US President Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump has given social media users the ick after he showered a female reporter with praise in a viral video.

The bizarre moment happened during a peace signing ceremony between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda facilitated by the US at the White House on Friday, which was meant to end decades of conflict in eastern Congo.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt invited Angolan reporter Hariana Verás, a native of Africa who covers the White House, to attend the ceremony alongside many others, including Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe and US Vice President JD Vance.

During the ceremony, Trump appeared to get friendly with Verás despite revealing that he had apparently been advised by Leavitt not to comment on the reporter’s appearance.

“Karoline said this, number one, that I shouldn’t say this because it’s politically incorrect,” Trump told Verás before calling her “beautiful.”

Declaring that “I’m not allowed to say that,” the POTUS then joked, “You know that could be the end of my political career.”

Trump added to Verás: “But you are beautiful—and you’re beautiful inside. I wish I had more reporters like you.”

Verás beamed over the compliment while attendees in the room laughed over........

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