When asked by an audience of Donald Trump listeners who were listening to him in the Oval Office as he discussed his first 100 days, an audience uttered laughter when the president responded to a question about who he thinks was the biggest mistake he’s made so far.
On April 29, Trump reached the milestone of 100 days as the 47th president, and took to public appearances, interviews and a Truth Social post that described the occasion as ‘100 very special days.’
One of the events as POTUS himself called in to a NewsNation Town Hall with Chris Cuomo who shared the stage with political strategists, Bill O’Reilly, Stephen A. Smith, Republican and Democratic political strategists.
Trump discussed the use of hefty tariffs in the conversation before saying that a number of countries had been ‘calling morning, noon and night’ to renegotiate new trade agreements, but when questioned about his mistakes, he fumbled.
The footage also shows the hosts reading out an audience question which said: ‘What is the biggest mistake you have made in the first 100 days?’
A few moments passed before Trump replied: ‘I’ll tell you that is the toughest question I can have.’
The president carried on and the audience started to go a few laughs as the crowd started to erupt into laughter.
‘That is why I say I do not think that I have made mistakes,’ he added.
Many of Trump’s decisions in the first 100 days have caused controversy, like when the administration admitted that a Maryland father was accidentally deported from the US because of ‘administrative error,’ and the response from the audience comes.
In other words, a mistake.
Even though the POTUS got at least a few claps from members of the audience, there were a few who agreed with who the POTUS, and all that he has been doing since returning to the White House.
Accompanied by an explanation of his stance, Trump added that the country is undergoing a ‘transition period’ in which ‘there will be tremendous economic victories, I guarantee you’.
He also defended his decisions saying, ‘we have to have fair trade’. Hundes of billions of dollars are being lost every year by us, billions of billions of dollars.
It’s not fair.And it’s time for the American people to be properly protected by someone that knows what he’s doing.” I know what I’m doing perfectly, and I know what I’m doing well.”
In answer to the question of his mistakes, Trump’s response was somewhat predicted by panellist O’Reilly, who had previously told me before the event: “You’re never going to get him to say he made a mistake.”