Tiger King has officially made it’s way to the White House.
Earlier this week, President Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. jokingly spoke about talking to his dad about pardoning Joe Exotic.
Maybe not right now, but I can generally be for this just for the meme. And just for frankly watching the media reaction to this thing. It would be pretty amazing to ultimately see that.”
During Wednesday night’s coronavirus press conference, NY Post White House correspondent Steven Nelson actually asked the President if he had heard about Tiger King and if he had thought about pardoning Joe Exotic.
The President laughed and said he had not seen Tiger King but that he would look into it.
#BREAKING Video: Trump is ASKED by a reporter about #TigerKing and how @DonaldJTrumpJr took issue with Joe Exotic's sentence and whether he'd consider a pardon.
Smirks and says "I'd take a look" before shaking his head. He also asked @Acosta if he thinks he should pardon him. pic.twitter.com/Y7F9jxIj2t
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 8, 2020
Trump is asked about a pardon for Joe Exotic of Tiger King.
Trump: "I know nothing about it…he has 22 for what? What did he do?"
Trump to the reporter asking/explaining: "You think he didn't do it? Are you on his side? Are you recommending a pardon?"
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 8, 2020