'Beta male': Internet amused as Newsom puts Trump 'instantly in his place'
My favorite part of the video is that Trump keeps trying to do this stupid fucking power move where he gives a firm handshake and refuses to let go. Newsom was ready for it and Trump had to forcibly pull his hand away.
Edit: Sorry for not being clear. There is a link to a tweet in the article that has the video.
https://www.rawstory.com/newsom-vs-trump/Open linkView original on lemmy.world380
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What’s up with the weird lean?
That's what happens when you wear giant lifts in your shoes because you're a little bitch obsessed about your height.
Lots of people wear heals all the time and don't lean forward like this. Something is wrong with Trumps health, and they're hiding it.
Every time I see him, he looks more and more like a gas station hotdog that's been on the rollers since 1979. I don't think they're hiding shit.
Correct, nothing is hidden, his voters just don't care.
Don't you think he looks tired?
Maybe, but he was doing that in his first term too.
Yes, bcz whatever is wrong with him, he's had it for a while.
I wonder if he has gout.
Probably not, there are a bunch of medical conditions that lead to a hunched forward posture like his. None of them are gout (in my 15 minute googling exercise)
He has the stance of the front half of a centaur. It’s kinda hilarious, and you can’t un-see that.
First term, it was speculated it was an early sign of dementia or some shit. This image and this video of him walking down a slope. His handlers making him take a cognitive test that gave us "person, woman, camera, tv"
It's telling that "Person" and "Woman" are opposites in his world
The man lives on KFC and MCD food so of course something is/has been wrong with his health.
Yep, claims to be 6'3" and the pic of him next to Biden they looked to be the same height. Biden is listed at 6'0".
Wait, are you saying he's not growing even taller with age? He should probably start saying he's 6'5" - that'd make America really great again.
Anyway, if that asshat is 6'3", I'm 6'6".
Lol, the fact Newsome has no lifts (and no tall hat) and is still taller is actually hilarious. I don't like Newsome much, but this is a great metaphor for California vs Trump.
Look at trumps HEELS!!!
🎶Donny, are you okay? Are you okay, Donny?🎶
You've been grabbed by
You've been grabbed by a dumb criminal
You've been hit by;
You've been struck by
Your owwwnnn egggooooo
lord diaper does that because of the lifts in his shoes and to try to hide his outa shape, berder-filled gut
No, it is a sign of dementia.
He does it to try and hide his girthy belly. He thinks it makes him look more powerful. But like everything he does, it just makes him look weak and pathetic.
Yeah, it’s definitely to make it look like he’s not as fat as he is for cameras only taking pictures of him head on.
Couldn't happen to a worse person. Same as Reagan and his alzheimers. Old Nancy throated everyone around to keep Reagan. Don't think Melanie cares. Elon giving Vance fresh couches everyday I guess.
I just don't see any of this. I think he said and done so many horrible things. I think his only interest is in getting attention, regardless of what for, and regardless if his actions harm others and the US. It wouldn't surprise me if at age 78 he has some medical problems and dementia, but I don't see these subtle signs in the video.
I always thought it was because he's fat, so he leans forward to hide his huge belly. Works pretty well from the front where most pictures of him are taken.
Judging by the (presumably) vertical structures in the distance, the photo is tilted 4–5 degrees CCW.
So, I put a piece of paper over their feet and lined it up with the horizon of the pavement so I have a better visual reference. He's still got the lean.
I rotated the image in GIMP so the USAF guy is standing at a reasonably normal-looking angle. 0.957446809 is still leaning forward.
And significantly shorter.
The “horizon” of the pavement isn’t horizontal—the airstrip is receding into the distance, with the far end behind Newsom. And the actual horizon is hilly, so it can’t be relied on, either—that’s why I think the vertical structures are a better indication of true up and down.
And of course Trump is leaning forward to hide his belly like he always does, but what makes the photo look so weird is that everyone behind him seems to be leaning to a lesser extent. If you turn the photo CW by 4 or 5 degrees, the two men by the stairs are standing straight while Trump and Newsom are both leaning toward each other. (It also becomes clear that Newsom is taller than Trump, even with the latter’s boosted heels—the original tilted photo makes them seem closer in height.)
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Some of it is certainly the camera angle and perspective. Everyone except Newsom seems to have a lean.
However, you can also see pretty easily that trump's lean is far more pronounced. It's also not the first time it's come up. Trump's had a noticeable forward lean for years.
Looks like Trump's wearing those Michael Jackson patented stage shoes that let him lean really far
A smoothbrained criminal.
Donnie, are you okay?
So, Donnie are you okay?
Are you okay, Donnie?
He's wearing high heels, heel lifts, a corset and the hat to appear at least a couple inches taller. He's got to be at least 6-7in shorter than Newsom
Except trump leans far to the right. badum tss
It's dementia
I don't see the video about handshake in the article, so here is one I found: https://youtu.be/qn7q0k1yY3s
Sorry, yeah, they link to a tweet which had the video. My bad not being clear.
