Trump's newest 2020 campaign video might be his most absurd yet
It's unclear if President Trump just dropped a trailer for a very inaccurate documentary or a promotion for his 2020 campaign.
On Tuesday afternoon, Trump tweeted out a two-minute video that definitely wasn't rendered after it was put together in iMovie. There's no apparent reason why Trump uploaded the video, but it's certainly a conversation starter.
We open on a gritty glimpse of the White House from behind the Washington monument. Flash to former President Barack Obama's eyes, and then the Clintons'. Oh, and there's a quote that indisputably didn't come out of Mahatma Gandhi's mouth: "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they call you racist."
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We're then treated to more shots of Trump's Hollywood enemies, and more Washington scenes, all compiled with a frame rate that makes it look like your computer hasn't buffered, but trust us, it has. Watch it all below, and be sure to listen to the dramatic underlying music for the full, unexplainable experience. Kathryn Krawczyk
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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