President Donald Trump left viewers baffled and uneasy on Tuesday after going off-script at a White House lunch, randomly assigning one of his top officials a strange nickname and then following it up with an even stranger question.

The strange moment unfolded during a lunch for Republican lawmakers in the recently repaved Rose Garden, where Trump delivered a long-winded speech blaming Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown, now entering its fourth week.

In the middle of his remarks, he suddenly shifted gears after seemingly recognizing a familiar face in the crowd decided to reveal his new nickname.

“We have Darth Vader. You know Darth Vader, right? Darth Vader is a man who, I think, is sitting right — is that Darth? Stand up please. Does everybody know — they call him Darth Vad

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