Trump Posts Questionable Pic To Prove He’s Writing His Inaugural Speech

Trump‘s presidency is likely to be a basket of horrors, no doubt about it. Whether we’re talking the proposed Muslim ban, the gung-ho jingoist maniacs running the military and intelligence services, or the fact that he’s appointed ultra-religious billionaire vulture Betsy DeVoss to gut the country’s public schools, very few people are gonna have a good time in Trump’s America. 

But one thing we will almost certainly get bucketloads of is extremely awkward photographs of Trump when he is asked to behave like a regular human being, something he is not and never will be. He was raised in a craven New York real estate dynasty for Christ’s sake. The man has no idea how normal people behave.

The latest is from his claim that he’s been authoring his inauguration speech for weeks – which he illustrated with a photo of himself holding a blank notepad like an alien might:

Writing my inaugural address at the Winter White House, Mar-a-Lago, three weeks ago. Looking forward to Friday. #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/S701FdTCQu

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2017

What’s he doing here? He hasn’t opened the notepad, for one. He’s lifting it – bending it, in fact – with one hand under the paper, while his second hand holds the pen arched above. It’s how you might write if you learned your penmanship exclusively through YouTube videos.

Not to mention his face, which looks less like “I am writing a speech which will energise the population and Make America Great Again” and more “I just crapped my dacks in Big W“.

Obviously, everyone thoroughly enjoyed having a laugh, because laughs are all we have before the world sharpens its descent into ethnonationalism on Saturday.

literally the only reason to hold our pad like that is if you’re trying to hide the fact that there is nothing written not that paper https://t.co/7e7mJOeccA

— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) January 18, 2017

When the crossword clue for “Trump’s daughter” is 7 letters long and starts with “T-I-F” but you can’t think of the answer pic.twitter.com/Kwms7muCzc

— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) January 18, 2017

Architect: What sort of office decor you have in mind sir?
Trump: You know the toilets in restaurants where tacos cost $19?
A: Say no more pic.twitter.com/AMYj6Wdefa

— Luke O’Neil (@lukeoneil47) January 18, 2017

is that a sharpie https://t.co/44GPwxoYFc

— crow t. rachel (@rachelmillman) January 18, 2017

Sigh. See you on Saturday morning, Don.