UPDATE: The video that circulated on Twitter was taken last year, and was narrowly cropped so that the First Lady, for whom Trump was waiting, is not visible in the frame of the video. We regret any confusion.
Trump was simply walking back to wait for FLOTUS here
This false tweet has over 23K retweets and the deceptively edited video has over 2 million views https://t.co/kJN0rBrrIq pic.twitter.com/QXmOlkEkTt
— Will Steakin (@wsteaks) September 7, 2020
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden spent his Sunday morning at the St. Joseph on the Brandywine Church in Wilmington, Delaware, while Donald Trump hit the links at his golf club once again amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic that has taken over one hundred and eighty-nine thousand American lives. Over six million Americans have contracted the disease. So, perhaps our narcissistic president is confused as to what his job entails.
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Now a video is circulating on Twitter, showing a seemingly confused Donald Trump, disoriented while meandering to his left while his helicopter is directly straight ahead of him. By the way, I’m not sure when the video clip was taken. [The deceptively edited clip has been circulating since last year – Ed.]
Watch:
Trump is lost & disoriented here. His mind goes blank and he doesn’t remember what he’s supposed to do next. He’s deep into his degenerative neurological disease- Frontotemporal dementia- mindlessly lumbering and zigzagging in the grass towards a puddle. pic.twitter.com/quaPffXvAh
— Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) September 7, 2020
The Internet had some thoughts.
HE. CANT FIND HIS HELICOPTER!!! https://t.co/1Eeg812jdO
— John O’Sullivan 💙🌊🌊🇦🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿 🇵🇹🇮🇪 🆘 (@JohnOSullivan36) September 7, 2020
Omg he’s lost in plain view
— LooneyPanda-Vote Blue , time to make him go (@BonkersBrat) September 7, 2020
I was expecting him to jump into the puddle. I really was.
— YaffaDina (@YaffaDina) September 7, 2020
I’d like for it to continue to see who came to his rescue or how long he wandered aimlessly.
— Reid (@BtweenthelinesK) September 7, 2020
Why is he wearing shoes with kitten heels?
— MaryL (@Mim5453) September 7, 2020
Melania emerges from the netherworld to collect him. pic.twitter.com/TZnFiY0JjU
— John McNally (@writerjohnmcna1) September 7, 2020
I’d like to take this moment to thank the electoral college for giving us this hot mess then.
— Chris Cyr (@ChrisCyrBoston) September 7, 2020
Seriously. If that ain’t dementia, what the hell is he doing?
— ⚽️ Equal Pay ⚽️ (@CalamityJoey) September 7, 2020
Looking for Antifa hiding in the puddle of course.
— Egalitarian ✨ #Biden/Harris 2020 (@oregonvirginia) September 7, 2020
Because Trump’s got advancing dementia. He forgot where he was supposed to be going. @TomJChicago thinks it’s Frontotemporal Dementia. I agree. Symptoms line up. Weird stance, twitching, slurring. He’s on borrowed time. And even that’s running out.
— Temperance #Nastywoman Gettin’ in Good Trouble (@FoodAprecianado) September 7, 2020
One of the reasons Trump always had Keith Schiller next to him 24/7 was to prevent moments like this which have been occurring for at least as decade. Drugs will do that. @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/kh0a9DOycq
— NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) September 7, 2020
He just needed to see his reflection in that puddle.
— weegee56 🤷🏻♀️ (@weegee56) September 7, 2020
Some folks on social media said the president was waiting for Melania, and while that’s possible, Trump certainly looks confused. We’ve all seen this sort of behavior before from Donald. And that doesn’t explain why Trump thinks he belongs on the golf course while Americans are dying.
Featured image via Gage Skidmore/Flickr, under Creative Commons license 2.0
