While millions are encouraged by the fact that the presumptive Republican nominee isn’t a career politician, Donald Trump does seem to share their tendency to play off of the crowd in the room without regard to how things will look or sound later, out of context.
Hillary Clinton’s impression of a barking dog, for example, was a hit with her audience, a reminder of her age, and a gift to her critics, as was Trump’s pantomime of a miner shoveling coal at a rally Thursday night.
Happening now pic.twitter.com/KAPryw8d8D
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) May 5, 2016
Anyone else see the resemblance?
WTF press, Dukakis got trashed for tank photo and Trump gets away with this? What a dope. #KeepWinningHillary pic.twitter.com/acNeb3qy6h
— Stellaa (@stellaaaa) May 6, 2016
Donald Trump just pantomimed shoveling coal pic.twitter.com/fu7BlE2gDC
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) May 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/KelseyGibran/status/728394154904948736
@Walldo @fmanjoo Trump is constantly shoveling something, and it ain't coal.
— Brian Hurn (@brianhurn) May 6, 2016
@Walldo @daveweigel you can't write this shit
— NeedleholeHalo© (@daledo123) May 6, 2016
Scoff if you must, but along with the hard hat, Trump did win the endorsement of the West Virginia Coal Association, although even he acknowledged that Hillary Clinton didn’t provide much competition for that prize.
Michael Dukakis, now 82, will never live down his joyride in that tank, which must really sting now that Trump has managed to mime shoveling coal and reminisce about hairspray to great applause.
Trump given a hard hat from rep for the West Virginia Coal Association, and he puts it on, takes it off and asks, "My hair still okay?"
— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) May 5, 2016
After endorsement from coal miner group, Trump puts on a hard hat for a few seconds, then takes it off. "My hair look OK?"
— Ashley Killough (@KilloughCNN) May 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/728398342053597184
@SopanDeb Trump. The Everyman. Who doesn't fret hairspray regulations in WV?
— Joe Baird (@je_baird) May 6, 2016
Fact check: 1) Modern hairspray doesn't harm the ozone, so Trump's skepticism was right. 2) Trump was the one who said it harms the ozone.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 6, 2016
#Trump in WV speech talks about hairspray and women behind him all nod their heads?
— Roy Rubin (@ra_rubin) May 6, 2016
Did Trump actually manage to sew up the pro-coal and the pro-Aqua Net vote simultaneously? No wonder Rick Perry said he was talented.
I bet hairspray has never been discussed at a presidential rally before, until #Trump #LoveTrump ? pic.twitter.com/kS7hH0iPQs
— Phoebe Beach ?? (@PhoebeBeach) May 6, 2016
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