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Trump Mocked Over 'Bizarre Rant' About Sharks
Published Jun 10, 2024 at 4:27 AM EDT

Donald Trump Mocked Over 'Bizarre Rant' About Sharks
By Ewan Palmer

Donald Trump has been mocked online after going on a tirade against

sharks

and sinking boats during his recent campaign rally in Las Vegas.

During his speech in the key swing state of Nevada on Sunday, the former >president posed a hypothetical scenario in which a boat with a large
battery sinks while a shark was nearby.

"If the boat is sinking, water goes over the battery, the boat is

sinking,

do I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted?" Trump said. "Or do I
jump over by the shark and not get electrocuted?"

Author and frequent Trump critic Stephen King was one of those who
criticized the former president for his remarks.

"This is like listening to your senile uncle at the dinner table after

he

has that third drink," King posted on X, formerly Twitter.

Trump's rally in Las Vegas on Sunday was his first large-scale open air >campaign event since he was convicted of 34 charges of falsifying

business

records in New York.

Trump has frequently discussed his dislike of electric vehicles, and >previously used the electrocution or shark attack comparison during a >campaign speech in the landlocked state of Iowa last October.

The Republican also said he posed the question on whether someone would

get

electrocuted if an electric boat sank during a speech in Michigan in >September 2023.

The former president is also said to have a strong dislike of sharks, >including telling a crowd of his supporters during a rally in

Pennsylvania

in August 2020: "I'm not a big fan of sharks. I have people calling me

up,

'Sir, we have a fund to save the shark, it's called Save The Shark.'

"I say 'no thank you, I have other things I can contribute to."
Donald Trump in Las Vegas
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump
speaks during his campaign rally at Sunset Park on June 09, 2024 in Las >Vegas, Nevada. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
What We Know

During his speech on Sunday, Trump described how he posed a question

which

"nobody's ever asked" before about whether it would be better to be >electrocuted on a boat or eaten by a shark in the ocean.

"I say, what would happen if the boat sank from its weight, and you're

in

the boat, and you have this tremendously powerful battery, and the

battery

is now underwater. And there's a shark that's approximately 10 yards

over

there," Trump said.

"By the way, lot of shark attacks lately, I watched some guys justifying

it

today. 'Well, they weren't really that angry. They bit off the young

lady's

leg because of the fact that they were, they were not hungry, but they >misunderstood who she was," Trump added. "He said 'there's no problem

with

sharks, they just didn't really understand a young woman's swimming. She >really got decimated and other people too, a lot of shark attacks."

Returning back to his original point, Trump continues: "So I said,

there's

a shark 10 yards away from the boat, do I get electrocuted? If the boat

is

sinking, water goes over the battery, the boat is sinking, do I stay on

top

of the boat and get electrocuted? Or do I jump over by the shark and not
get electrocuted?

"Because I will tell you he didn't know the answer. He said, 'you know, >nobody's ever asked me that question.' I said I think it's a good

question.

I think there's a lot of electric current coming to that water. But you
know what I'd do? If there was a shark or you get electrocuted, I'll

take

electrocution every single time. I'm not getting near the shark."

A number of social media users have now ridiculed Trump for his comments >during Sunday's rally.

Harry Sisson, who is part of a Biden administration initiative to

promote

the president's 2024 campaign on social media, wrote: "WHAT?! Trump just >ranted about sharks, boats, batteries, and water in an incoherent rant. >Trump's brain is malfunctioning every day at this point. This is utter >nonsense. Go ahead, try to make sense of any of this..."

Former NBC senior executive Mike Sington said: "People are standing

outside

in hundred degree heat in Las Vegas to hear Trump babble on and on about >sharks and batteries. He doesn't talk about you, or what he's going to

do

for you, or your future.

"It's always about him, or meaningless nonsense. He's a complete waste

of

time."

Political scientist Norman Ornstein added: "I just hope he ends up in a >prison where he can get the help he so desperately needs."

Trump's office has been contacted for comment via email.
What's Next

Trump has yet to confirm where his next 2024 campaign rally will be

held.


Trump is a lowlife.

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