Donald Trump on Monday blamed his hoarse voice on having to yell at “stupid” people.

The president was taking questions after a meeting of the White House task force on the 2026 FIFA World Cup when NBC News’ Garrett Haake said: “The health of the president is always news. Your voice sounds a little rough. Are you feeling all right?”

Trump insisted he was feeling “great” and then explained: “I was shouting at people because they were stupid about something having to do with trade in a country, and I straightened it out. But I blew my stack at these people.”

“It’s so stupid,” he added.

“Well, it sounds like there’s a follow-up there,” Haake replied to Trump’s admission, but instead pivoted to ask about the situation in Venezuela, where Trump has declined to rule out deploying troops to confront drug traffickers.

Trump asked Haake to repeat himself.

When Haake clarified what he’d said about a potential “follow-up,” Trump responded: “I thought you said there was a polyp, and I said, ‘I don’t want to hear that.’”

The exchange quickly went viral on social media and drew this NSFW response from the Democratic Party’s official account on X: