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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 76 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It was far dumber than you probably know.

Can't find the whole video, now there's nothing but Trump speaking from the podium. It's what happens just prior...

Trump enters stage right and stops to inspect a CDC infographic poster. He reads for a few moments, does a, "OK. Got it.", head bob and continues to the podium.

Y'all. It was an infographic on disinfecting surfaces. All the stupid shit he spouted was straight off that poster. He was riffing his speech on something he had read 60-seconds earlier. No shit.

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 year ago

Here it is. Start at 25:11 and watch for a minute or 2.

https://youtu.be/bATddhoI6gI?si=RGSj_IvqtmFoiQ5k

It's surreal.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Holy shit he's even dumber than we thought.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Trump is Keyser Söze

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Biden shared a video, marking that four years ago Trump infamously said, “I see the disinfectant, which knocks it out in a minute … is there a way we can do something like that? By injection inside, almost a cleaning.”

It would have been 10,000 times better if the America's Funniest Home Videos theme was edited onto the clip. Surely the licensing rights to that would be worth the campaign cash 😆

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bro I bet AFV would have cut a deal for a couple hundred bucks. I can't imagine their viewership has done well with tiktok and youtube

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are they even still on the air? lol I know the show got rebooted with Tom Bergerson (?) or someone but that was early/mid 2000s I think.

But yeah, ever since the internet was able to let people share videos, they kind of lost their relevancy.

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You missed the Carlton (Alfonso) takeover lol.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 6 points 1 year ago

I just saw and commented that to another reply, lol. Wakko Warner ('s voice actor) is the announcer, too.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ptz@dubvee.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy crap. I didn't expect them to still be a thing.

Also holy nostalgia, Batman. Hosted by Carlton Banks with Wakko Warner as the announcer.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I may have to watch a couple episodes tonight. Been forever...