Fiona Bruce called out by Question Time audience member for ‘asking the wrong question’

BBC Question Time big Fiona Bruce was near stunned by an assemblage subordinate during a statement connected whether Donald Trump was ‘Master of the Universe’.

The BBC’s flagship governmental statement amusement took spot successful Glasgow successful the astir caller occurrence and kicked disconnected with the question: ‘When was Donald Trump elected Master of the Universe?’.

The hyperbolic connection was debated by the panellists – Kate Forbes MSP, Michael Shanks MP, Russell Findlay MSP, Lorna Slater MSP and writer Alex Massie – arsenic good arsenic the divers audience.

During 1 enactment the 60-year-old presenter pointed to a antheral successful the audience, asking if ‘anyone thinks determination is immoderate merit’ successful what Donald Trump’s doing.

‘I deliberation that’s the incorrect question,’ the antheral responded, prompting laughter from everyone successful the workplace and Bruce taking connected a shocked but amused expression.

‘Oh, I basal corrected Sir, what should it be?’ she asked, laughing.

The antheral past replied: ‘Let maine suffice that, due to the fact that the merit is successful his strategies and what his objectives are, truthful determination is simply a merit successful what helium is doing, whether you hold with that oregon not.

‘What dismays maine is that this is not a surprise. Donald Trump’s actions person each been mapped retired for immoderate time.

‘And what surprises maine is that politicians don’t look to person a strategy that manages the equilibrium of moving with him arsenic helium is the President of America, but besides challenging immoderate of his actions, because, without those challenges, it normalises what helium is doing.’

More generally, determination was immoderate disapproval astir the absorption connected the US President during the Scotland-based episode.

‘BBC QT from Glasgow spent much clip talking astir Trump & Palestine than affairs that impact the state arsenic a whole,’ @louisniice wrote connected X.

‘Can’t judge Glasgow assemblage returned much questions astir Trump?’ @jdmillo69 shared.

‘BBC QT Needs to absorption connected the issues successful this state and halt being obsessed with President Trump,’ @tony_wealth echoed.

It’s not the archetypal clip the Antiques Roadshow big has had a hiccup connected the Question Time floor.

In October, she insisted to Trade Minister Douglas Alexander that labour had not utilized the word ‘working people’ successful their manifesto erstwhile they, successful fact, utilized it.

The BBC was forced to edit the mistake and published a connection clarifying the mistake had been edited out.

And successful June she faced backlash from viewers aft breaking her ain regularisation during an predetermination Question Time peculiar betwixt erstwhile Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Labour person Keir Starmer, Sir Ed Davey and John Swinney MSP.

After declaring 1 of the rules would beryllium nary interruptions for leaders who ‘keep [their] questions reasonably brief, and really reply the question’, the assemblage pointed retired she regularly interjected.

Question Time airs connected BBC One each Thursday astatine 10:40pm.

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