Trump mocked for video touting applause during acceptance speech
#MakeAmericaGreatAgain#TrumpPence16 pic.twitter.com/gCzHX1nyxD
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 24, 2016
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was mocked for a video he posted to Twitter touting the amount of applause he received during his speech accepting the GOP presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention.
{mosads}Trump received applause during 24 minutes of his 75-minute speech at the convention last Thursday evening in Cleveland, according to the video posted Saturday.
#MakeAmericaGreatAgain#TrumpPence16 pic.twitter.com/gCzHX1nyxD
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 24, 2016
Twitter users criticized Trump, calling a video boasting about a candidate’s applause ratio “a first.”
This has to be a first — a candidate’s ad about how much applause he gets. Trump’s insecurity is bottomless. https://t.co/GFl8fZYSqO
— Jeff Jacoby (@Jeff_Jacoby) July 24, 2016
Donald Trump’s new ad praising himself for getting applause during a speech is the biggest participation trophy of all time.
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) July 24, 2016
Trump wants you to know his speech was so long because there was so much applause for him https://t.co/mAP7iXrJIA
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) July 24, 2016
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