President Donald Trump got repeatedly hit by an opening bathroom door aboard Air Force One on Tuesday, prompting some potty-mouthed cracks from critics. (Watch the video below.)
“The toilet just wanted Trump back inside it,” one person wrote in the Mediaite comments section.
The president was meeting with reporters and warned someone in the gaggle to “take it easy with that thing” (possibly a boom microphone) when the bathroom door opened, jostling him slightly.
“Hello Somebody’s in there,” Trump said to laughter.
He knocked on the door. “C’mon out,” he said.
The person inside tried to open the door again but Trump inadvertently remained in its way. In a longer clip the trapped bathroom visitor made yet another effort to escape but to no avail.
.@POTUS: “You’re going to have to take it easy with that thing. It’s a government plane, but I like to take care of it.”
ALWAYS WATCHING OUT FOR THE TAXPAYER! pic.twitter.com/i31QMF62XL
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 9, 2025
Trump kept the mood light during the off-kilter interruption. But some treated it as an opening to dump on him.
“Trump’s not gonna let somebody in the bathroom stop him from lying,” another wrote on Mediaite.
“Next to an open bathroom door is about the only time Trump isn’t to blame for the stench,” someone snarked.
One jokester got a bit more personal:
“I’m guessing Bubba was in that bathroom waiting for a visit from Dozy Don-old.”
Video highlights on the president’s jet often feature him snapping at a journalist.
So the loo encounter was perhaps a welcome break.