Image: Screengrab from Twitter/@ClaudiaKoerner
The United States of America President Donald Trump garnered laughs online after a video of him boarding the presidential aircraft Air Force One, with what looks like a piece of toilet paper stuck to his left shoe, circulated on social media.
The tissue incident happened on Thursday, Oct. 4, as he was departing Minneapolis to fly to a rally in Rochester, Massachusetts. After exiting his limousine, Trump went up the stairs of the plane with the flapping tissue paper in tow. The paper was only detached when Trump walked inside the presidential aircraft.
“WATCH: President Trump boards Air Force One with what appears to be toilet paper stuck to his shoe,” wrote WSVN-TV writer Joel Franco, who shared the video via Twitter on Thursday.
WATCH: President Trump boards Air Force One with what appears to be toilet paper stuck to his shoe pic.twitter.com/A0AEYXXlXq
— Joel Franco (@OfficialJoelF) October 5, 2018
The video of the President quickly went viral and very soon he became the butt of jokes again.
In case you were wondering, yes, Donald Trump did board Air Force One with paper or a napkin stuck to his shoe today (via https://t.co/sQgMTPqjBc) pic.twitter.com/q1Gc89ZZl7
— Claudia Koerner (@ClaudiaKoerner) October 5, 2018
Many are wondering how come nobody told the President there was a tissue paper stuck to his left shoe.
THERE IS VIDEO OF HIM WALKING UP THE STAIRS TO AIR FORCE ONE WITH TOILET PAPER ON HIS SHOE!!!! No one said a thing!!!
— kaisyn (@kaisyn) October 4, 2018
I wonder how many people saw the toilet paper and snickered, "Don't tell him." pic.twitter.com/FlFNzfWVwr
— John Lurie (@lurie_john) October 5, 2018
“Presumably, Trump did not drive himself to Air Force One,” said one Twitter user, Megan Dieterle (@megsdietz). “Presumably, there were various aides and secret service and press people hanging around. And yet no one bothered to tell him about the toilet paper.”
Presumably, Trump did not drive himself to Air Force One. Presumably, there were various aides and secret service and press people hanging around.
And yet no one bothered to tell him about the toilet paper.
— Megan Dieterle (@megsdietz) October 5, 2018
Because nobody cared to tell him about the flapping tissue, many are saying it was a reflection of the amount of respect people around Trump, including his staff, have for him. Some went as far as to say that the President probably has no friends.
https://twitter.com/daisy/status/1048022061023559681
Even your staff don't care if you have toilet paper to your shoe. pic.twitter.com/w59eXJomer
— 𝕝𝕒𝕕𝕪 𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕚𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕡 (@ramdonomo) October 5, 2018
You are so hated by those around you, you left the bathroom, got in a car and walked up the stairs to the plane and nobody told you you had toilet paper stuck to your shoe. These are people who are paid to notice every detail they choose to let that go. I thank them for that.
— marla singer (@singermarla3) October 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/stopbeingfamous/status/1048021724179120129
Online marketing executive Pesach Lattin (@pacelattin) wondered if Trump was changing diapers in the limousine.
“How does Trump have toilet paper on his foot coming from the Limo to AF1?” asked the netizen. “Is he having his diaper changed in the limo?”
https://twitter.com/pacelattin/status/1048044167555833856
Australian drag satirist Simon “Pauline Pantsdown” Hunt edited the video, adding a toilet flush sound to accompany Trump boarding the plane.
Wait, we managed to get a closer mic recording of Trump with toilet paper stuck to his shoe 🤡 pic.twitter.com/AFwfK6BTIv
— Pauline Pantsdown (@PPantsdown) October 5, 2018
Some are claiming that the tissue paper incident symbolizes Trump’s presidency as well as the constitution of the United States as treated by the Republicans.
As if to symbolise his presidency, here’s video of #Trump boarding Air Force One – with toilet paper on his shoe. Speaks volumes that no one around him said anything.pic.twitter.com/fRPBcVLYyj
— Kiera (@KieraGorden) October 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/jjkoz1/status/1048165858240090113
That toilet paper on Trump's shoe might as well be our Constitution.
Republicans continue to make a mockery of the very system they're trusted to protect.#Resist
— Ryan Gillespie (@AStableJeenyus) October 5, 2018
BREAKING NEWS
No it’s not toilet paper. It’s been reported Donald Trump wiped his feet on our constitution
— MommaT (@tweetmommybop) October 5, 2018
Meanwhile, others were just not surprised anymore at the incident.
I honestly cannot believe it’s taken this long for Trump to board Air Force One with a full strand of toilet paper trailing from his shoe. pic.twitter.com/hLWrqKqsIK
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) October 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/bbcthick/status/1048114787635347456
While many are amused by Trump’s most recent faux pas, for Buzzfeed producer Jesse McLaren, Trump ruined bathroom-related jokes.
“Trump boarded Air Force One with toilet paper on his shoe and I didn’t even laugh,” he said. “I’m just numb. He’s so bad he even ruined poop jokes.”
Trump boarded Air Force One with toilet paper on his shoe and I didn’t even laugh. I’m just numb. He’s so bad he even ruined poop jokes.
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) October 5, 2018
In August, Trump garnered mixed reactions from netizens after photos of him coloring the American flag wrong surfaced and went viral. He also drew massive criticism and ridicule for his Hurricane Florence remark, calling it “one of the wettest from the standpoint of water.” JB
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