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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed May 6, 2026, 01:42 PM 11 hrs ago

Trump Sparks Social Media Backlash After Telling a Little Girl She Is too Short For Volleyball [View all]

A White House ceremony meant to celebrate America’s most physically active young people somehow turned into one of those “did that really just happen?” moments.

During the Presidential Physical Fitness Youth Challenge signing ceremony in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump told a young girl, in front of a room full of people, that her height would stop her from ever playing volleyball. Yes, at an event literally designed to hype kids up.

The exchange was caught on video and quickly made its rounds across multiple channels. What should have been a wholesome, gold-star kind of day took a sharp detour into viral clip territory. And that was only the beginning of how strange things got.




The girl at the center of the moment has not been publicly identified, but she was among several kids invited to the South Lawn to play sports in celebration of the initiative's announcement. So we’re talking proud parents, big smiles, and a once-in-a-lifetime Oval Office visit. When she mentioned she liked volleyball, the conversation could have gone in a dozen encouraging directions. But it did not.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-sparks-social-media-backlash-141458061.html

So what? Trump is too stupid to be president but that hasn't stopped him.
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🍊 fool BlueWaveNeverEnd 11 hrs ago #1
I just imagined Barack Obama or Joe Biden in that situation. It melted my cold cold heart. Walleye 11 hrs ago #2
Me, too! Obama or Biden would have encouraged her! Neither of them would EVER say something like that! CTyankee 10 hrs ago #21
What effing stoopid unfit parent Faux pas 11 hrs ago #3
I was thinking the same thing PatSeg 10 hrs ago #12
Yeah the kool-aid Faux pas 3 hrs ago #45
What a terrible thought, PatSeg 2 hrs ago #47
Add me to another parent who was thinking the same thing, too. hamsterjill 10 hrs ago #20
Me too. Lol 😆 Faux pas 2 hrs ago #46
He's also too mean to be a good president. Biophilic 11 hrs ago #4
Our Idiot President at wor again LogDog75 11 hrs ago #5
There are plenty of short girls in volleyball TheDemsshouldhireme 9 hrs ago #28
He reminds me of my granfather on my dad's side sboatcar 11 hrs ago #6
He should invite Spud Webb to the White House and tell him he's too short to play basketball. jls4561 11 hrs ago #7
Or Nate Robinson Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 11 hrs ago #8
Or Muggsy Bogues, all-time shortest NBA player at 5'3" Seinan Sensei 10 hrs ago #18
Just be thankful that POS didn't try to demonstrate by spiking a volleyball into her face. tanyev 11 hrs ago #9
Too bad she couldn't say, "Yup, I'm short for now, yorkster 11 hrs ago #10
If only! calimary 10 hrs ago #22
Be thankful he's only thinking of volley ball. republianmushroom 10 hrs ago #11
Well the orange assclown is too unhealthy to live. Crowman2009 10 hrs ago #13
So he doesn't know that children are still growing? nuxvomica 10 hrs ago #14
my thought exactly! she's what, 8? Geechie 10 hrs ago #17
Well, enigmas never age, have you noticed that? meadowlander 9 hrs ago #24
Likely he thinks they are adult sized by the time they start walking Attilatheblond 9 hrs ago #32
I hope that stage left 10 hrs ago #15
I'm sorry. This made me think of another little girl who was slapped by trump erronis 10 hrs ago #16
At least he didn't say that she is just his type. Chakaconcarne 10 hrs ago #19
or that he'll be dating her in a few years Skittles 2 hrs ago #49
There are setters in volleyball. Mblaze 10 hrs ago #23
. . .and LIBEROs in indoor volleyball DinahMoeHum 8 hrs ago #40
One of the Ole Miss players in March Madness 2026 is only 5'4"... 3catwoman3 9 hrs ago #25
Time to remove the TU from POTUS and refer to him more appropriately. OGBuzz 9 hrs ago #26
He's like a senile perverted old grandpa. His staff should dissuade people from bringing children around him. ChicagoTeamster 9 hrs ago #27
Who lets kids be around even an alleged pedophile? n/t flvegan 9 hrs ago #29
He's an ignorant son of a bitch BeneteauBum 9 hrs ago #30
Those who can't jump should shut up and watch those who can. /nt bucolic_frolic 9 hrs ago #31
I suspect Donny T-Bone-Head has an inferiority complex IbogaProject 9 hrs ago #33
Says Mr. Shortfingers and Wicked Blue 9 hrs ago #34
Mere thoughtlessness or pure malice? Grokenstein 9 hrs ago #35
Well, she's not too young to learn that... WestMichRad 9 hrs ago #36
Why is a pedophile allowed to be so close to a young girl? Rhiagel 9 hrs ago #37
Somebody needs to tell Donnie Dave Id 9 hrs ago #38
Dear Yahoo person...ummmm Gaytano70 9 hrs ago #39
Guess he has never heard of the libero genxlib 8 hrs ago #41
What. An. Ass. Hole. Blue Owl 8 hrs ago #42
It's like he wakes up every day Chautauquas 8 hrs ago #43
She's what, like 8? Does the moron not understand that she will grow a lot Wiz Imp 8 hrs ago #44
And He's Too Fat and Dishonest to Play Golf with Honest Golfers, But He Claims The Roux Comes First 2 hrs ago #48
The man has absolutely zero clue how to be a decent human being. Initech 1 hr ago #50
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