{"id":5752,"date":"2025-03-30T09:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T08:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=5752"},"modified":"2025-03-30T09:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T08:47:11","slug":"donald-trump-leaves-people-seriously-grossed-out-after-declaring-himself-fertilisation-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=5752","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump leaves people seriously grossed out after declaring himself \u2018fertilisation president\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>During a Women\u2019s History Month event earlier this week (26 March), The father-of-five made the \u2018stomach-turning\u2019 remarks<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Donald Trump has declared himself the \u2018fertilisation president\u2019 and it\u2019s left users on the social media a bit weirded out.<\/p>\n<p>Trump made the seriously bizarre comments during a Women\u2019s History Month event held at the White House earlier this week on Wednesday (26 March).<\/p>\n<p>The self-appointed moniker came about while the 78-year-old Republican was discussing expanding access to in vitro fertilisation (IVF).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re gonna have tremendous goodies in the bag for women too,\u201d Trump said about his administration\u2019s plans (via NBC News).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe women, between the fertilisation and all the other things we\u2019re talking about, it\u2019s gonna be great.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_207659\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207659\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207659\" src=\"https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-qbwibhia54.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-29-091438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"415\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-207659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Trump has dubbed himself the \u2018fertilisation president\u2019 (Win McNamee \/ Staff \/ Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFertilisation,\u201d he continued to a laughing crowd. \u201cI\u2019m still very proud of it, I don\u2019t care. I\u2019ll be known as the fertilisation president, and that\u2019s okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<h1><strong>While being cheered on by the crowd, Trump added: \u201cThat\u2019s not bad.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been called much worse. Actually, I like it, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<h1><strong>After catching light of Trump\u2019s comments, it\u2019s clear people rushed to social media to share their thoughts.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1904988400211329492&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftimelesslife.info%2Fdonald-trump-leaves-people-seriously-grossed-out-after-declaring-himself-fertilisation-president&amp;sessionId=b96a05c38cb384533f133338a69862f6baffd6a8&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1904988400211329492\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>One X user exclaimed: \u201cEwwwww!!!!!\u201d<\/div>\n<p>\u201cGross,\u201d penned a second, while a third chimed in: \u201cThis made my stomach turn \u2026 ewwww\u2026 just ewwww.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another quipped: \u201cDonald Trump is grinning inanely and says he\u2019s going to be known as the \u2018fertilisation\u2019 President. A passion killer, big time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump, whose presidency has already been disastrous for reproductive rights, also once dubbed himself the \u2018father of IVF\u2019 while campaigning for his second presidential term in October of last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, I want to talk about IVF. I\u2019m the father of IVF, so I want to hear this question,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>When responding to an attendee\u2019s concern that abortion bans could affect access to fertility treatments, however, he recalled how a female senator had \u2018explained\u2019 to him about IVF, according to MSNBC.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_207660\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207660\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207660\" src=\"https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-qbwibhia54.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-29-091603.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-207660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People said Trump\u2019s comments made their \u2018stomach turn\u2019 (Win McNamee \/ Staff \/ Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSo I got a call from Katie Britt, a young, just a fantastically attractive person from Alabama,\u201d he told the crowd. \u201cShe\u2019s a senator, and she called me up like \u2019emergency, emergency\u2019 because an Alabama judge had ruled that the IVF clinics were illegal and they have to be closed down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As per PEOPLE, the incident he was referring to was a ruling which decreed that frozen embryos at IVF clinics came under the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, leading several fertility clinics to withhold their services despite not being illegal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I said, explain IVF, very IVF, very quickly. And within about two minutes, I understood it,\u201d Trump added. \u201cWe\u2019re totally in favour of IVF.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he has previously issued a statement about IVF on his social media platform, Truth Social, writing: \u201cLike the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of Americans, including the VAST MAJORITY of Republicans, Conservatives, Christians, and Pro-Life Americans, I strongly support the availability of IVF for couples who are trying to have a precious baby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I am calling on the Alabama Legislature to act quickly to find an immediate solution to preserve the availability of IVF in Alabama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In February, he also signed an executive order that asked for a list of policy recommendations to protect IVF access and \u2018aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a Women\u2019s History Month event earlier this week (26 March), The father-of-five made the \u2018stomach-turning\u2019 remarks Donald Trump has declared himself the \u2018fertilisation president\u2019 and it\u2019s left users on the social media a bit weirded out. 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