It’s very low on his list of crimes, but it’s something that bears mentioning regardless: why does Trump drink water like a hungry baby grasping feebly at a bottle of milk? It’s been an issue for some time, but it absolutely came to a head with his press conference today.
just an extremely normal way to drink out of a small glass of water pic.twitter.com/GmBbpubBkj
— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) December 18, 2017
Sorry, let’s freeze frame this one:
Closer. Closer! We must see this closer!
This is very troubling stuff. Observe: his left hand grasps the glass fully, providing an effective and stable platform. His thumb cannot be seen, but one assumes it is providing an effective anchor on the rear side of the glass. Yet he can’t make that same commitment with his right hand, which forms a feeble hook with the pinky and ring finger. It is – and I say this in the strongest possible terms – a disgrace.
And it’s not the first time! Behold – the situation does not become better when he’s drinking from a bottle. In fact, it becomes substantially worse. Behold:
Pres. Trump stops for a sip of water, recalling infamous Marco Rubio State of the Union response. pic.twitter.com/AtrIB27msT
— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) November 15, 2017
Here, Trump drinks confidently with his right hand – providing a perfectly normal and stable grip, as one might expect from a person drinking from a bottle of water. It’s a classic grip which facilitates the passage of water from the bottle to the lips. You simply can’t beat it.
But the other hand, folks. The Other Hand.
It’s kind of unclear, but it seems as if he might be lightly pinching the angular corner of this bottle of Fiji Water, or using it as a kind of fulcrum to pivot the bottle on. Either way, it’s a completely superfluous part of the process. This is a one-handed manoeuvre. Everything else is just for show.
You might say I’ve just picked two outlier examples. I wish this were the case:
https://twitter.com/aprilmichelle00/status/942842845546864641
I know this is petty but why, oh why, does Trump drink with two hands?
Does he not yet know that the cup was designed by our Neanderthal ancestors to fit in one hand? pic.twitter.com/UOJo4zQO8s
— Nunca Trumpismo (@NeverTrumpTexan) December 18, 2017
As I said, it’s an order of magnitude less concerning than his other crimes. But the American people demand answers.
