Things at the White House have taken a turn for the incredibly awkward lately.
This incident is certainly doing nothing to change that.
White House correspondent Brian Karem recently noted the lack of reporters on site. But that doesn't mean nobody was around to listen to the President or get updates.
Brian was there, after all. Brian and a big fat cockroach.
Welp, it's a correspondent's job to report the on-the-scene details ... so Brian reported.
NOW: few reporters but a nice big cockroach at the WH. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/hazUo2FWav— Brian J. Karem (@Brian J. Karem)1589219465.0
The pest problem in the White House has been well documented.
Since 2017 we've seen roaches, rats and at least one mouse fall from the ceiling onto reporter's heads.
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Maybe it's because the pest problem has been so well documented that people moved right on past the "OMG ROACHES ARE GROSS" part and went straight for the funny.
You know how we said the jokes write themselves?
Yeah ... take it away Twitter!
@BrianKarem @realDonaldTrump they came for the McDonald's— Timmmmay (@Timmmmay)1589219502.0
@BrianKarem @realDonaldTrump Next chief of staff— Peter the Curve Flattener (@Peter the Curve Flattener)1589219518.0
@arrogantz @BrianKarem @realDonaldTrump It'll be nice to see one with the survival skills to last more than a month. Hey-o!— steve (@steve)1589219834.0
@BrianKarem @realDonaldTrump Trump was right!! The WH IS bugged!!— Derek Sheen (@Derek Sheen)1589221754.0
@BrianKarem @realDonaldTrump I’ll vote for it— Danny Deraney (@Danny Deraney)1589219646.0
@BrianKarem @realDonaldTrump Specially shipped in from Trump Hotels to make Donald feel at home.— Love is Dog (@Love is Dog)1589222572.0
@BrianKarem @realDonaldTrump I thought Sarah Huckabee quit?— Mary Q. Contrary (@Mary Q. Contrary)1589220264.0
There was also a rousing game of name-that-roach.
@BrianKarem @realDonaldTrump he is still our president sir pls respec https://t.co/OL7osYqv0T— Jaime Margary 🇵🇷 (@Jaime Margary 🇵🇷)1589220996.0
@BrianKarem @realDonaldTrump @ReflectingMan tweeted this, and here is my tweet in response. Now a huge cockroach… https://t.co/GLd4G0rPBY— 💫Patsy💥Dryden ☘️🌊🦋🙏🏻🌺 (@💫Patsy💥Dryden ☘️🌊🦋🙏🏻🌺)1589236154.0
@BrianKarem @realDonaldTrump Devin, you get home right this instant!— Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom (@Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom)1589280114.0
@BrianKarem @realDonaldTrump See, Rudy Giuliani is still around...— Harbinger of Mundane (@Harbinger of Mundane)1589219945.0
President Trump has yet to acknowledge the White House's new breakout star. Or give them a position in his administration.
That we know of.
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