President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail over the weekend, just a week after being discharged from Walter Reed Medical Center for COVID-19, and held a rally in perennial swing state Florida, where polls say he’s trailing Joe Biden by a few points. If anyone in attendance was worried about the President possibly still being contagious with the deadly illness that has claimed over 210,000 American lives and turned 2020 into the weirdest year in memory, he assured rally-goers that he was perfectly fine. In fact, were it only possible, he would kiss every person in attendance.
Trump claims he’s now “immune” to the coronavirus, feeling “powerful” and willing to “kiss everyone” in the audience. “I’ll kiss the guys and the beautiful women,” he said. pic.twitter.com/0brz0Rl8UQ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 12, 2020
“They say I’m immune. I feel so powerful ,” he said. “I’ll kiss the guys and the beautiful women.”
The clip was only one part of a bizarrely surreal event that ended with Trump doing a very Twin Peaks-dwarf-like dance to the “YMCA.”
Mike Pence is now officially a member of The Village People after Trump embrace of YMCA dance theme!
pic.twitter.com/sttCNZlaih— Rod (@dudewtfnow) October 13, 2020
The clips disturbed and amused some Twitter users, who speculated his statements made at the rally may be a result of a side effect for medications he’s taking. The White House and the administration have been cagey on the medications Trump is currently taking, but we do know that while he was at Walter Reed he was treated with Dexamethasone, a corticosteroid whose side effects include mania and psychosis.
He’s soooooo fucking high lmao https://t.co/dOPJhvxesb
— tony shalhoub memes (@maximumcuddles) October 13, 2020
The president is batshit out of his mind on drugs. https://t.co/MUF9ymf0WK
— Karl Hungus (@TomLasby) October 13, 2020
That video of Trump talking about how he wants to kiss each man and woman absolutely rocks. He’s acting like he’s about to peak during trip and he’s rolling and just wants to touch everyone because it feels good. It’s hilarious. It’s so obvious how high he is
— Gravelord NEETo (@coherentstates) October 13, 2020
Steroids doing their job… https://t.co/O0sfj42HyC
— 🌈JustSomeone✌🏼🌊 (@nevergiveup9453) October 13, 2020
High on steroids & cocktail 🧪💉we public can’t get cuz we aren’t VIP like 🤡 here he is dancing like he’s 25, just beat a cold. If he was a regular senior, being fat, w/a drug problem, can’t walk a flight of stairs, he would already be on a ventilator or ⚰️ #SuperSpreaderTrump https://t.co/DvCG5FqSg0
— Mikala💚Equality4All (@Mikala4Equality) October 13, 2020
The rally, and the online reaction to it, are likely only a taste of what is to come with only 21 days until election day.
Source: https://news.knowyourmeme.com/news/president-trump-saying-hes-covid-19-free-tells-rally-goers-he-wants-to-give-them-big-fat-kiss