Donald Trump appears to be 'bizarre shade of orange-green' as he speaks to troops in Qatar
Donald Trump appeared particularly "orange-green" as he spoke to troops in Qatar on Thursday morning. He went on a tangent about he music at his rallies and the number of them he's had
As he spoke to troops at an air base in Qatar, Donald Trump appeared to be a "bizarre shade of orange-green," his general orange tinge accentuated by the green of the uniforms of the troops in the room.
It gave the president a sickly appearance, but his stage presence was anything but — he was seen passionately ranting about a number of random topics, including how he chooses the music at his rallies.
"Trump was a bizarre shade of orange-green while he ranted and raved to the troops today in Qatar," wrote journalist Aaron Rupar, attaching a video accentuating the president's odd hue.
The clip features Trump rambling on about the music at his rallies, including how he chooses what song he walks out to — which is more often than not Lee Greenwood's God Bless the USA.
"That was 968 rallies ago. Can you believe that? We did 968 rallies," Trump began, touting the number of political events he held during his three presidential campaigns. It's not clear if there were actually that many over the course of nearly a decade.
"Another hat says 968. I said, 'What the hell does that mean?' 'That's the number of rallies.' I said, 'You have to be kidding," Trump added, alluding to the fact that his team was considering selling merch with the number of rallies Trump completed.
He then launched into his tangent about the music at his rallies, bringing up God Bless the USA and the influx of requests from "all the big singers," he said he got to have their songs played at his rallies and at his inauguration for his walk-on.
"From the very beginning, we played Lee's song, and it was the walk-on," Trump said. "And then, for the last inauguration, I had every — all the big singers, they wanted to do a song for me, and they wanted to have me walk on to their song."
"My people said, 'Oh, that would be nice! That would be nice!'" he continued. "And when I heard about it —we were all set — we had a lot of them — and I heard about it, and I said, 'I'm not switching! Are you kidding me? I'm not switching! So, we stick with Lee."
"But there's nobody that could have done better than Lee, and he's been so loyal and so great. And it's been really about nine years of that stuff," Trump said, lauding Greenwood, who charted 33 singles over the course of his career, which goes back to the early 1960s.
"Really, honestly, we had three unbelievable campaigns, and it's been an honor," Trump concluded his long rant before launching into another one about the military.
Qatar was the second of three stops on Trump's Middle East tour — the first was Saudi Arabia, and the third is the United Arab Emerites.