Bizarre moment Trump gets distracted by box of Cheerios during Bedminster press conference
In a bizarre moment, Donald Trump veered off course during his press conference on Thursday when he got distracted by a box of Cheerios.
At his luxury New Jersey golf resort in Bedminster, the Republican presidential nominee spoke about the economy and hit out at his 2024 election rival Kamala Harris next to a table full of cereal boxes, pastries, milk, fruit, bacon and other grocery items.
But towards the end of his speech, the former president suddenly caught sight of one item on the table that grabbed his attention: a box of Cheerios.
“Wow school lunches up 65 per cent, how can a family afford this? But look at this over here, what a nice job...” he trailed off.
“I think I’m going to take some of them back to my cottage and have a lot of fun.
“Like the Cheerios, I haven’t seen Cheerios in a long time, I’m gonna take them back with me.”
Earlier in the speech, Trump had claimed that Harris “broke the economy” and warned the US would plunge into a 1929-style stock market crash.
“We are going to have a crash and we’re going to have a crash like a 1929 crash if she gets in,” the Republican nominee warned, referring to the Great Depression.
“Kamala Harris is a radical California liberal who broke the economy, broke the border and broke the world, frankly.”
That moment also failed to land to some viewers at home as his comments coincided with the moment that Fox News flashed up a ticker announcing that the Dow Jones had closed out at a near-record high.
The economy and how it impacts everyday Americans set to be a key issue in the election and Harris isnow set to unveil her policy plans on Friday.
In her first major policy speech on the economy, Harris will unveil plans including a ban on price gouging on groceries, plans