You mentioned the link twice now.
Would have been awfully nice if you provided the link too, cause there are dozens of links in the article.
https://x.com/madrid_mike/status/1882942199840862313
You're right, because there is no fucking way I will help Twitter out by linking to them directly.
You do what you want, I'm not giving Elon an assist.
Please add "cancel" after "x" like this: https://xcancel.com/madrid_mike/status/1882942199840862313
Those of us without Twitter accounts can't view that.
I don't have a Twitter account and I can view that.
Besides, I don't like linking to Twitter. I hate Twitter.
I just wanted to point out how it makes no sense for OP to post an article, then apologize cause the thing you want to show is hidden behind a link in that article, and then not post the link.
So I posted the link.
Links to Twitter. The lack of Twitter links to begin with seems to have been intentional.
It'd be funny if someone were to just mash his hand downward with their other hand when he's doing that stupid handshake game of his.
‘You were there for us for covid’, haha Newsome really knows how to get under his skin.
Don't visit x, here's the video:
https://i.imgur.com/X8FRAX4.mp4
Thank you!
Ty
That fucking lean is crazy
The only way he could be leaning that far forward is if his center of gravity is much lower and further back than his massive gut. The only way I can think that he's could achieve this is with a MASSIVE titanium butt plug shoved up his ass. I'm talking like 80+ pounds.
Titanium feels like a poor choice if you're trying to shift your center of gravity. Stainless steel would be better, or for this particular situation I'd probably recommend something even heavier like lead or uranium.
Honestly this is likely the best reason Trump has to stop supplying Ukraine with depleted uranium for antitank munitions.
Maybe he likes having more material in there
It's the dementia lean probably
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/what-is-dementia-posturing#dementia-posturing
I thought body language reading was a pseudoscience
It's a real symptom of Dementia and Alzheimer's
But the nice thing about being right wing is moving the bar, nothing's real if you don't feel like it.
What about a very full diaper?
Dementia is a much more likely cause
Fuckin smooth criminal move. MJ is rolling.
Probably on H lmfao
Haha.
Immediately reminded me of a photo of Eric Schmidt (former Google scumbag CEO who said that if you had nothing to hide, you had no privacy concerns) and Steve Jobs. They were photographed at a coffee shop and Schmidt was analyzed to be in the weaker position by body language.
But leaning forward in heals (Newsome is in sneakers) is what a strongman does, go trump! /s
I'd love to see him try this stupid lean thing, lose balance, and just face plant.
Bonus if it kills him.
Lip readers please help me
i see the diaper's capped in gang colors again.
About how far away is that plane from that hill over there off the tarmac?
Just looks like a good view y'know.
For once, I'd love to see someone crush his little hand when he tries that shit. It is such a childish and dickish move.
I remember when assholes would try that kind of thing in elementary school. Some people - like donvict - never grow the hell up.
Yea, just keep squeezing harder and harder
i read the article and there is no transcript or summary of their conversation.
It's generous to call that an article. Just a bunch of "some folks said on X" quotes. Doesn't really belong in this community IMHO
Are Melania and the officer behind her slightly leaning too? I can't tell if it's an optical illusion or some coordinated effort to hide Trump's real lean by matching him.
Officer I dunno, but Melania is standing straight with one leg behind her. Look at the other leg - the on in the back of the photo. It's straight.
video of it
https://www.kcra.com/article/california-newsom-meets-trump-lax/63549348
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youtube? https://youtu.be/fefGWAFyrsQ?si=uA4YXevZn-vZKKYO
The link plays of FreeTube, if one is interested. Starts at 1:26 - LoL, worth it.
Where can I make a bet that a politician is going to be assasinated?
Vegas I am sure.
Why is Trump falling ontop of him?
Trump wishes he was a smooth criminal
Melania out heeyuh lookin' like Sarah Connor.
She wishes
Sarah Connor / Linda Hamilton would crumple that cheap gold-digging narcissists ass like a tin can.
This is the link to the tweet with the video.
I give a fuck about things that make me laugh, yes.
There's precious little else.
Where's the vid?
They link to a tweet of it in the article.
Hmm, sorry to be a trouble, I've clicked several links in that article, but have not found the right one. My browser limits a lot of things that websites might want to do, by my own choice. It's really not that important. And I've seen a few of trumpie's asshole handshakes, so even the thought of someone getting the best of him in the 'handshake game' is amusing. And of course Raw Story is a shitshow of a website. Is the link, by any chance to that nazi website called "X", you know like softcore porn? In which case I'd prefer to not open it. It's all good, and if you are amused that's a lovely thing.
Other people have linked to it.
Finding the link to a video in an article about a video is the bane of my existence. I don't understand why it's always such a pain in the ass (I mean, I know why, I just don't know why).
So for those commenters putting the link in the comments: 🫡🫡🫡