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Donald Trump Flinches Beside Xi Jinping refers to a series of memes based on a viral video of U.S. President Donald Trump flinching while standing beside Chinese President Xi Jinping during a military flyover while in Maryland, U.S. for a summit.

The video went viral on September 23rd, 2026, and subsequently inspired reactions and memes about Trump flinching while Jinping remained unaffected by the loud noise of the jets.

Origin

On September 23rd, 2026, a video of President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping standing on a red carpet in Maryland for a summit went viral on social media.

The video shows the two standing and saluting as a pair of B-1 bombers fly overhead. The loud noise appears to make Trump flinch, while Jinping continues to stand at attention.^[1][2]

Spread

The video of Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump was posted across social media that day, inspiring memes and reactions as it spread in late September 2026.

For example, on September 23rd, 2026, the @MeidasTouch X^[3] page posted the video, writing, "Trump winces in pain during the loud military flyover as Xi shows no reaction," garnering over 33,000 likes and 4,100 reposts in a day.

That day, X^[4] user @GermanBiden posted a meme in the comments comparing Trump's flinch to the I Am A Surgeon meme, garnering over 2,200 likes in a day.

That same day, the video was posted to the /r/therewasanattempt^[5] subreddit with the title, "to not flinch," garnering over 2,100 upvotes in a day.

Later that day, X^[6] user @sandibachom quoted the video, writing, "Funny if he didn’t make that face when an A.R. 15 shot him in the ear," gaining over 41,000 likes in a day. The poster is likely suggesting that the 2024 assassination attempt on Trump was staged.

Also on September 23rd, 2026, X^[7] user @raymackmelon posted "Absolutely mogged" in response to the video, suggesting Xi Jinping mogged Trump by not flinching, garnering over 139,000 likes in a day.

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