As the election draws closer, the Trump campaign machine shows no sign of slowing, with rallies taking place on a daily basis.
Yesterday's instalment was in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a state which only narrowly voted for Trump in 2016 but which polls now indicate is leaning heavily towards Biden.
Trump pulled out all the stops, from ranting about Ilhan Omar to bragging about "bringing back 'Merry Christmas'".
But in what was perhaps the oddest moment, Trump decided to offer his encouraging audience a pretty varied list of very specific stuff that will apparently no longer exist if Biden wins the election.
Here's all the things Trump suggested would be extinct without him:
🥶 "Heating in the winter"
🥵 "Air conditioning in the summer"
âš¡ "Electricity"
🚌 "School"
🎓 "Graduations"
💒 "Weddings"
🦃 "Thanksgiving"
🎄 "Christmas"
🇺🇸 "Fourth of July"
🔮 "Future"
See for yourself:
The first three claims were to back up his conviction that people are "so lucky to have me as president".
"There will be no heating in the winter, no air conditioning in the summer, and no electricity" -- Trump on what wi… https://t.co/IawiGXJRZX— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1604089609
And round two related to a conoravirus lockdown, which Trump seems to think is unnecessary, despite he himself testing postitive for Covid-19 just last month, and a death toll of 230,000 from the virus in the US at the time of writing.
"You'll have no schools, no graduations, no weddings, no Thanksgiving, no Christmas, no Fourth of July, no future"… https://t.co/dTQcn6wy93— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1604091265
People were understandably baffled by the bizarre rant, and couldn't help but ridicule the hyperbole.
All the things you think are cake will not be cake. Your feet will become armpits. Bedsheets will turn to sandpaper… https://t.co/k39Jm62yqS— andi zeisler (@andi zeisler) 1604090681
@andizeisler @alice_radley "Worst of all...your ties will be regular length, your shoes won't have lifts, and your… https://t.co/Da7kiL1sPf— seamirac1979 (@seamirac1979) 1604102873
@Jimi_Jammin @andizeisler @atrupar Werewolf will be hairless. Vampires will sparkle. The Tooth Fairy will retire.… https://t.co/ywQV2Li1TR— M. K. Martin (@M. K. Martin) 1604097411
@andizeisler @atrupar No cream in your coffee, no chips in your cookies, no ice in your cream, no hot in your fudge… https://t.co/l3Ib46zrgT— Sapere aude (@Sapere aude) 1604095340
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together – mass hysteria. https://t.co/DqNsrRiLcO— Derek Young (@Derek Young) 1604111110
Others found it less amusing.
This is LITERALLY how we’re all living right now. Because of Trump. https://t.co/U7K2N5yK8A— Erin Maye Quade (@Erin Maye Quade) 1604092225
It's not the first time the president has made pretty outlandish claims about what Biden would do if her were to win the presidency (lest we forget about his strange fixation with Biden wanting to shrink everyone's windows), but it is perhaps the first time he's offered quite this many guesses in a row.
While it's true that weddings may have to wait a while due to, you know, a global pandemic regardless of who wins the election, we're willing to guess your air conditioning will probably be fine.