Politics
Donald Trump is being mocked again for his word choice.
Dec. 10 2025, Published 4:11 p.m. ET
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Donald Trump put his foot in his mouth again during a speech in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, December 9.
Addressing the crowd at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Penn., the president declared: “Do we love miners? I love miners.”
The internet has since been mocking the 79-year-old POTUS after footage of the remark was posted online, joking that it sounded like he said, “I love minors.”
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Donald Trump declared his love for miners during a speech in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
The Internet Reacts to Donald Trump’s Latest Flub
Donald Trump spoke at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Penn., on Tuesday, December 9.
One user responded to the clip on X, “Isn’t that what Jeffrey Epstein said?” referring to Trump’s ties to the late pedophile charged with s– trafficking.
Another echoed the sentiment, writing, “He loves minors. The [Epstein] list is about him.”
A third captioned a screen grab of old footage of Trump chatting with Epstein in the ’90s, “Boy does he ever,” while a fourth penned, “Whoever wrote this speech was having a great time.”
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Internet users are blasting Donald Trump for his choice of words.
The rest of Trump’s speech saw him praise miners for what they do while alleging “they wouldn’t trade jobs with” him.
“If I gave them a beautiful, magnificent penthouse in the middle of Manhattan, where I used to live, if I gave them the most beautiful penthouse, they wouldn’t take it…” he rambled. “They’d rather go 10,000 feet underground and dig, that’s what they want.”
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Governor Gavin Newsom Chimes In
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Gavin Newsom’s press office posted a doctored video trolling Donald Trump after his awkward remark.
Gavin Newsom also had a bit of fun with the awkward statement.
The California governor’s press office account posted an edited video on X that spliced together the aforementioned footage of the president and disgraced financier mingling with the clip of Trump’s speech.
The footage was allegedly taken at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort back in 1992, long before Epstein plead guilty to soliciting prostitution from someone under 18 in 2008.
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Gavin Newsom’s mock memo stated he was ‘the healthiest human currently alive.’
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Will Gavin Newsom Run for President in 2028?
It’s rumored that Gavin Newsom may run for president in 2028.
Newsom’s repeated shots at Trump coincide with the governor hinting that he may run for president in 2028.
On Wednesday, December 10, The New York Times published in an opinion piece titled, “How Gavin Newsom Became the Democrats’ 2028 Front-Runner.”
In the article, author Ezra Klein wrote, “If you look at polls of the likely Democratic field now, Newsom leads in many of them.”