hopefully no one saw that welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 times
politicians embarrass themselves on TV
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at instances of
major politicians making fools of
themselves on television whether live on
a TV show or through the news it can be
embarrassing for the politician
themselves or for the nation they
represented
we’ll also be focusing more on funny and
light-hearted moments rather than
controversial ones such as the infamous
Helsinki summit number 10 George W Bush
gets locked in despite jet lag it seems
that the venue s president still knows
how to keep a sense of humor during a
2005 press conference in Beijing Bush
was answering questions from American
reporters at his hotel but after being
asked something he wasn’t comfortable
answering he decided to end things on
his own terms and head for the door
unfortunately he went towards the wrong
one and was caught by cameras struggling
to get out of the room after discovering
both handles were locked he laughed and
quipped fortunately an aide came to his
rescue and showed him the correct way
out number 9 Justin Trudeau’s costumes
and Bhangra dancing in February 2018
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
took a trip to India and like most
family holidays it didn’t go
particularly well Trudeau and his family
were limp based upon their arrival for
their outfits which many people called
stereotypical at best offensive at worst
while some people commended the
Trudeau’s for trying to embrace Indian
culture others compared their clothing
to Bollywood costumes Trudeau made it
even worse by attempting some bungler
dance moves which again were criticized
for adhering to Bollywood stereotypes
spirit and enthusiasm are commendable
but this is one case of trying way too
hard
[Music]
number eight Alabama has always been a
place of equality Sacha Baron Cohen’s
who is America is a treasure trove of
politicians making fools of themselves
including national laughingstock Roy
Moore unsurprisingly baron-cohen
attempted to embarrass more with
pedophile jokes but Moore saw right
through it and shut him down
it’s just Alabama has always been a
state that valued freedom valued Liberty
of course and appreciated what people
went through to get it and I think that
Alabama has always been a place for
equality it has however more still found
a way to make a fool of himself by
proudly declaring that Alabama has
always been a place that values freedom
and equality when baron-cohen goes for
the jugular and asks if people have
always been free in Alabama regardless
of race Moore declares that it’s quote
part of their heritage it’s part of our
heritage if we actually research their
heritage we can see that in 1860 forty
five percent of Alabama’s population
were enslaved African Americans number
seven Mitt Romney has binders full of
women this is a case of good intentions
ruined by awful execution during the
second 2012 presidential debate Barack
Obama and Mitt Romney were asked how
they would address gender pay inequality
in the workplace I went to a number of
women’s groups and said can you help us
find folks and they brought us whole
binders full of women
Romney stated that while he was
searching for cabinet members he had
binders full of women brought to him
they´ll meant to point out that women
were equally qualified as Romney was
referring to resumes the poor choice of
words resulted in media outlets and
critics calling Romney disrespectful and
demeaning to women memes were instantly
created jabs were taken at Romney and
the issue of women’s rights became a
dominant factor of the presidential race
number six and what is Aleppo Gary
Johnson was the Libertarian Party
nominee for the 2012 and 2016
presidential elections his 2016 campaign
was a thing of legend a major gaffe
occurred on September 8 when Johnson
appeared on MSNBC’s morning
and what is Aleppo you’re kidding
no Aleppo was in Syria when asked by
Mike Barnicle how he would handle the
situation in Aleppo Syria Johnson asked
him what Aleppo was prompting Barnicle
to ask if he was joking he wasn’t and it
was quite embarrassing only a few weeks
later Johnson weirdly stuck his tongue
out during an interview with MSNBC’s
Casey hunt prompting many media outlets
to wonder just what the heck it was he
was doing with his presidential campaign
number 5 MC Rove this is like something
you’d see on the office or Parks and
Recreation only it’s you know real life
in 2007 former White House deputy chief
of staff and senior presidential adviser
Karl Rove did a little dance at the
radio and television Correspondents
well clearly didn’t know what to do
during the ill-advised rap so we simply
bounced around on stage performing silly
gestures and hops in the guise of
dancing he’s a treasure trove but tell
me what is your name I’m MC Rose he
Dawn’s a deep voice and declares that he
is MC Rove whenever he’s given the mic
and uses his cell phone as a prop it’s
probably one of the craziest things
we’ve ever seen and we suffered immense
secondhand embarrassment while sitting
through this disaster number 4 silvio
berlusconi blows off Angela Merkel
Italy’s ex Prime Minister Silvio
Berlusconi is often at heads with
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel that
couldn’t have been more apparent than
when he ignored her for a phone call at
a 2009 NATO summit Berlusconi exited his
car and immediately gestured to Merkel
to inform her that he was on the phone
those in attendance then audibly laughed
as Berlusconi walked away from Merkel
and the summit to attend to his phone
call after a few bemused and
uncomfortable minutes Merkel decided to
start without him granted it was an
important call with the Turkish Prime
Minister but he could have been a little
nicer about it number three the
