On September 24, 2026, actor Sean Maguire mocked President Donald Trump after clips spread of Trump flinching at a loud military flyover during Chinese President Xi Jinping's arrival in the United States. The arrival ceremony took place on September 23, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where Trump met Xi on the tarmac, and the two leaders stood through a formal welcome that included aircraft passing overhead. The Daily Beast first reported the president's visible reaction to that flyover during the Military Fawning show. Actor Sean Maguire, known for work in Grange Hill, EastEnders, and Once Upon a Time, reacted to this and posted his remark on Threads:"Dat pwane was weally weally woud!! ouchie! My bullet ear weally hurts."Maguire mocked Trump's reaction, referencing the 2024 rally shooting.Donald Trump flinches as bombers pass during Xi Jinping welcomePresident Trump Welcomes China's President Xi At Joint Base Andrews - Source: GettyAs reported by The Daily Beast, during the Military Fawning show, cameras caught Trump tensing and pulling back when B-1 bombers roared over the arrival ceremony for Xi Jinping. Xi showed little change in expression. After the planes moved on, the POTUS looked after them, tightened his mouth, and leaned in to say something to Xi. The White House did not immediately answer questions from The Daily Beast about that moment.The welcome was staged at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday evening. The POTUS and First Lady Melania Trump met Xi and Peng Liyuan after the Chinese couple left their aircraft. A red carpet ran across the tarmac. Honor guards, a military band, cannon fire, both national anthems, and the flyover were part of the rest of the display. Service members had been seen flattening the carpet before the plane landed. American presidents usually wait at the White House rather than greet a visiting leader at the air base. This stop opened a three-day visit that is expected to cover trade, artificial intelligence, tariffs, rare earth minerals, and other disputes. A state dinner is planned for Thursday. It is only the second state dinner of the POTUS' current term.Sean Maguire's post pointed back to July 13, 2024, when the POTUS was struck in the upper part of his right ear at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. DD News reported that the shooting was an assassination attempt under investigation. The POTUS later said he heard a whizzing sound and felt the round tear the skin. The FBI later said a bullet, whole or in pieces, hit the ear. Maguire used different spellings to connect that old injury to the noise of the bombers in the new video.