Trump's 'out there' UFO rally outburst sets off laughter on MS NOW

During his speech at a sparsely attended Turning Point USA rally in Phoenix on Friday night, Donald Trump started riffing on UFOs and “unexplained aerial phenomena,” which had the entire panel on MS NOW’s “The Weekend” both baffled and amused.

The president, as is his habit, jumped from topic to topic, eventually settling on UFO’s, telling the crowd, “I think I'm doing the best job of anybody, really. I recently directed the Secretary of War to begin releasing government files relating to UFOs and unexplained aerial phenomena.”

He then added, “I figured this was a good crowd because I know you people, you're really into that. I don't know that I am, I thought I'd save it for this crowd because you're a little bit out there.”

Following the clip, co-host Jonathan Capehart had a puzzled look on his face, paused and then offered, “Yes, if you missed it, Trump bragged. We are. We are, quote, ‘Ending wars all over the place,’ with just one little exception. The president also took aim at NATO, calling it, quote, ‘absolutely useless’ and returned to familiar grievances on immigration and trans-athletes.”

Turning to guest Dana Milbank from NOTUS, he brought up the UFO comments.

"I mean, we were chuckling over the UFO files,” he began as Milbank interrupted with “The UFO files, I am with him on that.”

“I think if I had had the kind of week that this president had had with Iran, with inflation, with the Pope, I too would be talking about UFOs,” Milbank added. “It didn't begin with that. I mean, I know JD Vance was saying they're all demons, in fact. So the aliens are in fact demons, so this predates.”

“So this has been building. I mean, we're going to blow the lid off of this one,” he joked. “Clearly a distraction. 100% approval rating; distraction is urgently needed.”

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