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Trump appeared to be genuinely taken aback for a few seconds, asking: "Am I supposed to read it right now?"

Trump appeared taken aback by the letter, but after taking a minute to read it he said he accepted the invite and that it would be an "honour" to visit the "fantastic" country.

“It was just so aggressive,” she said, “and it really took us aback.”

Mathilda agrees, saying she was taken aback by the scale of the problem away from Europe, which she rarely sees reported.

According to Wolff's reporting, Trump was taken aback by the infamous Musk cameo, in which he bounced across the stage making an X with his arms and legs.