Video: Trump's stunning twist to viral moment with ex-president where Obama calls Kamala Harris 'horrendous'
Donald Trump poked a fun at US Vice-President Kamala Harris by posting a spoof conversation between him and former US President Barack Obama at President Jimmy Carter's funeral. Trump has been known to use social media to needle his political oppo...
But Trump makes sure to post a made-up version of their lip-reading in which Barack Obama said 'Kamala Harris was horrendous'.
Trump tolls Kamala Harris
Trump trolled his political adversaries by posting a spoof of his conversation with former President Barack Obama on his Truth Social account, with the former president telling Trump, "I knew you’d win."The video shows Trump and Obama trashing VP Kamala Harris’ doomed presidential campaign at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral, with what appears to be AI-generated dialogue that mimics the pair’s voices. The "conversation" begins after Obama takes his seat next to Trump, and the two presidents exchange pleasantries as a funeral dirge is sung in the background.
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"I knew you’d win," Obama said in the video. "Come on," Trump replied, "Anyone could beat her."
Forensic lipreader Jeremy Freeman interpreted that Obama and Trump said that they needed to find a quiet place to talk. “I can’t talk, we have to find a quiet place sometime. This is a matter of importance and we need to do this outside so that we can deal with it, certainly, today." "I’ve pulled out of that. It’s the conditions. Can you believe it?" Trump said, with Obama responding with a nod.
The seemingly friendly chat between Trump and Obama raised eyebrows and left observers wondering what the pair discussed leading up to the 39th president’s memorial service at the National Cathedral.
What Trump said about his conversation with Obama
When Trump was asked about the unusual camaraderie with Barack Obama, Trump said he looked at the video later and marvelled that in the video they looked like two people that like each other. "I didn't realize how friendly it looked...I said, 'Boy, they look like two people that like each other.' And we probably do," Trump said.The spoof video Trump shared Sunday also showed Harris walking into the funeral with her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, and sitting down in front of Obama and Trump while the two presidents with the fake audio needled her again behind her back.
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Trump’s clip additionally directed fire at former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who ran against and lost to the Republican in 2016.
“You know what I realized. Hillary still hates me so much,” the dubbed Trump said as Obama cracked a smile. “She’ll never forgive me.”
The social media post then cut to Clinton, who was also at Carter’s funeral with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, looking glum.
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