," Trump said. "Don't worry, I think you're gonna be OK," the president told the workers.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/illegal-immigrants-trump-questions-workers-installing-white-house/story?id=122996015

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When you have someone who has ordered his underlings to "disappear" people and remove them from the country, nothing he says is "in jest" and they need to stop normalizing what he says. It's no longer "rhetoric".

[louis-t]

1. What an utterly ignorant piece of garbage he is.

He thinks he's funny. Republicans are never funny.

[PatSeg]

4. Well, at least not intentionally funny

Trump boarding Air Force One with toilet paper stuck to his shoe was absolutely hilarious.

[Norrrm]

2. Remember:::: Donald would rather hire them than pay Americans.

Remember:::: Donald would rather hire them than pay Americans.

[Leghorn21]

3. I. CAN'T. DEAL.

I'm eaten up with hatred and revulsion, I just

[Wingus Dingus]

5. Demented sick fuck.

[hadEnuf]

6. Trump is just so proud of himself.

Even when it's becoming clear that a majority of this country hates his guts.

Shows what a fantasy bubble he lives in.

[DrFunkenstein]

7. Looks like the poles are going to be a safety issue for helicopters

Imagine the ineffable poetry of the justice if Trump were to go down in flames from hitting an enormous American flag.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Psychopaths don't joke. But they will laugh after causing others to suffer.

That's mainly what floats their boat.

President Psychopath ...
Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

[niyad]

10. Excellent list, but 6 and 7 and 16 do NOT apply!

[littlemissmartypants]

11. Thanks. It's not my list. It's from a psych site but I can't find the link again.

It's transcribed from a meme.

[niyad]

12. I knew that. The comment was just pointing out that he cannot even pretend

to mimic normal human traits. He is even worse than the list indicates.

[littlemissmartypants]

15. Oh! Absolutely! ❤️

[Justice matters.]

16. They apply to his base of easy-to-manipulate gullible morons.

That's all the convicted felon (but never punished) needs.

[twodogsbarking]

14. Can't agree more. #20. Sucks at buying wives.

[maxsolomon]

9. Hilarious. Just riffing. So charismatic.

Filling time with random bullshit. That's what America wanted.

[Canada Kid]

13. Groundskeeper's answer to Trump!

No señor, llevamos 25 años en este país, nacidos aquí, mis padres llevan aquí desde 1845, lo que precede en décadas a los de sus antepasados. Pero...estupido racista de mierda...me gustaria ofrecerte cavar un hoyo para que te metas y te vayas a la mierda! tu