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Trump makes bizarre comment as he’s bothered by fly on stage “See, two years ago, I wouldn’t have had a fly up here. You’re changing rapidly. We can’t take it any longer.” (www.independent.co.uk)

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[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 108 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Former President Donald Trump expressed his frustration over a fly that approached his lecturn (sic) in a bizarre moment during a rally speech.

Trump was on stage at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, making a point about a hat, when he appeared to get distracted by the creature.

“Oh there’s a fly,” the former president said. “I wonder where the fly came from?”

One audience member shouted out “Kamala.”

Trump continued: “See, two years ago, I wouldn’t have had a fly up here. You’re changing rapidly. We can’t take it any longer.” It wasn’t clear who or what the president was referring to before he changed the subject.

The internet was quick to react to Trump’s unexpected outburst, with MSNBC host and legal analyst Katie Phang saying “this is not normal.”

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[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 165 points 2 months ago

Flies are attracted to the smell of shit.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 69 points 2 months ago

Flies are also attracted to the dead and decaying

[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

And shit

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 2 months ago

His body odor is absolutely atrocious, according to everyone around him

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Calling it body odor is even generous. It’s full diapers, ~~called~~ makeup, and cologne.

Edit: Cake makeup, I swear autocorrect is changing words way after I’ve typed them lately.

[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

They'll create these all natural makeup products out of anything these days!

[-] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

I'm so curious about this. I read that even on the set of his tv show he regularly shat his pants. And old fat people can't really wash themselves all too well. Combine that with makeup and whatever cologne he uses to hide his stench

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

The theme is every time a fly bothers someone on stage they lose.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 months ago

Trump was on stage at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, making a point about a hat, when he appeared to get distracted by the creature.

I can assume that, probably, his speech wasn't informative to begin with. It would be interesting to know if that sudden distraction was actually welcomed by his followers, or that they felt angry about Don abandoning the hat discourse. I can imagine how significant the familiar red cap design to the MAGA cult.

[-] eatthecake@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Climate change increases the number of flies. I think he's talking about climate change. That's the only way I can make sense of this. The climate is changing rapidly and we can't take all the flies.

[-] hate2bme@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Katie Phang was saying this is not normal. What is she referring to?

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 103 points 2 months ago

Flies are attracted to the stench of decay and fecal matter. Maybe Donnie did a boom-boom in his diaper and the fly wanted to see what the fuss was.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 78 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

In separate remarks made during his speech, Trump again dialed up his rhetoric against Harris, calling her “mentally disabled” and “mentally impaired.”

Well by the law of Republican projection there's our proof that Trump is not playing with a full deck.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 56 points 2 months ago

[-] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I would love to see Animaniacs bit where they encounter trump. Have Slappy squirrel narrating the bit like its a wildlife video.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 months ago

Man, Republicans have gotten so deeply weird, it’s crazy

[-] anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 months ago

Remember when Bernie had a bird fly up to his podium during a speech?

[-] Breezy@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

Ah.... what could have been..... damn america might have been great again

[-] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Yeah but it wasn't gonna be good for the rich, so they picked Hillary and gave Trump the Presidency

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[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

If he had won Super Tuesday they would have shot him. They killed RFK in June.

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago

The sad thing is that someone in the crowd shouts "kamala" and the crowd laughs in agreement.

He may be completely weird, incompetent, and losing his mind, but he's literally on the same level as many of his supporters, and his support has basically been rock solid for years now. As in historically unprecedented lack of variance in his support.

That's the real problem and the real thing to be worried about. Half the country is like "YES, EXACTLY, THE FLY IS A HAT KAMALA AND CHANGES RAPIDLY AND I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY LONGER! FINALLY SOMEONE THAT GETS IT AND WILL FIGHT AGAINST THE HAT FLY KAMALA. ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT SAID IF I DIDN'T GET AN EDUCATION AND WAS AN ASSHOLE TO EVERYONE WOULD LEAD TO A SHITTY LIFE ARE WRONG TRUMP SAYS I'M PERFECT AND WILL GIVE ME MONEY AND HURT THE PEOPLE DOING BETTER (FAKE NEWS!) THAN ME!"

[-] nemonic187@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago

His diaper must have been full.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago

I propose a new standard practice during debates: At some point, open a box in the center of the stage with 100 or so flies in it, then keep a tally of how many gravitate to each speaker.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 27 points 2 months ago

Lol that's like a bit on the Colbert report

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

not beating the weird allegations

[-] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

At last, Donnie has a frank discussion with one of his own kind.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

I thought he was a peepee-bather, not a shit-eater

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

He probably shit his diaper, flies follow him around often I'm sure

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

The fly was obviously an agent of the deep state!

[-] kubica@fedia.io 12 points 2 months ago

The weird master at it again.

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The weird master

The weak, weird, old, orange felon fart master - FTFY

[-] Cossty@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

I could have sworn this was onion.

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Pence literally had a fly on his head the whole damn VP debate in 2020. Wtf is his point?

[-] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago

That seemed bizarre. I'd have swiped at it. Everybody would understand.

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

[-] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 3 points 2 months ago

Like, I can respect the restraint at least. I'd have been twitching like a horse. I just don't get it. It makes him seem more strange imo, which isn't something he needed to do.

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

flies go after shit more than sugar

[-] match@pawb.social 8 points 2 months ago

when donald trump's alters take over and start fronting mid speech

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I'm not a business type, but isn't it true that is way cheaper to pay a worker overtime than to have a second employee?

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago

Not if having the second employee allows you to deny benefits to both employees.

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Maybe stop rubbing your face into your dirty diapers and you'd have less flies bothering you.

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

My old dog started doing this one day and we had to to put him down soon after.

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure this is just a Deftones reference

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