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(137,318 posts) Wed May 6, 2026, 01:42 PM May 6

Trump Sparks Social Media Backlash After Telling a Little Girl She Is too Short For Volleyball [View all]

A White House ceremony meant to celebrate America’s most physically active young people somehow turned into one of those “did that really just happen?” moments.

During the Presidential Physical Fitness Youth Challenge signing ceremony in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump told a young girl, in front of a room full of people, that her height would stop her from ever playing volleyball. Yes, at an event literally designed to hype kids up.

The exchange was caught on video and quickly made its rounds across multiple channels. What should have been a wholesome, gold-star kind of day took a sharp detour into viral clip territory. And that was only the beginning of how strange things got.

Link to tweet

The girl at the center of the moment has not been publicly identified, but she was among several kids invited to the South Lawn to play sports in celebration of the initiative's announcement. So we’re talking proud parents, big smiles, and a once-in-a-lifetime Oval Office visit. When she mentioned she liked volleyball, the conversation could have gone in a dozen encouraging directions. But it did not.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-sparks-social-media-backlash-141458061.html

So what? Trump is too stupid to be president but that hasn't stopped him.

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Trump Sparks Social Media Backlash After Telling a Little Girl She Is too Short For Volleyball [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 6 OP

🍊 fool BlueWaveNeverEnd May 6 #1

I just imagined Barack Obama or Joe Biden in that situation. It melted my cold cold heart. Walleye May 6 #2

Me, too! Obama or Biden would have encouraged her! Neither of them would EVER say something like that! CTyankee May 6 #21

What effing stoopid unfit parent Faux pas May 6 #3

I was thinking the same thing PatSeg May 6 #12

Yeah the kool-aid Faux pas May 6 #45

What a terrible thought, PatSeg May 6 #47

Add me to another parent who was thinking the same thing, too. hamsterjill May 6 #20

Me too. Lol 😆 Faux pas May 6 #46

He's also too mean to be a good president. Biophilic May 6 #4

Our Idiot President at wor again LogDog75 May 6 #5

There are plenty of short girls in volleyball TheDemsshouldhireme May 6 #28

He reminds me of my granfather on my dad's side sboatcar May 6 #6

He should invite Spud Webb to the White House and tell him he's too short to play basketball. jls4561 May 6 #7

Or Nate Robinson Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 6 #8

Or Muggsy Bogues, all-time shortest NBA player at 5'3" Seinan Sensei May 6 #18

Just be thankful that POS didn't try to demonstrate by spiking a volleyball into her face. tanyev May 6 #9

Too bad she couldn't say, "Yup, I'm short for now, yorkster May 6 #10

If only! calimary May 6 #22

Be thankful he's only thinking of volley ball. republianmushroom May 6 #11

Well the orange assclown is too unhealthy to live. Crowman2009 May 6 #13

So he doesn't know that children are still growing? nuxvomica May 6 #14

my thought exactly! she's what, 8? Geechie May 6 #17

Well, enigmas never age, have you noticed that? meadowlander May 6 #24

Likely he thinks they are adult sized by the time they start walking Attilatheblond May 6 #32

I hope that stage left May 6 #15

I'm sorry. This made me think of another little girl who was slapped by trump erronis May 6 #16

At least he didn't say that she is just his type. Chakaconcarne May 6 #19

or that he'll be dating her in a few years Skittles May 6 #49

There are setters in volleyball. Mblaze May 6 #23

. . .and LIBEROs in indoor volleyball DinahMoeHum May 6 #40

One of the Ole Miss players in March Madness 2026 is only 5'4"... 3catwoman3 May 6 #25

Time to remove the TU from POTUS and refer to him more appropriately. OGBuzz May 6 #26

He's like a senile perverted old grandpa. His staff should dissuade people from bringing children around him. ChicagoTeamster May 6 #27

Who lets kids be around even an alleged pedophile? n/t flvegan May 6 #29

He's an ignorant son of a bitch BeneteauBum May 6 #30

Those who can't jump should shut up and watch those who can. /nt bucolic_frolic May 6 #31

I suspect Donny T-Bone-Head has an inferiority complex IbogaProject May 6 #33

Says Mr. Shortfingers and Wicked Blue May 6 #34

Mere thoughtlessness or pure malice? Grokenstein May 6 #35

Well, she's not too young to learn that... WestMichRad May 6 #36

Why is a pedophile allowed to be so close to a young girl? Rhiagel May 6 #37

Somebody needs to tell Donnie Dave Id May 6 #38

Dear Yahoo person...ummmm Gaytano70 May 6 #39

Guess he has never heard of the libero genxlib May 6 #41

What. An. Ass. Hole. Blue Owl May 6 #42

It's like he wakes up every day Chautauquas May 6 #43

She's what, like 8? Does the moron not understand that she will grow a lot Wiz Imp May 6 #44

And He's Too Fat and Dishonest to Play Golf with Honest Golfers, But He Claims The Roux Comes First May 6 #48

The man has absolutely zero clue how to be a decent human being. Initech May 6 #50