Performs crude physical mockery of transgender weightlifter with grunts, groans, and exaggerated facial expressions
During his House GOP retreat speech at the Kennedy Center, Trump performed an extended physical impression mocking transgender weightlifters, making grunts, groans, and exaggerated facial expressions including sticking his tongue out and crossing his eyes. Before the performance, Trump acknowledged that First Lady Melania Trump 'hates when I do this' and considers it 'so unpresidential,' but proceeded anyway, saying 'I did become president.' He mimed struggling to lift weights while making theatrical sounds, pretending to be an athlete who 'walked off the stage crying.' The crude performance went viral on social media, with clips compared to obscene imagery. Jimmy Kimmel included the performance in a 'Real Moments in Presidementia' supercut mocking the 84-minute speech's bizarre behavior.
"My wife hates when I do this. She's a very classy person. She said, 'It's so unpresidential.' But I said, 'I did become president.'"