'Get the man a sippy cup': Trump awkwardly drinks water like a child and Twitter has a field day
Needless to say, Twitter mercilessly taunted the president over the embarrassing moment with a deluge of hilarious jokes, comments and memes.
US President Donald Trump took yet another awkward sip of water during his national security speech on Monday (18 December) and Twitter is having an absolute field day. Trump unveiled his "America First" national security strategy at the Ronald Reagan Building.
"On January 20, 2017, I stood on the steps of the capital to herald the day the people became rulers of their nation again," the president said before reaching for the glass.
Carefully holding the glass with two hands, Trump hunched his shoulders and took a small sip of water before licking his lips and setting the glass down.
The "thirsty" moment comes a little more than a month after Trump's weird water bottle moment following his Asia trip when he picked up a small bottle of Fiji water with two hands and took a sip in the middle of his speech.
Trump's strange mid-speech water breaksstrike as ironic considering he mercilessly mocked Senator Marco Rubio during the 2016 election campaign for needing to take a sip of water during his 2013 speech in response to Barack Obama's State of the Union address.
Needless to say, Twitter mercilessly taunted Trump over the latest embarrassing moment with a deluge of hilarious jokes, comments and memes.
"America Thirst," one Twitter user wrote. Another added: "What is it with Trump and his two-handed chipmunk-like style of drinking water?"
"Trump sure is having a lot of awkward water-sipping moments for someone who mercilessly mocked Rubio for the exact same thing," Adam Best wrote.
"For the sake of national dignity, will someone please give Trump a sippy cup he can lift with one hand?" one person tweeted.
Can someone please explain to me why President (COUGHbabyhandsCOUGH) Trump needs two hands to drink a glass of water?pic.twitter.com/zsBhcv9fsv#MondayMotivation
— Holly O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) December 18, 2017
via @atrupar
Are .@realDonaldTrump’s hands so tiny he needs them both to pick up a glass? This is how a toddler drinks.
— â„ï¸ Mama Snowflake â„ï¸ (@northeast_mama) December 18, 2017
one of these was a joke, two of them are real pic.twitter.com/E4bAPY5Y6i
— J.D. Durkin (@jiveDurkey) December 18, 2017
Why can't he drink water properly??? Jesus.
— Mistletoe and Wine de Pfeffel-Butts (@ArcheryButts) December 18, 2017
Again with the toddler grip on his water? Seriously, WH, get the man a sippy cup - maybe with the Presidential Seal on the side (you can sell cheaper ones on his website), but that is NOT a good look him - or, by extension, for the nation.🙄
— Honeybee0427 (@Honeybee0427) December 18, 2017
Trump drinks water like Gollum eats fish https://t.co/g44QEdxKlq
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) December 18, 2017
Get you a man (or a woman) who holds you as delicately as Trump holds his water. pic.twitter.com/7aqxyHo02N
— April Michelle (@aprilmichelle00) December 18, 2017
I believe we as a country need to spend more time talking about how Donald Trump drinks water.https://t.co/LuFErDwYwu
— jess mcintosh (@jess_mc) December 18, 2017
Every reply to this is either:
— Mall Santa (in training) (@SortaBad) December 18, 2017
1. lol he can't hold a cup with just one of his tiny hands
2. omfg he has tremors and dementia he's going to kill us all
3. this is insulting to raccoons
Quick Quiz: 2 of these are the current President, can you correctly guess without googling? pic.twitter.com/ItX1M6aWVo
— JB (@JLutes86) December 18, 2017
He’s so used to drinking out of fast food chain straws, perhaps, that he can’t handle a real glass or bottle? It’s oddly fascinating. What the hell?
— WellThatsOdd (@maxnmuffinmom) December 18, 2017
when you think about the way the president eats and drinks pic.twitter.com/yLHoTacUgZ
— Jeffrey Grubb (@JeffGrubb) December 18, 2017
Remember when Presidents knew how to drink from cups.... pic.twitter.com/xaSVw6Rb4N
— Daetwan Williams (@TheRealDaetwan) December 19, 2017
Quite possible, yes. One author in our book, #thedangerouscaseofdonaldtrump, writes at length about possible dementia.
— Dr. Craig Malkin (@DrCraigMalkin) December 18, 2017
It’s hard to hold a glass with just one, very very small hand…
— William LeGate (@williamlegate) December 18, 2017
I rescind my assessment that he's a toddler. This is advanced two-handed drinking that my toddler could learn from.
— Steve McPherson (@steventurous) December 18, 2017
#Trump flexed his power today by stealing the soul of his water. pic.twitter.com/BhZ36Xdnde
— D.C. Douglas🸠(@DC_Douglas) December 18, 2017
This is how I tell my 4-year-old to drink water...with both hands so she doesn’t spill it. #Trump #water https://t.co/89ePvJ4vWx
— Sonali Shah 📺📻 (@SonaliShah) December 18, 2017
A real President drinks water with confidence. Trump on the other hand drinks like 4 year old from a sippy cup😎 pic.twitter.com/RguPKGOXId
— Rogelio Garcia Lawyer (@LawyerRogelio) December 19, 2017
Trump manages to drink water using just one hand this time, then says: "Really good!" pic.twitter.com/suFK8BuI44
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 18, 2017
— JGP (@jgpfl) December 18, 2017
Someone's gonna have to explain to me how Trump drinking water with two hands isn't a sign of physical infirmity. Because it sure as hell seems like it is.
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) December 19, 2017
trump reinvents the act of drinking water every time he does it
— kev (@kept_simple) December 18, 2017
