• Zachariah@lemmy.world
    105·
    2 months ago

    Former President Donald Trump expressed his frustration over a fly that approached his lecturn (sic) in a bizarre moment during a rally speech.

    Trump was on stage at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, making a point about a hat, when he appeared to get distracted by the creature.

    “Oh there’s a fly,” the former president said. “I wonder where the fly came from?”

    One audience member shouted out “Kamala.”

    Trump continued: “See, two years ago, I wouldn’t have had a fly up here. You’re changing rapidly. We can’t take it any longer.” It wasn’t clear who or what the president was referring to before he changed the subject.

    The internet was quick to react to Trump’s unexpected outburst, with MSNBC host and legal analyst Katie Phang saying “this is not normal.”

    …

        • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          12·
          2 months ago

          Calling it body odor is even generous. It’s full diapers, called makeup, and cologne.

          Edit: Cake makeup, I swear autocorrect is changing words way after I’ve typed them lately.

          • Ænima@lemm.ee
            2·
            2 months ago

            They’ll create these all natural makeup products out of anything these days!

        • BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee
          2·
          2 months ago

          I’m so curious about this. I read that even on the set of his tv show he regularly shat his pants. And old fat people can’t really wash themselves all too well. Combine that with makeup and whatever cologne he uses to hide his stench

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      241·
      2 months ago

      Trump was on stage at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, making a point about a hat, when he appeared to get distracted by the creature.

      I can assume that, probably, his speech wasn’t informative to begin with. It would be interesting to know if that sudden distraction was actually welcomed by his followers, or that they felt angry about Don abandoning the hat discourse. I can imagine how significant the familiar red cap design to the MAGA cult.

    • eatthecake@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 months ago

      Climate change increases the number of flies. I think he’s talking about climate change. That’s the only way I can make sense of this. The climate is changing rapidly and we can’t take all the flies.

  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1031·
    2 months ago

    Flies are attracted to the stench of decay and fecal matter. Maybe Donnie did a boom-boom in his diaper and the fly wanted to see what the fuss was.

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    781·
    2 months ago

    In separate remarks made during his speech, Trump again dialed up his rhetoric against Harris, calling her “mentally disabled” and “mentally impaired.”

    Well by the law of Republican projection there’s our proof that Trump is not playing with a full deck.

  • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
    381·
    2 months ago

    The sad thing is that someone in the crowd shouts “kamala” and the crowd laughs in agreement.

    He may be completely weird, incompetent, and losing his mind, but he’s literally on the same level as many of his supporters, and his support has basically been rock solid for years now. As in historically unprecedented lack of variance in his support.

    That’s the real problem and the real thing to be worried about. Half the country is like “YES, EXACTLY, THE FLY IS A HAT KAMALA AND CHANGES RAPIDLY AND I CAN’T TAKE IT ANY LONGER! FINALLY SOMEONE THAT GETS IT AND WILL FIGHT AGAINST THE HAT FLY KAMALA. ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT SAID IF I DIDN’T GET AN EDUCATION AND WAS AN ASSHOLE TO EVERYONE WOULD LEAD TO A SHITTY LIFE ARE WRONG TRUMP SAYS I’M PERFECT AND WILL GIVE ME MONEY AND HURT THE PEOPLE DOING BETTER (FAKE NEWS!) THAN ME!”

      • SassyRamen@lemmy.world
        91·
        2 months ago

        Yeah but it wasn’t gonna be good for the rich, so they picked Hillary and gave Trump the Presidency

        • Breezy@lemmy.world
          47·
          2 months ago

          I wont lie, i was a bernie or bust dude. I wanted trump to win for the choas it would bring hoping the left would learn their lesson. I also hated Hillary Clinton, i was convinced she would start ww3. Idk how to think if i were right or wrong. But so much terrible shit has happened after trump, was it all going to happen anyways… i just dont know i think people should live regret free, i didnt vote so that doesnt apply as much, but i sure talked up trump for like the first year of him in office. 🤮🤮🤮

          I thought trump was gonna drain the an swamp. But nooooooooo.

          • limelight79@lemm.ee
            2·
            2 months ago

            When you “drain the swamp” what is left is all of the muck and mud at the bottom of it.

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    2 months ago

    I propose a new standard practice during debates: At some point, open a box in the center of the stage with 100 or so flies in it, then keep a tally of how many gravitate to each speaker.