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Donald Trump ‘struggles’ to get into garbage truck: video
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Donald Trump ‘struggles’ to get into garbage truck: video

Social media commenters have expressed concerns about Donald Trumpthe state of health of Republican presidential candidate getting into a garbage truck in campaign colors.

On Wednesday, in Wisconsin, Trump was filmed getting into the truck while wearing a fluorescent orange safety vest, an apparent response to the president Joe Biden appearing to call his supporters “trash” earlier this week. The images were taken during a campaign stop and Trump later wore the fluorescent vest at a rally in Green Bay.

A seven-second clip was shared on X by Matt McDermotta pollster who works on a range of progressive causes as senior vice president of Whitman Insight Strategies. It shows Trump reaching for the garbage truck door, and appearing to miss it, before briefly appearing unsure of his position.

McDermott captioned the video: “Trump seems to be really struggling physically.”

News week contacted the Trump campaign for comment Thursday via email outside of normal business hours.

McDermott’s post went viral on X, racking up more than 7,900 reposts and 3.7 million views.

In response to the clip, attorney Jeffrey Evan Gold, who provided legal analysis on CNNsaid: “I just gave in. I don’t think he’s going to pass the medical exam for garbage work, but at least he’s trying.”

In a post from his satirical account “Mrs. Betty Bowers,” Canadian comedian Deven Green wrote: “He has deteriorated so much that he now moves like a drunk.”

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Donald Trump holds a news conference from inside a trash hauler at Austin Straubel Green Bay International Airport, October 30, 2024, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. A video of Trump getting into the garbage truck,…


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Ancient NBA Basketball player Rex Chapman also responded to the footage, commenting: “Will this drive networks tonight??”

The Art Candee X account, which has 114,000 followers on the platform, added: “Donald missed that huge door handle? He’s not okay.”

Stuart Stevens, political consultant and author of The Conspiracy to End Americaposted: “The irony is that no city or state could hire Donald Trump as a garbage collector, given that he is a felon out on bail awaiting sentencing.”

Other commenters praised Trump for his decision on social media.

Publication on Breitbart Journalist Alana Mastrangelo said: “Joe Biden calls millions of Americans ‘trash.’ The next day, Trump was picked up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, by a garbage truck. He plays chess. »

The popular “Libs of TikTok“, managed by Chaya Raichik, posted: “I love how the media is forced to cover Trump in a garbage truck. They must be losing their minds. »

On Tuesday, Biden appeared call Trump supporters ‘trash’ in response to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe calling Puerto Rico a “Floating Garbage Island” during the former president’s rally at Madison Square Gardens on Sunday.

Talk to Information week, White House spokesman Andrew Bates insisted that Biden was targeting the “hateful rhetoric that came out of the Madison Square Garden rally,” rather than referring to Trump supporters collectively.

Speaking to the media from the garbage truck, Trump compared Biden’s comment to Hillary Clinton calling “half” of his supporters a “basket of deplorables” in 2016, calling the comment a “disgrace.”

At his rally in Green Bay, Trump joked that his campaign team had persuaded him to wear the orange vest saying it made him look slimmer.

The Republican candidate said his first reaction to the suggestion was “impossible,” but they responded, “If you did it, you know, it makes you look thinner.” »

Trump added: “They got me. I said, ‘I want to wear it on stage.’ I may never wear a blue jacket again.”

Where did Donald Trump get in the garbage truck?

Trump rode in the garbage truck during a campaign stop at Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin, before a rally at the city’s Resch Center.

The former president, wearing a fluorescent orange vest, sat in the passenger seat as the truck crossed an area of ​​tarmac.

Speaking to reporters, he asked: “What do you think of my garbage truck? This truck is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden.”

Updated 10/31/24 at 9:04 a.m. ET: This story has been updated with additional information.