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Former President Donald Trump surprised everyone last weekend by taking to his Truth Social platform and asking if he resembled the late singer Elvis Presley.
Trump compares himself to Elvis
The Daily Mail reported that President Trump posted a photo of his and Elvis' faces combined to form one face.
“For years, people have been saying that Elvis and I look alike,” Trump wrote. “Now this photo is spreading everywhere. what do you think?”
Social media users quickly responded to Trump's post, which immediately went viral.
“Have you ever seen Trump and Elvis in the same place at the same time?” one user asked, while another added: “This is the kind of post I want to see from the president.”
“Elvis would vote for Trump,” a third user wrote. A fourth person added: “If Trump becomes president again.”
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But others used the opportunity to attack Trump.
“Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental health condition in which people have an irrationally high sense of their own importance,” one person wrote.
“They need and seek too much attention and want people to respect them,” the user added. “People with this disorder may lack the ability to understand or care about the feelings of others,” the unpublished comments continued. But behind the mask of extreme self-confidence, they are unsure of their own worth and easily offended by the slightest criticism.”
Democratic strategist Johnny Palmadesa argued that “Donald Trump is clearly suffering from dementia.” “Time and again he forgot that Barack Obama wasn’t president yet. He thinks Nikki Haley should have been Speaker of the House instead of Nancy Pelosi.”
“He said he was ‘winning’ his New York fraud trial, but the trial was over.” He continued speaking even though the verdict in the case was not made public. “[Trump] The only reason he compares himself to Elvis is because he believes they 'look alike'. [he] You have to drop out of the race. He needs to get help.”
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Trump previously compared himself to Elvis at an event held in Tupelo, Mississippi, Elvis' hometown.
President Trump said, “You shouldn’t say things like this. I will say that I am very conceited. Because that’s not the case,” he said. “But when I was growing up, they said I looked just like Elvis, except for the blonde hair.”
Last year, Trump compared himself to Leonardo Davichi's 16th-century masterpiece 'Mona Lisa.'
“There are people who go to see the Mona Lisa,” Trump said. “They love the Mona Lisa, and they will see it hundreds of times, and it gets better each time.”
This comes as President Joe Biden seeks to call out Trump's erratic behavior.
“I feel good about where we are. I really do,” Biden said during a speech in Delaware on Saturday, according to The Hill. “People are starting to focus and it is he who we are up against. He stands for nothing and is against everything.”
“And no, I mean, it’s the strangest campaign I’ve ever been a part of, and his behavior is much worse than it was at the end of 2020,” he added.
What do you think about Trump’s Elvis comparison? Let us know in the comments section.
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