Donald Trump Was Just Savagely Rejected While Trying To Kiss His Running Mate
This is a great day for Twitter.
This week’s Republican National Conference has brought almost enough individual joys and calamities to allow you to temporarily forget the unspeakable horror of how it cements the reality of Donald Trump’s Lovecraftian trudge towards the White House.
There was the Melania Trump plagiarism scandal, a co-ordinated nude protest, Ted Cruz refusing to endorse Trump, an apparent Nazi salute fiasco, and now, apparently a glorious re-creation of the awkward hug between Voldemort and Draco Malfoy in the final Harry Potter film as Trump attempted to show affection towards his recoiling (and recently confirmed) Vice Presidential nominee, Mike Pence.
Footage from the Republican National Convention, probably.
This blistering moment, which ranks higher than going-for-the-arms-over-hug-with-a-much-taller-acquaintance on the awkwardness scale, followed Pence’s speech, which included the probably-not-plagiarised-but-is-there-a-bucket-nearby line: “regardless of any title I’ll ever hold, the most important job I’ll ever have is spelled D-A-D”.
Twitter has, of course, gone to town:
Mike Pence ?% looks like what will later turn out to be Mystique
— Justin Simien (@JSim07) July 21, 2016
You can’t fake this affection between Trump and Pence pic.twitter.com/qU2ikED3Wt
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) July 21, 2016
Trump's air kiss to Pence proves he doesn't know how to congratulate someone who hasn't won a pageant
— Kevin Christy (@kevingchristy) July 21, 2016
Whatever the opposite of smizing is, that's what Pence is doing with his eyes.
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 21, 2016
Pence is like someones dad where u go to their house and ur scared to ask for seconds
— Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) July 21, 2016