Markwayne Mullin's Wife Laughs Through Donald Trump Awkwardly Gushing About Her Looks

By Brandon Bombay
Markwayne Mullin and Christie Mullin at the White House Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Donald Trump couldn't resist commenting on Markwayne Mullin's wife's looks when he swore in the new Secretary of Homeland Security. The ceremony took place at the White House on March 24 with Markwayne and Christie Mullin bringing their children along for the family's momentous occasion. POTUS was in pure ham-it-up mode as the press and cameras documented the swearing-in. 

After joking about how their one son was large and someone that shouldn't be wrestled, Trump turned his attention to the new head of Homeland Security's wife. "I wanna thank the family because without the family he's not here," Trump said. "Especially for mom, she looks like she's about 22-years-old. I see these kids, but she looks very young," he added, for some reason. Christie looked embarrassed and lifted her hand to her chest and made an "Oh, stop" motion at the president. That, of course, was not the first time Trump needlessly brought up a woman's appearance at a presser. Hearing him gush over Markwayne's wife was reminiscent of when Trump grossed people out by commenting on Karoline Leavitt's "machine gun" lips.

Similar to the occasion when he fixated on his press secretary's lips, footage of the comment about Christie was shared on X, where people bashed Trump for stepping over the line. "Admiring someone's work is one thing, but bringing their spouse into it makes it feel unnecessary and out of place. Keep it focused on the job," one user replied. "Dude is always such a creep," another plainly stated. "Trump's approval ratings now include job performance ... and spouse appreciation," one person joked. Before being sworn into his new role, Markwayne had already caused a stir online for his own comments about his wife.

Markwayne Mullin and Christie Mullin joked about fighting each other

Christie Mullin and Markwayne Mullin on red carpet Taylor Hill/Getty Images

Prior to starting his job as Kristi Noem's replacement, Markwayne Mullin had developed a scandalous reputation. On the same day he was sworn in as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, footage of a joint interview featuring Markwayne and Christie Mullin was shared online, and it raised several eyebrows. One excerpt featured the former senator boasting about how he scared off Christie's would-be suitors throughout middle school and high school with threats of violence. During that same interview, Markwayne was asked about his professional fighting background, and he decided to include some head-scratching details about his marriage. "I fought professionally for a few years and so did my wife. She was a kickboxer. And so when we have arguments, we stay across the room from each other," Markwayne responded. Not to be outdone, Christie added a flourish herself. "Our sparring sessions could have been a little bit of domestic violence," she said semi-jokingly, which earned laughter from the audience on hand for the interview.

That wasn't the only time Christie jokingly hinted at marital issues. Just before Valentine's Day, Markwayne uploaded an Instagram clip of his wife being interviewed. "The best thing that's ever happened to me ... I'll never know why she has stuck with me all these years, but I'm forever grateful," Markwayne gushingly wrote in the caption. In the clip, Christie was asked to impart "advice to young women," and her response took a surprising turn. "Put the Lord first. Above marriage, above kids, above anything ... then everything else will be great and perfect," Christie said before offering a slight correction. "And there's issues, don't get me wrong," she told the interviewer, through laughter.

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