Outgoing US President Donald Trump is a deeply disturbed man. That’s to say nothing of his actual policies and political ineptitude, which has borne unthinkable violence, poverty and disease across the country.
But this article is not focusing on those policies. We’re here to reminisce about all the deeply weird shit the man tried to pull off while in office.
Now, a Twitter thread by an American journo has collated all of those cooked moments just so that we don’t have to question our sanity by trying to remember them ourselves.
Sit back, relax and stare directly into a solar eclipse enjoy the meme-ories.
Since Trump’s almost out of office, I figured this would be a fun time to remind everyone of the weirdest & dumbest sh*t our failed dictator did in the last four years that we totally forgot about.
Starting with a classic:
STARING DIRECTLY INTO THE SUN DURING A SOLAR ECLIPSE pic.twitter.com/XtvDltgJsv
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
Who could forget when Trump greeted the champion collage football team, the Clemson Tigers, at the White House with a literal banquet of Macca’s meals, still in the packaging.
There he stood, behind his mountains of burgers, grinning proudly like a 12-year-old boy flexing about all the Slurpees he’s drank in a single day.
This partially due to Trump’s personal taste, and partially due to his administration being so woefully hopeless that the government was forced to shut down and there were no kitchen staff at the White House at the ready.
CATERING AN ALL MCDONALDS DINNER BECAUSE HE CAUSE A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND THERE WAS NOBODY TO COOK FOOD AT THE WHITE HOUSE pic.twitter.com/LYtd0XrThy
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
How about when Trump made an official visit to Saudi Arabia?
While there he engaged in all sorts of local traditions, including harnessing the energy of an ominous, glowing orb alongside Saudi King Salman and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi.
Very normal. Nothing to see here.
THE ORB pic.twitter.com/ZBElscuM6l
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
What would you do when greeting people who had lost everything in a terrible hurricane in the Carribean?
Throw paper towels into the crowd like a rockstar, of course.
THROWING PAPER TOWELS INTO THE CROWD AFTER A DEVASTATING HURRICANE IN PUERTO RICO pic.twitter.com/qdCQHYFLKG
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
Then there’s the issue of Trump’s handshake and handholding habits.
Seriously, who the fuck taught the man how to touch hands with other human beings.
Then, when a North Korean general attempted to actually shake the mans hand properly, Trump immediately saluted for some unexplained and likey-treasonous reason.
HOLDING HANDS LIKE A TODDLER WITH THERESA MAY pic.twitter.com/TRyZk3JtCj
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
THAT POWER HANDSHAKE HE HAD TO STOP DOING BECAUSE OTHER WORLD LEADERS KEPT DOING IT TO HIM pic.twitter.com/ULya89gGCS
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
THE ALREADY WEIRD HANDSHAKE HE KEPT MESSING UP pic.twitter.com/nFqKMcn4cp
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
SALUTING A NORTH KOREAN GENERAL pic.twitter.com/KkSeIqKlo8
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
It’s not just handshakes, either.
The man was seriously out of his depth when it came to engaging cordially with fellow world leaders.
SHOVING ASIDE ANOTHER WORLD LEADER TO WALK IN FRONT pic.twitter.com/0AmLqcgNMh
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
How about the time Trump became a shill for Goya beans, simply because the company’s CEO Robert Unanue kissed Trump’s ass a week earlier.
That perhaps made him the first president to take on the duties of a food influencer.
HOCKIN’ BEANS DURING A PANDEMIC pic.twitter.com/l0NuunMdDb
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
Even the President of the most powerful nation in the world, a squillionaire in his own right, has the failings of a common man.
By that I mean Trump trod in bog roll and walked around with it stuck to his shoe for a bit.
TOILET PAPER ON THE SHOE pic.twitter.com/axASIqnyTC
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
Sometimes the awkward moments aren’t entirely his fault, like when one of his aides set him up with this kindergarten-esque desk for a photo op.
That said, his whole physical demeanor doesn’t make the situation any less funny, so it’s also partially his fault.
THE TINY DESK pic.twitter.com/LIiONAWZmq
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
Look at those lips.
I wonder what his puckered sphincter looks like?
WATERGATE pic.twitter.com/GDWgTtxOks
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
Perhaps the moment that best encapsulated his me-first attitude above all else – including above his own wife and son – was when he clutched an umbrella while everyone else presumably got rained on.
And then look what he did with it when he was done. Does he know you can fold umbrellas?
THEN DUMPING IT OPEN IN FRONT OF AF1 pic.twitter.com/f4OHLjRSV0
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
Some of Trumps fans hold him in the same esteem as Jesus Christ himself.
It’s no surprise, then, that Trump was found signing Bibles like some kind of Nazarene socialite.
SIGNING BIBLES pic.twitter.com/l4Ao0atuts
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
One word: posture.
THE WAY HE STANDS pic.twitter.com/RVmEKgq5Vy
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
Here’s another case of Trump becoming a walking gaffe while visiting world leaders.
Look at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe struggling to hold in his laughter and bafflement as Trump dumps an entire box of fish food in a koi pond in one go.
DUMPING A WHOLE BOX OF FISH FOOD IN A KOI POND pic.twitter.com/011mEOVp4R
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
Not gonna lie, this was actually a fun moment.
I’m happy for him in the same way I’m happy when the local fire brigade let a child sit in the passenger see so their mum/dad can take a photo to sent to their grandparents.
TRUMP TRUCK pic.twitter.com/QZ5oqsYlzU
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
Trump getting COVID-19 was the chaotic crossover we didn’t need last year.
And yet, that’s exactly what we got.
Of fucking course it included him refusing to keep a mask on at all times.
In fact, his whole handling of the Chinese virus coronavirus pandemic would be hilariously awkward, if it wasn’t also racist, disastrous and, sadly, ongoing.
TAKING OFF HIS MASK TO LOOK STRONG WHILE ACTIVELY CONTAGIOUS WITH COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/c6NhMoRjYr
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
CROSSING OUT “COVID” AND WRITING IN “CHINESE” IN HIS LARGE PRINT NOTES JUST TO BE MORE RACIST pic.twitter.com/9DhLuHmAtG
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
Remember when he repeatedly thought he could pull the wool over our eyes with his dumb photo ops?
We do.
REPEATEDLY JUST USING BLANK PAGES & EMPTY FOLDERS AS PROPS THAT NOBODY IS ALLOWED TO LOOK AT pic.twitter.com/XyxSj68vKj
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
We leave you with this:
MOLESTING THE AMERICAN FLAG pic.twitter.com/Pmtd7lH3BZ
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 12, 2021
You can scroll through the entire Twitter thread with even more awkward moments here.
God bless America.
