Even with iconic drag queen Trixie Mattel reading Eric Trump‘s new book, kids still aren’t amused by it.
During a recent segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the former RuPaul’s Drag Race winner hosted a storytime with several children, but it ultimately ended with her and the kids literally trashing President Donald Trump‘s son’s book, Under Siege: My Family’s Fight to Save Our Nation.
“Do I scare any of you?” Trixie first asked the kids when she sat down in a full glam, to which one responded, “No. You just look amazing. Why would that be scary?”
After, she asked the group which book they wanted her to read, quipping, “This is, after all, a democracy.” She quickly clarified, “As of this morning, it’s still a democracy. I’m not sure.”
Mattel eventually convinced them to read a book “about President Trump’s least favorite son,” referring to Eric Trump’s Under Siege. She then read them a passage from the memoir: “Donald Trump is certainly unconventional. He’s certainly not politically correct. He also has a heart of gold and is the greatest father a son or daughter could ever have.”
One of the kids chimed in, saying, “OK, I’mma stop you right there. Instead of skipping this page, we should skip the entire book. No, instead, we should skip the entire storytime and just go straight to lunch because I’m pretty hungry right now.”
Mattel then read another passage: “How is it that my father, who spent over four decades in the public eye, never once received a speeding ticket, triumphed in the 2016 campaign and became president of the United States, and was suddenly charged with almost every crime imaginable, and many unimaginable, in the aftermath?”
“That doesn’t make any sense,” one kid yelled, while another added, “I think I want to say good job for him to being the president.”
However, it was the next child’s remark that shocked Mattel. A third child said, “I would kick him in the [bleep].” The drag queen jokingly replied, “Oh, wow! So, kind of escalating quickly this evening.”
But it was actually at the very end of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! segment when things really escalated with Mattel’s surprise “science experiment.” After she and the kids went outside, she said, “This might not be a great book, but it’s going to make excellent confetti.”
Mattel then threw Under Siege into a trash shredder as the group of children cheered.
The business mogul and musician, who has become one of the leading creators on YouTube, recently graced the cover of The Hollywood Reporter‘s Creators Issue, alongside YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and a handful of other top creators. Mattel was also named one of 2025’s most powerful influencers on THR‘s Creators A-List, alongside her The Bald and the Beautiful co-host, Katya Zamolodchikova.
