‘Our brand is crisis:’ Trump staffer caught on hot mic citing Sandra Bullock satire

One of President Donald Trump’s most recognizable aides invoked a madcap Sandra Bullock film to describe the administration in which he serves during a business roundtable held as part of Trump’s historic visit to the U.K. earlier this week.

White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf was caught on a hot microphone exchanging pleasantries with British participants in the roundtable, which featured Trump, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and a group of corporate luminaries from both countries on the second day of the president’s historic second state visit.

Scharf, whose job includes managing the flow of paperwork to and from the Oval Office, is best known as the White House official who hands Trump documents during public appearances while often offering him a brief description of what he is about to sign.

As he was greeting an unknown person, he was asked how things were going.

At first he replied, “wonderful” before adding an unexpected aside: “Our brand is crisis.”