President Donald Trump roasted Fox News Senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy in a bizarre exchange imagining how Fox host Steve Doocy would welcome his son home from Hamas captivity.
The president emerged into the press cabin on Air Force One as it traveled home from a Middle East swing to celebrate the Israel-Hamas deal and the return of all the living October 7 hostages.
A cheerful Trump kicked off the gaggle by ribbing Doocy that his father would not have been as happy as the hostages’ parents were — with Doocy the younger claiming that he would receive “a hug” under those circumstances:
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Thank you very much. So this was really a historic day, to put it mildly. Wasn’t it amazing? Even that last meeting, when you see the heads of those countries, those serious countries, I thought it was fantastic.And seeing, I mean the so-called hostages with those kids come back home the way their parents just went crazy–.Your father would not be that way. He’d be okay, but he wouldn’t be like that.FOX NEWS’S PETER DOOCY: I would get a hug.PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: A hug? A minor hug, okay. I woulda been–. “Let’s go!” No, he woulda been–. I’m only kidding.So, how are you doing? Everybody okay? Are we good?DASHA BURNS: How are you feeling?PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP: Feel good. I mean, it’s a long day, right? It’s a long day. And we did a couple of big ones. That first one was getting great reviews. There’s a lot of beat in there. They’re dissecting it and just playing it all night long. It’s been very good. And I think it’s very, it is a very important day because nobody thought this was possible. And the press has been very respectful for a change. Doesn’t happen often.
Watch above via The White House.