suppository of all wisdom if you don’t
know the correct word
however experience is the suppository of
all wisdom in August 2013 Australia’s
Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott told a
liberal event that no one quote is the
suppository of all wisdom he meant to
say repository meaning a place of safe
storage but instead use the word for a
medicated substance that is usually
inserted into the vagina or rectum the
audience giggled at his gaffe and
hashtag suppository began trending on
social media in Australia sure we’ve all
had our slips of the tongue but not in
front of a national audience luckily it
didn’t matter in the end as Abbott was
elected Prime Minister just one month
later number two Trump throwing paper
towels it’s not a good sign when Trump
playfully throwing paper towels in the
aftermath of a natural disaster is one
of his least controversial moments an
anomaly anomalies like his failure to
pronounce anonymous this is embarrassing
without being too malicious to any one
person in particular while visiting
Puerto Rico in the aftermath of
Hurricane Maria in 2017 Trump decided to
have some fun by tossing paper towels
like a basketball into the crowd of
relief workers and survivors
many of trumps detractors took umbrage
with his actions with some calling it
incredibly disrespectful while others
believed that he was treating the relief
like a sporting event and they were
screaming and they were loving
everything and we were I was having fun
they were having fun they said throw
them to me throw them to me in his
response
Trump stated that they were quote having
fun before we unveil our number-one pick
here are some honorable mentions know a
proof is approved what kind of prove its
approve a proof is approved number one
the Palin Couric interview and we
thought being interviewed in front of a
turkey massacre was bad perhaps no TV
appearance has been as disastrous for a
politician as the Sarah Palin Katie
Couric interview as Putin rears his head
and comes into the airspace of the
United States of America where do they
go it’s Alaska it’s just right over the
border during the 2008 presidential race
vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin
sat for interviews with Couric of CBS
Evening News and they were an
unmitigated disaster
Karen you know reporters yeah mark I
guess that’s the word yeah Palin was
lent basted by the media for her
ridiculous answers unclear positions and
incoherent rambling she was viciously
parodied by Tina Fey on Saturday Night
Live who reiterated some of Palin’s
answers verbatim and public opinion
swiftly turned on the mccain-palin
campaign a we shouldn’t second-guessed
is Israel’s security efforts because we
cannot ever afford to send a message
that we would allow a second Holocaust
for one she became a national
laughingstock and they all but ruined
her reputation and political career do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 times
politicians embarrass themselves on TV
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at instances of
major politicians making fools of
themselves on television whether live on
a TV show or through the news it can be
embarrassing for the politician
themselves or for the nation they
represented
we’ll also be focusing more on funny and
light-hearted moments rather than
controversial ones such as the infamous
Helsinki summit number 10 George W Bush
gets locked in despite jet lag it seems
that the venue s president still knows
how to keep a sense of humor during a
2005 press conference in Beijing Bush
was answering questions from American
reporters at his hotel but after being
asked something he wasn’t comfortable
answering he decided to end things on
his own terms and head for the door
unfortunately he went towards the wrong
one and was caught by cameras struggling
to get out of the room after discovering
both handles were locked he laughed and
quipped fortunately an aide came to his
rescue and showed him the correct way
out number 9 Justin Trudeau’s costumes
and Bhangra dancing in February 2018
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
took a trip to India and like most
family holidays it didn’t go
particularly well Trudeau and his family
were limp based upon their arrival for
their outfits which many people called
stereotypical at best offensive at worst
while some people commended the
Trudeau’s for trying to embrace Indian
culture others compared their clothing
to Bollywood costumes Trudeau made it
even worse by attempting some bungler
dance moves which again were criticized
for adhering to Bollywood stereotypes
spirit and enthusiasm are commendable
but this is one case of trying way too
hard
[Music]
number eight Alabama has always been a
place of equality Sacha Baron Cohen’s
who is America is a treasure trove of
politicians making fools of themselves
including national laughingstock Roy
Moore unsurprisingly baron-cohen
attempted to embarrass more with
pedophile jokes but Moore saw right
through it and shut him down
it’s just Alabama has always been a
state that valued freedom valued Liberty
of course and appreciated what people
went through to get it and I think that
Alabama has always been a place for
equality it has however more still found
a way to make a fool of himself by
proudly declaring that Alabama has
always been a place that values freedom
and equality when baron-cohen goes for
the jugular and asks if people have
always been free in Alabama regardless
of race Moore declares that it’s quote
part of their heritage it’s part of our
heritage if we actually research their
heritage we can see that in 1860 forty
five percent of Alabama’s population
were enslaved African Americans number
seven Mitt Romney has binders full of
women this is a case of good intentions
ruined by awful execution during the
