Fake Video! Trump Tweets Creepy 'Independence Day' Spoof Starring Him
05/16/2020 07:57 pm ET Updated 1 hour ago
Its not entirely clear if the president speech in the spoof is calling Americans to a reopened economy or to continue fighting for their lives.
By Mary Papenfuss
President Donald Trump on Saturday tweeted a video of a grotesquely transformed scene from the 1996 movie Independence Day that stuck images of Republicans (and Donald Trump Jr.s) heads on actors bodies and made Trump the hero.
Trump apparently viewed the manipulated clip as calling Americans back to a reopened economy amid the COVID-19 crisis. But the speech could also be interpreted as a call to Americans to fight for their lives.
In the actual film, the world is being destroyed by a mighty extraterrestrial force. A ragtag band of pilots saves the day on the Fourth of July.
The chosen scene from the real film features fictional president Thomas J. Whitmore, a former Gulf War fighter pilot played by Bill Pullman calling the heroes to action.
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Laffy Kat
(16,390 posts)wryter2000
(46,110 posts)Who the fuck thought that was a good idea?
Skittles
(153,243 posts)that's who
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)dares tell, "The Donald", no. Why people cower before that ridiculous nitwit escapes me.
Skittles
(153,243 posts)WHY are so many seemingly accomplished people willing to HUMILIATE themselves over that orange buffoon?
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)is when history is written, and it won't take long after Trump leaves office, he'll be torn to shreds as the most feckless, divisive president in history. Anyone who defended him, abetted him, or agreed with him on almost every aspect of his administration will be judged the same way. I just don't get it. He's been a total failure, and every republican has been a total failure as well. Republican party politics has been lowered to a suicide pact under Trump's control of the party. That's fine with me, actually, but what comes after Trump? It scares me. Fascism is knocking on our country's door.
Skittles
(153,243 posts)is kompromat
seriously, there is no other logical explanation
Blue Owl
(50,535 posts)n/t
AllyCat
(16,248 posts)PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Link to tweet
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The Blue Flower
(5,447 posts)We have a 25th amendment for a reason.
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,791 posts)and Im an atheist.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)Was that meant to be serious, funny, a mistake?
The only word that comes to mind is ridiculous.