Is the video of Michelle Wu calling Donald Trump an "asshole" in a high pitched voice authentic? No, that's not true: The video is footage taken from Boston Mayor Wu's press conference where she spoke about federal immigration issues that was posted on C-SPAN and local news. In the original video Wu did not name-call the president or speak about "Mexicans" or "Chinese" people in a derogatory way with a high-pitched accented voice.
The video (archived here) was originally published on X on August 22, 2025 with a caption that read:
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This is what the first frame of the video looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Image source: Screenshot by Lead Stories of X post by account @PapiTrumpo)
The high pitched voice on the video said:
President Trump real asshole. Why he want to deport all these Chineses and Mexicans and shit? If you deport us where you gonna get your nails done, huh? No more mani pedi for you asshole. You like Kung Pao chicken? Well, no more Kung Pao chicken for you. You like star belly? Yes? Well no more star belly for you cause there no Mexicans no more they can't pick your star belly no more asshole.
The video posted on X has a C-SPAN chyron on the lower right of the screen. The original video posted on C-SPAN (archived here) of Wu titled, Boston Mayor Wu News Conference on Justice Department Immigration Enforcement Letter," is from her August 19, 2025 press conference. In the video Wu does not call Trump an "asshole" multiple times in a high pitched accent or talk about mani pedis or Kung Pao chicken or star belly. This is a screenshot of how the video appeared on C-SPAN:
(Image source: Screenshot by Lead Stories of C-SPAN website)
The video also has the tag for Boston WCVB 5 news station in the top left of the screen. The station covered Wu's speech (archived here) and did not mention her calling Trump an asshole, a phrase that would have been published at the time.
Had Wu, the Mayor of Boston, called Trump an asshole, it would have been reported by major national and international news outlets. Lead Stories searched Google News' index of thousands of news websites and found no credible news reports of the couple getting married. Similarly, the Yahoo! News index of partner news sites and news services showed no legitimate news reports of Ronaldo and Rodriguez nuptials (archived here).
The video was posted on X by a parody account and has been widely shared on social media platforms by other accounts without the disclosure that it is not real.
