Trump Cracks A Joke About His Marriage — And Melania Isn’t Laughing | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump took a swing at a joke about his marriage to first girl Melania Trump on Tuesday — and her awkward response suggests it was a miss.

In remarks at a White House ceremony welcoming King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the U.S., the president remarked on his mother and father’ 63-year marriage earlier than turning to his spouse, who was seated between the royals.

“Excuse me, if you don’t mind. That’s a record we won’t be able to match, darling,” Trump stated to the primary girl, who cracked a stiff smile earlier than turning towards the queen.

“I’m sorry. Just not going to work out that way. We’ll do well, but we’re not going to do that well, 63 years,” he continued.

Trump’s darkish joke touches on his upcoming eightieth birthday and the unlikelihood that he’ll dwell to see his 63rd anniversary in 2068, when he’d be 121 years previous and his spouse could be 97.

The first couple met in 1998, a yr earlier than Trump divorced his second spouse, Marla Maples. They married in January 2005 and welcomed their son, Barron Trump, the next yr.

Critics swiftly in contrast the president’s quip to Jimmy Kimmel’s joke final week in regards to the first girl being an “expectant widow” days earlier than a gunman interrupted the White House Correspondents’ Association occasion Trump was attending.

In the wake of the taking pictures, Kimmel’s joke sparked right-wing outrage, and the primary girl demanded that ABC fireplace the comic on Monday.

Trump’s joke about his personal mortality struck many on social media as just like Kimmel’s.

“So he’s joking about Melania being an expectant widow?” wrote one X consumer of Trump.

“So Trump can joke about Melania becoming a widow, but MAGA melts down over a late-night comedian saying the same thing?” one other particular person requested.

The Federal Communications Commission — headed by a Trump-friendly chair — is reportedly eyeing a evaluation of ABC guardian firm Disney’s broadcast licenses following the backlash to Kimmel’s quip.