second 2012 presidential debate Barack
Obama and Mitt Romney were asked how
they would address gender pay inequality
in the workplace I went to a number of
women’s groups and said can you help us
find folks and they brought us whole
binders full of women
Romney stated that while he was
searching for cabinet members he had
binders full of women brought to him
they´ll meant to point out that women
were equally qualified as Romney was
referring to resumes the poor choice of
words resulted in media outlets and
critics calling Romney disrespectful and
demeaning to women memes were instantly
created jabs were taken at Romney and
the issue of women’s rights became a
dominant factor of the presidential race
number six and what is Aleppo Gary
Johnson was the Libertarian Party
nominee for the 2012 and 2016
presidential elections his 2016 campaign
was a thing of legend a major gaffe
occurred on September 8 when Johnson
appeared on MSNBC’s morning
and what is Aleppo you’re kidding
no Aleppo was in Syria when asked by
Mike Barnicle how he would handle the
situation in Aleppo Syria Johnson asked
him what Aleppo was prompting Barnicle
to ask if he was joking he wasn’t and it
was quite embarrassing only a few weeks
later Johnson weirdly stuck his tongue
out during an interview with MSNBC’s
Casey hunt prompting many media outlets
to wonder just what the heck it was he
was doing with his presidential campaign
number 5 MC Rove this is like something
you’d see on the office or Parks and
Recreation only it’s you know real life
in 2007 former White House deputy chief
of staff and senior presidential adviser
Karl Rove did a little dance at the
radio and television Correspondents
well clearly didn’t know what to do
during the ill-advised rap so we simply
bounced around on stage performing silly
gestures and hops in the guise of
dancing he’s a treasure trove but tell
me what is your name I’m MC Rose he
Dawn’s a deep voice and declares that he
is MC Rove whenever he’s given the mic
and uses his cell phone as a prop it’s
probably one of the craziest things
we’ve ever seen and we suffered immense
secondhand embarrassment while sitting
through this disaster number 4 silvio
berlusconi blows off Angela Merkel
Italy’s ex Prime Minister Silvio
Berlusconi is often at heads with
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel that
couldn’t have been more apparent than
when he ignored her for a phone call at
a 2009 NATO summit Berlusconi exited his
car and immediately gestured to Merkel
to inform her that he was on the phone
those in attendance then audibly laughed
as Berlusconi walked away from Merkel
and the summit to attend to his phone
call after a few bemused and
uncomfortable minutes Merkel decided to
start without him granted it was an
important call with the Turkish Prime
Minister but he could have been a little
nicer about it number three the
suppository of all wisdom if you don’t
know the correct word
however experience is the suppository of
all wisdom in August 2013 Australia’s
Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott told a
liberal event that no one quote is the
suppository of all wisdom he meant to
say repository meaning a place of safe
storage but instead use the word for a
medicated substance that is usually
inserted into the vagina or rectum the
audience giggled at his gaffe and
hashtag suppository began trending on
social media in Australia sure we’ve all
had our slips of the tongue but not in
front of a national audience luckily it
didn’t matter in the end as Abbott was
elected Prime Minister just one month
later number two Trump throwing paper
towels it’s not a good sign when Trump
playfully throwing paper towels in the
aftermath of a natural disaster is one
of his least controversial moments an
anomaly anomalies like his failure to
pronounce anonymous this is embarrassing
without being too malicious to any one
person in particular while visiting
Puerto Rico in the aftermath of
Hurricane Maria in 2017 Trump decided to
have some fun by tossing paper towels
like a basketball into the crowd of
relief workers and survivors
many of trumps detractors took umbrage
with his actions with some calling it
incredibly disrespectful while others
believed that he was treating the relief
like a sporting event and they were
screaming and they were loving
everything and we were I was having fun
they were having fun they said throw
them to me throw them to me in his
response
Trump stated that they were quote having
fun before we unveil our number-one pick
here are some honorable mentions know a
proof is approved what kind of prove its
approve a proof is approved number one
the Palin Couric interview and we
thought being interviewed in front of a
turkey massacre was bad perhaps no TV
appearance has been as disastrous for a
politician as the Sarah Palin Katie
Couric interview as Putin rears his head
and comes into the airspace of the
United States of America where do they
go it’s Alaska it’s just right over the
border during the 2008 presidential race
vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin
sat for interviews with Couric of CBS
Evening News and they were an
unmitigated disaster
Karen you know reporters yeah mark I
guess that’s the word yeah Palin was
lent basted by the media for her
ridiculous answers unclear positions and
incoherent rambling she was viciously
parodied by Tina Fey on Saturday Night
Live who reiterated some of Palin’s
answers verbatim and public opinion
swiftly turned on the mccain-palin
campaign a we shouldn’t second-guessed
is Israel’s security efforts because we
cannot ever afford to send a message
that we would allow a second Holocaust
for one she became a national
laughingstock and they all but ruined
her reputation and political career do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
Please follow and like us: