'Derangement syndrome': Here are 5 unhinged moments from Trump’s rambling press conference
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche listen, after the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the power of federal judges by restricting their ability to grant broad legal relief in cases as the justices acted in a legal fight over President Donald Trump's bid to limit birthright citizenship, in the Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington D.C., June 27, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
During a White House press conference with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi early Friday afternoon, June 27, President Donald Trump discussed a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limits federal judges' power to halt his executive orders. The ruling is relevant to Trump's executive order against birthright citizenship, but according to the Associated Press (AP), is "unclear" on that matter.
Trump, however, discussed many other things during the presser. Here are five of the press conference's wildest moments.
1. Trump claimed Democrats want to kill Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Many Democrats are warning that the Big, Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, if passed in the U.S. Senate, will, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), cause millions of Americans to lose their health insurance. Trump, however, claimed that "radical left" Democrats are trying to destroy Medicaid as well as Social Security and Medicare. And the megabill, he told reporters, is the only thing that will save those programs.
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2. Trump claimed that Joe Biden welcomed residents of Venezuela's 'insane asylums' into the U.S.
During the press conference, Trump claimed that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro opened the doors to Venezuela's "insane asylums" and sent all of the people who lived in them to the U.S. — and did so with former President Joe Biden's blessing. Trump also claimed that "birthright citizenship" is being used to keep dangerous criminals in the U.S.
3. Trump accused Federal Reserve Chairman Powell of having 'Trump derangement syndrome.'
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is holding off on lowering interest rates, as the U.S. still has low unemployment and lowering interest rates, he says, is a tool to be used during economic downturns — not when unemployment is low. But Trump is furious with him for taking that position. Trump said of Powell, "He probably has Trump derangement syndrome….. The guy doesn't want to lower the rates."
4. Trump praised Sen. John Fetterman as his favorite Senate Democrat.
Trump, during the presser, angrily railed against Democrats who oppose his "big, beautiful bill." But he pointed to Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) as the Democrat he considers the most reasonable in the U.S. Senate. And he expressed hopes that Fetterman will vote "yes" on his megabill. Fetterman, however, has expressed his opposition to the bill's Medicaid cuts.
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5. Trump's false claims about 2020 election drew stern fact-check from MSNBC's Chris Jansing.
Trump, during the press conference, repeated the false claim that he defeated Biden in the 2020 election. But MSNBC's Chris Jansing cut away from the presser in order to give Trump a fact-check — reminding viewers that claims the 2020 election was stolen were repeatedly debunked. In 2020, one vote recount after another confirmed that Biden defeated Trump by more than 7 million in the popular vote.
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