Jared Kushner Humiliates Trump In Viral Footage, POTUS Has Never Looked Worse

We all know just how much Donald Trump cares about appearances — especially when it’s being recorded. There have been multiple instances where Trump has thought about firing members of his staff due to his dislike of how they appeared on camera and how they reflected on his “image.” Trump has also regularly bragged about his “ratings,” proving that he’s just as much of a reality television star as he was before he (unfortunately) became POTUS.

But Trump won’t be too happy about the viral footage reporters got of one of his family members!

Jared Kushner, who is Trump’s son-in-law and serves as a senior White House advisor, is currently going viral due to a video of him desperately trying to avoid reporters and get into the Office of the United States Trade Representative. In the video, Kushner is ignoring reporters while trying his hardest not to have a meltdown as he discovers that the doors to the USTR are locked.

Kushner looks fine in the beginning of the video, as he shuns reporters on his way to NAFTA negotiations (which he is completely unqualified for). But when he realizes the doors are locked and he’s trapped outside with reporters, panic starts to set in.

Reporters begin shouting things at Kushner, such as “Do you have any idea who wrote the op-ed?” and “How is it going with Canada?” Desperate to escape this, Kushner frantically tries to jiggle the locked doorknob and ring the bell, giving a fake awkward smile to reporters as he tries to keep it together. Kushner even tries to phone someone inside to save him, but to no avail. This panic attack goes on for several painful minutes as cameras roll, before Kushner is finally let into the building. You can watch this cringeworthy footage below:

Jared Kushner arrives at USTR. Doesn’t answer op-ed questions or NAFTA questions. Awkward since it takes security 2 mins to let him in. pic.twitter.com/g8WovN7H0v

— Katie Simpson (@CBCKatie) September 6, 2018

Seeing a senior White House official in such a compromising situation became internet gold in no time, and this video is still making its rounds. Someone even applied the VEEP final credits to the clip:

Obligatory video of Jared Kushner failing to get into a locked door as reporters bark questions at him and the Veep credits play. pic.twitter.com/mI4lO4HCDn

— Freddie Campion (@FreddieCampion) September 7, 2018

And there were many, many more hilarious reactions to the footage:

Hey, it’s Jared. I’m outside. Can someone let me in? … Jared KUSHNER, the president’s son-in-law … I’m here for the NAFTA negotiations … Can someone unlock the door? … There are reporters out here asking me about the op-ed, & it’s getting awkward. pic.twitter.com/in0FHsTtIr

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) September 7, 2018

An extended version of tonight’s awkward moment: Jared Kushner locked out of USTR as he faced q’s about @nytimes op-ed and status of NAFTA talks with Canada pic.twitter.com/4LLrNWJ87Q

— Richard Madan (@RichardMadan) September 7, 2018

Canadian reporters are even amazingly nice when their existence is being totally ignored by a human person standing feet from them. https://t.co/bmAHjn6X7F

— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) September 7, 2018

i can either sleep tonight or i can watch this on repeat until i die and if you have the chance to die in bliss i say you take it https://t.co/r0UMdP81DD

— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) September 7, 2018