Fact Check: Posts claim girl called Trump 'a disgrace to this world.' Here's the real story
A video authentically shows a young girl calling U.S. President Donald Trump "a disgrace to the world."
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In late June 2025, a video allegedly showing a young girl calling U.S. President Donald Trump a "disgrace to the world" spread on social media.
One TikTok post (archived) with the video reached over 10 million views, 2.3 million reactions and 348,000 shares.
The clip was edited in the style of a "diva edit" — a flashy, stylized video format that emphasizes confidence, typically featuring empowering songs such as Beyoncé's "Diva," particularly the lyric, "Diva is a female version of a hustla." The caption read, "i just had to edit that little girl cause same girl #edit #audio #diva #divaedit #FTD."
Many viewers treated the moment as genuine and praised the girl's confidence in the comments.
The video also spread across other social media platforms, including X and YouTube.
In short, while the video was authentic in the sense that it was not digitally manipulated or the product of artificial-intelligence (AI) software, it did not depict the real Donald Trump. Rather, it showed actor Anthony Atamanuik impersonating Trump in a 2017 segment of "The President Show," a Comedy Central television series. It did not show an actual interaction with the president. As such, we have rated this claim as miscaptioned.
Atamanuik's face was not fully visible in many versions of the clip that circulated, which likely contributed to internet users mistakenly believing the footage authentically showed Trump.
We previously fact-checked this video in 2017.
The interaction shown in the viral clip can be seen in a YouTube video uploaded in May 2017, titled, "The President Takes on Tax Day," which originated as a skit for "The President Show." The moment appears around the 1:30 mark in the following video:
The video showed the actor saying, "What a wonderful little girl. You wanna take a picture with me?" The girl responded, "You're a disgrace to the world." As she snapped a photo of him, he added, "Let's just do it and then be done, OK?"
(Comedy Central YouTube channel)
In an extended version of the clip shared on the official "The President Show" Facebook page, the actor added, "What a wonderful little girl. I am a disgrace to the world. I am a disgrace."
On May 8, 2017, Atamanuik wrote (archived) on X (then Twitter), "I'm the guy playing Trump from the @PresidentShow and that little girl was brave, funny and smart. Also, she said that if (sic) her own volition," suggesting the moment was genuine and unscripted. He did not provide any further details.
(X user @CoffeeWithTony)
This was not the first Comedy Central-related rumor we investigated. For instance, in April 2018 we debunked a rumor that Comedy Central fired comedian Michelle Wolf and issued an apology after Wolf's appearance at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
- YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuCGh-obGmo. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
Evon, Dan. "Did a Little Girl Call President Trump a 'Disgrace to the World'?" Snopes, 8 May 2017, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/trump-disgrace-world-girl/.
Mikkelson, David. "Did Comedy Central Fire Michelle Wolf and Apologize to Sarah Sanders?" Snopes, 29 Apr. 2018, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/comedy-central-wolf-apology/.
The President Show. 3 Arts Entertainment, Clone Wolf Productions, Pie Baby Productions, 2017.
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