Clip sparks backlash
The article carried a warning about discrimination against trans people.
President Donald Trump mimed how he thinks trans athletes compete.
Ten-second impression
The imitation lasted 10 seconds during a speech.
He did it at a House Grand Old Party member retreat, January 6.
Praise on X
Some supporters praised him online after the clip spread.
One user wrote:
“This is the funniest president we’ve ever had,”
Another wrote:
“There is no president nearly as hilarious as Trump. Delivery and timing all excellent. Imagine he put some real work into a bit.”
A third added:
“I gotta say this, his comedic timing is pretty spot-on,”
Critics respond
Others asked if the video was real or made by AI.
However, some reacted angrily after learning it was real.
One user wrote on X:
“A man in poorly blended orange makeup making fun of trans people is peak irony,”
Another added:
“You support this clown. It’s embarrassing, that’s why you have to ask if it’s real.”
Another posted:
“He’s embarrassing and Melania agrees.”
Melania and FDR
Trump said First Lady Melania Trump calls his dancing “unpresidential.”
He told the room:
“She actually said, ‘could you imagine FDR dancing?’ – she said that to me. And I said, there’s a long history that perhaps she doesn’t know because he was an elegant fellow… even as a Democrat, right?
“He was the attack by Japan, you know, he was quite elegant, but he wouldn’t be doing this. But nor would too many others.”