Trump is easily the most polarizing presidential candidate the country has seen in years. Decades, even. Perhaps ever. People either love him to the point that each new inaccuracy fact-checked by the media only makes their allegiance more staunch, or they hate him to the point where they can’t even recognize that much of his schtick is well calculated.
But regardless of which camp you fall in, you have to appreciate the internet’s collective response to Trump’s speech on Tuesday night, which was delivered in front of a giant wall of garbage.
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Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and his team chose a decent enough location for his speech on economic policy Tuesday night. A Pennsylvania factory belonging to raw material producer Alumisource was a great setting for Trump as he spoke of revitalizing American manufacturing, a broad notion most Americans can get behind.
What’s the internet could not get behind, however, was the backdrop Trump’s team arranged — the billionaire mogul chose to deliver this key speech while standing in front of a giant wall of garbage. No, seriously. Garbage.
Alumisource serves the aluminum and steel industries, and much of its work involves recycling different materials to produce various items for its clients. Aluminum cans are obviously a big resource for the company, and Trump stood in front of a wall of used cans and other junk pulled from varying stages of the recycling process. One can see how the idea for such a backdrop might have crossed the Trump campaign’s collective mind, but it’s the kind of thing a more forward-thinking crew might have dismissed. With prejudice. Immediately.
Here are some tweets that paint a picture of the internet’s response to Trump’s “garbage wall” speech:
https://twitter.com/Rob_Flaherty/status/747858001520922624
Trump is giving this speech standing in front of what appears to be a bunch of garbage.
Nothing to add.
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) June 28, 2016
I just turned on my TV and saw Donald Trump standing in front of a giant pile of garbage. That is all. pic.twitter.com/CQ0RLIbdQs
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 28, 2016
Amazing: Trump does what his Sesame Street grouch counterpart doesn't and speaks in front of garbage pic.twitter.com/DGHvMBCJAf
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) June 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/petersuderman/status/747862034230837250
Who told Donald Trump it was a good idea to speak in front of an actual wall of garbage? pic.twitter.com/e72txR0Iq5
— D. Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) June 28, 2016
Amazing: Trump does what his Sesame Street grouch counterpart doesn't and speaks in front of garbage pic.twitter.com/DGHvMBCJAf
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) June 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/garyhe/status/747862897687142400
https://twitter.com/timothypmurphy/status/747889416014807041
Nothing says declare independence from the elites like that backdrop https://t.co/UP9P2YZ1hV
— Domenico Montanaro (@DomenicoNPR) June 28, 2016
That staging is complete rubbish
— Dan Eggen (@DanEggenWPost) June 28, 2016
EXCLUSIVE: Footage of Trump’s advance team setting up the backdrop for today’s speech. pic.twitter.com/E6A5FpMwsT
— Aaron Earls (@WardrobeDoor) June 28, 2016
he really oversold that wall pic.twitter.com/NFUfxtuZsQ
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) June 28, 2016