Another day, another verbal slip-up from Donald Trump. But this time around, it was actually a compliment that came out of his mouth.
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00:00Another day, another verbal slip-up from Donald Trump, but this time around, it was actually
00:05a compliment that came out of his mouth.
00:07See, there's a typical fake news deal.
00:11Yes, you heard that right. The man who's made a hobby out of trash-talking his political
00:15opponents has accidentally showered Kamala Harris with praise. And to top it off, he
00:20even compared her to his own wife, Melania. Is this a new campaign gimmick?
00:25In case you missed it, Trump had an online rally of sorts on his all-time favorite social
00:29media platform X, formerly Twitter, aided by none other than Elon Musk himself. After
00:34an embarrassing start filled with technical hiccups, which Musk blamed on a massive cyber
00:40attack, the event kicked off after nearly an hour's delay.
00:43Over a million viewers tuned in, probably expecting Trump to do what he does best, push
00:47his agenda and shade his opponents. And shade he did. Trump claimed Harris stepping in for
00:53Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket was all part of a grand scheme, calling it a coup.
00:57He also hurled his usual insults, of course, branding Harris as a, quote, third-rate phony
01:02candidate, radical left lunatic, and worse than Bernie Sanders.
01:06But just when you thought you knew where the interview was going, Trump pulled a 180. In
01:10the middle of all the insults, he casually called Harris beautiful. Guess there really
01:15is a first time for everything.
01:17We're not saying Donald Trump accidentally revealed a secret crush on Kamala Harris,
01:21but it kind of seemed that way. In the middle of an interview, where he was supposed to
01:25be ranting about censorship, Trump somehow managed to detour into admiring Harris' fresh-off-the-press
01:31Time magazine cover. And instead of his usual routine of tearing it apart, he actually complimented
01:36her looks. He said,
01:38"'She looks like the most beautiful actress ever to live. It was a drawing.'"
01:43But that's not all he said. He continued,
01:45"'She looked very much like our great first lady, Melania. She didn't look like Kamala,
01:50that's right, but of course she's a beautiful woman, so we'll leave it at that.'"
01:54According to Trump, he was probably just being cheeky and insinuating that Kamala isn't beautiful
01:58in real life and that the drawing is an overly flattering portrayal of her. Still, the internet
02:03had a field day with this unexpected praise, with some speculating that maybe, just maybe,
02:09Trump has a thing for his opponent. One ex-user wrote,
02:12"'The guy can't help it. He thinks she's hot and can't help but to voice it.'"
02:16Another user wrote,
02:17"'LOL, Trump gonna ask her for a date during the debate?''
02:21That didn't even try to walk back his bizarre compliment, he just doubled down on the insults
02:25for the rest of the interview. Meanwhile, Harris couldn't be bothered to acknowledge
02:29Trump's awkward attempt at flattery, if you can even call it that. Instead, her campaign
02:33blasted him and the entire event. Their statement read,
02:37"'Trump's entire campaign is in service of people like Elon Musk and himself. Self-obsessed
02:41rich guys who will sell out the middle class and who cannot run a livestream in the year
02:462024.'"