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Donald Trump Miming Sex Act On Microphone refers to a viral clip of former President Donald Trump with an open mouth repeatedly leaning towards a microphone during a rally in Wisconsin four days from the 2024 United States Presidential Election. In the clip, he intended to show his frustration with the poor microphone setup, but when the clip spread out of context on social media, many interpreted it as Trump appearing to mime oral sex or at least remarked that that's what the scene looked like.

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On November 1st, 2024, Donald Trump appeared at a rally in Wisconsin where he got sidetracked ranting about his microphone. During his rant, he complained the mic was too low relative to his mouth, and with an open mouth, leaned down towards the microphone repeatedly to demonstrate how silly it looked to try and talk into it. The entire digression was posted to YouTube that day by The National Desk,^[1] gaining over 216,000 views in three days.

Spread

Immediately after the moment, the seconds of Donald Trump leaning toward the microphone stand with an open mouth began going viral on social media. On November 1st, 2024, Twitter / X user @Acyn^[2] tweeted the clip, gaining over 21,000 retweets and 67,000 likes in three days.

Many online interpreted the five-second clip as Trump miming oral sex. On November 1st, Twitter user @flapprdotnet^[3] joked that Trump had secured the '"Hawk Tuah":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hawk-tuah-girl vote," gaining over 30 retweets and 200 likes in three days.

On November, 2nd, Twitter user @MariachiShow^[4]joked that Trump's new infamous quote could be, "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and blow somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?" gaining over 270 retweets and 560 likes in two days.

Also on November 2nd, 2024, Redditor BirthdayBoyStabMan posted an edited clip looping the humorous moment to the /r/gifs^[5] subreddit, receiving over 70,000 upvotes and 6,000 comments in two days.

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