‘I Cannot Understand a Word She’s Saying’: Trump Frustrated by Reporter With ‘Beautiful Accent’

Michael Luciano Oct 23rd, 2025, 6:20 pm

President Donald Trump became visibly annoyed on Thursday with a French reporter, who, he nonetheless said, has “a beautiful accent.”

The reporter’s question centered on the Israeli Knesset, which on Wednesday voted for a symbolic measure that gave preliminary approval to apply Israeli law in the West Bank, which is Palestinian territory. That vote irked several Trump administration officials, who said it undermines a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that Trump had worked to broker. Vice President JD Vance deemed the vote a “very stupid political stunt.”

“Yesterday, there was a vote at the Knesset on annexing the West Bank,” the reporter tol

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