On Thursday, President Trump posted a 14-second video of himself to Twitter. It is a bizarre, unsettling, and profoundly puzzling performance. I have watched it anywhere between 12 and 600 times, desperate for answers, trying to make sense of it, and yet, the more I see it, the less I understand about the video, the world, and myself. Take a look:
Confused? Here’s the script:
Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats wants to abolish the brave men and women of ICE. What I want to do is abolish the killers in ISIS. And you know who’s gonna win? We are.
Now, I’m sure you have your own questions, and I strongly suggest you share them with a licensed professional, but in the meantime, here are mine:
• What?
• Who approved this?
• Wait?
• So is this about ICE or ISIS?
• You can’t “abolish” people?
• Was this scripted or off-the-cuff?
• Which is worse?
• Maybe they just put some buzzwords in a hat and pulled a few out at random?
• Or maybe it was refrigerator magnets?
• I…?
• What is he doing with his hands?
• Why does he look like a preteen fondling boobs for the first time?
• Maybe it’s hypnotism?
• Seriously, who watched this and said, “Looks great, post it”?
• No offense but they should probably be fired? Or at least reassigned?
• Like, this has to have gone through several people?
• Oh my God did he shoot it by himself on a tripod?
• It looks too high-quality for that?
• What?
• What is real?
• Help?
• When will I finally be free of this flesh prison?
• What?
Please contact me if you have any answers.