Trump's hot microphone moments at the White House are the latest on a long list

LONDON (AP) – The power of humble hot microphones is despised.

Sound's magnifying glass is a descendant of 150-year-old technology, which adds to its long history of cutting down the most scripted political glasses when it occupied U.S. President Donald Trump and Eight European leaders Chats at a White House press conference, their talks ended Russia's war in Ukraine. Outstanding offers ranged from Trump himself to French President Emmanuel Macron, even before anyone sat down. After the U.S. President reflects his comments Meeting in Alaska With Russian President Vladimir Putin: “I think He wants to reach an agreement for meyou get it, it sounds crazy. ”

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How political and diplomatic voices reveal the character, humor and humanity of our leaders — sometimes worse when the principal thinks no one listens. As public figures, they already know what the rest of us are learning more and more in the age of CCTV Actually expect privacy.

“Whenever I hear a hot microphone, my first reaction is their real idea, it doesn't go through an external communication filter,” said Bill McGowan, founder and CEO of Clarity Media Group in New York. “That's why people love it so much: There's nothing more real than what people say on hot microphones.”

Always assume that the microphone (or camera) is turned on

Hot microphones often come with video fermentation, already aspiring and actual leaders long before social media. During a voice check on weekly radio speeches in 1984, U.S. President Ronald Reagan joked about attacking the Soviet Union during the peak of the Cold War.

Reagan quipped, “My American.” Unaware of the recording of the exercise. “I'm glad to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will forever ban Russia. We'll start bombing in five minutes.” The Soviet Union didn't find this interesting and condemned it in light of the consequences at hand.

Putin was also in danger of microphones. In 2006, he cited jokes about the Israeli president in Russian media and was later charged with rape. The Kremlin said Putin did not joke about rape, and his meaning was lost in the translation.

Sometimes, the hot microphone moments don't involve words at all. Presidential candidate Al Gore is widely imitated An angry and very hearing sigh In a debate with George W. Bush in 2000.

Bush was found telling campaign partner Dick Cheney that the New York Times reporter was “Major League A-Hole.”

Vice President Joe Biden introduced President Barack Obama to President Barack Obama's vice president after introducing Obama at a health care bill ceremony in the eastern White House in Washington on March 23, 2010.

At that time, Vice President Joe Biden, famously said: “This is a big f———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- – Joe Biden said in a big way,

Obama was arrested in South Korea and told then-Russian President Dmitri Medvedev that he would have “more flexible” to solve sensitive issues after the 2012 presidential election – especially “especially on missile defense.” Republican Mitt Romney, Obama's rival back then, called the exchange “a bow to the Kremlin.”

“Sometimes, this is the most revealed moment of all,” Romney said. In a statement saiddubbing the incident as “popular diplomacy”.

U.S. President Barack Obama, leftist and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev were at a bilateral meeting held on Monday, March 26, 2012 at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea.

The live microphone has picked up names and gossip in the circles that are most inclined.

In 2022, then New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Grab the hot microphone Abandoning a time in parliamentary questioning, she called rival politicians “so arrogant PR.”

In 2005, then-French President Jacques Chirac was recorded on British food during his visit to Russia. He said in extensive reports that he said worse food could only be found in Finland.

King Charles III of England chose to deal with his hot microphone moments with humor. Shortly after the coronation, in 2022, Charles Losing patience with leaked pen When signing documents on live feed. He could hear an annoying voice, “Oh God, I hate this!” and murmured, “I can’t help but this bloody thing…every time when it smells.”

This is not the first stroke that has bothered him. In his speech the following year, he said: “It is well known that the British laughed at their ability: “Again, considering some of the frustrating fountain warheads I've encountered in the past year.” ”

King Charles III of England was sworn to maintain the security of the Scottish Church, where he was officially declared the monarch while joining the committee at St James's Palace in London on Saturday, September 10, 2022. (Victoria Jones/Pool via AP, file)

Trump may have the final hot microphone moment

The U.S. president is out of control in public and sometimes desecrates “like this.” This made him very popular among some supporters.

But even the cover for comments before he was a candidate is hard “Access Hollywood” in the tape This jeopardizes his campaign in the final match of the 2016 presidential election. Trump doesn't seem to know that the microphone is being recorded.

Trump boasted about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women who were not their wives in recordings obtained by The Washington Post and NBC News, and aired two days before the debate with Hillary Clinton. Celebrity businessmen boasted that “when you’re a star, they let you do that” in a conversation with Billy Bush of the TV show at the time.

In the case of a major supporter, Balling, Trump apologized for “if someone offended” and his campaign saw the comments as “a dressing room drama.”

On Monday, however, chat-eng observers at both ends of East Room news conference caught a glimpse of the diplomatic game.

Ukrainian president unceremoniously fired from the White House in March Volodymyr Zelenskyy Now sit at the table with Trump and his seven European counterparts: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, European Commission President Ursula von Der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Trump praised Melz's tan. He said Stubb was a good golfer. He asked if anyone wanted to ask the press questions before the White House pool was accepted into the room – before the speeding inside. European leaders smiled at yelling smiles.

Stub asked if Trump “have experienced it every day?”

Trump replied: “Always.”

Meloni said she didn't want to talk to the Italian media. However, she pointed out that Trump is a game.

“He likes it. He likes it, right?” she said.