Donald Trump has a history of going on bizarre rants about all kinds of stuff but he arguably reached his apex on Tuesday evening.
At a rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which was taking place at the same time as the Democratic debate, the president spoke at length about household appliances such as toilets, dishwaters and lightbulbs.
With his adoring supporters cheering him on, Trump talked about his administrations plans to block a requirement on all Americans to use energy-efficient light bulbs, which he believes gives him an orange hue.
Somebody said, ‘Oh, sir, don’t mention the lightbulb. The new lightbulb costs five times as much, and it makes you look orange. And I was more interested in the orange than I was in the cost.
Trump laments that "the new lightbulb ... makes you look orange." (I think it has more to do with the spray tan-typ… https://t.co/tPrVk2bX6a— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1579053701
Donald, we think it might be something else that is making you look orange.
Then there came a very odd rant about dishwashers and how he plans to introduce a new type of dishwasher which will prevent people from washing their plates '10 times.'
I'm also approving new dishwashers that give you more water so you can actually wash your dishes without having to do it 10 times or five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Trump's complaints about new dishwashers are nuts and suggest he's never used one in his life https://t.co/D7E6R0TNsQ— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1579053765
Staring by naming your highest number then reading out all of the previous numbers is certainly a new way of counting and were not sure it's going to catch on but you really have to admire Trump's enthusiasm in that clip.
After he was done with dishwashers he moved onto sinks, toilets and showers which he claimed didn't have any water. Referencing his upcoming State of the Union speech he said:
You cannot make a brilliant speech if I'm talking about dishwashers, sinks, toilets, lightbulbs but sinks, toilets, showers, you don't get any water.
They put restrictors on and now they have made them permanent. People used to take them out.
Try to go and buy a new faucet. You turn it on. No water comes out. We won't talk about toilets, we don't talk about that (makes flushing motion with his hand).
But how about the shower? I have this beautiful head of hair. I need a lot of work.
You go into the shower...drip, drip, drip. I call the guy and ask 'is there something wrong with this?' He says 'no sir, it's just a restrictor.'
So you are in there five times longer than you are supposed to be, you use far more water and it is a very unpleasant experience.
"You don't get any water!" -- POTUS transitions from complaining about dishwashers to complaining about sinks, toil… https://t.co/a8cyD1hpkK— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1579053968
Wow! Trump's showers sound like a traumatic event.
It should be noted that while Trump was talking about showers and toilets the Democrats were debating important topics like national security.
Predictably, people were utterly baffled by his nonsensical rant.
#DemDebate kicks off with substantive discussion about who is prepared to lead on national security. Meanwhile... https://t.co/vRngZQQpQ6— Don Moynihan (@Don Moynihan) 1579054252
The crowd still cheers even when they must know it’s nonsense. https://t.co/6R0WnCnEUx— southpaw (@southpaw) 1579054422
This guy has the nuclear launch codes. https://t.co/WvWWaActJ9— Ron Marz (@Ron Marz) 1579054557
There are people debating issues like war and healthcare on one channel and the president is complaining about havi… https://t.co/suZ0OZwMWe— river butcher 🤠 (@river butcher 🤠) 1579055145
I have never in my life had to run my dishwasher more than once or flush my toilet “10 or 15 times”. My shower wate… https://t.co/WHKBSjbLAj— Michael Wooten (@Michael Wooten) 1579055110
HT Vox